Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
@ritamc.bsky.social
🇨🇦Family doctor & primary care researcher.
Uninvited Settler on traditional & sacred territory (aka Vancouver, BC)
Here to question health policy, share research, and push for real solutions in primary care.
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Posts my own.
Uninvited Settler on traditional & sacred territory (aka Vancouver, BC)
Here to question health policy, share research, and push for real solutions in primary care.
Supporting 🏳️⚧️🌈 She/her
Posts my own.
💯agree.
I’m gonna come out and say it: Vancouver is having a spectacular fall.
- Minimal rain
- But also nice CRISP temperatures, puts us in the season
- Summer not too hot, so trees kept their leaves, creating full cover for nice colours
- No elections or giant weather events to distract from joy
10/10
- Minimal rain
- But also nice CRISP temperatures, puts us in the season
- Summer not too hot, so trees kept their leaves, creating full cover for nice colours
- No elections or giant weather events to distract from joy
10/10
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
💯agree.
Frustrated with how much garbage you see on Meta platforms?
Wonder why there’s so much of it?
It’s because it’s making Mark Zuckerberg et al, LITERALLY billions of dollars.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Wonder why there’s so much of it?
It’s because it’s making Mark Zuckerberg et al, LITERALLY billions of dollars.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Frustrated with how much garbage you see on Meta platforms?
Wonder why there’s so much of it?
It’s because it’s making Mark Zuckerberg et al, LITERALLY billions of dollars.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Wonder why there’s so much of it?
It’s because it’s making Mark Zuckerberg et al, LITERALLY billions of dollars.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
“A team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo found in a simulated study that ChatGPT-4o, the well-known large language model (LLM) created by OpenAI, answered open-ended diagnostic questions incorrectly nearly two-thirds of the time.”
Don’t use AI for medical advice.
#Canada
#AI
Don’t use AI for medical advice.
#Canada
#AI
AI’s medical diagnostic skills still need a check-up | Waterloo News
You may want to think twice about using powerful artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT to self-diagnose health problems. A team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo found i...
uwaterloo.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Thanks for sharing! And here are the new spending commitments to 2029:
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thanks for sharing! And here are the new spending commitments to 2029:
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Check out responses to the 2025 federal budget from progressive policy organizations. (Keep an eye on this page, as it will continue to be updated in the coming days.) @policyalternatives.ca #Budget2025 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
2025 federal budget analysis roundup - CCPA
This page exists to bring together progressive policy organizations' responses to the 2025 federal budget. Keep an eye on this page, as it will continue to be updated in the coming days.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Check out responses to the 2025 federal budget from progressive policy organizations. (Keep an eye on this page, as it will continue to be updated in the coming days.) @policyalternatives.ca #Budget2025 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
🚨I’d like to hear more from journalists & commentators about the multiple worrisome & aggressive anti-immigration elements of the #cdnpoli #budget2025
It looks like a blatant adoption of the (protectionist? racist?) approaches being championed in US and other alt right governments.
Am I wrong?
It looks like a blatant adoption of the (protectionist? racist?) approaches being championed in US and other alt right governments.
Am I wrong?
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚨I’d like to hear more from journalists & commentators about the multiple worrisome & aggressive anti-immigration elements of the #cdnpoli #budget2025
It looks like a blatant adoption of the (protectionist? racist?) approaches being championed in US and other alt right governments.
Am I wrong?
It looks like a blatant adoption of the (protectionist? racist?) approaches being championed in US and other alt right governments.
Am I wrong?
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
I mean, who needs pools and community centres when you got cops #vanpoli vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
Vancouver Aquatic Centre closed indefinitely due to ceiling damage
The aging facility is closed indefinitely to allow for a thorough assessment after a chunk of ceiling fell into the pool
vancouversun.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I mean, who needs pools and community centres when you got cops #vanpoli vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
The Vancouver Police Department has already gone $17 million over budget. Now they're asking for a $50 million increase. The park board, meanwhile, is bracing for $15 million in cuts. #vanpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Vancouver Police Board wants city to increase budget by $50M amid mayor's tax freeze promise | CBC News
The Vancouver Police Board has voted to approve a budget request of just over $497 million in 2026, a $50 million increase over 2025's final budget.
