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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦

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Reproductive Scientist. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Opinions my own.

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Gary McFarlane @garym6942.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A notorious invasive species has been here a lot longer than we thought. Does that matter? cbc.ca/player/play/... #environment #ecology #CdnSci #science #SciChat
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A notorious invasive species has been here a lot longer than we thought. Does that matter?
The spiny water flea is considered one of the most damaging aquatic invasive species in North America. Researchers initially believed the tiny creature was introduced to Canadian waters from European ...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 6h
We need a slowdown with AI and we need to use this time to develop anticipatory thinking — a skill about letting more than one possible future shape what we do now. Simon Blanchette and Emmanuelle Vaast write.
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With AI, ‘We Didn’t Expect This’ Won’t Cut It | The Tyee
Companies have a duty to anticipate all possible scenarios, including cyberattacks and bioterrorism.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h
Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 10h
Danielle Smith knows nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in D.C.? So what good is her ‘Top Secret’ security clearance? albertapolitics.ca/2026/10/dani...
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Danielle Smith knows nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in D.C.? So what good is her ‘Top Secret’ security clearance?  - Alberta Politics
Early last May, news media reported that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had been granted “Top Secret” security clearance. Really? A report in The Globe and Mail Saturday with new details about what a ...
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 9h
Free period products in schools help girls and young women, but only when they’re available
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Free period products in schools help girls and young women, but only when they’re available
More than half of students had missed at least part of a school day because of their period. When asked why, about one-third said they had been without pads or tampons when they needed them.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 20h
Danielle Smith knows nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in D.C.? So what good is her ‘Top Secret’ security clearance? albertapolitics.ca/2026/10/dani...
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Danielle Smith knows nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in D.C.? So what good is her ‘Top Secret’ security clearance?  - Alberta Politics
Early last May, news media reported that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had been granted “Top Secret” security clearance. Really? A report The Globe and Mail Saturday with new details about what a gro...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 18h
Elizabeth-Ann Legere, Aimee Ryan @rimuhc.bsky.social and colleagues discover that increased tissue tension caused by depletion of CLDN3 in the non-neural ectoderm causes neural tube defects in chick embryos. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Figure showing that CLDN3 depletion decreases the rate of neural fold movement during fusion.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 13h
The creators of a powerful way to control brain cells with light, which has clarified nerve circuits in healthy and diseased brains, have been honored with this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Learn more: scim.ag/4dlInGs
Method for controlling brain cells with light wins Nobel
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel honored for developing optogenetics
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13h
Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection. By Tim Lister, Svitlana Vlasova, Lex Harvey, and Anna Chernova. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca
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Canada Healthwatch | Health News, Policy & Analysis
Canada’s independent briefing on health policy, science, and systems change.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 17h
Learn more about the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Press release: bit.ly/4rgMBol Popular information: bit.ly/4xBghhH Advanced information: bit.ly/4j2v4OM
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 17h
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 13h
Work on optogenetics wins Nobel Prize #Science www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...
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German, U.S. scientists win Nobel in medicine for advancements in optogenetics | CBC News
Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg ‌Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or ​Medicine for "discoveries concerning light-gated ​ion channels and optogenetics," the award-givin...
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Maybe snowbirds will finally realize it is time to ditch the USA. #Canada #Travel www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
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Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC News
Florida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Avro Arrow was unveiled with the intention of it being the RCAF's primary interceptor in the 1960s. Less than two years later, the program was abruptly cancelled and 14,528 Avro employees were put out of work. This is the story. 📸 LAC 🧵 1/12
A black-and-white aerial view of the Avro Arrow, a delta-winged jet aircraft marked with "RL-201" and a Canadian maple leaf insignia, displayed on a tarmac surrounded by a large crowd of people and a stage with officials, near a building and parked cars.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On this day in 1982, Glenn Gould died in Toronto. Born in 1932 in Toronto, he was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He won three Grammys, three Junos and is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His music is also on the Voyager Golden Record. 📸 Fred Plaut
Glenn Gould leaning forward with an animated expression and raised right hand as if making a point, wearing a light patterned button-up shirt.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s time to send Danielle Smith and the UCP a resounding message they’ll never forget: Yes to Canada! No to the Nine! Guest post by Bradley Lafortune. albertapolitics.ca/2026/10/its-...
