Dysfunctional Doc
@alanamd.bsky.social
MD, CCFP, parent, partner, dog mom
Atheist who loves the spirituality of relationships. Pro-science, pro-compassion, pro-social, anti-UCP. actions>words 🇨🇦
Atheist who loves the spirituality of relationships. Pro-science, pro-compassion, pro-social, anti-UCP. actions>words 🇨🇦
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Some physicists should stay in their lane. A recent @thetyee.ca article turns science into sciencefiction, claiming SARS-CoV-2 acts like HIV, causes immune collapse, and fuels cancer. None of it holds up to evidence. I dissect the falsehoods here 👇
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A Physicist trying to do Immunology and Disease
What can possibly go wrong? A lot!
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November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Some physicists should stay in their lane. A recent @thetyee.ca article turns science into sciencefiction, claiming SARS-CoV-2 acts like HIV, causes immune collapse, and fuels cancer. None of it holds up to evidence. I dissect the falsehoods here 👇
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How long will Danielle Smith keep writing her own “stay out of jail for free” cards? At some point there will be a true public inquiry into her corruption and she’ll have to pay, right? RIGHT?? 😭
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
How long will Danielle Smith keep writing her own “stay out of jail for free” cards? At some point there will be a true public inquiry into her corruption and she’ll have to pay, right? RIGHT?? 😭
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Sunday was World Teachers’s Day & Albertan’s took a stand.
They deserve fair wages, safe schools, and respect for the vital work they do every day.
I stand with Alberta’s teachers. ✊🍎
#WorldTeachersDay #ata #WearRedForEd #IStandWithTeachers #AbEd
They deserve fair wages, safe schools, and respect for the vital work they do every day.
I stand with Alberta’s teachers. ✊🍎
#WorldTeachersDay #ata #WearRedForEd #IStandWithTeachers #AbEd
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Sunday was World Teachers’s Day & Albertan’s took a stand.
They deserve fair wages, safe schools, and respect for the vital work they do every day.
I stand with Alberta’s teachers. ✊🍎
#WorldTeachersDay #ata #WearRedForEd #IStandWithTeachers #AbEd
They deserve fair wages, safe schools, and respect for the vital work they do every day.
I stand with Alberta’s teachers. ✊🍎
#WorldTeachersDay #ata #WearRedForEd #IStandWithTeachers #AbEd
Checking out the upcoming municipal election candidates today: The Sprawl has a good summary www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-elec...
Based on candidate bios & past assoc’n I humbly suggest avoiding anyone representing “A Better Calgary Party”:they appear to be UCP/TBA affiliated. #YYC #progressive
Based on candidate bios & past assoc’n I humbly suggest avoiding anyone representing “A Better Calgary Party”:they appear to be UCP/TBA affiliated. #YYC #progressive
Meet the Calgarians running for mayor and council in 2025 | The Sprawl
Follow along with our candidate tracker.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Checking out the upcoming municipal election candidates today: The Sprawl has a good summary www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-elec...
Based on candidate bios & past assoc’n I humbly suggest avoiding anyone representing “A Better Calgary Party”:they appear to be UCP/TBA affiliated. #YYC #progressive
Based on candidate bios & past assoc’n I humbly suggest avoiding anyone representing “A Better Calgary Party”:they appear to be UCP/TBA affiliated. #YYC #progressive
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The next election is critical. I fear that rural Albertans see these changes as progress. They're not. A government that cares about Alberta would never make these choices. These policies were debated, then deliberately approved.
August 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The next election is critical. I fear that rural Albertans see these changes as progress. They're not. A government that cares about Alberta would never make these choices. These policies were debated, then deliberately approved.
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Remember when people bitched that the NDP spent too much money? We got something for it though - Hospital and schools and a reduction in child poverty. The UCP dwarfs their spending, and all we get is bullshit panels, doomed litigation, anti-Canada propaganda and gifts to billionaires.
August 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Remember when people bitched that the NDP spent too much money? We got something for it though - Hospital and schools and a reduction in child poverty. The UCP dwarfs their spending, and all we get is bullshit panels, doomed litigation, anti-Canada propaganda and gifts to billionaires.
