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RHRLeBlanc

@rhrleblanc.bsky.social
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Physician, Physicist, Hematologist, with deep interest in Genomics, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Academics, LLMs, and potential applications of AIs to cognitive medicine, 'approach which values the physician's ability to synthesize information' (Copilot)

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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Que fera le prochain gouvernement du Québec pour affronter les impacts de la crise climatique? www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
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Que fera le prochain gouvernement du Québec pour affronter les impacts de la crise climatique?
Les coûts du réchauffement pour la société s’élèveront à plusieurs milliards de dollars au cours des prochaines années.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Passer à autre chose www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
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Passer à autre chose
Ce qu’on appelle «la littérature» vient de changer radicalement de sens avec l’affaire Orélien.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Le Canada est-il fiable? www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Full Article: www.ft.com/content/bd13...
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Rerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascism
How nationalists, religious fundamentalists and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/membership/n...
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The Guardian climate pledge 2026
Each year, the Guardian reaffirms its commitment to the environment – both in our reporting and how we operate as a business. From critical tipping points to war in Iran, this is how the last 12 month...
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/membership/n...
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The Guardian climate pledge 2026
Each year, the Guardian reaffirms its commitment to the environment – both in our reporting and how we operate as a business. From critical tipping points to war in Iran, this is how the last 12 month...
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
President John F. Kennedy' address to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa on May 17, 1961 : "Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies." www.mulroneyinstitute.ca/node/4381
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Staggering 90% of biomedical papers now show signs of AI help www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Staggering 90% of biomedical papers now show signs of AI help
The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of Large Language Model use, is for papers published in December and archived in PubMed
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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 14/08/2026
En faisant grimper les températures, il agira comme une machine à voyager dans le temps climatique.
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Un El Niño record donnera un aperçu des températures de demain
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Christopher Harry on a summer of devastating wildfires – cartoon
Entire ecosystems have been ‘decimated’ and endangered species put at risk after one of the worst wildfire seasons on record in the UK, according to charities
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@johnvaillant.bsky.social
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hashtag of the day
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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
1000+ scientists at frontier AI companies are speaking out to warn that the current commercial race leads to unacceptable security risks. I agree with their call for an international effort to develop technical and governance guardrails to ensure a safer way forward. www.pacingthefrontier.com
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Pacing the Frontier
A statement from over 1000 employees of frontier AI companies
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Prime Minister of Spain: “This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about.” This is the realistic climate discourse the world needs. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...
"These are difficult hours," Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said
Monday afternoon during a news conference in Castellón, on Spain's eastern coast, where a new fire raged and forced thousands of new evacuations.
In the face of what his government has called the largest fires in the country's history, and after a summer of record-breaking heat waves, he called for a national pact with all Spain's political parties to work together to prevent blazes that he attributed to climate change.
"This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about," he said.
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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Many thanks to CBC Vancouver for a solid discussion on #wildfire, @mark-carney.bsky.social, and the false promise of carbon capture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tUB...
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Are wildfires becoming worse?
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
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Wolfgang Cramer @cramer-bondeau.fr · 28/07/2026
En 1990, il y a 36 ans, mes collègues du GIEC ont publié : « Le changement climatique pourrait entraîner une augmentation de la fréquence des phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes ... L'assèchement de certaines régions pourrait entraîner une augmentation de la fréquence des incendies. … »
cover of the First IPCC Report (WG1)dated front pages of the First IPCC Report (WG1)page 297 of the First IPCC Report (WG1)bottom of page 297 of the First IPCC Report (WG1)
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
hallucinations : la responsabilité de vérifier l’exactitude des sources demeure entièrement humaine. Ibid en médecine. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
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L’illusion de l’autonomie, ou pourquoi l’IA fragilise l’autoreprésentation devant les tribunaux
En matière de justice, l’économie apparente peut rapidement se transformer en coût réel.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
De l’héritage de Rousseau, de Condorcet, de Mill et de Madison. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
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Distinguer les faits des récits, de Cassandre au cheval de Troie jusqu’à Trump
Que devient une démocratie lorsque ses citoyens ne savent plus distinguer l’information de la mise en scène politique?
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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The science was right. In 1988, Dr Syukuro Manabe predicted the Mediterranean region, North Africa and Southern California would all dry out in summers due to rising levels of greenhouse gases. In 2021 he won the Nobel Prize in Physics with two others for reliably predicting global heating.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe
Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Inféoder la science à des logiques commerciales Les dérives marchandes de la génomique www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
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Les dérives marchandes de la génomique
Quand des méthodes scientifiques sont commercialisées avant qu’il n’existe un consensus clair.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If you want to better understand Canadian wildfires — and the causes of the climate change that make conditions for such disasters so much worse — I recommend this wonderful book by @johnvaillant.bsky.social www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554938...
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Fire Weather by John Vaillant: 9780525434245 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION...
