Cami Ryan, PhD

What does 1 ppb (part per billion) mean? [thread] #meaning #context #measures 1/n

@simonmaechling People only get to posture against vaccines and modern technology because their parents and grandparents didn’t. Their ability to stand on their soapboxes is built from the very science they’re busy tearing down.

Reject preservatives: more food spoilage. Reject pesticides: more crop losses and land use. Reject chlorine: more waterborne disease. Reject vaccines: more infectious outbreaks.

@Darcytwheat To be clear, *I* haven’t tried this. But I’d like to.

@CamiDRyan You never cease to amaze

“I decided to perform an experiment on my again faded deck boards by using canola oil in lieu of the more-expensive deck oils or stains. I then purchased four five-gallon pails of canola oil from Costco ...” winnipegfreepress.com/homesite/news/…

@APGExtension @Bayer4Crops It’s in the mail, Nevin! @Bayer4CropsCA

Heh @Bayer4Crops - where can I get another manual for record keeping! Thanks!

@merlemassie Video or it didn’t happen.

Well now. I’ve got a couple of Muskoka chairs that might get this experiment.

We cross-examine Big Pharma but take wellness at its word. Same profit, same claims - only one gets a free pass. When wellness makes medical claims, it owes the same thing as pharma: evidence, not vibes.

I find it very useful for pulling together content (word docs, slide decks, etc) from my One Drive about topics or topic… helpful for developing a (chronological) storyline as a reminder of “what has transpired”…Among many other things. Keep playing with it. It is only as good as the prompts you give it.

Nope I've still never managed get CoPilot to do a single useful thing for me What am I doing wrong

I texted a colleague on Hanta and it autocorrected into Santa.

Canada’s new “sovereign wealth fund” breaks with global norms in three ways: it’s funded from a big deficit, invests mainly at home instead of globally, and uniquely lets retail investors buy in—something no other fund has done. theconversation.com/canadas-new-so…

The odds of having dementia at age 85 were close to 1 in 3 in the 80s; now they are 1 in 10. I don’t think we have a great explanation: better cardiovascular health, diet, and education are often mentioned. Good news nonetheless. Carnall Farrar. (2025, March 27). Dementia trends.

Bayer, bp scaling camelina as biofuels crop | Profitability | farmweeknow.com farmweeknow.com/profitability/…

According to a poll, swapping Trump for a Democrat in the White House barely budges Canadian voting intentions: Liberals still sit in the mid‑40s and Conservatives in the mid‑30s. In other words, U.S. presidential drama, Canadian party preferences same. nationalpost.com/news/trump-goe…

@TerryDaynard So true. 😞

@CamiDRyan A wonderful column, Cami. We too often forget that farm/rural people have family/personal tragedies and successes much bigger than how well their crops do this year.

…There is always more behind what we see in this noisy, performative space we call the internet. Behind the profiles, the posts, the likes, even the sharp edges of online spaces, everyone carries a story. Often several. Stories that shape how we show up, what we hold back, and what we are still learning to carry. @camidryan/note/p-197034468?r=6uy5y&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@camidryan/not…

@PremierScottMoe @DarylHarrison20 Great article. @kmcconnell1 nails it here.

Announcing the largest annual Canadian mega-project.   It starts later than usual this year, but the work is already underway and ramping up.   No ribbon cutting. No headline.   Just Saskatchewan producers investing billions every spring to grow the food, fuel, and fertilizer the world relies on.

Happy Mother’s Day to my “Steel Magnolias” 🌺 cast and crew. Here’s to you 🥂… and here’s to many more standing ovations! #DewdneyPlayers #SteelMagnolias #communitytheatre 🎭

Inherently anti corporate IMHO. Mixed with distrust of institutions, fear of side effects, the pull of personal networks, and our built in negativity bias, it feels safer to assume the worst about vaccines than to accept decades of data showing immense benefit. Leaning into that worldview is easier than questioning it.

Why do some people have such a hard time accepting the immense good and millions of lives saved by vaccines over the decades? Why? What hurts them about that fact?

@MichaelAlbertMD @tylerblack32 @doctordaoud 💯 This would actually work and that’s the most depressing part. Give the people what they want: lifesaving interventions that sound like they belong at a spa.

Wait...this is brilliant. @doctordaoud

This is rich coming from the journal that failed to retract the Wakefield article for 12 years despite overwhelming evidence of COI & fraud. Likewise, you have failed to retract the false claim that glyphosate is a probable carcinogen. You weren’t even able to correctly put it into the correct class of chemicals. These failures not only have led to the resurgence of vaccine preventable diseases, but also put global food security at risk.

“The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has cut off more than 14 million barrels of crude oil per day from the global supply.” Via @westernproducer producer.com/markets/biodie…