Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca
Award-winning investigations on the Alberta Recovery Model: www.drugdatadecoded.ca
✍️ APTN, Alberta Views, The Breach, The Tyee
PhD Microbiology
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✍️ APTN, Alberta Views, The Breach, The Tyee
PhD Microbiology
Banner: Access to information in Alberta
Icon: Headshot of me in blue t-shirt
Pinned
Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca
· Sep 26
🧵 My story, "What's Wrong With Rehab?" won Gold for Long-Form at Alberta Magazine Awards last night!
Thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & all who shared expertise: Brandon Shaw, Esther Tailfeathers, @ehyshka.bsky.social, David Hodgins & recovery workers. 1/
albertaviews.ca/whats-wrong-...
Thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & all who shared expertise: Brandon Shaw, Esther Tailfeathers, @ehyshka.bsky.social, David Hodgins & recovery workers. 1/
albertaviews.ca/whats-wrong-...
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“Does Canada still have a press able to call out a lie when it sees one?”
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Does Canada still have a press able to call out a lie when it sees one?”
Behind every LLM prompt is a human going “if I were a robot trying to pretend to be a human, I would say…”
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Behind every LLM prompt is a human going “if I were a robot trying to pretend to be a human, I would say…”
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“prominent separatist supporter Jeff Rath received a standing ovation from the packed crowd when he asked how many of them support independence.
Smith, who countered by saying she supports a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada, was roundly booed by delegates still standing from the ovation”
Smith, who countered by saying she supports a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada, was roundly booed by delegates still standing from the ovation”
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“prominent separatist supporter Jeff Rath received a standing ovation from the packed crowd when he asked how many of them support independence.
Smith, who countered by saying she supports a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada, was roundly booed by delegates still standing from the ovation”
Smith, who countered by saying she supports a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada, was roundly booed by delegates still standing from the ovation”
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“[The Kinew] government’s law threatens to undo decades of hard-fought Indigenous policy work that envisioned justice beyond punishment. It collapses the distinction between reconciliation and recarceration, and signals to young people that politics will always choose control over kinship.”
“[Manitoba premier Wab] Kinew has failed to represent Indigenous peoples, their voices, or their political will by framing incarceration as therapeutic and protective.”
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba
In Manitoba, Wab Kinew’s NDP government passed Bill 48 strengthening policies to incarcerate houseless peoples. The Protective Detention and Care of Intoxicated Persons Act came as no surprise for …
deadlycollective.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“[The Kinew] government’s law threatens to undo decades of hard-fought Indigenous policy work that envisioned justice beyond punishment. It collapses the distinction between reconciliation and recarceration, and signals to young people that politics will always choose control over kinship.”
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"This isn’t nation-building—it’s nation betraying: A betrayal of our children’s future, a betrayal of Indigenous Peoples, and a betrayal of Canadians who overwhelmingly continue to support climate action"
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.wcel.org/media-releas...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.wcel.org/media-releas...
41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers | West Coast Environmental Law
Joint declaration by civil society organizations working to secure a safe climate system, protect marine and freshwater and uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty
www.wcel.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"This isn’t nation-building—it’s nation betraying: A betrayal of our children’s future, a betrayal of Indigenous Peoples, and a betrayal of Canadians who overwhelmingly continue to support climate action"
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.wcel.org/media-releas...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.wcel.org/media-releas...
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UCP AGM is off to a great start
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
UCP AGM is off to a great start
Even if the Alberta government doesn’t get a pipeline built, never underestimate their ability to leverage projects to nowhere that move public dollars into private pockets.
Meanwhile, they’ll divide FNs against one another and deepen colonial harms. It’s their MO, and increasingly Carney’s too.
Meanwhile, they’ll divide FNs against one another and deepen colonial harms. It’s their MO, and increasingly Carney’s too.
plus obliterating Indigenous consultation through ministerial discretion, which is the win-win for the UCP and feds. Now the UCP get to combine lack of consultation with virtually unlimited criminalization powers via Critical Infrastructure Act.
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Even if the Alberta government doesn’t get a pipeline built, never underestimate their ability to leverage projects to nowhere that move public dollars into private pockets.
Meanwhile, they’ll divide FNs against one another and deepen colonial harms. It’s their MO, and increasingly Carney’s too.
Meanwhile, they’ll divide FNs against one another and deepen colonial harms. It’s their MO, and increasingly Carney’s too.
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Someone tell the white liberals on this site that steamrolling over Indigenous rights is not an attribute of "political genius"
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Someone tell the white liberals on this site that steamrolling over Indigenous rights is not an attribute of "political genius"
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It is very rare that I agree with DEA, but the point made here is important -
If you’re trying to smuggle drugs on a small speedboat, why bring aboard 6 extra bodies? Why not take the necessary crew only to save space for inventory?
Be cognizant of how drug panic is used to mislead us.
If you’re trying to smuggle drugs on a small speedboat, why bring aboard 6 extra bodies? Why not take the necessary crew only to save space for inventory?
Be cognizant of how drug panic is used to mislead us.
6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It is very rare that I agree with DEA, but the point made here is important -
If you’re trying to smuggle drugs on a small speedboat, why bring aboard 6 extra bodies? Why not take the necessary crew only to save space for inventory?
Be cognizant of how drug panic is used to mislead us.
If you’re trying to smuggle drugs on a small speedboat, why bring aboard 6 extra bodies? Why not take the necessary crew only to save space for inventory?
