Sheila
@sax67.bsky.social
here for the not-twitter experience
lab tech, partner, mother, nerd
saskatoon, sk, canada
she/her
lab tech, partner, mother, nerd
saskatoon, sk, canada
she/her
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they getting tax breaks to lay off their own workers, destroy creative jobs with automation, drink up all our water, and drive our electrical bills through the roof
37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.
Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.
Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.
October 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
they getting tax breaks to lay off their own workers, destroy creative jobs with automation, drink up all our water, and drive our electrical bills through the roof
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If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
I've had the privilege and pleasure of working with a number of Nigerian lab professionals as well as folks from many other countries. There's so much to learn about the world, it's beautiful customs, music, and food. Come to Canada and make our country a better, kinder place. Well done, Chidinma.
FIRST PERSON | I thought my childhood dreams were out of reach. Then I came to study in Canada | CBC News
Chidinma Favour Anosike says she is one of several Nigerian young people who’ve left their home country, despairing of a system where connections and class matter in getting a job, more than skills an...
www.cbc.ca
June 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I've had the privilege and pleasure of working with a number of Nigerian lab professionals as well as folks from many other countries. There's so much to learn about the world, it's beautiful customs, music, and food. Come to Canada and make our country a better, kinder place. Well done, Chidinma.
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I want a Jurassic Park where the dinos unionize and go on strike for better working conditions and the plot engine is building solidarity with park workers and visitors rather than falling into the class-war trap laid out for them by the capitalist owners seeking to exploit their primeval instincts.
June 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I want a Jurassic Park where the dinos unionize and go on strike for better working conditions and the plot engine is building solidarity with park workers and visitors rather than falling into the class-war trap laid out for them by the capitalist owners seeking to exploit their primeval instincts.
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
This is a beautiful story
A mosque, in memory
www.cbc.ca
June 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is a beautiful story
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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Don’t like gay marriage?
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
June 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Don’t like gay marriage?
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
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Anyone who says they’re tough on crime but have no intention of being tough on poverty doesn’t really care about crime.
May 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Anyone who says they’re tough on crime but have no intention of being tough on poverty doesn’t really care about crime.
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For the last few days, I've been amusing myself watching the survivalist and prepper stuff on YT.
I've arrived at one conclusion:
We are living in the dumbest, most frightened timeline in history. And there are people out there who exploit that ignorance and fear to the absolute maximum.
I've arrived at one conclusion:
We are living in the dumbest, most frightened timeline in history. And there are people out there who exploit that ignorance and fear to the absolute maximum.
May 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For the last few days, I've been amusing myself watching the survivalist and prepper stuff on YT.
I've arrived at one conclusion:
We are living in the dumbest, most frightened timeline in history. And there are people out there who exploit that ignorance and fear to the absolute maximum.
I've arrived at one conclusion:
We are living in the dumbest, most frightened timeline in history. And there are people out there who exploit that ignorance and fear to the absolute maximum.
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My favorite British pronunciation is for the word that's a slightly less offensive synonym to the one they bray all over the place and that they pronounce to rhyme with "cat" and Americans pronounce to rhyme with "cot."
For the 379th time: Brits don’t pronounce aluminum “aluminium”; they pronounce aluminium “aluminium.”
May 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My favorite British pronunciation is for the word that's a slightly less offensive synonym to the one they bray all over the place and that they pronounce to rhyme with "cat" and Americans pronounce to rhyme with "cot."
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lol I was watching this from-the-stands perspective on TikTok of the Winnipeg Jets’ winning OT goal and only realized near the very end it’s the PREMIER of Manitoba filming it and going nuts with his buddy 😅😅
May 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
lol I was watching this from-the-stands perspective on TikTok of the Winnipeg Jets’ winning OT goal and only realized near the very end it’s the PREMIER of Manitoba filming it and going nuts with his buddy 😅😅
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I have two thoughts on newly re-elected CPC MP Damien Kurek taking one for the team and resigning only days after the election to gift Pierre Poilievre the embarrassingly safe Alberta CPC seat of Battle River - Inbred Hillbilly, so bear with me.
May 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I have two thoughts on newly re-elected CPC MP Damien Kurek taking one for the team and resigning only days after the election to gift Pierre Poilievre the embarrassingly safe Alberta CPC seat of Battle River - Inbred Hillbilly, so bear with me.
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Almost impossible to overcome a 20+ point political deficit in a span of 3 months.
Almost impossible for a party to win a fourth consecutive term in power.
Almost impossible for a sitting opposition leader to lose his own seat in his own riding.
All those things happened last night.
Wild.
Almost impossible for a party to win a fourth consecutive term in power.
Almost impossible for a sitting opposition leader to lose his own seat in his own riding.
