T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦

Back off man, I'm a scientist. Evolutionary biologist. Genome size, junk DNA, applied evolution, sci comm, philosophy of science. Also political stuff. Plus jokes. Onions have 5x more DNA than you do (not a joke). He/him.

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2026-05-07 16:53:14 UTC

Most outbreaks turn out not to pose wider risks. The issue is that public health messaging *always* declares low risk right away, which is true until it isn't. We don't know everything about viruses. Viruses evolve. New ones emerge via zoonoses. *Assuming* low risk can be disastrously wrong.
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2026-04-08 19:29:19 UTC

"How did things ever get like this in Canada?!?"
- Carney fans in the future, after having praised every single step along the path to things getting like this in Canada

2026-03-27 02:52:44 UTC

[www.theguardian.com/environment/...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/us-climate-damage-research )
[US has caused $10tn worth of c...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/us-climate-damage-research )

2026-03-20 15:30:03 UTC

[www.nature.com/articles/d41...](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00618-5 )
[China could be the world’s big...](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00618-5 )

2026-01-22 01:05:44 UTC

You say all those guns are not, in fact, required in case of tyranny? And the reason citizens can't strike en masse is because they lack healthcare and have no job security? And they can't rise up because of violent militarized police?
If you survive this, maybe make some big changes America.

2025-08-23 13:44:43 UTC

Empty words.
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2025-08-19 18:24:56 UTC

This timeline is really something.
[abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns-public-eat-possibly-radioactive-shrimp-sold/story?id=124780934 )
[FDA warns public not to eat po...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns-public-eat-possibly-radioactive-shrimp-sold/story?id=124780934 )

2025-08-16 17:16:19 UTC

Reminder that the strike is about a women-dominated workforce doing unpaid labour while executives get huge bonuses. Carney's Liberals are exactly who we warned they were.
[www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...](https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/air-canada-flight-attendants-officially-begin-strike/ )
[BREAKING: Jobs minister orders...](https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/air-canada-flight-attendants-officially-begin-strike/ )

2025-08-02 16:16:39 UTC

Nothing will get better unless and until we reject the system that prioritizes and protects the ultra wealthy at the expense of everyone and everything else.
[www.theguardian.com/environment/...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse )
[‘Self-termination is most like...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse )

2025-07-16 22:36:30 UTC

Did you vote for defunding the CBC to pay for military contracts that benefit US manufacturers? No? You specifically voted *against* the guy who would have done that, you say?
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2025-04-30 13:09:41 UTC

Here's a few examples where vote splitting delivered a win to the Conservatives over incumbent NDP or Green candidates. Some of us warned that "Everyone must vote Liberal!" would lead to this.
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2025-04-10 19:46:02 UTC

Antivaxxers own this. Infectious disease minimizers own this. Public health officials and media who keep promoting "immunity debt" own this.
[ottawacitizen.com/news/ontario...](https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ontario-measles-outbreak-growing )
[Ontario measles outbreak grows...](https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ontario-measles-outbreak-growing )

2025-04-04 11:12:18 UTC

No one could have foreseen this.
[www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/working-days-lost-respiratory-illness-covid-cwzqcgpp5 )
[Working days lost to respirato...](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/working-days-lost-respiratory-illness-covid-cwzqcgpp5 )

2025-03-22 13:37:42 UTC

No one is talking about a purity test or a single issue. Candidates test the waters on policy the entire time during an election. You can be a supporter *and* demand that they do better when something potentially concerning is done. Shrugging it off means that policy will stay.

2025-03-12 18:17:02 UTC

OMFG
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2025-02-06 13:28:56 UTC

Tick... Tick... Tick...
Letting a virus run rampant means more viral evolution and it doesn't mean it becomes milder. It's like people learned nothing from SARS-CoV-2. 🤔
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2025-01-07 12:24:55 UTC

Welcome to 2025, a year in which these reminders remain necessary:
* Unmitigated spread of pathogenic viruses is bad.
* War crimes and ethnic cleansing are bad.
* Environmental destruction is bad.
* Extreme and growing wealth inequality is bad.
* Bigotry is bad.