Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦
@jamesbicycle.bsky.social
Clinical-community psychologist, cycologist. Sask by a lake, Kelowna by a mountain. Retired from clinical practice. Consultant re mental health & physical injury recovery. Ride a bike, ski a mountain, paddle a board, dog run me. Let's be kind to eachother!
"Conversion Therapy" came up again re trans & sexual orientation.
It's not "therapy" any more than "therapy" to cure slaves of not wanting to be slaves was (there was diagnoses proposed re "theft of self" and "Drapetomania"). This is equally absurd and terrible.
It's not "therapy" any more than "therapy" to cure slaves of not wanting to be slaves was (there was diagnoses proposed re "theft of self" and "Drapetomania"). This is equally absurd and terrible.
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Conversion Therapy" came up again re trans & sexual orientation.
It's not "therapy" any more than "therapy" to cure slaves of not wanting to be slaves was (there was diagnoses proposed re "theft of self" and "Drapetomania"). This is equally absurd and terrible.
It's not "therapy" any more than "therapy" to cure slaves of not wanting to be slaves was (there was diagnoses proposed re "theft of self" and "Drapetomania"). This is equally absurd and terrible.
A long read. Worth it. Shows how Canada gets screwed by American tech giants. And how we pay 30% of everything online to Apple, Google...
They won't allow us to circumvent "access control" whether it's a tractor, computer, app, printer, car, iPhone, music streaming...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
They won't allow us to circumvent "access control" whether it's a tractor, computer, app, printer, car, iPhone, music streaming...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
Pluralistic: (Digital) Elbows Up (28 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A long read. Worth it. Shows how Canada gets screwed by American tech giants. And how we pay 30% of everything online to Apple, Google...
They won't allow us to circumvent "access control" whether it's a tractor, computer, app, printer, car, iPhone, music streaming...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
They won't allow us to circumvent "access control" whether it's a tractor, computer, app, printer, car, iPhone, music streaming...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
MS. Moving toward curing it.
"EBV infection is necessary to develop MS.
EBV infected cells can enter the CNS.
EBV specific cytotoxic T cells are abundant in the CSF....
We propose that MS is caused by cytotoxic CD8 T cells that are activated by EBV antigens but also recognize CNS antigens."
"EBV infection is necessary to develop MS.
EBV infected cells can enter the CNS.
EBV specific cytotoxic T cells are abundant in the CSF....
We propose that MS is caused by cytotoxic CD8 T cells that are activated by EBV antigens but also recognize CNS antigens."
Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis: A mechanism comes into focus
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis: A mechanism comes into focus
Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) but the role that the virus plays in MS is not clear. Recent public…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
MS. Moving toward curing it.
"EBV infection is necessary to develop MS.
EBV infected cells can enter the CNS.
EBV specific cytotoxic T cells are abundant in the CSF....
We propose that MS is caused by cytotoxic CD8 T cells that are activated by EBV antigens but also recognize CNS antigens."
"EBV infection is necessary to develop MS.
EBV infected cells can enter the CNS.
EBV specific cytotoxic T cells are abundant in the CSF....
We propose that MS is caused by cytotoxic CD8 T cells that are activated by EBV antigens but also recognize CNS antigens."
Reposted by Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦
Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis: A mechanism comes into focus
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis: A mechanism comes into focus
Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) but the role that the virus plays in MS is not clear. Recent public…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis: A mechanism comes into focus
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I hope this is the right answer.
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I hope this is the right answer.
A new Christmas song.
Excellent reflection of these wonderful times we live in.
:sarcasm emoji:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFf...
Excellent reflection of these wonderful times we live in.
:sarcasm emoji:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFf...
Give Me My Presents - Official Music Video 2025
YouTube video by So Good
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A new Christmas song.
Excellent reflection of these wonderful times we live in.
:sarcasm emoji:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFf...
Excellent reflection of these wonderful times we live in.
:sarcasm emoji:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFf...