One of two queues at YYC Nose Hill 10:15. Parking lot is overflowing 🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian
August 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One of two queues at YYC Nose Hill 10:15. Parking lot is overflowing 🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian
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Premier Smith and her UCP cabinet removed hundreds of thousands of government expense receipts from Government websites, as well as future receipt requirements, and this is unacceptable. 1/5🧵 Audio from CBC’s Edmonton AM
August 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Premier Smith and her UCP cabinet removed hundreds of thousands of government expense receipts from Government websites, as well as future receipt requirements, and this is unacceptable. 1/5🧵 Audio from CBC’s Edmonton AM
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A culture that tolerates and elevates pseudoscience will be at odds with the health of its citizens.
July 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A culture that tolerates and elevates pseudoscience will be at odds with the health of its citizens.
Just finished @tialevingswriter.bsky.social ‘s book, A Well-Trained Wife. So beautifully written and timely. A must-read for anyone who cares about freedom and democracy.
July 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Just finished @tialevingswriter.bsky.social ‘s book, A Well-Trained Wife. So beautifully written and timely. A must-read for anyone who cares about freedom and democracy.
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Danielle Smith’s likes to pretend she has a big vision for Alberta.
The truth is, her idea of who we are & we can be is incredibly small.
I take a moment to explain how her Alberta Next panel’s just a tired retread of the same ideas we’ve repeatedly rejected.
youtu.be/Ri8wgtMH7aY?... #abpoli
The truth is, her idea of who we are & we can be is incredibly small.
I take a moment to explain how her Alberta Next panel’s just a tired retread of the same ideas we’ve repeatedly rejected.
youtu.be/Ri8wgtMH7aY?... #abpoli
Danielle Smith Plays Big But Thinks Small
YouTube video by David Shepherd
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July 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Danielle Smith’s likes to pretend she has a big vision for Alberta.
The truth is, her idea of who we are & we can be is incredibly small.
I take a moment to explain how her Alberta Next panel’s just a tired retread of the same ideas we’ve repeatedly rejected.
youtu.be/Ri8wgtMH7aY?... #abpoli
The truth is, her idea of who we are & we can be is incredibly small.
I take a moment to explain how her Alberta Next panel’s just a tired retread of the same ideas we’ve repeatedly rejected.
youtu.be/Ri8wgtMH7aY?... #abpoli
She’s absolutely right
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Greta Thunberg being released...
the internetWorld is gunna explode on this one
c'mon lets make this interview statement Famous!!
Greta Thunberg being released...
the internetWorld is gunna explode on this one
c'mon lets make this interview statement Famous!!
June 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
She’s absolutely right
Hey Alberta 👋🏻
It will be so great to have a fact-based billboard on the QEII!
Can you help?
abforabortion.ca#billboard
It will be so great to have a fact-based billboard on the QEII!
Can you help?
abforabortion.ca#billboard
ABforAbortion | It's Your Choice.
Volunteer-led, community-funded. This campaign is a love letter to all Albertans, because everyone deserves the freedom to choose.
abforabortion.ca
May 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Hey Alberta 👋🏻
It will be so great to have a fact-based billboard on the QEII!
Can you help?
abforabortion.ca#billboard
It will be so great to have a fact-based billboard on the QEII!
Can you help?
abforabortion.ca#billboard
To quote one of the passionate delegates at this week’s AB NDP convention
“BRING IT ON”
“BRING IT ON”
Alberta’s provincial election will be held by mid-2026.
The UCP will manufacture disagreements with Ottawa and off they’ll go.
That’s what I just heard from Danielle Smith. This wasn’t a Premier’s Televised Address so much as it was a starting gun for @albertaNDP and @nenshi.
The UCP will manufacture disagreements with Ottawa and off they’ll go.
That’s what I just heard from Danielle Smith. This wasn’t a Premier’s Televised Address so much as it was a starting gun for @albertaNDP and @nenshi.
