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Jehannine (J9) Austin
@j9austin.bsky.social
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Genetic Counselor, Professor/Dept. Head at the University of British Columbia. Editor in Chief: Journal of Genetic Counseling. Prez of International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. Unceded Coast Salish Territories. They/them
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hi! Thought I’d introduce myself for new people 🙂 I’m a Canada-based researcher exploring clinical applications of genetics, especially in the context of psych conditions. I have depression/anxiety, I’m a genetic counselor, journal editor, I’m agender. I post here about all sorts! Nice to meet you!
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 13h
Fantastic!
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 14h
Yay - just to be clear, we are looking for people who have completed GC training...
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 14h
Super excited to announce the launch of the PhD subspecialization program in genetic & genomic counseling at @ubcmedicine.bsky.social - it's open to applications!

All details including contact information for any questions is available here: medgen.med.ubc.ca/graduate-pro...

Please share widely!
PhD Sub-Specialization in Genetic and Genomic Counselling - Department of Medical Genetics
Overview The PhD sub-specialization in Genetic and Genomic Counselling will develop researchers who generate knowledge through empirical research that will advance and inform evidence-based practice i...
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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 16h
🎙️ Meet the new host of Women’s Health Interrupted: Dr. Liisa Galea
A neuroscientist + women’s mental health expert, she’s leading Season 3 with bold convos on women’s health research.
Launches Oct 15 on Spotify + Apple Podcasts!
#WomensHealth #SexAndGenderResearch #WHInterrupted
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 16h
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 17h
Saaaaaammmme. I just cannot…
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 17h
When we speak about safety in research/academia this is a key example, but often universities (and those who work there) remain in denial or poorly informed about how serious things can be for targeted staff and students.

A useful thread explaining things very clearly.
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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 18h
I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 1d
Where’s the “I hate this so much” button? I want to mash it.
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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1d
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."
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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 2d
Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d
It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2d
This is the lesson of 2025
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d
he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity
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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d
Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile at Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at The Onion on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU
Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person. Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile at Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. Only at The Onion on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU
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UBC Science @science.ubc.ca · 2d
#UBC Science is seeking an exceptional emerging scholar to fill a Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research stream. Applications due November 30.

science.ubc.ca/about/careers
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 2d
The other thing apart from mask fit that mattered a lot to me was air pressure. Mine was initially set at 12 and it was just awful.. Im now at 4-6 and it’s perfect for me. Congrats on a great start though, regardless! :)
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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 2d
Mskwaasin Agnew (Dene/Cree, Salt River First Nation) was among the humanitarians on board Conscience that was illegally boarded by Israel in international waters.
We are asking everyone to contact the Canadian Government (email addresses & phone numbers on the poster)
#EyesOnGaza #EndGazaBlockade
Photo of Mskwaasin with a keffyeh, black background with Canadian Boat to Gaza logo + LARGE red text: "MSKWAASIN AGNEW (DENE/CREE) ABDUCTED BY ISRAEL." and smaller white text: "Contact the Government to demand: - immediate sanctions on Israel - a two way arms embargo - demand the release of Mskwaasin and other Canadian members of the Flotilla." White text in a red outlined box: "Prime Minister Mark Carney mark.carney@parl.gc.ca Anita Anand (Foreign Affairs) anita.anand@international.gc.ca David Mcguinty (National Defence) david.mcguinty@forces.gc.ca Rebecca Alty (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations) rebecca.alty@parl.gc.ca 613-992-4587 MP Karim Bardeesy Taiaiako'n-Parkdale-High Park. karim.bardeesy@parl.gc.ca 416-769-5072
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 3d
I hope this reaches you.
To a Life in Despair Don't. Don't go to the bridge. Don't wake in your coat in the morning light and carry those stones into the river. Don't find your father's pistol in the attic, hidden in the family albums. Don't. Don't pour the pills into the whiskey, the walls dissolving like your childhood. Don't, just don't choose not to wake. Stay. Just stay. Tell yourself you'll do it tomorrow. You can always walk alone into the darkness. But not yet. Not yet. Not this soon. I don't have a reason to give you. All I have is the morning, and the autumn wind, and the child you once were in the darkness, looking at the new moon through the ruins, saying save me, save me, save me, and the moon looking back with her vacant face saying I promise, I stone- cold promise that the face of utter hopelessness is the face of something just about to change. —Joseph Fasano
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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4d
Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 4d
So this just happened 😭 again 😭

I called trying to get a vaccine in September (which is when we need them really at the latest) and was told none till mid October.

So here I am. Feeling furious and resentful that this is just how we seem to have to live now. And everything hurts.
A positive covid test sitting on a marble bathroom counter top. Ugh 😩
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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 7d
Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 5d
He’s not wrong tho…
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🌮 Lucky Shitt 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @luckyshitt.bsky.social · 5d
60 seconds of therapy
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d
The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.

It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.

See TrumpActionTracker.info
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · Jul 29
Generative AI changes what things mean because it focuses on words, not the meaning. It adds words, changes meaning, and makes "plain language" that is not accessible. We know, because we tested it. Generative AI has no place in plain language. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/07/asan...
Grey textured background. In the bottom right corner, there is a red circle with a line through it. Inside there is blue text that reads AI. Black text reads: ASAN Says No Generative AI in Plain Language! Full plain language statement on our website. The ASAN logo is at the bottom. Dark grey textured background. There’s a lighter grey box with text that reads: Artificial intelligence is when a computer program does things that normally need to be done by humans. We call artificial intelligence “AI” for short. There are lots of different kinds of AI. The way AI works is by using data from people. Data is information a computer can read. AI programs read data made by people to understand what to do. Generative AI is a specific kind of AI. Generative AI can use data to make new things. Generative AI can create many kinds of new things, like: text images music/movies and more People have already started using generative AI to write plain language. Grey textured background. Text reads: In our statement, we explain the reasons why people should not use generative AI to write in plain language. Plain language is an important part of making things accessible for people with disabilities. Using generative AI makes “plain language” that is not actually accessible. We hope anyone who writes in plain language will not use generative AI. Here are the reasons we talk about in our statement: Generative AI changes what things mean Plain language is an idea that is too new for generative AI to understand Generative AI focuses on words, not ideas Generative AI has discrimination built-in Plain language is by and for disabled people Read our full statement to learn more about each of these reasons. Dark grey textured background. There is a blue “AI” with a red circle and line over it. The ASAN logo is at the bottom. There’s a light grey box with the following text: ASAN does not use generative AI for plain language. We hope people writing in plain language understand why you shouldn’t use generative AI for plain language. People writing in plain language should always talk to disabled people first. People with disabilities can give feedback to make stronger plain language papers. We do not need AI to do this work when we already know disabled people can. Nothing about us without us!
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🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · Jun 19
To sum up: interactions you have with other human beings through text are still interactions with other human beings. Interactions with LLMs are not, but they are designed to look and feel like that, in ways that will train you to forget that other people are people.
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