derrickgibbings.bsky.social @derrickgibbings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Lake Ontario is not suffering. It’s a lake.” 000
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAnna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026He gets a sabbatical?? 2667
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialkajak.bsky.social @kajak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"Popular resistance to data centers has built on a long-gestating feeling that used to be difficult to make out in a world of invisible code and algorithms, but now has corporeal form: There are forces that structure our lives against which many feel invisible and powerless (..)" 14812
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan 29369602158
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 21/07/2026the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding 355713847
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialThomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social · 29/04/2026National security conference at the University of Ottawa on 2 June, 13h-17h: Diversification of Canada's security and defence partnerships Speakers: -Keynote: Wayne Eyre (Former Chief of the Defence Staff) (others in next posts) Details: www.cips-cepi.ca/event/divers...cips-cepi.caDiversifying Canada’s Security and Defence Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities – Centre for International Policy StudiesCanada's leading centre for analysis and debate of international affairs. 143
derrickgibbings.bsky.social @derrickgibbings.bsky.social · 28/04/2026CIHR in Canada emphasizes experimental plan over ideas. Changing a national science culture is hard. 000
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialJim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 27/04/2026A relevant sidebar: the CPP has half of its $800b in assets invested in the US, a country whose president wants to annex us. It's an elephant compared to this $25b mouse. Using capital Canada already owns to support our development & transformation should be part of the plan. 26821
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Significant differences are indicated with 🐦⬛ 219735
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 19/04/2026in general, & across the world, the political gender divide really opens up around 2016 wonder if something happened then? 201084323
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialBecky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026When they said "AI will increase productivity" I didn't realize they meant "AI code will crash the social media networks on which I procrastinate, forcing me to actually do my job" 151612436
derrickgibbings.bsky.social @derrickgibbings.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Check out our article in Cell Biomaterials - with much hype and disappointment around the use of small extracellular vesicles as delivery vehicles, we show that the cell source of extracellular vesicles is critical. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...doi.orgRedirecting 100
derrickgibbings.bsky.social @derrickgibbings.bsky.social · 18/03/2026This analogy on science funding is great 110
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Maybe if US military procurement forced dozens of ship builders to propose a product 1/3 already completed on their own skin in the game dime for a 10% chance of being selected and low odds of continuing the contract past five years we’d get gold standard Littoral Combat Ships that work? 051
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man. 23395343956
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Vaccines, Trust and Misinformation: Join me Wednesday January 28 from 17:30-20:00 at the University of Ottawa for this timely discussion. Register here: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... via @tivabaral.bsky.social @deonandan.bsky.social 12920
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 06/01/2026A look at how Canadian unis did in the big international rankings this past year. Mostly, it's an extension of long-standing patterns: U of T holding at the top, UWat gaining ground, and most lower-ranked institutions steadily losing ground to intl competitors. higheredstrategy.com/2026-ranking...higheredstrategy.com2026 Rankings Overview (Canada) | HESAMost years, I do a quick overview of the major international rankings and how Canadian institutions have fared in them. Today is the day I do that for the 2026 rankings from the Times Higher and QS, a... 1106
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 16/10/2025There should be a word for that strange mix of naive optimism & existential dread that you experience in the brief period between submitting your scientific manuscript & having it desk-rejected by the journal editor. 1172
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 06/10/2025omg 1036133
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialOded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 09/09/2025"We added the requested experiments and thank the reviewers for their helpful suggestions" 112311
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialHensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 08/09/2025A few months ago, when asked if his Nobel prize changed his science, David Baltimore said "I got into science because I love data. And the only thing I really care about in my life is data. And for that reason I didn't stop doing science because I won an award." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqUK...youtube.comCSHL Keynote, Dr. David Baltimore, CaltechYouTube video by CSHL Leading Strand 0163
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialJournal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 21/08/2025Losier, Russell et al. @uottawa.ca identify distinct kinase signaling pathways that differentially regulate bulk and selective #autophagy. Using kinome-wide #CRISPR screening, they reveal both shared and pathway-specific regulators rupress.org/jcb/article/... 083
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Zelensky has said seeing as Donald won't send Ukraine weapons, can he at least give Russia SpaceX rockets instead. 161043140
