"culture war" is a euphemism for fights picked by fascists

Can't publish science without political approval, what could go wrong [🎁]

Observe the warning signs of fascism. And yes Canada, that includes you too. #cdnpoli 👇

Canada could help mitigate the damage to US education and global R&D by massively expanding our post-secondary education sector. Unfortunately our leaders see government spending, esp on education, as inherently wasteful, to be minimized, not as investments that create new markets and opportunities.

The time to invest in Canada's future is now. Only the state can play this role. Instead, gov'ts are slashing the university sector. Carney has our civil service focused inward on DOGE-esque waste elimination when they should be developing innovative moonshots to strengthen Canada and the economy.

When Facebook makes you furious and Tik Tok ticks you off, here’s what you can do, says Dr. @jhodson.bsky.social, Canada Research Chair in Digital Misinformation, Polarization and Anti-Social Media. @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social

Disappointingly, Canada too engages in immigration fear-mongering. "Alberta will soon have citizenship markers on its driver’s licences and other identification cards, but some experts are concerned this could lead to discrimination for non-citizens." nowtoronto.com/news/experts...

@amnesty.org has released a report on the "global political economy” enabling genocide against Palestinians. The report names Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Elbit Systems, Hyundai and Palantir, among others.

Wellness influencers aren’t selling health — they’re selling fear for profit. NYT Opinion exposes the same toxic playbook I flagged in Food Evolution + Shot in the Arm. Thanks @astocktonfilms @derekberes @nytopinion! #ToxicLieOfTheWeek

the best way to make sure that you and your loved ones survive isn't to grab a gun and go shooting wildly. it's to make connections in your community, talk to your neighbors, organize in all forms of life. we need to help the people most vulnerable, and we need to build a new future

U.S. visitors to Canada outnumber Canadians in U.S. in rare reversal www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Chatbots can help clinicians practice talking to patients about difficult topics, like vaccines. In @ca.theconversation.com, RRU Assoc. Prof. @jhodson.bsky.social and researchers from @mit.edu and Duke University, wrote about the benefits of these tools.

Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...

Can AI chatbots be useful for training clinicians to have better conversations with vaccine skeptical patients? We think yes! theconversation.com/chatbots-can...

1/ Here’s the truth about policing in America, & why you should care even if you’re white, housed, documented, & not wealthy. Policing was never about protecting the public. It was built to control people. That control now targets all who defy the ruling class. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

Wow no one could have predicted this. I’m sure AI will fix all this up. futurism.com/computer-sci...

It is surreal to be bombarded with constant op-eds about how we must finally admit that lockdowns, mask mandates and school closures didn't work. Yes they did! COVID death rates were driven by lax policy and low compliance, mostly in red areas. acasignups.net/23/03/01/mar...

For decades, science-policy experts have worried that breakthrough findings are harder to come by, in turn feeding into slower economic growth. It’s a theme that some of the world’s most powerful science officials are harping on today. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Canadian doctors have been watching the evolution of the problem and are sounding the alarm: Private equity should be opposed in the delivery of medically necessary, publicly-funded healthcare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/canadian_doc...

If you don’t want to take the booster don’t. But to prevent adults from having the choice is depraved.

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HHS to stop recommending routine Covid shots for children, pregnant people, RFK Jr. ally says www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/c... @isabellacueto.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

A company you've never heard of -- co-owned by Air Canada and eight other major carriers -- is quietly selling detailed passenger records and itineraries to ICE and other U.S. agencies. Reporter @katyaschwenk.bsky.social sounds the alarm on @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/air... (THREAD)

Plagiarism machines have stolen every word I've ever written, including my book, without 1 penny of compensation, no consent. They're using the life's work of countless writers to spit out garbage--dangerous garbage. And the con artists running this scam are ruining the environment to do all that 🤮

“Today’s A.I. bots are based on complex mathematical systems that learn their skills by analyzing enormous amounts of digital data. They do not — and cannot — decide what is true and what is false. … On one test, the hallucination rates of newer A.I. systems were as high as 79 percent.”

Scammers often begin by creating dozens of fake Facebook pages and lookalike websites mimicking real news or government sites. These deceive users and evade Meta’s systems. But setting up fake pages and sites is just the first step in their scheme.

we are at the "ai is here to stay" part of the vc cycle by the way, it's about to get dumped spectacularly

I wish he wasn't bringing his vitriolic act back to parliament. He is not a statesman or even remotely interested in cooperation with other parties for the betterment of Canadians. #cdnpoli #CarneyCan thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

As the planet burns…

I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight. 1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms" 2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral 3) How tools are productized is not neutral [rant]

Gen Z and conservatives show higher misinformation susceptibility, large-scale study finds www.psypost.org/gen-z-and-co... via @psypost.bsky.social "...scores generally decreased as individuals identified further towards the conservative end of the spectrum."

Elon Musk: “I work 180 hours a week and have 14ish kids. Why can’t everyone else work 180 hours a week and have 14ish kids?” The pile of 100 billion dollars in the corner of his bedroom: “I dunno man, it just doesn’t make sense…”

makes me think of when uber claimed AI was checking drivers’ photos and it was actually click workers somewhere in the global south

"Who Stands to Win in Poilievre’s Canada: Social Media Giants. Big social media and streaming companies will be deregulated, at Canadians’ expense" macleans.ca/politics/who...

“The right wing aesthetic project is to flood the zone with bullshit in order to erode the intellectual foundations for resisting political cruelty”

The stock market is something we watch and feel and measure, so its collapse is well-tracked. But when you see the charts of a straight downward trajectory, they also summarize what’s happening with cancer research, academic freedom, basic rights, America’s standing in the world, and so much more.

You guys, they're not stupid They're doing propaganda When they lie through their teeth, they are doing propaganda Do you think the people behind Big Brother in 1984 were stupid? Big Brother says lots of nonsensical shit. It's called p r o p a g a n d a

“Dancing on the graves of lifesaving programs for kids is not something you can easily do with a conscience. But there is one set of feelings Musk is uniquely attuned to: his own.” Must read by @timothypmurphy.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Study: Modeling impact of misinformation during epidemic via @nature.com "...result in an additional 14% of the population becoming infected—nearly 47 million Americans..." Price tag of vaccine misinformation = $143B "...an alarming bound on the harm of exposure to online vaccine misinformation."

If you are worried about disinformation and media manipulation in this election give a pass to @ctvyourmorning.bsky.social They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social She is a truth teller. CTV is not.

Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...

Trans people have a right to live full and fulfilled lives without having to constantly defend their right to exist. Trans rights are human rights. #TransgenderDayofVisibility

DANGER: Cancer doesn’t operate on narratives, and it doesn’t operate according to the far-fetched theories of cure-all hucksters. It is a biological malignance best combated through the prism of medical science. By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Exactly, years of reactionary centrist hand-wringing have trained the population to see a textbook authoritarian crackdown as merely an overreaction to a legitimate threat. "Sure, foreign students are being disappeared. But weren't they rabid antisemites and aspiring totalitarians?"