mRNA vaccines continue to show major promise.
In a small Phase 1 trial led by Dr. Balachandran, some patients with pancreatic cancer (one of the deadliest cancers) reached 6-year survival.
This is why sustained investment in science & research matters.
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Posts by David MacKinnon - 🇨🇦Photographer
Black and white portrait of a dancer draped in flowing white fabric, with her arms extended and head tilted back.
Stretch fabric with @denisastrakova.bsky.social, who will be in Ottawa until 22 April. #Photography #FineArtPhotography #StudioPhotographer #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #Photoshoot #BlackAndWhite #ImpliedNude #PhotographersOfBluesky
Dore's illustration of Moses coming off the mountain with the Ten Commandments; it has been modified. It has been hand tinted. Moses' head has been replaced with Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar's head. The Tiktok logo appears in the bottom left corner of the stone tablets.
Mark Zuckerberg has a problem with your friends: they're the reason you signed up to use his platform, but they stubbornly refuse to organize your socialization to "maximize engagement." Every time you and your friends wrap up a social interaction and log off, Zuckerberg loses revenue.
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Home decoration nearly 1,800 years ago: a Roman mosaic with an octopus, now displayed at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid.
Found in Villaquejida (León, Spain) and dated to the 2nd–3rd century CE.
#RomanArt #Mosaic #AncientRome #InteriorDesign #HomeDecor
🎨 David Hockney
A person with curly blond hair, a dark beard, and piercings looks over thier shoulder at a monochrome painting of a house with all the lights on but one.
Painting of a dog skull surrounded by chestnut mushrooms and one is sticking through the eye socket like an eye.
Painting of a purple and green pitcher plant with leaves and flowers in different stages of life.
Painting of golden chanterelle mushrooms with two chanterelle sculptures growing out of the bottom corner.
#PortfolioDay I'm a Canadian non-binary artist who paints portraits, still life, plants, fungi, and anything that amuses me. Sometimes I incorporate sculptural elements. 🏳️⚧️🐡
A person in a dark hoodie screams towards a vintage camera on a tripod, with hands outstretched.
From the Camera series with @denisastrakova.bsky.social modelling mirror dress. She will be in Ottawa 18 to 22 April so don't miss this opportunity to work with her. #Photography #FineArtPhotography #StudioPhotographer #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #Photoshoot #PhotographersOfBluesky
A dancer in a shimmering, mirrored chainmail costume arches her back and reaches one arm overhead while kneeling on a reflective surface against a gradient background.
The talented @denisastrakova.bsky.social modelling mirror dress. She will be in Ottawa 18 to 22 April. #Photography #GlamourPhotography #StudioPhotographer #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #Photoshoot #FashionPhotography #FashionArt #ArtFashion #Chainmail #Maille #PhotographersOfBluesky
France is switching from Microsoft to Linux
"We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
Buchanan Castle, 🏴Scotland 🏴
So neat seeing nature reclaim it.
A narrow, winding path leads into a dense forest during sunrise. Brilliant, warm golden sunbeams stream through the tall tree trunks and a light morning mist, creating a luminous glow in the center of the woods. The foreground and the large trees framing the path are in deep shadow, providing a sharp contrast to the light-filled background. Lush green foliage and the leaves of the canopy are highlighted where the morning light touches them.
Chasing sunbeams. Come with me into the woods ☀️🌳💚🤍
#nature #forest #photography #wander #Teutoburgerwald #sunrise
#woodland
National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year.
So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝
Cherry blossoms in Japan.
Painting of a person with short blond curly hair, a short dark beard, piercings over thier lip, ear lobe and ear cartilage, wearing a bright red sweatshirt with two black stripes and one white one. They are full color with an arm resting on a doorway. They are looking back sadly at a black and white scene of a house with all windows lit up except one as if a memory.
Not a repost today. Finished this piece yesterday. Oil paint on canvas.
