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You saw it. Mark Carney has been sworn in as Canada’s 24th Prime Minister today. I had him in the red chair 13 years ago and had a sense that this would be a part of his journey.
It’s interesting to see how people’s paths unfold, especially when you get a glimpse of their drive early on.
During that same interview, we dug into some big topics, including the challenges of navigating economic policy and international relations, particularly with the U.S. With tariffs on a lot of people's minds, here’s a revisit with this quick clip.
Can't believe it's gotten to the point where our bloody ambassador to the UN has to say this. Wake up world!
This is not the first outbreak of Expansionist Fever in American history, but in signing the UN Charter, all countries agreed to put this nonsense behind them. As put forward by the US administration it represents a clear and present threat to Canada’s territorial integrity, a breach of Article 4 of the UN Charter. Other countries should take note. Do not go quietly into this dark night.
nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world…
Better images and video of the palisades fire on here than on bluesky. Too bad you have to cut through all the other noise on X to get there.
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Bioinformatics sounds exciting, right? Until you hit the first roadblock: tool installation. Even after 12 years in the field, setting up tools on a Mac with an M3 chip can feel like solving a puzzle. 🧵
I'm outta here. Keeping account alive for now but no longer posting. Poopbot and my thoughts have moved to @rnaguru@bsky.social
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Chancellor Scholz has responded to an X post by Elon Musk in which the multi-billionaire said that "only the AfD could save Germany."
Think this is the proverbial straw for me. As soon as I get the poop plots working on bluesky (it's a struggle) I'll shut down this account.
I think this should be kind of a big deal: @elonmusk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
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Join me for a ride on the Gotthard Panorama Express, Centovalli, + other lesser-known—but magnificent—trains in #Switzerland.
In @thetimes of London's Travel Section this weekend..
I used a Swiss Travel Pass, which gives total freedom to ride the rails.
thetimes.com/travel/destinat…
Existential angst is a necessary stop on the path to enlightenment for most.
Nature just published a piece on why probability doesn't exist.
Lee Cronin said many times chemical reactions are not real.
Your genetics professor probably confessed to you before that there are no genes.
Biologists still disagree on whether cell types are even real.
And we already discussed how there is no such thing as aging.
This summarizes one of my favorite parts of doing science - the longer you stare at your cherished concept, the more it disintegrates and becomes non-existent. Seems to be a universal feeling - struggle to describe reality with words and numbers - experienced by many across fields.
#Ottawa virus wastewater trends as of: December 12. Polyline = 7 day average normalized signal.
ALT Plots of IAV, RSV, IBV, MPOX wastewater signal across time in Ottawa, Canada;
Average of genetic markers for each viral target normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples are collected by @ottawacity, tested and analyzed by @RobDelatolla lab; Data i/o by @doug_manuel lab; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.
#Ottawa SARS-CoV-2 wastewater trends as of: December 12. Pandemic highlighting past year (A), blue line is weekly average; Past year highlighting last 2 months (B); Past 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with github.com/phac-nml-phrsd/er…
ALT Plots of SARS-CoV-2 signal across time in Ottawa, Canada;
Average of N1 and N2 SARS-CoV-2 genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples are collected by @ottawacity, tested and analyzed by @RobDelatolla lab; Data i/o by @doug_manuel lab; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.