Jenn Dowling-Medley
@aliasjdm.bsky.social
Law grad with background in biomedical engineering. Semi-retired sub-elite hobby jogger. Reformed MS Paint meme artist, irredeemable shitposter. Celiac advocate with inconvenient takes. Not legal or engineering advice.
imagine if we got some of this litigation energy in Canada
(yes, I'm sure it's happening here too... remember the covid quarantine hotel celiac lady?)
www.allergicliving.com/2025/11/28/inmate-with-celiac-gets-630000-over-3-weeks-of-hunger/
(yes, I'm sure it's happening here too... remember the covid quarantine hotel celiac lady?)
www.allergicliving.com/2025/11/28/inmate-with-celiac-gets-630000-over-3-weeks-of-hunger/
Inmate with Celiac Gets $630,000 over 3 Weeks of Hunger
An inmate with celiac who went 3 weeks with no safe food settles for $630,000. Plus, an AZ prisoner with allergies sues over extreme hunger.
www.allergicliving.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
imagine if we got some of this litigation energy in Canada
(yes, I'm sure it's happening here too... remember the covid quarantine hotel celiac lady?)
www.allergicliving.com/2025/11/28/inmate-with-celiac-gets-630000-over-3-weeks-of-hunger/
(yes, I'm sure it's happening here too... remember the covid quarantine hotel celiac lady?)
www.allergicliving.com/2025/11/28/inmate-with-celiac-gets-630000-over-3-weeks-of-hunger/
I swear we just need a moratorium on claiming restaurant pizza and baked goods are GF unless they are made in a no gluten kitchen space. You can put whatever disclaimer on it you want but celiac customers will still buy it because many have been convinced that companies are just "CYAing" safe stuff
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I swear we just need a moratorium on claiming restaurant pizza and baked goods are GF unless they are made in a no gluten kitchen space. You can put whatever disclaimer on it you want but celiac customers will still buy it because many have been convinced that companies are just "CYAing" safe stuff
Yeah, plus it’s more like a parking ticket (absolute liability in Can law). If you get a parking ticket there are very few defences. Lack of intent or mistake does not matter
I'm getting really tired of some the Oleksiak discourse and ppl being all "in sport they treat you as if you are guilty until proven otherwise".
2 Facts!
1) that is what you sign up for! That's the rules!
2) innocent until proven guilty only applies to Judges and juries, if there is one
1/
2 Facts!
1) that is what you sign up for! That's the rules!
2) innocent until proven guilty only applies to Judges and juries, if there is one
1/
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yeah, plus it’s more like a parking ticket (absolute liability in Can law). If you get a parking ticket there are very few defences. Lack of intent or mistake does not matter
sometimes the system does work - got a call today telling me that I've been accepted at a new OHIP-funded NP clinic in my neighbourhood!
Very exciting because I haven't had a primary care provider other than when a student (via the university) since moving away from home.
Very exciting because I haven't had a primary care provider other than when a student (via the university) since moving away from home.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
sometimes the system does work - got a call today telling me that I've been accepted at a new OHIP-funded NP clinic in my neighbourhood!
Very exciting because I haven't had a primary care provider other than when a student (via the university) since moving away from home.
Very exciting because I haven't had a primary care provider other than when a student (via the university) since moving away from home.
Those who are pregnant are told to avoid all sorts of things (and do all sorts of things) because of risks that this might impact their child's health. This is the case even where the risk is fairly remote. But with covid, 🤷♀️ (we can just blame ipads or processed food or something else! /s).
In a study of more than 18,000 live births, 16.3% of babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by age three, compared with 9.7% who were not exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in utero.
Amid Incorrect Vaccine Guidance from the CDC, Study Links COVID-19 Infection During Pregnancy to Autism www.propublica.org/article/covi... @deldeib.bsky.social @propublica.org
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Those who are pregnant are told to avoid all sorts of things (and do all sorts of things) because of risks that this might impact their child's health. This is the case even where the risk is fairly remote. But with covid, 🤷♀️ (we can just blame ipads or processed food or something else! /s).
reel: I'm going to eat like soviet gulag prisoner for a day, now feel great sense of gratitude that this is not me
[all meals presented were stale bread and barley porridge]
me, toxic: I am definitely more grateful because if this didn't kill me they would have gotten rid of me for how sick I got
[all meals presented were stale bread and barley porridge]
me, toxic: I am definitely more grateful because if this didn't kill me they would have gotten rid of me for how sick I got
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
reel: I'm going to eat like soviet gulag prisoner for a day, now feel great sense of gratitude that this is not me
[all meals presented were stale bread and barley porridge]
me, toxic: I am definitely more grateful because if this didn't kill me they would have gotten rid of me for how sick I got
[all meals presented were stale bread and barley porridge]
me, toxic: I am definitely more grateful because if this didn't kill me they would have gotten rid of me for how sick I got
I was confused then the algorithms put it in my Facebook feed 😂
Me casually scrolling into the Campbell’s Soup FB page is exactly like that Community gif:
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I was confused then the algorithms put it in my Facebook feed 😂
in fairness there were (are) a decent number of scientists and health professionals who eagerly rode that gravy train, and while regulatory bodies/professional orgs have made examples of a few, there has been little accountability for this
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
in fairness there were (are) a decent number of scientists and health professionals who eagerly rode that gravy train, and while regulatory bodies/professional orgs have made examples of a few, there has been little accountability for this
lol this is the most "Toronto transplant who moved to Montreal" coded reddit post
www.reddit.com/r/montreal/c...
www.reddit.com/r/montreal/c...
