Dylan MacKay
@dylanmackayphd.bsky.social
Dad | #T1D my pancreas is on my phone | Assistant Professor of #NutSky and Chronic Disease | Newfoundlander in Winnipeg | Deutscher | Clinical Trialist | ADHD | he/him | Old man playing Rocket League | views my own
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Dylan MacKay
@dylanmackayphd.bsky.social
· Sep 26
People with type 1 diabetes #T1D can sometimes seem aloof and unapproachable. I want to let you know it isn't because we know we are so hot (we do), it is because we are really busy trying to stop our bodies from killing us.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
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I did not know it was this bad
Look at the mortality in younger females (versus males) in CKD 5
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jamainternalmed.com from Alberta
#NephSky #GenderDisparities
Look at the mortality in younger females (versus males) in CKD 5
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jamainternalmed.com from Alberta
#NephSky #GenderDisparities
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I did not know it was this bad
Look at the mortality in younger females (versus males) in CKD 5
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jamainternalmed.com from Alberta
#NephSky #GenderDisparities
Look at the mortality in younger females (versus males) in CKD 5
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jamainternalmed.com from Alberta
#NephSky #GenderDisparities
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Two men who occupy prominent positions in Canada’s media landscape just travelled to Israel, where they received a briefing from the Israeli government.
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Two men who occupy prominent positions in Canada’s media landscape just travelled to Israel, where they received a briefing from the Israeli government.
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
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People are more interested in the welfare and sentience of ChatGPT than they are in the welfare of actual human beings and it’s so fucking bleak
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
People are more interested in the welfare and sentience of ChatGPT than they are in the welfare of actual human beings and it’s so fucking bleak
Being a Bayer 04 Leverkusen fan over the last 25 years has not always been easy, last year was great, today was okay as well
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Being a Bayer 04 Leverkusen fan over the last 25 years has not always been easy, last year was great, today was okay as well
Stares directly at Premier Wab Kinew as he works on a plan to spend $3 billion dollars on natural gas turbines...
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for 3 hours per day.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
techcrunch.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Stares directly at Premier Wab Kinew as he works on a plan to spend $3 billion dollars on natural gas turbines...
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I hope that when RFK Jr dies someday, someone has been hired and trained to capture whatever crawls out of the body, so that it doesn't find a new host
August 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I hope that when RFK Jr dies someday, someone has been hired and trained to capture whatever crawls out of the body, so that it doesn't find a new host
Canadian governments need to stop sending out tax payer money to these bullshit consultant firms who now seem to just be using LLMs to produce their "reports" fortune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Deloitte just got caught again citing fabricated and potentially AI-generated research—this time in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government | Fortune
In a healthcare report aimed to address a nurse and doctor shortage, Deloitte cited several fake studies with real researchers’ names attached.
fortune.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Canadian governments need to stop sending out tax payer money to these bullshit consultant firms who now seem to just be using LLMs to produce their "reports" fortune.com/2025/11/25/d...
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No matter where we live or what language we speak, we’re in the same boat: trying to get by in an impossible economy.
Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity.
Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca
youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...
Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity.
Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca
youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...
My message to Quebeckers | Avi Lewis
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
No matter where we live or what language we speak, we’re in the same boat: trying to get by in an impossible economy.
Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity.
Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca
youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...
Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity.
Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca
youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...
Great opportunity with a great team, ask me how I know
Research Manitoba is hiring! We are looking for a Program Officer to join our team involve facilitating our grant programs and contributing to the success of our organizational growth strategies.
Deadline is Dec 5 2025, and application information is here: https://researchmanitoba.ca/about/careers/
Deadline is Dec 5 2025, and application information is here: https://researchmanitoba.ca/about/careers/
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great opportunity with a great team, ask me how I know
Unfortunately the Premier Kinew's ideas seem to be fossils, old and outdated
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: We don’t need fossil gas energy
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Unfortunately the Premier Kinew's ideas seem to be fossils, old and outdated
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
Can you imagine having essentially infinite wealth and still having such bad parties.
Perhaps the fact is that a party cannot be good if Elon is there
Perhaps the fact is that a party cannot be good if Elon is there
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Can you imagine having essentially infinite wealth and still having such bad parties.
Perhaps the fact is that a party cannot be good if Elon is there
Perhaps the fact is that a party cannot be good if Elon is there
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Tech bros really can't understand why we're hostile to technology that a) is frequently confidently wrong and b) threatens to ruin our already terrible lives
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tech bros really can't understand why we're hostile to technology that a) is frequently confidently wrong and b) threatens to ruin our already terrible lives
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Oh bloody hell. Ioannidis was arguably the most (previously) respected scientist to politicize public health and COVID science. 🤦🏻♂️
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oh bloody hell. Ioannidis was arguably the most (previously) respected scientist to politicize public health and COVID science. 🤦🏻♂️
Es kann soviel passieren
Es kann soviel geschehen
Nur eins weiß ich hundertprozentig
Nie im Leben würde ich zu Bayern gehen
Es kann soviel geschehen
Nur eins weiß ich hundertprozentig
Nie im Leben würde ich zu Bayern gehen
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Es kann soviel passieren
Es kann soviel geschehen
Nur eins weiß ich hundertprozentig
Nie im Leben würde ich zu Bayern gehen
Es kann soviel geschehen
Nur eins weiß ich hundertprozentig
Nie im Leben würde ich zu Bayern gehen
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Got an ad for a medication for people "over 70" and I clicked on "why am I seeing this ad?" The explanation was I've liked "content about books." Ive never felt such a burn
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Got an ad for a medication for people "over 70" and I clicked on "why am I seeing this ad?" The explanation was I've liked "content about books." Ive never felt such a burn
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Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
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15-year-old bug 😐 in an industry that has the highest profit margins possible pretty much
www.theguardian.com/science/2017...
www.theguardian.com/science/2017...
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
15-year-old bug 😐 in an industry that has the highest profit margins possible pretty much
www.theguardian.com/science/2017...
www.theguardian.com/science/2017...
As a German I do not like this idea
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Germany wants to build Europe’s strongest army – a new conscription bill is moving that closer | CNN
Earlier this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As a German I do not like this idea
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