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“Did you do anything to refresh your memory in order to testify meaningfully today?” asked the judge.
At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
DULF Challenge: Health Canada Official Flounders on the Stand - Filter
A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements by the federal government with its claim ...
filtermag.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“Did you do anything to refresh your memory in order to testify meaningfully today?” asked the judge.
At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
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How do you create a regulatory pathway so Canada can implement a non-medical model of safer supply to save lives in the middle of a public health crisis?
Not even the guy who was No. 2 at Health Canada could think of a way. The fed gov makes drug laws, and can’t think of a way to get around them.
Not even the guy who was No. 2 at Health Canada could think of a way. The fed gov makes drug laws, and can’t think of a way to get around them.
Health Canada’s witness in the Drug User Liberation Front’s judicial review trial frustrated the judge and highlighted how opaque and frustrating Canadian drug policy can be.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #DULF
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #DULF
‘Very Little Value’: Judge Frustrated by Health Canada at DULF Trial | The Tyee
Justice Catherine Murray said witness Eric Costen appeared to be ‘guessing’ in his responses on the stand.
thetyee.ca
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
How do you create a regulatory pathway so Canada can implement a non-medical model of safer supply to save lives in the middle of a public health crisis?
Not even the guy who was No. 2 at Health Canada could think of a way. The fed gov makes drug laws, and can’t think of a way to get around them.
Not even the guy who was No. 2 at Health Canada could think of a way. The fed gov makes drug laws, and can’t think of a way to get around them.
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On Monday Eric Costen, who used to be No.2 at Health Canada, testified in the DULF trial. He says HC was open to a non-medical model of safer supply, but couldn’t point to any proof of that openess. DULF lawyers presented a list of experts suporting a non-med model.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
‘Very Little Value’: Judge Frustrated by Health Canada at DULF Trial | The Tyee
Justice Catherine Murray said witness Eric Costen appeared to be ‘guessing’ in his responses on the stand.
thetyee.ca
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
On Monday Eric Costen, who used to be No.2 at Health Canada, testified in the DULF trial. He says HC was open to a non-medical model of safer supply, but couldn’t point to any proof of that openess. DULF lawyers presented a list of experts suporting a non-med model.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
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Reminder that flu deaths are a policy choice. In the 2020/21 flu season, deaths were remarkably low due to Covid mitigations such as masks, social distancing, reduced crowding. No one should lose a child to a disease we've already shown we can control
January 28, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reminder that flu deaths are a policy choice. In the 2020/21 flu season, deaths were remarkably low due to Covid mitigations such as masks, social distancing, reduced crowding. No one should lose a child to a disease we've already shown we can control
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I’m old enough to remember people making the same argument for not using condoms at the height of the AIDS crisis. Replace Covid with HIV and mask with condom and it’s scarily on point.
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I’m old enough to remember people making the same argument for not using condoms at the height of the AIDS crisis. Replace Covid with HIV and mask with condom and it’s scarily on point.
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Participants in an Ontario safe supply program experienced huge reduction in overdose risk, in line with other research.
But the program was discontinued due to lack of funds—amid national rollback that study author attributes to moral panic.
Sydney Sauer reports:
But the program was discontinued due to lack of funds—amid national rollback that study author attributes to moral panic.
Sydney Sauer reports:
Discontinued Canadian Safe Supply Program Was Working, Study Shows - Filter
Facing right-wing backlash, harm reduction initiatives around Canada have steadily been rolled back. Safer opioid supply (SOS) programs—which provide pharmaceutical-grade ...
filtermag.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Participants in an Ontario safe supply program experienced huge reduction in overdose risk, in line with other research.
But the program was discontinued due to lack of funds—amid national rollback that study author attributes to moral panic.
Sydney Sauer reports:
But the program was discontinued due to lack of funds—amid national rollback that study author attributes to moral panic.
Sydney Sauer reports:
a used bookstore near me has some kind of 6th sense... in a movie I watched last night, mark ruffolo reads a passage of a book to sarah polley. today, that same book was in the used bookstore. I read the first few pages in the snow because it felt like a sign I had to read it.
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM
a used bookstore near me has some kind of 6th sense... in a movie I watched last night, mark ruffolo reads a passage of a book to sarah polley. today, that same book was in the used bookstore. I read the first few pages in the snow because it felt like a sign I had to read it.
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Dulf’s constitutional challenge continues tomorrow (Jan 21) at 9am. Fairly certain Dan Werb will be testifying.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee
The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
January 21, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Dulf’s constitutional challenge continues tomorrow (Jan 21) at 9am. Fairly certain Dan Werb will be testifying.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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i dont need larger tits for your stupid gender reasons i need them to kill other people at parties by simply seeing them in non-baggy clothing
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 PM
i dont need larger tits for your stupid gender reasons i need them to kill other people at parties by simply seeing them in non-baggy clothing
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We're suing the RCMP and it's finally going to trial this month. Here's a great video explaining why we're doing it. #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDm...