Are montrealers interested in longer shopping hours?
www.reddit.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
lol this is the most "Toronto transplant who moved to Montreal" coded reddit post
www.reddit.com/r/montreal/c...
www.reddit.com/r/montreal/c...
ah yes, I suspected this type of comment would come out to play once the McGill sports cancellation came out in mainstream media
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
ah yes, I suspected this type of comment would come out to play once the McGill sports cancellation came out in mainstream media
And ironically there are big issues with contaminants or dosing of untested “natural ingredients” that can cause serious organ damage
Manosphere antivaxxers: Olympic level mental gymnastics!
Vaccines (among the most studied & regulated interventions) are evil, but...
- Overuse of testosterone therapy? Cool
- Unproven supplements? Cool.
- Unproven peptide therapy? Cool.
- Steroids? Cool.
- HGH? Cool.
Sigh.
Vaccines (among the most studied & regulated interventions) are evil, but...
- Overuse of testosterone therapy? Cool
- Unproven supplements? Cool.
- Unproven peptide therapy? Cool.
- Steroids? Cool.
- HGH? Cool.
Sigh.
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
And ironically there are big issues with contaminants or dosing of untested “natural ingredients” that can cause serious organ damage
Reposted by Jenn Dowling-Medley
Yearly traffic deaths in Canada are just shy of 2000, so covid is like a year's worth of traffic deaths every three weeks: almost 20 times as bad. If traffic deaths went up by 20 times would you care? If you wear an N95 or similar in all indoor pubic spaces, yes. If not, no.
Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,200 hospitalizations, 725 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 23,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Yearly traffic deaths in Canada are just shy of 2000, so covid is like a year's worth of traffic deaths every three weeks: almost 20 times as bad. If traffic deaths went up by 20 times would you care? If you wear an N95 or similar in all indoor pubic spaces, yes. If not, no.
Yeah, if your concern is landlords being victimized by bad tenants you might consider that what's creating the financial stress is the wait time to get to the LTB, not legal protections for tenants.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Yeah, if your concern is landlords being victimized by bad tenants you might consider that what's creating the financial stress is the wait time to get to the LTB, not legal protections for tenants.
Watching cable new. They give a clickbait headline and then say “click QR code to find out more!”
NO! WHY?
NO! WHY?
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Watching cable new. They give a clickbait headline and then say “click QR code to find out more!”
NO! WHY?
NO! WHY?
call me grouchy but I don't think you should classify a restaurant as "dedicated GF" if it serves normal beer, especially draught beer lol
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
call me grouchy but I don't think you should classify a restaurant as "dedicated GF" if it serves normal beer, especially draught beer lol
I got radicalized in gr 8 when I lost a bunch of points on an assignment because our teacher thought I hadn't used the correct number of spaces after punctuation, but in fact, I had.
[we submitted a printed copy, not a Word file]
[we submitted a printed copy, not a Word file]
I have published more than 70 peer reviewed scientific journal articles. I am a reviewer at 50+ journals, and an editor at one journal.
I cannot for the life of me fathom why some journals care so much about reference formatting style. If I can find the paper, you've cited it fine.
I cannot for the life of me fathom why some journals care so much about reference formatting style. If I can find the paper, you've cited it fine.
a man in a tuxedo is asking why are you booing me i 'm right
ALT: a man in a tuxedo is asking why are you booing me i 'm right
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I got radicalized in gr 8 when I lost a bunch of points on an assignment because our teacher thought I hadn't used the correct number of spaces after punctuation, but in fact, I had.
[we submitted a printed copy, not a Word file]
[we submitted a printed copy, not a Word file]
People (Health Canada?) might say that products like GluteGuard are fine because they have some disclaimers about how it's not proven to help with celiac or whatever
but trust me there are lots of parents using this snake oil on their celiac kids instead of caring about CC
but trust me there are lots of parents using this snake oil on their celiac kids instead of caring about CC
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
People (Health Canada?) might say that products like GluteGuard are fine because they have some disclaimers about how it's not proven to help with celiac or whatever
but trust me there are lots of parents using this snake oil on their celiac kids instead of caring about CC
but trust me there are lots of parents using this snake oil on their celiac kids instead of caring about CC
watching House of Guinness, a very not GF series 😂
I'm sorry for my celiac ancestors and all the barley they consumed to their great detriment lol
I'm sorry for my celiac ancestors and all the barley they consumed to their great detriment lol
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
watching House of Guinness, a very not GF series 😂
I'm sorry for my celiac ancestors and all the barley they consumed to their great detriment lol
I'm sorry for my celiac ancestors and all the barley they consumed to their great detriment lol
also, at the point many late-term abortions, the fetus is "viable" under normal circumstances, so it is C-section that is being performed. Doctors aren't cutting out a living baby and killing it. What is usually happening here is that the fetus is already dead or will die ~immediately after birth.
