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David Waltner-Toews

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Founding Pres, Vets without Borders-Canada; Veterinary epidemiologist. Writer >20 books poetry fiction nonfiction On Pandemics,The Origin of Feces. Officer, Order of Canada. https://davidwaltnertoews.wordpress.com/

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David Waltner-Toews is a Canadian epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses and ecosystem health. He is best known for his work on animal and human infectious diseases in relation to complexity. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario. .. more

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David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · Jul 3

Spirit Bear scanning River in Great Bear Rainforest. Photo by my friend & colleague Barry Stemshorn. Presented to me at my OC investiture by Barry & my other friend, Enid Stiles.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 1d

Now I need to find out who Zusha is.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 7d

Please clarify what deterioration means. Be explicit.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 7d

soul mates, comrades in arms, schemers and humanizers and tricksters in every good way.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall 1934-2025. Damn. I thought she was forever.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 9d

Jesus, him arguing is a sure sign he was Jewish.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 10d

If God is in all and is all, as one version of evolutionary genetics implies, then you are, in part, God. So if you change your behaviour, you alter the complex dynamics of Being, and you change God.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 10d

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The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 10d

I may have found my defining quote.

Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

From a poster called “just shower thoughts“ reading: when people talk about traveling to the past, they worry about radically, changing the present by doing something small, barely anyone in the present to really thinks that they can radically change the future by doing something small.

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David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 11d

Ruby Tuesday

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 12d

Megan Campisi’s novel Sin Eater is a good introduction

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 12d

Heavy Metal Portlandia Gonzo. First Season now filming.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 13d

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The Chef Cooking a Cicada Recipe for Every Palate

From ceviche to caramel popcorn, Joseph Yoon is showing how Brood X can be a delicious part of your diet.

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David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 15d

@floralashes.bsky.social a friend asked me today if there are any non-male references to God in the Torah or related literature. I figured you might know.

David Waltner-Toews @doft.bsky.social · 17d

In '71 a girl at a party, hearing Kathy Waltner & me were getting married, sneered no guy would ever change his name. I said, what’s the big deall? Kathy, from a family of 4 girls, actually wanted to keep some part of her family-of-origin name - Waltner. So we became Waltner-Toews. 54 yrs later...