Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦
@ziadfazel.bsky.social
In Nov 2024, BlueSky became my primary platform. Still have my @ziadfazel on Xitter because of my history of threads there.
Thanks for following me (back) here again.
Photo summer 2024 at Stamps game with my friend @booshmeister. Life is good.
Thanks for following me (back) here again.
Photo summer 2024 at Stamps game with my friend @booshmeister. Life is good.
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a person is signing a contract with a feather in their hand
ALT: a person is signing a contract with a feather in their hand
media.tenor.com
Thank you Dr Young-Leslie @ethnographer.bsky.social for having @lukaszukab.bsky.social #ForeverCanadian petition at our chance meeting Friday at breakfast after @drdagly.bsky.social bicycle barista coffee at Constable Ezio Faraone Memorial Park.
Pleasure meeting you, and other great #yeg people.
Pleasure meeting you, and other great #yeg people.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 is the right man for the job. #cdnpoli
He corrected the reporter without calling names, saying fake news or calling the media biased.
This is a true world leader in the media. So unlike the Maple Maga opposition leader.
He corrected the reporter without calling names, saying fake news or calling the media biased.
This is a true world leader in the media. So unlike the Maple Maga opposition leader.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 is the right man for the job. #cdnpoli
He corrected the reporter without calling names, saying fake news or calling the media biased.
This is a true world leader in the media. So unlike the Maple Maga opposition leader.
He corrected the reporter without calling names, saying fake news or calling the media biased.
This is a true world leader in the media. So unlike the Maple Maga opposition leader.
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Require all Public Health and Infectious Disease professionals in Canada to take remedial courses in hazard control from industrial hygienists and engineers.
Then, put engineers and industrial hygienists in charge of Public Health agencies in Canada.
Then, put engineers and industrial hygienists in charge of Public Health agencies in Canada.
“To me, it’s a collective failure at many levels of government, PH, the HC system to address what we saw as declining rates of vaccination over many years that got much worse since the pandemic & really set the stage for measles to spread like this in our country."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Require all Public Health and Infectious Disease professionals in Canada to take remedial courses in hazard control from industrial hygienists and engineers.
Then, put engineers and industrial hygienists in charge of Public Health agencies in Canada.
Then, put engineers and industrial hygienists in charge of Public Health agencies in Canada.
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Alberta MLA Angela Pitt accuses school principal of weaponizing position to push recall petition — principal says he’s specifically not been advertising his title, but Pitt has now brought it to the forefront.
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
Alberta MLA accuses school principal of weaponizing position to push recall petition
One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus members went on the attack Wednesday against a constituent trying to get her kicked out of the legislature.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Alberta MLA Angela Pitt accuses school principal of weaponizing position to push recall petition — principal says he’s specifically not been advertising his title, but Pitt has now brought it to the forefront.
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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Long awaited sex bots arrive, immediately self destruct rather than deal with men
Long awaited sex bots arrive, immediately self destruct rather than deal with men
LAS VEGAS - A massive fire destroyed the RealGirlz Headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday morning which CEO and founder Jeff Morrow called a “deliberate act of arson.”
www.thebeaverton.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Long awaited sex bots arrive, immediately self destruct rather than deal with men
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What a cool project!
When I was still on CEAB accreditation visits during an interview a student asked me if those club and project groups were worthwhile.
I snorted. What distinguishes you from every other new grad on a job hunt?
“I helped design a control system for a 60’s era pinball machine.”
When I was still on CEAB accreditation visits during an interview a student asked me if those club and project groups were worthwhile.
I snorted. What distinguishes you from every other new grad on a job hunt?
“I helped design a control system for a 60’s era pinball machine.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
What a cool project!
When I was still on CEAB accreditation visits during an interview a student asked me if those club and project groups were worthwhile.
I snorted. What distinguishes you from every other new grad on a job hunt?
“I helped design a control system for a 60’s era pinball machine.”
When I was still on CEAB accreditation visits during an interview a student asked me if those club and project groups were worthwhile.
I snorted. What distinguishes you from every other new grad on a job hunt?
“I helped design a control system for a 60’s era pinball machine.”
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hook JD up to one of those "experience period cramps" machines and watch him crumble before your eyes
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
hook JD up to one of those "experience period cramps" machines and watch him crumble before your eyes
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Canada announces a $1.7 billion program to recruit top H1B visa holders from America
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Canada announces a $1.7 billion program to recruit top H1B visa holders from America
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NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
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🚨 BREAKING: Colombian President Labels Trump Regime A "Global Pedophile Protection" Network. #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... @deanblundell.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING: Colombian President Labels Trump Regime A "Global Pedophile Protection" Network
Warships. Oil. Epstein. Slavery. This isn’t a movie plot—it’s Latin America’s powder keg, and President Petro just lit the fuse.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Colombian President Labels Trump Regime A "Global Pedophile Protection" Network. #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... @deanblundell.bsky.social
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What’s brain melting about this is that the entire political system virtually ignored it for a decade despite massive amounts of evidence that Epstein and Trump had tons of connections on the basis of “nah that can’t be real, that’s silly”
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What’s brain melting about this is that the entire political system virtually ignored it for a decade despite massive amounts of evidence that Epstein and Trump had tons of connections on the basis of “nah that can’t be real, that’s silly”
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Here's the truth about how the BBC influenced both the law and the political agenda by manipulating public opinion.
