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I follow a lot of Americans on here and the almost complete absence of people even mentioning that the US is threatening to annex/invade Canada (outside of bad jokes) for the past month has been instructive.

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Excited to speak on "How the idea of wellness drives markets in invisible ways" at @uoft.bsky.social's Dalla Lana School of Public Health for their Health Inc series. Join us! Wednesday 12-1 ET on Zoom. Register below. www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-the-id...

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‘Public health crisis’: Posts about medical tests on social media ‘overwhelmingly’ misleading www.euronews.com/health/2025/... "...promoted under the guise of early screening, as a way to take control of your own health. The problem is they are unnecessary for most people" & science very iffy.

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Have you seen ads & posts saying you need an #electrolyte supplement? Hydration culture is a whole thing these days, but in this weeks episode of #Cooked for #ScienceFriction we explore why you need to take this advice with a grain of salt.

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I recently chatted with @dremmabeckett.bsky.social on her ABC Australia show Cooked about the prevalence of electrolyte powders and the powerful sciencey-seeming rhetorics that motivate people to take them. I start at 18:11 but listen to the whole show. It's great! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Important analysis. Supplements as symbols: Public arguments against natural health product regs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @colleenderkatch.bsky.social et al. Embrace of (usually unproven) supplements often about much more than "health". Indeed, increasingly it is about identity.

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New low-sensory study hours at my university. 🥳 More of this please, and not just at universities. Let's do low-sensory options at malls and grocery stores, in designated spots at airports. Not everything needs to be a 24h all-consuming sensory spectacle.

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Just your regular reminder that if your definition of diversity does not include disability, you're not doing diversity right.

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I forgot to mention: #4sSeattle25 now includes hybrid participation so here's another reminder of the deadline extension to Feb 2. Julie Crowe and I welcome submissions to our panel "Reverberations of 'Natural' in Reproductive Health Discourse" (panel 202). drive.google.com/file/d/1hUXq...

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The deadline for 4S has been extended until February 2 so there's still time to submit a proposal to my panel with Julie Crowe on "Reverberations of 'Natural' in Reproductive Health Discourse" (panel 202). Link below! Please share widely. @4sweb.bsky.social www.4sonline.org/call_for_sub...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Really something to attend an anti-bias workshop that uses ableist metaphors to explain implicit racism.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

My literal hometown, St Albert, Alberta.

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Just signed off on a text to a colleague with “May the CCV burn in hell.” Canadian researchers will identify.

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Parts of the democratic apocalypse are at least gonna be amusing.

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Didn't share this yesterday because there was, uh, other stuff going on, but just a reminder that "Blue Monday" was made up by a travel agency to sell vacations. Featuring thoughts by me ⬇️ www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...

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Someone on here said that we've just replaced the four humours with the names of neurotransmitters and that's so right it's not even funny.

submitted 47 days ago • 14 comments

Like clockwork. www.thecut.com/article/infl...

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Brilliant! When I started doing ice dance again as an adult, it was virtually impossible for me to find a partner for my tests. It's part of why I left the sport again after only a few years.

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

So many choice nuggets here I must quote them each in turn.

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"While some Ontario patients with real medical issues are waiting as long as 99 days on average for an MRI under [health insurance], I got an appointment for my medically unnecessary scan in a matter of days after entering my credit card number on a website." www.thestar.com/business/i-p...

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Bluesky is now 24/7 Trump coverage, Instagram has gone whole-hog MAGA, and the Other Site is dead to me. How do I procrastinate now? Read an actual book?

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The slope between studying transcendent escapism (via psychedelics, raves, mountaineering...) and wanting to actually escape is slippery indeed. Ask me how I know.

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Language matters: "The old distinction between medical and recreational drugs is breaking down. It’s no longer clear what even counts as a 'drug' anymore." [scare quotes mine] www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/o...

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Toronto driver runs into our car while he approaches an intersection. He keeps going as if nothing happened, then stops at the light. -Us, knocking on the window: "Hey! You just hit our car!" -Him: "Not that hard." -Us: "??" -Him: "Send me the bill." What a city.

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Why you should winter❄️like a kid. Adults suck at winter. We see it as a long, dark, cold, uncomfortable season that we have to endure and survive. The older you get, the harder winter is. But it doesn’t have to be this way, by David Sax theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

The Canadian supplement industry is revving up a new campaign against regulations so it's time to re-up my December 2023 article with Julie Crowe, "Supplements as symbols: Public arguments against natural health product regulation in Canada." More below 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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