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lapsed indie label & publisher, pharmacist in the dtes, dad, he/him, vegetarian: music, beer, beagles, harm reduction, autism, lover of condiments, sometimes delinquent reader and inordinately fond of ellipses...may be funnier in real life (or maybe not).
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Hey, it might be belated introduction time.
I'm Blair. I'm a pharmacist in Vancouver's DTES who occasionally teaches OAT and harm reduction.
This account also half-assedly represents a dormant music business so I'll post/repost about music, beagles, books, autism (I have a autistic kid), etc...
I'm Blair. I'm a pharmacist in Vancouver's DTES who occasionally teaches OAT and harm reduction.
This account also half-assedly represents a dormant music business so I'll post/repost about music, beagles, books, autism (I have a autistic kid), etc...
That moment when you find out your pension/the pension for everyone who works at your health authority is being invested in a tobacco company. Gross.
December 5: BCI has ~$67.93M in Philip Morris International, the US tobacco firm.☃️ Besides selling cancer sticks, PMI keeps operating in fascist 🇷🇺 - in 2024 it was #1 foreign firm by revenue, and paid the Kremlin $220M in profit tax (i.e. funded war on 🇺🇦). My BCI, what a robust ESG policy you have!🎉
Foreign firms paid $60 billion in taxes to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
Foreign firms paid $60 billion in taxes to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
b4ukraine.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
That moment when you find out your pension/the pension for everyone who works at your health authority is being invested in a tobacco company. Gross.
So incredibly tragic and stupid.
A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
So incredibly tragic and stupid.
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Sitting in a comfortable home with a steady income; living a life of almost unbearable tedium and routine; fantasizing about the psychopathologies potentially unleashed by the fall of civil society, the only freedom still possible for him.
that's cool, man, but have you tried the taste of a refreshing matcha latte
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sitting in a comfortable home with a steady income; living a life of almost unbearable tedium and routine; fantasizing about the psychopathologies potentially unleashed by the fall of civil society, the only freedom still possible for him.
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This is important to understand.
Many anti-vaxxers genuinely believe that vaccines are fricking killing kids left and right, so in their mind, they are trying to minimize harm.
This is false... but it doesn't prevent them from believing it.
Many anti-vaxxers genuinely believe that vaccines are fricking killing kids left and right, so in their mind, they are trying to minimize harm.
This is false... but it doesn't prevent them from believing it.
Wow. Tracy Beth Høeg, the FDA's new acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) just put this slide up during her presentation to ACIP.
We have left reality.
We have left reality.
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is important to understand.
Many anti-vaxxers genuinely believe that vaccines are fricking killing kids left and right, so in their mind, they are trying to minimize harm.
This is false... but it doesn't prevent them from believing it.
Many anti-vaxxers genuinely believe that vaccines are fricking killing kids left and right, so in their mind, they are trying to minimize harm.
This is false... but it doesn't prevent them from believing it.
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It's really frustrating that a lot of the media just sort of frames the Trump admin as "wading into a hot debate over trans issues that have roiled american politics" when it's like, clear that they are motivated by a desire to demean trans people
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It's really frustrating that a lot of the media just sort of frames the Trump admin as "wading into a hot debate over trans issues that have roiled american politics" when it's like, clear that they are motivated by a desire to demean trans people
Some homework here as I haven't spent as much time with Vijay's work as I should have since "Uneasy." "Sanctuary" is sounding really lovely on first listen.
(also regret to this day not making it out to his last Vancouver performance).
(also regret to this day not making it out to his last Vancouver performance).
Also just released SANCTUARY, a new EP with dear brothers Alam Khan (sarode) and Nitin Mitta (tabla)
alamkhan.bandcamp.com/album/sanctu...
alamkhan.bandcamp.com/album/sanctu...
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Some homework here as I haven't spent as much time with Vijay's work as I should have since "Uneasy." "Sanctuary" is sounding really lovely on first listen.
(also regret to this day not making it out to his last Vancouver performance).
(also regret to this day not making it out to his last Vancouver performance).
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
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Here's the thing, though: There's joy in also just doing the nice thing for people! Accommodating those who don't "need" it isn't Letting Them Get Away With It — it's just being nice! If you must, it's being generous to them. That's okay, you're a generous person! Let yourself be okay with that.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Here's the thing, though: There's joy in also just doing the nice thing for people! Accommodating those who don't "need" it isn't Letting Them Get Away With It — it's just being nice! If you must, it's being generous to them. That's okay, you're a generous person! Let yourself be okay with that.
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It's very hard to understand that everyone should just be accommodated. There's enough to go around, truly. You've been sold a story that we're all scrabbling for some finite resource, and They are taking it from you, and the answer to that taking is systemic punishment, backed by systemic violence.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It's very hard to understand that everyone should just be accommodated. There's enough to go around, truly. You've been sold a story that we're all scrabbling for some finite resource, and They are taking it from you, and the answer to that taking is systemic punishment, backed by systemic violence.
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Works the other way around too.
“If I was Jonathan Haidt, how would I destroy the next generation?”
“If I was Jonathan Haidt, how would I destroy the next generation?”
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Works the other way around too.
“If I was Jonathan Haidt, how would I destroy the next generation?”
“If I was Jonathan Haidt, how would I destroy the next generation?”
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"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
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For World AIDS Day 2025: the stigma of HIV & AIDS was so strong that many avoided talking about their diagnosis until their final days.
In other cases, the families kept the secret for decades after.
Freddie Mercury, Liberace, Rock Hudson, Gia Carangi, Anthony Perkins... and Isaac Asimov.
In other cases, the families kept the secret for decades after.
Freddie Mercury, Liberace, Rock Hudson, Gia Carangi, Anthony Perkins... and Isaac Asimov.
