Francis Lynn 🇨🇦
@nictitate.bsky.social
COP30 - another year of disappointment
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
COP30 - another year of disappointment
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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📢🎉New study from our lab on circulating SASP factors suggests a novel senescent cell biomarker across #T1D stages! Congrats🥳Camille Jasmine and @dream-diabetes.bsky.social trainees Grateful to TrialNet @chrimanitoba.bsky.social @cirtn.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Circulating senescence-associated secretory phenotype factors across the stages of type 1 diabetes in a cross-sectional cohort - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Circulating senescence-associated secretory phenotype factors across the stages of type 1 diabetes in a cross-sectional cohort
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📢🎉New study from our lab on circulating SASP factors suggests a novel senescent cell biomarker across #T1D stages! Congrats🥳Camille Jasmine and @dream-diabetes.bsky.social trainees Grateful to TrialNet @chrimanitoba.bsky.social @cirtn.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Missed my number being called tonight (#609) to speak via phone to Vancouver City Council during their multi-night meeting on the city’s very controversial 0% austerity budget. Remarkable to have that many speakers, and to have almost all opposing the proposed cuts, instead asking for a % increase.
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Missed my number being called tonight (#609) to speak via phone to Vancouver City Council during their multi-night meeting on the city’s very controversial 0% austerity budget. Remarkable to have that many speakers, and to have almost all opposing the proposed cuts, instead asking for a % increase.
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NPR: "Wholesale prices for a turkey have jumped 40% from a year ago, according to the Department of Agriculture."
Turkey sticker shock
Wholesale prices have jumped 40% from a year ago
laist.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
NPR: "Wholesale prices for a turkey have jumped 40% from a year ago, according to the Department of Agriculture."
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Apply for the 'Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Cell Research' at UBC. Come join the dynamic research community in Vancouver 🇨🇦!
Associate Professor (tenure) or Professor (tenure) Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Research
Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Associate Professor (tenure) or Professor (tenure) Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Research Department School of Biomedical Engineering | ...
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Apply for the 'Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Cell Research' at UBC. Come join the dynamic research community in Vancouver 🇨🇦!
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Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, Council of Canadian Academies report says, by @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien... via @theglobeandmail.com
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Low rate of R&D investment plays key role in productivity crisis, according to Council of Canadian Academies
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, Council of Canadian Academies report says, by @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien... via @theglobeandmail.com
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The lens was manufactured in 1939, in wartime Germany. At this time, the "Leica Freedom Train" was in full operation - smuggling Jews out of Germany by listing them as Leitz employees and sending them abroad to work in Leica offices in Britian, France, Hong Kong, and the United States.
Behind the camera - secret life of man who saved Jews from Nazis
Honour for German Leica manufacturer who sent prewar apprentices to US.
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The lens was manufactured in 1939, in wartime Germany. At this time, the "Leica Freedom Train" was in full operation - smuggling Jews out of Germany by listing them as Leitz employees and sending them abroad to work in Leica offices in Britian, France, Hong Kong, and the United States.
budget just passed
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
budget just passed
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🧵(1/12) November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and we have many works coming out from the CIRTN labs focusing on islet biology and diabetes. For the beginning of Nov 2025, we have papers from Drs Thompson, Verchere, Chen, Dhanvantari, Hill, Hoesli, Kin, Levings, Lynn, Riddell, Rutter and Wheeler.
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🧵(1/12) November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and we have many works coming out from the CIRTN labs focusing on islet biology and diabetes. For the beginning of Nov 2025, we have papers from Drs Thompson, Verchere, Chen, Dhanvantari, Hill, Hoesli, Kin, Levings, Lynn, Riddell, Rutter and Wheeler.
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Many exciting opportunities for a PhD in Life Sciences in CRG, Barcelona. If you are interested in Genomics of Diabetes check out the offer for a fully funded fellowship in our lab - we will consider candidates with experimental or computational backgrounds.
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
Are you looking for a PhD? Join us in Barcelona! You'll dive into a community of >100 PhD students from 30 countries exploring the frontiers of biology. You can also join an online workshop on 6 November (15:00 CET) to learn how to find the right lab for you.
More info: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
More info: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Many exciting opportunities for a PhD in Life Sciences in CRG, Barcelona. If you are interested in Genomics of Diabetes check out the offer for a fully funded fellowship in our lab - we will consider candidates with experimental or computational backgrounds.
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
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This car is now added to my list of metaphors for genomics experiments gone wrong
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This car is now added to my list of metaphors for genomics experiments gone wrong
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“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
Said by someone with a 14 year old daughter, damn.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Said by someone with a 14 year old daughter, damn.
After a night of fitful sleep I again wonder why organizations cannot live by the golden rule. Still too idealistic I guess.
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
After a night of fitful sleep I again wonder why organizations cannot live by the golden rule. Still too idealistic I guess.
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Some more charts for the Vancouver budget, a response from Ken Sim on the future of the city’s climate department, and a decision to wear a sweater on camera which I’m frankly still on the fence about
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Some more charts for the Vancouver budget, a response from Ken Sim on the future of the city’s climate department, and a decision to wear a sweater on camera which I’m frankly still on the fence about
I remember the last peak in 1991 as I received a measles vaccine booster in high school. What are we doing this time?
Canada has a lot of work to do
Anti-vaccine disinformation from the US is a huge threat
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Anti-vaccine disinformation from the US is a huge threat
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I remember the last peak in 1991 as I received a measles vaccine booster in high school. What are we doing this time?
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"And while the budget pours money into infrastructure and emphasizes resource extraction, it fails to leverage our country’s most significant economic drivers: people, research and education."
In case you missed it over the weekend, my op-ed on the federal budget.
GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"And while the budget pours money into infrastructure and emphasizes resource extraction, it fails to leverage our country’s most significant economic drivers: people, research and education."
Of course he will
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Of course he will
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Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
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Now do universities and colleges
Let's work together across party lines to defend the forestry sector. Because when forestry is strong, Canada is strong.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Now do universities and colleges
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Happy to share that our preprint is now published at @embomolmed.org! We expanded on the benchmark of porcine ductal organoids by a pretty extensive proteomics dataset to compare organoids derived from different developmental stages of the pig #devbio #PancSky www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Benchmarking porcine pancreatic ductal organoids for drug screening applications | EMBO Molecular Medicine
imageimageState-of-the-art single-cell RNA sequencing and proteomics approaches were employed
to benchmark porcine and human pancreatic ductal organoid systems for use as a drug
screening and testing ...
www.embopress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Happy to share that our preprint is now published at @embomolmed.org! We expanded on the benchmark of porcine ductal organoids by a pretty extensive proteomics dataset to compare organoids derived from different developmental stages of the pig #devbio #PancSky www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Budget 2024 did not disappear. Granting council budgets are still rising, just not as quickly.
As a Canadian researcher/academic, it's beyond discouraging that the federal gov't is rolling out the welcome mat for foreign assistant professors, doctoral students and postdocs, while *cutting* domestic research funding and doing nothing to support those of us who are already here, doing the work.
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Budget 2024 did not disappear. Granting council budgets are still rising, just not as quickly.