Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦
@jamesbicycle.bsky.social
Clinical-community psychologist, cycologist. Sask by a lake, Kelowna by a mountain. Retired from clinical practice. Consultant re mental health & physical injury recovery. Ride a bike, ski a mountain, paddle a board, dog run me. Let's be kind to eachother!
Environmental activist rich people flying to the 2025 climate conference where they're pretend-discussing world-wide very small tax on private jets ($500)."Estimated number of private jets flying to Brazil for COP30 is 1,500" Private jets emit 14x more per passenger
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
At COP30, nations target the jet set with luxury flight tax
France, Spain and Kenya are among a group of countries spearheading a drive at the COP30 climate summit for a new tax on luxury air travel, a source close to the matter told AFP.
www.france24.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Environmental activist rich people flying to the 2025 climate conference where they're pretend-discussing world-wide very small tax on private jets ($500)."Estimated number of private jets flying to Brazil for COP30 is 1,500" Private jets emit 14x more per passenger
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
More than embarrassing. Dangerous, with the danger foreseen. Alberta has 38% of measles cases in Canada. It has only 11½% of the Canadian population.
Alberta has more cases than the entire USA.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta has more cases than the entire USA.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
More than embarrassing. Dangerous, with the danger foreseen. Alberta has 38% of measles cases in Canada. It has only 11½% of the Canadian population.
Alberta has more cases than the entire USA.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta has more cases than the entire USA.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Every call centre is always experiencing a high volume of callers.
Recording the call for quality assurance purposes does not include the music on hold because it isn't quality.
Recording the call for quality assurance purposes does not include the music on hold because it isn't quality.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Every call centre is always experiencing a high volume of callers.
Recording the call for quality assurance purposes does not include the music on hold because it isn't quality.
Recording the call for quality assurance purposes does not include the music on hold because it isn't quality.
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No one wants to share America's nightmare:
"Donald Trump continues push for Greenland to join the US". And it is not only this president. It's about the country's policies, culture & structure. The world is happiest as spectators to this show.
www.dw.com/en/donald-tr...?
"Donald Trump continues push for Greenland to join the US". And it is not only this president. It's about the country's policies, culture & structure. The world is happiest as spectators to this show.
www.dw.com/en/donald-tr...?
Donald Trump continues push for Greenland to join the US – DW – 11/09/2025
US President Donald Trump wants Greenland. Do the people of Greenland want to join the United States?
www.dw.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
No one wants to share America's nightmare:
"Donald Trump continues push for Greenland to join the US". And it is not only this president. It's about the country's policies, culture & structure. The world is happiest as spectators to this show.
www.dw.com/en/donald-tr...?
"Donald Trump continues push for Greenland to join the US". And it is not only this president. It's about the country's policies, culture & structure. The world is happiest as spectators to this show.
www.dw.com/en/donald-tr...?
We all like to say there is no place for extremism in Canada. But there is. From convoys politicians handed donuts to, to martial arts infiltration...
We need to recognize the problems and work towards the Canada we envision.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We need to recognize the problems and work towards the Canada we envision.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We all like to say there is no place for extremism in Canada. But there is. From convoys politicians handed donuts to, to martial arts infiltration...
We need to recognize the problems and work towards the Canada we envision.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We need to recognize the problems and work towards the Canada we envision.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"We got a great big convoy trucking through the night. We got a great big convoy ain't it a beautiful sight. C'mon roll that convoy, measles won't stand in our way..."
(apologies to CW McCall)
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
(apologies to CW McCall)
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
It’s been a year since Canada’s measles outbreak started. What have we learned? | CBC News
A year since measles started raging in Canada, the outbreak's subsided, but the virus shows no signs of being stamped out. Doctors say problems here — from distrust of medical officials in vulnerable ...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"We got a great big convoy trucking through the night. We got a great big convoy ain't it a beautiful sight. C'mon roll that convoy, measles won't stand in our way..."
(apologies to CW McCall)
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
(apologies to CW McCall)
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
ChatGTP is not mainly designed to give info (20-30%). It is designed to keep users engaged (70-80%). Pic is response to a long series. Basically, it's FOS.