#oilpainting #eastcoastkin #trans #painting #peopleofbluesky
Light painting, 2009 #lightpainting #draped #beauty #fabric #attractive #beauty #art #artistic
Stunning Photography
A woman in profile wears a shimmering, reflective chainmail garment adorned with numerous triangular mirror-like pieces, draped across her lower torso and back. Her long, dark, wavy hair cascades over her shoulders. A tattoo is visible on her left side. The background is a mottled, textured brown backdrop.
The mirror dress being modelled by
@modeladventurer.bsky.social. #Photography #GlamourPhotography #StudioPhotographer #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #Photoshoot #FashionPhotography #FashionArt #ArtFashion #Chainmail #Maille #PhotographersOfBluesky
Maple syrup under a microscope.
That is why Canadians are so happy, we literally eat glitter. 😊
#Canada
Humpback whales perform an incredible bubble feeding spectacle right in front of a lodge in Canada. Witnessing this behavior is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
A woman with long hair poses on a fur rug, wearing a colourful chainmaille bikini against a textured reddish-brown backdrop. They are front-down on the rug and raised up on their hands, one leg bent with the foot pointed up, looking over their shoulder to camera right, with their hips turned slightly toward the camera.
The #Pride version of my hand-made #Chainmaille #Bikini being modelled by
@modeladventurer.bsky.social. #Photography #GlamourPhotography #StudioPhotographer #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #Photoshoot #FashionPhotography #Chainmail #Maille #swimsuit #swimwear #PhotographersOfBluesky
Rare video: watch a meteorite hit the Moon in real time 🌕☄️
Two studio portraits of a woman in a body suit constructed from black and pink tape against a textured, dark background. On the left, she is facing forward with her mouth open, hands raised to her curly brown hair, and her body is angled to the side. On the right, she is shown from the back, turned to face the viewer with one hand on her hip and the other touching her chest, her body also angled. She is wearing black high-heeled shoes.
A #tapeBodyArt piece I did for model
@modeladventurer.bsky.social . #Photography #FineArtPhotography #ArtPhotography #StudioPhotographer #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #Photoshoot #FashionPhotography #BodyArt #ArtFashion #FashionArt #BodyTape #BodyTapeArtist #PhotographersOfBluesky
"7:40 AM EDT Sunday 22 March 2026 Impact Level: Moderate Forecast Confidence: High Areas of freezing drizzle continue. What: Freezing drizzle with light ice build-up making surfaces icy and slippery. When: This morning. Icy surfaces will likely form and could be difficult to detect. Be very careful if walking or driving."
#Ottawa has a #weather advisory out for freezing drizzle this morning.
Data: weather.gc.ca/en/location/...
#meteorology #EnvironmentCanada
Dave Pollot, a #NewYork– based #artist who transforms forgotten #thriftstore paintings into witty pop-culture mashups. By carefully #painting into existing #artworks w/o disturbing their original style, he reimagines classical landscapes & still lifes w/ unexpected modern references
@davepollotart
Radiance by Geoff Coleman
Dawn at Garie Beach, Royal National Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Good morning
Cover of "The mushroom color atlas: A guide to dyes and pigments made from fungi" byJulie Beetler. Squares of reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues and purples linr the bottom of the cover. Colourful mushrooms from which the colours were made covers the top.
How to make dye, pigment, and paint from mushrooms. How to identify those mushrooms. What those dyes look like. Also a very pretty book. #booksky #fungi
Resharing in case anyone has leads.
My family doctor is leaving their practice in July, and I’ll be losing my primary care provider.
I’m on the waitlist, but as someone with more than one chronic illness, this is stressful.
If you know of any Halifax doctors accepting new patients, let me know!
Scientific Shot of a Peacock mantis shrimp eyes which are the most advanced in the animal world. Photo by Daniel Sasse.
the mantis shrimp has 16 types of color receptors.
humans have 3.
we see roughly 10 million colors and think that's impressive.
the mantis shrimp is sitting there processing a visual reality so hyperchromatic that scientists genuinely aren't sure what it's like to be one.
#addOcean
Home schooling science lesson went really well this week.
Next week - marketing and distribution. 😎