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI says its models went rogue and hacked startup in ‘unprecedented incident’
Firm behind ChatGPT reveals autonomous agent powered by its tech chose to attack Hugging Face database by itself
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Truth is conformity to reality or fact. It contrasts with falsity or misrepresentation that fails to align with the world. Truth plays a central role in many human endeavors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth
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Truth - Wikipedia
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
LLMs work not by seeking truth or through logical reasoning but by making probable connections.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Welcome to the apocalyptic haze of the new abnormal" | My op-ed (w/ Susan Joy Hassol) in the @the-independent.com: www.independent.co.uk/us/voices/ai... (from two years ago)
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Welcome to the apocalyptic haze of the new abnormal | Michael E. Mann
The current wildfires are a preview of far worse things to come, write climate experts, Susan Joy Hassol and Professor Michael E. Mann
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 17/07/2026
Au-delà des dommages faits à la forêt, le feu de Fontainebleau suscite « une profonde tristesse »
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Au-delà des dommages faits à la forêt, le feu de Fontainebleau suscite « une profonde tristesse »
Naturalistes, randonneurs et amoureux du massif seine-et-marnais s’attristent de la disparition de riches écosystèmes et s’interrogent sur l’avenir d’un espace jusqu’ici très fréquenté mais désormais fragilisé par le passage des flammes.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“You can’t have an economy without a society, and a society needs somewhere to live. Nature is our foundation. Threats to the stability of this foundation are risks to future human prosperity which we must take action to avoid. actuaries.org.uk/planetary-so...
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Planetary Solvency – finding our balance with nature | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Current climate policies risk catastrophic societal and economic impacts.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
délégation cognitive… L’utilisation de l’IA générative peut-elle nous rendre stupides? www.ledevoir.com/economie/tec...
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L’utilisation de l’IA générative peut-elle nous rendre stupides?
Déléguer des tâches à l’intelligence artificielle peut avoir des conséquences négatives sur le jugement critique.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
De l’abus de nos enfants et de leur activité en ligne www.ledevoir.com/opinion/libr...
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De l’abus de nos enfants et de leur activité en ligne
Le but de ByteDance, Meta et Alphabet n’est pas de divertir ni de servir, mais de faire de l’argent.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Honest question: has the combinatorics of CAR‑T engineering have exceeded the epistemic capacity of the clinical trial ecosystem?
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Helen Pearson @helenpearson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"Beyond Belief is an excellent, thorough, and balanced guide," writes @philipcball.bsky.social in his lovely review in @thelancet.com. "For anyone ... fed up with being told “that's how we’ve always done it”, Pearson's book offers all the ammunition you need." Thank you! tinyurl.com/38pwc3up
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The ascent of evidence-based medicine
To anyone trained in the natural sciences, the phrase “evidence-based medicine”, which became popular in the 1990s, might sound peculiar. What else would medicine be based on if not evidence that a tr...
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NPR @npr.org · 13/07/2026
In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor's social media page. n.pr/44uAeL1
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Sam Neill, known for 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78, his family says
In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor's social media page.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The Hay Wain: Walking Constable’s Landscape review – a masterpiece for the climate crisis age
While Britain boils in a heatwave, a new exhibition built around the much-reproduced canvas reminds us of the beauty of the natural world – and what we could lose
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
44 millions pour préserver le lac Saint-Pierre www.ledevoir.com/politique/qu...
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
www.thetimes.com/article/ebec...
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Nottingham maternity review: ‘cruel’ care and toxic bullying at NHS trust
Systemic failures at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust contributed to serious harm or death in 520 cases, a report by Donna Ockenden finds
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@donvinh.bsky.social
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
@marcishore.bsky.social
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
youtu.be/PjV9eZzNs2g?...
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Monty Python's World Cup Team of Philosophers
YouTube video by Lonnie Goldman
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Alberta Medical Association @albertadoctors.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Timely access to family doctors is a significant barrier to Albertans' access to care. The AMA State of Health Care 2026 Report cites that 78% of walk-in clinic users go because they cannot see their family doctor quickly enough. www.albertadoctors.org/advocacy/str...
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...
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Le bal des mal-aimés
Il y a, dans nos polyvalentes, tout un cirque social faisant perdurer des systèmes d’oppression.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Ein Stein Le destin tragique de Mileva Marić-Einstein www.ledevoir.com/actualites/l...
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Le destin tragique de Mileva Marić-Einstein
Sans elle, Albert Einstein serait resté fonctionnaire à l’Office des brevets de Berne.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Ein Stein Le destin tragique de Mileva Marić-Einstein www.ledevoir.com/actualites/l...
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Le destin tragique de Mileva Marić-Einstein
Sans elle, Albert Einstein serait resté fonctionnaire à l’Office des brevets de Berne.
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Nature @nature.com · 18/06/2026
Evidence suggests that AI-driven ‘deskilling’ is starting to happen in medicine, computer science and other fields go.nature.com/4vtwEN1
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Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Le devoir de loyauté, une notion féodale rendue plus coercitive www.ledevoir.com/opinion/libr...
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Le devoir de loyauté, une notion féodale rendue plus coercitive
Les juristes doivent se mettre au travail pour contribuer à renverser cette notion autoritaire.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/06/2026
HPV jabs cut risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 to almost zero
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HPV jabs cut risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 to almost zero
Study reveals positive news, but experts say deaths and cases may rise again as fewer teenagers get vaccinated Women who received an HPV vaccine in early adolescence have virtually zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30, according to a groundbreaking study, but falling vaccination rates could see a rise in avoidable deaths. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, according to the World Health Organization, and high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause 99% of cases. About 3,300 women in England are diagnosed with the disease every year. Continue reading...
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RHRLeBlanc @rhrleblanc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
@johnvaillant.bsky.social
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ontario ER doctors raise alarm on hospital overcrowding. Three-quarters of ER physicians surveyed by Ontario Medical Association rate overcrowding as critical or severe, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Ontario ER doctors raise alarm on hospital overcrowding
Three-quarters of ER physicians surveyed by Ontario Medical Association rate overcrowding as critical or severe
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