This guy fucking sucks and I kinda think PP would have been better because then at least we would have all known that he sucks.

🇨🇦's #BillC22 is entering committee study this week - and we're hearing it may become law by end of the month. We never say this: but this is the worst, most privacy-breaking bill we've seen. It MUST be stopped. Speak up against it and read on to learn more: www.openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky 1/

The biggest story about data safety you are missing right now is Lawful Access, Bill -C22, and the threat it poses to us all. @davidwcochrane.bsky.social

If you’re looking for a hands-on evaluation textbook that also tackles today’s real-world challenges, this new release is worth checking out. It is free, published by @uvic.ca libraries: dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/11a8fa...

The data gets even more granular. We can know that the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap region has a MVI death rate 13X South Vancouver Island/Vancouver, and like 20X that of Richmond (the safest area thats tracked in this document)

At the very end of this article we learn that the Auditor General used AI to write a report about the problems of using AI in health care. 🫠 Most of us have only had a few yrs of exposure to AI and we can't even avoid using it when we're talking about whether or not to avoid using it.

🧵 Why are we suing the Calgary Police? It’s hard to describe what happens to you physiologically while being smeared in public by powerful people. It’s a mix of uncertainty, fear, frustration, rage, indignation, and anguish, on a thick layer of pity — for self and others you know are in it, too. 1/

A weird thing happens when you go through something like that but powerful people say you didn’t. You watch reality get swallowed, digested, and reconstituted by power in real time. I think a lot more people can see that now, two years on. 4/

I agree with @zey.bsky.social on this point. And here is one practical example of a serious side effect of the "don't panic" credo www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Well... there might be exceptions to that rule. Because I think the term “Mildly Dead" is a fantastic fit for public health.

Satire Creators Urge CDC and WHO To Slow Down With All The Source Material Please

The four Canadians who were onboard the Hantavirus Cruise will isolate in Victoria under the guidance of Bonnie Henry. Oh boy … I really hope hantavirus doesn’t have the potential for an epidemic because those sure are the conditions for one to happen.

I don't think this outbreak will expand, but we are choosing to provide opportunities. I hope we make an effort to learn how to be a bit smarter next time. That includes compelling cruise ships to carry respirator masks as safety equipment. They evidently aren't going to do it on their own. 8/8

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Congratulations to our very own Dr. Leanne Kelly, recipient of the Nəc̓əmaat kʷəns čeʔi ʔay̓ šqʷeləqʷən | ĆȺNEUEL OL ÍY, ŚḰÁLEȻEN | Work together with a good heart and mind Award for Decolonization and Indigenous Anti-Racism! Read more here: www.uvic.ca/.../reach-aw... #uvicnursing #schoolofnursing

« Pour nous, c’est un combat de tous les jours. Et pourtant, malgré la peur, je vous le confesse : j’adore pédaler dans ma ville. Je vous souhaite d’un jour faire l’expérience de cette joie indicible : dévaler une côte, le vent caressant votre visage, le soleil chauffant votre peau. »

How not to love media outlets discussing the size and weight of NHL players ... right in front of an Ozemp*c ad. Irony is dead

International students have been the political scapegoat for federal govt, who introduced a cap on visas citing pressures on healthcare put by students. Yet, FOI'd data shows international students have contributed nearly half a billion dollars directly to BC healthcare in the last 7 years. #bcnews

The cleaners around the world sent in to clean surfaces for diseases that transmit by air, with who knows what respiratory protection, if any, are in harms way for NO REASON AT ALL.

Keep in mind that this is precisely the type of testing that @daniellesmithab.bsky.social ’s government wants to expand, using it as a carrot to push people toward private services.

Even the Pope can't get decent customer service

so sorry.

Hantavirus Probably Not Airborne, Say Experts, Though Not In The Same Sense Covid Was Not Airborne

Huge BDS victory on the heels of May Day! BC Nurses Union passes a member-led resolution to no longer invest internal union funds in companies profiting from occupation of Palestine. This come after 2.5 years of organizing by nurses in BC.

Remind me... what is it called again when a group of people, chosen for their religious, ethnic, or cultural identity, are systematicly removed or "cleaned" from a geographic area?

Egads 😬

Few things drive me as crazy as people thinking bike racks should be cute public art projects. Bonus points for designers who have apparently never actually tried to actually use a u-lock in their lives... (I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU, FORMS+SURFACES. YES, YOU: www.forms-surfaces.com/bike-garden-...)

Including data from 2015 vs. 2025, the USA now clusters with Gabon & El Salvador in academic freedom. Analytics courtesy of @vdeminstitute.bsky.social from Figure 5 of their full report.

The fact there is someone who spent time developing that website makes me feel less lonely on this planet.

My latest: Does increasing family doctors’ pay increase access? Evidence from B.C. says ‘no’ Simply increasing physician pay, absent structural changes to primary care organization, isn’t delivering results, and it comes at a hefty cost. www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/22/d...

how it feels to say "sprezzatura"

This piece makes a crucial point: in the AI era, evidence no longer speaks for itself. The provenance is everything. But that cuts against every trend in modern society. We will have to re-empower the institutions we still have to create a shared understanding of truth, like libraries.

"It's actually enraging how the World Bank can suddenly change its mind about industrial policy like "Oops, for the past 45 years we systematically prevented you from using the most obvious tool for sovereign development, keeping you stuck in poverty and dependency, lol".- @jasonhickel.bsky.social

When it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. (Did we mention that repetition works?) #UrbanTruth

Call me crazy but I don't love the new reality of Canada essentially being run by the Conservative Lite™ Party with only the Conservative Normal™ Party to fecklessly scream at them for the next three years! It's not, I think, ideal!

Bro just do pharmacare. My family actually uses medicine. If we want confidently wrong answers to life's questions, I'm a dad, I can generate them on demand.

Students were told for a decade about how incredibly important free speech on campus was. And then it wasn't. What lessons did we teach students over the last year? If you are a student today, do you feel confident that the government, media and university will support your speech rights?

Pour ceux qui suivent ce qui se passe en Ontario, il y a un nouveau modèle de rémunération pour les médecins de famille. L'OMA met de l'avant $438 000 par an de facturation moyenne en travaillant moins de 26 heures par semaine... Dure vie Dr.B dure vie…

Oversize items you need to carry across town? A cargo bike is the way to go*. * And for the record, I do own a pick-up truck. But within the city the cargo bike is as fast and so much more fun.

The blog linked below is my read of the day. And the deadpan despaired irony made me laugh out loud.

Three Canadian Provinces are on Board with Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios. Here’s How Implementation is Going. Manitoba just tabled legislation, while BC and Nova Scotia have implemented ratios through collective agreements. pressprogress.ca/three-canadi...

Doctors Baffled By Everything Now

I've been getting quite a few questions from press, etc. and so wrote up something a little bit longer here: cooperativeoverlapping.substack.com/p/a-fuller-s...

This is a must read paper IMHO

Why Long Covid awareness matters: “around 1.2 million additional doctor visits compared to what was expected based on 2010-19. The increase is across all age groups for respiratory infections, fatigue, psychological symptoms, and cognitive issues.” Sounds a heck of a lot like my Long Covid.