Imagine believing that using text-generating machines to perform clinical assessments & replace expert advice from real, qualified humans could improve health care. Such machines will deskill experts & surely kill. And you can bet the machines & their makers won’t be held accountable.

TL;DR/Moral of the Story/Whatever THIS is what MSFT and others are pushing. It's not a value add. It's a broken, planet destroying plagiarism engine built on theft. And now, it just makes unprompted changes to things we're responsible for. Why exactly? Reasons, I guess. Cast it into the sun.

No to all of this.

Unexpectedly, it’s @science.org heralding the arrival of the post-science era, legitimizing & obfuscating what LLMs are and do by publishing quotes claiming there’s such a thing as ‘AI-generated knowledge’ and asserting ‘AI [will be] doing a lot of research’. No, to all of this.

‘LLMs are structurally indifferent to truth’ - @anthonymoser.com

Let's not immediately assume AI is the solution to every problem, especially in health, where AI cause harm and has the potential to amplify existing health inequities. Let’s listen to communities first.

Something is terribly wrong. Canada needs interventions to safeguard first-food systems. Infants has a right to food, and families have a right to feed.

‘What makes AI so compelling is not simply faith in technology but the way it suggests we can improve medicine by leapfrogging the difficult work of structural change to confront disease-causing inequality, corporate interests and oligarchic power.’ - @eric-reinhart.com

Cleaner air isn't a personal health choice, it's something that needs the broad mandate of the state to accomplish. But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.

This is why everything in public health seems to boil down to "raising awareness" of healthy vs unhealthy choices. But individual awareness is meaningless without robust public health infrastructure. Everything from air quality to food to physical activity is heavily shaped by societal factors.

We've had decades now to witness the effects of "raising awareness" on public health issues that are not individually controllable (eg: food deserts). The pandemic should have made clear that "individualized public health" is an oxymoron. When will we admit that this is a failed approach?

Seems very timely "What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been." —  Jason Stanley. How Fascism Works en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...

🎯 The False Promise of “AI for Social Good” by @abeba.bsky.social @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/aiw0HCS

Each of us must find our work and do it. Happy Labor Day.

‘The key thing is this is not about all of humanity creating these threats. It is not about human nature. It is about small groups who bring out the worst in us, competing for profit and power and covering all [the risks] up.’ @dpcarrington.bsky.social

New @nejm.org report shows a rapid rise in tetM-carrying Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains in the U.S. jumping from <10% in 2020 to >30% by early 2024. Why? Likely linked to our increased use of doxycycline both for STI treatment and DoxyPEP. #MedSky #IDSky www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

“Desperate, hungry people in Gaza continue to face the inhumane choice of either starving to death or risk being killed while trying to get food.”

‘In these harrowing days of calculated overwhelm, our job is to resist consent manufacturing and calls to craven acquiescence.’ - Kaveh Akbar

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

call me crazy but I don't think we should.

I came across this post by @mollyhoushgordon.bsky.social this am & it resonated deeply:

A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

The crew of the Madleen deserves all of our love and solidarity. They knew they were on a dangerous path, but also understood the necessity of trying. The siege of Gaza must end, aid must be delivered, and the crew of the Madleen must be freed.

Update from Freedom Flotilla Coalition Press Officer, Hay Sha Wiya: "The Madleen is currently under assault in international waters. Quadcopters are surrounding the ship, spraying it with a white paint-like substance. Communications are jammed, and disturbing sounds are being played over the radio."

After hearing this incredible lecture by @ruha9.bsky.social, I began listening to the audiobook of ‘Viral Justice’. What a brilliant tome.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond catastrophic. Over 600 days of hostilities, coupled with severe restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian relief, continue to inflict immense & widespread suffering on civilians. Read more: http://ms.spr.ly/63326ScHaY

Heartened to see @cmadocs.bsky.social dusting off its capacity for moral clarity & taking principled action. I support this challenge. However, given CMA’s refusal to decry the targeted destruction of Gaza’s health system & workers, I’m redirecting my 2025 annual dues to @egalecanada.bsky.social.

Palestinians deserve to live. Palestinians deserve to live with dignity. Palestinians deserve to live with food, water, shelter, and proper medical care. Palestinians deserve to live with freedom from occupation and apartheid.

By now you have heard that the pandemic is over, indeed, by now everyone has heard that the pandemic is over, and yet the new variant is a reminder that even though everyone has heard that the pandemic is over, the virus isn’t listening.

'Seemingly small steps in the direction of fascism or freedom matter' - @ruha9.bsky.social

Costello: "The flow of aid is grossly inadequate." 11/11 People are starving, with little clean water and hardly any medications, when enough of all this stuff is right there at the border waiting to be let in. Let it in.

I should have said: ‘in case you’re *also* confused.’ I was befuddled by the tagline. Several questions crossed my mind re: intended meaning & interpretation including: Is the message that measles spreads via hugging? Is the corollary that measles can be avoided by NOT being a human jungle gym?

Spotted in London, Ontario. In case you’re confused and looking for a clear & logical rationale for vaccination, it might be helpful to know that: 🔴 measles is spreading in southwestern Ontario; and, 🔴 measles is an *airborne*, highly contagious & deadly virus.

As of May 3rd, 2025, a total of 1,846 MEASLES CASES have been reported in 2025 alone by 7 jurisdictions. This effectively makes it the worst outbreak Canada has ever faced since measles was declared eliminated in 1998.

We need to stop saying “these interventions don’t work”. These are harm-producing interventions enabled by policies that frame certain individuals as undeserving of health and safety. They function as designed. End.

‘This Mother’s Day, let’s commit to fighting for progressive family policies and reproductive health and rights for all. These are the gifts that keep on giving and the protections we need to push back the far right everywhere.’ @policyalternatives.ca @kjscott.bsky.social

“AI is in some ways perfect for the “post-fact era.” ….

Counterpoint: we could alternatively do less-than-nothing at all, and see how it all shakes out? CO2 depicted is from a funeral home in Essex County, ON. Is there an ongoing outbreak of a highly infectious pathogen in the area? 🤷‍♀️

The U.S. government encouraged people to report on doctors in Canada who provide gender-affirming care to children—signalling a chilling new cross-border reach in its anti-trans agenda breachmedia.ca/trump-admin-...

Our actions today to turn away from established and effective prevention will doom our grandchildren to a future shouldering risks and burdens that we've forgotten the weight of /end

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

‘Frankenstein’s monster … was a kind of social outsider … rejected by the same society that created him. It always works like this: First we create the social suffering, then we fear and loathe those who suffer.’ - @garthmullins.bsky.social 🎯

Because if I wanted someone to confidently make up answers to my questions I would simply ask a man

Thrilled to see the pregnancy and parental leave improvements that @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social announced today. Improving parental leave is an essential step on the road to a more equitable and sustainable profession. www.oma.org/practice-pro...

On this day in 1999 the Admiral Duncan gay bar in London’s Soho was hit by a nail bomb, planted by a far right terrorist. It followed similar attacks in Brixton and Brick Lane. Three people were killed and more than 70 injured. The fight against anti-LGBTQ hate is a fight for our safety, our lives.

If my rights as a trans woman are able to be removed in an instant, yours can too In today’s independent: m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...