Mark Garner

Powerful and important piece by an outstanding physician, scientist, and human being @kaminskimed.bsky.social

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The view from my living room, 06:34 today

I should mention that was taken Oct. 12th of last year (2024).

For no particularly good reason, the Laurentian lowlands seen from the Champlain lookout on the Eardley Escarpment (an ancient fault line that's now the southern limit of the Canadian Shield), Parc Gatineau

I moved from the U.S. to Canada in 2006 and have no regrets. In my case it was a job relocation, but it still meant taking the plunge. I look at the U.S. now with pained bemusement. I know I did the right thing - last night was opening night at the opera, I got teary when they played 'Oh, Canada'

Plus ça change…

YouTube video by TheLBJLibrary Cotulla, Texas

When leadership comes from this (see link) it can take a joke, because it knows justice isn't a joke www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdNE...

YouTube video by TheLBJLibrary Cotulla, Texas

Experiences like this are what make great leaders www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdNE...

And self-defeating. More than any action by any individual or group of individuals, this kills both silicon valley and the biotech industry. And thousands upon thousands of dreams and aspirations.

78 year old advice from Dorothy Parker which is more important than ever

"For heaven’s sake, children, Fascism isn’t coming — it’s here. It’s dreadful. Stop it."

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Susan would approve.

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadvi…

Meanwhile in Toronto, my local Rexall had a pharmacist out on the street handing out free Naloxone kits to everyone because "it could be a matter of life or death". It's starting to feel like I live far, far away from the U.S.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...

Heteronormative monogamy was always about children, making sure you could "validate" their parentage. It evolved to ensure the male's offspring would be favored among his multiple mating partners. Male lions kill cubs from other males, for example.

To be honest, before his killing I hadn't even heard of Charlie Kirk - had no idea who he was. But it's clear that his murder - cruel, callous murder - is MAGA's Reichstag Fire, the excuse for curtailing rights and demonizing the opposition. And we know what happened next...

The end of Tous les Matin du Monde, Le Tombeau des Regrets www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1cH...

point taken, very true

This is just so wrong....

Given the distressingly increasing number of people who refuse to vaccinate their pets, and the distressingly increasing number of people who refuse to have them on a leash in public, (and if you did a Venn Diagram, lots of overlap there) the danger in non-exotic places is growing.

It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve better

“If you want to understand why the Democrats are polling at their lowest point for more than three decades, look no further than these two uninspiring Democratic leaders in Congress.” By @mehdihasan.bsky.social @theguardian.com @zeteo.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is he singing in Das Rheingold next summer in Bayreuth?

The U.S. Department of Energy is worthless 24/7, no matter the time of day or the weather.

🤦‍♂️ Oh, yeah, THAT'S why I moved to Canada...

A reminder of how it was in the "good old days"

It's just 31 days to the beginning of U.S. FY26. I think an appropriations bill being passed and signed is about as likely as all of the water molecules in Lake Tahoe moving up at the same time: theoretically possible, but most unlikely. So, best case continuing resolution, worst case shutdown.

Wax has clearly been melted

Thank you

How do I join? I was a post-doc and then on staff for 5 years

As are the senior editorial staff of the New York Times.