There's a palpable grief about potentially losing this site, but as I find people and add them on Mastodon, I'm getting this weird sense of hope too. Keep being good out there, wherever you end up.

If you are a college student who likes to nod intently at your professors while they're talking in class, just know that all of them adore you and think you are the absolute greatest

Why keep the public in the dark when the families of two of those children have already let it be known how they died? For all the obfuscation and deflection we’ve seen during the pandemic, this may be the most shocking and inexcusable #bcpoli omission 6/6 bc.ctvnews.ca/flu-blamed-for…

It's extremely rare for #bcpoli to send a press release late in the day To get one at 5:57 is exceptional But that happened a short time ago with the PHO announcing child flu deaths will now be posted weekly CTV News Vancouver bc.ctvnews.ca/dr-bonnie-henr…

There's nothing quite like the relief of being done marking term papers, although I think I'm going to see the rubric in my sleep for a few days yet.

Jeffrey V. Lazarus The conclusion that masks work, and that better masks are needed to address the DOMINANT airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is the consensus of almost 400 international experts in the major DELPHI study led by Jeffrey V. Lazarus in nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…

BREAKING: There are currently close to 100 calls in queue waiting for an ambulance in B.C.'s Lower Mainland. This comes as B.C. gov warns people to stay off the road due to extreme weather and hazardous conditions theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…

They did a story about the pizzas! Arley McNeney (Cruthers) bc.ctvnews.ca/almost-200-piz…

this is your annual reminder that if you start The Two Towers tonight at 9:13 pm, you will ring in the new year with Theoden saying:

I am ecstatic to finally share our work in nature where we investigated BlaR1, a signalling protein that controls resistance to β-lactam antibiotics in the major human pathogen, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. #MRSA #AMR #cryoEM nature.com/articles/s4158… (1/n) 🧵

Some very important questions and follow-up questions for our provincial health officer.

There's growing concern/talk on #bcpoli Bill 36 that's hard to summarize on Twitter If you want a crash course on why healthcare workers are alarmed about sweeping changes, this'll get you caught up My file for CTV News Vancouver w Ramneek Dosanjh & BC Nurses’ Union bc.ctvnews.ca/now-is-not-the…

Some incredible work in the climate justice space

We need to act as societies. This is a terrible loss, not just of quantity and quality of life directly because of COVID, but an enormous waste of investment we've made in research to improve quantity and quality of life. We're just burning money and effort. It's time to change

.BC Cancer's #immunotherapy team, led by Drs. Kevin Hay, Rob Holt, and Brad Nelson, has developed the expertise and infrastructure to create CAR T cells for the treatment of life-threatening blood cancers! 🩸 bit.ly/3QFmfdn

1/n Eventually, people will get alarmed by this, or claim it's exaggerated. So here's a short explainer. Yes, repeated covid infection tends to badly age parts of your immune system, causing a deficiency compared to normality. That's the first part. x.com/lisa_iannatton…

I can physically feel my batteries recharging in the sun, this is amazing.

You’ve seen me report on muzzling allegations/repercussions & growing reliance on for-profit companies to provide staff to prop up our faltering healthcare system Nurses say this Fraser Health hosp has all of the above + mandated 26hr shifts CTV News Vancouver bc.ctvnews.ca/eagle-ridge-ho…

Reverse genetics x.com/SportNoContext…

“This situation has significantly eroded Canada’s position as a global hub for the attraction and retention of research-enabled talent,” #BouchardReport said. “Canada is at serious risk of another brain drain without reinvestment.” globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281633…