As a reflection of internet search being degraded deliberately (hello Google) it's like talking to your lonely know-it-all uncle.
As a reflection of internet search being degraded deliberately (hello Google) it's like talking to your lonely know-it-all uncle.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ChatGTP is not mainly designed to give info (20-30%). It is designed to keep users engaged (70-80%). Pic is response to a long series. Basically, it's FOS.
As a reflection of internet search being degraded deliberately (hello Google) it's like talking to your lonely know-it-all uncle.
As a reflection of internet search being degraded deliberately (hello Google) it's like talking to your lonely know-it-all uncle.
How an economist views social media.
"1. Bait: Lure in users with a great, often subsidized, service.
1. Trap: Use that captive audience to attract businesses.
3. Switch: Exploit those groups by degrading the experience for everyone to extract maximum profit"
www.levyinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
"1. Bait: Lure in users with a great, often subsidized, service.
1. Trap: Use that captive audience to attract businesses.
3. Switch: Exploit those groups by degrading the experience for everyone to extract maximum profit"
www.levyinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
www.levyinstitute.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
How an economist views social media.
"1. Bait: Lure in users with a great, often subsidized, service.
1. Trap: Use that captive audience to attract businesses.
3. Switch: Exploit those groups by degrading the experience for everyone to extract maximum profit"
www.levyinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
"1. Bait: Lure in users with a great, often subsidized, service.
1. Trap: Use that captive audience to attract businesses.
3. Switch: Exploit those groups by degrading the experience for everyone to extract maximum profit"
www.levyinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
'10% of Meta's gross revenue comes from ads for fraudulent goods & scams, the company knows it, decided not to do anything about it because the fines for facilitating this fraud are far less than the expected revenue'
#Facebook #instagram #threads #WhatsApp
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Facebook #instagram #threads #WhatsApp
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
'10% of Meta's gross revenue comes from ads for fraudulent goods & scams, the company knows it, decided not to do anything about it because the fines for facilitating this fraud are far less than the expected revenue'
#Facebook #instagram #threads #WhatsApp
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Facebook #instagram #threads #WhatsApp
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Hey Scott, let's put poppies on all the patients being treated in hallways of hospitals because there's no room in Emergency. This premier...
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Hey Scott, let's put poppies on all the patients being treated in hallways of hospitals because there's no room in Emergency. This premier...
German & Italian. Very hummable schlage. Trust me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYER...
Pietro Basile - Gianna (Studio Session)
YouTube video by Pietro Basile
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
German & Italian. Very hummable schlage. Trust me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYER...
It's on again.
Something to put in your profile: "For $60 I saw Pierre P, just before his leadership review and we found out why he really doesn't have a federal security clearance"
www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/...
Something to put in your profile: "For $60 I saw Pierre P, just before his leadership review and we found out why he really doesn't have a federal security clearance"
www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/...
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's on again.
Something to put in your profile: "For $60 I saw Pierre P, just before his leadership review and we found out why he really doesn't have a federal security clearance"
www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/...
Something to put in your profile: "For $60 I saw Pierre P, just before his leadership review and we found out why he really doesn't have a federal security clearance"
www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/...
Shipments from Russia to Hungary would be legit war targets I think. Perhaps this is how the war expands?
BREAKING: Trump Lets Hungary Buy Russian Oil — Funding Putin’s War on Ukraine
Instead of condemning Russia’s invasion and brutal aggression on Ukraine — Trump and Orbán smile and keep the money flowing to Moscow.
LEV PARNAS
NOV 8
open.substack.com/pub/levremem...
Instead of condemning Russia’s invasion and brutal aggression on Ukraine — Trump and Orbán smile and keep the money flowing to Moscow.
LEV PARNAS
NOV 8
open.substack.com/pub/levremem...
BREAKING: Trump Lets Hungary Buy Russian Oil — Funding Putin’s War on Ukraine
Instead of condemning Russia’s invasion and brutal aggression on Ukraine — Trump and Orbán smile and keep the money flowing to Moscow.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Shipments from Russia to Hungary would be legit war targets I think. Perhaps this is how the war expands?
