Ryan K
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It's pronounced "zed." Also, scone rhymes with gone. He/Him
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
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Yeah, as I've been saying, we overcompensated because the media ran with the stupid 'GDP per capita' and 'immigrants hurt housing' framing. This is long-run damage to the economy by short-term thinking, feeding xenophobia, and helping to further destroy Canada's world class universities.
Canada’s population sees largest decline on record
Canada’s population sees largest decline on record
Statistics Canada attributes the drop to a fewer non-permanent residents. It's the largest decline since records began in 1946.
www.thestar.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Yeah, as I've been saying, we overcompensated because the media ran with the stupid 'GDP per capita' and 'immigrants hurt housing' framing. This is long-run damage to the economy by short-term thinking, feeding xenophobia, and helping to further destroy Canada's world class universities.
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When we had society wide covid mitigations, we eliminated an entire strain of flu.
Now we’re in the “you do you” era and seeing an aggressive and early start to flu season.
Three children in Ottawa have died.
Wear a mask, ideally an N95. Get your vaccines. Clean the air. Stay home when sick:
Now we’re in the “you do you” era and seeing an aggressive and early start to flu season.
Three children in Ottawa have died.
Wear a mask, ideally an N95. Get your vaccines. Clean the air. Stay home when sick:
Flu blamed in deaths of 3 children in Ottawa area this month | CBC News
Three children between the ages of five and nine have died from complications of influenza this month, health officials in Ottawa and a neighbouring region said Monday.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 AM
When we had society wide covid mitigations, we eliminated an entire strain of flu.
Now we’re in the “you do you” era and seeing an aggressive and early start to flu season.
Three children in Ottawa have died.
Wear a mask, ideally an N95. Get your vaccines. Clean the air. Stay home when sick:
Now we’re in the “you do you” era and seeing an aggressive and early start to flu season.
Three children in Ottawa have died.
Wear a mask, ideally an N95. Get your vaccines. Clean the air. Stay home when sick:
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At this point, why not tattoo our fucking Social Security numbers on our forearms? Seems more efficient than pretending this isn’t a papers-please country. Bullshit.
December 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
At this point, why not tattoo our fucking Social Security numbers on our forearms? Seems more efficient than pretending this isn’t a papers-please country. Bullshit.
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Conservative MPs who don't like Poilievre could sit as independents. The fact that they are willing to join the Liberal party -- and potentially hand them a majority -- says a lot about how well aligned Liberal and Conservative policies are and about whether this is based on principle versus power.
December 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Conservative MPs who don't like Poilievre could sit as independents. The fact that they are willing to join the Liberal party -- and potentially hand them a majority -- says a lot about how well aligned Liberal and Conservative policies are and about whether this is based on principle versus power.
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Getting to a majority by poaching MPs is seriously undemocratic. The fact that Conservative MPs are comfortable in Carney's party is very telling.
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Getting to a majority by poaching MPs is seriously undemocratic. The fact that Conservative MPs are comfortable in Carney's party is very telling.
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The proper comparison is miles Waymo vs miles Taxi-drivers.
Eliminating teen-aged and old drivers skews the results tremendously.
Eliminating teen-aged and old drivers skews the results tremendously.
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The proper comparison is miles Waymo vs miles Taxi-drivers.
Eliminating teen-aged and old drivers skews the results tremendously.
Eliminating teen-aged and old drivers skews the results tremendously.
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
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It’s never too late to follow your dreams. Maybe this year, you’re going to do something so great, people are going to use you as an example of someone who made their first masterpiece at a very old age.
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It’s never too late to follow your dreams. Maybe this year, you’re going to do something so great, people are going to use you as an example of someone who made their first masterpiece at a very old age.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.
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I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
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Also crucially, even if oil wasn’t killing the planet and costing us billions, this doesn’t create that many jobs anymore. Its literally a give away of our environment to raise some stocks.
Canada has had record breaking forest fires that show no signs of slowing down, let alone stopping, and Carney decides we can all stomach it so oil magnates can get more billions.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Also crucially, even if oil wasn’t killing the planet and costing us billions, this doesn’t create that many jobs anymore. Its literally a give away of our environment to raise some stocks.
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www.theglobeandmail....
I don't disagree with the premise that there is TOO MUCH Two-tier HC in Canada already... far too much.
Every day in our EDs, we see the ramifications of this.
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I don't disagree with the premise that there is TOO MUCH Two-tier HC in Canada already... far too much.
Every day in our EDs, we see the ramifications of this.
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Opinion: Canadians are protecting the mirage of single-tier health care. It doesn’t exist
Those with means already have access to a health care system that those without do not, and that’s not even accounting for the places in Canada where you can pay out of pocket
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
www.theglobeandmail....
I don't disagree with the premise that there is TOO MUCH Two-tier HC in Canada already... far too much.
Every day in our EDs, we see the ramifications of this.
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I don't disagree with the premise that there is TOO MUCH Two-tier HC in Canada already... far too much.
Every day in our EDs, we see the ramifications of this.
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We demand twenty trillion dollars in living-next-to-morons dues from the US.
GOP lawmaker demands $300B in defense dues from Canada www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
GOP lawmaker demands $300B in defense dues from Canada
Canada defends NATO commitment as forward progress at 'breakneck' speed
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We demand twenty trillion dollars in living-next-to-morons dues from the US.
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So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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🧵 On the LRT today across from a teenage girl with her feet up across three priority seats.
A cop storms onto the train and barks at her to take her feet off the seats. Girl does so, doesn't say anything.
Cop barks at her: "I can take you off this train right now and write a bylaw infraction."
A cop storms onto the train and barks at her to take her feet off the seats. Girl does so, doesn't say anything.
Cop barks at her: "I can take you off this train right now and write a bylaw infraction."
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🧵 On the LRT today across from a teenage girl with her feet up across three priority seats.
A cop storms onto the train and barks at her to take her feet off the seats. Girl does so, doesn't say anything.
Cop barks at her: "I can take you off this train right now and write a bylaw infraction."
A cop storms onto the train and barks at her to take her feet off the seats. Girl does so, doesn't say anything.
Cop barks at her: "I can take you off this train right now and write a bylaw infraction."
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During the same week that the UCP is expanding privatization, the auditor general finds that government interference cost taxpayers over $100 million.
How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
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edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
During the same week that the UCP is expanding privatization, the auditor general finds that government interference cost taxpayers over $100 million.
How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to dozens of current and former hospital staff. This is a cautionary tale for healthcare providers about AI and patient privacy, watchdog says, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.
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⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
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Budgets like these underline the imperative of rebuilding the NDP so we can offer Canada an alternative to the disastrous pro-corporate agenda of the Liberals and Conservatives.
#cdnpoli #canadabudget2025 #budget2025
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November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Budgets like these underline the imperative of rebuilding the NDP so we can offer Canada an alternative to the disastrous pro-corporate agenda of the Liberals and Conservatives.
#cdnpoli #canadabudget2025 #budget2025
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