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Emma
@tiredofcold.bsky.social
Retired because life is too short. Interests include science/medicine, travelling and dogs…no tolerance for racism, misogyny or hatred based on sexual orientation/gender identity.
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What the actual fuck am I watching/listening to…

We are truly living in the stupidest timeline.
September 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Well that was easy. 😂

Rankle #241 1/4
“Cabeza a pies”

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September 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Yikes. 😬
The infections are the result of a supply-chain attack that compromised at least three software providers with malware that remained dormant for six years before becoming active in the last few weeks.
Hundreds of e-commerce sites hacked in supply-chain attack
Attack that started in April and remains ongoing runs malicious code on visitors’ devices.
arstechnica.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It’s a great night!

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April 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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A journalist / media request…

📕 launching my book in 2 weeks

🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc

🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc

My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.

Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
April 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Strangely enough…apparently I do.

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April 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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"We'll just cut all that science and university stuff - it's a waste of money."

- DOGE, probably, if they could use punctuation.

brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm...
McMaster researchers discover new class of antibiotics
Nearly three decades after the last time a new class of antibiotics reached the market, McMaster researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could . . .
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca
March 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Lol excellent poaching efforts by BC, telling US doctors and nurses "hey want a 'lil less bat shit? Consider coming and working for us. We need health care workers and public health is cool okay."
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
British Columbia is taking action to attract doctors, nurses from U.S.
The Province is taking new steps to attract more doctors and nurses from the U.S. by fast-tracking credential recognition and launching a co-ordinated, targeted recruitment campaign.
news.gov.bc.ca
March 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Increasingly, populists have embraced the spread of fearmongering lies as a political strategy.

This is happening in Canada too.

My take: Welcome to the Poilievre Conspiracy Theory Vortex thewalrus.ca/poilievre-co... via @thewalrus.ca
Welcome to the Poilievre Conspiracy Theory Vortex | The Walrus
Adopting absurd narratives has become a staple of right-wing politicking
thewalrus.ca
March 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Garbage in, garbage out.
Russian disinformation floods AI chatbots, study www.axios.com/2025/03/06/e... via @axios.com

@newsguard.bsky.social: "By flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information."
Exclusive: AI chatbots echo Russian disinformation, report warns
Bots from Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and others spew falsehoods.
www.axios.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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There is currently a petition in the House of Commons to revoke Elon Musks Canadian citizenship. 33000+ signatures so far:

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#Canada #cdnpoli
February 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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There’s been so much interest in from US 🇺🇸health workers and jobs in Canada that I’m posting recruitment links for all 10 provinces and 3 territories: 🧵 #healthcarejobs🇨🇦
February 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It’s nice to be able to repost some positive news! Hoping this comes to fruition. 👏👏👏
#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!

Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
A Single-Dose Breakthrough: PfSPZ-LARC Vaccines Offer Transformative Protection Against Malaria – Sanaria
sanaria.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
February 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Pop quiz: People are saying the kid says “you’re not the president you need to go away” — do y’all hear it too?
February 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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JOIN CANADA
February 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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February 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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February 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Words that make me irrationally angry:
1. Woke
2. Czar (when not used historically)
February 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Trump is willing to wreck the world economy. The global fightback must start now | Gaby Hinsliff
Trump is willing to wreck the world economy. The global fightback must start now | Gaby Hinsliff
Britain is less vulnerable to US tariffs than other nations, but shares a historic responsibility. A recession would mean dark days for everyone Can a country ever be too big to fail? Waiting for global stock markets to open this morning felt grimly…
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

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canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Trump blames Canada & Mexico for Fentanyl
Trump pardoned Fentanyl Drug Dealer Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, a dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold.

Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 in
in a narcotics & money-laundering conspiracy & sentenced to life

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.
www.bbc.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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January 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM