Also what a treat to be in my home town surrounded by brilliant Black scientists. This is an amazing space and platform for research in Canada.
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Also what a treat to be in my home town surrounded by brilliant Black scientists. This is an amazing space and platform for research in Canada.
Are you in Calgary!
Do you know you can still register? Registrations are available at the front desk.
Head over to the Science Theatres hall way at the University of Calgary and join of for an amazing experience #BESTEMM2025
Lucky to be at #BESTEMM2025 Alberta, taking in so much research excellence and learning A LOT: from new opportunities for precision medicine, to ethical and community-based AI integration for public health, and so much more. Thank you @canblacksci.bsky.social!
Chris Sidoti on ABC radio this morning about the findings of the committee in the new report on the use of sexual, reproductive & gender-based violence by #Israel, incl findings of genocidal acts through destruction of fertility clinic. #intlaw #humanRights #genocide www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Disturbing that whether or not to fully investigate these murders—locating the women killed—was up for political debate.
globalnews.ca/news/1107261...
The Human Genome Project took ~13 years to complete.
Yesterday, Genome Canada announced that Cda will sequence over 100K human genomes over the next 4 years to give scientists, clinicians and public health authorities the data needed to provide more precise, predictive & preventative health care.
Ontario's election by the numbers:
45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote
42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team
They won 80 of 124 seats.
📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Measles outbreak in Ontario results in 18 kids hospitalized, including one who required intensive care.
This was preventable. We had all but eradicated measles with an incredibly effective vaccine.
Children are relying on the adults. When you choose not to vaccinate, you put their lives at risk
Cautiously excited.
#Palestine: Our latest report, “Inflicting harm and denying care”, contains testimony from medical personnel in the #WestBank who have been tied up, shot at, and harassed by Israeli forces while trying to perform their lifesaving duties.
www.msf.org/%E2%80%9Cinf...
Danielle Smith's government allegedly fired the AHS CEO and the Board after they started looking into the legality of contracts for private surgeries that could enrich companies with strong ties to the UCP government and staff.
They did all of this with YOUR tax dollars.
Complete Genome of the iconic Pacific Banana Slug 🧬🧬
✅ A total of 2.3 Gb (Human Genome is 3.4 Gb)
✅ As part of California Conservation #Genomics Project (CCGP), this project will inform conservation policies
#genome #biodiversity #climatechange
Just finished a 1949 NFB doc on #OttCity (as one does).
Spotlights the Capital Planning Project, including a Green Belt to add "breathing space" + new infrastructure for children/cyclists among other initiatives aimed at cleaner air and more livable communities... 😔
www.nfb.ca/film/capital...
There’s plenty to criticize with this government but it’s hard to take the “F🇨🇦CK TRUDEAU” crowd seriously given that so many of them are foaming at the mouth bigots.
Man standing outside in the snow with a sign that says, “free Luigi Mangione”
Orillia, Ontario
Finally!
"When I started this trial on 2 September, I wanted to ensure that society could actually see what was happening... I have never regretted this decision."
Gisèle Pelicot speaks outside the court in Avignon after her ex-husband was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
Spotted in the wild: @sophall.bsky.social heading back to the Hill. 🗞️😱
globalnews.ca/news/1092001...
The willingness to quash enshrined charter rights so nilly-willy should be troubling to everyone.
Also, if you know of any trans-positive organizing occurring, share below. I'd love positive news.
Rare day when it’s fun and exciting to live in Ottawa.
In case you didn’t know, fun and exciting looks like listening to CBC all day and texting your gov/GR/journo friends.
Canada is unique among Westminster democracies in that it has not had a governing party’s caucus replace their prime minister while in office. That’s not for lack of current desire (or arguably need) to do so. They were unable, so instead the best are quitting
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
i think it is important to clarify that this — the exclusionary distribution of benefits on some sort of ethnic or national basis — isn’t socialism. it’s, you know, something else.
I once had a professor ask “Why is there a Business section in the newspaper but not a Labor section?” My classmates and I probably rolled our eyes, but damned if I haven’t remembered that question every few days for 30 years now.
Heads up: Anti-abortion dingdongs are outside of the Rideau Centre (Rideau and Sussex) with their graphic placards.
These same people have been ramping up their targeting of clinics in the city as well.
Bag of paints
This many oil paints were salvageable!
Testing.
(Toxic?) fun! Estate sale art supplies. Oil paint + odds and ends. When you could buy a big tube from Wallack’s for a few bucks.
Magical!