Every leader of a country who meetsc with Putin is part of the problem. Trading with the country invading Ukraine funds Russia's invasion. It is wrong
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-u...
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-u...
Ukraine updates: Orban meeting Putin in Moscow – DW – 11/28/2025
Hungarian Prime Minister Orban is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The Kremlin's closest EU ally, Orban says he aims to secure energy imports and "talk about peace" in Ukraine. Foll...
www.dw.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Every leader of a country who meetsc with Putin is part of the problem. Trading with the country invading Ukraine funds Russia's invasion. It is wrong
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-u...
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-u...
Iraq war- provoked by fake info about weapons of mass destruction that they knew were fake- estimates of up to 1 million dead. Is this a genocide?
(We know it's war crimes- uncharged, unpunished leaders of USA, UK & other)
(We know it's war crimes- uncharged, unpunished leaders of USA, UK & other)
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Iraq war- provoked by fake info about weapons of mass destruction that they knew were fake- estimates of up to 1 million dead. Is this a genocide?
(We know it's war crimes- uncharged, unpunished leaders of USA, UK & other)
(We know it's war crimes- uncharged, unpunished leaders of USA, UK & other)
Types of fun.
Type 1: fun while you're doing it.
Type 2: not fun at the time, fun in telling others about it later.
Type 3: not fun at the time, fun for others as they joke about it at your expense.
Seems as I age, more & more is Type 3 & when it's Type 2, apparently I told that story last week.
Type 1: fun while you're doing it.
Type 2: not fun at the time, fun in telling others about it later.
Type 3: not fun at the time, fun for others as they joke about it at your expense.
Seems as I age, more & more is Type 3 & when it's Type 2, apparently I told that story last week.
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Types of fun.
Type 1: fun while you're doing it.
Type 2: not fun at the time, fun in telling others about it later.
Type 3: not fun at the time, fun for others as they joke about it at your expense.
Seems as I age, more & more is Type 3 & when it's Type 2, apparently I told that story last week.
Type 1: fun while you're doing it.
Type 2: not fun at the time, fun in telling others about it later.
Type 3: not fun at the time, fun for others as they joke about it at your expense.
Seems as I age, more & more is Type 3 & when it's Type 2, apparently I told that story last week.
Not understanding USA's Thanksgiving. Why would turkeys who'd done nothing to anyone need to be pardoned & not killed? and why would a politician be allowed to pardon anyone for anything anyway? Meanwhile it's an ordinary day in Canada (Thanksgiving was in October)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wcj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wcj...
Great Big Sea - Ordinary Day
YouTube video by Great Big Sea
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Not understanding USA's Thanksgiving. Why would turkeys who'd done nothing to anyone need to be pardoned & not killed? and why would a politician be allowed to pardon anyone for anything anyway? Meanwhile it's an ordinary day in Canada (Thanksgiving was in October)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wcj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wcj...
Reposted by Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
Google:
"You're not searching the web
anymore. You're reading a plagiarized book report written by a robot. Google isn't a search engine. It's a digital parasite that's eating its own host. @spencerlishh"
"You're not searching the web
anymore. You're reading a plagiarized book report written by a robot. Google isn't a search engine. It's a digital parasite that's eating its own host. @spencerlishh"
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Google:
"You're not searching the web
anymore. You're reading a plagiarized book report written by a robot. Google isn't a search engine. It's a digital parasite that's eating its own host. @spencerlishh"
"You're not searching the web
anymore. You're reading a plagiarized book report written by a robot. Google isn't a search engine. It's a digital parasite that's eating its own host. @spencerlishh"
"Early detection will not reduce the burden of dementia. The current methods for early detection are not yet reliable enough & there is currently no effective treatment to halt or slow [it]"
Focus here:
"high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, obesity increase the risk"
nltimes.nl/2025/11/25/e...
Focus here:
"high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, obesity increase the risk"
nltimes.nl/2025/11/25/e...
