The research fairy @bgcarlisle@scholar.social
- Pronouns
- he (fine) / they (better)
"I'm the research fairy, here to make your academic problems disappear"
"Move slow and fix things"
Police mention; Canada LGBTQ politics
Good.
CBC: Toronto police withdraw bid to march in uniform in 2018 Pride parade
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-withdraw-application-pride-parade-1.4603028 #lgbtq #cdnpoli
Canada politics
CBC: It's official — the Harper government muzzled scientists. Some say it's still happening
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/second-opinion-scientists-muzzled-1.4588913 #cdnpoli
Canada politics; LGBTQ+; police
CBC: AG reviews call for inquiry into Toronto police handling of missing persons cases linked to Gay Village
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ag-reviews-call-for-inquiry-into-toronto-police-handling-of-missing-persons-cases-linked-to-gay-village-1.4567577 #lgbtq #cdnpoli
Your periodic reminder that the police are NOT queer allies
CBC: Generic drug industry agrees to cut prices up to 40% in 5-year deal with provinces
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/generic-drug-prices-1.4509073 #cdnpoli #bioethics
Canada politics; intellectual property
Good news!
"TPP trade ministers ... suspended controversial provisions from the original TPP related to intellectual property, which the Canadian tech sector had long called on Ottawa to remove from the deal."
It's looking more and more like there won't be copyright term extensions in Canada after all :)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tpp-champagne-deal-1.4499616 #cdnpoli
Canada politics; HIV criminalisation
Prosecutions for nondisclosure of HIV appear to be "disproportionate and discriminatory"
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-hiv-criminalization-1.4428395 #hiv #WorldAIDSDay #cdnpoli
Okay who taught Neil Macdonald the term "virtue signaling"? http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/canada-nafta-negotiations-1.4275910 https://scholar.social/media/C8auEcKsDMZ9TfbXNFE #cdnpoli
Canadian politics
I don't know what the Real Answer to this problem is, but if some kid (not a rich, well-connected politician) somehow managed to defraud a bunch of people for $300k, I'm pretty sure they'd be in prison
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-leadership-oleary-campaign-debt-1.4150293 #cdnpoli
Canadian politics
"Faux progressivism" is an excellent term for Trudeau
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/ndp-reclaiming-the-left-1.4096196 #cdnpoli
The Senate fancies itself a council of "wise owls?"
Wasn't a senator caught recently with a faked master's degree?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wise-owls-senate-childrens-book-1.4094066 #cdnpoli
- Pronouns
- he (fine) / they (better)
"I'm the research fairy, here to make your academic problems disappear"
"Move slow and fix things"
The research fairy's choices:
