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L Floyd

@withfloyd.bsky.social
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Elder millenial, youthful cancer patient. Living on unceded Lewkungem territory #yyj. Sometimes I tell jokes.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026
As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege": pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... 1/
A Canadian flag, its elements replaced with circuit boards. In the foreground, a bent-double, exhausted Uncle Sam trudges over rocky terrain, shlepping a giant sack on his back. Centered in the maple leaf is the word SORRY.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026
Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How Canada can save Americans and defeat America; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/08/elbo... #Pluralistic 1/
A Canadian flag, its elements replaced with circuit boards. In the foreground, a bent-double, exhausted Uncle Sam trudges over rocky terrain, shlepping a giant sack on his back. Centered in the maple leaf is the word SORRY.
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
#BankersGonnaBank #NotYourProgressiveSaviour
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
🧵 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social just launched "AI for All”. That’s $2B+ in data centres & a promise of $200B economic growth. But does this hold up over 25–50 years? A thread on what the evidence actually says. 🇨🇦 #AIforAll #CdnPoli 1/10 PM Carney — AI for All Strategy, June 4, 2026
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Prime Minister Carney launches AI for All: Canada’s new national artificial intelligence strategy
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, launched AI for All, Canada’s new national AI strategy. Over the next five years, this strategy will introduce new legislation, investments, and programs that e...
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The improvements in lung cancer screenings are brilliant and much needed. Expensive low-dose CT scans aren't accessible to everyone. And they carry both low-sensitivity and low-specificity risks. Some
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Just made it official with the @crc-greenpartybc.bsky.social We need fresh and fearless leadership in this province, and we need it right now. Democracy itself is at stake. (Not to mention the "little" things, like clean air and water.).
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Jamal-Hanjani Lab @jamal-hanjani-lab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Excited to share our ‘Evolutionary characterization of lung cancer metastasis’ in #TRACERx & #PEACE, published today in @nature.com in collaboration with @charlesswanton.bsky.social @nickymcgranahan.bsky.social @zaccasimo.bsky.social at @ucl.ac.uk & @crick.ac.uk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Evolutionary characterization of lung cancer metastasis - Nature
DNA-sequencing data from primary tumours and paired metastases from participants in the TRACERx lung study and PEACE autopsy programme are used to analyse the metastatic diversity of advanced non-smal...
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PeerView @peerview.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Joshua Sabari, MD invites you to join him alongside Natasha B. Leighl, MD & Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD at #ASCO26 for a PeerView live symposium on EGFRm #NSCLC focused on treatment sequencing, resistance management & optimizing patient care: bit.ly/2026EGFRLung-Sky #MedEd
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Israel has continued to illegally intercept vessels from the Sumud Flotilla. As Canada says it's “not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad," the people are defending the flotilla. Protests are sparking around the world:
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Jane Cawthorne @other-jane.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
LifeLabs workers are on strike in BC, resulting in rotating lab closures. I have to go to the lab often and offer the following explainer in solidarity with the workers. #LifeLabsStrike🧵
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
VALEMOUNT, BRITISH COLUMBIA: “B.C. town faces economic fallout after sheltering thousands fleeing Alberta wildfire” www.newwestrecord.ca/economy-law-... - New Westminster Record #ABFire #BCpoli #Jasper
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B.C. town faces economic fallout after sheltering thousands fleeing Alberta wildfire
70% of village's businesses risk closure without government intervention, warns mayor
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Two weeks after the 2025 IASLC Targeted Therapies in #LungCancer Conference and I'm still processing everything. Attending scientific conferences like the #TTLC25 as a patient and research advocate is a somewhat surreal experience. I feel both completely ignorant and exceptionally qualified.
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Let's Win Pancreatic Cancer @letswinpc.org · 03/03/2025
Genetic testing for cancer should be the norm now, experts say. Here’s when to request it. .
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Genetic testing for cancer should be the norm now, experts say. Here’s when to request it.
Testing is recommended for those with personal and family histories of several types of cancer — including pancreatic and breast cancer
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
SUBSCRIBE ✨ SUBSTACK: rachelgilmore.substack.com PATREON: patreon.com/rachelgilmore TWITCH: twitch.tv/rachel_gilmore YOUTUBE: YouTube.com/@AtRachelGilmore SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/show/5uP73Dl... APPLE PODCASTS: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b...
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Bubble Pop with Rachel Gilmore | Substack
I'm Rachel Gilmore. I'm your least favourite person's least favourite journalist. Let's pop your bubble✨. Click to read Bubble Pop with Rachel Gilmore, a Substack publication with thousands of subscri...