Early detection won’t help dementia prognosis; Focus on prevention: Dutch Health Council
Early detection will not reduce the burden of dementia. The current methods for early detection are not yet reliable enough, and there is currently no effective treatment to halt or slow the disease’s...
nltimes.nl
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Early detection will not reduce the burden of dementia. The current methods for early detection are not yet reliable enough & there is currently no effective treatment to halt or slow [it]"
Focus here:
"high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, obesity increase the risk"
nltimes.nl/2025/11/25/e...
Focus here:
"high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, obesity increase the risk"
nltimes.nl/2025/11/25/e...
Race is biologically meaningless.
Dark skin & blue eyes was the norm for Europeans until 1700-3000 years ago.
Article fails to mention 'sexual selection'- preference to make babies with others with characteristics seen as exotic & sexy. Like we do today...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Dark skin & blue eyes was the norm for Europeans until 1700-3000 years ago.
Article fails to mention 'sexual selection'- preference to make babies with others with characteristics seen as exotic & sexy. Like we do today...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago
Pale skin didn't dominate Europe until surprisingly recently.
www.zmescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Race is biologically meaningless.
Dark skin & blue eyes was the norm for Europeans until 1700-3000 years ago.
Article fails to mention 'sexual selection'- preference to make babies with others with characteristics seen as exotic & sexy. Like we do today...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Dark skin & blue eyes was the norm for Europeans until 1700-3000 years ago.
Article fails to mention 'sexual selection'- preference to make babies with others with characteristics seen as exotic & sexy. Like we do today...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
The thing about genocide is that it's we always do it7.
Bible: They devoted the city to the Lord & destroyed with the sword every living thing in it-men & women, young & old, cattle, sheep & donkeys. Josh6:21
Same ideas- Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia.
Bible: They devoted the city to the Lord & destroyed with the sword every living thing in it-men & women, young & old, cattle, sheep & donkeys. Josh6:21
Same ideas- Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The thing about genocide is that it's we always do it7.
Bible: They devoted the city to the Lord & destroyed with the sword every living thing in it-men & women, young & old, cattle, sheep & donkeys. Josh6:21
Same ideas- Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia.
Bible: They devoted the city to the Lord & destroyed with the sword every living thing in it-men & women, young & old, cattle, sheep & donkeys. Josh6:21
Same ideas- Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia.
Reposted by Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦
😎🌵🪴 define "improving"
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
😎🌵🪴 define "improving"
2 + 5 + 1 = 8 hours of flying time tomorrow. That's just in the air.
O Canada, you are so big. So enormous. Gigantic. One mammoth behemoth.
Glad to live here. Will do my best to be a Good Traveller tomorrow. I have a great seatmate.
O Canada, you are so big. So enormous. Gigantic. One mammoth behemoth.
Glad to live here. Will do my best to be a Good Traveller tomorrow. I have a great seatmate.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
2 + 5 + 1 = 8 hours of flying time tomorrow. That's just in the air.
O Canada, you are so big. So enormous. Gigantic. One mammoth behemoth.
Glad to live here. Will do my best to be a Good Traveller tomorrow. I have a great seatmate.
O Canada, you are so big. So enormous. Gigantic. One mammoth behemoth.
Glad to live here. Will do my best to be a Good Traveller tomorrow. I have a great seatmate.
So Trump’s guy tells a Putin guy how to sell out Ukraine. Outrageous. Inhuman. Incompetent. Wrong. Embracing the beast.
Full text of the phone call in link.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
Full text of the phone call in link.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
Steve Witkoff has been exposed
US president’s special envoy has demonstrated a lack of experience after a leaked Kremlin call revealed him coaching a top Putin aide
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
So Trump’s guy tells a Putin guy how to sell out Ukraine. Outrageous. Inhuman. Incompetent. Wrong. Embracing the beast.
Full text of the phone call in link.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
Full text of the phone call in link.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
Sleep estimates by smart watches isn't very good.
Detection of sleep vs wake:95%
Sleep stage:50-86%
Compared to sleep lab polysomnography (PSG): including brain activity (EEG), eye movements, muscle activity, blood pressure, heart rate +more.