derrickgibbings.bsky.social @derrickgibbings.bsky.social · 12/06/2025This is incredible. They lost patent rights in Ozempic for $450. Expect some wild crossborder shopping, smuggling and policing. 031
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 06/06/2025It has been a week since the Ontario government proposed taking away universities' right to determine their own student selection policies in Bill C-33. Not a peep from the universities yet. This is not a good sign. 31713
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDr. Julie Claycomb @farmgirlphd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Hello out there! Are you looking for a friendly community to share your RNA research and hear about some cool RNA biology? Register for @trendrna.bsky.social on July 10-11 now! Oral abstract deadline is May 30th! Co sponsored by @rnacanada.bsky.social! 01714
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 16/05/2025PSE spending as a percentage of total provincial spending, 2006-07 to 2025-26, Canada and select provinces. It's down everywhere, but the Alberta slump has been especially pronounced. 32625
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025If the party platforms prove anything, it's that Canadians love the economy of the 1960s and instinctively avoid anything resembling the "knowledge economy". This is the basic PR challenge for universities and colleges and better GR isn't going to help. higheredstrategy.com/the-deeper-m...higheredstrategy.comThe Deeper Meaning of Election 2025 | HESASo, it’s voting day. I am pretty sure the Liberals are going to win a stonking majority, but regardless of … Continued 1298
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 27/04/2025Maaan, this fact check gives equal space for statements from each leader but Poilievre's are doozies, and one of Poilievre's falsehoods appears under a fact check on Singh! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caThe economy, housing, pipelines: Not all claims in the federal election campaign were true | CBC NewsOver the course of the federal election campaign, CBC's Election Fact Check Unit looked into dozens of statements made by the leaders of Canada's four largest parties. Here's some of what they said th... 411043
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialBenjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Indiana state legislature just staged a hostile takeover of IU, functionally eliminating tenure, promising to close smaller (hum) majors, taking over the IU board, and cutting the IU budget. This is so bleak 631355688
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Apart from the fact that US Attorneys have no business in trying to intimidate academic journals, why the acting US Attorney for *Washington DC* is going after a journal based in Massachusetts suggests he has some confusion about jurisdiction. 6342104
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialJesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 15/04/2025Now there's a memorable stat! "Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined." wapo.st/3EvzMCIwapo.stOpinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exportsThe president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates. 221019443
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen 8849110128445
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/04/2025“vietnam has been very unfair to america and owes us compensation” is a wild take 1234133599
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 08/04/2025If Pierre Poilievre can't handle the media, who else will he avoid confronting? The Conservative leader’s tightly-controlled media circus is disquieting, by @justinling.ca www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com #journalism 920892
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialBrad Wouters 🇨🇦 @handle.invalid · 06/04/2025Stay tuned for an exciting announcement tomorrow. Time for Canada to lead 02211
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2025From city on a cill to pariah state 1127141
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialGreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025 97136
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025They want to imprison anyone for burning down a Tesla. For 20 years. How much for burning down the stock market? 851278116187
derrickgibbings.bsky.social @derrickgibbings.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Trump’s use of the thumbs up in photos has appropriated this positive gesture, like the OK hand gesture or the Canadian flag during the Convoy times. Second thoughts whenever I see someone doing this now. Would be the perfect salesman’s salute for an authoritarian leader. 000
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025It turns out that you can study gender identity after all. 830955
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Vance is lying (again). Social Security has repeatedly debunked this. The actual claim is that 40 percent of direct deposit fraud occurred via calls to the agency. That is wholly different, and massively less, than 40 percent of calls being fraudulent. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u... 691390351
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialWilliam Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025What I absolutely love about university marketing is that it has made everywhere sound exactly the same, as if there weren’t individuals with different interests working in universities at all. 1014418
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Its like Nero fiddling but if he was the one who set Rome on fire 2748799
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/04/2025Meanwhile, South Korea has successfully impeached their president www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...nytimes.comJubilation in South Korea After President Who Declared Martial Law Is Ousted 494171353932
Reposted by @derrickgibbings.bsky.socialJim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Reason #1648 for avoiding any travel to the US. Hope the 🇨🇦 airlines bulk up on domestic and non-US international flights as they are jammed. Four flights I looked at from Vancouver to Toronto today are full. Didn’t check the others. 173