In July 2019. Deborah Cohen and Hannah Barnes wrote a BBC article claiming the Tavistock puberty blockers study was "under HRA investigation"
It sounded like a scandal. It was not.
In July 2019. Deborah Cohen and Hannah Barnes wrote a BBC article claiming the Tavistock puberty blockers study was "under HRA investigation"
It sounded like a scandal. It was not.
Transgender treatment: Puberty blockers study under investigation
Early findings of patients reporting thoughts of self-harm warranted investigation, Newsnight finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here's the truth about how the BBC influenced both the law and the political agenda by manipulating public opinion.
In July 2019. Deborah Cohen and Hannah Barnes wrote a BBC article claiming the Tavistock puberty blockers study was "under HRA investigation"
It sounded like a scandal. It was not.
In July 2019. Deborah Cohen and Hannah Barnes wrote a BBC article claiming the Tavistock puberty blockers study was "under HRA investigation"
It sounded like a scandal. It was not.
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The HRA publicly clarified that the study BBC journalists Deb Cohen and Hannah Barnes had criticised, had ethical approval.
Their page shows the BBC enquiry and the HRA response. No breach found, no withdrawn approval, no scandal. The BBC reporting misled people.
👉 www.hra.nhs.uk/about-us/new...
Their page shows the BBC enquiry and the HRA response. No breach found, no withdrawn approval, no scandal. The BBC reporting misled people.
👉 www.hra.nhs.uk/about-us/new...
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The HRA publicly clarified that the study BBC journalists Deb Cohen and Hannah Barnes had criticised, had ethical approval.
Their page shows the BBC enquiry and the HRA response. No breach found, no withdrawn approval, no scandal. The BBC reporting misled people.
👉 www.hra.nhs.uk/about-us/new...
Their page shows the BBC enquiry and the HRA response. No breach found, no withdrawn approval, no scandal. The BBC reporting misled people.
👉 www.hra.nhs.uk/about-us/new...
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Super interesting quotes in that article:
"Because fewer than 10 percent of those graduates pursue high-demand specialties like embedded systems, firmware, power electronics, or AI-hardware integration. That’s why employers often say we have “too many engineers, but not enough talent.” ...
"Because fewer than 10 percent of those graduates pursue high-demand specialties like embedded systems, firmware, power electronics, or AI-hardware integration. That’s why employers often say we have “too many engineers, but not enough talent.” ...
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Super interesting quotes in that article:
"Because fewer than 10 percent of those graduates pursue high-demand specialties like embedded systems, firmware, power electronics, or AI-hardware integration. That’s why employers often say we have “too many engineers, but not enough talent.” ...
"Because fewer than 10 percent of those graduates pursue high-demand specialties like embedded systems, firmware, power electronics, or AI-hardware integration. That’s why employers often say we have “too many engineers, but not enough talent.” ...
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Canadians still avoiding US travel.
"In the latest data for September, the number of return trips among Canadians travelling to the U.S. dropped by 27 per cent for air travel, and by a jarring 35 per cent for land travel..."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
"In the latest data for September, the number of return trips among Canadians travelling to the U.S. dropped by 27 per cent for air travel, and by a jarring 35 per cent for land travel..."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home | CBC News
Many Canadians continue to boycott travel to the United States, and the U.S. economy is paying the price. A U.S. Travel Association report forecasts a 3.2 per cent decline in international tourism spe...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Canadians still avoiding US travel.
"In the latest data for September, the number of return trips among Canadians travelling to the U.S. dropped by 27 per cent for air travel, and by a jarring 35 per cent for land travel..."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
"In the latest data for September, the number of return trips among Canadians travelling to the U.S. dropped by 27 per cent for air travel, and by a jarring 35 per cent for land travel..."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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The Holy Grail was control of the Supreme Court and they will not defy him. Canada must move on from US trade and insulate from their imminent civil war.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | In U.S. Supreme Court, Trump administration struggles to make its case for tariffs | CBC News
With U.S. President Donald Trump choosing not to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court oral arguments on his tariff regime — saying somewhat uncharacteristically: "It's not about me" — it looked like the ...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The Holy Grail was control of the Supreme Court and they will not defy him. Canada must move on from US trade and insulate from their imminent civil war.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Bingo. And, then, once it's done, it can be rolled into an engineering club for down-time between classes.
