David MacInnis, PhD 👽

Doctorate in Physics | #Jeep fanatic and owner of YJ, XK, WK2, & JL | Let’s Go Blues #StlBlues | Father to a little boy with #fragileX #autism | My own opinions

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@martinmbauer Top tier tweet!!

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Supriya Dwivedi: "[Pierre Poilievre] saying the PM hasn't held negotiations in five months is the kind of framing I would honestly expect from a Trump WH official on Fox News ... I think there's a way to [oppose] without coming across like you're being petulant or that you're trying to run cover for the Trump administration."

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@oldcanadaseries Poutine

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@JJ_McCullough @RoyceKoop JJ continues to change history to suit is current view points. Sad.

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines.

Or GMOs. Or fluoride.

It’s the root of all of them.
It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science.

Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements.

From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive.

Chemophobia tells us:
“Natural is good.”
“Synthetic is bad.”

That’s a lie.

Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known.

Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving.

We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons.

You’ve seen the slogans:

“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”
“Paraben-free.”
“Clean beauty.”

They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing.

And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker.

Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab.
Vitamin C is vitamin C.

Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could.

Dose matters. Source doesn’t.
This fear isn’t harmless.

It shapes public policy.
It blocks innovation.
It raises food prices.
It slows down cancer treatments.

Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives.

Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong. We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts.

Because influencers sell fear for clicks. Because lawyers monetize doubt.

And because scientists are too tired to fight back. So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen:

Learn how toxicology works.
Call out chemical fear-mongering.
Support policies based on evidence, not emotion.

Chemistry isn’t the enemy.
It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine.

If we let fear win, we lose all of it.

[Helena Villar @HelenaVillarO]

Education. That’s the Portuguese flag sir.

[Will Kinney @WKCosmo]

We shall measure stellar brightness logarithmically, and it will be called the "magnitude."

- Sir, will that logarithm be base 10, or based on Napier's constant?

Neither. It shall be of the base of the fifth root of one hundred.

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@NateSilver538 Tell me you are not a Canadian without telling me you are not a Canadian.

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@lucystone1871 @WSJTech When did the right become to obsessed with pronouns.

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@CanadianPolling Pure traitor. Highly disappointed in Tisdale for this view. Another grifter.

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@JJ_McCullough @sunlorrie There is a significant amount of barriers between provinces relative to the barriers that exists between states in the US. I have lived in both counties and can say this definitely Canada has room for improvement in this arena.

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@RogerJStoneJr @JJ_McCullough thoughts?

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@JJ_McCullough *G8

[skeleman 🇨🇦🌈 @Skeleman71]

The year is 2028. America has declared war on Canada.

J.J watches with a tear in his eye as a mushroom cloud grows over Vancouver, for he knows the Prime Minister will use this to appeal to his anti-American base.

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@JJ_McCullough “We don’t need their energy.”
“We don’t need their oil and gas. We have more than anybody.”

JJ. I think it is you who is not living in reality to think that America cares about Canada or even thinks about Canada in any positive way. We are a punchline.

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@JJ_McCullough “Americans don’t need Canadian products.” 
“I think they want it [the trade deal], but the United States doesn’t need anything from its northern neighbour.” 
“We don’t need anything they have.” 
“We don’t need their cars.” 
“We don’t need their lumber.” 

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

LIVE: from the World Economic Forum • EN DIRECT : au Forum économique mondial https://t.co/fcNf3WUYbf

[Hayley X 😉 @tindale_hayley]

The aurora borealis over Nuuk Greenland …

[David MacInnis, PhD 👽 @DaveMacInnis]

@ccurrie86 @DarrenDreger Nice job to the family in Truro!!

[Chris @ccurrie86]

@DarrenDreger Merry Christmas from Truro, Nova Scotia