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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
When doctors suspect lung cancer, a biopsy is often necessary to confirm the diagnosis & determine the specific type of cancer. A biopsy involves taking a sample of cells to be examined under a microscope.This helps doctors understand the cancer's characteristics & plan the most effective treatment+
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IASLC @iaslc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Targeted therapy in SCLC is advancing with evolving treatment options! @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social, Dr. Jacob Sands & Dr. Triparna Sen talk about: 🔹 SCLC subtypes & immune signatures 🔹 The role of NGS in diagnosis & management 🔹 NSCLC transformation to #SCLC Listen now: bit.ly/TTLC25sclc
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/02/2025
When OMB head Russ Vought talks about deliberate efforts to put federal employees "in trauma" and make them quit their jobs, he's talking about people like Michelle, recently fired by Musk/Trump. www.sfgate.com/california/a...
Michelle Beutler cleared 67 trees off a U.S. Forest Service road in two days. It was the spring of 2023, after a record-breaking winter in the Stanislaus National Forest in California’s Sierra Nevada. Beutler, 59, worked alone with a chain saw to remove every fallen tree on a 10-mile stretch of road between the town of Long Barn in Tuolumne County and the popular Hull Creek Campground. She single-handedly finished the work so the road could open in time for Memorial Day.

As a recreation technician based out of the Summit Ranger Station in the Stanislaus National Forest, Beutler’s job was to clean toilets, pick up trash and maintain recreation sites and campgrounds up and down Sonora Pass. She’d typically drive her Forest Service truck 100 miles a day. She sprayed pit toilets with a fire hose. She wiped away graffiti and removed thousands of pounds of house trash, old furniture and useless stuff that people dumped in the forest. She extinguished hundreds of abandoned and illegal campfires. She assisted law enforcement during emergency accidents, helping officers navigate a swath of rugged forest land that she grew up on and knows intimately.
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Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
'Inflammatory reaction': How the air we breathe could be impacting our brains www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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'Inflammatory reaction': How the air we breathe could be impacting our brains
Air pollution threatens more than just our lungs, experts say. And while Australia has some of the best air quality in the world, we've been warned against complacency.
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🏳️‍⚧️Ms. Alice Cumgutter @alice22222.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Call the Bureau of Prisons (202)307-3198 Tell them to block moving trans women to men's prisons. Tell them the trans women will be raped to death, it is cruel and unusual punishment beyond their crimes.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
NEW: On Section 504. "Attacks on any one group will be used as a wedge to attack all of us. You may not personally know any trans people, and you may even be uncomfortable with the idea ... but letting this attack go forward will eventually hurt you and the things you love, too." /1
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Why are Republican states trying to overturn a pillar of disability rights?
They may not be successful in repealing Section 504 as part of the attack on treating gender dysphoria, but it begs the question of what they might come for next.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
NIH indirects case update: Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges. Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides: (I'm paraphrasing here)
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"The silence with which many of us and our institutions are meeting this moment must be challenged" Thank you @jama.com for stating this. The earlier (and some ongoing) silence from academic organizations & institutions prior to the NIH cuts was deafening and disheartening. #standupforscience
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Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public
In the first month of the new administration responsible for leading the US, the executive branch has issued a flurry of orders, including ones associated with the dismissal or resignation of tens of ...
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Amber Hirsch @amberhirsch.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Update after cycle 3, always appreciate any shares you can #gofundme #cancersucks #cansky gofund.me/8314efc8
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Donate to Amber's Journey: Battling Cancer Together, organized by Amber Hirsch
My name is Amber. I am a working wife and momma to a loving and amazingly beaut… Amber Hirsch needs your support for Amber's Journey: Battling Cancer Together
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
FDA staff are getting the axe this evening. If you're one of them, you can reach me at christina.jewett@nytimes.com. I can keep your name confidential, just hoping to get a feel for who has been cut. DMs here fine, too. Pic for the algo.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.
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Jenny B @jborgfjord.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Come work in #FriendlyManitoba! We would ❤️ to have all healthcare workers; especially mammographers and other technologists to provide ultrasound and MRI for cancer screening and surveillance. #cansky #oncosky #medsky #breastcancer #cancer #earlydetection #costeffective
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ThanksCancer @thankscancer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Cancer expectation: sick -> well Cancer reality: sick √﹀\_︿╱﹀╲/╲︿_/︺╲▁︹_/﹀\_︿╱▔︺\/\︹▁╱﹀▔╲︿_/︺▔╲▁︹_/﹀▔\⁄﹀\╱﹀▔︺\︹▁︿╱\╱﹀▔╲︿_/︺▔\︿╱\︿︹_/▔﹀\_︿╱▔︺\︹╱﹀▔╲︿_/︺▔\╱﹀╲▁︹_/﹀\_︿╱▔︺\︹▁︿⁄╲︿╱﹀╲ well-ish? #cansky #oncosky #oncsky
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Kitty's Clause @kittysclause.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
But I wanted to give a list of some of the games folks might not know are Canadian, but are developed by Canadians, in Canada. - I first have to give it to Club Penguin, which made up a large portion of my childhood. Shout-out to @screenhog.bsky.social for developing my taste in
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Stephanie Czajkowski @skisays.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
So the funding freeze for National Cancer Institute was halted but is it having residual effects for trials? #onsky #cansky peeps?
