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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 10h

After Trump visit, Poilievre blames Carney for everything under the sun, including sunburn

The Conservative Leader isn’t stupid. He just thinks the people listening to him are

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 1d

A feature in Nature Medicine explains the repercussions for investigators and patients when clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts and how they do not stop at borders. #Academicsky 🧪

The damage done - Nature Medicine

When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.

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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 1d

Jordan Peterson claims he has CIRS, a pseudoscience condition supposedly caused by “toxic mold”

This is a “diagnosis” of the wellness industry. His daughter, Mikhaila, has a history of the same claims.

I wrote about this last year in Skeptical Inquirer:

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Toxic Mold: Is It Really the Cause of All Maladies? | Skeptical Inquirer

If you listened to the wellness and alternative health industries, you might think so. Everywhere you look, there are articles extolling the harms associate ...

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Dr Sherri Hayden 🇨🇦 @drsherrihayden.bsky.social · 1d

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Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News

The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paint a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.

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Dr Sherri Hayden 🇨🇦 @drsherrihayden.bsky.social · 2d

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Rare white beaver wows Ottawa-area wildlife watchers | CBC News

Ottawa wildlife photographers have captured stunning images of a rare leucistic beaver.

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David Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social · 2d

BC has billions in shovel-ready projects ready to go.

Instead of real jobs for our province, the BC Conservatives are standing up for themselves, infighting and Alberta politics.

We’ll continue to ignore the noise and deliver for this province and country.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 4d

What Americans Die from?

And what the media reports on...

Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

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Sarah Lempriere @sarahlempriere.bsky.social · 7d

I love these new layers of complexity that people are discovering in the brain! Dendrites of different neurons can connect via nanotubes, which transport calcium and cargo such as amyloid-beta www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hidden networks in the brain

Dendritic nanotubes extend brain connectivity beyond synapses

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 4d

Grrr... More doubtmongering noise.

Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t... @statnews

"NO evidence that giving shots separately for measles, mumps, and rubella offers any advantage in terms of safety or effectiveness."

Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots

There's no evidence that breaking up the MMR shot would make the immunization safer or more effective.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 4d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Dr Sherri Hayden 🇨🇦 @drsherrihayden.bsky.social · 4d

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This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 4d

Pseudoscience is popular in part because it seeks to confirm our beliefs.

Science can be less popular in part because it seeks to interrogate our beliefs.

Good science, like good art and literature, can upset the established ways in which we see the world.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

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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Dr Sherri Hayden 🇨🇦 @drsherrihayden.bsky.social · 5d

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Balfour Mount, who revolutionized end-of-life care, died at palliative unit named in his honour | CBC News

Mount devoted his life to caring for others and alleviating suffering. In interviews, his family and colleagues remembered him as both deeply compassionate and as a fierce advocate for the humanity of...

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Dr Sherri Hayden 🇨🇦 @drsherrihayden.bsky.social · 6d

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In 4 months, Canadian Jeremy Hansen will blast off to the moon — where he'll also be a human guinea pig | CBC News

If all goes to plan, next February could see the return of humans to the moon. Four people — NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hans...

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Dr Sherri Hayden 🇨🇦 @drsherrihayden.bsky.social · 6d

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Federal budget watchdog's comments are 'just wrong,' says one of his predecessors | CBC News

A former parliamentary budget officer says it is “just wrong” to suggest that the federal finances are unsustainable and is publicly disagreeing with the current fiscal watchdog.

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Dr Sherri Hayden 🇨🇦 @drsherrihayden.bsky.social · 6d

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How the U.S. trade war uncorked a surprising boom for wineries across Canada | CBC Radio

Thanks in large part to the patriotic "Buy Canadian" movement, which has changed consumer habits and reshaped parts of the retail landscape, winemakers across the country say they're enjoying a rare a...

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Tamim Ahsan @tamim-ahsan.bsky.social · 6d

Psilocybin Rewire Brain Circuits Tied to Pain and Mood

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#psychiatry #psilocybin #psychedelics #pain #mood 🧪

Psilocybin Rewire Brain Circuits Tied to Pain and Mood - Neuroscience News

New research shows that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, can reduce both chronic pain and pain-related depression by modulating brain circuits rather than acting at the site o...

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 8d

Poor sleep could make the brain appear years older than it really is. Using MRI scans and machine learning, scientists found a clear link between unhealthy sleep patterns and accelerated brain aging.
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Poor sleep speeds brain aging and may raise dementia risk

New research shows that poor sleep could make the brain appear years older than it really is. Using MRI scans and machine learning, scientists found a clear link between unhealthy sleep patterns and a...

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 7d

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠

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COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia

npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 7d

“framing science as a debate to be won makes it easy to paint established scientists as opponents who must be overcome”

An interesting thesis and suggestion of a solution

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o... 🎁

Opinion | How the Manosphere Hijacks Young Men’s Interest in Science

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 8d

PubMed is in trouble

This is beyond bad for medical research

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Dr. Hedy Fry @hedyfry.bsky.social · 8d

Attended a very special reception held by the LGBT Purge Fund to view the Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge exhibition, a Canadian Museum of Human Rights travelling pop-up presented this summer at the National Arts Centre. We must protect the Charter, and we must not go back.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 8d

Extinguishing wildfire misinformation: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/extinguishin... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

Common misinformation themes:
- Scapegoating of minorities
- Land-grab plot
- Technological weapon
- Foreign or globalist threat

Extinguishing wildfire misinformation: avenues for journalistic improvement

Our Journalist Fellow Niko Efstathiou looks at how news publishers can improve their coverage of wildfires and fight false narratives around them.

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