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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

He was bitten by a radio active Spiderman

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I need all of the other followers to understand just how perfect of a reply this is.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

There is a lot of seriously cool work being done in BC, can't wait to read more about it.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Always fun when, in addition to the stress of the thing you're doing, you also have to keep thinking "Be normal, be normal, be normal" etc.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This is the old speech, forgotten by many.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I remember taking a phone call as a kid from a charity that was fundraising to find a cure for HIV. Years later, a different charity called and they were fundraising to help distribute the treatment. The significance of that difference didn't hit me until years later.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Thank you for the timeline cleanse.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Super interesting, I was wondering when we'd see something better than paxlovid on the market (in a few years if all goes well, I guess!)

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This is non trivial. Sometimes I get some emails from students that seem like they could have been written via LLM.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Incredible. Absolutely incredible.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Honestly, saying that the student is in the top 2% of writers out of however many you have taught might be a really good thing to include.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I think this means, contractually, you're obligated to do a ranking of electoral systems. What I'm saying is you'll have to rank ranked ballots.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Staying power to this day. This was the soundtrack to many writing sessions in grad school.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Is there an HVAC process that is turning off / on at that time?

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Hi Kevin, thank you for sharing your challenges in this thread. Could we talk about this more in direct messages? I did my PhD in immunology and I'm trying to sort out the internal tension I feel by the lack of organizational transparency in the evolving understanding of the harms of COVID.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I only found out in grad school, so now I teach on this case as a part of a first year science literacy course.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Definitely not a fan of some rando being able to bill for work.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Look at this guy. Participating in democracy in an informed and proactive way.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Excellent news. Looks like applying pressure still works once in a while.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The need for persistence is very real. Hoping that your research finds a good home with thoughtful peer reviews.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Whenever you can, go to your friend / colleagues thesis defense. It does something good for the soul to see a group of people holding each other to a high standard and be genuinely curious about the world around us.

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

How do I even put "my doctoral students could not achieve their full scientific potential because they had to worry ICE would abduct them off the street while getting to lab" into a tenure impact statement?

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I am very grateful for their work in my lab, and the opportunity we have to work with @falsecreekfriends.bsky.social , @hakai.org , Atelier Alpera, and @langaracollege.bsky.social

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

It's almost a sacred moment in a researcher's career where, for the first time, they hand off presenting their work to their mentees. Today my students presented our proposed project to study the microbial ecology of False Creek Vancouver, and won a prize at Langara's Applied Research Day. 1/2

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Brix and mortar in yaletown also has a great winter patio!

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Really interested if there's a shared list; I've managed to find a couple but would love to hear about others.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

As is tradition, submitting a research grant application cannot take place without some website failure right when you have all of your materials ready. Here goes nothing (read: a lot). #CCSIF #NSERC

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Not wanting to be American is a shockingly unifying Canadian sentiment. I also feel like the solidarity is more Canadian to Canadian rather than to the government? It's been encouraging in some ways.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Do you find it easier to do something when someone's asked you to do it?

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Spam calls are getting more targeted: I just got a call from Alberta and the person knew my name. They wanted to confirm that I had some sort of "block chain" account. I'm guessing that they're targeting people in my demographic (most likely to own Bitcoin etc ?).

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I think the plastic looks better! At least in this version. Is there an advantage to using the wood as a material?

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

If you're curious about what folks are up to to restore false creek, look up the False Creek Friends society. Some podcast episodes and other projects starting this summer.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I'm on my way to a lecture and had the same series of thoughts. Maybe one day I'll remember.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I've heard of that bug hitting a lot of people. Apparently a lot of cases of "walking step" for kids and teens too, maybe the lasting effects of COVID are making RSV, other mild viruses hang around?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.” Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment. www.reuters.com/article/busi...

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

There's a story in there about someone's "stone soup" ingredient being them sitting next to the soup pot.

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Kevin Rey @sciencerey.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Just substitute Acme for a company that rhymes with permo pusher and this probably describes most research plans

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