Jenn Dowling-Medley
@aliasjdm.bsky.social
Law grad with background in biomedical engineering. Semi-retired sub-elite hobby jogger. Reformed MS Paint meme artist, irredeemable shitposter. Celiac advocate with inconvenient takes. Not legal or engineering advice.
I appreciate this example. One may note that my last name is the most common anglicized version of clan Ó Dúnlaing (other versions include Doolan or similar variations with similar phonetic results).
We need to change the way we use Indigenous names for streets, towns, buildings, etc... substack.com/@rjjago/note...?
Robert Jago (@rjjago)
Controversial Opinion: if you are naming something in the public realm in an Indigenous language, and that language doesn’t use the standard alphabet, it should come with a transliteration below it in...
substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I appreciate this example. One may note that my last name is the most common anglicized version of clan Ó Dúnlaing (other versions include Doolan or similar variations with similar phonetic results).
learning gain
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 1:32 AM
learning gain
Suggested that N95 mask mandates alone wouldn’t do much for transmission in daycares or institutional settings where the majority can’t mask or it’s unreasonable to expect this on a 24/7 basis.
This wasn’t funny but the response (“these are niche situations!”) was.
This wasn’t funny but the response (“these are niche situations!”) was.
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Suggested that N95 mask mandates alone wouldn’t do much for transmission in daycares or institutional settings where the majority can’t mask or it’s unreasonable to expect this on a 24/7 basis.
This wasn’t funny but the response (“these are niche situations!”) was.
This wasn’t funny but the response (“these are niche situations!”) was.
the fun thing about the Jon Stewart comments is when confronted about wearing a mask by strangers I actually do reply and they usually "suddenly have to go" because they didn't want an answer, just a bullying victim
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
the fun thing about the Jon Stewart comments is when confronted about wearing a mask by strangers I actually do reply and they usually "suddenly have to go" because they didn't want an answer, just a bullying victim
100%. Also to silence patients and their family members.
Influencers and grifters who spread misinformation are a danger but this isn't the way to deal with the problem.
Influencers and grifters who spread misinformation are a danger but this isn't the way to deal with the problem.
Before 2020 I might not have understood how badly this would be abused to silence scientists speaking out about the pseudoscience rampant in medical policy and guidance.
This is absolutely not a power the medical establishment that rejected the science showing COVID is airborne can be trusted with.
This is absolutely not a power the medical establishment that rejected the science showing COVID is airborne can be trusted with.
Policy on health is clearly broken - politicized, out of touch, reactive and slow. My recent keynote at the Canadian Biosafety Symposium took a big-picture look at how and why that's happening, and how we can turn things around.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
100%. Also to silence patients and their family members.
Influencers and grifters who spread misinformation are a danger but this isn't the way to deal with the problem.
Influencers and grifters who spread misinformation are a danger but this isn't the way to deal with the problem.
if someone tells you this about Montreal it's very important that you don't believe them!
December 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
if someone tells you this about Montreal it's very important that you don't believe them!
cosplaying 2001 by watching LOTR and Shrek in the same day 😂
2001 was the last year in which my life was whole, before things began to unravel
2001 was the last year in which my life was whole, before things began to unravel
December 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
cosplaying 2001 by watching LOTR and Shrek in the same day 😂
2001 was the last year in which my life was whole, before things began to unravel
2001 was the last year in which my life was whole, before things began to unravel
there's something unsettling about how some aspects of their facial features are kind of right but you (hopefully) know it's not actually them
Clicked on the Facebook app and this was the first post that popped up:
December 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
there's something unsettling about how some aspects of their facial features are kind of right but you (hopefully) know it's not actually them
Exactly.
There probably are some CC types who have some elements of contagion OCD or other mental health issues, but even where this is true it's not helping to mock them or to write think pieces that pathologize masking.
There probably are some CC types who have some elements of contagion OCD or other mental health issues, but even where this is true it's not helping to mock them or to write think pieces that pathologize masking.
Even if you truly think that all of these mask wearers are simply suffering from some type of delusion or mental disorder, do you really feel that subjecting them to public shaming and ridicule is the most appropriate course of action and in their best interest?
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Exactly.
There probably are some CC types who have some elements of contagion OCD or other mental health issues, but even where this is true it's not helping to mock them or to write think pieces that pathologize masking.
There probably are some CC types who have some elements of contagion OCD or other mental health issues, but even where this is true it's not helping to mock them or to write think pieces that pathologize masking.
One time there was a homeless woman in distress in front of my Ottawa apartment. While awaiting the ambulance with her we (me and some neighbours) asked if she had family who could take her in after she got released from hospital - she said she was originally from Pembroke.