It is spelled "aborb".
but when it is "absorption", "aborb" is spelt "absorp". Some one explain that one.
(Don't know what to think of "spelled" and "spelt".)
but when it is "absorption", "aborb" is spelt "absorp". Some one explain that one.
(Don't know what to think of "spelled" and "spelt".)
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It is spelled "aborb".
but when it is "absorption", "aborb" is spelt "absorp". Some one explain that one.
(Don't know what to think of "spelled" and "spelt".)
but when it is "absorption", "aborb" is spelt "absorp". Some one explain that one.
(Don't know what to think of "spelled" and "spelt".)
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Excellent article. Drives me nuts! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Excellent article. Drives me nuts! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trail running with dog. Countryside rolls a bit more in Kelowna than most of Saskatchewan
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trail running with dog. Countryside rolls a bit more in Kelowna than most of Saskatchewan
Speeding in cars. A leading cause of road crashes.
canadasafetycouncil.org/speeding-sti...
canadasafetycouncil.org/speeding-sti...
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Speeding in cars. A leading cause of road crashes.
canadasafetycouncil.org/speeding-sti...
canadasafetycouncil.org/speeding-sti...
Yup, definitely Poili-over for Pierre.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yup, definitely Poili-over for Pierre.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
It's Poili-over for Pierre.
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Kelowna chamber luncheon with Pierre Poilievre has been cancelled - Kelowna News
The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce has cancelled next week’s luncheon with Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.
www.castanet.net
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's Poili-over for Pierre.
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
In the midst of today's general USA crazy....
Americans and their guns. So scary & out of control. WTF is "castle doctrine"? Insane on all levels.
"House cleaner shot to death on front porch after going to wrong house in Indianapolis suburb"
apnews.com/article/indi...
Americans and their guns. So scary & out of control. WTF is "castle doctrine"? Insane on all levels.
"House cleaner shot to death on front porch after going to wrong house in Indianapolis suburb"
apnews.com/article/indi...
House cleaner shot to death on front porch after going to wrong house in Indianapolis suburb
Authorities are considering whether to charge an Indiana homeowner who they say shot and killed a woman working as a house cleaner after she came to the wrong address.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In the midst of today's general USA crazy....
Americans and their guns. So scary & out of control. WTF is "castle doctrine"? Insane on all levels.
"House cleaner shot to death on front porch after going to wrong house in Indianapolis suburb"
apnews.com/article/indi...
Americans and their guns. So scary & out of control. WTF is "castle doctrine"? Insane on all levels.
"House cleaner shot to death on front porch after going to wrong house in Indianapolis suburb"
apnews.com/article/indi...
Let's not pretend ever that war is about anything other than killing people. Humanity, moral sense, ethics are already compromised by war. If a bigger bomb or "gamifying" the killing helps win, of course it will be used. Ukraine is fighting a ruthless country.
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
Ukraine soldiers now earn points for confirmed kills, prompting fears of a gamified war | CBC Radio
An incentive program allows Ukrainian drone operators to compete for points, which are redeemable for new weapons and equipment online.
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Let's not pretend ever that war is about anything other than killing people. Humanity, moral sense, ethics are already compromised by war. If a bigger bomb or "gamifying" the killing helps win, of course it will be used. Ukraine is fighting a ruthless country.
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
Bought an eBike today. One less car in Kelowna where we're climbing 300m up from grocery stores. Hybridized it a bit-will do a few trails- swapped out pedals, bar, tires. Need a ski carrier.
One more bicycle. Gave 2 analogs away, this one brings it back to 8.
"Specialized Vado 4.0 ST UL"
One more bicycle. Gave 2 analogs away, this one brings it back to 8.
"Specialized Vado 4.0 ST UL"
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Bought an eBike today. One less car in Kelowna where we're climbing 300m up from grocery stores. Hybridized it a bit-will do a few trails- swapped out pedals, bar, tires. Need a ski carrier.
One more bicycle. Gave 2 analogs away, this one brings it back to 8.
"Specialized Vado 4.0 ST UL"
One more bicycle. Gave 2 analogs away, this one brings it back to 8.
"Specialized Vado 4.0 ST UL"