The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP, explained
YouTube video by The Narwhal
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January 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
We're suing the RCMP and it's finally going to trial this month. Here's a great video explaining why we're doing it. #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDm...
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B.C. health authorities tried for four years to create a heroin compassion club whose members could purchase a regulated version of the drug without a prescription, an effort to reduce toxic-drug deaths that was ultimately derailed by political blowback
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 AM
B.C. health authorities tried for four years to create a heroin compassion club whose members could purchase a regulated version of the drug without a prescription, an effort to reduce toxic-drug deaths that was ultimately derailed by political blowback
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
lately my brain keeps saying "I'm the worst person in the world" everytime I think I'm minorly inconviencing a friend - I can barely sent a "hru?" text without feeling incredibly guilty for being nosey. asking for anything makes me want to burrow and sleep forever. yet I have to built community...
January 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
lately my brain keeps saying "I'm the worst person in the world" everytime I think I'm minorly inconviencing a friend - I can barely sent a "hru?" text without feeling incredibly guilty for being nosey. asking for anything makes me want to burrow and sleep forever. yet I have to built community...
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I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them.
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them.
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
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Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation today, explaining that he plans to bring his famed enthusiasm for attacking basic human rights to the private sector.
www.thebeaverton.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
legault le gone
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
legault le gone
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the province’s lying-based approach to the public health emergency is at least consistent
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
the province’s lying-based approach to the public health emergency is at least consistent
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I'm a literal drug expert and when I try to post educational videos they get taken down half the time by social media platforms, but the environment-destroying robot can just say whatever to children.
Cool system we've got here. Maybe it should change
Cool system we've got here. Maybe it should change
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I'm a literal drug expert and when I try to post educational videos they get taken down half the time by social media platforms, but the environment-destroying robot can just say whatever to children.
Cool system we've got here. Maybe it should change
Cool system we've got here. Maybe it should change
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we asked Galen Weston, Jimmy Pattison and the Food Professor and they all said that the status quo is perfect and will not change
Should Vancouver use tax dollars to buy grocery stores?
Should Vancouver use tax dollars to buy grocery stores?
Sunrise Market has been a staple in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for decades. Known for affordable prices, the store has long been considered a cost-friendly option for shoppers in the neighbourhood. But now it’s up for sale and its future is uncertain.
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
we asked Galen Weston, Jimmy Pattison and the Food Professor and they all said that the status quo is perfect and will not change
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The real danger that Mamdani poses to the establishment is showing that government can actually do things for the collective good, something they've been avoiding for decades
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The real danger that Mamdani poses to the establishment is showing that government can actually do things for the collective good, something they've been avoiding for decades
another way people who use drugs are de-humanized
“Most people who take prescription opioids must now take them under the supervision of a pharmacist,” is the subhead, a statement that is false in a very important way.
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New safe supply rules take effect in B.C., with mixed reactions | CBC News
Most people who take prescription opioids as an alternative to illicit drugs must now take them under the supervision of a pharmacist. Some worry the move will push people back to toxic street drugs, ...
www.cbc.ca
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
another way people who use drugs are de-humanized
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"Drug users are being scapegoated for all the failures of our broken system" - DULF compassion club members.
"We’re low hanging fruit. It’s easy, you can always blame the drug user. Vilify, criminalize, stigmatize: Makes it so you want to crawl away and hide. These are lies."
"We’re low hanging fruit. It’s easy, you can always blame the drug user. Vilify, criminalize, stigmatize: Makes it so you want to crawl away and hide. These are lies."
DULF and the Case for Radical Harm Reduction | Capilano Courier
The need for safer supply continues as the Drug Users Liberation Front contends with legal battle Ren Zhang (they/them) // Contributor Cameron Skorulski (He/Him) // Production Manager As deaths…
www.capilanocourier.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
"Drug users are being scapegoated for all the failures of our broken system" - DULF compassion club members.
"We’re low hanging fruit. It’s easy, you can always blame the drug user. Vilify, criminalize, stigmatize: Makes it so you want to crawl away and hide. These are lies."
"We’re low hanging fruit. It’s easy, you can always blame the drug user. Vilify, criminalize, stigmatize: Makes it so you want to crawl away and hide. These are lies."
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Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.
you mean to tell me that "clit", "cum", "cunt", and "shit" aren't real words but "qua" is?
January 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
you mean to tell me that "clit", "cum", "cunt", and "shit" aren't real words but "qua" is?
letterboxd wrapped just dropped!
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 AM
letterboxd wrapped just dropped!