Refusing to help the people in your own community is an abdication of the role of local government. Shame on Brockville city council. Do. Your. Job.
December 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One time there was a homeless woman in distress in front of my Ottawa apartment. While awaiting the ambulance with her we (me and some neighbours) asked if she had family who could take her in after she got released from hospital - she said she was originally from Pembroke.
Jon Stewart's son has celiac disease too. Proximity doesn't necessarily mean you get it.
(while it's not clear that celiac makes one "immunocompromised" in the covid sense, we do have a higher risk of hospitalization for the flu)
(while it's not clear that celiac makes one "immunocompromised" in the covid sense, we do have a higher risk of hospitalization for the flu)
We need those who claim to be “left” to stop punching down on the disabled, covid cautious and immune compromised.
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
December 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Jon Stewart's son has celiac disease too. Proximity doesn't necessarily mean you get it.
(while it's not clear that celiac makes one "immunocompromised" in the covid sense, we do have a higher risk of hospitalization for the flu)
(while it's not clear that celiac makes one "immunocompromised" in the covid sense, we do have a higher risk of hospitalization for the flu)
Sounds to me like staff over-indexed the normal EKG and bloodwork, and under-indexed his BP (210!).
Overcrowding and understaffing don't help but I suspect the root cause with a lot of these incidents is dogmatic reliance on flowcharts that may have blindspots
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Overcrowding and understaffing don't help but I suspect the root cause with a lot of these incidents is dogmatic reliance on flowcharts that may have blindspots
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
'I want justice': Wife demands answers and accountability after 44-year-old Edmonton man dies waiting in ER
A 44-year-old man has died after waiting for nearly eight hours for care at Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton
edmontonjournal.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sounds to me like staff over-indexed the normal EKG and bloodwork, and under-indexed his BP (210!).
Overcrowding and understaffing don't help but I suspect the root cause with a lot of these incidents is dogmatic reliance on flowcharts that may have blindspots
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Overcrowding and understaffing don't help but I suspect the root cause with a lot of these incidents is dogmatic reliance on flowcharts that may have blindspots
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
my unpopular take as someone whose jobs have often involved caring for people's kids (even if you go into STEM and sports it will happen lol) is that a parents often jack up their kids behaviour
My friends all say their children are terribly behaved despite the children being perfectly lovely whenever I’m over. Do babies gaslit their parents like this?
December 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
my unpopular take as someone whose jobs have often involved caring for people's kids (even if you go into STEM and sports it will happen lol) is that a parents often jack up their kids behaviour
Reposted by Jenn Dowling-Medley
Subplots:
- evidence doesn’t reach police because it’s sent as the boat enters an area with no reception and blanc doesn’t know about no wifi
- someone’s alibi about having a Phillips soda falls apart because blanc finds out none of the vending machines work
- someone stays below deck to nap
- evidence doesn’t reach police because it’s sent as the boat enters an area with no reception and blanc doesn’t know about no wifi
- someone’s alibi about having a Phillips soda falls apart because blanc finds out none of the vending machines work
- someone stays below deck to nap
Knives Out but the murder happens on a BC Ferry that Benoit Blanc is already on and the boat can’t dock until he solves the crime
In this scenario some people are headed to a retreat on a Gulf Island, there’s a high school sports team on board, and the car alarms never stop
In this scenario some people are headed to a retreat on a Gulf Island, there’s a high school sports team on board, and the car alarms never stop
December 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Subplots:
- evidence doesn’t reach police because it’s sent as the boat enters an area with no reception and blanc doesn’t know about no wifi
- someone’s alibi about having a Phillips soda falls apart because blanc finds out none of the vending machines work
- someone stays below deck to nap
- evidence doesn’t reach police because it’s sent as the boat enters an area with no reception and blanc doesn’t know about no wifi
- someone’s alibi about having a Phillips soda falls apart because blanc finds out none of the vending machines work
- someone stays below deck to nap
Reposted by Jenn Dowling-Medley
Update: @ottawacitizen.com has confirmed Kìwekì Point was not damaged by a snow plow but by a "ROGUE SCHOOL BUS":
"[The NCC] said that they are in contact with the police and have shared surveillance camera footage that shows 'a school bus illegally driving on the Kìwekì Point Pathway'.”
"[The NCC] said that they are in contact with the police and have shared surveillance camera footage that shows 'a school bus illegally driving on the Kìwekì Point Pathway'.”
December 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Update: @ottawacitizen.com has confirmed Kìwekì Point was not damaged by a snow plow but by a "ROGUE SCHOOL BUS":
"[The NCC] said that they are in contact with the police and have shared surveillance camera footage that shows 'a school bus illegally driving on the Kìwekì Point Pathway'.”
"[The NCC] said that they are in contact with the police and have shared surveillance camera footage that shows 'a school bus illegally driving on the Kìwekì Point Pathway'.”
the silver lining of not having access to a computer between 19 Dec-24 Dec was missing all the inevitable Lindt ball gluten posts
December 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
the silver lining of not having access to a computer between 19 Dec-24 Dec was missing all the inevitable Lindt ball gluten posts
She displayed a lot of self-control and restraint in that video.
While we don't know all the facts here I/my family have had many issues with triaging in Canadian hospitals. 1/a lot?
While we don't know all the facts here I/my family have had many issues with triaging in Canadian hospitals. 1/a lot?
💯 in the video she consented to post (linked in this article) she did not appear rude. She was being reasonable and assertive considering her husband was lying beside her on the bed dead 😢
Glad this is making world news
www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/D...
Glad this is making world news
www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/D...
Canada hospital killed him: Next to Indian-origin man’s body, wife recounts ordeal
A grieving widow’s emotional account of her husband’s final hours has triggered widespread outrage after a 44-year-old Indian-origin man died of a suspected car
www.newindianexpress.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
She displayed a lot of self-control and restraint in that video.
While we don't know all the facts here I/my family have had many issues with triaging in Canadian hospitals. 1/a lot?
While we don't know all the facts here I/my family have had many issues with triaging in Canadian hospitals. 1/a lot?
😢
Reminds me of this case:
torontolife.com/life/my-beau...
I read a different article, but I remember *instantly* realizing that she was poisoning herself when I read that she was getting sick, and then that her art involved grinding mussel shells without a respirator. But it took her 15 years.
torontolife.com/life/my-beau...
I read a different article, but I remember *instantly* realizing that she was poisoning herself when I read that she was getting sick, and then that her art involved grinding mussel shells without a respirator. But it took her 15 years.
My beautiful death - Toronto Life
I spent 15 years sanding and grinding mussel shells to create my sculptures. I had no idea they were slowly killing me
torontolife.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
😢
the beauty of the original Indiana Jones series is that aside from Temple of Doom, Dr Jones' involvement enables the Nazis
if he'd stayed home they probably never would have managed to access anything and way fewer significant cultural artifacts would have been destroyed lol
if he'd stayed home they probably never would have managed to access anything and way fewer significant cultural artifacts would have been destroyed lol
December 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
the beauty of the original Indiana Jones series is that aside from Temple of Doom, Dr Jones' involvement enables the Nazis
if he'd stayed home they probably never would have managed to access anything and way fewer significant cultural artifacts would have been destroyed lol
if he'd stayed home they probably never would have managed to access anything and way fewer significant cultural artifacts would have been destroyed lol
Some people: I will run on Xmas day because hashtag no days off
Me: I am full of cheese and already have heartburn, I will do movie marathon instead 😆
Me: I am full of cheese and already have heartburn, I will do movie marathon instead 😆
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Some people: I will run on Xmas day because hashtag no days off
Me: I am full of cheese and already have heartburn, I will do movie marathon instead 😆
Me: I am full of cheese and already have heartburn, I will do movie marathon instead 😆
Reposted by Jenn Dowling-Medley
Merry Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Merry Christmas
Lots of my ancestors died of GI cancer quite young and/or had sus health issues you might expect in someone with undiagnosed celiac. I didn’t die in my fist 24 years of mega gluten but things were going very rapidly downhill…
December 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Lots of my ancestors died of GI cancer quite young and/or had sus health issues you might expect in someone with undiagnosed celiac. I didn’t die in my fist 24 years of mega gluten but things were going very rapidly downhill…
Say what you will about King Charles but his Christmas speech was very shots fired at Trump lol
December 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Say what you will about King Charles but his Christmas speech was very shots fired at Trump lol
Reposted by Jenn Dowling-Medley
the fact that people watch versions of the Christmas Carol that don’t involve muppets is so confusing to me
a man with a red beard is standing next to a stuffed gnome in front of a building .
ALT: a man with a red beard is standing next to a stuffed gnome in front of a building .
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
the fact that people watch versions of the Christmas Carol that don’t involve muppets is so confusing to me
lol. I did this in HS because my dad thought the theatrics were fun (the carrots and bucket of water for the reindeer in the garage especially - bucket always “kicked over”)
my grown-ass children, insisted on leaving milk, cookies, carrots, and fireball for Santa and the reindeer
December 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
lol. I did this in HS because my dad thought the theatrics were fun (the carrots and bucket of water for the reindeer in the garage especially - bucket always “kicked over”)