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This is Canada — and we decide what happens here.

submitted 9 days ago • 296 comments

"One thing that happens when you have that much lying is that people begin to ask, is anything true? How do we know whether anything is ever true?" Don't let Trump's lies fatigue you or turn you cynical. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on the The Focus Group pod:

submitted 11 days ago • 64 comments

A person who views their health with a scientific lens is advantaged. Wellness grifters hold less power over those who can see through their charades.

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

Excellent interview. For anyone in Canada, well worth a listen.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

It’s time to protect our values as Canadians. That means more doctors and hospitals in our public health care system, protecting our lands and waters, and standing up for our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

submitted 18 days ago • 29 comments

"We infer that the earliest aerobic bacteria emerged in the Archaean, predating the GOE by 900 million years." Oxygen tolerance may have been a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

The tragedy of young science trainees being driven out of research is incredibly upsetting. Doubtful they’ll ever find their way back and among them are the discoverers of future cures for cancers and other intractable diseases.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Super happy to see the new @nextflow.io training videos up online 🎉 This is a brand new course for beginners, called #Hello #Nextflow - we've run it a few times and the feedback so far has been great! Material is at training.nextflow.io and videos are on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3CV...

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@11tulips.bsky.social @dennowayne.bsky.social @docjanicel.bsky.social @davidhemond.bsky.social @jakichantler.bsky.social & all A transatlantic cri de coeur, directed at the Democrats. Just to give an idea of feelings in Europe. Worth watching the full speech by French senator Malhuret, 8+ mins.

submitted 62 days ago • 3 comments

For microbiologists, if you don't know of this it is well worth your time to go and visit the website to read up on this incredible 37 year laboratory experiment in evolution. Huge achievement by all involved.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

🦘✂️ Thanks to @cziscience.bsky.social , @wytamma.bsky.social and I are writing the next version of the Snippy bacterial variant calling pipeline. We want your input on what features s it will have. Please fill out this (longish) survey to help make Snippy great again! forms.gle/YJP6WQjsk8KK...

submitted 64 days ago • 4 comments

Notice how the king doesn’t mind the dress code

submitted 66 days ago • 361 comments

Great story. Nice inclusion of recent work by @greyson.bsky.social 👍 @bcchresearch.bsky.social

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.

submitted 68 days ago • 2076 comments

Clay Bennett nails it.

submitted 68 days ago • 77 comments

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 68 days ago • 1624 comments

My editorial simultaneously published in all of @asm.org's journals addresses the ongoing effort by the administration to halt efforts to diversify science. It should be obvious from ASM Journals' efforts over the years, but we aren't fans journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

submitted 69 days ago • 3 comments

I’ve seen children die of -influenza -COVID -pertussis And wouldn’t wish those experiences on anyone. Know what these things have in common?! Effective vaccines that save lives.

submitted 70 days ago • 39 comments

"In 2022, I saw tiny workshops that made drones out of what looked like cardboard and glue. In 2024, Ukrainian factories produced 1.5 million drones, and this year they will make many more. Soldiers in underground control centers now use bespoke software to hit thousands of targets every month"

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submitted 73 days ago • 291 comments

This is the best summary of the current geopolitical situation I have seen. Sir Alex Younger (head of MI6 from 2014-2020) is a genuine expert and provides concise insight into a complex situation. Not just some talking head with an opinion. Really worth watching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9pL...

submitted 74 days ago • 7 comments

Re DNA sequence DBs: While sequence is shared across #INSDC databases #ENA #Genbank #DDBJ, the presentation and granularity of annotations/metadata can differ notably, with diff. benefits, impacting searches and downstream analyses. All INSDC databases must be maintained - annotations are important

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

➡️ NIH grants in '23 included $26B of direct costs and $9B of F&A = 26% of total costs or 35% of total direct costs. These are LOW overhead rates for any R&D-intensive industry. Academic biomedical research is an efficient bargain. ➡️ Every $1 of NIH support generates ~$2.50 of economic activity.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

submitted 75 days ago • 95 comments

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 77 days ago • 2347 comments

Vance’s grotesqueness aside, the whole thing is one of the most horrific acts of betrayal ever committed by a democratic state against another. Just a moral abomination and a permanent stain on everyone who supports it

submitted 77 days ago • 22 comments

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

submitted 77 days ago • 30 comments

New pre-print from folks @ Copenhagen University Hospital: 🔬 28-month WGS surveillance 🦠 7,760 patient infections 📊 27.1% genetically related, 69% w/ epi link 💰 €1.25M net savings/year if acted upon/prevented! #IDSky more great evidence for WGS for IP&C 📄: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump is taking America out of NATO to join the Warsaw Pact. Well done, my Republican friends. You have no character, no conviction, and your legacy will be the betrayal of the Greatest Generation's sacrifice. You are a disgrace and will be remembered for who you are.

submitted 78 days ago • 20 comments

I have been getting a surprising number of questions about CIA's low-confidence announcement that they believe SARS-CoV-2 came from a lab. A few comments in 🧵, but to summarize: 1️⃣ No new intelligence 2️⃣ No new report 3️⃣ No evidence exist to support SARS-CoV-2 came from lab 4️⃣ Usual nonsense More 👇

submitted 78 days ago • 27 comments

Elon Musk is making wild claims that #DOGE has found evidence of massive Social Security fraud.... The reality is that Musk's young engineers don't seem to be able to understand COBOL databases while Musk is misrepresenting the Social Security data www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 79 days ago • 131 comments

Did Musk fire hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees to increase "efficiency"? I don't think so. There is a better explanation: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 79 days ago • 54 comments

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