Mark D. Berry 🇨🇦
@markdberry.bsky.social
Yorkshireman in Canada. Human Biosciences professor. Father. Science, Sports, Music. Prone to extreme sarcasm. General inability to suffer fools. Opinions personal
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Are you thinking of a trip to Newfoundland? Plan to spend a few days in the Humber Bay of Islands area. Check out the new website that will promote the region that is my home: humberbayofislands.ca
Humber Bay of Islands | West Coast Newfoundland Tourism
Discover the Humber Bay of Islands on Newfoundland’s scenic west coast—rugged cliffs, coastal trails, charming towns, and local culture from Corner Brook to Lark Harbour. Perfect for adventure, rel
humberbayofislands.ca
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Are you thinking of a trip to Newfoundland? Plan to spend a few days in the Humber Bay of Islands area. Check out the new website that will promote the region that is my home: humberbayofislands.ca
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
I suspect a lot of the "add-on" benefits of Ozempic that have been hyped over the last 2-3 years are going to turn out to be false dawns
Obesity drug semaglutide fails to slow Alzheimer's
There were initial hopes that the drug in weight loss jab Wegovy could slow progression of dementia.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I suspect a lot of the "add-on" benefits of Ozempic that have been hyped over the last 2-3 years are going to turn out to be false dawns
Music is good! Pretty sure flute music wouldn't be my surgery listening choice though
Indian study finds music helps patients heal under anaesthesia
A new study finds patients who listen to music during surgery wake faster and need fewer painkillers.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Music is good! Pretty sure flute music wouldn't be my surgery listening choice though
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#MusicChallenge 🎶
#NewWaveNovember
Day 25
Blondie - Denis
youtu.be/i8O3xCpC6M8?...
This performance would have been the first time most people in the UK saw Blondie on their television set.
Released in February 1978 and went all the way to No. 2.
#WMIM #music #musicsky
#NewWaveNovember
Day 25
Blondie - Denis
youtu.be/i8O3xCpC6M8?...
This performance would have been the first time most people in the UK saw Blondie on their television set.
Released in February 1978 and went all the way to No. 2.
#WMIM #music #musicsky
Denis Live On Top Of The Pops - Blondie (official video)
YouTube video by emisessions
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#MusicChallenge 🎶
#NewWaveNovember
Day 25
Blondie - Denis
youtu.be/i8O3xCpC6M8?...
This performance would have been the first time most people in the UK saw Blondie on their television set.
Released in February 1978 and went all the way to No. 2.
#WMIM #music #musicsky
#NewWaveNovember
Day 25
Blondie - Denis
youtu.be/i8O3xCpC6M8?...
This performance would have been the first time most people in the UK saw Blondie on their television set.
Released in February 1978 and went all the way to No. 2.
#WMIM #music #musicsky
Ahhhh. It was the non hurtful, non insulting racism. Glad we cleared that up
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ahhhh. It was the non hurtful, non insulting racism. Glad we cleared that up
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People who stop using Mounjaro tend to regain weight and lose other health benefits, says study
People who stop using Mounjaro tend to regain weight and lose other health benefits, says study
Improvements such as reduced ‘bad’ cholesterol and lower blood pressure go into reverse upon stopping weight-loss jabs
People who stop using the weight-loss jab Mounjaro not only tend to regain weight, but experience a reversal in other health improvements too, research suggests.
Mounjaro, which contains the active ingredient tirzepatide, has become a popular medication for weight loss, with studies suggesting that it can help people lose an average of 20% of their body weight after 72 weeks of treatment. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
People who stop using Mounjaro tend to regain weight and lose other health benefits, says study
Not exactly a towering leap by Rodon in the wall on the 2nd goal
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Not exactly a towering leap by Rodon in the wall on the 2nd goal
I said at the start of the season I thought Gnonto was better suited to premier league than championship and he'd be a big player for us this year. I still stand by that, other than he's apparently never going to be allowed to play because Aaronson!!!
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I said at the start of the season I thought Gnonto was better suited to premier league than championship and he'd be a big player for us this year. I still stand by that, other than he's apparently never going to be allowed to play because Aaronson!!!
There's some very serious questions need asking here about how NL makes decisions and develops policies
Newspaper The Independent in Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting that another major government-commissioned policy report contains false citations likely generated by artificial intelligence. theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There's some very serious questions need asking here about how NL makes decisions and develops policies
Liverpool could/should have been 2 or 3 up in the first 30 minutes, and 2 mins into second half are lucky not to be 3 down.
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Liverpool could/should have been 2 or 3 up in the first 30 minutes, and 2 mins into second half are lucky not to be 3 down.
Be nice if Liverpool and Bournemouth can wake back up today
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Be nice if Liverpool and Bournemouth can wake back up today
Simple, straight-forward, easy to interpret, graphics.
Vaccines work - irrefutable
Vaccines work - irrefutable
I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
graphics.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Simple, straight-forward, easy to interpret, graphics.
Vaccines work - irrefutable
Vaccines work - irrefutable
I'm sure Reform (and increasingly Labour) will somehow link this to immigration
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I'm sure Reform (and increasingly Labour) will somehow link this to immigration
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The Good ol' US of A now openly posting scientifically false information on its official health web pages.
Next step homeopathy, water memory, and coffee enemas.
Maybe the A should now stand for Alchemy (although alchemy has more scientific merit than current USA health policy)
Next step homeopathy, water memory, and coffee enemas.