May 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
To quote one of the passionate delegates at this week’s AB NDP convention
“BRING IT ON”
“BRING IT ON”
Hey friends—if you want to help stand up to the UCP’s corruption, destruction and muzzling of experts, please consider supporting Athana’s legal fund 🙏🏻
www.gofundme.com/f/medicine-h...
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Donate to Medicine Hat Grassroots group for integrity & justice, organized by Nancy Scott
A message from Athana.
To everyone involved in the GoFundMe for… Nancy Scott needs your support for Medicine Hat Grassroots group for integrity & justice
www.gofundme.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hey friends—if you want to help stand up to the UCP’s corruption, destruction and muzzling of experts, please consider supporting Athana’s legal fund 🙏🏻
www.gofundme.com/f/medicine-h...
www.gofundme.com/f/medicine-h...
MAHA is soft eugenics.
As a clinical psychologist, I've sat with grieving loved ones of people who've died from opioid overdose because Narcan wasn't around.
We need every tool at our disposal to help people who experience addiction.
Narcan saves lives.
You can’t Make America Healthy Again if people are dead.
We need every tool at our disposal to help people who experience addiction.
Narcan saves lives.
You can’t Make America Healthy Again if people are dead.
May 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
MAHA is soft eugenics.
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“A group of doctors and others in the province are rallying behind an ousted Alberta Health Services CEO in her wrongful dismissal claim against the Alberta government.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/a...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/a...
Albertans, doctors fundraise to support fired AHS CEO
A group of doctors and others in the province are rallying behind an ousted Alberta Health Services CEO in her wrongful dismissal claim against the Alberta government. “Instead of allowing the facts t...
edmonton.citynews.ca
May 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“A group of doctors and others in the province are rallying behind an ousted Alberta Health Services CEO in her wrongful dismissal claim against the Alberta government.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/a...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/a...
I feel a bit less angsty after reading this ❤️
Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
May 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I feel a bit less angsty after reading this ❤️
This morning I am pre-grieving the repeat realization that the majority of people I am surrounded by here in my home province are one or more of the following:
-intellectually lazy
-misinformed
-unethical
-bigoted
-greedy
-gullible
-in love with Trump
The nausea is real 🤢
-intellectually lazy
-misinformed
-unethical
-bigoted
-greedy
-gullible
-in love with Trump
The nausea is real 🤢
April 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This morning I am pre-grieving the repeat realization that the majority of people I am surrounded by here in my home province are one or more of the following:
-intellectually lazy
-misinformed
-unethical
-bigoted
-greedy
-gullible
-in love with Trump
The nausea is real 🤢
-intellectually lazy
-misinformed
-unethical
-bigoted
-greedy
-gullible
-in love with Trump
The nausea is real 🤢
Seems about right
April 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Seems about right
Great article about the nocebo effect.
I see it frequently in my practice and I can often predict who will be intolerant of medication. There is usually an element of significant but unacknowleged anxiety.
So, I listen, reassure, and offer alternatives when possible.
I see it frequently in my practice and I can often predict who will be intolerant of medication. There is usually an element of significant but unacknowleged anxiety.
So, I listen, reassure, and offer alternatives when possible.
Our politics, expectations, & media consumption impacts vaccine experiences, including adverse events.
Needed: new strategies to counter the vaccine concern vortex!
My new article: Vaccine safety, politics and the nocebo effect healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi... via @healthydebate.bsky.social
Needed: new strategies to counter the vaccine concern vortex!
My new article: Vaccine safety, politics and the nocebo effect healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi... via @healthydebate.bsky.social
Vaccine safety, politics and the nocebo effect - Healthy Debate
We must vigorously counter the misinformation and political spin that helps to fuel the accelerating vaccine concern vortex.
healthydebate.ca
April 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Great article about the nocebo effect.
I see it frequently in my practice and I can often predict who will be intolerant of medication. There is usually an element of significant but unacknowleged anxiety.
So, I listen, reassure, and offer alternatives when possible.
I see it frequently in my practice and I can often predict who will be intolerant of medication. There is usually an element of significant but unacknowleged anxiety.
So, I listen, reassure, and offer alternatives when possible.