Richard Larouche
@drrichardlarouche.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Health (University of Lethbridge); advocate for physical activity, active transportation, sustainability and social justice; runner, cyclist, hiker, etc.
Obviously... 🙄
ANALYSIS | ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less | CBC Radio
Bob McDonald’s Blog: Recent studies show that using chatbots like ChatGPT may get us information faster than ever before, but we’re not gaining much knowledge by using it.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Obviously... 🙄
Reposted by Richard Larouche
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
After coming close a few times in the past few years, 2025 is now the first year that I ran over 4000 km 🏃
My phone shut down before I could take a picture of the wintry conditions on my run this morning (windchill of -17) ❄️☃️
My phone shut down before I could take a picture of the wintry conditions on my run this morning (windchill of -17) ❄️☃️
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
After coming close a few times in the past few years, 2025 is now the first year that I ran over 4000 km 🏃
My phone shut down before I could take a picture of the wintry conditions on my run this morning (windchill of -17) ❄️☃️
My phone shut down before I could take a picture of the wintry conditions on my run this morning (windchill of -17) ❄️☃️
Petition of the day... ✍️
Tell Premier Danielle Smith: Keep Alberta in the CPP
Alberta is the only province trying to break away. The CPP works because Canada stands together.
donttouchcpp.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Petition of the day... ✍️
Seriously!?!
Alberta MLA urged to apologize for comparing transgender surgery to livestock castration | CBC News
An Alberta legislature member was called on by the Opposition to apologize Thursday after saying the province has a duty to step in to deal with "bad parents" while also comparing transgender surgery ...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Seriously!?!
⏰Urgent petition to sign to protect our universal healthcare system! ⌛✍️
URGENT – Stop Premier Danielle Smith’s Plan to End Universal Healthcare
Alberta Premier Smith has used the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
notwotier.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
⏰Urgent petition to sign to protect our universal healthcare system! ⌛✍️
Reposted by Richard Larouche
"The gov't should immediately reinstate the moratorium and implement a permanent ban on new coal exploration and development across the Eastern Slopes. This would protect critical watersheds and prevent the cycle of legal liability that has already cost us $240M."
Opinion: Alberta's coal policy continues to fail taxpayers
Provinces repeated flip flops on approvals has cost us $240 million and counting.
calgaryherald.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"The gov't should immediately reinstate the moratorium and implement a permanent ban on new coal exploration and development across the Eastern Slopes. This would protect critical watersheds and prevent the cycle of legal liability that has already cost us $240M."
Agreed! Unless such simple changes are made, the COPs are just delaying action.
I would add that fossil fuel lobbyists should be deemed persona non grata at those meetings because of their obvious conflicts of interest.
I would add that fossil fuel lobbyists should be deemed persona non grata at those meetings because of their obvious conflicts of interest.
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Agreed! Unless such simple changes are made, the COPs are just delaying action.
I would add that fossil fuel lobbyists should be deemed persona non grata at those meetings because of their obvious conflicts of interest.
I would add that fossil fuel lobbyists should be deemed persona non grata at those meetings because of their obvious conflicts of interest.
Reposted by Richard Larouche
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Reposted by Richard Larouche
To again paraphrase Nigel Tufnel...
"How much more dark could this be? And the answer is none. None more dark."
Yet more horrifying nonsense...👇
CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism & vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/h...
"How much more dark could this be? And the answer is none. None more dark."
Yet more horrifying nonsense...👇
CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism & vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/h...
CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism and vaccines | CNN
Scientific information on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website was replaced on Wednesday with anti-vaccine talking points that don’t rule out a link between vaccines and autism,...
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
To again paraphrase Nigel Tufnel...
"How much more dark could this be? And the answer is none. None more dark."
Yet more horrifying nonsense...👇
CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism & vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/h...
"How much more dark could this be? And the answer is none. None more dark."
Yet more horrifying nonsense...👇
CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism & vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/h...
📣 Hot off the press: the new ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults...
⏰ Only 46% of Canadian adults meet the recommendation of doing at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week...
🚶♀️Only 32% did at least 7,500 steps per day
⏰ Only 46% of Canadian adults meet the recommendation of doing at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week...
🚶♀️Only 32% did at least 7,500 steps per day
2025 Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults - ParticipACTION
How is Canada performing when it comes to promoting and facilitating adult physical activity? Read the 2025 @ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults to find out: https://hubs.la/Q03...
www.participaction.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
📣 Hot off the press: the new ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults...
⏰ Only 46% of Canadian adults meet the recommendation of doing at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week...
🚶♀️Only 32% did at least 7,500 steps per day
⏰ Only 46% of Canadian adults meet the recommendation of doing at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week...
