Duh, no. It’s a wind instrument.

A gray cat, suspended in midair over a bathtub, limbs splayed out, realizes she has made a poor choice.

Please enjoy this amazing freeze frame from Liara’s bathtub incident last night

Limited Metacognition = People can struggle to understand how they think, make decisions, and evaluate info (vs. misinformation & disinformation). #Science4Policy #learning #Polarization

📊#DataCommunicationObstacle🚨: Limited Metacognition = People can struggle to understand how they think, make decisions, and evaluate info (vs. misinformation & disinformation). #Science4Policy #learning #Polarization

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

A firm reminder at a moment the world seems to need it.

A picture of a cat. It says, “4 years ago lived in a bush and hunted my own meals. Now I have 2 passive incomes, my own house, & a personal chef. Follow me for more financial advice.”

#Caturday

This image shows gauges with the Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 6.7 Alberta: HIGH - 6.3 British Columbia: MODERATE - 4.0 Manitoba: HIGH - 6.2 New Brunswick: HIGH - 6.6 Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 4.7 North: HIGH - 6.2 Nova Scotia: HIGH - 6.6 Ontario: HIGH - 6.9 Prince Edward Island: VERY HIGH - 10.9 Quebec: HIGH - 8.2 Saskatchewan: HIGH - 7.3 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'

Canadian COVID Forecast: Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026

SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: PEI
HIGH: CAN, AB, MB, NB, North, NS, ON, QC, SK
MODERATE: BC, NL

About 1 in 84 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

70-year-old Saskatoon woman smashes running records For one Saskatoon runner, turning 70 hasn’t meant slowing down. Lynne Wawryk-Epp is still competing at a high level and breaking records in her age category, inspiring a new perspective on aging and a...

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"The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate any thing. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. It [cannot] anticipat[e] any analytical relations or truths. Its province is to assist us in making available what we are already acquainted with."

— Ada Lovelace, 1843

“And then, WHAM! This thing just came right out of left field.”

“And then, WHAM! This thing just came right out of left field.”

PUBLIC TALK Nobel Laureate in Physics DONNA STRICKLAND Extreme Light: Unlocking the Power of Superfast Lasers WHEN Friday, March 27th at 7pm WHERE Challenge Theatre SFU Harbour Centre 515 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC

Nobel laureate in Physics, Donna Strickland, will be giving a free public lecture entitled "Extreme Light: Unlocking the Power of Superfast Lasers" this Friday, 7 PM, at SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC. #YVR ⚛️ 🧪 👩🏻‍🔬 🎢

Ticket info here: events.sfu.ca/event/48309-...

Overstock 3M Aura 1870+ Request Form About these masks: There are a few hundred cases of overstock 3M Aura 1870+ masks that we are redistributing. Each case contains 440 individually packaged masks and measures 24”L x 12”H x 21”D. They...

Local maskbloc Masks4EastVan is redistributing FREE boxes of N95s (3M Auras) to anyone/group/organization who needs them. 440 masks per case.

Request form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

It is pretty simple. If you are a professor you have power and influence over any student. Some of it you are aware of (or should be) and some of it may not be apparent. Because of this, it is wrong to date a student, even if they are willing or think there’s no coercion.

A Fuller Statement About My Bluesky Posts Let me paint a picture of what it was like to be a woman math major at the University of Chicago circa 2004.

More details and context about what being a woman math major in the early-2000s was like and why it was so damaging here:

cooperativeoverlapping.substack.com/p/a-fuller-s...

From @meganwachspress.bsky.social’s post (on having been the target of a professor’s advances as a student):

“To want someone who wants to learn from you is to want someone for their powerlessness.”

