Allen Pink TBS Canada Gerry McGovern Nearly 3 years later, we *are* changing the #GCdigital metrics and the culture 😁 blog.canada.ca/2021/02/04/dat…

If there’s ever a scandal about me, *please* call it Elongate

When U2 tickets were $1.50 cheaper than Doug and the Slugs, at five bucks even. The Original Barrymore’s in Ottawa.

Story of a 66-year-old researcher, an immigrant, who rarely got grants, never got her own lab, never earned more than $60K. For four decades, she kept working on mRNA—a path considered foolish. Her work is the basis for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. nytimes.com/2021/04/08/hea…

Emotions are like vomit. You can only hold them in for so long before they all just come out. And by that time it’s pretty messy.

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Just left the hospital. COVID numbers are looking excellent. Dramatic improvement. Things are looking up. Very optimistic.

In total, Canada is now up to 25.8 million shots given -- which is 89.2% of the total 28.9 million doses available. Over the past 7 days, 2,881,270 doses have been delivered to provinces. And so far 2.7 million are fully vaccinated with two shots.

Hearing from pharmacists who have had to discard vaccines doses bc those who booked didn't show up or respond to follow up calls at appointment time. Not enough last minute walk-ins. Please be considerate. CANCEL if you can't go. #VaccinesRNotForWaste

If the first question in your FAQ section is “What is this?” you’re doing it wrong. More accurately, if you have an FAQ section, you’re probably doing it wrong.

To Canada’s public servants: Thank you. You make sure families, workers, and businesses get the support they need. You’re always there to help Canadians through difficult times. And you’ve all worked incredibly hard this past year - we’re so grateful. bit.ly/3cAUv7e

If you believe as I do that learning never stops, then this #CRAconnEXionsARC event will interest you. To CRA employees, talk to your manager, then register: eventbrite.ca/e/craconnexion…

Nonverbal communication of the day.

We've pulled our scheduled tweets for the rest of today. Instead, we ask that you please RT this. Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society 1-800-721-0066 IRS National Crisis Line 1-866-925-4419 Distress Centre of Ottawa 613-238-3311 YSB Crisis Line 613-260-2360 Thank you.

Did everyone just forget that industrial design exists?

If you don't want to be part of the solution, you can always find an online community that denies the existence of the problem

My brother just sent me this photo - taken today in Parkview. Glad to see the prospect of five simultaneous election races (and two referendum campaigns) hasn’t destroyed everyone’s sense of humour. #yeg #yegcc #cdnpoli