The 2025 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count identified 5,232 people experiencing homelessness. When people shelter in public spaces (because they have no where else to go) they can be caught up in a street sweep. This increases their risk of violence and overdose. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Chimps eat boozy fruit, meaning they're consuming about two standard alcoholic drinks per day. I love science. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This seems like a very worthwhile goal to put government time and money towards. No, really. Poor people can wait. Climate change can wait. The takeover of tech and oil oligarchs of a crumbling empire can wait. This is more important. God forbid we see pleasure. www.404media.co/michigan-por...

Interesting. www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

This Monday, Conservative MP Rachel Thomas called for support of free speech - even offensive speech - in relation to Charlie Kirk's assassination. Today, the Liberal government announced the Irish group Kneecap is banned from performing in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Dutch late night TV has its take

About 143,000 people in B.C. left ERs last year without being treated, with long-wait times being a top complaint.

On Monday, Parliament gave a standing ovation for Charlie Kirk. Not all MPs participated. @jenstden.bsky.social looks at who stood — and who didn't — for the far-right influencer who once called unmarked graves at BC residential schools a "hoax." thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

"Street sweeps need to end." "When city workers confiscate personal belongings like tents and harm reduction supplies from people sheltering on the street, it increases their risk of non-fatal overdose and physical and sexual violence." #BritishColumbia #Canada #Policing #Drugs #Housing

I love humans describing the world.

This feels like it could give a whole new meaning to "hold on to your butts."

Some good news: You can eat your salami again. The Salmonella outbreak linked to salami in Canada has ended. In total there were 90 poisonings that ended up in 10 hospitalizations. Rah-rah for the CFIA folks who were tracking this all! www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Researchers quantified what people with lived experience have been saying for years: street sweeps harm people, increasing their risk of violence and overdose. My latest for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Trans people are already being murdered in the US, and now people are using Kirk's assassination to call for violence/ taking away the rights of trans people. At what point do we, as Canadians, have a duty to welcome trans asylum seekers? @kehyslop.bsky.social reports thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Can't stress enough how dang incredible it is to work at @thetyee.ca. I write stories that impact marginalized people and I love knowing that because we're paywall free my sources can read and share the news with everyone they know. Why? Because we're supported by Builders thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

Really appreciated this CBC Front Burner episode on US empire and the war on drugs. It's less about stopping the flow of drugs and more about controlling Central and South America and having an excuse to violate state sovereignty and self-determination. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Isolation, substance use, stress and lack of sleep can set the stage for a psychotic delusion. People can then turn to AI to confirm what they're feeling. Because this tech is designed to affirm what you think it supports people, helping build delusions. Nice CBC explainer www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Canadians check your pistachio and pistachio-containing products: there's a salmonella outbreak and 11 people (out of 79 lab confirmed cases) have been hospitalized after eating contaminated foods. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

It's Consent Awareness Week. Friendly reminder that you can say no and don't have to offer an explanation. "I don't want to" is also an extremely valid and excellent reason to say no.

Kids in BC with dyslexia and reading challenges will hopefully be getting help at a younger age as the province introduces a reading test for Kindergarteners news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

And more! Laser hair removal is gender-affirming care. So are hair transplants. Folks in the skeet thread also pointing to drugs that make your dick hard.

Good news update to this CBC story: the Aboriginal Front Door Society has gotten another six months of funding for their bin storage program, so it won't be shutting down this September. More long-term funding is still, of course, very needed. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

This is a really important read. Medical misinformation is a big, powerful, deeply resourced movement and we need to be more critical about how we treat people who get misled by it. More empathy might be a way to help reach people who are scared and unsure of who to trust macleans.ca/longforms/co...