Be cognizant of how drug panic is used to mislead us.
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“The world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“The world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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A 16 year old American citizen has spent the last 9 months in an Israel prison.
Tonight he’s finally free.
Mohammed Ibrahim is a Palestinian-American from Florida.
He was arrested during an Israeli raid of his family’s home in the West Bank.
He had double digit weight loss & developed scabies
Tonight he’s finally free.
Mohammed Ibrahim is a Palestinian-American from Florida.
He was arrested during an Israeli raid of his family’s home in the West Bank.
He had double digit weight loss & developed scabies
Palestinian-American teenager held in Israeli prison freed after nine months
Israeli soldiers had taken Mohammed Ibrahim from his home in a night raid when he was only 15 years old
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A 16 year old American citizen has spent the last 9 months in an Israel prison.
Tonight he’s finally free.
Mohammed Ibrahim is a Palestinian-American from Florida.
He was arrested during an Israeli raid of his family’s home in the West Bank.
He had double digit weight loss & developed scabies
Tonight he’s finally free.
Mohammed Ibrahim is a Palestinian-American from Florida.
He was arrested during an Israeli raid of his family’s home in the West Bank.
He had double digit weight loss & developed scabies
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David Cochrane asks about the fact that it would’ve been impossible for the coastal First Nations to travel from their communities to meet the feds on the timeline the govt offered.
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
David Cochrane asks about the fact that it would’ve been impossible for the coastal First Nations to travel from their communities to meet the feds on the timeline the govt offered.
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
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I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
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Sorry did I say six months? I meant 33 minutes
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Sorry did I say six months? I meant 33 minutes
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"How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it," writes @arnokopecky.bsky.social
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it," writes @arnokopecky.bsky.social
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Seems shockingly naive to think Carney is not simply being a pal to oil and gas interests. He's been dismantling climate policy since the moment he became leader.
Also, this doesn't sound like this is the clever win Max et al claim. The UCP got exactly what they wanted.
Also, this doesn't sound like this is the clever win Max et al claim. The UCP got exactly what they wanted.
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Seems shockingly naive to think Carney is not simply being a pal to oil and gas interests. He's been dismantling climate policy since the moment he became leader.
Also, this doesn't sound like this is the clever win Max et al claim. The UCP got exactly what they wanted.
Also, this doesn't sound like this is the clever win Max et al claim. The UCP got exactly what they wanted.
Reuters article out there suggesting COVID doesn’t affect healthy individuals.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reuters article out there suggesting COVID doesn’t affect healthy individuals.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
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Once again, you now live in a country where there are two classes of citizenship, & those of us who hold the second class variety can apparently lose ours if we do not show good behavior to Dear Leader & the far right authoritarian party.
The President of the United States promising a policy of mass denaturalization of citizens "who undermine domestic tranquility"
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Once again, you now live in a country where there are two classes of citizenship, & those of us who hold the second class variety can apparently lose ours if we do not show good behavior to Dear Leader & the far right authoritarian party.
Interesting that Premier Eby could not pass on tasting this particular boot.
A simple “we await the results of DULF’s constitutional challenge” would have satisfied anyone.
But he chose to go all-in on The Law, because the DULF arrests happened on his watch.
A simple “we await the results of DULF’s constitutional challenge” would have satisfied anyone.
But he chose to go all-in on The Law, because the DULF arrests happened on his watch.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Interesting that Premier Eby could not pass on tasting this particular boot.
A simple “we await the results of DULF’s constitutional challenge” would have satisfied anyone.
But he chose to go all-in on The Law, because the DULF arrests happened on his watch.
A simple “we await the results of DULF’s constitutional challenge” would have satisfied anyone.
But he chose to go all-in on The Law, because the DULF arrests happened on his watch.
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As DULF's compassion club was forced to close, its operators worked to get its 43 members legal Rx alternatives, successfully transitioning only 2 or 3 – a point that piqued the interest of the judge, who asked about the barriers to safer supply programs
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Legal safer supply programs inaccessible to most, B.C court hears
Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx were convicted of trafficking earlier this month for having operated an illicit-drug compassion club
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As DULF's compassion club was forced to close, its operators worked to get its 43 members legal Rx alternatives, successfully transitioning only 2 or 3 – a point that piqued the interest of the judge, who asked about the barriers to safer supply programs
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Jeremy Kalicum, convicted of trafficking for his role in operating an illicit-drug compassion club, provided a window into his motivations, telling a BC court about his brother’s addiction and the effects of seeing hundreds of ODs but no meaningful response
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
B.C. man who bought dark web drugs for compassion club says he wanted to reduce overdoses
Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx are challenging the constitutionality of Canada’s drug laws, saying they increase the risk of harm or death
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Jeremy Kalicum, convicted of trafficking for his role in operating an illicit-drug compassion club, provided a window into his motivations, telling a BC court about his brother’s addiction and the effects of seeing hundreds of ODs but no meaningful response
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
“Does Canada still have a press able to call out a lie when it sees one?”
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Does Canada still have a press able to call out a lie when it sees one?”
Reposted by Euan Thomson
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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It's rare for a police officer in Canada to be criminally charged for shooting someone, and then to plead guilty
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Toronto police officer who shot man in park gets suspended sentence, conditional discharge
Expert tells court police should have used de-escalation in February 2023 incident. Because of his sentence, Const. Andrew Davis will have a chance to keep his job.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's rare for a police officer in Canada to be criminally charged for shooting someone, and then to plead guilty
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...