🚶♀️Only 32% did at least 7,500 steps per day
Petition of the day to the tech companies that enable and facilitate ICE's unacceptable behaviours✍️
Tech companies: stop enabling Trump’s deportation machine
Trump’s deportation machine is tearing children from their parents — and Big Tech is powering it. These companies are making millions while families are ripped apart, and they’ll keep doing it unless
action.eko.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Petition of the day to the tech companies that enable and facilitate ICE's unacceptable behaviours✍️
The last thing the planet and future generations need is a new oil pipeline. Here's hoping for strong opposition of Indigenous communities to this nation wrecking project. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney, Smith moving closer to a deal that could include B.C. oil pipeline: source | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are moving closer to reaching a deal on the future of Alberta's energy sector, according to a senior government official, and that memoran...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The last thing the planet and future generations need is a new oil pipeline. Here's hoping for strong opposition of Indigenous communities to this nation wrecking project. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"Il y a six ans, la moitié des Canadiens de 18 à 79 ans faisaient plus de 7500 pas par jour (52 %). Ils étaient 49 % deux ans plus tard, en 2021. Ils ne sont plus que 32 % selon le bulletin 2025 de l’organisme (ParticipACTION) dévoilé ce mercredi." 😲
Santé publique | La marche recule
Les Canadiens et les Québécois marchent de moins en moins, selon un rapport dévoilé ce mercredi. Cette tendance qui s’est accélérée depuis la pandémie inquiète plusieurs experts qui y voient un réel e...
www.lapresse.ca
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Il y a six ans, la moitié des Canadiens de 18 à 79 ans faisaient plus de 7500 pas par jour (52 %). Ils étaient 49 % deux ans plus tard, en 2021. Ils ne sont plus que 32 % selon le bulletin 2025 de l’organisme (ParticipACTION) dévoilé ce mercredi." 😲
To add insult to injury, the trans-phobic Government of Alberta announces this withdrawal of rights on Transgender Day of Remembrance...
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
To add insult to injury, the trans-phobic Government of Alberta announces this withdrawal of rights on Transgender Day of Remembrance...
"C’est comme un robot avec une clé dans le dos, ajoute un autre conservateur. Tu le crinques un peu et il répète toujours la même chose." 😄
« Malaise et manque de confiance » envers Pierre Poilievre
Sept sources conservatrices se sont entretenues avec Radio-Canada pour parler de leur chef et de la vingtaine de députés qui réclament son départ.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"C’est comme un robot avec une clé dans le dos, ajoute un autre conservateur. Tu le crinques un peu et il répète toujours la même chose." 😄
Reposted by Richard Larouche
Reposted by Richard Larouche
You might turn off the tap and also read our new 2025 State of the Climate Report here where we wrote "We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red" doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
You might turn off the tap and also read our new 2025 State of the Climate Report here where we wrote "We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red" doi.org/10.1093/bios...
Reposted by Richard Larouche
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Richard Larouche
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Reposted by Richard Larouche
Good example of scienceploitation - use language of real science to sell bunk.
At-home gut microbiome tests? Hype. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Nearly half of the companies offering these tests also sell supplements or probiotics that they recommend based on the test results."
At-home gut microbiome tests? Hype. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Nearly half of the companies offering these tests also sell supplements or probiotics that they recommend based on the test results."
The hype and limits of at-home gut microbiome tests
The market for at-home gut microbiome tests is booming, with companies promising insights into health, chronic illness and even longevity through intestinal bacteria.
medicalxpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Good example of scienceploitation - use language of real science to sell bunk.
At-home gut microbiome tests? Hype. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Nearly half of the companies offering these tests also sell supplements or probiotics that they recommend based on the test results."
At-home gut microbiome tests? Hype. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Nearly half of the companies offering these tests also sell supplements or probiotics that they recommend based on the test results."
Reposted by Richard Larouche
Protein: Ignore marketing hype.
How much protein do you really need? www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
"...the protein craze has been driven mostly by aggressive marketing of high-protein foods and supplements..."
"...most Americans already eat more than enough proteins."
How much protein do you really need? www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
"...the protein craze has been driven mostly by aggressive marketing of high-protein foods and supplements..."
"...most Americans already eat more than enough proteins."
How much protein do you really need? What the science says
Fitness influencers promote super-high-protein diets, but studies show there’s only so much the body can use.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Protein: Ignore marketing hype.
How much protein do you really need? www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
"...the protein craze has been driven mostly by aggressive marketing of high-protein foods and supplements..."
"...most Americans already eat more than enough proteins."
How much protein do you really need? www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
"...the protein craze has been driven mostly by aggressive marketing of high-protein foods and supplements..."
"...most Americans already eat more than enough proteins."
Shameful! Gaining it back is not rocket science, but it requires that the government stops undermining #publichealth
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Shameful! Gaining it back is not rocket science, but it requires that the government stops undermining #publichealth