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Quantitative Biologist. Happiest on a bike or knee-deep in peat (Ottawa, Canada).

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11.10.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps our prime minister will listen to his former employer instead of continuing to bet the farm on AI.

11.10.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as B.C. health agency denied massive data breach for a decade | CBC News For a decade, a B.C. government agency denied a data breach that affected 28,000 health-care workers, creating a situation that one privacy expert says opened the door for fraud artists to continue cr...

This is an absolutely insane story - and Interior Health is still claiming they didn't have "a large [data] breach." Please read: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

10.10.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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The β€˜Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat (Published 2024)

A story from last year about your Nobel Peace Prize winner.

10.10.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

10.10.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 507    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 43

This is what is so frustrating about bike safety blitzes. Drivers are violating laws every damned minute of every day.

And... the blitzes to deal with them are so rare they don't exist.

08.10.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah I see a lot of that at this intersection, but this one was just weird. They entered well after it was red and that direction was clear so hadn't been waiting to get through. I think they just didn't want to wait another cycle.

08.10.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another day, another #Ottawa driver sailing through a red light. All I can do is wave I guess.

#OttBike

08.10.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Oh I hope this is successful. This was my route to school for many years and I had far too many extremely close calls with cars despite being on a side street most of the way.

07.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Techmeme front page:

06.10.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 12

Bring back the Santa robes!

06.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
L'écologie : un truc de bobos ? - Y a Pas de Planète B
YouTube video by RTBF L'écologie : un truc de bobos ? - Y a Pas de Planète B

via la @rtbf.be : Β« Est-ce que l’écologie, ce serait pas avant tout un truc de citadins privilΓ©giΓ©s, qui se dΓ©placent en vΓ©lo Γ©lectrique et font leurs courses en vrac dans des Γ©piceries bio ? Β»

#changementsclimatiques #transitionecologique

04.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
library(dplyr)
library(gm)

golden <- tribble(
  ~pitches,  ~duration,   ~lyric,
  "E4",      "q",         "I’m",
  "G4",      "q",         "done",
  "C5",      "q",         "hid-",
  "B4",      "q",         "-ing",
  "D4",      "q",         "now",
  "G4",      "q",         "I’m",
  "E5",      "q",         "shin-",
  "D5",      "q",         "-ing",
  "G4",      "q",         "like",
  "B4",      "q",         "I’m",
  "A5",      "q",         "born",
  "F#5",     "q/3*(q/8)", "to", 
  "G5",      "q/3",       "be._",
  "G5",      "h",         ""
)

music <- 
  Music() +
  Key(1) +
  Tempo(125) +
  Meter(2, 4) +
  Line(pitches = golden$pitches, durations = golden$duration) + 
  Tie(13) +
  Lyric(golden$lyric[1], 1) + Lyric(golden$lyric[2], 2) + 
  Lyric(golden$lyric[3], 3) + Lyric(golden$lyric[4], 4) + 
  Lyric(golden$lyric[5], 5) + Lyric(golden$lyric[6], 6) +
  Lyric(golden$lyric[7], 7) + Lyric(golden$lyric[8], 8) + 
  Lyric(golden$lyric[9], 9) + Lyric(golden$lyric[10], 10) + 
  Lyric(golden$lyric[11], 11) + Lyric(golden$lyric[12], 12) +
  Lyric(golden$lyric[13], 13)

show(music)

library(dplyr) library(gm) golden <- tribble( ~pitches, ~duration, ~lyric, "E4", "q", "I’m", "G4", "q", "done", "C5", "q", "hid-", "B4", "q", "-ing", "D4", "q", "now", "G4", "q", "I’m", "E5", "q", "shin-", "D5", "q", "-ing", "G4", "q", "like", "B4", "q", "I’m", "A5", "q", "born", "F#5", "q/3*(q/8)", "to", "G5", "q/3", "be._", "G5", "h", "" ) music <- Music() + Key(1) + Tempo(125) + Meter(2, 4) + Line(pitches = golden$pitches, durations = golden$duration) + Tie(13) + Lyric(golden$lyric[1], 1) + Lyric(golden$lyric[2], 2) + Lyric(golden$lyric[3], 3) + Lyric(golden$lyric[4], 4) + Lyric(golden$lyric[5], 5) + Lyric(golden$lyric[6], 6) + Lyric(golden$lyric[7], 7) + Lyric(golden$lyric[8], 8) + Lyric(golden$lyric[9], 9) + Lyric(golden$lyric[10], 10) + Lyric(golden$lyric[11], 11) + Lyric(golden$lyric[12], 12) + Lyric(golden$lyric[13], 13) show(music)

The first part of the bridge from "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters

The first part of the bridge from "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters

Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html

03.10.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
a brutalized neon flex post with tire tracks all over it and tire tracks in the bike lane behind it.

a brutalized neon flex post with tire tracks all over it and tire tracks in the bike lane behind it.

Wear bright clothing.

02.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

01.10.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Did you know that drivers don't care and will just plow through flex posts and maybe people too because they're speeding and/or distracted?

30.09.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spotted Γ  MontrΓ©al

Un DJ Γ  vΓ©lo dans le traffic !

#montreal #velo

28.09.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Take 2 minutes to watch this. In the documentary "A King Like Me", about a Zulu Club in New Orleans, one of the members very emotionally expresses this same sentiment from a working-class perspective. You can feel his anger and exhaustion. I recommend it.

