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Sunaina Chopra

@sunainamoudgill.bsky.social

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Continuously learning as an MPT/PhD Candidate at UBC - sustained by home-baked goods, reading binges, hockey nights, and sci-fi adventures ✨ She/Her | Views are my own

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · Mar 3

Excited to share that I’m officially a PhD Candidate! 👩🏻‍🔬
My research will focus on land-based, group programming to support the health and wellness of BC First Nations communities.
Grateful for all the support so far—super excited to start this new journey! 🎉
#AcademicSky #PhDLife #PhDSky #EduSky

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CanucksArmy @canucksarmy.bsky.social · 10m

Instant Reaction: Chytil scores twice as Canucks beat Flames 5-1 on opening night

Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at CanucksArmy where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Vancouver Canucks game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below! Finally, Canucks hockey is actually back. The preseason went about as well as it could have for the Canucks, and the vibes around…

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · 1d

“How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · 1d

I finished Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen on Apple Books 🌶️📚
Kate Beckinsale’s narration brought the story to life. It was full of romance and wit. I laughed, teared up, and felt completely swept away by it all. One of my favourite quotes is below.
I highly recommend it 💙
#BookSky #Audiobooks

The cover is pink with text reading:
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Narrated by Kate Beckinsale

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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 2d

We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

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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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · 5d

Finished "The Long Walk" by @stephenking.bsky.social writing as Richard Bachman from Audible 📚🎧
While it didn't totally grip me, the premise (a deadly endurance contest seen through a teenage boy's eyes) is fascinating.
Curious to see how the film brings it to life! 🎬

#BookSky #FilmSky

The image is the Audible cover of The Long Walk. It reads the following:
Stephen King
Writing as Richard Bachman
Read by Kirby Heyborne
The Long Walk
A Novel
Now A Major Motion Picture

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 8d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 9d

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day – a time to raise awareness for the ongoing impacts of residential school and remember the children who never came home.

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · 9d

Totally agree with this mindset 👏🏼 It's a great opportunity to pause and appreciate what you've accomplished!

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 11d

So exhausting..

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · 12d

Ooo! That’s gorgeous! 😍
How are you finding the book so far? I’m just over halfway through on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and have this one next on my list.

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Amy Devlin @amydevlin.bsky.social · 12d

Wow!

What a breakthrough moment for these women.

#WRWC2025 #RWC2025 #RUGBY

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · 21d

Just finished Patrick Stewart’s "Making It So" on Audible, also beautifully read by Stewart himself 📚🎧
From childhood to Shakespeare to Star Trek to X-Men, it’s heartfelt, witty, surprising, and full of insight. It's definitely a must-listen! 💙
#BookSky #TrekSky

The audiobook cover features a close-up photo of Patrick Stewart resting his chin on his hands clasped together. The background is dark grey. The text on the cover reads:
Patrick Stewart
Making It So: A Memoir
Read by the author

Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · 23d

Yesterday at our quarterly meeting, the director announced that I was named "Team Player of the Quarter" at @heartlunginnov.bsky.social in recognition for my support with our Research Day conference 🎉
Feeling surprised and grateful for the honour 🥹💙
#GradSchool #TraineeLife #HealthResearch

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 25d

Annual Terry Fox run across Canada today, from coast to coast to coast. #TerryFoxRun #Canada 🍁

Link: terryfox.org/terry-fox-run/

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · 28d

Grateful to have co-chaired this year’s @heartlunginnov.bsky.social’s Research Day 🫀🫁 We also hosted an Early Career Night to connect with the invited speakers. Both events were fun, well-attended & positively received 😄 Feeling proud of our team’s work! ✨ #TraineeLife #GradSchool

Sunaina stands smiling next to a poster announcing the 2025 HLI Research Day event, with sponsor logos including Merck, St. Paul's Foundation, Providence Research, and AstraZeneca.

A diverse group of people poses together in a conference room, with a screen behind them and a poster showing "2025 HLI Research Day" and sponsor logos in the background.

Sunaina and Eric stand in front of two screens displaying multiple QR codes for the program guide, holding a microphone at a podium.

A diverse group of people poses together in front of two large screens displaying a slide that reads "Welcome to HLI Research Day 2025".

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29d

The idea that an instructor can and *should* be fired for daring to teach something not explicitly mentioned in course catalog is the pinnacle of the "students as customers" idiocy that's been steadily destroying American universities for decades now.

You're taking a class, not buying a product.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 29d

A top 50 US university yesterday fired an instructor, a department chair, and a dean because a course made some reference to transgender people without the brief official course description in the catalog saying “trigger warning: gender.”

In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · Sep 9

People are talking about Bluesky! From data analyzed between Jan 1 — Aug 18, 2025, we captured 85.5% of share of voice across social, digital, and traditional media, according to Meltwater. This is what death looks like 💀

Screenshot of Meltwater report showing Bluesky is 85.5% of mentions across platforms while other social platforms are much lower

Screenshot of Meltwater report showing Bluesky mentions by search is 10x higher than the alt platform, Threads

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · Sep 5

Finished Simon Prebble’s narration of Orwell’s 1984 📚🎧
A thoughtful classic that feels very relevant to current events, full of unforgettable quotes & insightful lessons. Glad I finally read it & excited to continue exploring other banned & challenged books on my list! 💙
#BookSky #BannedBooks

The audiobook cover shows a man with a black mustache and a grim expression in a black shirt.
The text on the cover reads:
Big Brother Is Watching You
George Orwell
1984
Unabridged
Read by Simon Prebble

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Sep 3

🧪 Science on Bluesky

A new study of 2.6m posts finds research gets far more likes, reposts, and thoughtful replies on @bsky.app than on X.

Scholars call it a 'purer' space for discussion.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#SciComm #BlueSky #AcademicSky

Science research gets more engagement on Bluesky than X, study finds

Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platform

www.theguardian.com

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today is the first day of year 2 of my #PhD journey! 🎉 Excited and looking forward to everything this year brings! Can’t believe it’s my last PhD year before transitioning into the MPT program 🥲
#AcademicSky #GradSchool

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Alt: a cartoon of Homer Simpson sitting on a couch with the words "I'm ready" above him

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Aug 27

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community

It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

arstechnica.com

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Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social · Aug 26

Guess who got featured in Forbes? 🎉 Honoured (and still a bit shook!) to be quoted as an “expert” on Garmin watches in their roundup of the best models for runners! 🏃‍♀️
First of many future mentions in high-visibility areas hopefully 🥹
#WearableTech #HealthTech #RunningCommunity

Best Garmin Running Watches 2025 - Forbes Vetted

The best Garmin running watches track biometrics, have long battery life and can offer warnings about health issues. Three Forerunner models made our list of top picks.