Laurie
@fishell.bsky.social
Celebrating my X-it! Happy to be here, Science First & Always Vaccinated
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Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further
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December 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further
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Please, please get your vaccines.
Good for you. Good for community. Good for healthcare system.
Emergency wards coping with 'extreme overcapacity' in flu season: cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#VaccinesWork
Good for you. Good for community. Good for healthcare system.
Emergency wards coping with 'extreme overcapacity' in flu season: cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#VaccinesWork
Calgary ERs face 'extreme overcapacity,' internal hospital memo says | CBC News
Hospitals are tightening policies to prevent patient bottlenecks, even if beds aren't available, according to a memo obtained by CBC News.
cbc.ca
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Please, please get your vaccines.
Good for you. Good for community. Good for healthcare system.
Emergency wards coping with 'extreme overcapacity' in flu season: cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#VaccinesWork
Good for you. Good for community. Good for healthcare system.
Emergency wards coping with 'extreme overcapacity' in flu season: cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#VaccinesWork
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Three kids dead this month, just in our region.
It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously.
All these measures prevent Covid, too!
It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously.
All these measures prevent Covid, too!
Three children dead in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario region after flu-related complications
Medical officers of health warn of rapid rise in influenza-A, urge vaccination ahead of holidays
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Three kids dead this month, just in our region.
It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously.
All these measures prevent Covid, too!
It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously.
All these measures prevent Covid, too!
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Today is Canada's National Day of Action & Remembrance on Violence against Women. It marks the day in 1989 when 14 women at Polytechnique in Montreal were murdered by an "incel" (Proving that shit has a new name but is an old problem.)
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today is Canada's National Day of Action & Remembrance on Violence against Women. It marks the day in 1989 when 14 women at Polytechnique in Montreal were murdered by an "incel" (Proving that shit has a new name but is an old problem.)
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
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They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
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Sum: RFK Jr is wrong, wrong, wrong. Yet again.
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, large reviews find www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com
"The vaccine works. Full stop."
"The vaccine is safe. Full stop."
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, large reviews find www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com
"The vaccine works. Full stop."
"The vaccine is safe. Full stop."
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, 2 large reviews find
Hundreds of studies, including gold-standard clinical trials, challenge Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that the cancer vaccine is harmful.
www.nbcnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sum: RFK Jr is wrong, wrong, wrong. Yet again.
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, large reviews find www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com
"The vaccine works. Full stop."
"The vaccine is safe. Full stop."
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, large reviews find www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com
"The vaccine works. Full stop."
"The vaccine is safe. Full stop."
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters
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Saturday, December 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women. It commemorates the '89 Montreal Massacre where 14 women were targeted & killed for daring to study engineering.
Attend your local vigil & come learn community care with me
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Attend your local vigil & come learn community care with me
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Saturday, December 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women. It commemorates the '89 Montreal Massacre where 14 women were targeted & killed for daring to study engineering.
Attend your local vigil & come learn community care with me
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Attend your local vigil & come learn community care with me
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sky was beautiful tonight
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Sky was beautiful tonight
Supervised consumption is so important, it’s frustrating when it’s falsely associated with rise in crime.
Toronto’s Supervised Consumption Sites & Local Crime jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"...associated with neutral to positive improvements in local crime trends."
"...assaults, robberies, thefts over $5000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles also decreased."
"...associated with neutral to positive improvements in local crime trends."
"...assaults, robberies, thefts over $5000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles also decreased."
Toronto’s Supervised Consumption Sites and Local Crime
This ecological cohort study evaluates the association between overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites and local crime and disorder in Toronto.
jamanetwork.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Supervised consumption is so important, it’s frustrating when it’s falsely associated with rise in crime.
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Tomorrow (Nov 25) is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of #16Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
linktr.ee
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tomorrow (Nov 25) is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of #16Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
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Vaccines do NOT cause autism.
"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.
The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.
The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
CDC website altered to suggest possible link between vaccines and autism
New guidance published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting vaccines may cause autism has been slammed by medical and autism advocacy groups.
A CDC webpage which prev...
www.bmj.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Vaccines do NOT cause autism.
"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.
The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.
The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
On measles and vaccines, Canada can’t keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
www.thestar.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Dog owners now worry vaccines will cause "pawtism?"
We need to understand the role of political identity in the spread of vaccine lies (and other health misinformation) and how we can work to counter it.
My new piece...👇
We need to understand the role of political identity in the spread of vaccine lies (and other health misinformation) and how we can work to counter it.
My new piece...👇
🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
On measles and vaccines, Canada can’t keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
www.thestar.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Dog owners now worry vaccines will cause "pawtism?"
