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Genevieve Gore
@genski.bsky.social
190 followers 140 following 8 posts

Health sciences librarian at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We may seem to be screwed, but let's keep trying.

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democracynow.org
Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20h
Though Israel and its allies have derided Palestinian resistance groups for holding hostages in Gaza, Israel itself is holding thousands of Palestinian hostages, both dead and alive, in its own prisons.

At least 250 Palestinian bodies have not been returned to their families.
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mcgilldgph.bsky.social
mcgilldgph.bsky.social @mcgilldgph.bsky.social · 22h
Hello Bluesky! We're a new department at @mcgill.ca, @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca! Get to know the Department of Global and Public Health! Swipe through to explore some of the programs and opportunities that we offer.
The words "Who are we?" on a light purple background Text on light purple background: "We’re part of the School of Population and Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science. Our goal is to address health inequities and advance public health locally and globally."
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d
Ha'aretz: John Oliver's presentation tonight on Netanyahu and his Gaza war has been banned from dissemination in Israel, with no explanation being provided for the action.
'Deadliest War': John Oliver slams Netanyahu in show not available for streaming in Israel
The Episode of 'Last Week Tonight' Deals With the War in Gaza and the Prime Minister, and Is Not Available to Watch in Israel. HBO, Which Broadcasts Oliver's Show, Declined to Comment
www.haaretz.com
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ksaylor.bsky.social
Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 5d
Tip #10: Testing for Key Article Inclusion in PubMed #MLAUXCaucus #ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #medlibs Tip shared by @carrieprice.bsky.social uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/03/tip-...
Tip #10: Testing for Key Article Inclusion in PubMed
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com
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lluisanglada.bsky.social
lluisanglada.bsky.social @lluisanglada.bsky.social · 6d
"In many universities, conversations about openness still revolve around research outputs: journal articles, monographs, and data. But if we’re serious about knowledge equity, then teaching content has to be part of that conversation too"

blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities - Impact of Social Sciences
Why open educational resources should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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madhupai.bsky.social
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 9d
An Indigenous child is being hurt and you can help. Will you?

Dr Cindy Blackstock

www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
OPINION | An Indigenous child is being hurt and you can help. Will you? | CBC Documentaries
The documentary The Good Canadian outlines the consequences of failing to press politicians to address systemic discrimination against Indigenous people.
www.cbc.ca
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srlibproblems.bsky.social
SRLibProblems @srlibproblems.bsky.social · 11d
To be clear, the problem is not the tool (Citation Chaser or Lens.org, where Citation Chaser gets its metadata from). The problem is the publishers that are withholding and preventing the abstracts from being openly available.

And the impact in this case, is on screening at the title-abstract level
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Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Joanna Bryson, Anupam Chander , and 32 more

robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12d
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13d
It’s one thing to withdraw from global health

It’s another thing to block other nations from global initiatives and goals

NO ONE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE SO MUCH POWER!!!

healthpolicy-watch.news/un-declarati...
BREAKING: UN Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases Fails To Win Approval After US Foils Consensus - Health Policy Watch
NEW YORK CITY - A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win
healthpolicy-watch.news
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 15d
Reminder to fill out this CRA survey and say YES to automatic tax filing cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca/f/s.aspx?s=d...
Automatic tax filing consultation
Powered by SimpleSurvey.com | Build and manage your own online survey, voting, form and panel management applications.
cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca
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Reposted by Simon J. Greenhill, Elizabeth Stokoe, Cathy N. Davidson , and 7 more

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 17d
Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring.

So Science did a study.

ChatGPT failed.

Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...
Can ChatGPT help science writers?
www.science.org
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Reposted by Wouter Poortinga, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, John Horgan , and 27 more

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 22d
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
The new TOC from academia dot edu. By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.
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Carrie Price @carrieprice.bsky.social · Sep 8
Data available upon request is not acceptable.

Search/es available upon request is also not acceptable.

If you are going to do science, do science, please.
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munizfraticelli.bsky.social
Prof. Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli 🎓🌎🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 @munizfraticelli.bsky.social · Sep 8
So happy and proud to see so many @mcgillarts.bsky.social colleagues, including many from the @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social department, attending the #AMPFA Welcome Back Week and even getting involved in the faculty association's governance!
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cochrane.org
The Cochrane Collaboration @cochrane.org · Sep 8
INSPECT-SR has launched today — a new tool for researchers to detect problematic randomized controlled trials.

