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In a world full of anger and outrage, human connection is more important than ever. Posts about medicine, tech, culture and the future of healthcare.

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Nov 24

Hey folks, importing old tweets from that other platform

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Apr 28

New Substack is out!

ourplausiblefutures.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to the Messy Middle

Despite the future being unknowable, we do know getting there is going to be messy

ourplausiblefutures.substack.com

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Apr 28

I think you’re right

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Apr 28

Live in rural Alberta w/ many Progressive Conservative friends quietly sharing they are voting Liberal today.

Reform friends who also hear this tell me “those PCs weren’t REAL conservatives anyways.”

If you want to win elections, that’s probably the wrong answer.

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Mar 10

LOL

Definitely didn’t predict this 6 months ago

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Mar 10

Who’s ready for a spring election?

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Feb 14

I wonder what a post-US having any goodwill world looks like because that’s where we’re headed.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Feb 13

Russian state TV celebrates Trump 'sawing through the western world'

Russian State TV Celebrates Trump 'Sawing Through the Western World'

"We wanted to saw the western world into pieces, but he decided to saw through it himself."

meidasnews.com

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Feb 3

A schoolyard bully can pick on a handful of kids at any one time, but they can’t take on the whole playground at once

That’s where Trump is headed

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Feb 2

Thanks for that

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Feb 2

🙏🏽 can’t wait for our two countries to be on the other side of this.

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Feb 2

Pass around this list of Canadian products.

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Feb 2

Trudeau’s just gave the most inspiring speech I’ve heard from a Canadian politician in a very long time.

#TrumpTarriffs

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Feb 1

My anti-socialism friends define socialism as collecting wealth from citizens and redistributing it among all citizens.

Fair.

Isn’t Trump collecting tariffs from Americans and redistributing it in place of income taxes socialism then?

Honest confusion.

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Jan 8

FYI: Legislatively and Constitutionally, it’s easier for a state to join Canada than for a Province or Territory to join the USA.

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 22

This is a great thread for Canadians to read. When we remove government as the guarantor of debt, this is the kind of system you get. One of many reasons for core services in Canadian healthcare to remain publicly funded.

Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Dec 10

If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane.

We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 22

Fair

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 19

With all the influence Elon Musk is exerting in American politics right now, wonder at what point does he get blamed if America’s problems get worse

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 19

😩😩😩

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 18

I haven’t been this interested in Canadian Politics for months.

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 16

My own reading of @cafreeland’s resignation letter is a criticism of character more than competence of the Prime Minister (though that’s sprinkled in too).

If Canadians share that view, politicians can recover from one but not the other.

Guess which.

t.co/GIrBHJV9VV

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-considering-his-options-as-leader-after-freeland-quits-cabinet-sources-say-1.7146952

t.co

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 16

Wow, wasn’t on my December Bingo card

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 4

😂

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 1

In the end, politics are about going where your message is heard

More practical to ask, "Is my message being heard in the way I'm trying to communicate it?" and "Is it moving folks to behave differently (ie - vote, donate, etc)?"

There's little point to stay in a place you're message isn't heard.

Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · Dec 1

“Leaving X because you don’t like Elon is the kind of purity politics that landed Democrats in this mess to begin with.”

Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X

Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.

www.politico.com

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AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 1

The next four years of domestic and foreign policy are going to be great for content creators. Not so clear if they will be as great for citizens.

This weeks Plausible Futures post, Can we force our way into a Desired Future?

bit.ly/3ZmaOMO

Can we force our way into a desired future?

Looks like politicians are still going to give it a try

bit.ly

AlikaMD @alikamd.bsky.social · Dec 1

Epic sarcasm 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