Dan Malleck
@danmalleck.bsky.social
Medical historian specializing in alcohol & drug policy @BrockUniversity. Trolls neo-temperance misinformation for laughs. Allergic to acronyms, fyi. And jargon. Posts do not represent my workplace. Often they just represent a current fever dream.
[edit] According to this article Canada "dominated" this top 10 list of universities. We had 3; Britain had 5. Clearly "we" don't dominate in math. www.narcity.com/canadian-uni...
Canadian universities dominated the top 10 of a new world's best universities ranking
But we don't have the number one school anymore. 👀
www.narcity.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
[edit] According to this article Canada "dominated" this top 10 list of universities. We had 3; Britain had 5. Clearly "we" don't dominate in math. www.narcity.com/canadian-uni...
Reposted by Dan Malleck
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’ https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’ https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
Reposted by Dan Malleck
Remember Virginia.🕊️
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Remember Virginia.🕊️
This is the second time in two weeks that weather has forced me to deal with Air Canada booking staff. I have to say it was not as unpleasant as expected although the flight changes still suck.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is the second time in two weeks that weather has forced me to deal with Air Canada booking staff. I have to say it was not as unpleasant as expected although the flight changes still suck.
I just learned that celebrated Canadian military historian Tim Cook passed away yesterday. I didn't know him well but he was always generous and supportive of my mediocre forays into military history. I'm gutted. My condolences to his family. What a terrible loss.
October 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I just learned that celebrated Canadian military historian Tim Cook passed away yesterday. I didn't know him well but he was always generous and supportive of my mediocre forays into military history. I'm gutted. My condolences to his family. What a terrible loss.
In case you were wondering if the CDC has been politicized this is at the top of their web pages.
October 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In case you were wondering if the CDC has been politicized this is at the top of their web pages.
Senate's Social Affairs, Science & Technology committee is deliberating bills on alcohol labeling & advertising. The list of witnesses is troubling. It includes only people involved in the public health & temperance industry providing a skewed, harm-focused perspective. Where is the balance?
October 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Senate's Social Affairs, Science & Technology committee is deliberating bills on alcohol labeling & advertising. The list of witnesses is troubling. It includes only people involved in the public health & temperance industry providing a skewed, harm-focused perspective. Where is the balance?
Reposted by Dan Malleck
Anti-vaping rhetoric based on unfounded arguments about its harm leads to smokers choosing to continue to smoke. Great example of Illich's specific counter productivity in which something intended to have one effect does the opposite. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Vaping misperceptions must be challenged
Mahase reports on the increasing number of people in England who smoke both cigarettes and e-cigarettes (vapes).1 Despite substantial evidence that vaping exposes users to much lower levels of toxican...
www.bmj.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Anti-vaping rhetoric based on unfounded arguments about its harm leads to smokers choosing to continue to smoke. Great example of Illich's specific counter productivity in which something intended to have one effect does the opposite. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
In case you missed it: theonion.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Legal Ruling Forces God To Add Cancer Warning To Earth
THE HEAVENS—Noting unsafe levels of carcinogens in all land, air, and water, a legal ruling handed down by the Celestial Court on Tuesday ordered God, Our Lord and Heavenly Father, to add a cancer war...
theonion.us17.list-manage.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In case you missed it: theonion.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Reposted by Dan Malleck
This should be fascinating. Maybe one for @drinkingstudies.bsky.social @jameskneale.bsky.social @dorotadias.bsky.social @harbottlestores.bsky.social @jamesnicholls.bsky.social @danmalleck.bsky.social @lucycogan.bsky.social Please share.
Our next online seminar will take place on 6 November at 12.00 midday. Louisa Niesen, European University Institute will speak on 'Alcohol Consumption among Women Tourists, 1880-1914'. This event is online. More information and how to get the zoom link here:
www.womenandalcohol.net/2025/10/onli...
www.womenandalcohol.net/2025/10/onli...
Online seminar - Alcohol Consumption among Women Tourists, 1880-1914
Project: Between the drunken ‘mother of destruction’ and the sober ‘angel of the house’.
www.womenandalcohol.net
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This should be fascinating. Maybe one for @drinkingstudies.bsky.social @jameskneale.bsky.social @dorotadias.bsky.social @harbottlestores.bsky.social @jamesnicholls.bsky.social @danmalleck.bsky.social @lucycogan.bsky.social Please share.