🔗 Find out more here: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

#INSPECTSR #ClinicalTrials #EvidenceBasedMedicine #SystematicReviews #ResearchIntegrity
A hand with a magnifying glass focuses on a chart with a rising trend line and bars. Text reads, "New tool detects problematic trials before they distort evidence." The background features torn grid paper and abstract shapes, with a scientific and investigative theme.
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Reposted by Erich Fromm, Sander van der Linden, Felicity Callard , and 4 more

nkalamb.bsky.social
Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 31
FYI

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sociologist Nathan Kalman-Lamb, based in Fredericton, said he was required to hand over his phone during a recent trip to a conference in South Carolina. "He claimed that it was just going to be a very cursory search," Kalman-Lamb said, explaining the officer's actions are legal. "But the document that he gave me said they reserve the right to copy all the contents of your phone and distribute them to every American military and intelligence agency."
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eff.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Aug 30
A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...
Choosing the VPN That's Right for You
VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network.” When you connect to a VPN, all data that you send (such as the requests to servers when browsing the web) appears to originate from the VPN itself, rather than your internet service provider (ISP). This masks your IP address, which can be an...
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aarontay.bsky.social
Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · Aug 28
Here's a scary example. Run the following in OpenAlex API where publisher is Elsevier AND has abstract AND excludes open access papers. api.openalex.org/works?filter...
You get ZERO! If you include OA you get about 20%+ . This figure was >75% when Bianca was doing her analysis in late 2024! (6)
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giustini.bsky.social
Dean Giustini @giustini.bsky.social · Aug 27
Here comes ASTA — scholarly research assistant w/ coverage via corpus of 108M+ scholarly abstracts & 12M+ full text in Semantic Scholar. Initiative of Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) "to accelerate scientific discovery through trustworthy open-source agentic AI." Untested. wiki.ubc.ca/Asta_(agenti...
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democracynow.org
Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Aug 27
More Than 350,000 Israelis in Tel Aviv Call for Gov’t to Accept Ceasefire Deal
More Than 350,000 Israelis in Tel Aviv Call for Gov't to Accept Ceasefire Deal
In Israel, nationwide protests are continuing. On Tuesday, more than 350,000 people gathered at Tel Aviv's public plaza calling on the government to accept a ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. Large protests were also held in Jerusalem. This is Mich...
www.democracynow.org
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Geneviève Gore

propublica.org
ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 24
The continents are rapidly drying out and the earth’s vast freshwater resources are under threat, according to a recently released study based on 20+ years of NASA satellite data.

Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
www.propublica.org
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Reposted by Lindsay M. Tedds, Alan Richardson, Julia M. Wright , and 1 more

dalfaculty.bsky.social
Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · Aug 19
1000 faculty hit the picket lines tomorrow, 930 am, lockout by @dalhousieu.bsky.social. A first for CDN research intensive universities. A reckless move by the Board - jeopardizing the fall term, ruining relations with faculty for years to come. Join us on the picket lines to #keepdalstrong!
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madhupai.bsky.social
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Aug 18
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”
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Reposted by Iain Davidson, Robert B. Reich, Mary Jane Curry , and 1 more

sanders.senate.gov
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Aug 13
U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for:

700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start

Combined.
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aarontay.bsky.social
Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · Aug 6
Was looking through some courses from Datacamp, linkedin learning, Udemy etc for introduction to ai content. The library carpentry one in development looks promising Intro to AI for GLAM share.google/2axmdSJ939bG... for concepts (1)
Intro to AI for GLAM: Summary and Setup
share.google
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pivot.quebec
Pivot @pivot.quebec · Aug 6
Enfin, notre enquête a révélé qu'Anthony Housefather a aussi fait pression auprès de l’administration contre une grève en soutien à la Palestine portée par l’association.

👉 pivot.quebec/2025/06...
Un député libéral mêlé au divorce entre McGill et son association étudiante – Pivot
Anthony Housefather, connu pour ses positions sionistes, a fait pression auprès de l’administration contre une grève en soutien à la Palestine portée par l’association.
pivot.quebec
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bermaninstitute.bsky.social
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · Aug 4
Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds: A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...
Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
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theonion.com
The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 4
Slaughterhouse Cow Frets Over Personal Contributions To Climate Change theonion.com/slaught...
Slaughterhouse Cow Frets Over Personal Contributions To Climate Change
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madhupai.bsky.social
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jul 31
This is very alarming

Canada’s public health agency has recorded about 4,200 measles cases this year, more than three times as many as the 1,300 cases recorded in the United States

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...
Canada’s Measles Outbreak Exceeds Cases in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
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nrvscrcts.bsky.social
David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · Jul 30
Have faculty, librarians, staff, and others had success using tools to generate these things? Sure. Have they created prompts that ensure every output is accurate? Impossible. Have they relied on their non-AI-generated expertise as educators to know that the output was actually useful? Every time.
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