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Canadian progressive 🇨🇦. Trained as a Medical Laboratory Technologist, class of '93. I follow science, not fairy tales.
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Conspiracy theories could harm sustainability www.nature.com/articles/s41... "...conspiracy beliefs are mostly associated with reduced public health and well-being, weakened social cohesion and deteriorated basic human rights..." "...mostly negative implications for sustainable attitudes..."

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this queen

submitted 39 days ago • 18 comments

Narcissism fuels political polarization www.psypost.org/narcissism-m... via @psypost.bsky.social "...narcissistic personality traits—especially those who feel entitled and antagonistic—are more likely to display extreme loyalty to their political in-group..."

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

In case you needed another reason to eat ice cream.

submitted 46 days ago • 919 comments

Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?

submitted 49 days ago • 1677 comments

Should we start calling Pierre Poilievre the Stornoway Squatter?

submitted 59 days ago • 39 comments

Developing: The White House has confirmed they are planning a military parade for the world’s most famous draft dodger.

submitted 58 days ago • 1517 comments

Yes, this is a real tweet.

submitted 61 days ago • 8757 comments

www.threads.com/@drjengunter...

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

My fellow Progressives:

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

May 7-8 I’m in beautiful Winnipeg giving lectures and conversations @um-radyfhs.bsky.social @umanitoba.bsky.social @umanitobasci.bsky.social list below, also seeing some family there

submitted 64 days ago • 3 comments

👇👇

submitted 64 days ago • 589 comments

Now, more than ever, we need political leaders who are willing to champion the truth. We can't let lies and spin win. My take: thewalrus.ca/poilievre-co... via @thewalrus.ca

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submitted 76 days ago • 2353 comments

We are living in Bizarro world:

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Requiring REAL IDs and passports and birth certificates to vote?!? Imagine if these were required to buy a gun.

submitted 77 days ago • 604 comments

Measles, Vitamin A & RFK Jr.’s About-Face www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... by @drlabos.bsky.social "The dangers of misrepresenting the science are not abstract. Real children are getting sick & dying." Vitamin A "doesn’t prevent or limit the spread of measles, and in very high doses it can be toxic."

submitted 78 days ago • 5 comments

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.

submitted 78 days ago • 819 comments

THIS:

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NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives

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