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WELL NOW, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
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@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Please sign and share widely to restrict foreign-owned media in Canada.
Deadline to sign is Feb. 18 at noon.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Please sign and share widely to restrict foreign-owned media in Canada.
Deadline to sign is Feb. 18 at noon.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
January 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Please sign and share widely to restrict foreign-owned media in Canada.
Deadline to sign is Feb. 18 at noon.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Please sign and share widely to restrict foreign-owned media in Canada.
Deadline to sign is Feb. 18 at noon.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Beyond Opioids: The New Gene Therapy That Relieves Pain Without the Addiction share.google/IjfQ88b1FcD1...
Beyond Opioids: The New Gene Therapy That Relieves Pain Without the Addiction
The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other parts of the brain. A new preclinical study has identified a gene therapy ap...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Beyond Opioids: The New Gene Therapy That Relieves Pain Without the Addiction share.google/IjfQ88b1FcD1...
Widely Used Farm Chemical May More Than Double Parkinson’s Disease Risk share.google/f9REKDY7Tq4Q...
Widely Used Farm Chemical May More Than Double Parkinson’s Disease Risk
A new UCLA Health study links long-term residential exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos with a substantially higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. A study led by UCLA Health reports that p...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Widely Used Farm Chemical May More Than Double Parkinson’s Disease Risk share.google/f9REKDY7Tq4Q...
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It’s here!!! 🎉 The North Box Polaris Air Purifier Kit is now available in our charity store. 💻 🛍️
🛒 buymask.ca/products/north-box-polaris
Built for larger, high-traffic spaces, the Polaris comes in two models:
🔹 Standard – one-speed
🔹 Ultra – built-in PWM speed control
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🛒 buymask.ca/products/north-box-polaris
Built for larger, high-traffic spaces, the Polaris comes in two models:
🔹 Standard – one-speed
🔹 Ultra – built-in PWM speed control
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December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s here!!! 🎉 The North Box Polaris Air Purifier Kit is now available in our charity store. 💻 🛍️
🛒 buymask.ca/products/north-box-polaris
Built for larger, high-traffic spaces, the Polaris comes in two models:
🔹 Standard – one-speed
🔹 Ultra – built-in PWM speed control
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🛒 buymask.ca/products/north-box-polaris
Built for larger, high-traffic spaces, the Polaris comes in two models:
🔹 Standard – one-speed
🔹 Ultra – built-in PWM speed control
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Diabetes Doesn’t Just Raise Sugar It Can Change Your Blood share.google/MrzBdLsQUxeJ...
Diabetes Doesn’t Just Raise Sugar It Can Change Your Blood
After years of type 2 diabetes, red blood cells may quietly turn against the heart—offering a new clue for spotting danger early. People who live with type 2 diabetes for many years face a steadily in...
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January 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Diabetes Doesn’t Just Raise Sugar It Can Change Your Blood share.google/MrzBdLsQUxeJ...
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New study links Epstein-Barr virus to lupus development. An EBV vaccine administered at birth could transform lupus from chronic disease to preventable condition. We have the science. Do we have the political will?
What Anti-Vaccine Policies Could Mean for Autoimmune Diseases
Opinion | A new study identifies a link between Epstein-Barr virus and lupus. Will politics block the search for a vaccine?
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December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New study links Epstein-Barr virus to lupus development. An EBV vaccine administered at birth could transform lupus from chronic disease to preventable condition. We have the science. Do we have the political will?
Epstein Barr Virus is a nasty little bug
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January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Epstein Barr Virus is a nasty little bug
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If you are in the Toronto area, UofT Medstore has a large qty of KN95 respirators at $.01 / box of 20. We've picked up 50 boxes and will toss in a 10-pack in every order we ship out to help distribute.
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#CovidIsAirborne #KN95 #IndoorAirQuality
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#CovidIsAirborne #KN95 #IndoorAirQuality
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
If you are in the Toronto area, UofT Medstore has a large qty of KN95 respirators at $.01 / box of 20. We've picked up 50 boxes and will toss in a 10-pack in every order we ship out to help distribute.
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#CovidIsAirborne #KN95 #IndoorAirQuality
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#CovidIsAirborne #KN95 #IndoorAirQuality
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please do not bring your phone to a protest
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
please do not bring your phone to a protest
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I am thankful that Oonagh Cousins is sharing her story to try to help others recognize & learn from her Long COVID experience.
Moral: Prevent COVID infection
If COVID infected, vigorous exercise IS NOT part of effective rehab. Ever.
Neurovascular damage can last for years
www.bbc.com/sport/rowing...
Moral: Prevent COVID infection
If COVID infected, vigorous exercise IS NOT part of effective rehab. Ever.
