A rendering of the new TPL branch at the southwest corner of Queen & Parliament, showing a nicely-preserved, three-storey brick building with giant street-facing windows.
The Toronto Public Library has purchased the old WE Charity headquarters at Queen & Parliament to convert into a new branch: blogs.tpl.ca/news-release...
It’s #MEawarenesshour. I’m tweeting in the hope that if more people are aware of M.E. and the way it devastates lives, more effort and funding will be allocated to investigating and searching for answers. We need an agreed, objective diagnostic test for detailed clinical trials.
What home invasions?? Calling a B & E (yes is a violation but hardly fits the description of home invasion) when the majority occur when the residents are away a home invasion is fear mongering. Property crime is continuing to decline. White collar crime is increasing.
Honestly I need historians to be the plaintiffs in every case I cover because if they make it to discovery you just KNOW those primary sources are going public.
Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCz...
Israel’s war on Palestinian press freedoms – 122 crimes in February
This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.
Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org
The ADL defended white supremacist, Elon Musk’s, sieg heil Nazi salutes (he did it more than once) at the inauguration, and are using dangerous lies to try to incite hate against someone who was falsely imprisoned by the state for saying people don’t deserve to die based on their ethnicity/religion…
Tweet from ADL, Jan 20, 2025: “This is a delicate moment. It's a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety. It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge. In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new beginning. Let's hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.”
A black-and-white montage portrait of pioneering American virologist Charlotte Friend (1921–1987), who discovered the Friend leukemia virus and advanced understanding of retroviruses and cancer. The main image shows her in her laboratory, seated at a compound microscope in a research setting lined with shelves of scientific books and journals. She is a middle-aged woman with short, neatly styled dark hair, wearing round-framed eyeglasses, a pearl necklace, and a white lab coat over a patterned blouse with a floral collar. She smiles warmly and confidently at the camera, one hand resting near the microscope's stage, conveying dedication, intelligence, and approachability. In the lower right corner is a smaller inset close-up portrait of a younger Charlotte Friend, smiling brightly with softer features, short wavy hair, and a simple white blouse, highlighting her earlier career. The composition blends her professional lab environment with a personal archival photo, celebrating her groundbreaking contributions to virology, leukemia research, and women's roles in science during the mid-20th century. The overall mood is one of scholarly achievement, warmth, and historical significance.
Virologist Charlotte Friend (b. #OTD in 1921) proved viruses could cause cancer (1957) & revolutionized virology (& helped define modern retrovirology).
She later pioneered differentiation therapy, showing cancer cells could be "reverted" to health, defining a new path to treat cancer. #WomenInSTEM
Dog owners will know: being a pup parent is a 24/7 role.
When patrols are over, our Canine Unit handlers don't clock off. The bond between a tracker dog and her handler is built over years – in the field, they read each other without words.
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/p...
Heads-up good people of Ontario.
High school students are planning a walkout today to protest Ford's cuts to OSAP. I'm going to support my local highschool kids!
BTW, Ford is an ignorant idiot!
The fact that a Koch Brothers-funded front group is attacking @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and me over our book #ScienceUnderSiege (bookshop.org/p/books/scie...) is such an amusing, unintentional affirmation of what we have to say about who is behind the right-wing war on science!
Autism
www.bakerinstitute.org/research/ref...
Willow our rescue cat on 10.10 rush hour door duties
It’s Bensday at the farm! It’s hard to run a pen according to Ben the rooster #roostercrow
The immune system is not a muscle.
It is a cleansing fire.
It causes collateral damage.
It has a limited supply of fuel.
It can get out of control.
Don’t burn your whole house down every time by catching every disease without caution.
I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.
9) Link to the paper:
Shammas et al. 2026. Neurons undergo IFNy-driven persistent epigenetic shifts and synaptopathy in encephalitis.
Four significant events over the past 5 years which were all meant to lead to radical change in the understanding of #ME & the care of #pwME
That change isn't happening, government & the NHS fail us & the BPS cabal push back at every potential breakthrough.
#MEAwareness
84. Do not let companies poison Indigenous communities.
"Though high rates of [cancer] persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...
Gov't for big biz, by big biz, of big biz: Carney Government Outsourced Consultation To Big Business Lobby Group
“We think it’s a bit strange that this labour-focused consultation is being run by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.”
www.readthemaple.com/carney-gover...
We were promised electoral reform, including an end to first past the post, by the Trudeau Liberals in 2015. They quickly reneged after being elected. Now we have the Carney Liberals trying to get an unearned majority via floor crossers. This is seriously undemocratic.
Yesterday Treaty Chiefs made it clear…
They came to the Legislature to stand up for the Treaties and all Treaty people against the contempt that the UCP are showing towards all Treaty people.
(Which are all Albertans btw)
And they’re no one’s pawns.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
The biggest terrorist in the world did this.
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
TLDW: a documentary about female Jewish holocaust victims is "inherently discriminatory" and adhering to "DEI principles."
Grammarly should get fucked
One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