One study:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Detection of sleep vs wake:95%
Sleep stage:50-86%
Compared to sleep lab polysomnography (PSG): including brain activity (EEG), eye movements, muscle activity, blood pressure, heart rate +more.
One study:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Accuracy of Three Commercial Wearable Devices for Sleep Tracking in Healthy Adults
Sleep tracking by consumers is becoming increasingly prevalent; yet, few studies have evaluated the accuracy of such devices. We sought to evaluate the accuracy of three devices (Oura Ring Gen3, Fitbit Sense 2, and Apple Watch Series 8) compared to ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Sleep estimates by smart watches isn't very good.
Detection of sleep vs wake:95%
Sleep stage:50-86%
Compared to sleep lab polysomnography (PSG): including brain activity (EEG), eye movements, muscle activity, blood pressure, heart rate +more.
One study:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Detection of sleep vs wake:95%
Sleep stage:50-86%
Compared to sleep lab polysomnography (PSG): including brain activity (EEG), eye movements, muscle activity, blood pressure, heart rate +more.
One study:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Wegovy (Ozempic)** -"phase 3 trials did not demonstrate a statistically significant reduction in Alzheimer's disease progression"
** same drug, Semaglutide, different doses. Weight loss, diabetes-2
** same drug, Semaglutide, different doses. Weight loss, diabetes-2
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wegovy (Ozempic)** -"phase 3 trials did not demonstrate a statistically significant reduction in Alzheimer's disease progression"
** same drug, Semaglutide, different doses. Weight loss, diabetes-2
** same drug, Semaglutide, different doses. Weight loss, diabetes-2
"Joanna Harper now works at Western University [Ontario, Canada] after funding was cut on her research in Oregon"
"For two decades, Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in trans people’s athletic performance."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"For two decades, Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in trans people’s athletic performance."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After her study on trans athletes lost funding in the U.S., this Canadian researcher is starting over | CBC News
Canadian-born researcher Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in transgender athletes' performance for nearly two decades. Her most recent study, which she was w...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Joanna Harper now works at Western University [Ontario, Canada] after funding was cut on her research in Oregon"
"For two decades, Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in trans people’s athletic performance."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"For two decades, Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in trans people’s athletic performance."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
another friend dead
not sudden yet 'twas sudden
a jolt to my soul
/ a haiku. "Those friends thou hast... grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Somehow poetry helps a bit.
not sudden yet 'twas sudden
a jolt to my soul
/ a haiku. "Those friends thou hast... grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Somehow poetry helps a bit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
another friend dead
not sudden yet 'twas sudden
a jolt to my soul
/ a haiku. "Those friends thou hast... grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Somehow poetry helps a bit.
not sudden yet 'twas sudden
a jolt to my soul
/ a haiku. "Those friends thou hast... grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Somehow poetry helps a bit.
Probabilty that Trump's "peace plan" for Ukraine was written in Russian according to specific GPT search is 70-80%. Heard discussion of on BBC Radio 4 (if there is a link it isn't up yet, please post it or other if you find it). Trump's peace plan is actually Putin's war goals. Not a peace plan.
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Probabilty that Trump's "peace plan" for Ukraine was written in Russian according to specific GPT search is 70-80%. Heard discussion of on BBC Radio 4 (if there is a link it isn't up yet, please post it or other if you find it). Trump's peace plan is actually Putin's war goals. Not a peace plan.
Reposted by Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦
Trump's Ukrainian Peace Plan is much easier to understand in the original Russian.
#SaveUkraine #SaveDemocracy #TraitorTrump #USPol
#SaveUkraine #SaveDemocracy #TraitorTrump #USPol
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Trump's Ukrainian Peace Plan is much easier to understand in the original Russian.
#SaveUkraine #SaveDemocracy #TraitorTrump #USPol
#SaveUkraine #SaveDemocracy #TraitorTrump #USPol