T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 / is on Nostr

Evolutionary biologist. Genome size, junk DNA, applied evolution, sci comm, SARS-CoV-2 evolution. Onions have 5x more DNA than you do. He/him.

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Last Notes

2025-04-08 00:52:15

I'll say again: voter turnout is going to be a big factor. Libs need to give people something to get out and vote *for*, not just being a better alternative than the worst. A lot of us haven't forgotten the broken promises, even if Trump and Poilievre are front and centre in most people's attention.

2025-04-03 11:55:49

This seems relevant as Trump introduces tariffs on the penguins of the Heard and McDonald Islands.
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2025-04-02 22:31:27

I don't think I can stress enough how badly this is received in the rest of Canada at a time when we're being threatened with annexation. We're absolutely sick of these assholes.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Bell: Danielle Smith leaves th...

2025-03-31 23:44:08

If a candidate has terrible policies and they lose despite the fact that the other candidate is much worse, *that's the candidate's fault*.
It's literally their job to earn votes.

2025-03-27 00:59:11

Again, the surge in Liberal support is coming in large measure from the NDP and in Quebec, the Bloc. It is not committed support and can be eroded with blunders or policies that turn off progressive voters. I'm begging people to understand this.
angusreid.org/canadian-ele...
Liberal lead over CPC increase...

2025-03-11 12:30:52

Reminder:
Dems ran rightward and abandoned the more progressive parts of their base.
Dems refused to stop supporting the ongoing genocide.
Dems brought in Republicans to campaign for them and intended to have them serve in their cabinet.
Dems maintained policies that favoured the rich.
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2025-03-06 13:28:37

To the Americans who are mad at me on here. I understand. When you've been fed, bathed in, and given IV infusions of exceptionalism Kool-Aid your entire life, it can be very hard to face people who are tired of your shit and finally saying it to your face. Sorry, but buckle up

2025-02-22 16:03:39

Total unnecessariness.

2025-02-22 13:58:24

Blatant extortion.
And Ontario needs to rip up the Starlink deal immediately.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
Exclusive: US could cut Ukrain...

2025-02-22 02:40:35

Oh, gotcha. You were just being grammaticalisticish.

2025-02-21 14:28:42

Not sure I understand your comment.

2025-02-21 13:30:50

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
‘Cowardliness at the top’: Sci...

2025-02-19 12:28:30

If things are as extreme as everyone says -- and I think they are -- then status quo counter actions won't do much. Go ahead with lawsuits and whatnot, but at some point the people may need to shut it all down and put a stop to this before it's too late.

2025-02-19 12:22:57

I keep thinking about history. Not just 1930s Germany. Also the incredible bravery, personal costs, and hard-won victories of those who fought for basic rights at home. Blacks, LGBTQ+, women, disabled folks, and so many others who fought despite the suppression and violence by the state.

2025-02-17 15:00:15

So what could it be? Several things (not mutually exclusive):
A) Immunity theft. Previous COVID infections causing reduced immune function. Could be short-term and/or longer-term and perhaps increasing with reinfections. This would be be consistent with more *severe* flu.
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2025-02-17 14:56:42

I'm sure infectious disease minimizers are attributing the record-shattering surge of severe flu this year to "immunity debt". Let's think this through, shall we?
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2025-02-14 01:04:39

It's not just Assistant President Trump saying crazy shit. It's Democrats doing nothing. It's the lack of serious resistance. It's institutions obeying in advance. It's media normalizing threats against allies. Those are all reasons the USA can never be trusted again.