Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych
@jonathanconp.bsky.social
Psychologist. Partner, Central Ontario Psychology, Barrie ON. Advisor, Badge of Life Canada. Host, ON Psych: Podcast of ON Psych'l Ass’n. Constantly amused by the cosmic absurdity of human existence. Avoids COVID to protect others. Premature DMs are creepy
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Gonna post as many of my #HalloweenTombstones here as I can, while adding alt text! I’ve been coming up with these for several years. Let’s see how many are still relevant. 🧵
#RemembranceDay I'm among the youngest people to be able to say my grandfather flew in WW1. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#RemembranceDay I'm among the youngest people to be able to say my grandfather flew in WW1. 1/
Looks like they’re gonna need a PR firm for their PR firm
Police have named the couple they’re looking for in connection to a racist incident on the tube and they’re wealthy Trump supporters and founders of an “anti-woke” PR firm.
Trump supporter and financier named as couple in Bond Street Tube ‘assault and racist abuse’ police appeal — The Standard
Philip Ostermann and Melissa Rein Lively have been named as the subjects of the British Transport Police appeal
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Looks like they’re gonna need a PR firm for their PR firm
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Public Health: We may not keep
you healthy, but we’ll keep you calm!
you healthy, but we’ll keep you calm!
This is absolutely true.
I don't know about other countries, but public health experts here minimized this the same way they did COVID.
It is as if they think their job is to keep the public calm rather than to inform them.
I don't know about other countries, but public health experts here minimized this the same way they did COVID.
It is as if they think their job is to keep the public calm rather than to inform them.
This was clearly the trajectory we were on in the Spring.
We could see this coming.
Rather than ring the alarm bells, too many PH officials jumped on every opportunity to minimize this, even last month here in Ontario.
It’s shameful.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We could see this coming.
Rather than ring the alarm bells, too many PH officials jumped on every opportunity to minimize this, even last month here in Ontario.
It’s shameful.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Public Health: We may not keep
you healthy, but we’ll keep you calm!
you healthy, but we’ll keep you calm!
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He is saying to get your flu shot.
(I agree)
He is saying that “medically vulnerable” people should get the shot.
He says he felt “crummy” a week ago and that’s the reason his voice isn’t good. Host suggests lemon and honey to the ID specialist.
Me: how about an N95 and HEPA?
(I agree)
He is saying that “medically vulnerable” people should get the shot.
He says he felt “crummy” a week ago and that’s the reason his voice isn’t good. Host suggests lemon and honey to the ID specialist.
Me: how about an N95 and HEPA?
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
He is saying to get your flu shot.
(I agree)
He is saying that “medically vulnerable” people should get the shot.
He says he felt “crummy” a week ago and that’s the reason his voice isn’t good. Host suggests lemon and honey to the ID specialist.
Me: how about an N95 and HEPA?
(I agree)
He is saying that “medically vulnerable” people should get the shot.
He says he felt “crummy” a week ago and that’s the reason his voice isn’t good. Host suggests lemon and honey to the ID specialist.
Me: how about an N95 and HEPA?
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I prescribe less fossil fuels burnt in our future m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sU...
Doctor Prescription for #COP30
YouTube video by Global Climate and Health Alliance
m.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I prescribe less fossil fuels burnt in our future m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sU...
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Love it when the newspaper publishes a photo of me with the caption, "Embarrassing and sad."
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Love it when the newspaper publishes a photo of me with the caption, "Embarrassing and sad."
@deonandan.bsky.social @statfourwork.bsky.social
If you drink enough of it, you sound like an insect to everyone else
If you drink enough of it, you sound like an insect to everyone else
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
@deonandan.bsky.social @statfourwork.bsky.social
If you drink enough of it, you sound like an insect to everyone else
If you drink enough of it, you sound like an insect to everyone else
Found in a shop in Nice, France: A selection of tiny plastic babies, available in three different races.
I just don't know why.
I just don't know why.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Found in a shop in Nice, France: A selection of tiny plastic babies, available in three different races.
I just don't know why.
I just don't know why.
PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO URGE PEOPLE TO STOP REJECTING TRUMP SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE OBJECTIVELY TERRIBLE OPINIONS AND WHO EVENTUALLY PLAN TO DESTROY YOU
AMERICA’S MISUNDERSTOOD PATRIOTS
A Pre-Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
A Pre-Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
America’s Misunderstood Patriots
A Pre-Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO URGE PEOPLE TO STOP REJECTING TRUMP SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE OBJECTIVELY TERRIBLE OPINIONS AND WHO EVENTUALLY PLAN TO DESTROY YOU
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You know what 100% will definitely cause them to experience “differential treatment”? Having a gender/sex on their passport that doesn’t match with how they present or identify.
Unforgivably disingenuous.
“Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth — in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment,” the majority wrote.”
Supreme Court allows Trump to limit passport sex markers for trans and nonbinary Americans | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to require the sex designation on US passports to align with a traveler’s biological sex, a blow to transgender and nonbinary Americans w...
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
You know what 100% will definitely cause them to experience “differential treatment”? Having a gender/sex on their passport that doesn’t match with how they present or identify.
The ship had a keel that never could heal
From the neglect of some welds that were broken
From the neglect of some welds that were broken
SS Edmund Fitzgerald had a structural defect in its keel. Sailors on that ship had complained about the ship bending and flexing during storms, especially when it was overloaded, which it usually was. They had also found old keel weld breaks due to structural fatigue, which were never repaired
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The ship had a keel that never could heal
From the neglect of some welds that were broken
From the neglect of some welds that were broken
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My latest post:
"Canada’s Measles Setback Is a Symptom of a Larger Illness"
medium.com/@deonandan/c...
"Canada’s Measles Setback Is a Symptom of a Larger Illness"
medium.com/@deonandan/c...
Canada’s Measles Setback Is a Symptom of a Larger Illness
Raywat / blog, epidemiology / 0 comment
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My latest post:
"Canada’s Measles Setback Is a Symptom of a Larger Illness"
medium.com/@deonandan/c...
"Canada’s Measles Setback Is a Symptom of a Larger Illness"
medium.com/@deonandan/c...
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Marty Makary thinks that menopause kills women and shortens their lifespan, except women live longer than men
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Marty Makary thinks that menopause kills women and shortens their lifespan, except women live longer than men
Reposted by Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych
Reposted by Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
@jonathanstea.bsky.social will appreciate this!
Mike Baum, my old surgery prof. An opponent of alternative medicine, he wrote when the then Prince Charles called for homeopathic treatment for cancer: ‘My right to speak about this is based on a working life treating breast cancer … yours is based on an accident of birth’.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
@jonathanstea.bsky.social will appreciate this!
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Mike Baum, my old surgery prof. An opponent of alternative medicine, he wrote when the then Prince Charles called for homeopathic treatment for cancer: ‘My right to speak about this is based on a working life treating breast cancer … yours is based on an accident of birth’.
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mike Baum, my old surgery prof. An opponent of alternative medicine, he wrote when the then Prince Charles called for homeopathic treatment for cancer: ‘My right to speak about this is based on a working life treating breast cancer … yours is based on an accident of birth’.
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Interesting alternative to eating all the power and water here to power AI. How we use AI is another entire issue that needs WAY more discussion as I have serious concerns we need better regulations to protect we the people. But this at least solves some of the power and cooling issues.
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Interesting alternative to eating all the power and water here to power AI. How we use AI is another entire issue that needs WAY more discussion as I have serious concerns we need better regulations to protect we the people. But this at least solves some of the power and cooling issues.
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This post is over the top in hyping up Carney, but separate from that it is significant that this is a real statement made by a Canadian Prime Minister, and there is no real basis to challenge its accuracy.
PM Mark Carney was talking about attracting foreign investment to Canada and listed reasons Canada is a good place to invest. A reporter pointed out that the U.S. has those things, too. What sets Canada apart?
PM Carney: "Well, we have rule of law."
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
PM Carney: "Well, we have rule of law."
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This post is over the top in hyping up Carney, but separate from that it is significant that this is a real statement made by a Canadian Prime Minister, and there is no real basis to challenge its accuracy.
Reposted by Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych
Reposted by Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych
Shutting it down for the night with this post from a comrade in Chicago:
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Shutting it down for the night with this post from a comrade in Chicago:
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
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The risk of straying from the truth is that the opposition can seize on the falsehood, hyperbole, whatever, to attack you and convince others that you can't be trusted.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The risk of straying from the truth is that the opposition can seize on the falsehood, hyperbole, whatever, to attack you and convince others that you can't be trusted.