Christopher Leighton
@ccleighton.bsky.social
Radiation Oncologist & Palliative Medicine (ret), Undergrad medical educator (about ret), occasional disability rights & public health advocate. I don't let sleeping dogs lie.
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Kelly: "My family has suffered from political violence. My wife, Gabby, was nearly assassinated, shot in the head at a political event. Even the president -- 2 assassination attempts -- he should understand his words have significant weight and people react to things that he says."
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Kelly: "My family has suffered from political violence. My wife, Gabby, was nearly assassinated, shot in the head at a political event. Even the president -- 2 assassination attempts -- he should understand his words have significant weight and people react to things that he says."
@ontariohealth.bsky.social should never charge for giving this vaccine. The cost savings alone should justify broad adoption of the vaccine for adolescents (male and female) & adults alike.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A killer disease that should no longer exist
The existence of an effective HPV vaccine should have meant cervical cancer was stamped out. Instead, it’s the fastest growing cancer in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@ontariohealth.bsky.social should never charge for giving this vaccine. The cost savings alone should justify broad adoption of the vaccine for adolescents (male and female) & adults alike.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
What the mismatch with the flu vaccine and this years circulating flu means. Kicker: Still get your shot!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Morning Update: This year’s flu throws a curveball
Also in today’s edition: A lopsided peace plan in Ukraine and a timeline to release the Epstein files
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What the mismatch with the flu vaccine and this years circulating flu means. Kicker: Still get your shot!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Dear MAHA—you’ve been conned by Trump and RFK Jr… food safety laws now decimated by industry lobbyists for their profits and your future diarrhea. Fun fact— food borne illness already surging since EFK Jr slashed CDC tracking system for food borne outbreaks. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Dear MAHA—you’ve been conned by Trump and RFK Jr… food safety laws now decimated by industry lobbyists for their profits and your future diarrhea. Fun fact— food borne illness already surging since EFK Jr slashed CDC tracking system for food borne outbreaks. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Last few months of CPI:
2.3%
2.4%
2.7%
2.7%
2.9%
3.0%
2.3%
2.4%
2.7%
2.7%
2.9%
3.0%
Bessent lies shamelessly: "We came in, we inherited a mess. We have brought the inflation down." (Prices have risen by nearly 2 percent since Trump took office.)
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Last few months of CPI:
2.3%
2.4%
2.7%
2.7%
2.9%
3.0%
2.3%
2.4%
2.7%
2.7%
2.9%
3.0%
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Wordle 1,600 3/6
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🧐
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🧐
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Wordle 1,600 3/6
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🧐
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🧐
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
The Office of Naval Research's most essential function is identifying projects and proposals that have sufficient promise to be worthwhile investments for the government.
A former DOGE staffer is running it. www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
A former DOGE staffer is running it. www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr
The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Office of Naval Research's most essential function is identifying projects and proposals that have sufficient promise to be worthwhile investments for the government.
A former DOGE staffer is running it. www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
A former DOGE staffer is running it. www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Former residents of Quarters 8 expressed frustration that Hegseth has taken the traditional residence of the Army's vice chief at Fort McNair. Other officials have followed suit and moved into homes reserved for admirals and generals in the DC area www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Former residents of Quarters 8 expressed frustration that Hegseth has taken the traditional residence of the Army's vice chief at Fort McNair. Other officials have followed suit and moved into homes reserved for admirals and generals in the DC area www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
The federal government keeps labeling everyone they go after as cartel members — and it keeps being proven false. These are the same people we’re supposed to trust when they execute people at sea under that very justification?
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The federal government keeps labeling everyone they go after as cartel members — and it keeps being proven false. These are the same people we’re supposed to trust when they execute people at sea under that very justification?
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Jim Himes: "If Lindsey Graham and other Republicans want to go the route of saying it's okay to kill people legally just so long as the American public supports it, the American public really needs to think that through...It's a very dangerous path for this country to go down."
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Jim Himes: "If Lindsey Graham and other Republicans want to go the route of saying it's okay to kill people legally just so long as the American public supports it, the American public really needs to think that through...It's a very dangerous path for this country to go down."
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
Anthropic’s safety-focused AI, Claude, resorted to blackmail in a simulation when threatened with deletion. This "agentic misalignment" is common across models, and researchers are struggling to understand why these black boxes break bad.
Why AI Breaks Bad
Once in a while, LLMs turn evil—and no one quite knows why.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Anthropic’s safety-focused AI, Claude, resorted to blackmail in a simulation when threatened with deletion. This "agentic misalignment" is common across models, and researchers are struggling to understand why these black boxes break bad.
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
$UMAC
Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”
Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
1/
Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
1/
After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow
Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.
www.forbes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
$UMAC
It from Russia, from the USA
PERRY COUNTY: “Where’s the threat in there, sheriff?”
LARRY BUSHART (liberal ex-cop) has been in jail 30+ days for posting a Trump meme in a Charlie Kirk vigil group— even though Sheriff Weems knew it was an existing meme.🤔
The Full @philinvestigates.com story: www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
LARRY BUSHART (liberal ex-cop) has been in jail 30+ days for posting a Trump meme in a Charlie Kirk vigil group— even though Sheriff Weems knew it was an existing meme.🤔
The Full @philinvestigates.com story: www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It from Russia, from the USA
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
After January 6, 2021, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Comcast publicly pledged to stop donating to politicians who sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.
In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom
It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist it was stolen.
popular.info
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
After January 6, 2021, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Comcast publicly pledged to stop donating to politicians who sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.
In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop
Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump’s tantrum ensured nearly everyone in North America heard Ronald Reagan’s opinion about tariffs.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: What really enrages Donald Trump in that Ronald Reagan ad he doesn’t want anyone to see
This episode of the Streisand effect features a president facing an aspect of reality he wishes he could control
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Trump’s tantrum ensured nearly everyone in North America heard Ronald Reagan’s opinion about tariffs.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Wordle 1,592 3/6
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎃👻
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎃👻
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Wordle 1,592 3/6
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎃👻
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎃👻
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
THE LIES‼️
Trump forced through the East Wing demolition by firing three members of Biden’s planning committee and replacing them with his own loyalists. Now his handpicked insiders control a quiet but powerful board that decides what happens to the White House itself.
Trump forced through the East Wing demolition by firing three members of Biden’s planning committee and replacing them with his own loyalists. Now his handpicked insiders control a quiet but powerful board that decides what happens to the White House itself.
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
THE LIES‼️
Trump forced through the East Wing demolition by firing three members of Biden’s planning committee and replacing them with his own loyalists. Now his handpicked insiders control a quiet but powerful board that decides what happens to the White House itself.
Trump forced through the East Wing demolition by firing three members of Biden’s planning committee and replacing them with his own loyalists. Now his handpicked insiders control a quiet but powerful board that decides what happens to the White House itself.
Reposted by Christopher Leighton
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]