Neurovascular damage can last for years
www.bbc.com/sport/rowing...
Oonagh Cousins: Great Britain rower forced to retire with long Covid, but at peace with decision
Great Britain rower Oonagh Cousins has retired from the sport because of the lasting effects of long Covid, but she's at peace after the illness turned her life
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January 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I am thankful that Oonagh Cousins is sharing her story to try to help others recognize & learn from her Long COVID experience.
Moral: Prevent COVID infection
If COVID infected, vigorous exercise IS NOT part of effective rehab. Ever.
Neurovascular damage can last for years
www.bbc.com/sport/rowing...
Moral: Prevent COVID infection
If COVID infected, vigorous exercise IS NOT part of effective rehab. Ever.
Neurovascular damage can last for years
www.bbc.com/sport/rowing...
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In Canada, call or email Evan Solomon and demand he do his job as “Minister of AI and Digital innovation” to stop the CSAM and non-consensual porn. X should be banned in this country.
📞 416-972-2030
📧 [email protected]
📞 416-972-2030
📧 [email protected]
Here is a template letter, with alt text for copy-pasting, to send to your state AG, or tweak to send to your reps, etc. It will take two minutes. Find their contact here: www.naag.org/find-my-ag/
![Dear [AG],
I'm curious what [State] is doing to combat this pervasive sexual harassment and abuse of primarily women and children:
https://defector.com/whos-responsible-for-elon-musks-idiot-chatbot-producing-on-demand-child-sexual-abuse-material
https://futurism.com/future-society/grok-violence-women
The industrial-scale generation and distribution of revenge porn and CSAM on Twitter/X is blatantly criminal by all involved, and in violation of both state and federal law.
I hope to see serious charges announced against Elon, Twitter/X management, Grok developers, and any individual users publicly sharing images of [State] residents. Anything less is tacit approval to continue this monstrous, illegal spree.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qnjqnno3fftf2wj4xfkxpt32/bafkreiefbqpox4q2s4vgdigpitfmoh73yxeljh6cogy3x2mmnesqeeqzri@jpeg)
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
In Canada, call or email Evan Solomon and demand he do his job as “Minister of AI and Digital innovation” to stop the CSAM and non-consensual porn. X should be banned in this country.
📞 416-972-2030
📧 [email protected]
📞 416-972-2030
📧 [email protected]
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Re-upping this column because the idea seems to be gaining traction. But I think I didn't go far enough in this: the government should obviously be deleting its accounts so as to not have their tweets appear next to CSAM. But it should also be pursuing charges against X and banning it in Canada.
It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
Canadian government officials, what are you still doing on X in 2026?
The platform's own chatbot started posting sexualized material of children and other people who couldn't consent. With no moral bottom in sight, it's well past time our officials found other ways to c...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Re-upping this column because the idea seems to be gaining traction. But I think I didn't go far enough in this: the government should obviously be deleting its accounts so as to not have their tweets appear next to CSAM. But it should also be pursuing charges against X and banning it in Canada.
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New piece over at Macleans, on how the Toronto and Vancouver condo crash isn't isolated to Toronto and Vancouver, and isn't isolated to condos... and why it's likely to get worse before it gets better.
Read here:
Read here:
The Condo Crash is Spreading - Macleans.ca
Vancouver and Toronto’s troubles are harbingers of more housing issues to come
macleans.ca
January 7, 2026 at 8:52 PM
New piece over at Macleans, on how the Toronto and Vancouver condo crash isn't isolated to Toronto and Vancouver, and isn't isolated to condos... and why it's likely to get worse before it gets better.
Read here:
Read here:
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I’m just waiting on the potatoes to boil. Here’s a recipe from my grandmother’s Tourtière. I am currently cheating with some Jimmy Dean breakfast pork for a bit of flavour and store bought pastry this year, but I’m the only one eating this. I think she means poultry seasoning. All spice=clove
December 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m just waiting on the potatoes to boil. Here’s a recipe from my grandmother’s Tourtière. I am currently cheating with some Jimmy Dean breakfast pork for a bit of flavour and store bought pastry this year, but I’m the only one eating this. I think she means poultry seasoning. All spice=clove
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I've been asked by 3 media outlets in the last week to do interviews on the influenza season.
I still haven't seen our new CMOH, appointed Dec 18th, (or old one, for that matter. Or any public health official) in the media on this topic.
For the record, they are acutally paid, to do this.
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I still haven't seen our new CMOH, appointed Dec 18th, (or old one, for that matter. Or any public health official) in the media on this topic.
For the record, they are acutally paid, to do this.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I've been asked by 3 media outlets in the last week to do interviews on the influenza season.
