S Martin
@smartin1.bsky.social
Medical educator, currently at usask, pediatrician, empty nest parent
❤️food, wine, great books, travel and the great outdoors
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❤️food, wine, great books, travel and the great outdoors
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For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
You don't want to see what we saw when we were kids, children's graves, because there were no vaccines over 100 years ago. What have we become that you don't believe in Science?
Vaccinate your children. /1
time.com/7338791/chil...
You don't want to see what we saw when we were kids, children's graves, because there were no vaccines over 100 years ago. What have we become that you don't believe in Science?
Vaccinate your children. /1
time.com/7338791/chil...
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
The latest report from the Gates Foundation predicts an alarming trend for the health of children around the world.
time.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
You don't want to see what we saw when we were kids, children's graves, because there were no vaccines over 100 years ago. What have we become that you don't believe in Science?
Vaccinate your children. /1
time.com/7338791/chil...
You don't want to see what we saw when we were kids, children's graves, because there were no vaccines over 100 years ago. What have we become that you don't believe in Science?
Vaccinate your children. /1
time.com/7338791/chil...
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Every single public health leader who denied the fact that COVID is airborne created permanent conflicts of interest that mean they simply can't be trusted to provide accurate information on any airborne illness (including the flu).
Screwing up and wasting an enormous number of lives will do that.
Screwing up and wasting an enormous number of lives will do that.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Every single public health leader who denied the fact that COVID is airborne created permanent conflicts of interest that mean they simply can't be trusted to provide accurate information on any airborne illness (including the flu).
Screwing up and wasting an enormous number of lives will do that.
Screwing up and wasting an enormous number of lives will do that.
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Now if only #Canada could have its own #covid inquiry.
Then, Public Health across the country would have to explain the decisions they made, based more on economic reasons than PH, and how they refused to acknowledge that #covid was airborne.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Then, Public Health across the country would have to explain the decisions they made, based more on economic reasons than PH, and how they refused to acknowledge that #covid was airborne.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Delay in COVID-19 lockdowns in U.K. resulted in some 23,000 more deaths: public inquiry | CBC News
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson oversaw a "toxic," "chaotic" and dithering response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a delay in locking the country down resulting in about 23,000 more deaths...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Now if only #Canada could have its own #covid inquiry.
Then, Public Health across the country would have to explain the decisions they made, based more on economic reasons than PH, and how they refused to acknowledge that #covid was airborne.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Then, Public Health across the country would have to explain the decisions they made, based more on economic reasons than PH, and how they refused to acknowledge that #covid was airborne.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
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Van Gogh sometimes painted halos of light.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Van Gogh sometimes painted halos of light.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
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If only there was something public health could recommend that would be effective at stopping influenza transmission regardless of strain...
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a
state of the science review | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARY This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—and
also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental
impacts—o...
journals.asm.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If only there was something public health could recommend that would be effective at stopping influenza transmission regardless of strain...
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
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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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Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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This guy is a legend
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This guy is a legend
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
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I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
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Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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If Canadians, travelling domestically, want to use the "good" security line at the airport, they need a NEXUS card, even if they aren't going to the US. And they need the blessing of Donald Trump's Homeland Security apparatus to get one. I'm calling on Canada to end this absurdity. #Canada #NEXUS
Why we need a Made-In-Canada Verified Traveller Program
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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omg. Macron took the stage by saying “I have my prepared speech, but I’d like to tell you what I really think”.
And SLAMMED MAGA for 20 min on nationalism, climate, Ukraine, Gaza, democratic values, global cooperation and lack of integrity.
Uploading it now. Must watch.
MAGA table didn’t clap
And SLAMMED MAGA for 20 min on nationalism, climate, Ukraine, Gaza, democratic values, global cooperation and lack of integrity.
Uploading it now. Must watch.
MAGA table didn’t clap
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
omg. Macron took the stage by saying “I have my prepared speech, but I’d like to tell you what I really think”.
And SLAMMED MAGA for 20 min on nationalism, climate, Ukraine, Gaza, democratic values, global cooperation and lack of integrity.
Uploading it now. Must watch.
MAGA table didn’t clap
And SLAMMED MAGA for 20 min on nationalism, climate, Ukraine, Gaza, democratic values, global cooperation and lack of integrity.
Uploading it now. Must watch.
MAGA table didn’t clap
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To counter Trump’s statement about Tylenol and pregnancy, this from Canada ⬇️
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association - there is no link to autism #Canada
Trump is an idiot!!
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association - there is no link to autism #Canada
Trump is an idiot!!
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association
Ontario Pharmacists Association VP Jen Belcher responds to the Trump administration's claim linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
To counter Trump’s statement about Tylenol and pregnancy, this from Canada ⬇️
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association - there is no link to autism #Canada
Trump is an idiot!!
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association - there is no link to autism #Canada
Trump is an idiot!!
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...
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CARNEY: "I'll sum up. I would ask you to, when you think about Canada – think about Canada, actually, that's my request, think about Canada... as a strong sovereign independent nation, think about Canada as that."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
September 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
CARNEY: "I'll sum up. I would ask you to, when you think about Canada – think about Canada, actually, that's my request, think about Canada... as a strong sovereign independent nation, think about Canada as that."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
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Governor Tim Walz, "If you’ve ever wondered how democracy dies, you’re witnessing it. This is North Korea style stuff"
"And it’s being done because this is a weak, thin-skinned man who’s failing as a president"
"All of the things he promised are not happening"
"This is exactly what dictators do"
"And it’s being done because this is a weak, thin-skinned man who’s failing as a president"
"All of the things he promised are not happening"
"This is exactly what dictators do"
September 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Governor Tim Walz, "If you’ve ever wondered how democracy dies, you’re witnessing it. This is North Korea style stuff"
"And it’s being done because this is a weak, thin-skinned man who’s failing as a president"
"All of the things he promised are not happening"
"This is exactly what dictators do"
"And it’s being done because this is a weak, thin-skinned man who’s failing as a president"
"All of the things he promised are not happening"
"This is exactly what dictators do"
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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6 in 10 Canadians say they can never trust Americans the same way again globalnews.ca/news/1143516...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
6 in 10 Canadians say they can never trust Americans the same way again - National | Globalnews.ca
'It looks to me, based on these data, that Canadians feel that their relationship with the United States has changed in a fundamental way,' said an Ipsos leader.
globalnews.ca
September 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
6 in 10 Canadians say they can never trust Americans the same way again globalnews.ca/news/1143516...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The complete lack of self awareness and diplomacy is just shocking .
The complete lack of self awareness and diplomacy is just shocking .
U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...
www.cbc.ca
September 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The complete lack of self awareness and diplomacy is just shocking .
The complete lack of self awareness and diplomacy is just shocking .