NO ONE, absolutely NO ONE, decides to terminate a pregnancy after 20 weeks without a damned good reason, and if you think YOUR judgement should substitute for the mother's you are a sick and demented person who is a danger to a free and democratic society, because you believe what you IMAGINE...
As much as I loathe to draw attention to the National Post, I think it's important to keep an eye on what they're up to. In this case, it's writing a piece that can be summed up with, "The stupid libs keep fear mongering about their bodily rights being taken away. Here's why we should do that."
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
also, at the point many late-term abortions, the fetus is "viable" under normal circumstances, so it is C-section that is being performed. Doctors aren't cutting out a living baby and killing it. What is usually happening here is that the fetus is already dead or will die ~immediately after birth.
Canceling McGill's track team is a wild move. McGill has one of the few "meet worthy" indoor tracks in Canada too.
Wonder if there are any intrepid journalists who want to figure out if this related to the CAQ's funding attacks.
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
Wonder if there are any intrepid journalists who want to figure out if this related to the CAQ's funding attacks.
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
Signez la pétition
Reinstate McGill's varsity track & field team
www.change.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Canceling McGill's track team is a wild move. McGill has one of the few "meet worthy" indoor tracks in Canada too.
Wonder if there are any intrepid journalists who want to figure out if this related to the CAQ's funding attacks.
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
Wonder if there are any intrepid journalists who want to figure out if this related to the CAQ's funding attacks.
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
yeah. Plus alt medicine is a very big industry itself, making this argument especially poor. It's a a lot easier to have big profit margins when you don't have to invest in conducting proper clinical trials (very $), many of which will turn out to be unsuccessful (zero ROI).
a specific example that just crossed the tl is how people come to believe that "alternative medicine" or whatever works
generally well intentioned people who aren't total science deniers think "big pharma" must be demanding some kind of special proof for alternative treatments
generally well intentioned people who aren't total science deniers think "big pharma" must be demanding some kind of special proof for alternative treatments
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
yeah. Plus alt medicine is a very big industry itself, making this argument especially poor. It's a a lot easier to have big profit margins when you don't have to invest in conducting proper clinical trials (very $), many of which will turn out to be unsuccessful (zero ROI).
celiac life hacks: hometown grocery store didn't have the cheap rice stick noodles, so I bought white rice GF spaghetti instead (yes, cheaper than the non-Asian brand rice stick noodles) 😂
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
celiac life hacks: hometown grocery store didn't have the cheap rice stick noodles, so I bought white rice GF spaghetti instead (yes, cheaper than the non-Asian brand rice stick noodles) 😂
👀 Moh Ahmed racing Canadian XC championships!
[context: I don't think he has raced nats XC since his last year as a junior (2009), he recently changed coaches where his previous one was racing athletes sparsely]
[context: I don't think he has raced nats XC since his last year as a junior (2009), he recently changed coaches where his previous one was racing athletes sparsely]
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
👀 Moh Ahmed racing Canadian XC championships!
[context: I don't think he has raced nats XC since his last year as a junior (2009), he recently changed coaches where his previous one was racing athletes sparsely]
[context: I don't think he has raced nats XC since his last year as a junior (2009), he recently changed coaches where his previous one was racing athletes sparsely]
lawyers might wanna be careful about the expert reports they're getting (if I were opposing counsel I sure would be lol)
This is the second report for the Newfoundland government that I have seen this year with AI errors. One by academics and now this one by consultants
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
lawyers might wanna be careful about the expert reports they're getting (if I were opposing counsel I sure would be lol)
TCM was mostly invented by Chairman Mao as a distraction from the fact that the government at the time was no longer able to provide legitimate medical services to rural peasants in China.
He himself knew it was appeasement bullshit lol.
He himself knew it was appeasement bullshit lol.
This will be a battle because there’s a lot of well meaning anthropologist types who really do believe it‘s racist to say that eg: traditional chinese medicine is mostly bullshit, but it’s a fight well worth having.
I'm all for woke 2 as long as we agree woo-woo is out, I want aggressively pro-science and medicine thanks
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
TCM was mostly invented by Chairman Mao as a distraction from the fact that the government at the time was no longer able to provide legitimate medical services to rural peasants in China.
He himself knew it was appeasement bullshit lol.
He himself knew it was appeasement bullshit lol.