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Vancouver Police Department has already gone $17 million over budget. Now they're asking for a $50 million increase. The park board, meanwhile, is bracing for $15 million in cuts. #vanpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Appreciate this accounting of generational benefits/penalties in the #budget2025 details.
Who is being asked to sacrifice in Canada's 2025 federal budget? Read our full analysis: www.gensqueeze.ca/who_is_asked... #cdnpoli #budget2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Appreciate this accounting of generational benefits/penalties in the #budget2025 details.
A ballooning police budget is not what Vancouver needs to be more liveable.
17 million budget over run
PLUS
50 million increase for next year.
Outrageous. When other city departments (like Park) are being asked to cut costs.
17 million budget over run
PLUS
50 million increase for next year.
Outrageous. When other city departments (like Park) are being asked to cut costs.
“The optics are, oh, the police get everything they want.”
Here’s my story on the Vancouver Police Department asking for a $50 million increase to their 2026 budget while others city departments are facing challenges — and how at least one board member seemed aware of the conflict it would create.
Here’s my story on the Vancouver Police Department asking for a $50 million increase to their 2026 budget while others city departments are facing challenges — and how at least one board member seemed aware of the conflict it would create.
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A ballooning police budget is not what Vancouver needs to be more liveable.
17 million budget over run
PLUS
50 million increase for next year.
Outrageous. When other city departments (like Park) are being asked to cut costs.
17 million budget over run
PLUS
50 million increase for next year.
Outrageous. When other city departments (like Park) are being asked to cut costs.
There are higher priorities for 50$million Vancouver tax dollars.
Like, housing.
And schools.
And parks.
Like, housing.
And schools.
And parks.
Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
There are higher priorities for 50$million Vancouver tax dollars.
Like, housing.
And schools.
And parks.
Like, housing.
And schools.
And parks.
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Hello, November!
Here’s the GIANT event list for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley this month. It’s updated daily so check back often:
Here’s the GIANT event list for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley this month. It’s updated daily so check back often:
November Events in Vancouver 2025 » Activities & Things to do
Best events in Vancouver this month November edition! Pause for Remembrance Day followed by the launch of holiday activities and events.
miss604.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hello, November!
Here’s the GIANT event list for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley this month. It’s updated daily so check back often:
Here’s the GIANT event list for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley this month. It’s updated daily so check back often:
My sister-in-law, @laurakeil.bsky.social is about to publish a BC-based mystery set during the Canada/US dams/water negotiations in the 1960s.
You can sign up to get notified of the publication date.
Website also has essays she has done on the topic.
Am super proud to know her 🥹.
laurakeil.com
You can sign up to get notified of the publication date.
Website also has essays she has done on the topic.
Am super proud to know her 🥹.
laurakeil.com
Homepage LK - Laura Keil Writing
It’s 1960 and the Canada-U.S. Columbia River Treaty is about to spur the rise of three dams north of the border A preacher with an eye to the Minto sternwheeler. A sickly caretaker of a crumbling esta...
laurakeil.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My sister-in-law, @laurakeil.bsky.social is about to publish a BC-based mystery set during the Canada/US dams/water negotiations in the 1960s.
You can sign up to get notified of the publication date.
Website also has essays she has done on the topic.
Am super proud to know her 🥹.
laurakeil.com
You can sign up to get notified of the publication date.
Website also has essays she has done on the topic.
