A new and deeper analysis of Finland's basic income experiment has found that poor mental health was 33% lower (8 points) in the basic income group, whose only difference from the control group was UNCONDITIONALITY. Both groups got the same amount of monthly cash. www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/worki...

“What our paper, I think, makes fairly clear is that there’s pretty much an utter failure of environmental management regulation and enforcement in relation to coal mining,” thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal...

A.I. Slop - Beyond the Black Void

People aren't getting it. Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US. Yay, right? The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.

Narrator: They did not learn any lessons from COVID. "Wash your hands" and "don't panic" is as far as they ever got with infection control. www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Been watching my Wife play 'Sackboy' on the #ps5, and I gotta say, that's a great looking and sounding game. The textures are spot on, and it's got a banging little soundtrack. It also looks pretty tough in places.. lol If you haven't, maybe check it out. #gaming

Public health officials need to admit to the public and their political masters that the old ways don’t work anymore. They need to admit that they cannot do it alone. They need to ask for and accept support from other fields, like engineering and industrial hygiene. We need all the expertise.

On my third play through of #outerworlds2 and I have to say, if you have only played through this game once, you are missing out. One thing I have noticed on this playthrough is that my character has dialogue alluding to past outcomes. Or future outcomes for characters. #ps5 #gaming

Kicking the day off at 8c, with both rain and wind warnings. Wind: up to 100kmhr out of the west Rain: 60mm by tomorrow morning. Hold on to ur buttz. (Pic is from yesterday) #victoriabc #vancouverisland #bcstorm #pnw #weather #photo #phonephotography #photography #landscapephotography

UN resolution to establish an international day against colonialism in all its forms. Voted against: USA, Israel Abstained: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, basically all of Europe, Japan, etc.

"COVID alters brain structure long after infection, new Qld study finds" "Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms." Source: archive.md/JURHA

A lot of strange shit is going to start happening as we get closer to the release of The Epstein files.

There is always a leader. When public health steps aside like this, the most powerful voice in the room steps in. Big corporations. Dark money. Your Uncle that got his data from “trust me bro” sources. #PublicHealth

💔💔💔 This was a public health policy choice. Sacrificing children on the altar of anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, and pro-infection Hybrid Immunity™️ and immunity debt pushers. A pox on all your houses.

So I guess we can get around the text limit to some degree by using alt text.

Just because you’re a professor and you hold the opinion that masks don’t work doesn’t make you a “top scientist”.

Kicking the day off at 10c, heavy rain at times, and a bit of a breeze in #victoriabc Seriously, the rain woke me up twice this morning. It was pounding. #bcstorm #pnw #vancouverisland #weather

Wrappin' up the evening with a under-90-minute classic 1994s Dumb And Dumber youtu.be/l13yPhimE3o?...

BREAKING Film director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found stabbed to death at home, sources say - TMZ

Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it. They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!

NEW: Murder investigation launched after 2 people found dead at home of film director Rob Reiner. Victims not yet identified, ages match those of Reiner and his wife - KABC

So is Rob Reiner dead? Or?

It's funny to watch the Greens hold multiple maskless, COVID denying super spreader events, and they think they are the "alt" choice. L.M.F.A.O

First #movie of the night comes to us from 1992 An absolute classic The Muppet Christmas Carol #xmas #filmsky #nowwatching youtu.be/pNo-Q0IDJi0?...

#TheChairCompany is so fucking weird and awesome.

I just can't take windows 11 bullshit anymore. Perma down(up)grading to windows 10.

With Norovirus Surging This Christmas, Health Officials Advise ‘Consider Washing Your Hands After Pooping’

Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party

Wooohooo! 10 days till we can open the gifts that we bought ourselves.. 😎🎄🎁

I feel seen.

The Running Man is Edgar Wright's least inspired effort. Still enjoyed it for the most part.

Florida, catching up to BC under the NDP. [Yes, for the myopic partisans (but I repeat myself) it was the same under everyone else, too. But the NDP have been in power for a DECADE. I've begged them to implement a school vaxx mandate in the midst of our current measles outbreak. Have you?]

"I'm old enough to know when life is coming at me with its pants down." Tonight's holiday flick is 2015s Krampus #filmsky #horror #xmas #physicalmedia #movies

🔬⚗️👩‍🔬 Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis. Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential. www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...

This.

RIP Peter Greene. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Never, ever look to a physician for preventative advice. Physicians do not do prevention. They do aftercare. "The vaccine I gave you will help, AFTER you've been infected!" Don't want to get infected in the first place? Follow engineering advice. Wear an N95. Clean indoor public air. ASHRAE 241!

A new episode of #BadMovieBible dropped!! #movies #filmsky youtu.be/fRq61RMwXEU?...

A cool overcast pink sky in #Victoriabc I couldn't really capture it with a pic.

🤖🫧💥 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Moar #bloomscrollong #naturephotography #teampixel #victoriabc #phonephotography #photography

Mid December flowers. #bloomscrolling #victoriabc #flowers #vancouverisland #canada #phonephotography #photography

I dont wanna hear anything from Mr. "I took a check from The Saudis."

I sometimes wonder if non-maskers understand that they aren’t waiting us out to stop, we are waiting them out to start (again). We, as a society, are clearly in the “find out” phase of COVID.

"We had to vote Liberal no matter what to stop the Conservatives!" "It doesn't matter if they cross the floor and create a majority because we actually vote for local MPs, not parties." Same people.

So, last night the ruling ABC Vancouver party and mayor cut short a crucial public hearing by 4 hours so they could attend the Christmas party of the real estate developers' assn (UDI). There was a motion to keep the hearing going, but they voted it down. #vanpoli. #vanre

Got an Xmas gift early, so we are rewatching 1996's classic Christmas action thriller... The Long Kiss Goodnight (It looks sooooooo good, bitrates in the high 80s, low 90s) #xmasmovies #movies #filmsky #nowwatching #physicalmedia

"Hi, I'm Lenny Kravitz, ask your parents about me" -Lenny, probably #thegameawards #gaming

The number of people living with long Covid in the U.S. is greater than the entire population of Canada

Cases continue to rise, finally breaking 400 despite every attempt to avoid reporting them accurately by the BC NDP's CDC. They've apparently decided that around 10 new cases per week is an acceptable number, real or imaginary. Assuming they are doing anything to stop the spread, we can predict...