Addressing the false claim that women have more testosterone than estrogen. It might get attention in social media, but it’s wrong. We actually have data. We should use it. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

Given how U.S. is unraveling in so many ways – a dysfunctional and evil force reviled both domestically and internationally – hard to believe Alberta government still embracing a MAGA inspired agenda.

Heart surgeons are furious with how Santé Québec appears to be playing down the crisis in premature deaths among patients on lengthy wait lists for cardiac surgery. Santé Québec is also being accused of gaslighting the public on wait times. My latest.👇 montrealgazette.com/news/health/...

This descriptive, thoroughly reported and very troubling essay about the separatist movement in Alberta by @marcellodicintio.bsky.social is critical reading for Albertans. Great journalism in the public interest. Among the Separatists via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

My latest: Alberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... via @thewalrus.ca Let's be honest, much of the separatist agenda is built around anti-immigrant lies & regressive "cowboy" myths. To call this language a dog whistle is an insult to dog whistles.

Rubio, Vance and Trump claim to be defenders of “western civilization” against enemies from within. We need to oppose not just their very anti-Western values but the entire concept of “Western values,” which is a gift to dictators. Let me explain www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

This is an excellent essay.

“These narratives can provide grievance frameworks that legitimize hostility toward women and gender equality, and elements of them are consistent with those observed in ideologically motivated violent extremism.” The "staffer" who hid misogynistic tags in Poilievre's posts has left the chat.

NEW POST: Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

This is a wild sequence, and deeply informative. Also, given the subject matter that Dave’s pressing ChatGPT on, it’s performance art.

Drimonis: 120 years later, Greek community continues to flourish montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

Alberta as the 51st State: Jeff Rath’s MAGA Fever Dream The quotes in this essay are Rath's own words, transcribed from CTV News interviews. Words matter and Rath's conspiracy rhetoric is downright frightening. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/albera-as-...

A young great horned owl roosts in the saddle of cottonwood tree in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #BrownIsBeautiful #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #owl #owls #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature

1) The Douglas Mental Health University Institute, which was founded in 1881, hasn't undergone much renovation since Queen Victoria was alive. On Monday, the ceilings literally caved in. See my story below about Quebec's crumbling medical infrastructure.👇 montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

Anti-science BS a feature of fascism. Let’s keep fighting for the light. 💪

As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the 'middle powers' face a grave new challenge #cdnpoli #canada #boycottusa www.bbc.com/news/article...

Why teens with ADHD are so vulnerable to the perils of social media www.nature.com/articles/d41... "...focusing on the types of digital-media use patterns and content that may be most harmful — and intervening there — is likely where the future lies."

My old boss at Reuters. Hard story to read. This is a precarious business in very precarious times.

This piece by Matt Bruenig is essential reading for AI skeptics on the left. You may or may not agree with the arguments, but very much worth taking seriously. mattbruenig.com/2026/01/19/s...

After all the heartbreak and horror of the world this week - a reminder of why Canada, and the idea of Canada, really matters. We aren’t trying to be great again - just trying to make a better country, every day. Sending this out with love and hope. #Canada #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp #Alberta #refugees

#SLCN (speech, Language and Communication Needs) are the most common SEND, but many continue to think of them as not that serious. However in 2023-24 just 27.6% of those with SLCN achieved grades 4 and above in maths and English. This needs to change!

Les enfants qui ont été exposés à la covid lors de la gestation peuvent avoir des retards sur le développement du cerveau, la cognition et la santé émotionnelle. 52 % des enfants ont maintenant des retards à deux ans comparativement à 14 % avant la pandémie.

'A lifeline to the land and to the people': Radio's role in the culture of northern #Saskatchewan Radio stations provide critical link in remote communities www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Well it came in right before the deadline but this is the dumbest fucking thing I've read all year, and I don't doubt it for a second.

Les patrons des plus grandes entreprises du Québec devraient gagner 236 fois plus que le salaire annuel moyen en 2026. Au deuxième jour de la nouvelle année, ils avaient déjà empoché l’équivalent de ce qu’un travailleur québécois moyen touche en 12 mois.

Happy new year! If your eyes glaze over when people start talking philosophy in research, then read this! Proud to have been a co-author on this paper explaining why the assumptions we make about the world matter for our research bjgp.org/content/76/7...

The social impacts of speech sound disorder (SSD) are underexplored, especially in young children. Two tasks eliciting preschoolers' social judgments of SSD speech revealed a preference for typical speech as early as age 4. https://on.asha.org/4spAO7I @mhhenry.bsky.social ‬

“The reality is that there are those outside our borders who appear determined to harm Canada by spreading disinformation about our country and sowing division among our citizens…” #ableg #cdnpoli www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025...

If writing is about pattern-matching, what separates the language produced by humans from that of machines? Author and editor André Forget argues the difference comes down not to brilliance but biology. thewalrus.ca/if-chatbots-can-...

I was on the #RCSLT podcast to discuss our #IJLCD paper where we identified 6 questions we can ask parents of 2-3-year-olds that have >70% sensitivity and specificity for predicting language outcome 8 years later when the child is 11-12yo #DLD #DevLangDis 1/3 www.buzzsprout.com/1211822/epis...

When Matthew Cardinal received an email marked “urgent,” asking if one of his songs could be played in the show "Stranger Things," he didn’t believe it was real at first. “It’s so weird, like, all the things that had to happen just for them to hear my music.” indiginews.com/arts/cree-co...

Time to switch article submission as well as referee reports to handwritten bluebooks. blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/13/l...

More from @aptninvestigates.bsky.social’s special focus on dismantling residential school denialism: www.aptnnews.ca/investigates...

This 5-minute video is a good overview of what’s happening in Quebec around abortion with Bill 1 (and also Bill 2). Pro-choice advocates fear if Quebec writes abortion back into the law, even with the goal of protecting it, it could backfire — pointing to the U.S. as an example of what can go wrong.

"In 2018, I was homeless in Toronto, haunted by undiagnosed mental and physical maladies. This is the story of three winter days I spent wandering the city’s streets" AT NIGHT, I SCREAMED AT THE STARS by Andrew W Boyd Taken from our Dec issue, out today. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/at-n...

Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar: I was watching this Grizzly Bear and her cub when she stopped for a moment, sat up, and seemed to just take in the view as the sun began to set. #wildlife

Au déchirant souvenir des féminicides de Polytechnique se greffe trop souvent depuis plus de 30 ans un pénible rappel annuel des espoirs déçus. L'éditorial de Marie Vastel.

This flight just landed. The Indigenous items are back on Turtle Island where they belong. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen....

Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago. Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.

A new paper linking #apraxia and #dcd onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

This was a fun & seething & so very cathartic read

“Every year, when I see 14 beams of light projected into the sky above Mount Royal, I have to catch my breath. “36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.” An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social. #December6

Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

Incredible! So osteopathy and theology are now 'professional', but architecture and engineering are not?

Women-dominated professions.

Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!

Hard, good reading by Jeet Heer www.thenation.com/article/soci...