We need to understand the role of political identity in the spread of vaccine lies (and other health misinformation) and how we can work to counter it.
My new piece...👇
We need to understand the role of political identity in the spread of vaccine lies (and other health misinformation) and how we can work to counter it.
My new piece...👇
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The ostrich saga was for the birds. The decision to cull the big birds exposed to avian influenza was a good one and the histrionics unhelpful, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1
Opinion: The ostrich saga was for the birds
Government’s decision to cull 300 birds in B.C. was for the public good
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The ostrich saga was for the birds. The decision to cull the big birds exposed to avian influenza was a good one and the histrionics unhelpful, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1
My Grandfather Hugh John MacLean & the RCR Volunteers entered Mons via Valenciennes & then Jemappes, through clouds of mustard gas & gunfire, on foot, horses dragging the provisions, ammunition & wounded. They captured and liberated Mons after 4 years + 4 mths of German occupation. Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My Grandfather Hugh John MacLean & the RCR Volunteers entered Mons via Valenciennes & then Jemappes, through clouds of mustard gas & gunfire, on foot, horses dragging the provisions, ammunition & wounded. They captured and liberated Mons after 4 years + 4 mths of German occupation. Lest we forget.
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A 1953 draft story described two collaborative teams (the experimentalists Wilkins-Franklin; the theorists Watson-Crick), with Franklin as an equal partner in testing the model.
The draft was discovered by Cobb and Comfort in the archives and represents contemporary evidence...
🧪 #histsci
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The draft was discovered by Cobb and Comfort in the archives and represents contemporary evidence...
🧪 #histsci
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The “canonical” story how Rosalind Franklin got wronged by Watson and Crick inadvertently makes her look far less scientifically competent than she was (“She did not realize the significance of her own data!”). This article offers a much more nuanced account of what happened.
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A 1953 draft story described two collaborative teams (the experimentalists Wilkins-Franklin; the theorists Watson-Crick), with Franklin as an equal partner in testing the model.
The draft was discovered by Cobb and Comfort in the archives and represents contemporary evidence...
🧪 #histsci
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The draft was discovered by Cobb and Comfort in the archives and represents contemporary evidence...
🧪 #histsci
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Nov 25 is the UN's Int'l Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Dec 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women in commemoration of the Montreal Massacre.
Want to do something tangible to mark the dates? Let me teach you bystander intervention!
Dec 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women in commemoration of the Montreal Massacre.
Want to do something tangible to mark the dates? Let me teach you bystander intervention!
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
linktr.ee
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Nov 25 is the UN's Int'l Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Dec 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women in commemoration of the Montreal Massacre.
Want to do something tangible to mark the dates? Let me teach you bystander intervention!
Dec 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women in commemoration of the Montreal Massacre.
Want to do something tangible to mark the dates? Let me teach you bystander intervention!
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Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea is an understudied condition. Please help me get two important studies filled by spreading the word! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
When Periods Stop : Understanding Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (FHA)
Why this under-recognized condition deserves more attention–and how you can help researchers close the data gap
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea is an understudied condition. Please help me get two important studies filled by spreading the word! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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"Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza..."
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... via @nejm.org
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters!
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... via @nejm.org
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters!
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM
Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization
guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions
regarding immunizati...
www.nejm.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza..."
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... via @nejm.org
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters!
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... via @nejm.org
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters!
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The Blue Jay
Bryan Nəqsalqn Smith ~ Syilx
2022
Bryan Nəqsalqn Smith ~ Syilx
2022
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Blue Jay
Bryan Nəqsalqn Smith ~ Syilx
2022
Bryan Nəqsalqn Smith ~ Syilx
2022
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🚨Complete BS.
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🚨Complete BS.
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
Is it time for your flu shot? What to know about effectiveness & how long it lasts www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-... by @lizszabo.bsky.social
AAP "recommends vaccinating children against flu as soon as shots are available..."
"...these are extremely safe vaccines..."
#VaccinesWork
AAP "recommends vaccinating children against flu as soon as shots are available..."
"...these are extremely safe vaccines..."
#VaccinesWork
Is it time for your flu shot? What to know about effectiveness and how long it lasts
This year’s doses protect against three strains of influenza, including two types of influenza A and one type of influenza B.
www.nbcnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Angels Alongside Our Path
Jeff Dillon
2019
Jeff Dillon
2019
October 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Angels Alongside Our Path
Jeff Dillon
2019
Jeff Dillon
2019
Let’s go Blue Jays 🙌🏻
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Let’s go Blue Jays 🙌🏻