Am super proud to know her 🥹.
laurakeil.com
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Metro Vancouver's only regional train service turns 30 years old this weekend!
it only runs on weekdays
for two hours in the morning and two hours at night
in one direction
Here's my story on the West Coast Express, what works about it and what doesn't, and what its future holds
it only runs on weekdays
for two hours in the morning and two hours at night
in one direction
Here's my story on the West Coast Express, what works about it and what doesn't, and what its future holds
30 years on, why has West Coast Express rail service remained so limited? | CBC News
Why is West Coast Express service so limited, and why is public transit service linking Metro Vancouver to neighbouring regions so minimal? The answers are complex — and a big reason why the speed of ...
www.cbc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Metro Vancouver's only regional train service turns 30 years old this weekend!
it only runs on weekdays
for two hours in the morning and two hours at night
in one direction
Here's my story on the West Coast Express, what works about it and what doesn't, and what its future holds
it only runs on weekdays
for two hours in the morning and two hours at night
in one direction
Here's my story on the West Coast Express, what works about it and what doesn't, and what its future holds
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
VPL's digital borrowing has surpassed physical checkouts reaching 5.7 million downloads last year. Digital books cost libraries up to five times more than print books and come with expiry dates and limits on how many times they can loan them out.
#booksky
Donate to the Vancouver Public Library:
#booksky
Donate to the Vancouver Public Library:
Your Library Needs You
With your support, VPL can deliver the e-books and audiobooks your community needs. Digital use has skyrocketed from 1 million to 5.7 million downloads each year over the past decade.Buying digital pu...
vplf.ca
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
VPL's digital borrowing has surpassed physical checkouts reaching 5.7 million downloads last year. Digital books cost libraries up to five times more than print books and come with expiry dates and limits on how many times they can loan them out.
#booksky
Donate to the Vancouver Public Library:
#booksky
Donate to the Vancouver Public Library:
Is #lecanemab the dementia drug we have all been waiting for?
Maybe?
Maybe not?
~ a year ago, I wrote a thread looking at what the studies behind its approval tell us about how it might help, or hurt.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Maybe?
Maybe not?
~ a year ago, I wrote a thread looking at what the studies behind its approval tell us about how it might help, or hurt.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Is #lecanemab the dementia drug we have all been waiting for?
Maybe?
Maybe not?
~ a year ago, I wrote a thread looking at what the studies behind its approval tell us about how it might help, or hurt.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Maybe?
Maybe not?
~ a year ago, I wrote a thread looking at what the studies behind its approval tell us about how it might help, or hurt.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Not great, but at least everybody still loves reporters.
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Not great, but at least everybody still loves reporters.
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Just did this.
Just did this with my Drive settings, and yeah it had Gemini ticked by default without ever asking me if that was something I wanted
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just did this.
I have reached the
“aren’t these fall colours just glorious?”
Phase of my life.
“aren’t these fall colours just glorious?”
Phase of my life.
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I have reached the
“aren’t these fall colours just glorious?”
Phase of my life.
“aren’t these fall colours just glorious?”
Phase of my life.
I walked the long way home last night and it was gorgeous, despite the drizzle.
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I walked the long way home last night and it was gorgeous, despite the drizzle.
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
For your enjoyment: every major league sports venue by walkability and transit access
seanmarshall.ca/2024/04/03/a...
seanmarshall.ca/2024/04/03/a...
A walk to the park? Ranking major league sports venues
One of the best — or worst — experiences in North America can be going to see a ball or hockey game, concert, or other special event at a sports arena or stadium.
seanmarshall.ca
October 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
For your enjoyment: every major league sports venue by walkability and transit access
seanmarshall.ca/2024/04/03/a...
seanmarshall.ca/2024/04/03/a...
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
At the @megaphonemagazine.com Fundraiser 🎉
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The mag features important community journalism and culture from the heart of the Downtown Eastside
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The mag features important community journalism and culture from the heart of the Downtown Eastside
Donate to support:
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October 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
At the @megaphonemagazine.com Fundraiser 🎉
Megaphone amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty.
The mag features important community journalism and culture from the heart of the Downtown Eastside
Donate to support:
megaphonemagazine.com/donate/
Megaphone amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty.
The mag features important community journalism and culture from the heart of the Downtown Eastside
Donate to support:
megaphonemagazine.com/donate/