@ddean58.bsky.social
Old psychologist slowly retiring in New Brunswick Canada. Worked for years in cardiac rehab, oncology and diabetes care, hospital psychology. CFL fan, oskee wee! Interested in history, archaeology, classics 🇨🇦
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Peanut allergies are plummeting in children, and you can thank science. Early exposure has turned out to be one of the best prevention methods, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Peanut allergies are plummeting in children, and you can thank science
Early exposure has turned out to be one of the best prevention methods for allergies in kids
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Peanut allergies are plummeting in children, and you can thank science. Early exposure has turned out to be one of the best prevention methods, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Revenge/physical combat was how people settled things for literally millions of years, it's normal human behavior, we're wolves not sheep, the government project trying to social engineer us and domesticate us into sheep has been unsuccessful
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
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How do you make a waterbed bouncier?
Fill it with spring water.
Fill it with spring water.
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
How do you make a waterbed bouncier?
Fill it with spring water.
Fill it with spring water.
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Internal memo that Danielle Smith may use Notwithstanding clause to ban gender affirming care and ban trans girls from participating in school sports globalnews.ca/news/1143606...
Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its 3 transgender laws: memo | Globalnews.ca
The laws establish rules for students changing their names or pronouns in school, ban transgender girls from taking part in some sports and limit gender-affirming health care.
globalnews.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Internal memo that Danielle Smith may use Notwithstanding clause to ban gender affirming care and ban trans girls from participating in school sports globalnews.ca/news/1143606...
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Who you vote for… matters 👇🏼👇🏼
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Who you vote for… matters 👇🏼👇🏼
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One of the things I genuinely do not get about the whole "people who get validation from LLMs" thing is: do most people not have the thing I have where if I get the impression that validation is insincere, it cancels everything out?
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One of the things I genuinely do not get about the whole "people who get validation from LLMs" thing is: do most people not have the thing I have where if I get the impression that validation is insincere, it cancels everything out?
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Infant chiropractic care is among the griftiest of pseudoscientific treatments.
It is scientifically indefensible and potentially harmful.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/pediatric-ch...
It is scientifically indefensible and potentially harmful.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/pediatric-ch...
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Infant chiropractic care is among the griftiest of pseudoscientific treatments.
It is scientifically indefensible and potentially harmful.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/pediatric-ch...
It is scientifically indefensible and potentially harmful.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/pediatric-ch...
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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Just renewed my #ICBC car insurance for a year, cost me all of $1477. That's $80 cheaper than last year, which was cheaper than the year before. Public auto insurance is a wonderful thing! Here's the 10-yr change in auto insurance costs by province from StatsCan. #bcpoli #cdnpoli
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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What this Haiti team is doing is incredible 💙
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What this Haiti team is doing is incredible 💙
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
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“The sharp rise in younger women wanting to leave the US has created a large gender gap btwn them & their male counterparts.
Today’s 21-percentage-point gap btwn younger men (19%) & women (40%) wanting to leave the US is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend.”🧪
Today’s 21-percentage-point gap btwn younger men (19%) & women (40%) wanting to leave the US is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend.”🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“The sharp rise in younger women wanting to leave the US has created a large gender gap btwn them & their male counterparts.
Today’s 21-percentage-point gap btwn younger men (19%) & women (40%) wanting to leave the US is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend.”🧪
Today’s 21-percentage-point gap btwn younger men (19%) & women (40%) wanting to leave the US is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend.”🧪
My great uncle, buried in France in 1918.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My great uncle, buried in France in 1918.
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This should make us all grab torches and pitchforks and start a revolution. Crypto billionaire Changpeng Xhao, ex-con recently pardoned by Trump, is now Canada's richest person according to the annual @macleans.bsky.social ranking: macleans.ca/longforms/th.... #cdnecon #canlab /2
The Rich List - Macleans.ca
There's a new billionaire topping our list this year. Here are Canada's 40 wealthiest people—and how they made their money.
macleans.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This should make us all grab torches and pitchforks and start a revolution. Crypto billionaire Changpeng Xhao, ex-con recently pardoned by Trump, is now Canada's richest person according to the annual @macleans.bsky.social ranking: macleans.ca/longforms/th.... #cdnecon #canlab /2
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Autocracy: The Warning Signs I Saw in Panama Are Emerging in America. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
I lived through the slow death of one democracy. The warning is not that America has already fallen...[but that] we are learning to tolerate the things that make democracies fall.
