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Amir Attaran
@amirattaran.bsky.social
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Professor. Litigator. Scientist. Bicyclist. Husband. Father. Son. Wrecks grifters, creeps, anti-vaxxers & scientific illiterates. Personal account (not @uOttawa).

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Amir Attaran is a Canadian professor in both the Faculty of Law and the School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · Nov 22
Happy Friday.
I deactivated my X account.
It’s GONE.
GONE FOR GOOD.

(Oh, and fuck u, Elon 😘)
a woman says " we 're done " in front of a sign that says wentworth
ALT: a woman says " we 're done " in front of a sign that says wentworth
media.tenor.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 34m
You’ve been saying I’d be fired for years, and you’ve been wrong for years. Everyone sees you trolling like a nitwit without a single correct prediction. Can’t you get anything right?

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1h
Kristi “dog killer” Noem said:

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2h
Legit fact: Trump is worse for businesses than a deadly disease, say the business owners.
‘Worse Than the Pandemic’: Restaurants Say ICE Presence Imperils Business
www.nytimes.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 15h
Radio-Canada has issues. They’re bigots. This is certainly true in their coverage of racism, and perhaps it is true of transphobia too.
sarahcrgr.bsky.social Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr.bsky.social · 18h
Radio-Canada apologizes after it aired a photo circulated by anti-trans hate groups online, falsely claiming it was a photo of the Tumbler Ridge shooter. Damaging and irresponsible, and this apology raises more questions about journalistic process imho.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
Correction sur la couverture de la fusillade à Tumbler Ridge
La direction de l'information s'excuse de la publication d'une photo présentant à tort une personne comme étant responsable de la fusillade.
ici.radio-canada.ca

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Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr.bsky.social · 18h
Radio-Canada apologizes after it aired a photo circulated by anti-trans hate groups online, falsely claiming it was a photo of the Tumbler Ridge shooter. Damaging and irresponsible, and this apology raises more questions about journalistic process imho.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
Correction sur la couverture de la fusillade à Tumbler Ridge
La direction de l'information s'excuse de la publication d'une photo présentant à tort une personne comme étant responsable de la fusillade.
ici.radio-canada.ca

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 18h
“But I always brushed after!”
a man is holding a toilet brush in his mouth with dr.squatch written on the bottom
ALT: a man is holding a toilet brush in his mouth with dr.squatch written on the bottom
media.tenor.com

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 18h
I discovered Israeli government procurement documents showing a Canadian group that's sending right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel was granted funds from Israel's foreign ministry

The funding came through an arm of the ministry focused on managing “public perception of Israel”
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs procurement documents showing the Exigent Foundation was granted $128,800 USD

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 20h
Hey Americans!

When there is a school shooting in Canada (rare, the last one was 10 years ago) our left and right wing leaders visit the school and mourn the dead together.

No bickering. Just national sadness of all political stripes.

Proving yet again:
🇨🇦 > 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 = 💩

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 20h
I also feel the USA is beyond repair, short of a Civil War and a new constitution.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 20h
So Demented Donald says:

1. Climate warming is a hoax, and

2. He needs Greenland because it’s valuable after the ice melts.

Republicans are so dumb to fall for this.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Andrew Scott, Jonathan Wolff , and 13 more

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 20h
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 22h
If Israelis demonstrated just a little class and lawful restraint, antisemitism would be much less of a problem.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 22h
The stereotype of greedy, cruel, money-loving Jews is a pernicious one.

So what do Israeli soldiers and officials do about it?

Why, place bets on Israeli air strikes, naturally. 🤦🏻‍♂️
Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes
The country’s internal security agency indicted a reservist and a civilian for security offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice in connection with the bets.
www.wsj.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 22h
There is legitimate, grassroots Iranian opposition, but stupid Team Trump just smothered it in astroturf.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 22h
LOL are Americans ever dumb. They’ve just proved Iran’s Ayatollahs are 100% correct that the USA is behind the anti-government protests.
Exclusive | U.S. Smuggled Thousands of Starlink Terminals Into Iran After Protest Crackdown
The Trump administration covertly sent terminals into Iran in an effort to keep dissidents online following Tehran’s stifling of internet access.
www.wsj.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 23h
Jesus the bridge troll!

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Jason Nickerson @jwnickerson.bsky.social · 1d
This article is intellectually lazy and mischaracterizes how drug prices in Canada are set and regulated. It uses data that stop in 2002 - decades before today’s extraordinarily high drug prices - to justify its claims. Nonsense.
Opinion: Canada’s too-strict drug price controls are a health hazard
Canada rates 19th out of 20 OECD countries in making innovative new drugs available to patients
www.theglobeandmail.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
Only the dumbest people:

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
I was wrong to badmouth the Jewish Space Laser. It’s better than the Trump version which takes out party balloons.
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
www.nytimes.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
I think Pam Bondi herself is probably a victim of abuse. Two reasons:

1. Victims victimize others. She does this constantly and cruelly.

2. Victims lean defensive. She lashes out at the least criticism.

Of course, not all victims are shitty people. But some are.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
I think Pam Bondi herself is probably a victim of abuse. Two reasons:

1. Victims victimize others. She does this constantly and cruelly.

2. Victims lean defensive. She lashes out at the least criticism.

Of course, not all victims are shitty people. But some are.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to apologize to survivors of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who were seated in the House Judiciary Committee room on Wednesday — and instead demanded that Democrats apologize to President Trump.

Read more: nyti.ms/46ynVyC

Reposted by Amir Attaran, Olivier Mannoni

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to apologize to survivors of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who were seated in the House Judiciary Committee room on Wednesday — and instead demanded that Democrats apologize to President Trump.

Read more: nyti.ms/46ynVyC

Reposted by Amir Attaran, Ryan K. Brook

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Winter Olympics over a banned helmet honoring athletes killed in the war with Russia.
Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics over banned helmet honoring war dead
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Milan Cortina Games after he refusesd to stop wearing a banned tribute helmet.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
This has hurt people I call friends and it is heartbreaking.
Father, 2 children dead after murder-suicide in Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg | CBC News
A man shot and killed his two children before taking his own life in Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg early Wednesday, Quebec provincial police have confirmed.
www.cbc.ca

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
Also, let’s bar those Republicans and their families entering Canada for the rest of their lives. Payback time.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
Now, let’s find the most vulnerable Republicans who voted to keep the tariffs, and run ads attacking them for raising prices for Americans.

Poof! There goes the Republican majority. Canada can kill it.
U.S. House votes against Trump's tariffs on Canada | CBC News
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution against President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, delivering a stinging rebuke to the administration for launching a trade war on its no...
www.cbc.ca

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
Aside from my sadness over those murdered kids, Canada also blew a really great record yesterday. The last school shooting in this country was **over a decade ago**. Which proves gun control works, and American kids could benefit a lot. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
A list of Canadian school shootings
Eight people, including a suspect, are dead after a shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C.’s Peace region on Tuesday afternoon. Police say two other people were found dead at a home in the...
www.ctvnews.ca

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d
The corporations that run jails must have charged taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars to lock her up for a $25 mistake. And Americans are too stupid to stop themselves being ripped off.