I think it’s a good time to rewatch The Front.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Grandiloquent Word of the Day logo - Sepia-toned graphic with a baroque Victorian typeface and a pen-and-ink illustration of a corpulent old guy in a top hat, walking with an air of superiority as he knocks upon a door while holding a long list in his hand.

Cullion [KUL-ee-un]
(n.)
- A base, despicable, or vile fellow; a rascal. A rude, mean-spirited person.

Used in a sentence:
“That slubberdegullion is a smelly old cullion, strutting through gilded halls; if you mention the list, he’ll clench up his fist and say that the news is false.”

A polarizing sentence for a summery offence.

Surely it’s all about the optics.

The world’s first case of personalized CRISPR therapy!

This is an amazing achievement with a Canadian connection - the CRISPR therapy was delivered using lipid nanoparticles developed by Acuitas Therapeutics, a company based in BC 🧪 🇨🇦

Was honoured to be a keynote at the #ScienceDiplomacySummit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington earlier this week.

We need science diplomacy now more than ever, to promote global cooperation and address shared challenges. 🌍🔬

🔗Read my remarks: science.gc.ca/site/science...

Report: Anti-Science Attitude Strongest Among Those Who Believe Turtle Has Little Apartment Inside Shell

Report: Anti-Science Attitude Strongest Among Those Who Believe Turtle Has Little Apartment Inside Shell
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*Whom.*
Who’s zooming WHOM.

Thinking fondly of a time when, of all the world’s chaotic events, it was the the rock ‘n roller cola wars that finally sent Billy Joel over the edge.

The Health Canada website is always an option for accurate and reliable info. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology It's not a just a revolutionary and safe vaccine technology – mRNA could help make the best and most expensive drugs in the world affordable for everyone

The promise of this technology goes way beyond vaccines. The dumbasses trying to hinder its development are making it so that we all lose out.

www.newscientist.com/article/2473...

Wayne Gretzky's the Great One, but is he a great Canadian? | This Hour Has 22 Minutes YouTube video by 22 Minutes

Is the Great One a great Canadian?

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When Science Stand Strong Ceci est le texte que j'ai livré à la réception offerte par le Consulat Canadien à Boston le 13 février 2025 This is the text I delivered at the reception offered by the Canadian Consulate in Boston o...

In dark uncertain times, it’s ever more important to have hope. Not passive hope. We need to work, resist, fight w/ hope.

Pls read this excellent speech by 🇨🇦 Vice-Chief Science Advisor & remember that the human scientific spirit will not be dimmed #science 🧪

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Whiny creeps.

Imagine being so weak-minded as to be offended by facts and evidence.

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Going back to free exhaust dumping for non-residents is a grotesque offence to the *two-thirds* of Manhattanites who don’t own or have access to a car, and to the 92% of them who don’t use a 🚗 on a daily basis.

❤️ NYC for its walkability and great public transit, and fewer cars makes it way better. Congestion pricing is working. 1/2

This episode is mind blowing! 🤯(mind growing?)
So good.

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

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canada.ca/en/public-he...

Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic YouTube video by SNL Fanatic

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Happy new year to you. May your 2025 predictions be evidence-based, and your resolutions measurable.

Doesn’t seem right to be charging extra for some guy’s effort to focus on the topic at hand…

The video is available via the link and is a great watch.

All Around Science (Official) (@itsthemind) on Threads Ants Solving A Puzzle Credit: "Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans" (scientific paper, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2414274121, Tabea Dreyer, Amir Haluts Amos Korma...

This is fascinating.

“… although individual ants cannot grasp the global nature of the puzzle, their collective motion translates into emergent cognitive skills.”

Full paper is here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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A couple more for my photo collection of Marty Short sporting his Order of 🇨🇦 pin on latenight television…
These are from his hosting of @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social last night and induction into the 5-Timers club.

Yes indeed! Saw them perform at a festival last year… they were fantastic live.

Photo of the author with two colleagues at a holiday party. One colleague has his arm around the other two people. An optical illusion makes it look as though his arm is about eight feet long.

The holidays are a time for extending your reach and widening the embrace of your fellow human beings…

Guerilla copyeditor pulling back the curtain on big publishing.

Photo of @jeopardy clue asking, “Now with an Algonquian-derived name, this national capital was once known as Bytown”. The poster added a smiley face as the answer is her city.

😁