Mark Garner

Mark Garner

@markgarner.bsky.social

U.S. born, Canadian by ancestry and by choice. A scientist, a self-defrocked academic in the biotech industry. Silicon Valley and NIH veteran. Classical music aficionado, Opera-phile, Bibliophile. Man kann Deutsch sprechen, et on peux parler Français.

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Another reason to be thankful, on this Canadian Thanksgiving, that I'm north of the border. It would perhaps be edifying, however, to inquire exactly where the fuck the Democratic Congressional "Leadership" is. Oh, wait, silly me, she's Muslim so they won't lift a finger to help her.

thehill.comFederal agents search Omar’s home in criminal investigationFederal agents searched the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Monday morning as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) — the investigative …
Tom “T.M.” Wolf@tomtmwolf.bsky.social

We’re now in the “raiding the homes of our political opponents” phase of democratic backsliding…

This is an adjective that wasn't covered in my University German classes. Or, as the NY Times delicately puts it, "an act which, in biological reality, is quite difficult"? Es ist Céline fucking Dion Die Seite können Sie sich unter dieser Adresse anschauen: sz.de/li.3551514

sz.deCéline Dion mit Comeback-Konzerten in Paris: Sängerin trotzt der Krankheit und begeistertWas wurde nicht spekuliert: Singt sie selber? Steht die Sängerin das durch? Ein Besuch kurz vor Ende ihrer langen Konzertreihe in Paris.

U.S. Customs is blocking a *customs bonded truck* bound for to Campobello Island - Canadian territory where Franklin Roosevelt's summer home was - because it contains newly banned materials like milk. I believe it was Edmund Burke who said "A great empire, and little minds go ill together".

cp24.comTruck carrying mail, milk and alcohol to isolated N.B. island held at U.S. borderA truck carrying supplies for an isolated New Brunswick island linked to the rest of Canada by U.S. roads was turned back at the international border Tuesday, says the local member of Parliament.

This is ugly to begin with, and is just going to get uglier. In the vein of "other than that, how did you like the play Mrs. Lincoln" at least the White House is on record that there will be no recissions this year. I am so glad I got out of academics... This is a gift link

nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

Molasses? Exactly how much molasses does Canada export to the U.S.? Are there molasses tanker ships that dock in New Orleans? Or does Trump have something against Christmas cookies? After all, in the first round he did tariff Christmas decorations. It just seems pretty totally random.

Thomas Seal@twseal.bsky.social

Breaking: White House issues three proclamations banning imports of Canadian products including motorcycles, whey, molasses, non-alcoholic beer, and a range of alcoholic beverages

No Tab Pete is at it again. That's OK, we in Canada are very happy with and proud of the brave people in our coast guard, who put their own lives at risk to save others - including U.S. citizens in Canadian waters. And there's no way one miserable drunk is going to change that.

TaraT@tarat33.bsky.social

Pete Hegseth is a despicable human being. When will we say enough is enough?!?

History rhymes "..hundreds of German scientists and other intellectuals would flee to the UK, the US, and dozens of other countries to protect their livelihoods and their lives. The Nazi regime pushed out leading researchers such as Albert Einstein, Hans Krebs, and even national hero Fritz Haber"

nytimes.comCanada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.

It doesn't really matter what he calls it. The only way to get from Lake ONTARIO to Lake Erie is through the Welland Canal (unless Trump claims oceangoing ships can go UP Niagara Falls). Oh, and interesting factoid...the Welland Canal is entirely in Canada. Not that Canada would ever close it..😁

Purple fairy Sprite@spritepurplefairy.bsky.social

It's good to laugh at psycopaths 🍊💩🤡..executive orders are not laws.. 🧚‍♀️🤟🌊🐸

This has to be one of the greatest lines in Hollywood history, and only Dolly could pull it off

Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social

RIP, Dolly Parton. I watched 9 to 5 far more often than it made any sense for an elementary schooler in the early 80s to do so. Absolute legend, great in everything, and an even better human than she was a singer or songwriter or actress. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPQR...

When I was an "Expert" at NICHD, the director was Dr. Duane Alexander, who was a legend in child and maternal care. You know, little things like eliminating maternal transmission of HIV. He didn't grandstand and court the press like other institute directors. And now NIH has fallen this far?

"We were not prepared to compromise on our sovereignty, the protection of the French language, and our culture. To our American colleagues, let us be clear: for my government and for Canada, these issues were never on the table, even though the United States tried until the very last minute."

I grew up in Dearborn. I worked on the top floor of that library as a page during my senior year in high school. How dare these tinhorn fascists invade one of the most interesting places in America. The AI generated pablum below cannot possibly capture the indignation.

CNN@cnn.com

A large demonstration promoted as a “Christian Crusader March” was held, ahead of a city council meeting in Dearborn, Michigan, according to CNN affiliate WDIV. Dearborn is home to a large Muslim community. Several people were arrested.

Toronto has 3 gay bathhouses and one all-gender bathhouse which are, let's say, not hosting bible study. It's a non-issue. People who don't approve are not required to patronize any of them. People who do patronize them are adults with agency and autonomy. That's how it is in the 21st Century.

I don't think the Vichy New York Times should be commenting on sex in bath houses, actually.

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"If you reach the final two grumpy cows before the sea, you have gone too far," they said. And that was how I realised I had finally gone too far.

But it's in such a great location for a hotel tower! Imagine the gold trim shimmering in the sunset. It's such a waste of precious NYC island real estate to just have a statue dedicated to a bunch of losers there.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett. “I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

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Canada chooses hero Terry Fox to appear on the new vertical $5. bill. The US’ president Trump chooses himself to be on a new $250 bill. 🇨🇦 WE ARE DIFFERENT.

“What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” Kobayashi Issa (18th Century Haiku master) Photos from early this evening in High Park,Toronto

What the small-batch artisanal fyuck is Trump talking about? Quoth he: "Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise and was only put there by the church because he was an American and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump"

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