geneticist, biotech nerd, alewife, open science and co-op community enthusiast, equity and #AntiRacistSTEM, #DecolonizeSTEM, she/elle, Tiohtià:ke/#Montréal
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Last Notes npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald What will it take for MPs in the climate caucus to finally oppose the federal government's actions? npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Statement on AB Government, Oil Companies’ Announcement of Tailings Cleanup Projects npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald I also liked the description of Galen Weston doing the world's stupid Les Mis LARP. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald I'll remember this quote from @npub1fdr…lvhs tonight: npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald What Mark Carney gets wrong about the end of the rules-based order npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Bill C-15 would allow corporations to be exempt from most Canadian laws npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald @npub19y9…jd8u npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald @npub1cds…8luu @npub1rwf…rcwx npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald @npub1rwf…rcwx npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Unleashing Anishinaabe Matriarchal Relationships, Roles, Responsibilities, and Reciprocity for Climate Justice npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Oh no! I didn't have high hopes for this government, but it's still devastating to see how things are developing. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald , thank you for speaking up to oppose Bill C-5! npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald I wish American robins looked like that. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald I'm joining thousands across the country today, the day before the federal leaders debate, to make Palestine unavoidable. Join us! npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald @npub1vfh…afql @npub1spc…3gwu npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald It fills me with hope and joy to share this essay written by 12 youth who I've had the immense honour of working with over my two years at Research for the Front Lines. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Do i understand correctly that Canada is launching a program to sequence 100K human genomes, 13 years after the UK launched their 100,000 Genomes Project? The Canadian version is proudly "AI-powered". It's also expected to npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald de Mères au front : npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald "As the omnicrisis polyshambles unfolds around us, we have the means, motive and opportunity to craft Canadian policies that bolster our sovereignty, protect our rights, and help us to set every technology user, in every country (including the USA) free." npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald "We don't have to stop at exporting reasonably priced pharmaceuticals to Americans! We could export the extremely lucrative tools of technological liberation to our American friends, too. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald "Canada could become a tech export powerhouse, while making everything cheaper for Canadian tech users, while making everything more profitable for anyone who sells media or software in an online store. And – this is the best part – it’s a frontal assault on the largest, most profitable US companies, the companies that are single-handedly keeping the S&P 500 in the black, striking directly at their most profitable lines of business [...]" npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald "But we can sign up new customers, by selling jailbreaking software and access to Canadian app stores, for every mobile device and games console to everyone in the world, and by pitching every games publisher and app maker on selling in the Canadian app store to customers anywhere without paying a 30% vig to American big tech companies." npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald "Let Canadians stand up a Canadian app store for Apple devices, one that charges 3% to process transactions, not 30%. Then, every Canadian news outlet that sells subscriptions through an app, and every Canadian software author, musician and writer who sells through a mobile platform gets a 25% increase in revenues overnight, without signing up a single new customer." npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald "Abolish the Canadian laws that protect US Big Tech companies from Canadian competition. Make it legal to reverse-engineer, jailbreak and modify American technology products and services. Don't ask Facebook to pay a link tax to Canadian newspapers, make it legal to jailbreak all of Meta's apps and block all the ads in them, so Mark Zuckerberg doesn't make a dime off of us." npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald I'm still waiting to see a movement to make it legal to jailbreak US tech in response to US tariffs, as @npub1fdr…lvhs has been recommending. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald #Montréal #PlateauMontRoyal npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald #Montréal #PlateauMontRoyal npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald #Montréal #PlateauMontRoyal npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Quebec Schools Turn to AI to “Analyze Risks” to Students npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald For anyone else looking for more specifics: npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Advice wanted: I'm looking for tips on a good instance for a grassroots org to join to help us grow our community outside of Meta. (We've stopped using X but still have a profile there.) npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Would definitely be a bold move, but maybe we could convince someone to announce their candidacy for Liberal leader and get media attention highlighting this policy. They'd have a week to push it before the first (refundable) $50K is due, but then a non-refundable $50K is due Jan.30. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald I find these suggestions from @npub1fdr…lvhs to be super intriguing and would like to see others run with them, including possibly expanding to IP in the biotech/pharma industry. So many science and tech workers could potentially benefit, along with all the other folks facing tech enshittification, who can't get people's vaccines, etc. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Anyone still trying to understand the story being #BCElxn2024 results might appreciate Mary Stuart's research on far-right organizing published in @npub1ccc…32l5 last month. npub1hp77cv9gcfl83ay3phw037zatchjgknfqzqg339d63lc9sc93mnq4retwp Marcia MacDonald Hello! I’m Marcia (she/elle), originally from BC and currently living in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. I’m a geneticist interested in #science policy (#OpenScience), equitable tech workplaces (#AntiRacistSTEM), and community organizing for #ClimateJustice in solidarity with #Indigenous peoples. Je fais aussi des « pouets » en #français.