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It’s time to send Danielle Smith and the UCP a resounding message they’ll never forget: Yes to Canada! No to the Nine! - Alberta Politics
Quite naturally, most of the focus by the groups hurriedly formed to support a remain-in-Canada vote in the separation referendum that has been aided, abetted and forced on Albertans by the United Con...
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Pablo Nepomnaschy @pablonep.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is with great pride that we announce that @drjengunter.bsky.social will be giving a public lecture at @sfu-fhs.bsky.social - We are soooo excited!
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Dr Jen Gunter: Lecture, Book Signing, Women’s Health Info Fair
Lecture | Book Signing | Women’s Health Info Fair Tickets: $10 + taxes (please note that tickets are non-refundable) ___ ...
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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 03/10/2026
In Europe, consumers can choose from more than 20 #EV models priced below $40K. In Canada, there are only a handful. 🤯 Strong vehicle pollution rules would encourage competition and give automakers the incentive they need to bring more affordable #ElectricVehicles to Canada.🍁 #cdnpoli
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Canadians never shied away from challenges. We answered the call in wars, stood with allies through the Cold War, and confronted tough questions about our past. Today, Canada faces a defining moment. Our future will be shaped by those who show up. Do your part. Cast your ballot.
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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
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Robert Langlands - Wikipedia
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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
he would use any tools that were useful. but would not let it do the thinking i once asked him what he did for fun. response: “I think”.
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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
i truly doubt that math AI would lead anyone to say: “Certainly the best times were when I was alone with mathematics, free of ambition and pretense, and indifferent to the world” as was said, and deeply believed, by Robert P Langlands. (who is my uncle)
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Comparison of citation metrics. ACS journals (green) and Nature journals (blue). Discuss. 1/
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Comedy wildlife photography #Animals #Photography www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The Globe also found that when Alberta separatist leaders went to Washington to meet with the U.S. State Department, they offered up key assets from the province's resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil, in exchange for help transitioning to independence.”
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Globe and Mail today: “Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada, while har-bouring their own aspirations for the province to secede.” #Alberta #USInterference #Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
US Republican organizers are in Alberta to help separatists mobilize their vote. They’re not even hiding it. They are openly working for the national interest of the United States. Cast your vote for Canada. Reject these treasonous imposters. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026
Bizarrely, this is one of the six graphs illustrating "just how much we need A.I.".
Graph of wages and salaries 
Graph of after-tax corporate profits
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 03/10/2026
Payment processors connect merchants, banks, and credit card companies, moving around information about who we are, what we buy, and where we go. “That’s deeply personal information that we wouldn’t want to see going into the wrong hands,” says Douglas Sarro. thewalrus.ca/selling-moneris
On the left: Photo of a person tapping a credit card on a card reader. On the right: text that reads “What does the sale of Moneris mean for data sovereignty? Moneris manages one in three Canadian payments. US private equity is buying it.”
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 03/10/2026
Opinion: Canada cannot claim AI sovereignty if it gives away its knowledge www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/30/c...
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Canada cannot claim AI sovereignty if it gives away its knowledge - The Hill Times
We cannot claim to control our digital future if Canadian businesses, schools, and public institutions are using foreign-owned systems to process the knowledge that gives them value.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Data centers on the gubernatorial ballot in Ohio. Acton against, Ramaswamy for (and personally invested in). www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
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Ramaswamy is in bed with data center owners. He'll get richer at your expense | Amy Acton
Amy Acton: Vivek Ramaswamy is bought and paid for by data center owners. He'll never get everyday Ohioans like I do.
