Dr. Danielle Michaels
@dmmengmd.bsky.social
Family doc ~ Engineer ~ Quality Assurance Fanatic ~ views are my own and like/RT is not an endorsement ~ she/her ~ Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - yeg
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Well hello! Looking forward to more intelligent conversation than being swarmed by irrational mobs. I’m a family doctor and an engineer. I never met a system or a process I didn’t want to improve. I’m currently in Alberta but considering escape. I have two pomskies, three adult kids and a cat.
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xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:
Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler'
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot has unleashed a slew of antisemitic commentary and praised Hitler after apparent change allowed to be 'politically incorrect'
www.rollingstone.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:
Albertans should be paying attention and be VERY concerned:
Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system.
Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits:
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Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system.
Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits:
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Opinion: What's next in for-profit care in Alberta? Your local hospital?
25 years after Klein passed Bill 11, that opened the door to more private for-profit involvement in health care, the UCP is at it again.
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May 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
April 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
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April 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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In more uplifting news, 1,000 people protested ICE’s abduction of a mother and children at the home of the agency’s acting head Tom Homan.
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In more uplifting news, 1,000 people protested ICE’s abduction of a mother and children at the home of the agency’s acting head Tom Homan.
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
April 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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What is a bigger deal, IMO, is that the New York Times is still leading with this, even as the largest mass protest is US history is happening.
Even the Amazon Post is doing better. Even the LA Times is leading with the protests.
Even the Amazon Post is doing better. Even the LA Times is leading with the protests.
This is a very big deal. Trump is systematically dismantling the protections against foreign (e.g. Russian) interference in our elections.
April 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What is a bigger deal, IMO, is that the New York Times is still leading with this, even as the largest mass protest is US history is happening.
Even the Amazon Post is doing better. Even the LA Times is leading with the protests.
Even the Amazon Post is doing better. Even the LA Times is leading with the protests.
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Today was a good start. Next we will see how it is reported…
Is it buried? Is it framed weirdly? Is the one incident of violence amplified?
And then, what happens next? Do the millions who didn’t come out today realize that they have power if they only use it?
Or does this fade out and die?
Is it buried? Is it framed weirdly? Is the one incident of violence amplified?
And then, what happens next? Do the millions who didn’t come out today realize that they have power if they only use it?
Or does this fade out and die?
Two common misconceptions are on my mind today: 1. Overestimating the power of a single day of protest. 2. Underestimating the power of a single day of protest.
April 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Today was a good start. Next we will see how it is reported…
Is it buried? Is it framed weirdly? Is the one incident of violence amplified?
And then, what happens next? Do the millions who didn’t come out today realize that they have power if they only use it?
Or does this fade out and die?
Is it buried? Is it framed weirdly? Is the one incident of violence amplified?
And then, what happens next? Do the millions who didn’t come out today realize that they have power if they only use it?
Or does this fade out and die?
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Let’s go with “Over 1% of the US population” as a lower bound on how many people took the streets today to say #handsoff
Tied for the 3rd-largest protest in US history
George Floyd / Black Lives Matter (2020, 15-26 M)
Earth Day (1970, 20 M)
Women’s March (2017, 3.3-5.6 M)
How’s the reporting?
Tied for the 3rd-largest protest in US history
George Floyd / Black Lives Matter (2020, 15-26 M)
Earth Day (1970, 20 M)
Women’s March (2017, 3.3-5.6 M)
How’s the reporting?
April 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Let’s go with “Over 1% of the US population” as a lower bound on how many people took the streets today to say #handsoff
Tied for the 3rd-largest protest in US history
George Floyd / Black Lives Matter (2020, 15-26 M)
Earth Day (1970, 20 M)
Women’s March (2017, 3.3-5.6 M)
How’s the reporting?
Tied for the 3rd-largest protest in US history
George Floyd / Black Lives Matter (2020, 15-26 M)
Earth Day (1970, 20 M)
Women’s March (2017, 3.3-5.6 M)
How’s the reporting?
