Norah Murphy
@norahkmurphy.bsky.social
Birder, cyclist, fountain-pen enthusiast. Mediocre critical thinker but trying. Toronto-based Newfoundlander and settler. Canadian to the death. She, her.
Does anyone know why all 20 flags at the Princes’ Gates, Toronto, are American today?
September 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Does anyone know why all 20 flags at the Princes’ Gates, Toronto, are American today?
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Linden MacIntyre visited me last week, and although the entire conversation was riveting, this is the story that gave me chills.
www.torontomike.com/2025/08/lind...
www.torontomike.com/2025/08/lind...
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Linden MacIntyre visited me last week, and although the entire conversation was riveting, this is the story that gave me chills.
www.torontomike.com/2025/08/lind...
www.torontomike.com/2025/08/lind...
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I have a lot I could say about this (including how I rolled my eyes when I saw this book coming out) but I'll just link to the article.
Fully entered a state of madness by the time I finished this essay, on the remarkable intellectual (and political) failures of New Atheism, and a new anthology edited by Lawrence Krauss nymag.com/intelligence...
How the New Atheists Joined the MAHA War on Science
A new anthology showcases the intellectual failures of a diminishing brand.
nymag.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I have a lot I could say about this (including how I rolled my eyes when I saw this book coming out) but I'll just link to the article.
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Lyme disease is a real condition and a public health concern.
But the constant media attention of pseudoscience harms the credible research & clinical work ongoing on Lyme.
Read more in today’s ImmunoLogic:
news.immunologic.org/p/do-all-cel...
Someone tell media outlets to do better, please?
🧵
But the constant media attention of pseudoscience harms the credible research & clinical work ongoing on Lyme.
Read more in today’s ImmunoLogic:
news.immunologic.org/p/do-all-cel...
Someone tell media outlets to do better, please?
🧵
Do all celebrities have Lyme disease now?
Spoiler: It’s not ticks in Beverly Hills. It’s fraudulent diagnostics, wellness grifters, and a whole lot of celebrity pseudoscience.
news.immunologic.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Lyme disease is a real condition and a public health concern.
But the constant media attention of pseudoscience harms the credible research & clinical work ongoing on Lyme.
Read more in today’s ImmunoLogic:
news.immunologic.org/p/do-all-cel...
Someone tell media outlets to do better, please?
🧵
But the constant media attention of pseudoscience harms the credible research & clinical work ongoing on Lyme.
Read more in today’s ImmunoLogic:
news.immunologic.org/p/do-all-cel...
Someone tell media outlets to do better, please?
🧵
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Lyme pseudoscience is not new. It’s been around for decades & is a model for “newer” pseudoscience trends.
Lyme disease is a popular scapegoat among the affluent elite. It undermines real science & public health work being done on this infection.
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Lyme disease is a popular scapegoat among the affluent elite. It undermines real science & public health work being done on this infection.
1/
August 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Lyme pseudoscience is not new. It’s been around for decades & is a model for “newer” pseudoscience trends.
Lyme disease is a popular scapegoat among the affluent elite. It undermines real science & public health work being done on this infection.
1/
Lyme disease is a popular scapegoat among the affluent elite. It undermines real science & public health work being done on this infection.
1/
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It's funny to me that we can't post news on Meta sites in Canada but they can film a Meta commercial on the streets of Toronto.
August 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's funny to me that we can't post news on Meta sites in Canada but they can film a Meta commercial on the streets of Toronto.
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I was walking outside gossiping about someone with my bf and a bee literally flew into my mouth and stung my lip which tbh feels pointed
August 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I was walking outside gossiping about someone with my bf and a bee literally flew into my mouth and stung my lip which tbh feels pointed
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A study concludes: more colorectal cancer diagnoses in adults 45-49 is a result of…screening age being lowered to 45 in 2021.
😐 ⬅️ my surprised face.
I wrote about this exact thing when media outlets were fear-mongering about “skyrocketing cancer rates” among adults <50.
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😐 ⬅️ my surprised face.
I wrote about this exact thing when media outlets were fear-mongering about “skyrocketing cancer rates” among adults <50.
1/
August 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A study concludes: more colorectal cancer diagnoses in adults 45-49 is a result of…screening age being lowered to 45 in 2021.
😐 ⬅️ my surprised face.
I wrote about this exact thing when media outlets were fear-mongering about “skyrocketing cancer rates” among adults <50.
1/
😐 ⬅️ my surprised face.
I wrote about this exact thing when media outlets were fear-mongering about “skyrocketing cancer rates” among adults <50.
1/
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The phrase ‘to wing it’ as in ‘to improvise’ comes from 19th-century theatrical slang where it meant ‘to study a part in the wings having undertaken it at short notice’.
