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There is a car, in the hospital parking lot. It is a faded red, covered with dust. Other cars have parked and left on either side of it, every day, but this car remains. I pass by it, as I find parking, on my way in to work. I know what it means. 1/

1/ I may be repeating myself, but I want to fight this sense of security that I see outside of the epicenters, as if nothing was going to happen "here". The media in Europe are reassuring, politicians are reassuring, while there's little to be reassured of. #COVID19 #coronavirus

A long time ago, when I was younger and dumber, I did a police ride-along with a high school classmate who had gone on to become a cop. It was one of the most chilling and radicalizing nights of my life. (Thread)

Should we follow a herd immunity strategy like in Sweden? Countries like NL or US are, but if we have anything to learn from Sweden, they shouldn't. Our new article on the #coronavirus shows why (thread) medium.com/@tomaspueyo/co…

Canadian History you didn’t learn about in school

Two Midwestern cities. Two local billionaires (Koch and Buffett). Which one can boost prosperity? latimes.com/world-nation/s… Tax cuts vs community investment

The trillion dollar question. Why are COVID cases increasing while deaths are decreasing? The answer is simple. It's called Simpson's paradox and it's the result of incorrectly pooling data and arriving at a false conclusion. A thread 1/9 #COVID19 #ThursdayThoughts

I suggest anti-UCP tweeters consider retweeting (rather than just liking) the tweets they support. That in itself is a political gesture that would increase the impact of our opposition to UCP. If UCP governs on twitter, let's oppose them on twitter.

These kids reacting to Phil Collins is everything I needed to see in the world rn. Sound ON! 😂😂😂 x.com/tprstly/status…

Opinion: The spymasters’ playbook: What the Gouzenko case tells us about Donald Trump /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

1/ Hemorrhagic myocardial infarction #hemorrhagicMI is common but not well understood. Our latest paper in #JACC sheds light on the role of hemorrhage in acute MI #STEMI using #whycmr. A thread ⬇️ #cardiotwitter SCMRI Canada SCMR CCS AHA Science jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

Intramyocardial Hemorrhage and the "Wave Front" of Reperfusion Injury Compromising Myocardial Salvage dlvr.it/SGnBNs

George was one of my greatest mentors and role models. He was kind, patient, and very funny. He’s widely known for his academic achievements, but he was a wonderful doctor, too. Even in death, he took the bull by the horns.

1/3 The first Drive-In theatre in #YYC was Chinook Drive-In, which opened in 1949 on the present site of Chinook Centre. That same year, the Skyline Driving Range opened, and a restaurant followed in 1950. The Skyline operation was a half-block north of the Drive-In theatre.

Your regular reminder that a 'mumpsimus' (16th century) is someone who insists that they are right despite clear evidence that they are not.