Derek
@gringlegrif.com
Ottawa area dad, champagne socialist. #zerocovid #canadasky
Interests: Medicine, science, climate, cognition, politics, cars and computers/technology (Linux and cyber security)
Shameless respirator fan
He/him
Interests: Medicine, science, climate, cognition, politics, cars and computers/technology (Linux and cyber security)
Shameless respirator fan
He/him
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Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
“There Is No Place for Us”: A Sympathetic, but Skewed, Portrait of the Working Homeless
Brian Goldstone’s new book downplays the role of personal choices.
www.city-journal.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
Carney finds a way to make it lame 🤦
Canada gave Trump administration advance notice of plan to slash tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles: source
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official
Ottawa gave advance notice of its decision to part with Washington and slash tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, official says
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Carney finds a way to make it lame 🤦
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An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 AM
An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
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Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, I believe most Canadians will agree that it is in Canada's best interests if you cancel all of Palantir's contracts with the Canadian government. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, I believe most Canadians will agree that it is in Canada's best interests if you cancel all of Palantir's contracts with the Canadian government. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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I will accept no moral high ground from a government that refuses to ban a platform that is actively, in real time, right in front of our faces, creating child sexual abuse materials.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says
The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has been embroiled in controversy over sexualized deepfakes of women and children created by X’s chatbot Grok.
www.thestar.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I will accept no moral high ground from a government that refuses to ban a platform that is actively, in real time, right in front of our faces, creating child sexual abuse materials.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
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I AM FUCKING *DECEASED* LOL
Spanish equivalent of The Onion or The Beaverton announces "Denmark changes the name of Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump will quit talking about it"
Spanish equivalent of The Onion or The Beaverton announces "Denmark changes the name of Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump will quit talking about it"
"Seré muy clara: la Isla Epstein es nuestra", ha afirmado la primera ministra danesa esta mañana en una rueda de prensa.
Lee la noticia completa en la web:
www.elmundotoday.com/2026/01/dina...
Lee la noticia completa en la web:
www.elmundotoday.com/2026/01/dina...
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I AM FUCKING *DECEASED* LOL
Spanish equivalent of The Onion or The Beaverton announces "Denmark changes the name of Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump will quit talking about it"
Spanish equivalent of The Onion or The Beaverton announces "Denmark changes the name of Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump will quit talking about it"
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🇨🇦 🩺 ALBERTA DOCTORS DEMAND STATE OF EMERGENCY 🩺 🇨🇦
Two weeks after a tragic ER death, the crisis is deepening.
Patients wait 12 hours in agony. Rooms meant for two now hold four.
Physicians say the system has collapsed.
Timm Bruch reports...
#AbLeg #CdnHealth #AbHealth #PublicHealth #AHS
🇨🇦 🩺 ALBERTA DOCTORS DEMAND STATE OF EMERGENCY 🩺 🇨🇦
Two weeks after a tragic ER death, the crisis is deepening.
Patients wait 12 hours in agony. Rooms meant for two now hold four.
Physicians say the system has collapsed.
Timm Bruch reports...
#AbLeg #CdnHealth #AbHealth #PublicHealth #AHS
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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🇨🇦 🩺 ALBERTA DOCTORS DEMAND STATE OF EMERGENCY 🩺 🇨🇦
Two weeks after a tragic ER death, the crisis is deepening.
Patients wait 12 hours in agony. Rooms meant for two now hold four.
Physicians say the system has collapsed.
Timm Bruch reports...
#AbLeg #CdnHealth #AbHealth #PublicHealth #AHS
🇨🇦 🩺 ALBERTA DOCTORS DEMAND STATE OF EMERGENCY 🩺 🇨🇦
Two weeks after a tragic ER death, the crisis is deepening.
Patients wait 12 hours in agony. Rooms meant for two now hold four.
Physicians say the system has collapsed.
Timm Bruch reports...
#AbLeg #CdnHealth #AbHealth #PublicHealth #AHS
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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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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
Where can I buy Microslop merch? I want some long sleeve / T-shirts and maybe a hat.
January 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Where can I buy Microslop merch? I want some long sleeve / T-shirts and maybe a hat.
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Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
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"It looks weak" said a Democrat who wishes to remain anonymous
January 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
"It looks weak" said a Democrat who wishes to remain anonymous
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#OneOfTheTwo Jon Stewart mocked for masking. Because Covid destroyed my body & my life. There are ~half a billion people with #LongCovid around the world. Why would anyone assume they’re too special to become one of us?
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
#OneOfTheTwo Jon Stewart mocked for masking. Because Covid destroyed my body & my life. There are ~half a billion people with #LongCovid around the world. Why would anyone assume they’re too special to become one of us?
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Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of room air cleaners on infection control in day care centres
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of air cleaning in reducing the risk of respiratory infection in two day care centres using a si…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Parenting books are just what worked for those parents. That's the asterisk.. It never works on your kids and by the time you get cocky enough to write a book, I doubt you remember three.
parenting advice books should all have an asterisk on the front that says "this shit does not work on three year olds. nothing works on three year olds. they cannot be parented only Endured"
December 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Parenting books are just what worked for those parents. That's the asterisk.. It never works on your kids and by the time you get cocky enough to write a book, I doubt you remember three.
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Children are dying of influenza in Canada and public health is mentioning maybe masking as an afterthought and saying nothing about clean indoor air as if we didn't know how to SAVE THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES.
And it's beginning to get on my nerves.
And it's beginning to get on my nerves.
December 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Children are dying of influenza in Canada and public health is mentioning maybe masking as an afterthought and saying nothing about clean indoor air as if we didn't know how to SAVE THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES.
And it's beginning to get on my nerves.
And it's beginning to get on my nerves.
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3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Conservatives are so deranged. They just think all these governments popped up everywhere must not have been needed at all. Apparently reading Ayn Rand doesn't teach you about robber barons.
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Conservatives are so deranged. They just think all these governments popped up everywhere must not have been needed at all. Apparently reading Ayn Rand doesn't teach you about robber barons.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
Why don't people ever suggest an Alberta to Manitoba pipeline and a new port in Churchill?
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Why don't people ever suggest an Alberta to Manitoba pipeline and a new port in Churchill?
Great too see politicians defending 🇨🇦 healthcare.
Repeat after me: we just need to fund the public system
Repeat after me: we just need to fund the public system
Two-tier American-style healthcare is not the solution.
Wait times, understaffing, and access issues won't be fixed by forcing people to pay to see a doctor.
youtube.com/shorts/G5u74...
Wait times, understaffing, and access issues won't be fixed by forcing people to pay to see a doctor.
youtube.com/shorts/G5u74...
Two-tier American-style healthcare is not the solution.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Great too see politicians defending 🇨🇦 healthcare.
Repeat after me: we just need to fund the public system
Repeat after me: we just need to fund the public system