July 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The phrase ‘to wing it’ as in ‘to improvise’ comes from 19th-century theatrical slang where it meant ‘to study a part in the wings having undertaken it at short notice’.
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Tree walk in Thorncliffe Park #Toronto
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 to 8:30 PM
Jenner Jean-Marie Community
Centre (48 Thorncliffe Park Drive)
gnntoronto.ca/events/tree-...
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 to 8:30 PM
Jenner Jean-Marie Community
Centre (48 Thorncliffe Park Drive)
gnntoronto.ca/events/tree-...
July 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Tree walk in Thorncliffe Park #Toronto
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 to 8:30 PM
Jenner Jean-Marie Community
Centre (48 Thorncliffe Park Drive)
gnntoronto.ca/events/tree-...
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 to 8:30 PM
Jenner Jean-Marie Community
Centre (48 Thorncliffe Park Drive)
gnntoronto.ca/events/tree-...
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Chaque année, nous sommes impressionnés par le talent et la passion qui se cachent derrière les photos que nous recevons.
Pour vous inspirer, nous partageons cinq mentions honorables parmi les participations de l'année dernière: tinyurl.com/ysunx3hb
Pour vous inspirer, nous partageons cinq mentions honorables parmi les participations de l'année dernière: tinyurl.com/ysunx3hb
Mentions honorables: 5 photos qui nous ont emballés
Chaque année, nous sommes émerveillés par les superbes photos d'oiseaux soumises à Oiseaux Canada pour notre calendrier. Let’s take a moment to celebrate some of the incredible photos that didn’t
tinyurl.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Chaque année, nous sommes impressionnés par le talent et la passion qui se cachent derrière les photos que nous recevons.
Pour vous inspirer, nous partageons cinq mentions honorables parmi les participations de l'année dernière: tinyurl.com/ysunx3hb
Pour vous inspirer, nous partageons cinq mentions honorables parmi les participations de l'année dernière: tinyurl.com/ysunx3hb
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My student Griffin said they look like Statler and Waldorf 😆
(Bobolinks)
(Bobolinks)
July 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My student Griffin said they look like Statler and Waldorf 😆
(Bobolinks)
(Bobolinks)
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With the passing of Bill C5 and the Building Canada Act, Cabinet has been given the power to exempt major projects from environmental legislation including the Migratory Birds Convention Act and the Species at Risk Act.
We can build Canada AND protect the birds we love: tinyurl.com/mf6z3sw7
We can build Canada AND protect the birds we love: tinyurl.com/mf6z3sw7
June 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
With the passing of Bill C5 and the Building Canada Act, Cabinet has been given the power to exempt major projects from environmental legislation including the Migratory Birds Convention Act and the Species at Risk Act.
We can build Canada AND protect the birds we love: tinyurl.com/mf6z3sw7
We can build Canada AND protect the birds we love: tinyurl.com/mf6z3sw7
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Avec l'adoption du projet de loi C-5 et de la Loi visant à bâtir le Canada, le Cabinet fédéral a obtenu le pouvoir d'exempter les grands projets de l’application des lois environnementales.
Nous pouvons bâtir le Canada et protéger nos oiseaux bien-aimés: tinyurl.com/37ruz96p
Nous pouvons bâtir le Canada et protéger nos oiseaux bien-aimés: tinyurl.com/37ruz96p
June 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Avec l'adoption du projet de loi C-5 et de la Loi visant à bâtir le Canada, le Cabinet fédéral a obtenu le pouvoir d'exempter les grands projets de l’application des lois environnementales.
Nous pouvons bâtir le Canada et protéger nos oiseaux bien-aimés: tinyurl.com/37ruz96p
Nous pouvons bâtir le Canada et protéger nos oiseaux bien-aimés: tinyurl.com/37ruz96p
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Same vibes.
Riverdale Park, Toronto vs A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
Riverdale Park, Toronto vs A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
June 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Same vibes.
Riverdale Park, Toronto vs A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
Riverdale Park, Toronto vs A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma had a 56% survival in the 1970s.
Today, survival rate is 87%.
Thanks to:
Chemotherapies
Scientific research
Biopharmaceutical therapies
Evidence-based medicine
Not:
"Alternative" treatments
Wellness grifting
Defunding research
Undermining oncologists
1/
Today, survival rate is 87%.
Thanks to:
Chemotherapies
Scientific research
Biopharmaceutical therapies
Evidence-based medicine
Not:
"Alternative" treatments
Wellness grifting
Defunding research
Undermining oncologists
1/
June 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hodgkin’s lymphoma had a 56% survival in the 1970s.
Today, survival rate is 87%.
Thanks to:
Chemotherapies
Scientific research
Biopharmaceutical therapies
Evidence-based medicine
Not:
"Alternative" treatments
Wellness grifting
Defunding research
Undermining oncologists
1/
Today, survival rate is 87%.
