The precautionary principle is probably the most important piece of a public health response to an outbreak and seeing the trusty credentialed clown car of media favourites bust out the same “what’re ya gonna do lol 🤷‍♂️” is frustrating after what they should have learned from SARS and SARS2

Louise Arbour: champion of international law and unwavering defender of civil liberties and of oppressed minorities. Here is a short profile of Canada's new Governor-General that I wrote for The Lancet in 2018. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com

Louise Arbour, a former Supreme Court of Canada justice who later served as a UN commissioner and war crimes prosecutor, has been named Canada’s new Governor-General, by @ianabailey.bsky.social @stephanielevitz.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com

I'd rather airports be run as not for profits that would put their 'surplus' into regular maintenance, needed upgrades, good pay for workers & be required to partner with local charities to provide them stable funding.

“Twitter perpetuates the false narrative that far-right views are normal Canadian values, and that they’re under attack — all while demonizing everyone else. In doing so, they undermine people’s faith in democracy. “Fascists have been doing this for over a century, only the technology has changed.”

“The response shouldn't be to…doubly punish victims who are already victimized by the harassment…,by then forcing them to make themselves smaller” @rachelgilmore.bsky.social “Nearly 1/2of female journalists &media wrkrs said they self-censor on soc media due to online violence—an ⬆️from 30%in 2020”🧪

Great interview. "One of the things about Americans that makes them vulnerable is their exceptionalism. They tend to say, "Well, it happens in other countries but it can't happen here…" The moment you say, "it can't happen here" is the moment you're asking it to happen here." It can happen here.

Truly recommend reading this 6min article to restore your confidence in justice and the goodness of the people in leadership positions

Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is a reminder: this risk is not limited to fire zones — it’s a national health issue. Research from #ClimateCentral shows that: 🔥 Exposure is 4x higher than in the late 2000s 🔥 164K U.S. deaths linked to smoke (with about 15K tied to climate change)

The wait is almost over, hackers! 👾 868-BACK is releasing May 28th! Play the free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...

What I would like to see is a retrofit high mileage Chevy Spark EV replacement battery so all those used vehicles could still be on the road .

🇺🇸 "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" - Statue of Liberty plaque 2026: www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/p...

We're hearing reports that piping plovers are making their way back to Ontario. Their return could look a little different in Wasaga Beach, since the endangered bird is no longer landing in a protected provincial park. Here's why: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...

Wrong way train going the wrong way.

We’re pleased to see the government took the CMA’s recommendation to make changes to the Disability Tax Credit that will simplify the process for people with disabilities and their health care providers. Important work gets done when doctors and policy makers work together.

Making Alberta the Florida of Canada.

This naturopath was charging parents about $15,000 to give his nephew's poop to children as a treatment for autism. His lawyer argued that he should be allowed to since naturopathy isn't scientific anyway. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Study reframes aging narrative: Many older adults improve in later life healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/04... "...participants who held more positive beliefs about aging at the outset were significantly more likely to improve in cognitive and physical function..." Love this message! 💪❤️

Is it good when a literal king has to remind Americans that even his monarchy finds all of this groveling a little gross?

Canadian COVID Forecast: Apr 25 - May 8, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: NL, SK MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC About 1 in 248 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Fracking is bad.

It’s not hard to do the correct thing and give good advice. Bravo to this awesome health department! 👏👏👏

Replaceable batteries with shock resistant cases & screens would be nice too. Every phone I've had lately needs a add on screen protector & a shock resistant case to protect it & make it less slippery to hold.

The Americans are once again escalating their threat against Canada. It is going to get more intense. There is a reason that PM Carney invoked the story of Sir Isaac Brock in defending our land from invasion. My latest. youtu.be/Yht75wfSPKI?...

Smith’s creeping Americanization of Alberta goes well beyond culture wars and legal skirmishes, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes. Her government has been busy with American-style attacks on healthcare, the judiciary and democracy itself.

Short course @mcgillspgh.bsky.social on Providing Health Care to Refugee, Immigrant and Migrant Populations June 17-19, 2026 www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Crusading doctor shares news of Thessalon teen’s petition for improved health care Sault Star story on Julian La Fortune’s efforts shared on X by Dr. Alan Drummond, past-president of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians www.saultstar.com/news/crusadi...

I was interviewed today by BBC Hereford & Worcester about the psychology behind helping others in the context of the recent #BostonMarathon The story starts about 22 minutes into the clip below & my interview is from 25.00-29.30. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Selling off the green spaces & waterfront to developer buddies & weakening environmental protections & monitoring. Sounds on brand for Ford's kleptocracy

They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas. You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.

#DougFord is the most corrupt premier in Ontario’s history. Given how many corrupt premiers have been in Ontario’s history (ie Ford’s mentor #MikeHarris), that’s saying quite a lot. Trying to use taxpayers for a $29M private jet that can’t even land in most Ontario airports?! #GravyPlane #Onpoli

The US attempting to shakedown and threaten its erstwhile number one ally and partner will reverberate for decades. Canada will be far stronger w other more reliable partners

The stretch of Wasaga Beach used by piping plovers is no longer protected under Ontario law. Environmental groups have asked the feds to issue an emergency order for the endangered bird's protection, before it migrates back to the beach. Now they're going to court. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...

“If we want Montreal to be a healthy, happy and viable metropolis a century from now, then Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada needs to make fighting climate change on a local level one of her top priorities.” #polmtl

Dear Universe, more pls. 🙏 In a world filled with hate, rage, greed, and preformative “optimization”, I love this…👇 www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

Ben Franklin, on why you should get your kids vaccinated: “In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation.

'Asymmetrical social copying drives behavioural cascades following a shock event' royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Introduction to @cliffstott.bsky.social & Ed Maguire's new book, 'Policing the crowd' available via Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Edwa...

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

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Monday reminder to get your spring Covid-19 vaccine. Available from your family physician or pharmacy. Seniors, Indigenous populations, LTC or other congregated living, and anyone who is immunocompromised should get their booster (six months since last dose), and first doses for infants 6m+

The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”

This is a nightmare: the destruction of Florida's orange industry. Tariffs, drought, deep freezes and a bacteria that is destroying the trees. They have lost 95% of production since 2003. 3/4s of growers are out of business. This is the dangerous eco-future staring us. slate.com/business/202...

1/3. And this is one more reason the war goes on in some form — people close to Trump are making money from it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Terminators in training now able to run down marathon runners. Coming to run you down soon.

There's big oil money to be made by disrupting big oil shipments & driving big oil prices through the roof.

Nothing says peace like blowing up the engine room of a foreign ship.

"(Here in Canada) oil and gas, which is largely foreign-owned, largely U.S.-owned, aren’t doing their part. (Instead)...increasing our emissions and ...demanding that Canadian taxpayers pay the bill for cleaning up the pollution they cause and building pipelines they won’t risk their own money on.”

War profiteers doing what they do.