We've got one mid-60s and one mid-70s machines. AC parts are being replaced with DC and they're building around an Arduino that they used in their 1st year programming class.
We've got one mid-60s and one mid-70s machines. AC parts are being replaced with DC and they're building around an Arduino that they used in their 1st year programming class.
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Bingo. And, then, once it's done, it can be rolled into an engineering club for down-time between classes.
We've got one mid-60s and one mid-70s machines. AC parts are being replaced with DC and they're building around an Arduino that they used in their 1st year programming class.
We've got one mid-60s and one mid-70s machines. AC parts are being replaced with DC and they're building around an Arduino that they used in their 1st year programming class.
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This year, I've got two pinball "rebuild" capstone teams.
Why pinball? Because it's fun, it's visible and it's multidisciplinary.
I want my students to be able to get attention and to show off their skills.
Why pinball? Because it's fun, it's visible and it's multidisciplinary.
I want my students to be able to get attention and to show off their skills.
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This year, I've got two pinball "rebuild" capstone teams.
Why pinball? Because it's fun, it's visible and it's multidisciplinary.
I want my students to be able to get attention and to show off their skills.
Why pinball? Because it's fun, it's visible and it's multidisciplinary.
I want my students to be able to get attention and to show off their skills.
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... and "Many are skipping traditional milestones like P.Eng licensing and instead focusing on projects that prove their skills."
(Sounds like capstone and extra-curriculars like Mini-Baja, Formula and robotics team participation are just as important today as they were when I was a student)
(Sounds like capstone and extra-curriculars like Mini-Baja, Formula and robotics team participation are just as important today as they were when I was a student)
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
... and "Many are skipping traditional milestones like P.Eng licensing and instead focusing on projects that prove their skills."
(Sounds like capstone and extra-curriculars like Mini-Baja, Formula and robotics team participation are just as important today as they were when I was a student)
(Sounds like capstone and extra-curriculars like Mini-Baja, Formula and robotics team participation are just as important today as they were when I was a student)
“..design firm in Canada discovered this the hard way. After enforcing strict return-to-office mandate, half its engineering team left within 6 months.
..competitor, which offered flexible hybrid arrangements among other perks, hired most of them.”
@drsmith.bsky.social
www.ept.ca/features/the...
..competitor, which offered flexible hybrid arrangements among other perks, hired most of them.”
@drsmith.bsky.social
www.ept.ca/features/the...
The future of electronic P.Eng talent in Canada
Competition is intense, as Canuck firms compete globally
www.ept.ca
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“..design firm in Canada discovered this the hard way. After enforcing strict return-to-office mandate, half its engineering team left within 6 months.
..competitor, which offered flexible hybrid arrangements among other perks, hired most of them.”
@drsmith.bsky.social
www.ept.ca/features/the...
..competitor, which offered flexible hybrid arrangements among other perks, hired most of them.”
@drsmith.bsky.social
www.ept.ca/features/the...
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Peeps, I'll be on CBC radio's "All In A Day" with Alan Neal this afternoon at 5:10pm.
You're not done with me yet.
You're not done with me yet.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Peeps, I'll be on CBC radio's "All In A Day" with Alan Neal this afternoon at 5:10pm.
You're not done with me yet.
You're not done with me yet.
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Ian Fleming came up with the idea of putting false intelligence and identies in the pockets of corpses and throwing them in the Channel to be found by the Nazi forces in Europe.
It stands to reason then that James Bond is a fake identity that comes with the 007 role.
It stands to reason then that James Bond is a fake identity that comes with the 007 role.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ian Fleming came up with the idea of putting false intelligence and identies in the pockets of corpses and throwing them in the Channel to be found by the Nazi forces in Europe.
It stands to reason then that James Bond is a fake identity that comes with the 007 role.
It stands to reason then that James Bond is a fake identity that comes with the 007 role.
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It took a few days but I got through NJB’s video where he completely destroyed John Forester’s books & credibility. JF flooded the zone with BS & sadly he set things back for years.
Highly recommend anyone in safe streets advocacy to watch!
10/10
#bicycle
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
Highly recommend anyone in safe streets advocacy to watch!
10/10
#bicycle
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It took a few days but I got through NJB’s video where he completely destroyed John Forester’s books & credibility. JF flooded the zone with BS & sadly he set things back for years.
Highly recommend anyone in safe streets advocacy to watch!
10/10
#bicycle
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
Highly recommend anyone in safe streets advocacy to watch!
10/10
#bicycle
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
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Public healthcare is not going to survive without public oversight.
There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.
There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Public healthcare is not going to survive without public oversight.
There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.
There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.