Also getting a lot of emails asking me to remind parents that kids need routine eye exams, which can help identify if they need glasses and get a baseline assessment on their eye health. More info and places to find an eye doctor here: opto.ca

Traditional primary treatment for depression uses antidepressants and psychotherapy, but that doesn't work for 30 to 50 per cent of patients. Prescribing exercise might be just as effective — but it's not always done in psychiatric facilities. bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Cool as hell but I will also, as a deeply paranoid person, likely start meditating so in the future when someone tries to hack my brain with a microchip I can silence my inner monologue. Take that, future brain hackers! www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Don't love the idea that people donating their bodily fluids to Canadian Blood Services could have those bodily fluids (or products made from those fluids) sold for profit overseas. Even if it helped meet domestic demand. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

We're all sick more and it's because of COVID. Great explainer on how a COVID infection hurts our immune system, so we're more sick, or sick more with other illnesses after a COVID infection. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Hey BCers, are you frustrated with the cost/ service quality/ wait times when getting mobility devices repaired? Then I'd like to hear from you for a @thetyee.ca article I'm working on. Please reach out to [email protected].

Penned a quick article about the smoke after seeing this skeet get a lot of attention. Read is here, today on @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Smoketember is here - how you can protect yourself, by @michellegamage.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

@michellegamage.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca on how to protect yourself from wildfire smoke (😭): thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

I saw a lot of people wearing medical masks yesterday when the smoke rolled in. This one's for you. Because, unfortunately, only an N95 mask (or industrial respirators) will protect you from wildfire smoke. Smoketember is here. Here's some tips on how to stay safe. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Cool infographic showing different sizes of tiny particles: www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/u...

Holy shit. Canadian cities burning down and running out of water is not what I thought "summer" would be like as an adult www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Looks like smoke in Vancouver is not great but going to get really shit tomorrow afternoon and evening. If you can, close windows and turn on air purification systems. Seeking out clean air shelters (like libraries) is also a good idea. Smoke forecast: firesmoke.ca/forecasts/cu...

fucking abhorrent.

After serving strike notice on Friday, the BCGEU walked off the job Tuesday. There will be picket lines in Victoria, Surrey and Prince George.

Last week BC got the first chunk of its Big Tobacco Settlement. This court case has been brewing since the 1990s and will see BC paid $3.6 billion over the next 18 years. Critics say this is a fraction of what is 'owed' by big tobacco companies after decades of marketing that lied about health risks

ATTN Sunshine Coast: Have you recently eaten at Pepper Creek Pizza & Pasta or Sea Monkey Coffee? Then you may have been exposed to Hep A and should check out this public health notice: www.vch.ca/en/health-to... You may be able to get vaccinated to prevent illness, or can self-monitor at home

Babe, wake up. Alberta just dropped the sickest summer reads book list ever: theijf.org/search-edmon...

Oh man I wish there was a "reply all" option for all of the pitches I get from the US which would go something like this. "Hi, I think you're a bit confused. I don't live in your country. Please unsubscribe me from this list." I don't want to sip drinks at the pool party launch for whatever product.

From the DM’s… Sounds like the UCP’s book ban is off to an absolutely catastrophic start in at least one school district. Wonder how already wildly under resourced teachers will react if a strike vote comes up… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

More than one-quarter of people hospitalized due to COVID in Canada caught COVID while in hospital. And that's a lot lower than it has been. But health care facilities still aren't requiring masks. Coolcoolcool health-infobase.canada.ca/cnisp/viral-...

I'm amused that he had to run in the most safest Conservative riding in the whole country. Like his party knew there was a real risk basically all other ridings would give him the boot. So he ran to the safest. Conservative. riding. in the. whole. country. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Excellent 🧵 explainer on why this anti-trans argument is just eugenics. The easiest, most affordable, most accessible way we can help trans kids is to stop being transphobic. Let people live in their bodies however works best for them and express and live in whatever gender works best for them.

Do you eat pistachios or pistachio products? Double check you're not at risk of food poisoning for it. Ten people across Canada have been hospitalized for Salmonella poisoning. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Making basic first aid training part of a high school education is so clever. You never know when someone will need emergency first aid and it can save someone's life. Why they're not including naloxone training is... stupid. But at least schools will carry it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

BC is limiting what overtime hours front-line health-care workers can take on and cutting executive positions as a way to cut back on costs. Overtime is often the only way a lot of health-care facilities stay open with the whole BC worker shortage www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...