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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Always nice when a big cancer center shares an article I wrote about their work.

MSKCC's LinkedIn post about the FDA approval of Daraxonrasib for advanced pancreatic cancer.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

AI attempting rice on a recent restaurant menu flyer I received

AI generated rice which does not look like rice.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Some years ago I announced to whoever would listen that *if I could I would by stocks in Moderna* - not for anything to do with their Covid-19 vaccine, but for the cancer vaccine work. And apparently I should become a full time stock market speculator. Sigh.

The Moderns $MRNA stock price from the last month.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Was going to enter the draw for #WorldCup tickets. Apparently the cheapest ticket to see Canada in Toronto in the group stages is $1300. An absolute racket. No thanks, not under any condition. Burn it all down to the ground. Oh and investigate FIFA's financials.

An image showing the tiered pricing for tickets to see Canada vs a European team (TBC) in Toronto during the 2026 World Cup. The cheapest ticket is $1300, with the most expensive on the screen being $3035.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Every year I try to find the perfect red maple leaf. This year's is pretty good!

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Channeling Poulin, who always performs in big games? Great idea! #bluejays #worldseries

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I guess the Epstein files are indeed coming out then.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

It is remarkable just how much he despises this country.

A park with multicolored leaves reminiscent of fall.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

So this is what happens when countries elect insane warmongering dictators. Several at once. Diplomacy dies. We're doing great everyone!

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Heads up, Toronto's air quality is the second worst in the world right now. Minimize time outside, put on air filters if you have them and consider wearing an N95 if you do have to go out, especially if you are in a high-risk group for PM2.5 exposure.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Downtown Toronto with phone camera only 😲

Picture of the Northern Lights from downtown Toronto. Oct 2024

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Went to the Sceptres game instead of staying home and watching the woeful #Leafs lose to Ottawa. Smart move. #PWHL

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I'm a big fan of count binface in the UK too.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Can we call Fanjoy in Carleton yet?

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I tactically voted for the incumbent Liberal candidate in my riding. Would have also voted NDP or Green if it had been the tactical vote. Maybe 65 people in lines in the polling station. Great to see!

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The government of Canada thinks it's riskier to travel to the U.K. right now than the U.S. Uh, I think it needs updating.

https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories showing UK, US

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Am absolutely loving this Guardian reporter's reflections on the Blue Origin flight this morning... "Tunnock's tea cake" "Vanity Space Trips" She is *not* impressed. Lmao.

The capsule, shaped like a giant Tunnock’s tea cake, has touched down amid a lot of excitement from those on board.

The voice on the radio says “congratulations and welcome back to Earth”.

There’s applause and cheers among the spectators. All six of the women appear to be fine.

It seemed a bit of a bumpy landing to me but apparently that’s par for the course with vanity space trips.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Meanwhile, I can remember Man United fans chirping Newcastle that they were a "small club" just a year or so ago. And...well. Only one of these clubs is a wreck and it isn't the one in the North East

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island, BC. March 2025.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I was in BC last week and I have never been less interested in visiting the USA. Just *look* at what we have right here. Stunning.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This is so hilariously bad. CPC in my no hope of them winning riding in Toronto. What are Liz's policies? Who is she? No idea. The whole other side is dedicated to a) the guy who is no longer PM B) Misinformation c) issues which are largely provincial, not federal. Pitifully poor TBH. Yikes.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Brief trip to the West Coast to be a part of this excellent workshop.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

New: Canadian "lumberjack influencer" Nicole Cohen (located in BC, I think) to run for office with the slogan: "Sales on axes!" ...it would be so perfect.

A picture of Nicole Coenen, a lumberjack influencer from British Columbia.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Great pointers from Wirecutter on how to wrangle your data from 23andMe ASAP. I also recommend having your samples destroyed. Unsure if new owner could resequence it if data has been deleted

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

An urgent plea from a Belleville-based canning company, Sprague Canning regarding the extra costs of tariffs. Buy some of their soups, they are terrific!

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

History repeats itself. These are pictures from outside my grad school lab for a Guardian article I wrote shortly after Brexit in the UK. First is all of us, the second is only the British researchers. www.theguardian.com/science/occa...

Researchers from the Northern Institute of Cancer research pictured in 2016.

Researchers from the Northern Institute for cancer research pictured in 2016 but everyone apart from British researchers is missing from the picture.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Off to the Toronto watch party. This should be fun. #NUFC

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

If Canada isn't a sovereign country then explain this.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Junk predatory journals are now impersonating real journals. Fun.

An email from "The" Journal of Clinical Oncology - a junk predatory journal, asking for submissions.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

In this house we have never made "American" pancakes (which are actually Scottish and correctly called drop scones) we make proper pancakes, also known as crepes. If it is not rolled, it is not legit.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Liberal voters in Sault St. Marie - happy with the result?

Sault Ste Marie Ontario election results showing the PC candidate winning.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

What was the point in voting NDP or green here. Really? Can someone explain this to me?

A screenshot of the in-progress Missisauga-Erin Mills Ontario election result

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

So happy to see another @soapboxscience.bsky.social event happening in Toronto. Hosted by SciXchange at Toronto Metropolitan University. For eligibility criteria and more information, their LinkedIn post is here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... I had a lot of fun at the one in Newcastle in 2015!

A picture of Vicky Forster in a lab coat standing outside on a Soapbox in Newcastle City Center (UK) doing a SoapBox science event. 2015.

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

A quick look at the paper reveals that specifically, these rodents are rats bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The "experimental approach" section from this paper: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250115125408.htm

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Both in the title and the deck of the press release, it is mentioned that the work is done in rodents. This is a responsible press release and good practice. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

The title and the deck of this press release: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250115125408.htm

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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The compound is not even new in the context of Alzheimer's research.

There are 8 papers which mention the compound and Alzheimer's disease.

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