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shirleyrn.bsky.social
@shirleyrn.bsky.social
research nurse, mom, grandma 🇨🇦
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Don't just think about the price. Consider how much you'll love wearing the garment, which will be about finding a manufacturer that produces things to your taste. A $100 hoodie worn for a decade is cheaper than a $40 hoodie you replace in a year.

As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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It seems like so many people on the right should be aligned with so many people on the left over the doomsday existential threat of AI and robotics in the hands of a handful of greedy oligarchs. But they have succeeded in pitting us against each other with culture war drivel.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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A word that has become a euphemism for promoting and selling things without data or evidence
November 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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October Sky
Holly Dyrland
2024
October 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Technically, this is a book of spells.
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Think birdwatching ends when the snow falls? Think again. Feathers in the Frost shares expert tips for spotting and supporting your local flock in winter. #NatureTalks natureconservancy.ca/events/feath...
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Guidance to feed babies peanuts early in life helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds

The researchers found that peanut allergies in children ages zero to three declined by more than 40 per cent after the recommendations were expanded in 2017.
Guidance to feed babies peanuts early in life helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds | CBC News
U.S. researchers found that peanut allergies in children ages zero to three declined by more than 27 per cent after guidance for high-risk kids was first issued in 2015. Before then, doctors had recom...
www.cbc.ca
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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A new estimate of number of birds killed by cats in Canada was just published: https://ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/art12/

Congratulations and thank you to all authors including ECCC authors, Elizabeth Gow (co-supervisor of PhD student, Jonathan Chu), Julie Bourque and Christian Roy for this work.
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse.
https://ow.ly/7ISS50XaOay

Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30 - The Weather Network
The warning in the Global Tipping Points report by 160 researchers worldwide, which synthesizes groundbreaking science to estimate points of no return, comes just weeks ahead of this year's COP30 climate summit being held at the edge of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
ow.ly
October 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Blue Jay Study
Robert Bateman
2016
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Trivia on 'trivia'

In ancient Rome, a trivium was an intersection of three roads (tri, "three" + vium, road).

According to the Romans, when people met at a trivium, they would discuss trivialis ("inconsequential things") - which eventually helped give trivia its modern meaning.
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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💔 Today we say goodbye to Dr. Jane Goodall — conservation icon, friend to wildlife, and voice of hope for our planet.

She showed us that protecting nature isn’t just possible, it’s our responsibility.

Thank you so much, Jane, for your hard work, persistence and passion. 🌱🐒🕊️
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Vaccines: still miracles, that it turns out keep your brain from eating itself

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
4 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia
Some vaccine-preventable diseases are linked to accelerated brain atrophy and increased dementia risk years down the line.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I'm excited to share our review "Rationalizing recommendations for influenza and COVID-19 vaccines", which we feel makes a strong case for universal influenza and COVID-19 vaccination policies. With almost 500 references & 8 supplementary tables it's a beast so let me break it down for you....1/n
Rationalizing recommendations for influenza and COVID-19 vaccines
Influenza vaccination saves lives, reduces short-term and long-term health consequences, decreases healthcare utilization, and improves pregnancy outc…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025
Severe:
Very high: AB BC NL
High: CAN MB North NS ON PEI QC SK
Moderate:

About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
September 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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It's time for poetry
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We are starting to see higher total cumulative annual mentions for entire organisations on Bluesky than on Twitter.

Below are mentions of all research ever published by @leibniz-zmt.de. Bluesky is higher than Twitter in 2025.
August 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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“The world cannot afford another crisis in which lives are lost not for lack of vaccines, but for lack of truth.”

A new Comment on the global cost of US vaccine misinformation: bit.ly/3Uu7b5o
A crisis of credibility: the global cost of US vaccine misinformation
The global health community faces a deepening challenge—not only from infectious diseases but also from a pandemic of misinformation.1 The USA, long a cornerstone of global health leadership, has beco...
www.thelancet.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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It is egregious that RFK Jr requested @annalsofim.bsky.social retraction of this paper because he didn't like the data www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
August 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM