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Dementia Rehab Lab

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Research lab at KITE, Toronto Rehab led by Dr. Andrea Iaboni Assoc Prof, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Toronto #geriatrics #psychiatry #aging research Focus on technology for quality #dementia care.

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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One of the most important plots we’ve ever made helped us answer a question we’re constantly asked: “is the amount of ingested plastic increasing?” Answer: yes, there’s been a sustained and rapid increase in #plastics in Sable #Shearwaters since 2021
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Dementia Rehab Lab @dementiarehab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"1,655 ghost-authored records with real DataCite DOIs were registered in a 60-day automated burst, claiming nonexistent journals with backdated publication dates; the infrastructure for large-scale scholarly record contamination is already in place." arxiv.org/pdf/2606.02184
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The hottest summer in American history is no longer 1936; it is now officially 2026. #ClimateChange
America Just Had Its Hottest Summer on Record

Chart shows Contiguous U.S. June-August temperature, difference from the 1901-2000 average
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1936, the Dust Bowl summer, held the record for 90 years
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Ace @acegrl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Guys, we need to let Ford know that his plan to tear up bike lanes is regressive and unpopular. Send him an email or a text 647-612-3673 www.cycleto.ca/fight_trump?...
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Fight Trump Not Toronto
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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I see no lies here
Bad shit happens next year
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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A friendly reminder from This Hour Has 22 minutes BUY CANADIAN, BYE USA
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 25/08/2026
Watters is intentionally being provocative to troll but he's also delivering the underlying message: This supposed "fight" to "protect" women's sports is a red herring to undermine women's sports in general. Remember, these are people who think women do not belong in the workforce.
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Dementia Rehab Lab @dementiarehab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This makes me feel sick. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/08/2026
I’ve seen a lot of my colleagues’ interactions with Claude working on research problems & it would be easier for me to accept it as a serious scientific tool if it didn’t end every single response with the LLM equivalent of “you want fries with that?” — constantly trying to goad you into asking more
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Would like to see this on every social media website, and I’m glad we’re calling it what it is now
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Shocking new maps have revealed exactly where up to 60% of NZ's conservation land could be sold off under the Luxon government's 'Conservation Amendment Bill'. Places you know and love? www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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Maps reveal where conservation land could be sold off after government reforms
The parts of the country where conservation land will become easier to sell off are revealed in new maps produced by a lobby group.
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JD Alsobrook @jdalsobrook.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I've said it before & I'll say it again - Olivia Miles is not getting enough hype. She should be on the front page every single page, app, post, etc. Just how y'all put CC, Paige & Angel over the last few years...Miles has come in better than every single one of them #wnba #thew #lynx #aces
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath
Detailed math as referenced in the post on “how much does your commute cost or save society?” Source is Discourse Media.
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Dementia Rehab Lab @dementiarehab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We have an opportunity for a geriatric psychiatrist at UHN, Toronto. It is a very cool job, providing geriatric C-L consultation in a world-renowend hospital (Toronto General). #GeriatricPsychiatry #GeriatricPsychiatrist #OldAgePsychiatry #AcademicMedicine www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
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Seniors mental health position at UHN | Andrea Iaboni
Sharing an opportunity for a geriatric psychiatrist to join us at the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. The position involves geriatric psychiatry consultation liaison care at Toronto Gener...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The ultimate boss of failing upward.
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CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to oversee CNN editorial operations: report
CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is approved, according to a report.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Incredible line from a grand juror in the Broadview 6 case, who had just asked the prosecutors why they get "unlimited tries" to indict people they don't want to indict: "I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I still think it is."
MS. MECKLENBURG: Okay. I'm feeling the 09:29:526 skepticism already. Are you going to be able to7 listen with an open mind? Tell me the truth.8 GRAND JUROR: I -- no.9 MS. MECKLENBURG: Okay. Then you have to10 go -- 09:30:0411 GRAND JUROR: I heard this case like last12 week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I13 still think it is.14 MS. MECKLENBURG: Okay. Thank you for your15 opinion for everybody.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/06/2026
Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...
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Anthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"...an estimated 57% of published articles exhibited evidence of LLM influence, up from 12% in 2023." "The diffusion of large language models in published academic articles" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The diffusion of large language models in published academic articles | PNAS
Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Hosting the FIFA World Cup will cost Canadian taxpayers $1B: watchdog report. Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates cost across all levels of government at $82M per game. With almost no lasting city-building legacy or benefit.
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Hosting the World Cup will cost taxpayers $1B: watchdog report | CBC News
Hosting the 2026 World Cup will cost governments across Canada more than a billion dollars, putting the cost per game at $82 million, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 03/06/2026
Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year. Measles used to be an extremely common disease. Just sixty years ago, over 90% of children would have been infected by it, and of those who developed symptoms, around a quarter would be hospitalized.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1
A screenshot of the advertisement with an AI image of Lindsey and a brain, with text that says: YOUR BODY HAS A HISTORY. ASK ABOUT IT."
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Uncommon good decision by #Harvard University [though maybe not as rare as some other Ivies, they did create Crimson Courage for #academicfreedom, for which I give them credit]
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I am not remotely a lawyer, but I think if you agree to review a manuscript for a press and then feed that manuscript into AI without the permission of the author, the author should be allowed to sue you into poverty.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Short-run discomfort ≠ long-run harm.⁣ ⁣ Phone bans make students feel worse at first — then better. By year two, well-being rebounds above baseline. Turns out kids (like all of us) just needed time to adapt.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It's very convenient to lay blame after withdrawing from WHO and overseeing the dismantling of USAID. I wonder how it must feel to have no conscience. US secretary of state says WHO was ‘a little late’ in identifying deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Rubio criticizes WHO’s Ebola response as US continues sweeping public health cuts
US secretary of state says WHO was ‘a little late’ in identifying deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda
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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
When we launched the #1HourCityConspiracy campaign, clapping back on the lies & disinformation about 15-Minute Cities, @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social (originator of the game-changing Paris program) weighed in with strong support. “The real ‘urban conspiracy’ isn’t proximity, it’s distance.” #UrbanTruth
“The real urban conspiracy isn’t proximity, it’s distance. The one-hour city traps millions in long commutes, car dependence, and lost time. We need cities of proximity, time, and quality of life. – Carlos Moreno

