Alex Wells
@alexwells.bsky.social
Newly minted PhD studying 2SLGBTQ recreational sport participation, HIV prevention and community connection.
Awkward at parties.
Awkward at parties.
"Following a careful assessment of Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, Skate Canada has determined that we are unable to host events in the province while maintaining our national standards for safe and inclusive sport,"
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Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"Following a careful assessment of Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, Skate Canada has determined that we are unable to host events in the province while maintaining our national standards for safe and inclusive sport,"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Eli Wood has been missing for over 6 weeks now. If anyone is around the Kitchener/Waterloo region on Sunday, some folks are looking for help doing a search. Feel free to share or contact Crime Stoppers with any information.
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Eli Wood has been missing for over 6 weeks now. If anyone is around the Kitchener/Waterloo region on Sunday, some folks are looking for help doing a search. Feel free to share or contact Crime Stoppers with any information.
Burpees... I don't care for 'em
tricep dips…i could do without them, personally
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Burpees... I don't care for 'em
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The "drill, baby, drill" slogan belies the relatively small role of *all* mining, quarrying, O&G extraction activities in the Canadian economy.
It's hugely capital intensive (only 1.2% of all jobs) but rip, strip and ship activities contribute just 5.1% to GDP... not even in the top 10 sectors.
It's hugely capital intensive (only 1.2% of all jobs) but rip, strip and ship activities contribute just 5.1% to GDP... not even in the top 10 sectors.
Canada wide: In 2024, 4.4 million (21.2%) Canadians earn their living from a job in the care economy. In the entire Canadian industrial sector that mines, quarries, drills and extracts, there were 264K jobs. The care economy generates 13.6% of GDP. The entire mining, etc. sector generates 5.1%.
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The "drill, baby, drill" slogan belies the relatively small role of *all* mining, quarrying, O&G extraction activities in the Canadian economy.
It's hugely capital intensive (only 1.2% of all jobs) but rip, strip and ship activities contribute just 5.1% to GDP... not even in the top 10 sectors.
It's hugely capital intensive (only 1.2% of all jobs) but rip, strip and ship activities contribute just 5.1% to GDP... not even in the top 10 sectors.
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NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
globalnews.ca
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
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The Scream
Kent Monkman ~ Cree
2017
Kent Monkman ~ Cree
2017
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Scream
Kent Monkman ~ Cree
2017
Kent Monkman ~ Cree
2017
Looking forward to Labour Day this year
August 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Looking forward to Labour Day this year
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“The Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want — hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation”
August 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“The Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want — hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation”
I go weeks without an emergency email, get sick, can’t think through a NyQuil induced haze, and then suddenly everyone needs me IMMEDIATELY.
My kingdom for a clear sinus cavity.
My kingdom for a clear sinus cavity.
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I go weeks without an emergency email, get sick, can’t think through a NyQuil induced haze, and then suddenly everyone needs me IMMEDIATELY.
My kingdom for a clear sinus cavity.
My kingdom for a clear sinus cavity.
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The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
August 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
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Research grants to universities & colleges as well as graduate scholarships face $764 million in cuts to pay for tax cuts and miliary spending. The Tri-council agencies providing those funds just won an increase in the last budget, but that will be completely undercut now. 6/x
July 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Research grants to universities & colleges as well as graduate scholarships face $764 million in cuts to pay for tax cuts and miliary spending. The Tri-council agencies providing those funds just won an increase in the last budget, but that will be completely undercut now. 6/x
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I still think this is one of the most gutting notes I’ve ever read.
June 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I still think this is one of the most gutting notes I’ve ever read.
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Centre island instantly becoming the most used bikeshare station. Lol. City council slowly picking that low hanging fruit.
Yesterday there were approximately 31,408 Toronto Bikeshare bikeshare trips
Most used station: Centre Island Ferry Dock (422 trips)
Least used station: Scarborough Village Park and 62 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 893
#bikeTO
Most used station: Centre Island Ferry Dock (422 trips)
Least used station: Scarborough Village Park and 62 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 893
#bikeTO
June 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Centre island instantly becoming the most used bikeshare station. Lol. City council slowly picking that low hanging fruit.
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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So: the “Protect Bathurst / Dufferin” astroturf campaign run by Summerhill Market had videos of a guy talking about the neighborhood & RapidTO proposal. Real grassroots feel. Took a screenshot & put it into google image search. Guess what?
May 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
So: the “Protect Bathurst / Dufferin” astroturf campaign run by Summerhill Market had videos of a guy talking about the neighborhood & RapidTO proposal. Real grassroots feel. Took a screenshot & put it into google image search. Guess what?
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Got an email addressed to Dr. Wells and it wasn't spam. That is going to take some getting use to.
May 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Got an email addressed to Dr. Wells and it wasn't spam. That is going to take some getting use to.
Can’t remember the last time I had to wait in line at advanced polls 🤔
April 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Can’t remember the last time I had to wait in line at advanced polls 🤔
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White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
March 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
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And then I wondered … had Pete Hegseth really meant to text me the state secrets?
March 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
And then I wondered … had Pete Hegseth really meant to text me the state secrets?
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1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
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I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/