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Coffee has been associated with high blood pressure in some studies. Could researchers get some clarity on the coffee situation.

Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why?

If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment.

Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

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Originals and prints.

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More than just McSteamy: Eric Dane was masterful in Grey’s Anatomy – the real man of everyone’s dreams | Anna Spargo-Ryan

Dane was initially only contracted to appear in one episode of series. He starred in a further 138, revolutionising the show along the way

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

"Evidence indicates that indiscriminate digital expansion has weakened learning environments rather than strengthened them." fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

We Wanted to Find the Best Red Light Therapy Device to Help With Pain. Here’s Why We Can’t Recommend Any. Red light therapy could help with common aches and pains, but researchers don’t yet know how or what makes a device effective.

If you’re interested in trying a red light device to treat pain, here's advice on what to look for—and what to avoid.

Tracking crossings and attempted crossings at the Southwest border President Donald Trump came into office promising a crackdown on unauthorized migrants.

www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

The best news ever. Writing up results of research is very tedious

More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In. See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas

Canada/IRCC has chosen to make it difficult for Palestinian students — 134 from Gaza accepted into Canadian universities for graduate degrees/PhDs — to get here.

Article + interactive map of where students were accepted & their programs, by @ericwickham.ca

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Super interesting peek at inheritance as a portion of property transfers in the US, amounting to 7% overall and 18% in pricey California by cotality data.

@jensvb.bsky.social and I saw some similar patterns in Canadian data looking at non-market transfers. homefreesociology.com/2021/08/13/c...

A former Trump official wants to build a massive data center in a remote corner of Greenland. Will it work? Construction is yet to begin on the facility, but it's aiming to hit a capacity of 1.5 gigawatts by the end of 2028.

Don’t believe Trump’s absurd lies that the U.S. needs to own Greenland for “national security” reasons.

The real reason is to enrich his donors and allies.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/greenland-data-center-trump-greenmet.html

Headline: Crossplay, Our First Two-Player Game

In the game Crossplay, solvers go head-to-head and put word-building skills to the test. Face off against your friends, enemies, lovers, haters or any other word game obsessive in your life. nyti.ms/49DW7ek

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

We are seeing incredible acts of solidarity today in Minnesota and across the country.

The next days and months and years will require this from us — and demand our courage. Be prepared.

I don’t understand why anyone pays any attention to anything Trump says. Any one else out there who could take leadership of national issues?

Still can’t wrap my head around this intentional destruction of science

7,800 research grants terminated or frozen

25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies that oversee research

Proposed budget cuts amounting to US$32 billion…

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:

Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use Chatter in social media communities sheds light on a hidden population of substance users.

Only 5% of people with substance use disorder seek formal treatment.

Researchers are now turning to Reddit, TikTok and YouTube to understand how the other 95% navigate addiction and recovery in online communities. buff.ly/Ykim4Ge

I study fascism. I’ve already fled America. On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”

“A coup is happening in the United States.” Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works, argues that President Donald Trump is leading an unlawful takeover of the US government.

From our friends at @revealnews.org:

Trump and RFK Jr are dismantling public health—aided and abetted by powerful doctors High profile physicians should be using their positions of power to resist Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, say Gavin Yamey and Jonathan Shaffer President Donald Trump and secretary of health and human services Robert F Kennedy Jr have held many press events during which they have promoted dangerous health misinformation.1 2 Despite taking an oath to“first do no harm,” influential doctors have stood by Trump and RFK Jr’s sides during these briefings, lending their support. The wider medical community needs to tackle this phenomenon with evidence based strategies, including warning the public about the risks of misleading information, highlighting scientific consensus, mapping the institutional networks that spread controversial information, and countering them using political and legal strategies.3

Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.

Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Musical Bouquet by Ann Kelly This vibrant artwork features a lively bouquet of flowers, each petal crafted from colorful paper, creating a dynamic interplay of shapes and hues. The background showcases a serene blue sky, while th...

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A significant amount of safety research has existed for decades on Human Machine Interfaces proving exactly this. It's exhausting to watch money and effort wasted in a tech hype cycle to constantly undo and redo what we already know in safety engineering.

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.

The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healers.

The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever. Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healer, by @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/2025... @newyorker.com

How C-reactive protein outpaced ‘bad’ cholesterol as leading heart disease risk marker C-reactive protein – a marker of inflammation – is as easily measured with blood work in a doctor’s office as cholesterol.

Doctors relied on cholesterol levels to assess heart disease risk for decades.

In 2025, accumulated research led to more screening for C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, as a better predictor of heart attacks and strokes, a professor of family medicine explains:

The CMA is looking to recruit physicians leaders to the CMA Board of Directors, Awards Committee, Committee on Ethics, Governance Committee, Nominations Committee, and the AGM Vice Chair role. Help us shape the future of Canadian health.
Deadline to apply is December 29.

Learn more: bit.ly/3HvTsYV

Yesterday I posted the 1st of my 2 recent papers with @tarakiran.bsky.social on the #GenderPayGap in medicine. Today I'm thrilled to share the 2nd, done with Dr. Fahima Dossa.

We wanted to see if #WomenInSurgery did different types of work than their male colleagues.
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#Medsky #Surgsky🧵

Michael Bublé surprises seniors at Greater Vancouver Food Bank vancouversun.com/entertainmen...

Statement from the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health - Latest National Data on Substance-Related Harms Today’s data release provides a picture of substance-related deaths and harms in the previous 12 months. At the national level, from July 2024 to June 2025, there were 6,161 deaths, an average of 17 d...

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