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CNN prefaces the article with a warning: "Editor’s note: This story includes details about suicide that some readers may find upsetting." You the reader are expected to find the trauma of the soldier who said he killed 100s of Palestinians more upsetting than his actual murders.

I just can't get over how dumb this policy continues to be as we hear more about it. No money for healthcare, no money for better working conditions or wages but hundreds of millions to remove bike lanes that were installed by democratically elected city councils.

If you’re writing about Toronto experiencing 26-degree weather in October as a super fun thing, and not mentioning the words “climate change,” you are not reporting the situation accurately and you are doing readers a disservice. This isn’t normal and we can’t pretend it is!

I think I speak for everyone who doesn't suck when I say, we ❤️ Ed Yong is not here.

So, Arijit Chakravarty and I have been talking about the idea of "slow COVID", which is a distinct issue alongside severe acute COVID and long COVID. This means the accumulation of damage that shows up over time, either through repeated infections or persistent infection.

“People think they’re going to lose something by talking about Palestine. But they should think about what they lose by not talking about Palestine.” From my interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates. theguardian.com/books/ng-inter…

Canada is no longer reporting deaths and hospitalizations due to #COVID19. Not knowing the “who, when and where” of COVID-19 creates catastrophic gaps in data by Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. David Fisman thestar.com/opinion/contri… via Toronto Star Institute for Pandemics #DataGap #SecretCanada

Nice piece on Indigenous data sovereignty, complete with resources to learn and do! science.org/content/articl…

For inexplicable reasons the leadership of University of Guelph has decided to financially punish graduate students by eliminating payroll deductions & forcing payments upfront. Students are the core of any university. Please sign the petition & support our students. change.org/p/preserve-pay…

Sadly, the storied, century-old UAMH fungal biobank is on the brink of leaving Canada due to lack of funding. cbc.ca/news/science/f…

The Beaverton Is Dying. Unless You Save It thebeaverton.com/2024/10/the-be…

I am currently looking for a contract to do my PhD thesis, related to lichens!!! Previously I have worked with epiphytic lichens, the g. Cladonia and I am currently researching with Dr. Sergio Pérez-Ortega on the taxonomy and phylogenetics of the Verrucariaceae.

Paying $13M for the repairs necessary to keep the Ontario Science Centre open through to 2034 would have been the equivalent of reducing the $200 pre-election handout cheques to $199.19.

I mean, it's literally exactly what I said would happen: 1. Someone gets a ballot that randomly assigned the candidate they don't like at the top and the one they like at the bottom. 2. They run to Twitter with a photo about how the state in question is biased. 3. The tweet

An incredible thread, please read.

lock tf in. get your ass in mutual aid groups. lend your time to meal services. care for people in the way a vote simply never could. advocate for community gardens and libraries. stop betraying community. you don’t get a sticker or gold star. lock in.

Canadians shouldn’t feel smug, as if a victory fueled by fear and division can’t happen here.

As predicted, Israel waited until Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2024, the date of the US Presidential election, to officially announce that Palestinians are in the process of being ethnically cleansed from North Gaza. Doing Zionism quietly, like clockwork. theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

Tweeps— Is there someone who follows me who is good at Python, web/ PDF scraping, and compiling data that I could pay to help me on a project? I need some help.