Thanks to:
Chemotherapies
Scientific research
Biopharmaceutical therapies
Evidence-based medicine
Not:
"Alternative" treatments
Wellness grifting
Defunding research
Undermining oncologists
1/
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Each stick has to be placed just right in the nest. There isn't much known about the breeding of the Agami Heron, but that's going to be much easier now with this amazing new rookery discovered in northern Costa Rica.
We've watched the birds collecting material and working on their nests.
#birds
We've watched the birds collecting material and working on their nests.
#birds
June 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Each stick has to be placed just right in the nest. There isn't much known about the breeding of the Agami Heron, but that's going to be much easier now with this amazing new rookery discovered in northern Costa Rica.
We've watched the birds collecting material and working on their nests.
#birds
We've watched the birds collecting material and working on their nests.
#birds
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It's publication day of A Beginner's Guide in paperback, AKA the cheap edition! There are hundreds of signed copies at independent bookshops and a link below for all shops. If you want a summer read, something thrilling but fun, this could be the book for you. Why not eh?
linktr.ee/AndrewHunter...
linktr.ee/AndrewHunter...
May 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It's publication day of A Beginner's Guide in paperback, AKA the cheap edition! There are hundreds of signed copies at independent bookshops and a link below for all shops. If you want a summer read, something thrilling but fun, this could be the book for you. Why not eh?
linktr.ee/AndrewHunter...
linktr.ee/AndrewHunter...
The Trinity Bellwoods north-end cherry blossoms are starting to open. The ones by Queen Street are still closed.
April 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Trinity Bellwoods north-end cherry blossoms are starting to open. The ones by Queen Street are still closed.
Voted this morning. Good-sized line-up at the polling station. Hoorah for Canadian democracy!
April 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Voted this morning. Good-sized line-up at the polling station. Hoorah for Canadian democracy!
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It’s almost time to join Ausma Malik and MPP Chris Glover to speak with voters!
Text “CELEB” and your name to (647) 494-4916 and fight with us for progress 💪🧡
Text “CELEB” and your name to (647) 494-4916 and fight with us for progress 💪🧡
April 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It’s almost time to join Ausma Malik and MPP Chris Glover to speak with voters!
Text “CELEB” and your name to (647) 494-4916 and fight with us for progress 💪🧡
Text “CELEB” and your name to (647) 494-4916 and fight with us for progress 💪🧡
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Want more? At @spacingstore.bsky.social , @johnlorinc.bsky.social has been investigating Therme for years (harassed by their hench-comms). Go back thru his archive. Maybe the NYT will wake more up in Ontario who shrug at Cdn reporting.
spacing.ca/toronto/2024...
spacing.ca/toronto/2024...
April 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Want more? At @spacingstore.bsky.social , @johnlorinc.bsky.social has been investigating Therme for years (harassed by their hench-comms). Go back thru his archive. Maybe the NYT will wake more up in Ontario who shrug at Cdn reporting.
spacing.ca/toronto/2024...
spacing.ca/toronto/2024...
Sending love and thanks to @francescabouaoun.bsky.social who fought so long and so hard for Ontario Place. My heart is still broken, but I will cherish my memories of West Island forever.
...Toronto, you are going to need to sit down for this one.
Please read through @matinastevis.bsky.social full thread. This is the second of two gifted articles by the @nytimes.com #OntarioPlace www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
Please read through @matinastevis.bsky.social full thread. This is the second of two gifted articles by the @nytimes.com #OntarioPlace www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
April 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Sending love and thanks to @francescabouaoun.bsky.social who fought so long and so hard for Ontario Place. My heart is still broken, but I will cherish my memories of West Island forever.
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Even as the trees were denuded and Ontario Place's landscape turned into a Lorax-triggering wasteland, I thought there's a chance the spa will stop because its so fucking dirty. Today feels a bit better on that point but knowing this gov't, it's still all possible. People have to get angry.
April 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Even as the trees were denuded and Ontario Place's landscape turned into a Lorax-triggering wasteland, I thought there's a chance the spa will stop because its so fucking dirty. Today feels a bit better on that point but knowing this gov't, it's still all possible. People have to get angry.
Here’s the 2021 press release from the Premier’s office on the Ontario Place redevelopment. The Therme section is vague, but it uses the plural “destinations” to refer to projects they’d created. Did the Premier’s office know at that time there was only one spa? news.ontario.ca/en/backgroun...
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
April 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Here’s the 2021 press release from the Premier’s office on the Ontario Place redevelopment. The Therme section is vague, but it uses the plural “destinations” to refer to projects they’d created. Did the Premier’s office know at that time there was only one spa? news.ontario.ca/en/backgroun...