Brian Owens
Science journalist and leatherworker.
Reporter for @chco-tv.bsky.social
Author of Lyme Disease in Canada
New Brunswick 🇨🇦
www.scibri.com
- Reposted by Brian OwensNo joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Brian OwensNew Brunswick Premier Susan Holt's Liberal government will no longer use X for "routine" government communications:
- Ugh, writing a story and my interviewee had a much better, more coherent quote in the press release than what he said to me.
- Reposted by Brian OwensVery much worth 3 min of your day.
- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- An interesting and somewhat counterintuitive finding: Cannabis usage in middle-aged, older adults linked to larger brain volume, better cognitive function medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02...
- Measuring blood pressure at home provides much more reliable data on cardiovascular risk, but many people don't take enough readings to be useful - even with free devices and plenty of support. My story for @medscape.com #medsky #cardiosky www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
- One of my strongest memories of my visit to Yellowknife more than 20 years ago was coming out of the theatre after a late show, and the sun was still up. (We watched Mean Girls)
- Tech used to make real inventions.
- All I'm asking for is a website cookie that remembers my cookie preferences for that website so I don't have to keep clicking the damn button. Also, would be nice if "remember my password on this device" actually did anything.
- Reposted by Brian OwensAs it turns out, #Bluejays Joe Carter statue will stand alone between Gates 5 and 6. I'm told that the Ted Rogers statue is being moved to Rogers corporate offices, which is the right thing to do. It never should have been at the ballpark.
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- Reposted by Brian OwensDo you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
- Reposted by Brian OwensTake me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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- JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
- Reposted by Brian OwensThinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
- At my last trivia night players had to put several planets in order. They were surprisingly bad at it. It's something I've known since I was about 6, when my Dad taught me a mnemonic: Man Very Early Made Jars Stand Up Nearly Perpendicular. Is that a common one? Or just something weird he made up?
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- Reposted by Brian Owenswe absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
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- Apparently if i only post my videos of projects as replies they won’t show up in my video gallery, so i guess need to fix that with my cardboard werewolf mask as the final parts don’t show. That’s why you seein’em again I will say that raw cardboard look always has some sort of charm to it #art
- Reposted by Brian OwensThe funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
- Reposted by Brian OwensWhy the fuck would I take a pay cut
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- Ernie is not going to let the cone of shame stop him from giving @ponddrop.bsky.social a good snuggle.
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- Reposted by Brian OwensI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
- Just wrote a sentence about something "in the Amazon" (rainforest), and spell check insists it should be "on Amazon" (the website). Great work everybody.
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- I just had to type "Mississippi" twice in quick succession, and both times I wrote "Mississippo". I think I like that way better.
- Two interesting science journalism jobs, both remote in western Canada: Western Canada editor, @cangeo.bsky.social (part time, anywhere west of Ontario) canadiangeographic.ca/careers/ Biodiversity reporter, @thetyee.ca (full time, BC only) thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
- Reposted by Brian OwensICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
- Reposted by Brian OwensWe are saddened to learn of the passing of the Hon. Kirsty Duncan. A respected scientist and tireless champion of research in Canada, she leaves a lasting legacy through her leadership and advocacy, including her service as Minister of Science. Our condolences to her friends and family.
- Reposted by Brian OwensHe spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it. Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
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- I live just across the border in St. Stephen, and have also heard ICE is in Calais, though haven't been down by the river myself today.
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- Reposted by Brian OwensA long long tyme ago Ich kan yet remembir How the music oft wolde make me smyle And Ich knewe that yf luck payed me court Thenne Ich koude make the folk cavort And mayhap to be mirtheful for a while
- New Brunswick's chief medical officer has concluded that there is no widespread environmental exposure that is contributing to the apparent cluster of neurological symptoms in the province. My story for @chco-tv.bsky.social chco.tv/n-b-investig...
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- Rates of ADHD are on the rise, but we don't really know why. This @nature.com Outlook supplement I edited explores some of the most important topics in the field. 🧪 www.nature.com/immersive/AD...
- Reposted by Brian OwensThis is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
- My @biographic.bsky.social stickers arrived!
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- Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence. "He hoped they'd be reminiscing until they were both rusty."
- We need a shibboleth that we can ask people with our flag so we can weed out the fakes.
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- I really don't think debating the semantics is a particularly illuminating or useful exercise at this point.
- Reposted by Brian OwensIn a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
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- As a Canadian author I make more money from my annual PLR payment based on library holdings than I will ever get from royalties. I'd actually prefer it if you borrow my book!
- Wenlock won the race to claim the bed in my office this morning. Ernie has claimed the actual bed in the bedroom.
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- Bits keep falling off my house, but somehow my property tax assessment keeps going up.
- I'm doing a feature looking at all the various cardiovascular benefits of GLP1 drugs. Who are the best scientists studying this that I should talk to? #cardiosky #medsky
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- A timely reminder from Carsie Blanton for those new to protesting open.spotify.com/track/2JxvAm...
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- When searching for something I put away in a safe place, I often have to think: "If I were me, where would I have put this?"
- I can see we're going to have to have a talk about what is and isn't a bed...
- A big study of vaccine hesitancy during the pandemic might offer clues for future vaccine roll-outs. But it's probably not terribly relevant for our current problems with vaccine uptake. My story for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