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The Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's a tale of two forecasts across Canada for early October. A recurving typhoon in the Pacific is set to influence Canada's weather, bringing warmth to some, and a chill to others. ow.ly/caM250ZUcmc
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How a typhoon will reinforce October temperature flip-flop in Canada - The Weather Network
It's a tale of two forecasts across Canada for early October. A recurring typhoon in the Pacific is set to influence Canada's weather, bringing warmth to some, and a chill to others
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David Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You got it. I got it. Danielle Smith’s big book of political propaganda, paid for with $4M of your tax dollars, telling you how to vote in her $200M referendum. But no opinion on separation… You deserve better. Vote to REMAIN and NO to Danielle’s other nine. youtu.be/4uMimyMZ6pg?... #abpoli
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Danielle’s Big Book of Political Propaganda
YouTube video by David Shepherd
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Patrice Boivin 🇨🇦 @patboivin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The NS Conservative gvt intends to impose additional taxes on EVs and hybrids. That doesn't help and since gas prices are higher they could collect more fuel tax revenue. @darrenfisherns.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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EV projects are stumbling. Is Canada's big bet still on track? | CBC News
The federal and provincial governments bet billions on the rapid rise of the electric vehicle industry. But major EV and battery projects in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia have since been delaye...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/10/2026
Some U.S. figures openly back Alberta’s separation or annexation. The White House says it made no commitments. In short: separatists promise Alberta sovereignty while offering Washington oil and water, and importing Republican campaign tech that exposed nearly 3 million voters’ data.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/10/2026
Michigan Republican operatives travelled to Alberta to pitch separatists on 10X Votes, software for identifying and mobilizing conservative voters. That software inspired the Centurion Project, which let users search Albertans’ names and addresses.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/10/2026
More confirmation and details of the deep ties between Alberta separatists and Trump Republicans. They are part of the same far-right populist movement. And the Americans are deeply involved in promoting disunity in Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🇨🇦🐄 Quebec's Alyson Doiron, 16, bought back her beloved cow Ella after her parents sold her. Now they've won two major titles at Wisconsin's World Dairy Expo! CBC captures their reunion and hears from American farmers about the trade war. A little Canadian joy amid cross-border tensions.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On Sept. 1, 1980, Terry Fox was forced to end his Marathon of Hope near Thunder Bay when his cancer returned. While he never got the chance to continue his run, a large memorial now honours him near where his run came to an end. youtu.be/2Ah7eE4QYgs
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The Terry Fox Memorial
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You may be shocked to know how much money is being wasted catering to feng shui, a pre-scientific belief system that makes claims about the material world. It all hinges on qi, an energy that has never been detected, measured, or quantified. My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social
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Feng Shui Is Not Scientific, And It’s Costing Us a Lot of Money
There is a superstition that has seeped into many aspects of our world in ways most of us are not aware of. It bends the greatest banks to its idiosyncrasies. It hollows out towering buildings, donati...
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you missed our @mcgilloss.bsky.social symposium, two great talks, now available on YouTube: * Are ultra-processed foods addictive? * What have we learned from clinical trials on UPFs? www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31u...
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"Ultra-Processed Foods: Processing the Facts" with Dr. Ashley Gearhardt and Dr. Kevin Hall
YouTube video by McGill Office for Science and Society
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Marc Spooner @drmarcspooner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mandatory standardized tests were never the answer- time to redirect these much-needed funds back into effective areas of impact! Standardized tests needed to boost student achievement? Saskatchewan begs to differ shrlnk.ca/s/UkEa6LQm
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Standardized tests needed to boost student achievement? Saskatchewan begs to differ
Until recently, the Prairie province has been an outlier with no provincewide mandated testing.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"F&ck the planet" by the New York Times
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Daniel Drucker, the Canadian scientist behind Ozempic, on why he never gave up. Big Pharma scoffed, but he persevered, by Dan Bilefsky www.begiant.ca/stories/peop... via @be-giant.bsky.social @sinaihealthtoronto.bsky.social
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Daniel Drucker, the Canadian scientist behind Ozempic on why he never gave up
Big Pharma scoffed. But Daniel Drucker’s dogged pursuit of a secret buried in lizard genes propelled a mega medical breakthrough
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