All those things happened last night.
Wild.
April 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Almost impossible to overcome a 20+ point political deficit in a span of 3 months.
Almost impossible for a party to win a fourth consecutive term in power.
Almost impossible for a sitting opposition leader to lose his own seat in his own riding.
All those things happened last night.
Wild.
Almost impossible for a party to win a fourth consecutive term in power.
Almost impossible for a sitting opposition leader to lose his own seat in his own riding.
All those things happened last night.
Wild.
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I love our elections #cdnpoli
The paper ballots. The cardboard ballot boxes. The poll workers who really just want to help make it possible for you to vote. The temp hires at Elections Canada who count things up. The media reminders to go vote before polls close.
It’s all great and too fragile.
The paper ballots. The cardboard ballot boxes. The poll workers who really just want to help make it possible for you to vote. The temp hires at Elections Canada who count things up. The media reminders to go vote before polls close.
It’s all great and too fragile.
April 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I love our elections #cdnpoli
The paper ballots. The cardboard ballot boxes. The poll workers who really just want to help make it possible for you to vote. The temp hires at Elections Canada who count things up. The media reminders to go vote before polls close.
It’s all great and too fragile.
The paper ballots. The cardboard ballot boxes. The poll workers who really just want to help make it possible for you to vote. The temp hires at Elections Canada who count things up. The media reminders to go vote before polls close.
It’s all great and too fragile.
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Financial Experts Recommend Diversifying Portfolio With Multiple Harebrained Schemes
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April 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Financial Experts Recommend Diversifying Portfolio With Multiple Harebrained Schemes
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The Conservative plan is out and, ooof, is this costing a disaster.
There's a whole bunch of phantom revenues booked here, and the GST housing pledge is costed at under $2B. Given their proposed eligibility criteria, it should be more in the 4-6B range.
There's a whole bunch of phantom revenues booked here, and the GST housing pledge is costed at under $2B. Given their proposed eligibility criteria, it should be more in the 4-6B range.
April 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Conservative plan is out and, ooof, is this costing a disaster.
There's a whole bunch of phantom revenues booked here, and the GST housing pledge is costed at under $2B. Given their proposed eligibility criteria, it should be more in the 4-6B range.
There's a whole bunch of phantom revenues booked here, and the GST housing pledge is costed at under $2B. Given their proposed eligibility criteria, it should be more in the 4-6B range.
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We're one week away from one of the most important elections in Canadian history, and the Conservatives are the only party that haven't released a full platform.
April 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We're one week away from one of the most important elections in Canadian history, and the Conservatives are the only party that haven't released a full platform.
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This is why the other countries make fun of us. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
CP NewsAlert: French leaders’ debate moved 2 hours to avoid conflict with Habs game
MONTREAL - The Leaders' Debates Commission says the French language debate on Wednesday will start two hours earlier at 6 p.m. EDT to avoid a conflict with the Canadiens hockey
www.thestar.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is why the other countries make fun of us. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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In maybe the Most Canadian story ever, two political parties (the NDP and Bloc Québécois) are asking that tomorrow's French language election debate be postponed because it conflicts with a Montreal Canadiens game.
April 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In maybe the Most Canadian story ever, two political parties (the NDP and Bloc Québécois) are asking that tomorrow's French language election debate be postponed because it conflicts with a Montreal Canadiens game.
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Womp-womp, they DOGE'd the tariffs.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
Trump tariff collection for freight shipments delayed by Customs 'glitch'
A Customs notice reported a glitch in a system shippers use to exempt freight from tariffs. Logistics experts say it is a bad sign for the supply chain.
www.cnbc.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Womp-womp, they DOGE'd the tariffs.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
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You all said Mr. President would fully shit his pants but he only shit 3/4 of his pants. You all look pretty stupid now, don’t you?
US TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: THIS WAS TRUMP’S INTENTION ALL ALONG.
April 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
You all said Mr. President would fully shit his pants but he only shit 3/4 of his pants. You all look pretty stupid now, don’t you?
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if china calls, we went out for a pack of smokes, okay?
April 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
if china calls, we went out for a pack of smokes, okay?
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Here is a thread of 100% true and accurate facts about pigs that are totally true and accurate and they came from a book so you don't need to google them. 🧵
1. Like all pigs, Button speaks fluent Swedish but chooses not to show it off.
1. Like all pigs, Button speaks fluent Swedish but chooses not to show it off.
April 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here is a thread of 100% true and accurate facts about pigs that are totally true and accurate and they came from a book so you don't need to google them. 🧵
1. Like all pigs, Button speaks fluent Swedish but chooses not to show it off.
1. Like all pigs, Button speaks fluent Swedish but chooses not to show it off.