Maybe the A should now stand for Alchemy (although alchemy has more scientific merit than current USA health policy)
CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism and vaccines | CNN
Scientific information on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website was replaced Wednesday with anti-vaccine talking points that don’t rule out a link between vaccines and autism, de...
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Good ol' US of A now openly posting scientifically false information on its official health web pages.
Next step homeopathy, water memory, and coffee enemas.
Maybe the A should now stand for Alchemy (although alchemy has more scientific merit than current USA health policy)
Next step homeopathy, water memory, and coffee enemas.
Maybe the A should now stand for Alchemy (although alchemy has more scientific merit than current USA health policy)
Either there's a GI bug making the rounds at work or we really need to hire more custodial staff. Every washroom smells like 1980s London Underground.
(You're all welcome, if I have to experience it, I'm going to share)
(You're all welcome, if I have to experience it, I'm going to share)
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Either there's a GI bug making the rounds at work or we really need to hire more custodial staff. Every washroom smells like 1980s London Underground.
(You're all welcome, if I have to experience it, I'm going to share)
(You're all welcome, if I have to experience it, I'm going to share)
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𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨
Our writers have picked out the most memorable series from down the years to chart the history of one of sport's deepest rivalries.
▪️ The death of English cricket
▪️ Bodyline & The Don, the best the world has ever seen
▪️ Botham's Ashes & how Allan Border wrestled back control
Our writers have picked out the most memorable series from down the years to chart the history of one of sport's deepest rivalries.
▪️ The death of English cricket
▪️ Bodyline & The Don, the best the world has ever seen
▪️ Botham's Ashes & how Allan Border wrestled back control
Tales from the Ashes: A rivalry between England and Australia that has endured since 1882
The Athletic revisits some of the most memorable Ashes series to chart the history of one of the deepest sporting rivalries on the planet
theathletic.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨
Our writers have picked out the most memorable series from down the years to chart the history of one of sport's deepest rivalries.
▪️ The death of English cricket
▪️ Bodyline & The Don, the best the world has ever seen
▪️ Botham's Ashes & how Allan Border wrestled back control
Our writers have picked out the most memorable series from down the years to chart the history of one of sport's deepest rivalries.
▪️ The death of English cricket
▪️ Bodyline & The Don, the best the world has ever seen
▪️ Botham's Ashes & how Allan Border wrestled back control
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The sound you hear is of cricketers all over the world laughing forever.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The sound you hear is of cricketers all over the world laughing forever.
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📢 Late-breaking abstracts for #WCP2026 open 19 Jan 2026! Share your newest research with a global audience. Portal closes 16 Feb 2026. Start preparing now!
🔗 wcp2026.org
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
🔗 wcp2026.org
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
📢 Late-breaking abstracts for #WCP2026 open 19 Jan 2026! Share your newest research with a global audience. Portal closes 16 Feb 2026. Start preparing now!
🔗 wcp2026.org
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
🔗 wcp2026.org
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
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The PoliSci dept at MUN in St. John's NL, Canada is inviting appl. for Canada Excellence Research Chair/Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South. Senior folks (incl. int'l appl!) w expertise on Africa & LA encouraged to apply.
Deadline: December 14
shorturl.at/I74RL
The PoliSci dept at MUN in St. John's NL, Canada is inviting appl. for Canada Excellence Research Chair/Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South. Senior folks (incl. int'l appl!) w expertise on Africa & LA encouraged to apply.
Deadline: December 14
shorturl.at/I74RL
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November 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The PoliSci dept at MUN in St. John's NL, Canada is inviting appl. for Canada Excellence Research Chair/Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South. Senior folks (incl. int'l appl!) w expertise on Africa & LA encouraged to apply.
Deadline: December 14
shorturl.at/I74RL
The PoliSci dept at MUN in St. John's NL, Canada is inviting appl. for Canada Excellence Research Chair/Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South. Senior folks (incl. int'l appl!) w expertise on Africa & LA encouraged to apply.
Deadline: December 14
shorturl.at/I74RL
Post on the @cdnsciencepub.com blog about our recently published EDI-AR paper in @biochemcellbio.bsky.social on amending faculty recruitment processes to address inequities in hiring
Redactions: New hiring practices promote diversity and success in faculty hires | Canadian Science Publishing
Memorial University’s Department of Biochemistry redacted resumes to promote fair hiring practices and improved outcomes for women candidates
blog.cdnsciencepub.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Post on the @cdnsciencepub.com blog about our recently published EDI-AR paper in @biochemcellbio.bsky.social on amending faculty recruitment processes to address inequities in hiring
Booo. Would have been nice to see Gabon advance
Nigeria beat Gabon 4-1 after extra-time to reach the final of the CAF play-offs for a place at the World Cup.
The game was 1-1 going into extra-time, but goals from Chidera Ejuke & Victor Osimhen put Eric Chelle's team into Sunday's final.
The game was 1-1 going into extra-time, but goals from Chidera Ejuke & Victor Osimhen put Eric Chelle's team into Sunday's final.
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Booo. Would have been nice to see Gabon advance
The rankings systems are one of, if not the, biggest blight and danger to academia. Not fit for purpose is an understatement. Well established to be completely flawed and scientifically invalid.
To reform universities, first tackle global rankings
Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The rankings systems are one of, if not the, biggest blight and danger to academia. Not fit for purpose is an understatement. Well established to be completely flawed and scientifically invalid.