Dr. Mike Chen
@mcycee.bsky.social
Data Scientist & Astrophysicist. Loves to bike & climb when I’m not telling stories behind data. Advocates for science, democracy, & human rights. Toronto. CC. & clean air (he/him)
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I was one of the first people to donate to Mamdani's campaign and TBH I thought I was donating to keep a dream alive, even though the dream was not going to become a reality
Choose hope. Choose to dream. Choose a just in case we win scenario. Sometimes we do.
Go forward knowing that, fam.
Choose hope. Choose to dream. Choose a just in case we win scenario. Sometimes we do.
Go forward knowing that, fam.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I was one of the first people to donate to Mamdani's campaign and TBH I thought I was donating to keep a dream alive, even though the dream was not going to become a reality
Choose hope. Choose to dream. Choose a just in case we win scenario. Sometimes we do.
Go forward knowing that, fam.
Choose hope. Choose to dream. Choose a just in case we win scenario. Sometimes we do.
Go forward knowing that, fam.
Damn, rogue aunty handing out red envelopes like it’s the Kinder Surprise of potato chips is certainly not on my bingo card
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Damn, rogue aunty handing out red envelopes like it’s the Kinder Surprise of potato chips is certainly not on my bingo card
Want to make something from the past great again? Unions!
Corporate America has been waging a war against the trade union movement for a simple reason:
They know that union workers earn higher wages and better benefits than non-union workers.
They know that union workers earn higher wages and better benefits than non-union workers.
August 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Want to make something from the past great again? Unions!
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This one kind of broke me. I have followed him for years.
Anas Al-Sharif was a compassionate and courageous young man and a talented journalist.
Anas Al-Sharif was a compassionate and courageous young man and a talented journalist.
August 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This one kind of broke me. I have followed him for years.
Anas Al-Sharif was a compassionate and courageous young man and a talented journalist.
Anas Al-Sharif was a compassionate and courageous young man and a talented journalist.
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Primary every Democrat who is not meeting this moment. Get rid of them all.
June 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Primary every Democrat who is not meeting this moment. Get rid of them all.
Imagine this, but for the entire night sky, in a decade-long TIME-LAPSE! So stoked about the Rubin Observatory going online and having already given us a sneak peek of what's to come with its first images!
June 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Imagine this, but for the entire night sky, in a decade-long TIME-LAPSE! So stoked about the Rubin Observatory going online and having already given us a sneak peek of what's to come with its first images!
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Ranked choice voting means progressives spend more time working together instead of tearing each other apart. Love to see it!
June 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Ranked choice voting means progressives spend more time working together instead of tearing each other apart. Love to see it!
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Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
April 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
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They are actively arresting peaceful protesters for wearing medical masks at the protests. Now if you are wondering how police are treating nonviolent protesters. Have a feeling this is going to turn into a thread of actions today
June 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
They are actively arresting peaceful protesters for wearing medical masks at the protests. Now if you are wondering how police are treating nonviolent protesters. Have a feeling this is going to turn into a thread of actions today
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Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny": Practice corporeal politics.
Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
June 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny": Practice corporeal politics.
Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
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You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.
June 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.
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Considering the continued criminalization of masks, rampant spread of covid & other viruses (amidst erosion of vaccine access), dangerous AQI from wildfires, increasing state surveillance, & persistent use of chemical weapons by cops, now is a great time to commit to masking again if you've stopped.
June 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Considering the continued criminalization of masks, rampant spread of covid & other viruses (amidst erosion of vaccine access), dangerous AQI from wildfires, increasing state surveillance, & persistent use of chemical weapons by cops, now is a great time to commit to masking again if you've stopped.
This is absolutely bananas
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is absolutely bananas
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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This is what a Cold Air Front looks like from Space
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is what a Cold Air Front looks like from Space
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We must normalize masks as a public health tool before it’s too late.
If you care about social justice, disability rights, fighting fascism or your health… you should be wearing a mask. Ideally an N95 or better.
The more of us wearing them, the harder they will be to ban.
If you care about social justice, disability rights, fighting fascism or your health… you should be wearing a mask. Ideally an N95 or better.
The more of us wearing them, the harder they will be to ban.
April 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
We must normalize masks as a public health tool before it’s too late.
If you care about social justice, disability rights, fighting fascism or your health… you should be wearing a mask. Ideally an N95 or better.