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We knew Vit K was effective in preventing bleeding more than 60 years ago In 1961, the American Academy of Pediatrics began recommending all newborns receive a vitamin K injection as part of routine newborn care In 2026, if we allow kids to bleed and die, this is beyond shameful
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 07/05/2026
“Federal data touch every corner of American lives,” said Denice Ross, former US chief data scientist under the Biden administration. When data disappears, she said, “we might not know or be able to connect the dots for why our lives are getting harder – but our lives will get harder”.
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The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are 5 ways it’s hurting Americans
This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Recently I opened up Microsoft Teams and was greeted with a deepfaked version of my own face. Here's how we got the Chinese-language software being marketed to scammers, and which can be used on WhatsApp, Zoom, other platforms. This is where fraud is right now More: www.404media.co/hello-boss-i...
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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This means that hundreds, if not thousands of labs all over the country will close. Tens of thousands of jobs will be lost. This is in defiance of Congress's will and in defiance of good stewardship of the US economy. This is entirely because Russ Vought hates science
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Jared Huling @jaredhuling.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:
A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%
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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This should be a bigger story. I didn't know Isaiah but almost everyone in my lab, my TA, and a few close colleagues knew him well. They all say he was a sweet guy who was just really into herps. This is a tragedy.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“Although Ms. Lawson had previously expressed her preference not to live with advanced dementia, she hadn’t formalized those wishes in a written advance directive, a document that would tell caregivers to withhold food and water once her dementia reached a late stage.”
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She Didn’t Want to Live With Advanced Dementia. So Why Was She Being Kept Alive?
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The number of NIH competitive awards is down 50% from 2025, and down ~70% from prior years. Even if they catch up by the end of the year, only wealthy institutions can bridge these huge funding gaps.They're killing science-and violating the constitution-by weaponizing the bureaucracy
figure showing the trends I detail in the tweet text
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Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Apparently the Pope has read Baudrillard.
A tweet from Pope Leo XIV that reads: “When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.”
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.” This is why we should fund science. 🧪
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Canada’s elbows-elevated ambition to secure digital & technological sovereignty faces a lot of practical hurdles. But, at a minimum, it requires disentangling government and public services from at least this one company. If they continue to operate here, everything else is just hand-waving.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 18/04/2026
Death rates for cervical cancer in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950— Cervical cancer death rates among women in the United Kingdom have fallen by around 80% since 1950. You can see this reduction in the chart. This progress happened for a couple of key reasons.
Line chart of reported cervical cancer deaths per 100,000 women in the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2021 where the rate falls from about 8.6 deaths per 100,000 in 1950 to about 1.7 in 2021, an approximately 80% decline.
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Certified Ghoul Neighbor @jcoltkelly.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
In 2003 I was so struck by a picture of activists pulling Rachel's body out the rubble that I went and sat in the conference room for five minutes. One of those moments that cracks your head open and changes how you see the world forever. Let's do this.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
GenAI dipshits are still at that stage of the scam where they keep insisting how useful it is as an accessibility aid (the next stage is insisting it helps the global south), and no it fucking isn't. GenAI actively *destroys* accessibility tools like captions and alt text.
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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
So true, from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social! My Instagram feed is full of “Rampant Individualism” telling me lots of things that I, as an individual, should do to improve my health!
I find the rampant individualism regarding health frustrating and the advice over healthy habits devoid of context. If we want to live longer, we've got to push beyond the superficial layer of individual advice to tackle the deeper issues of public health policy and government action that affect us on a societal level. The UK isn't fatter than Japan because it is a country filled with people who choose to be overweight-that kind of logic is not only naive, but it stigmatizes overweight people when, as we will see later, the finger might better be pointed elsewhere.

Devi Sridhar

How Not to Die (Too Soon): The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us
#kindlequotes
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 10/04/2026
Our colleague needs your help keeping a 1,200-year dataset alive! If you have botanical expertise or are based near Arashiyama, Kyoto — DM her or email tuna@ourworldindata.org.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 09/04/2026
Chinese carmaker BYD unveils a recharge as fast as filling up with petrol. And no need to wear gloves. Certainly not coming to a forecourt near you in America because the fossil fuel giants and their puppets in government like making lots and lots of cool money from easily-conned petrolheads.
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