Amir Attaran

@amirattaran.bsky.social

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Professor. Litigator. Scientist. Bicyclist. Husband. Father. Son. Wrecks grifters, creeps, anti-vaxxers & scientific illiterates. Personal account (not @uOttawa).

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Amir Attaran is a Canadian professor in both the Faculty of Law and the School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · Nov 22

Happy Friday.
I deactivated my X account.
It’s GONE.
GONE FOR GOOD.

(Oh, and fuck u, Elon 😘)

a woman says " we 're done " in front of a sign that says wentworth

ALT: a woman says " we 're done " in front of a sign that says wentworth

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2h

Pass me a joint? Research shows those who use cannabis drink less alcohol, which is good because alcohol is far more dangerous to health. psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

Acute Effects of Cannabis on Alcohol Craving and Consumption: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial | American Journal of Psychiatry

Objective:Cannabis use is strongly linked with heavy drinking and worse alcohol treatment outcomes; however, it may also contribute to decreased alcohol consumption. To date, no human studies have est...

psychiatryonline.org

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 11h

We would have a better government if that selfish pig Jagmeet Singh had resigned well before the last election.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 11h

Great article. Yes, Carney definitely wrecked his environmentalist support this week. I’d not vote Liberal.

Althia Raj: Mark Carney lost the minister who was the green conscience of his government. Here’s how it happened

The inside story of Steven Guilbeault's resignation from cabinet over Ottawa's energy deal with Alberta.

www.thestar.com

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 13h

The look: Decades as a uber-wealthy banker, flamed out as Minister instantly.

Minister apologizes for 'poor choice of words' about meeting with B.C. First Nations group | CBC News

Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says he has apologized to Coastal First Nations for what he says were a “poor choice of words” regarding a meeting he offered to have with the group on Friday.

www.cbc.ca

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 13h

Put a drunk White supremacist in command and you get war crimes.

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 16h

Kneecap is suing Canadian MP Vince Gasparro for his lies and defamatory comments.

I couldn’t possibly love this any more.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 19h

You know how Canadians take lasting offence at Trump’s “51st state” diplomacy?

Well, Tim “It’s Called Zoom” Hodgson just equalled it come to First Nations diplomacy.

If this smirking, offensive jerk is not ejected from Cabinet, I believe Carney will have a high price to pay.

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21h

David Cochrane asks about the fact that it would’ve been impossible for the coastal First Nations to travel from their communities to meet the feds on the timeline the govt offered.

“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.

Jesus CHRIST.

(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 21h

Hey Batman! We found the biggest dick in the Liberal caucus!

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 21h

Steven Guilbault would make an excellent NDP leader. As anyone who heard the others try to speak French would know.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21h

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 22h

Americans make--and deserve--their terrorists.

Just like CIA drug experiments on Ted Kaczynski made him the Unabomber, training in a CIA assassination squad made Rahmanullah Lakanwal what he is.

The problem isn't immigrants. It's Americans.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

The CIA taught this guy how to kill. So let’s have no talk about how it’s an American tragedy.

The National Guard shooting suspect was in one of the CIA’s ‘Zero Units’

The man charged with shooting two National Guard members in D.C. is an Afghan national who came to the United States in September 2021 and worked with the CIA.

www.washingtonpost.com

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

Murdering detainees. What makes Israelis so vicious?

Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians After They Appear to Surrender, Video Shows

www.nytimes.com

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

The Washington “Sturmer” Post editorial board is on glue.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning to Elizabeth May, who propped up the Liberals budget vote for this.

Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 1d

People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson

Gotcha. That explains a lot.

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John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

Further, the available evidence is that Tim Hodgson is a giant dick:

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

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“President Donald Trump’s decision to call up 500 additional Guard members to patrol D.C. is a symbolic gesture, not a prelude to fascism.”

Uh huh, sure @washingtonpost.com.

Opinion | The National Guard ambush

The tragedy is testing America’s broken political culture.

www.washingtonpost.com

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

One thing investment bankers are always very bad at: black swan risks. And with Team Carney so incurious about Indigenous rights, that’s what it is.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

That deal is DOA if a First Nation sues for lack of consultation.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

This dude is the dumb banker from central casting. He says his deal is what “Canadians” want, forgetting that some Canadians are Indigenous and have constitutional rights to punch a giant hole in his deal. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 1d

People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson

Gotcha. That explains a lot.

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 1d

People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson

Gotcha. That explains a lot.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian here. You’re wrong.

It’s not “heartbreak” when even America’s kids have guns, and America runs CIA death squads in Afghanistan which blow back in shootings at home.

That’s called “choices”, Americans, not “heartbreak”. Own it.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

No America.

It’s not “heartbreak” when even kids have guns, and you run CIA death squads in Afghanistan which blow back in shootings at home.

That’s called “choices”, not “heartbreak”. Own it.

Opinion | The Uniquely American Heartbreak of Yet Another Shooting

www.nytimes.com

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

From an extremely myopic Albertan point of view.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

Smart take here, except it leaves out that Carney sleazily is scapegoating First Nations to say no to the pipeline because he doesn’t want to wear it.