Derek
drocker.bsky.social
Derek
@drocker.bsky.social
Dogs, bikes, and sometimes, when I am forced to, mass spectrometry
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Canadians used to joke that we were a mouse beside an elephant. Then comparisons got darker - living above a meth lab.
Now we understand we live next to a gangster regime.
But Canadians won't bend.
The resistance is coming from ordinary folk.
Please read and share.

open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
FROM THIS MOMENT EVERYTHING CHANGES
How Ordinary Canadians Are Leading The Resistance Against Trump's America
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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How’s everyone’s Inauguration Day going
January 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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There is a reason that Elon Musk is stumping for Pierre Poilievre.
A reason he chose to be interviewed with Mar-a-Lago loser Jordan Peterson.
Watch this investigative look into Trump's guy in Canada.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9b...
Who is he really? | The Poilievre Investigations: Episode 1
YouTube video by Protecting Canada
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This one's a no brainer.
Where should we levy the first tariff retaliation?
200% TARIFF ON ALL TESLA PRODUCTS
Contact Finance Minister
[email protected]

Tell him that Charlie sent you.
January 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
An excellent explanation of the benefits of carbon taxation and what to expect if we don't act @pierrepolievremp.bsky.social #canada
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ja...
Before “we axe the tax,” a quick lesson in history and physics
Pierre Poilievre needs to connect the dots on three rising things: emissions, extreme flooding all over the globe, and household-insurance costs.
policyoptions.irpp.org
January 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The Dogs of 2024
youtu.be/yKcQScxYdYM?...
The Dogs of 2024
YouTube video by WeRateDogs
youtu.be
December 31, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Holy hell @cnn.com You understand that people live in these countries? This is not territorial expansion, its a hostile takeover. As much as I suspect that this is all bluster to distract us from billionaires enriching themselves, this is some really poor Ad copy... do better!
December 24, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Poorly performing antibodies have plagued biomedical sciences for decades.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The antibodies don’t work! The race to rid labs of molecules that ruin experiments
Poorly performing antibodies have plagued biomedical sciences for decades. Several fresh initiatives hope to change this.
www.nature.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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The distribution of ~ 2 trillion immune cells in the human body.
December 2, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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What if my lab website has a popup that says “I understand that mRNA transcript counts have NO meaningful relationship to protein concentration” and you have to click yes to enter?
December 2, 2024 at 1:10 AM
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It’s beautiful
November 30, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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My perspective on CVs for DIA-based #proteomics is out in JPR

It explores how normalisation, the CV formula and software parameters affect the outputs. It suggests parameters to use for biological and technical studies and provides an R package to calculate CVs.

doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Calculating and Reporting Coefficients of Variation for DIA-Based Proteomics
The coefficient of variation (CV) is a measure that is frequently used to assess data dispersion for mass spectrometry-based proteomics. In the current era of burgeoning technical developments, there ...
doi.org
November 22, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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He’s finally gone….sucks Bourdain isn’t here for it
November 30, 2023 at 2:32 AM