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Catching up on old Planet Money episodes - excited to hear my U Ottawa colleague Abel Brodeur talking about replication games www.npr.org/2026/02/27/n...

Don't hate the replicator, hate the game : Planet MoneyThe world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study today doesn't always yield the same result. Same with ...www.npr.org

Gift link (I hope) to @stillots1.bsky.social's moving First Person story in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/915a4b6...

I am still physically fit, but metastatic breast cancer took away my ability to plan aheadPatients are living longer with MBC but don’t tell them they look ‘great’ in spite of the diseasewww.theglobeandmail.com

CRDCN is looking for a project manager/grant writer crdcn.ca/project-coor... Interesting work, great colleagues @crdcn.bsky.social

Project Coordinator (II) - Project Manager (SSCAN) & Grants Writer (Job ID 76196) - Canadian Research Data Centre NetworkTerm/ Start Date: 24-month contract  Position Type: Hybrid  Salary: $41.99 – $59.09 (hourly) Duties:   This position combines project management for the SSCAN Data Space project with leadership in res...crdcn.ca

This isn't a story about what wealthy men in tech want. It's a story about what the wealthy men in tech who struggle to find wives want. And it's pretty clear why they're struggling.

Way to go @gillianpetit.bsky.social!

A hundred years from now, your great grandchildren may use your Census records to find out how you lived. Here's an old blog post about using the Census to find out more about my own family's history: worthwhileblog.ca/2010/08/05/g...

Geneology and the censusHistorical censuses from around the world are available on-line at sites like or  A few hours spent looking up old family records made history come alive for me.worthwhileblog.ca

Easy for Canadians to be smug about this, but our Catholic hospitals (St Joseph's, St Michael's, other Unity Health) aren't great in this department either.

The state of Ontario's ONroute network gives you a pretty good idea of how "cutting costs" is likely to work out... www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Are you a Canadian undergrad or grad student writing on economics/political economy/economic policy? Do you take a critical approach to unconstrained markets? Would you like to win $1000? If so, consider entering the PEF student essay contest: www.progressive-economics.ca/pef-student-...

On the bright side, there are still more faculty under 40 than over 65 at Canadian universities - for now! (requested by @pengzell.bsky.social ). The trend line shoots up when employment laws for those 65+ changed around 2010.

Not just mammograms.