28.09.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
Duolingo screenshot showing the fitness-geek character with clenched fists, grinning and looking skyward. The phrase, translated into Russian, is β€œI have a bicycle. I do not need gas.”

Duolingo screenshot showing the fitness-geek character with clenched fists, grinning and looking skyward. The phrase, translated into Russian, is β€œI have a bicycle. I do not need gas.”

sent to me

27.09.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok I have to admit. I thought it was Jimmy Fallon that got cancelled until I saw this post.

Him?

23.09.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Incredible animation. No notes.

[from Reddit]

23.09.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 272    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 13
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, two people are standing outside, facing each other; one is wearing an orange tshirt and one is wearing a green tshirt and a pair of binoculars. The first person says "I heard there's going to be a Red-breasted Nuthatch eruption. Should I be worried?" In panel 2, the second person says "No, it's an irruption - an unusual movement of birds into areas where they aren't usually found. It's great for birders." The first person says "No, I think they said-" In panel 3, both people look alarmed as the ground beneath them begins to rumble. in panel 4, the ground erupts and hundreds of Red-breasted Nuthatches shoot into the sky, lifting the two people into the air.

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, two people are standing outside, facing each other; one is wearing an orange tshirt and one is wearing a green tshirt and a pair of binoculars. The first person says "I heard there's going to be a Red-breasted Nuthatch eruption. Should I be worried?" In panel 2, the second person says "No, it's an irruption - an unusual movement of birds into areas where they aren't usually found. It's great for birders." The first person says "No, I think they said-" In panel 3, both people look alarmed as the ground beneath them begins to rumble. in panel 4, the ground erupts and hundreds of Red-breasted Nuthatches shoot into the sky, lifting the two people into the air.

Irruption.

23.09.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1866    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 14
PANEL 1: A guy sporting a pin shaped like a monster leans over to a big glass tube full of skin in the close foreground.
GUY: Hey Geoff. I see you're not wearing a Bone Farmer memorial pin?

PANEL 2: GEOFF, the skin pile, starts to talk, over the shoulder of the GUY.
GEOFF: I mean, it'd be kind of tough to–
GUY: It's bone farmer memorial day.
GUY: We're all remembering all the good stuff he did.

PANEL 3: The GUY dabs away a tear.
GEOFF: Like what? Name one thing.
GUY: Shh! I'm remembering it all right now. Silently.

PANEL 4: THE GUY, dialing a phone.
GUY: It's like you don't even know the rules of the day?
GUY: I'm going to call the cops.

PANEL 1: A guy sporting a pin shaped like a monster leans over to a big glass tube full of skin in the close foreground. GUY: Hey Geoff. I see you're not wearing a Bone Farmer memorial pin? PANEL 2: GEOFF, the skin pile, starts to talk, over the shoulder of the GUY. GEOFF: I mean, it'd be kind of tough to– GUY: It's bone farmer memorial day. GUY: We're all remembering all the good stuff he did. PANEL 3: The GUY dabs away a tear. GEOFF: Like what? Name one thing. GUY: Shh! I'm remembering it all right now. Silently. PANEL 4: THE GUY, dialing a phone. GUY: It's like you don't even know the rules of the day? GUY: I'm going to call the cops.

the bone farmer, revisited | patreon.com/lubchansky

22.09.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5038    πŸ” 1290    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 13
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kermit the frog is dancing on a stage with a red curtain behind him . Alt: kermit the frog is flailing his arms around (likened to being frustrated) on a stage with a red curtain behind him .

Oh come on CBC!
Report on the event: ok
But check yourselves for streaming any of this batshit ridiculous propagandist theatre!
If the news cycle is so slow just insert a repeat of β€˜Murdoch Mysteries’ !!!

21.09.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is Canada's public broadcaster live streaming this? There was one small article yesterday about the national protests for climate action and against the genocide in Gaza. Yet the memorial to a hate monger gets front page coverage?

21.09.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quebec to stop offering free COVID-19 vaccines to the general population | CBC News COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be free for all Quebecers starting this fall, the province’s Health Ministry announced Wednesday.

I missed this when the news came out. What a mess. $150-$180 if you're not 'at risk'. Good luck finding a doctor if you are in that group. Neighbour broke her hip last week, took an hour for thr ambulance to arrive.

QuΓ©bec public Healthcare system is in a failed state.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

21.09.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a pillow and comforter set designed to be an optical illusion so it looks like there's a giant hole in the middle of each that the quilt/pillows are being SUCKED DOWN INTO

a pillow and comforter set designed to be an optical illusion so it looks like there's a giant hole in the middle of each that the quilt/pillows are being SUCKED DOWN INTO

I am looking for a comforter for the guest bedroom and I'm sorry what monster did this

20.09.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 410    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 44

everyone has already got the explicit discourse on this covered so i will simply add its insanely funny to say this as the developer of games where you kill like. ten thousand guys

20.09.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2037    πŸ” 424    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3
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This is a ten minute video broken up into parts for Bluesky from two australian doctors who made it into Gaza. The video starts with them saying the baby formula they brought with them was taken away and that Israel bombing the hospital in front of them and lying about giving warnings

20.09.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 872    πŸ” 543    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 25

When we posted this a couple of weeks ago, we had some AI enthusiasts insist that this diagram was the result of poor prompting, or that the prompt that the original poster made was to generate a funny, bad diagram. So we decided to test ChatGPT's capability...

19.09.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 34

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