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Winona Waldron (she/her) @winonawaldron.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The BCTF has issued a statement in opposition to the Minister of Education and Child Care dismissing the GVSD Board of Trustees. #bcpoli #bced www.bctf.ca/news-and-opp...
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BCTF statement in opposition to the dismissal of the Greater Victoria School Board
Teachers across BC were deeply dismayed at the decision last week by Minister of Education and Child Care Lisa Beare to dismiss the board of trustees of the Greater Victoria School District...
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Also curious about travel- #TTLC25 coming up in a couple of weeks. Will any NIH researchers be there?
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STAT @statnews.com · 31/01/2025
Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews? Tell us:
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Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
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Matt Jelly @mattjelly.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Canada is the world's leading producer of lentils - which are a good source of protein, iron, & fibre. They're cheap, can be used in a wide range of recipes and are shelf stable for a year if stored properly. www.lentils.org/about-lentils/ #canadasky
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About Lentils
What are lentils, how to buy and store them - basic information about lentils
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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
@mark-carney.bsky.social has arrived on #BlueSky! A big welcome from #CanadaSky! #Canada #cdnpoli #TeamCanada 🇨🇦 #BuyCanadian
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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The tariffs are indeed coming. Stop hoping they won't. We are going to have to support affected businesses. I would prioritize their workers, not their profits. Here are some lessons we can learn from the pandemic. #cdnpoli #cdnecon policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/fe...
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Pandemic-era lessons for the coming Trump tariff crisis
The lesson of the pandemic is not to do the same or less to support workers. The lesson is to use data to be smarter.
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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Dear Canada, Ban Xitter. Now. Ban Fox News. Now. Ban majority-foreign-owned media. Now. #Canada #CanadaSky 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #TeamCanada #BuyCanadian #IAmCanadian
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Why hasn't Doug Ford cancelled the 100 million Starlink deal with Elon Musk? That should/would be the only positive campaign policy he could put out. But crickets! #cdnpoli #onpoli #peipoli
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Please listen to disabled & marginalized people We’ve been trying to warn you for years We’re in an unprecedented time. History is repeating itself & fascism is back. You may not see it because you’re not a “target”. You may not care because you think you’re safe. No one is safe. Fight with us
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
THIS. ALL OF THIS.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
IMPORTANT: If you live in the United States or Canada, you’ve probably heard Trump‘s constant claim that the United States is “subsidizing” Canada. It’s wrong of course, but here’s the best explanation I’ve seen about how & why it’s wrong. PLEASE WATCH & SHARE IT A LOT. Kudos to Andrew Chang & CBC.
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Is Trump right about the U.S. 'subsidizing' Canada? | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
At a time when our healthcare system is jeopardized by creeping privatization, the Liberal Government’s cuts to Abortion Care Canada are further undermining reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I live in this district and will be campaigning for every single one of the fired board members if they want their job back.
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
And supposedly centre-left news outlet CBC misrepresents it as a "ban on police in schools". There was never a ban. Police could enter the building for legitimate purposes (investigations, emergencies, etc.) They just couldn't station a cop in a school. #bcpoli #yyj
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eritskes.bsky.social @eritskes.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The BC Teacher's Federation (BCTF) conducted research in 2022 on policing in school. It argued that schools grounded in care for ALL must include perspectives from Indigenous & Black students and staff who feel unsafe with police presence in schools. www.bctf.ca/docs/default... #bcpoli #bced
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
EXACTLY. They were voted in by their district. They did their job putting students first. I donated and volunteered for the @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social this past election because I didn't want political cowards making undemocratic decisions to please powerful interests. Guess I know better now!
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eritskes.bsky.social @eritskes.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
It wasn't that the SD61 trustees weren't doing their job; they did their job, backed with research and an equity informed approach. The gov't disagreed and fired them all, despite being elected officials. This isn't how we deal with principled disagreement @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social #bced #bcpoli
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Can i just say, it is very cool as a patient to see doctors who are passionate about lung cancer. #LungsAreDope #StudyThem
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Jill Feldman @jillfeldman4.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Words Matter isn't just a catchphrase. It is a simple yet profound truth when talking about #lungcancer Thank you, Drs Jamie Ostroff & Smita Banerjee, for your efforts to develop a training that offers strategies for empathic communication to ⬇️ stigma bit.ly/4gWH1Si #LCSM #EndStigmaNow
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Helping Health Professionals Reduce Lung Cancer Stigma
Researchers have developed a training program to help health providers reduce lung cancer stigma and have launched a clinical trial to test the training.
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L Floyd @withfloyd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Just over four years ago, I sat for my first chemo infusion. I couldn’t have company because of Covid restrictions, so I passed the time sketching. Staring at this innocuous little tube that delivered the ultimate oxymoron - healing poison. Cancer is a surreal experience. #oncsky #cansky
Sketchbook showing two drawings of a hand with an IV inserted.
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