More importantly though, it is also St Gertrude of Nivelles day today.
St Gertrude is the patron saint of cats, cat lovers and gardeners.
Take extra naps and enjoy special treats to celebrate 🐈‍⬛🐈

I have a p-hacking joke but I can't repeat it

A close-up color photograph of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017), the groundbreaking Fields Medal winner and Stanford professor renowned as the first woman and first Iranian to receive mathematics' highest honor in 2014. Captured during the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) at the COEX convention center in Seoul, South Korea (August 2014), she is seated at a press conference or panel, resting her chin thoughtfully on her left hand with her elbow propped up, conveying deep concentration and quiet introspection. Mirzakhani has short dark brown hair, expressive blue-green eyes gazing slightly upward and to the side, and a subtle, contemplative expression with lightly furrowed brows and a gentle half-smile. She wears a dark blue or navy top and wears an earpiece and thin boom mic. The vibrant turquoise-blue background displays large white lettering reading "COEX Sec" (part of "COEX Seoul" or similar event branding), softly blurred behind her, with a faint shadow of her figure adding depth. This intimate portrait captures Mirzakhani's characteristic humility, intellectual intensity, and grace amid the historic moment of her Fields Medal recognition, symbolizing her profound contributions to the geometry and dynamics of Riemann surfaces and moduli spaces.

Remembering Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani on #PiDay π

First female winner of the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in #mathematics. Dr. Mirzakhani died in 2017 from #breastcancer at age 40.

#WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth

every quantitative measure is actually a stack of qualitative assumptions in a trenchcoat

A woman in a mask Headline: Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask? Story from Jerk Wingley and Terramin Defishunsee Photo from Adobe

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

Three panel comic. Panel 1: a giant squid wearing a yellow Bart t-shirt and some terrible hypebeast shorts is looking in the mirror. It says, “need groceries… but all my clothes are in the laundry.” Panel 2: the squid, now also wearing hot pink crocs, exits its apartment and says, “eh. I won’t see anyone.” Panel 3: two fisherman are pulling the squid to the surface of the water and pointing at it. An overlayed news caption reads: RARE SQUID SIGHTED - the fit was crazy

Apgar scores came from a woman. m&NA vacinces came from a woman. CRISPR gene editing came from a woman. Modern nursing came from a woman. Hospital sanitation standards came from a woman. Leukemia chemotherapy drugs came from a woman. Malaria treatment breakthroughs came from a woman. Hormone blood tests came from a woman. Disposable medical syringes came from a woman. Antifungal antibiotics came from a woman. DNA structure imaging came from a woman. Genetic "jumping genes" came from a woman. Stem cell isolation came from a woman. Medical statistics in hospitals came from a woman. Pediatric anesthesia safety came from a woman. Life-saving vaccine research came from a woman. Cells used for modern medical research came from a woman. Breakthroughs in human genetics came from a woman. You came from a woman. Women in Medicine

Belated happy international women’s day!

This image shows gauges with the Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 6.7 Alberta: HIGH - 6.5 British Columbia: MODERATE - 4.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 10.0 New Brunswick: HIGH - 7.1 Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 4.7 North: HIGH - 6.7 Nova Scotia: HIGH - 6.0 Ontario: HIGH - 7.7 Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 4.9 Quebec: HIGH - 6.6 Saskatchewan: HIGH - 8.1 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'

Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026

SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB
HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, North, NS, ON, QC, SK
MODERATE: BC, NL, PEI

About 1 in 99 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

A classic black-and-white portrait photograph of Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914–2015), the pioneering Canadian-American pharmacologist and FDA medical officer renowned for blocking thalidomide's approval in the United States. She is shown in a formal head-and-shoulders pose against a plain studio background, gazing directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent, and resolute expression. Her dark hair is neatly styled in soft waves, parted on the side, and she wears a simple dark blazer or jacket over a white collared blouse, embodying professionalism, quiet determination, and the courage that defined her career as a trailblazer in drug safety regulation and women's contributions to science and public health.

Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey single-handedly blocked the "wonder drug" thalidomide (US, FDA, 1960) & saved American children from severe birth defects.

The first woman to earn a PhD in pharmacology, she used her expertise and immense courage to defy intense industry pressure. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)

#ThisCanMakePeopleRejectFact

#ThisCanMakePeopleRejectFact: Binary thinking (over-categorization) = Forcing issues into either/or boxes erases nuance and pushes evidence to fit a side. #Science4Policy #learning #Polarization

Ooh I like this game! My underrated life hack suggestion for academics, including graduate students is: pick an organization system and use it. Getting Things Done, Full Focus Planner, Bullet Journal, something. Academia is not a place for trying to do things haphazard.