I still haven't seen our new CMOH, appointed Dec 18th, (or old one, for that matter. Or any public health official) in the media on this topic.
For the record, they are acutally paid, to do this.
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I still haven't seen our new CMOH, appointed Dec 18th, (or old one, for that matter. Or any public health official) in the media on this topic.
For the record, they are acutally paid, to do this.
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I've been asked by 3 media outlets in the last week to do interviews on the influenza season.
I still haven't seen our new CMOH, appointed Dec 18th, (or old one, for that matter. Or any public health official) in the media on this topic.
For the record, they are acutally paid, to do this.
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I still haven't seen our new CMOH, appointed Dec 18th, (or old one, for that matter. Or any public health official) in the media on this topic.
For the record, they are acutally paid, to do this.
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December 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses
A Review discusses the scientific basis of and factors controlling airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including coronavirus.
www.science.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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20% of global type 2 diabetes cases are estimated to be related to air pollution.
A 10 μg/m³ increase in long-term PM2.5 exposure was linked to a 15% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
This Lancet review highlights how air pollution drives inflammation, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance
A 10 μg/m³ increase in long-term PM2.5 exposure was linked to a 15% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
This Lancet review highlights how air pollution drives inflammation, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance
January 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
20% of global type 2 diabetes cases are estimated to be related to air pollution.
A 10 μg/m³ increase in long-term PM2.5 exposure was linked to a 15% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
This Lancet review highlights how air pollution drives inflammation, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance
A 10 μg/m³ increase in long-term PM2.5 exposure was linked to a 15% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
This Lancet review highlights how air pollution drives inflammation, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance
Study Finds Way to Reverse Alzheimer’s - Neuroscience News share.google/dqW004sKbH3c...
Study Finds Way to Reverse Alzheimer’s - Neuroscience News
Researchers showed that a severe drop in NAD+—a core energy molecule—drives Alzheimer’s pathology in both human brains and mouse models.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Study Finds Way to Reverse Alzheimer’s - Neuroscience News share.google/dqW004sKbH3c...
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🧵A summary of new research on autism, w/ commentary by me:
The article notes that "advances in brain imaging, genetics and computational science are revealing discrete biological subtypes" of autism.
"Subtypes" is, itself, not a revolutionary concept:
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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The article notes that "advances in brain imaging, genetics and computational science are revealing discrete biological subtypes" of autism.
"Subtypes" is, itself, not a revolutionary concept:
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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
New science points to 4 distinct types of autism
Scientists are redefining autism as a complex condition with multiple forms, challenging traditional notions.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
🧵A summary of new research on autism, w/ commentary by me:
The article notes that "advances in brain imaging, genetics and computational science are revealing discrete biological subtypes" of autism.
"Subtypes" is, itself, not a revolutionary concept:
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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The article notes that "advances in brain imaging, genetics and computational science are revealing discrete biological subtypes" of autism.
"Subtypes" is, itself, not a revolutionary concept:
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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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5/ diagnosed, provides strong evidence for the belief (held by actual scientists; not RFK) that it's autism diagnoses that are increasing (from 1 in 150 US kids in 2000 to 1 in 31 in 2022); not actual cases.
What's much more interesting to me is not the categories themselves (which may not inform
What's much more interesting to me is not the categories themselves (which may not inform
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
5/ diagnosed, provides strong evidence for the belief (held by actual scientists; not RFK) that it's autism diagnoses that are increasing (from 1 in 150 US kids in 2000 to 1 in 31 in 2022); not actual cases.
What's much more interesting to me is not the categories themselves (which may not inform
What's much more interesting to me is not the categories themselves (which may not inform
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“Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu [AND COVID], but they don’t have to be: Ontario School Safety”
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
ottawa.citynews.ca
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu [AND COVID], but they don’t have to be: Ontario School Safety”
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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1/ Since I'm home caring for teen suffering Flu A, I thought I'd check in on #bcpoli flu situation.
Flu A test positivity - going up, up, up 😬
(COVID mercifully going down. Maybe a lull - never a disappearance - until BA3.2.# rolls in?)
Flu A test positivity - going up, up, up 😬
(COVID mercifully going down. Maybe a lull - never a disappearance - until BA3.2.# rolls in?)
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
1/ Since I'm home caring for teen suffering Flu A, I thought I'd check in on #bcpoli flu situation.
Flu A test positivity - going up, up, up 😬
(COVID mercifully going down. Maybe a lull - never a disappearance - until BA3.2.# rolls in?)
Flu A test positivity - going up, up, up 😬
(COVID mercifully going down. Maybe a lull - never a disappearance - until BA3.2.# rolls in?)