Mary-Doug Wright

Can anyone recommend a Canadian domain name registrar? My website provider/registrar has disappeared, along with my website & my associated email address. I can't get the EPP code from them to do a transfer since they are now defunct. I'm in the process of trying other avenues.

Signs of AI-generated text found in 14% of biomedical abstracts last year Abstracts included telltale words, such as ‘unparalleled’ and ‘invaluable’, that are common in text generated by large language models.

One in 7 biomedical papers were likely written with AI help in 2022-24. Researchers searched for 'style words' after November 2022 as ChatGPT hit. 1.5 million papers indexed in PubMed had 200,000+ using these words unrelated to the content of the research🤨

I mean...

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sign saying "Private Sign Do Not Read" with dog wearing purple vest harness.

"Private Sign Do Not Read" #VancouverBC #DogsOfBlueSky #BlueSkyDogs

This is what the resistance looks like.
The protesters for Ukraine are the best of our nation.
Good Canadians.
Every day, they stand peacefully outside the Russian Embassy fence which is strung with barbed wire.
Russian staff wear MAGA hats.
I stand with Ukraine. I oppose the Putin/Trump gang.

When the sun shines in Vancouver. Shadow.

In a related matter:

With US gov scrubbing #transgender-related information from websites, wondering what impact might be on medical subject headings #MeSH in #MEDLINE? Our research group is examining how research re: #trans & #nonbinary gender populations are indexed.

bsky.app/profile/viol...

Thanks, Josephine. EuropePMC is an excellent resource & definitely worth sharing. But PMC is only a portion of PubMed - a valuable portion for which I'm are very grateful. I wonder, too, whether Medline funding will continue, & whether there will be restrictions on what can be added to it.

Thanks, Josephine. EuropePMC is an excellent resource & definitely worth sharing. But PMC is only a portion of PubMed - a valuable portion for which I'm are very grateful. I wonder, too, whether Medline funding will continue, & whether there will be restrictions on what can be added to it.

PubMed search screen

Well this isn't good. Is PubMed at risk? #pubmed

Canadian flag blowing in the wind above a conifer tree against an overcast sky

Vanier Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

We won’t back down.

Thank you, Prime Minister Trudeau.

🇨🇦

When your buddy doesn’t keep his word and doesn’t care if it hurts you… you find some new friends.
It’s a big world.

Americans, the information you lack (because the CDC just removed or revised key information on contraception and STIs) is freely available in Canada.

Knowledge is power. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada is a reliable source.

Sexandu.ca

Tall and proud and strong, that’s us. From our walk at Queen Elizabeth Park this afternoon.

I'M SPENDING THE DAY PAINTING AND TRYING TO AVOID THE NEWS!

Guys please start going to your public libraries to access stuff like paywalled news sites/subscriptions. I subscribed to The New Yorker and can read it on Libby. I know everything is paywalled these days but that's why your library is so important.

Trans patients in Canada,

We will continue to provide gender affirming care. Trans health care will always be your right.

Trans friends in the USA and around the world, you are not alone.

As a medical community, let’s make sure that our voices of solidarity drown out the bigots.

60 second blind contour drawing transferred to gel plate for printing

Goodbye to 2024 - it's been a frazzling year. I have a suspicion that 2025 will be much the same. Self-portrait.
60 second blind contour drawing transferred to gel plate for printing. Charcoal, soft pastel, and ghost print. As yet untitled. #monotype #gelprint #printingwithoutapress

Vancouver-based artist and activist Joe Average dies at age 67 - BC | Globalnews.ca Joe Average, a Vancouver-based artist and activist whose works have been featured on murals, coins, banners and stamps, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 67.

I'm very sad to hear that Joe Average is no longer with us
globalnews.ca/news/1093507...

Urban art. Graffiti on wall.

Urban sights on neighbourhood walks between downpours. I love the colour palette on this one.
#YVR #VancouverBC

COVID shot today, flu shot a few weeks ago. Feeling very thankful for public health in Canada.

Glad to see you here, Dean!

Good news. "Committee will provide practical advice on next phases of pharmacare"

brindle and white dog sitting on steps outside

My current and faithful office assistant. She has a great sense of humour.