@lostaffront.bsky.social
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January 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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The ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the heat from global warming. That heat in the ocean is one of the things we’re leaving for future generations.
The oceans just keep getting hotter
For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025.
arstechnica.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the heat from global warming. That heat in the ocean is one of the things we’re leaving for future generations.
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Hi hello, the Toronto Sun's email is torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca in case you'd like to inquire as to how they feel about their Ottawa Bureau Chief making these kinds of statements about innocent women being shot by militarized thugs in the street! Let's make his weekend extra fun :)
January 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Hi hello, the Toronto Sun's email is torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca in case you'd like to inquire as to how they feel about their Ottawa Bureau Chief making these kinds of statements about innocent women being shot by militarized thugs in the street! Let's make his weekend extra fun :)
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AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
AI chatbots miss urgent issues in queries about women's health
AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
www.newscientist.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
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Cool. So do it. And stop the Orwellian pushing of fossil fuels as the key to our future.
Carney on Canada becoming a leader in green technology: "You just have to look at where China and others are going. We have an enormous opportunity in this country to leapfrog the United States. The United States has taken its eye off the ball on this."
December 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Cool. So do it. And stop the Orwellian pushing of fossil fuels as the key to our future.
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Regulating DTC #microbiome tests academic.oup.com/jlb/article/...
"...often misleading to consumers..."
"...the tests lack analytical and clinical validity."
"...may have many 'false positive' or 'false negatives' and can harm consumers."
Needed: more stringent regulation!
"...often misleading to consumers..."
"...the tests lack analytical and clinical validity."
"...may have many 'false positive' or 'false negatives' and can harm consumers."
Needed: more stringent regulation!
Is the current regulatory framework for direct-to-consumer microbiome-based tests sufficient to protect consumers from medical, economic, and dignitary harms?
Abstract. This article offers a thorough analysis of an important public health issue–the lack of regulation of companies selling direct-to-consumer (DTC)
academic.oup.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Regulating DTC #microbiome tests academic.oup.com/jlb/article/...
"...often misleading to consumers..."
"...the tests lack analytical and clinical validity."
"...may have many 'false positive' or 'false negatives' and can harm consumers."
Needed: more stringent regulation!
"...often misleading to consumers..."
"...the tests lack analytical and clinical validity."
"...may have many 'false positive' or 'false negatives' and can harm consumers."
Needed: more stringent regulation!
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The best stat is Canadian median wealth is over $30,000 HIGHER. That's in USD too.
US GDP per capita is 30% higher, but it doesn't trickle down to regular folks like you and me.
US GDP per capita is 30% higher, but it doesn't trickle down to regular folks like you and me.
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The best stat is Canadian median wealth is over $30,000 HIGHER. That's in USD too.
US GDP per capita is 30% higher, but it doesn't trickle down to regular folks like you and me.
US GDP per capita is 30% higher, but it doesn't trickle down to regular folks like you and me.
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Flu season has hit Canadians hard and early, as cases continues to rise. Between low vaccine uptake and a problematic H3N2 strain, hospitals across the country are seeing a flood of flu cases in the ER, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Flu season has hit Canadians hard and early, as cases continues to rise
Between low vaccine uptake and a problematic strain, hospitals across the country are seeing a flood of flu cases in the ER
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Flu season has hit Canadians hard and early, as cases continues to rise. Between low vaccine uptake and a problematic H3N2 strain, hospitals across the country are seeing a flood of flu cases in the ER, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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People aren't getting it.
Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US.
Yay, right?
The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.
Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US.
Yay, right?
The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
People aren't getting it.
Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US.
Yay, right?
The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.
Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US.
Yay, right?
The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
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Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow
We now have a greater understanding of how exercise slows cancer
Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow
www.newscientist.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Sum: Anti-science, antivaxx, political BS.
Absolutely NO evidence to support this move. COVID vaccines among most studied interventions in human history.
Scary. Maddening. But no surprise. Dark Age 2.0.
FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
Absolutely NO evidence to support this move. COVID vaccines among most studied interventions in human history.
Scary. Maddening. But no surprise. Dark Age 2.0.
FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines, sources say | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration intends to put a “black box” warning on Covid-19 vaccines, according to two people familiar with the agency’s plans.
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Sum: Anti-science, antivaxx, political BS.
Absolutely NO evidence to support this move. COVID vaccines among most studied interventions in human history.
Scary. Maddening. But no surprise. Dark Age 2.0.
FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
Absolutely NO evidence to support this move. COVID vaccines among most studied interventions in human history.
Scary. Maddening. But no surprise. Dark Age 2.0.
FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
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A simple question
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A simple question
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Lol. This is exactly how we've ended up with two conservative parties and how we'll end up with a Conservative government soon. Partisan politics melts partisan brains.
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Lol. This is exactly how we've ended up with two conservative parties and how we'll end up with a Conservative government soon. Partisan politics melts partisan brains.
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Poilievre's leadership is flailing so maybe the guy who seems to be dreaming about leading the Conservative Party can finally get his chance.
Mark Carney, go get 'em tiger!
Mark Carney, go get 'em tiger!
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Poilievre's leadership is flailing so maybe the guy who seems to be dreaming about leading the Conservative Party can finally get his chance.
Mark Carney, go get 'em tiger!
Mark Carney, go get 'em tiger!
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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Remember Ostrich Osheaga?
When a bunch of far-right convoy influencers, health nuts, antivaxxers and even RFK Jr himself waged war on the Canada Food Inspection Agency over an ostrich cull?
Well, my friends at @nationalobserver.com got some wild insider info on the impact of this harassment:
When a bunch of far-right convoy influencers, health nuts, antivaxxers and even RFK Jr himself waged war on the Canada Food Inspection Agency over an ostrich cull?
Well, my friends at @nationalobserver.com got some wild insider info on the impact of this harassment:
December 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Remember Ostrich Osheaga?
When a bunch of far-right convoy influencers, health nuts, antivaxxers and even RFK Jr himself waged war on the Canada Food Inspection Agency over an ostrich cull?
Well, my friends at @nationalobserver.com got some wild insider info on the impact of this harassment:
When a bunch of far-right convoy influencers, health nuts, antivaxxers and even RFK Jr himself waged war on the Canada Food Inspection Agency over an ostrich cull?
Well, my friends at @nationalobserver.com got some wild insider info on the impact of this harassment: