Echoplex
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Province that has no plan to deal with the #longCOVID destroying the healthcare workforce turns to AI to hallucinate a world in which that problem has a solution that doesn't involve facing reality.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Province that has no plan to deal with the #longCOVID destroying the healthcare workforce turns to AI to hallucinate a world in which that problem has a solution that doesn't involve facing reality.
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For the journalism schools:
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
For the journalism schools:
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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we are a suicidal society www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap
Exclusive: Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
we are a suicidal society www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Suffice to say, yes, things can get built, but people don't want to have to do the hard work or play by the rules, because corporate Canada is incredibly lazy and entitled, and they don't think they should have to. But nobody wants to actually call that out.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Suffice to say, yes, things can get built, but people don't want to have to do the hard work or play by the rules, because corporate Canada is incredibly lazy and entitled, and they don't think they should have to. But nobody wants to actually call that out.
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What I find so deeply frustrating about these columns about our supposed inability to build things is the complaints about "bureaucracy" frequently turn out to be "Waah, they won't let us poison this river with selenium!" or "Waah, I don't want to have to share revenue with the local First Nation!"
Matt Gurney: Major Confession Office
The MPO is an admission of dysfunction. It only exists because the rest of the government’s regulatory apparatus is unfit for purpose.
www.readtheline.ca
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What I find so deeply frustrating about these columns about our supposed inability to build things is the complaints about "bureaucracy" frequently turn out to be "Waah, they won't let us poison this river with selenium!" or "Waah, I don't want to have to share revenue with the local First Nation!"
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So many pundits just take the word of proponents that it's "red tape" killing projects, and not what the red tape is really about. Or that they blame "regulatory burden" when instead the reality is that the oil price crash in 2014 killed the business model but they don't want to say it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
So many pundits just take the word of proponents that it's "red tape" killing projects, and not what the red tape is really about. Or that they blame "regulatory burden" when instead the reality is that the oil price crash in 2014 killed the business model but they don't want to say it.
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This is what is happening.
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
This is what is happening.
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And how is it acceptable that the hospitals that are doing anything aren't basing what they are doing on any science, but instead on IPC "vibes"? Medical masks near patients are not PPE and do not respect science, which says covid and flu are aerosol-borne and require N95 protection.
If vaccination rates are well below target and a severe flu season is expected (+ Covid out of control all year round) how is it acceptable that there are so many hospitals not even doing anything?
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
And how is it acceptable that the hospitals that are doing anything aren't basing what they are doing on any science, but instead on IPC "vibes"? Medical masks near patients are not PPE and do not respect science, which says covid and flu are aerosol-borne and require N95 protection.
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without evidence, the federal government says a law that prohibits fossil fuel companies from lying about the environmental impacts of their products is “creating investment uncertainty”
The Carney government wants to pare back aspects of Canada’s anti-greenwashing law, telling @meyer.bsky.social it prevents the fossil fuel industry and other groups from sharing their environmental claims. Critics say the law might be working as intended. thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...
Canada says anti-greenwashing rules silence industry | The Narwhal
Carney is moving to nix some of Canada’s rules that restrict how oil and gas companies and other industries advertise environmental claims
thenarwhal.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
without evidence, the federal government says a law that prohibits fossil fuel companies from lying about the environmental impacts of their products is “creating investment uncertainty”
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Falling for anti-migrant racism doesn't protect workers, it entrenches capitalism by making workers more vulnerable & exploitable! Our enemy arrives in limousine, not someone on a boat fleeing colonial devastation.
Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!
Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Falling for anti-migrant racism doesn't protect workers, it entrenches capitalism by making workers more vulnerable & exploitable! Our enemy arrives in limousine, not someone on a boat fleeing colonial devastation.
Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!
Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!
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I’m getting more and more of these too. It’s depressing.
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I’m getting more and more of these too. It’s depressing.
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The truth lies here, only we are in a time of post truth and particularly on COVID. Over 250k now have lost their lives. How many would still be here had we the proper guidance for covid is airborne. Yet again fobbed off with the lockdown narrative.
