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Reproductive Scientist. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Interested in science education, books of all sorts, science communication, and reproductive biology. Opinions my own. Boosts may not be endorsements but for stimulating discussions. #ReproSci #Science #ReproMed #HigherEd #Reproduction #Scicomm #fedi22 #PretermBirth #Curiosity

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dmacphee, to climate
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Red Alert in Antarctica

“It’s not often in my career when scientists have really been gobsmacked by what they’re seeing, but people have really been alarmed. It caught them on the hop,” he says. “We knew that substantial change was coming down the pipeline, but we have seen processes that we thought might play out in the middle of the century playing out much sooner.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/31/red-alert-in-antarctica-the-year-rapid-dramatic-change-hit-climate-scientists-like-a-punch-in-the-guts

dmacphee, to science
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Science’s fake-paper problem: high-profile effort will tackle paper mills.
This has been ignored far too long.

“Paper milling isn’t an operation, it isn’t an organization: it’s a culture,”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00159-9

dmacphee, to Medicine
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Homeopathy is scientifically implausible.

“To put it succinctly, homeopathy is scientifically implausible. Its precepts defy the laws of chemistry, physics and biology. It cannot possibly work. “


https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-pseudoscience/homeopathy-scientifically-implausible

dmacphee, to SciComm
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Important considerations for public health

“Science writer Tim Radford once said: ‘Don’t overestimate your reader’s knowledge and don’t underestimate their intelligence.’ People may not be familiar with specific jargon or analysis methods, but that doesn’t mean they can’t understand tricky concepts. What it does mean is that we need to work at engagement and communication.”

https://kucharski.substack.com/p/public-health-shouldnt-look-down

dmacphee, to Canada
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Thank goodness for fleece lined denim!!!

dmacphee, to random
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How online misinformation exploits ‘information voids’ —and what to do about it
“It might no longer be enough for search providers to combat misinformation and disinformation by just using automated systems to deprioritize these sources. Indeed, genuine, lasting solutions to a problem that could be existential for democracies needs to be a partnership between search-engine providers and sources of evidence-based knowledge.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00030-x

dmacphee, to Canada
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Don’t let moose lick your car.
“Rea says the large creatures search for salt in the winter because they need a lot of sodium to maintain their bodily functions.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dont-let-moose-lick-1.7074587

dmacphee, to science
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During Pregnancy, a Fake ‘Infection’ Protects the Fetus
Really interesting findings. The placenta is such a highly adapted organ and we are still scratching the surface of its capabilities.
#Placenta #Reproduction #Pregnancy #science #Scicomm
https://www.quantamagazine.org/during-pregnancy-a-fake-infection-protects-the-fetus-20231114/

dmacphee, to Canada
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Why are pickups such a suburban status symbol when few families need that much car?
Good question.
#Vehicles #Transportation #Canada
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/article-why-are-pickups-such-a-suburban-status-symbol-when-few-families-need/

dmacphee, to conservative
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The importance of keystone species.

Just saw this rebroadcast on PBS Nature. It was really good.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/serengeti-rules-dhbtnm/19906/

dmacphee, to random
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@trumpet I have noticed a lot of junk posts from something called Deals or Deals3 on mastodon.social. Do you know anything about that? Tried blocking but it didn’t really stop it. Seems to have dropped off today so far.

gutenberg_org, to books
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Let´s celebrate, today is Public Doman Day!

Plenty of new titles are available now and volunteers at @DProofreaders will have plenty of work ahead.

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
The Giant Horse of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Money for Nothing by P.G. Wodehouse
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Hunting for Hidden Gold by Franklin W. Dixon

#books #literature
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dmacphee,
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@gutenberg_org @DProofreaders A great list. Thanks for all of your work.

dmacphee, to science
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The interesting story of the history of aspirin.


https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/the-story-of-aspirin/index.html

dmacphee, to ukteachers
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Why some people don’t trust science – and how to change their minds

“The messenger is every bit as important as the message. Our work confirms many prior surveys showing that politicians, for example, aren’t trusted to communicate science, whereas university professors are. This should be kept in mind”

Remember this the next time right wing media/politicians target educators, universities, education, etc.

https://theconversation.com/why-some-people-dont-trust-science-and-how-to-change-their-minds-219579

dmacphee, to conservative
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Why reintroducing bison is revitalizing the Prairies and Indigenous culture, identity.
#Indigenous #Bison #Ecology #Canada #Science
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/why-reintroducing-bison-is-revitalizing-the-prairies-and-indigenous-culture-identity-1.7057801

dmacphee, to SciComm
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The story of the little blue pill.


https://youtu.be/dYhCeek74RE?si=QcFxagpuVxoR0XW3

dmacphee, to Canada
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I just love train travel, but government consistently undervalues and undermines it. Still a great article and kudos to the NDP MP trying to save/promote it.


https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/25/MP-Bets-Turkey-Dinner-Passenger-Rail/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=251223

dmacphee, to Canada
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Interesting look at Provincial carbon emission challenges.
#Canada #CarbonEmissions #ClimateChange
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/provincial-emissions-1.7068185

dmacphee, to books
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The best Canadian books of 2023

A book list for all ages.

https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-best-canadian-books-of-2023-1.7066663

dmacphee, to Canada
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More than 400 Sask. people died in 2022-23 while on surgical wait list

“death rate for those in Saskatchewan on a surgical wait list has increased by 66 per cent since 2018, when Scott Moe was elected premier. There are currently around 28,400 people in Saskatchewan on a surgery wait list”

IMO conservatives government are deliberately undermining the system to force the changes they want (e.g more privatization).

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/more-than-400-sask-people-died-in-2022-23-while-on-surgical-wait-list-research-institute https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/more-than-400-sask-people-died-in-2022-23-while-on-surgical-wait-list-research-institute

dmacphee, to conservative
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Wild ‘super pigs’ from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs

“However, they likely do their most severe damage through predation. Wild pigs kill and eat rodents, deer, birds, snakes, frogs, lizards and salamanders. This probably best explains why colleagues and I found in one study that forest patches with wild pigs had 26% fewer mammal and bird species than similar forest patches without pigs.”

#WildPigs #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology #Science #FeralHogs
https://theconversation.com/wild-super-pigs-from-canada-could-become-a-new-front-in-the-war-on-feral-hogs-218899

dmacphee, to Canada
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Gobsmacked.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/no-evidence-consulted-about-pronoun-policy-1.7063304

dmacphee, to Electricvehicles
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Canada to phase out sale of new gas powered only vehicles by 2035.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-electric-vehicles-2035-1.7063993

dmacphee, to ontario
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Scandal indeed and @thenarwhal nailed it.


https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenbelt-scandal/

dmacphee, to Canada
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'Pushed down our throats': Letters detail school pronoun concerns in Saskatchewan - The Canadian Press

“The Saskatchewan government received 18 official complaints in the summer before it implemented a rule preventing most children from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent.“

You saw that correctly…18 complaints. Thats what led to legislation? Wow.

https://apple.news/AiF8GJ9qIQBSQezy86p-W2Q

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