Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦
@michaelhendricks.bsky.social
Biologist, McGill University
Ah yes, the cutting edge tech ICE needs to find neighborhoods to raid.
January 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Ah yes, the cutting edge tech ICE needs to find neighborhoods to raid.
You think your university has infrastructure problems
![An email subject line reads "[STEWARTBLDG] Mise à Jour / Update - Le dynamitage est reporté au retour des vacances / The dynamite blasting has been postponed until after the holidays"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hwmywhl4qiji3y66yvagkrcv/bafkreiek3lezuu6txn6z3ibgyklg6v4qj7kolsl3jkedqpfrcsrcpww3ma@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You think your university has infrastructure problems
Isn't that what Annihilation was?
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Isn't that what Annihilation was?
Two set pieces and ~15% of the way in this is one of the most fun books I've read in a while.
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Two set pieces and ~15% of the way in this is one of the most fun books I've read in a while.
I learned a new term recently for when a political idea gets less popular the more its proponents talk about it: thermostatic public opinion.
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I learned a new term recently for when a political idea gets less popular the more its proponents talk about it: thermostatic public opinion.
I love the JBB story for a few reasons:
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I love the JBB story for a few reasons:
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
We're very familiar with Sonder here...lots of cheerleading over the years even as proliferation of short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods devastated the downtown housing market (including for our own students).
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We're very familiar with Sonder here...lots of cheerleading over the years even as proliferation of short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods devastated the downtown housing market (including for our own students).
Is it "surprising research"? @dasharez0ne.bsky.social taught us all this years ago.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Is it "surprising research"? @dasharez0ne.bsky.social taught us all this years ago.
Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
The mobilization of the research community by Gaynor Watson-Creed and others has been successful, and Parliament has withdrawn its abusive data request. Via @widowweb.bsky.social on www.linkedin.com/posts/maydia...
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The mobilization of the research community by Gaynor Watson-Creed and others has been successful, and Parliament has withdrawn its abusive data request. Via @widowweb.bsky.social on www.linkedin.com/posts/maydia...
Sacrifice is noble! I assue he mean like raising the capital gains inclusion rate or taxing hoarded wealth, right? Right?
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Sacrifice is noble! I assue he mean like raising the capital gains inclusion rate or taxing hoarded wealth, right? Right?
It's Alan's second adoptaversary! Alan was a completely unsocialized 7-month old street dog when we got him. Rescue dogs are tough, and in the first few months I often worried it was a mistake, but very few things in my life have made me as happy.
November 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's Alan's second adoptaversary! Alan was a completely unsocialized 7-month old street dog when we got him. Rescue dogs are tough, and in the first few months I often worried it was a mistake, but very few things in my life have made me as happy.
What you guys have never been to a DG panel?
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What you guys have never been to a DG panel?
Today in accidental data art: selecting the wrong chart type.
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today in accidental data art: selecting the wrong chart type.
Can't wait for our jacked bros in atriums teaching in the round future.
October 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Can't wait for our jacked bros in atriums teaching in the round future.
Is the math simple? The other side of the Headpiece of the Staff of Ra reminds us that Trump is going to defund universities whether they sign loyalty oaths or not.
October 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Is the math simple? The other side of the Headpiece of the Staff of Ra reminds us that Trump is going to defund universities whether they sign loyalty oaths or not.
"The connectome is like a road map."
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"The connectome is like a road map."
September 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Recent sales history on Reverb of a pedal I bought for $200 in like 1998. WTF, nerds. Any guesses?
September 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Recent sales history on Reverb of a pedal I bought for $200 in like 1998. WTF, nerds. Any guesses?