Ian Bosdet

Geneticist @BCCancer, Associate Professor @ubcpathology, mediocre photographer, soccer coach. I've had all my shots. Opinions are barely even mine.

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

Anyone who foolishly believes in the “law of conservation of mass” that Big Physics keeps pushing has never cooked spinach. Where does it go?

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

@Acyn “Walks”

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Just an utter and unmitigated disaster. He has got himself into a mess, has no clue what to do, and wants the rest of the world to bail him out.
The sum total of the effort: not only $25 billion in costs and a depleted US missile arsenal, but the loss of US credibility and an Iranian regime that is more radical than ever, more entrenched than ever, and in some ways more powerful than ever, having possession of not just all of their nuclear material, but also the Strait of Hormuz. Hard to think of a more complete catastrophe.

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[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

My lab at BC Cancer is hiring! We're looking for an experienced bioinformatician with an interest in improving clinical cancer genetics testing for the patients of British Columbia. https://t.co/1qgYfJnzLR

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

@The_Davos_Man One year ago in Canada, voting for Mark Carney was about supporting him but also about rejecting the Trump/Vance supported Conservatives. One year later, it’s the best decision the country has made in a long time. Hopping for the best for Hungary.

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

Still, and forever, the Queen of I Told You So

[Kaivan Shroff @KaivanShroff]

9 years ago.

@HillaryClinton warned us:

“This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes – because it’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin.”

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

The Oracle told Trump that if he should send an army against the Persians, he'll destroy a great empire, so I wouldn't worry about this too much.

[jezz @JezziiB]

Northern Ireland has introduced a two week paid leave after miscarriage. Meanwhile in the US they investigate it as a crime.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING IF SHE WAS IN OFFICE

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

@hombredevenice @yappaowarida @Rajjath24 But each photon has been spending ~100,000 years doing a random walk through the Sun’s core before it finally escaped, in the exact right direction to find you.

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

@ItsDeanBlundell You just know that if another country showed up he would immediately pull the US out and leave them to deal with the aftermath. Dump the problem he created on someone else and move on.

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

Huge news for Canada’s path to a sovereign space launch capability, including entry into the NATO STARLIFT program. Congrats to $MAXQ and Nova Scotia. https://t.co/WvDIiPxJxx

[Marvin Baumann @MarvinTBaumann]

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Masterclass in turning the entire world against you.

Insane. This is just insane. The Americans have gone insane.

Europe needs to cooperate and ally with almost anyone who is not the USA.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Donald Trump's badly slurred, incoherent explanation for war with Iran raises new questions about Joe Biden's advanced age.

[NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel]

“The righteous mission for which they gave their lives…” spoken by a slurring septuagenarian from his private resort in Palm Beach. A man so weak & morally bankrupt he hides out in Florida instead of facing a nation he has lead into infamy & rot. The worst POTUS in any lifetime.

[Jason Cherniak @Cherniak]

If you want to understand Mark Carney, you have to put aside all of your preconceived notions. He is not a heartless banker or a champagne socialist. He is not a bleeding-heart Liberal or a hard-nosed realist. He is not an environmentalist or an oil baron. He is not following the United States, Europe or China. He is not antisemitic or always supportive of Israel. He does not oppose international law or rely on it in all circumstances. Mark Carney can only be described as a pragmatic realist.

Many people misinterpreted Mark Carney’s speech at Davos. When he spoke of removing the sign from the window, he was not just talking about the United States and Donald Trump (although that was the main context). He was talking about the world at large. He never said that only the United States breaks the rules when it suits that country. He said great powers do it - all of them. This refers not only to the United States’ trade policies, but also China’s trade policies and threats against Taiwan, as well as Russia’s energy policies, attack on Ukraine and threats against Eastern Europe. He may have even been referring to the United Nations itself.

If you think about it that way, then Carney‘s recognition of a Palestinian State and response to today’s attack on Iran make more sense. He recognized Palestine not because he believed that it would be a successful state in its present form, but because he believed that failure to do so would leave Netanyahu to tighten a Gordian knot, where the allegations of apartheid that have been untrue to date might one day become true.

That did not, however, mean that he opposes Israel or Zionism. Last summer he said any future Palestinian state needs to be Zionist! As we saw today, Carney continues to support Israel’s right to defend itself and he continues to view Iran as the main source of instability in the Middle East. It is Netanyahu‘s treatment of Palestinians with which he correctly disagrees.

When Israel tries to take over the West Bank, it is wrong. When Iran surrounds Israel with terrorist proxies, it is also wrong. Carney has not said it, but I suspect he would agree that when the United Nations puts the Iranian regime on a human rights council and claims that attacking the country is what is causing instability, it is wrong. Carney is not trying to take sides. He is trying to take principled positions on specific topics that he believes will lead to real world results.

That does not mean that Carney would have advised Trump and Netanyahu to attack Iran. Neither does it mean that he will send over Canadian resources. What it means is that the attack happened, he has analyzed the positives and negatives and he has decided that he is going to highlight the positives. I tend to take the same view. If an attack on the Iranian regime is inevitable, then I hope it succeeds. I hope that success leads to a world where the potential for war between Iran and Israel no longer exists.

We can both take action based on the world as it is and hope that it results in the world that we want to see. I suppose that is where I disagree with what Carney said at Davos; it is not necessary to pick one or the other. I suspect if he had thought about it more, he might have phrased it differently himself. #cdnpoli

[Covie @covie_93]

Good thing Congress isn't alive to see this.

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

If we don’t explain science to the public, others will fill the gap with nonsense.

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

My lab is hiring! The Cancer Genetics and Genomics Laboratory at @BCCancer is looking for someone to join our team as a Genomics Specialist. https://t.co/xG4tOtC6hL

[Ian Bosdet @ianbosdet]

@TomBurtonWSJ If only our millions of American friends would do something then, instead of just passively watching it all happen. Otherwise, distinguishing is difficult for us.

[David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈 @DavidLeavitt]

The FIFA Peace prize used to mean something