How many of those generals, listening to little Pete and the Orange menace tell them how to do their job and suggest unconstitutional actions, were thinking that a military coup suddenly makes sense? How many civilians were thinking the same thing?
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
How many of those generals, listening to little Pete and the Orange menace tell them how to do their job and suggest unconstitutional actions, were thinking that a military coup suddenly makes sense? How many civilians were thinking the same thing?
Seems that our premier has been tagged speeding by a speed camera but couldn't talk his way out if it. Now he is on a campaign.
September 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Seems that our premier has been tagged speeding by a speed camera but couldn't talk his way out if it. Now he is on a campaign.
I was raised to believe that hate is a very powerful and corrupting emotion, and brings you closer to satan. So for a politician to admit at an evangelical gathering that he hates his opponents is pretty astounding.
September 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I was raised to believe that hate is a very powerful and corrupting emotion, and brings you closer to satan. So for a politician to admit at an evangelical gathering that he hates his opponents is pretty astounding.
Wasn't this how Kristallnacht got started? (thanks for the correction, it's been a long day)
September 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Wasn't this how Kristallnacht got started? (thanks for the correction, it's been a long day)
You go to the mechanic to have a little rattle checked out. You walk out with an estimate of $4000 repairs on a car that might be worth $5K (it's well loved ok?). It is indeed one of those days.
September 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You go to the mechanic to have a little rattle checked out. You walk out with an estimate of $4000 repairs on a car that might be worth $5K (it's well loved ok?). It is indeed one of those days.
So apparently those who calculate these things are recommending 7000 steps per day is better than 10,000 because people are so stressed about hitting 10,000 it negates any positive health effects. What!? Unrealistic health recommendations cause unhealthy stress? I'll drink to that.
September 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So apparently those who calculate these things are recommending 7000 steps per day is better than 10,000 because people are so stressed about hitting 10,000 it negates any positive health effects. What!? Unrealistic health recommendations cause unhealthy stress? I'll drink to that.
In case you can't access this and since the abstract is cut off at the bottom the answer is, to put it simply, yes.
Many researchers have suggested that alcohol may have been an important factor in developing early states. Basically, it's supposed to have helped social cohesion, improved cooperation, and reduced friction among people living cramped together.
Well, did it? New research on the subject out now.
Well, did it? New research on the subject out now.
September 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In case you can't access this and since the abstract is cut off at the bottom the answer is, to put it simply, yes.
So Diageo is closing its Canadian Crown Royal bottling plant to move production to the US. I am not sure if boycotting Diageo is even possible given the extent of their portfolio. Is this another scheme to get me to stop drinking?!
August 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
So Diageo is closing its Canadian Crown Royal bottling plant to move production to the US. I am not sure if boycotting Diageo is even possible given the extent of their portfolio. Is this another scheme to get me to stop drinking?!
Carney may be lifting tariffs on US goods. Doesn't mean Canadians will buy them.
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Carney may be lifting tariffs on US goods. Doesn't mean Canadians will buy them.
Reposted by Dan Malleck
With the extra administrative load and excessive and redundant reporting foisted on us, I wonder how many of my fellow department chairs are contemplating green grass over the fence.
August 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
With the extra administrative load and excessive and redundant reporting foisted on us, I wonder how many of my fellow department chairs are contemplating green grass over the fence.
Interestingly placed ad on the CBC app's article about Canadians not going to the US:
August 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Interestingly placed ad on the CBC app's article about Canadians not going to the US:
I've been in a research trip and off social media. It has been glorious.
August 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I've been in a research trip and off social media. It has been glorious.
To Canadians who talk about elbows up: it only works if you don't put them down when it's inconvenient. So my friends crossing the border or buying American because they "can't live without" certain US products don't get that in a war (even a trade war) actual sacrifice is needed.
August 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
To Canadians who talk about elbows up: it only works if you don't put them down when it's inconvenient. So my friends crossing the border or buying American because they "can't live without" certain US products don't get that in a war (even a trade war) actual sacrifice is needed.