I lived through the slow death of one democracy. The warning is not that America has already fallen...[but that] we are learning to tolerate the things that make democracies fall.
Autocracy: The Warning Signs I Saw in Panama Are Emerging in America.
The Steady State | by Martha Duncan
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Autocracy: The Warning Signs I Saw in Panama Are Emerging in America. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
I lived through the slow death of one democracy. The warning is not that America has already fallen...[but that] we are learning to tolerate the things that make democracies fall.
I lived through the slow death of one democracy. The warning is not that America has already fallen...[but that] we are learning to tolerate the things that make democracies fall.
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My wealth has increased by 25% since June. I have done absolutely nothing to earn this. I just put it in a tracker fund. I will be taxed on that gain at a lower rate than during the Thatcher government.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My wealth has increased by 25% since June. I have done absolutely nothing to earn this. I just put it in a tracker fund. I will be taxed on that gain at a lower rate than during the Thatcher government.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
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The gentlest, firmest, weapon for us to use in the culture wars, from Goethe:
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The gentlest, firmest, weapon for us to use in the culture wars, from Goethe:
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
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Jonathan Capehart: "National Guard troops in LA, Portland, Chicago, and threatening to use them in New York City if Zohran Mamdani wins the election on Tuesday — that sends a different kind of message. That is a threat to democracy message that a lot of people take."
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Jonathan Capehart: "National Guard troops in LA, Portland, Chicago, and threatening to use them in New York City if Zohran Mamdani wins the election on Tuesday — that sends a different kind of message. That is a threat to democracy message that a lot of people take."
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📒 NEW STUDY: “Permanent Daylight Saving Time hinders the stability of circadian rhythms, posing public health risks, especially for adolescents and evening chronotypes.” 👉 Permanent Standard Time is needed instead!
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
📒 NEW STUDY: “Permanent Daylight Saving Time hinders the stability of circadian rhythms, posing public health risks, especially for adolescents and evening chronotypes.” 👉 Permanent Standard Time is needed instead!
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Canada's Amerikkka.
Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives, using their majority in the legislature and passing procedural rules to put one-hour limits on discussion, voted and passed the bill.
globalnews.ca/news/1149784...
globalnews.ca/news/1149784...
Alberta passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike | Globalnews.ca
Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill to order 51,000 striking teachers back to work.
globalnews.ca
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Canada's Amerikkka.
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The Charter of Rights is foundational to 🇨🇦's democracy & national vision of fairness & due process. Decades of cases have confirmed its value to labour rights. Danielle Smith takes a big step toward authoritarianism, tossing it aside for fiscal & political convenience. #canlab
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The Charter of Rights is foundational to 🇨🇦's democracy & national vision of fairness & due process. Decades of cases have confirmed its value to labour rights. Danielle Smith takes a big step toward authoritarianism, tossing it aside for fiscal & political convenience. #canlab
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Dear Hospitals with Residency programs. Please offer some assistance with:
Billeting or hotel
A meal or two.
These in person interviews are very costly.
Billeting or hotel
A meal or two.
These in person interviews are very costly.
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Dear Hospitals with Residency programs. Please offer some assistance with:
Billeting or hotel
A meal or two.
These in person interviews are very costly.
Billeting or hotel
A meal or two.
These in person interviews are very costly.
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DST is why most Americans wake by alarm in darkness. Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep longer and awaken naturally to sunlight, for health!
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
DST is why most Americans wake by alarm in darkness. Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep longer and awaken naturally to sunlight, for health!
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In memory of Mathew Shephard who died on this day 27 years ago. 😔🌈
I will keep his mother in my thoughts. This is a tragedy. May Mathew’s life be remembered as a blessing.
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In memory of Mathew Shephard who died on this day 27 years ago. 😔🌈
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It’s a rare day I can persuade anyone to join me to visit an art gallery, but you can get away with such things on your birthday. 😉 We went to see the new #Ravilious exhibition at the #TownerGallery in Eastbourne. Lots of works by his wife Tirzah Garwood and friends such as John Piper too.
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It’s a rare day I can persuade anyone to join me to visit an art gallery, but you can get away with such things on your birthday. 😉 We went to see the new #Ravilious exhibition at the #TownerGallery in Eastbourne. Lots of works by his wife Tirzah Garwood and friends such as John Piper too.