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Okay lets game this out: You are a Nintendo employee given unlimited funds and authority to move Switch 2 production to the US. No new factories, that's going to take way too long, you need to work with existing American Contract Manufacturing capacity. How fast can you do it?
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April 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Okay lets game this out: You are a Nintendo employee given unlimited funds and authority to move Switch 2 production to the US. No new factories, that's going to take way too long, you need to work with existing American Contract Manufacturing capacity. How fast can you do it?
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@mezentine.bsky.social did the Chicago Trib catch up, or are they still burying the biggest mass protest since COVID?
This was their virtual front page yesterday afternoon
This was their virtual front page yesterday afternoon
April 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
@mezentine.bsky.social did the Chicago Trib catch up, or are they still burying the biggest mass protest since COVID?
This was their virtual front page yesterday afternoon
This was their virtual front page yesterday afternoon
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Okay so, hear me out.
Did Trump just put /SANCTIONS/ on the United States?
The effect of a universal tariff is to cut the US out of the global economy. But the global economy does not have to follow suit.
What will we see if the world responds by lowering trade barriers on all BUT America?
Did Trump just put /SANCTIONS/ on the United States?
The effect of a universal tariff is to cut the US out of the global economy. But the global economy does not have to follow suit.
What will we see if the world responds by lowering trade barriers on all BUT America?
One of the benefits of interdependent markets across the globe and highly liquid futures markets is the ability to see Trump's economic policies fail without interruption at night and on weekends.
April 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Okay so, hear me out.
Did Trump just put /SANCTIONS/ on the United States?
The effect of a universal tariff is to cut the US out of the global economy. But the global economy does not have to follow suit.
What will we see if the world responds by lowering trade barriers on all BUT America?
Did Trump just put /SANCTIONS/ on the United States?
The effect of a universal tariff is to cut the US out of the global economy. But the global economy does not have to follow suit.
What will we see if the world responds by lowering trade barriers on all BUT America?
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Good showing today in downtown SLO, it was nice to see so many people showing up, making signs, yelling chants, and enthusiastically honking for democracy.
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Good showing today in downtown SLO, it was nice to see so many people showing up, making signs, yelling chants, and enthusiastically honking for democracy.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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April 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
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THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/
April 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/
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When flight attendants asked how they could safely evacuate detainees, whose wrists were shackled to their ankles, in the case of an emergency, they were told to save themselves. The utter disregard for the sanctity of human life is beyond shameful.
THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/
April 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
When flight attendants asked how they could safely evacuate detainees, whose wrists were shackled to their ankles, in the case of an emergency, they were told to save themselves. The utter disregard for the sanctity of human life is beyond shameful.
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Our Response to these latest tariffs is to fight, protect, build.
April 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Our Response to these latest tariffs is to fight, protect, build.
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~Braid calls BS!
AB healthcare overlords ran like the wind Tues, formally reversing the policy that would have denied child cancer patients a simple juice box or popsicle
But, as usual, they fled making excuses and accusing others of “misinterpreting” the policy
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
AB healthcare overlords ran like the wind Tues, formally reversing the policy that would have denied child cancer patients a simple juice box or popsicle
But, as usual, they fled making excuses and accusing others of “misinterpreting” the policy
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Braid: Cancer kids have popsicles back but AHS boss says we just don't get it
Alberta Health Services reverses ban on food and treats for outpatients, but insists they never denied food for patients, although they did.
calgaryherald.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
~Braid calls BS!
AB healthcare overlords ran like the wind Tues, formally reversing the policy that would have denied child cancer patients a simple juice box or popsicle
But, as usual, they fled making excuses and accusing others of “misinterpreting” the policy
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
AB healthcare overlords ran like the wind Tues, formally reversing the policy that would have denied child cancer patients a simple juice box or popsicle
But, as usual, they fled making excuses and accusing others of “misinterpreting” the policy
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