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The truth lies here, only we are in a time of post truth and particularly on COVID. Over 250k now have lost their lives. How many would still be here had we the proper guidance for covid is airborne. Yet again fobbed off with the lockdown narrative.
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Remember the 800 times I’ve said you cannot contain the “let er rip” attitude to just covid? Humans don’t think like that. This was always an obvious consequence, and it’s their own damn fault.
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Remember the 800 times I’ve said you cannot contain the “let er rip” attitude to just covid? Humans don’t think like that. This was always an obvious consequence, and it’s their own damn fault.
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Fear and denial are powerful emotions.
Most people have already had multiple infections and accepting the damage that’s been done is hard.
We’re also terrible at adaptation.
Too many folks think avoiding Covid means locking down forever.
They don’t realize the power of respirators & clean air!
Most people have already had multiple infections and accepting the damage that’s been done is hard.
We’re also terrible at adaptation.
Too many folks think avoiding Covid means locking down forever.
They don’t realize the power of respirators & clean air!
40 years later… And the thing is, we already have mountains of data NOW that show what COVID does to brains. Why can’t we acknowledge it? Why can’t we face it? Why can’t we say it?
My dad trained as a neurosurgeon in the late ‘50s and they were still studying the long term neurological effects of the Spanish flu.
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Fear and denial are powerful emotions.
Most people have already had multiple infections and accepting the damage that’s been done is hard.
We’re also terrible at adaptation.
Too many folks think avoiding Covid means locking down forever.
They don’t realize the power of respirators & clean air!
Most people have already had multiple infections and accepting the damage that’s been done is hard.
We’re also terrible at adaptation.
Too many folks think avoiding Covid means locking down forever.
They don’t realize the power of respirators & clean air!
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
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Remember how it took like a decade to open Portage and Main? And lots of people were mad and scared about all the potential terrible consequences? And then....it has been totally fine. And no one is mad or even cares anymore. So yeah...build the damn bike lanes and let's get on with our lives.
The City of Winnipeg is seeking feedback on a proposed temporary bike lane design for Wellington Crescent.
Feedback sought on Wellington Crescent bike lanes
The City of Winnipeg is seeking feedback on a proposed temporary bike lane design for Wellington Crescent.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Remember how it took like a decade to open Portage and Main? And lots of people were mad and scared about all the potential terrible consequences? And then....it has been totally fine. And no one is mad or even cares anymore. So yeah...build the damn bike lanes and let's get on with our lives.
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As the dust settles on Carney’s first budget, it’s become increasingly clear which Canadians he thinks need to make “sacrifices.”
Hint: it’s not the ultra-wealthy.
In fact, it’s clear why someone who still considers himself a
conservative feels at home in this Liberal government:
Hint: it’s not the ultra-wealthy.
In fact, it’s clear why someone who still considers himself a
conservative feels at home in this Liberal government:
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
As the dust settles on Carney’s first budget, it’s become increasingly clear which Canadians he thinks need to make “sacrifices.”
Hint: it’s not the ultra-wealthy.
In fact, it’s clear why someone who still considers himself a
conservative feels at home in this Liberal government:
Hint: it’s not the ultra-wealthy.
In fact, it’s clear why someone who still considers himself a
conservative feels at home in this Liberal government:
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This should be our slogan.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This should be our slogan.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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If Mamdani and Menswear Guy teamed up I think we could finally get real data on whether it is possible to physically obliterate someone via social media post.
Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If Mamdani and Menswear Guy teamed up I think we could finally get real data on whether it is possible to physically obliterate someone via social media post.
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Every single journalist with expertise in extremism I know has been fired or their publication has folded.
Not a coincidence, of course. Grateful for their work, but unfortunately for almost all of us, this work will now have to be the side hustle.
Not a coincidence, of course. Grateful for their work, but unfortunately for almost all of us, this work will now have to be the side hustle.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Every single journalist with expertise in extremism I know has been fired or their publication has folded.
Not a coincidence, of course. Grateful for their work, but unfortunately for almost all of us, this work will now have to be the side hustle.
Not a coincidence, of course. Grateful for their work, but unfortunately for almost all of us, this work will now have to be the side hustle.