In 1983, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov had triple bypass surgery at NYU Medical Center, during which he contracted HIV from transfusions.
His doctors advised him not to disclose his status because of anti-AIDS sentiment.
He died 1992 from AIDS-related complications.
His doctors advised him not to disclose his status because of anti-AIDS sentiment.
He died 1992 from AIDS-related complications.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For World AIDS Day 2025: the stigma of HIV & AIDS was so strong that many avoided talking about their diagnosis until their final days.
In other cases, the families kept the secret for decades after.
Freddie Mercury, Liberace, Rock Hudson, Gia Carangi, Anthony Perkins... and Isaac Asimov.
In other cases, the families kept the secret for decades after.
Freddie Mercury, Liberace, Rock Hudson, Gia Carangi, Anthony Perkins... and Isaac Asimov.
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Celeste Pedri-Spade: The truth is, these heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us.
Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.
Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.
Thomas King and the Problem with Indigenous ‘Heroes’ | The Tyee
These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries such as publishing, media and academia. Not by us.
thetyee.ca
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Celeste Pedri-Spade: The truth is, these heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us.
Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.
Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
Just added Marisa’s newsletter to the publications i support monthly along with @propublica.org, @thenarwhal.ca, @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, @nationalobserver.com and @pressprogress.ca
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just added Marisa’s newsletter to the publications i support monthly along with @propublica.org, @thenarwhal.ca, @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, @nationalobserver.com and @pressprogress.ca
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
How to pick 5…
Recentish:
The Beths
Bar Italia
Magic Triangle (great local jazz trio)
Soccer Mommy (will pass next time)
Destroyer
Ladytron
For the ages:
Teenage Fanclub
The National
Efterklang
Julie Doiron
Seawolf
Belle and Sebastian
Sigur Ros
(I know i’m forgetting some mind blowing artist…)
Recentish:
The Beths
Bar Italia
Magic Triangle (great local jazz trio)
Soccer Mommy (will pass next time)
Destroyer
Ladytron
For the ages:
Teenage Fanclub
The National
Efterklang
Julie Doiron
Seawolf
Belle and Sebastian
Sigur Ros
(I know i’m forgetting some mind blowing artist…)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
How to pick 5…
Recentish:
The Beths
Bar Italia
Magic Triangle (great local jazz trio)
Soccer Mommy (will pass next time)
Destroyer
Ladytron
For the ages:
Teenage Fanclub
The National
Efterklang
Julie Doiron
Seawolf
Belle and Sebastian
Sigur Ros
(I know i’m forgetting some mind blowing artist…)
Recentish:
The Beths
Bar Italia
Magic Triangle (great local jazz trio)
Soccer Mommy (will pass next time)
Destroyer
Ladytron
For the ages:
Teenage Fanclub
The National
Efterklang
Julie Doiron
Seawolf
Belle and Sebastian
Sigur Ros
(I know i’m forgetting some mind blowing artist…)
This should read by all health care providers. Assumptions around autism,* especially autism in women are often outdated, wrong, shaming and harmful.
*as this applies to other conditions (ie mental health issues) it’s a good reminder to always try to centre a patient and their experiences (1/2)
*as this applies to other conditions (ie mental health issues) it’s a good reminder to always try to centre a patient and their experiences (1/2)
I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This should read by all health care providers. Assumptions around autism,* especially autism in women are often outdated, wrong, shaming and harmful.
*as this applies to other conditions (ie mental health issues) it’s a good reminder to always try to centre a patient and their experiences (1/2)
*as this applies to other conditions (ie mental health issues) it’s a good reminder to always try to centre a patient and their experiences (1/2)
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RIP Repair Cafes run by spec.bc.ca
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
RIP Repair Cafes run by spec.bc.ca
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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Some quick thoughts on Thomas King's revelations, from a Red River Métis and Critical Indigenous Studies perspective.
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)
“Tribes are not vestiges of the past, but laboratories of the future.” — Vine DeLoria, Jr. (1965), quoted in Wilkins (2018). [alt text: image of a cream and light blue crayfish on…
zoestodd.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Some quick thoughts on Thomas King's revelations, from a Red River Métis and Critical Indigenous Studies perspective.
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
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"No, no, Nick Cave's not a right-wing chud, he's a free thinker!"
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"No, no, Nick Cave's not a right-wing chud, he's a free thinker!"
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i like to think i’m a little more level-headed with my nyt criticism than most on here.
but the masthead has a history of running stories with strong anti-psychiatry framing + loose editorial standards whenever rfk jr. gets going about SSRIs. feels similar to what they did with trans kids
but the masthead has a history of running stories with strong anti-psychiatry framing + loose editorial standards whenever rfk jr. gets going about SSRIs. feels similar to what they did with trans kids
Setting aside any merits, boy oh boy, the timing on this NYTImesMag cover piece in the midst of:
-RFK Jr.'s wildly conspiracist campaign against SSRIs
-the RW pro-natalist push
-the escalating hideousness of the Epstein story
-an unabated youth mental health crisis
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
-RFK Jr.'s wildly conspiracist campaign against SSRIs
-the RW pro-natalist push
-the escalating hideousness of the Epstein story
-an unabated youth mental health crisis
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
More Teens Are Taking Antidepressants. It Could Disrupt Their Sex Lives for Years.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
i like to think i’m a little more level-headed with my nyt criticism than most on here.
but the masthead has a history of running stories with strong anti-psychiatry framing + loose editorial standards whenever rfk jr. gets going about SSRIs. feels similar to what they did with trans kids
but the masthead has a history of running stories with strong anti-psychiatry framing + loose editorial standards whenever rfk jr. gets going about SSRIs. feels similar to what they did with trans kids