Thanks. I really just needed to put it down in writing. Bloody spiralling with wondering wtf happened.

The question nobody ever wants to answer while watching a heart monitor slow to a grinding halt, “Do you want to do an autopsy?”
Her hands were getting cold. I needed an answer. I said yes. There was no dignity left in her death. I needed an answer. What the hell just happened?

.. the first time I saw a doctor in hours. They told me it must have been a clot in her lungs and a mass of staff whisked her off to a room. I know they did what they could at that point. But after she was all but pronounced, I’m told there’s no clot. No heart attack. No clue wtf happened.

This is when they finally took blood. The phlebotomist complained about being off in 5 minutes. It had been hours since we arrived. They had continued to say “infection”, treating for it, but nobody ever took her blood. They hung a bag and left her to deteriorate. 15 minutes before she coded was..

.. she offered oxygen. The nurses tried to lay her down. She had fluid building up in her lungs. The yellow.. I knew it was bad. But jesus I was in shock. She was hot, dizzy, flailing. She’d just texted me about a burger 25 minutes before. My brain couldn’t comprehend what was happening.

15 minutes before I returned, the last text I received, was they had hung a 1hr antibiotic drip and she was hoping to stop for a burger on the way home. When I saw her again, she was sweaty, yellow, twitchy. Complained of nausea, feeling intoxicated, and her breathing had worsened. At no point was..

As the shock starts wearing off, I keep going back over events of the day again and again. I was there, except briefly leaving to pick up my kid and take her home before heading back. When I left, BP was coming down, heart rate was going down, no arrhythmia. Colour was good, telling jokes.

As a 🇨🇦, I take some solace in that fact that if he comes for us too, knowing this… I think we’ve got a fighting chance with our allies. But if they come at Greenland by force, the world should respond to that too.

An attack on our allies is an attack on us all.

2025 is going to be a rough one.

What started off as a “He’s just kidding” doesn’t seem so funny anymore. This is a power grab to maintain dominance over the rest of the world through controlling resources critical to national defence and energy security.

Bit of a heavy(metal) situation. [had to be done 😅]

How much, you ask? The current global estimate is 130 million metric tons in total. China is estimated to have roughly 44 million tons.

If the estimates are correct, Greenland could have untapped reserves of 38.5 million tons. They could become a significant supplier.

Without imports, the US could become more vulnerable to nations with control over REE reserves (e.g., China).

That brings us back to today and the Cheeto-in-chief’s unhinged grasping at Greenland from @danishmfa.bsky.social. See, Greenland is believed to possess substantial reserves of REEs.

.. combat technology they now heavily rely upon.

Oops.
Critical defense systems like missiles, stealth aircraft, radar, and advanced weaponry rely heavily on REEs. Their production and maintenance would face shortages, reducing operational capacity and production..

While the US has been sinking money into domestic mining and extraction of these minerals, it could take a decade before they even begin producing these minerals level they consume.

China’s ban has effectively crippled the US military in its ability to service and maintain weapons and..

US defence systems heavily rely on REEs in production, operation, and maintenance.

The current US National Defence Stockpile is estimated to be a meagre 1% of its 1962 value. Not enough to continue supplying critical defence structures.

I’m getting to a point, I promise.

Rare earth elements (REEs) have become critical in technology production, green energy technology, and advanced defence systems.

Yep. Defence systems.

Currently, China mines 70% of extracted REEs in the world, and accounts for 72% of the REEs imported by the US.

So what?

I will for the life of me never understand how anyone can slap a profit margin on healthcare and expect it to operate in the best interests of the patient. Loblaws may want your business but they don’t make strategic decisions based on your best interests just the $. For profit care is no different.

It’s going to take time to undo it. It’s starting to be noticeable. I figure it’s a lifestyle change, not a diet. Throwing temporary measures at it won’t work. You guys are enacting long-run focused solutions that are shifting things. I’m excited to see what this looks like next Dec.

Are we cheering on any other bird anatomy?