The more of us wearing them, the harder they will be to ban.
If you care about social justice, disability rights, fighting fascism or your health… you should be wearing a mask. Ideally an N95 or better.
The more of us wearing them, the harder they will be to ban.
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It's official: it's a minority government!
Canadians are demanding collaboration, not one-party rule.
Let’s seize this moment and push for proportional representation—it's time to build a stronger, more united democracy!
#cdnpoli
Canadians are demanding collaboration, not one-party rule.
Let’s seize this moment and push for proportional representation—it's time to build a stronger, more united democracy!
#cdnpoli
April 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's official: it's a minority government!
Canadians are demanding collaboration, not one-party rule.
Let’s seize this moment and push for proportional representation—it's time to build a stronger, more united democracy!
#cdnpoli
Canadians are demanding collaboration, not one-party rule.
Let’s seize this moment and push for proportional representation—it's time to build a stronger, more united democracy!
#cdnpoli
And I present you, the American-style two party system!
How about we, the Canadian people, demand the electoral reform that we deserve, before we ended up like our southern neighbour?
How about we, the Canadian people, demand the electoral reform that we deserve, before we ended up like our southern neighbour?
Here's what happened. A lot of Liberal voters went Conservative. A lot of NDP and Bloc voters went Liberal. Everything has shifted significantly to the right.
April 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
And I present you, the American-style two party system!
How about we, the Canadian people, demand the electoral reform that we deserve, before we ended up like our southern neighbour?
How about we, the Canadian people, demand the electoral reform that we deserve, before we ended up like our southern neighbour?
As a part of a healthy democracy, I think it’s important for us to be constructively critical of all parties.
And on that front, I think it’s deeply uninspiring to frame a party as being the solution to our systemic problems, rather than proposing actionable solutions (e.g., electoral reform)
And on that front, I think it’s deeply uninspiring to frame a party as being the solution to our systemic problems, rather than proposing actionable solutions (e.g., electoral reform)
Last night NDP voters saved Canada from the surging hard right, but had to sacrifice our own party in the process.
Today the battle begins for a system where we don't have to do that any more.
We badly need a party that can save Canada from the oligarchs who brought us all to the brink.
Today the battle begins for a system where we don't have to do that any more.
We badly need a party that can save Canada from the oligarchs who brought us all to the brink.
April 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As a part of a healthy democracy, I think it’s important for us to be constructively critical of all parties.
And on that front, I think it’s deeply uninspiring to frame a party as being the solution to our systemic problems, rather than proposing actionable solutions (e.g., electoral reform)
And on that front, I think it’s deeply uninspiring to frame a party as being the solution to our systemic problems, rather than proposing actionable solutions (e.g., electoral reform)
Did you know, if your work schedule doesn't give you a 3-hours-minimum window to vote as a eligible Canadian voter, your employer must give you time off? #ElectionDay 🗳️
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
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FAQs – Time off to vote – Elections Canada
FAQs – Time off to vote, 2025
www.elections.ca
April 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Did you know, if your work schedule doesn't give you a 3-hours-minimum window to vote as a eligible Canadian voter, your employer must give you time off? #ElectionDay 🗳️
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
Polls don’t vote, people do. Get out and be the difference you want to see, Canada!
April 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Polls don’t vote, people do. Get out and be the difference you want to see, Canada!
One more day of advance voting in Canada! Get out on Monday, April 21, 2025 to cast your ballot and skip the line! Polls don't vote, so come out and be the difference you want to see!
April 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
One more day of advance voting in Canada! Get out on Monday, April 21, 2025 to cast your ballot and skip the line! Polls don't vote, so come out and be the difference you want to see!
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This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
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If you're wondering how your priorities stack up with the parties' plans, CBC has a quick tool that will help you figure that out!
And ICYMI, yes 🇨🇦 citizens can vote even if we don't live in Canada. Here's how: travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
And ICYMI, yes 🇨🇦 citizens can vote even if we don't live in Canada. Here's how: travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
Vote Compass - 2025 Canadian Federal Election
Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.
votecompass.cbc.ca
March 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you're wondering how your priorities stack up with the parties' plans, CBC has a quick tool that will help you figure that out!
And ICYMI, yes 🇨🇦 citizens can vote even if we don't live in Canada. Here's how: travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
And ICYMI, yes 🇨🇦 citizens can vote even if we don't live in Canada. Here's how: travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...