Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦
@deonandan.bsky.social
Personal account of Prof Raywat Deonandan, PhD: Epidemiologist, award-winning educator, bestselling author, scourge of the ignorant & servant to a small child.
20 undeveloped morning thoughts on saving the world (from a mostly Canadian perspective):
1. Ban all majority foreign ownership of domestic news media.
2. Prohibit anyone under 16 from joining ANY social media platform
1/8
1. Ban all majority foreign ownership of domestic news media.
2. Prohibit anyone under 16 from joining ANY social media platform
1/8
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
20 undeveloped morning thoughts on saving the world (from a mostly Canadian perspective):
1. Ban all majority foreign ownership of domestic news media.
2. Prohibit anyone under 16 from joining ANY social media platform
1/8
1. Ban all majority foreign ownership of domestic news media.
2. Prohibit anyone under 16 from joining ANY social media platform
1/8
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
One side-effect of getting older is that I can't keep up with changes in colloquial language. Case in point: I don't know what "vibes" is supposed to mean in its current popular usage.
Also, please no one try to explain it to me. Please don't. I don't actually care.
Also, please no one try to explain it to me. Please don't. I don't actually care.
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
One side-effect of getting older is that I can't keep up with changes in colloquial language. Case in point: I don't know what "vibes" is supposed to mean in its current popular usage.
Also, please no one try to explain it to me. Please don't. I don't actually care.
Also, please no one try to explain it to me. Please don't. I don't actually care.
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One random takeaway from the Epstein files is that Jeffrey spent so much time responding to emails its a wonder he had any time for throwing parties or diddling girls.
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
One random takeaway from the Epstein files is that Jeffrey spent so much time responding to emails its a wonder he had any time for throwing parties or diddling girls.
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Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
One of my favourite photos, taken on the New Delhi subway 15 years ago.
February 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
One of my favourite photos, taken on the New Delhi subway 15 years ago.
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Well done, CBC. Debunking rumours before they start.
Fact check.
Is his name in there? Yep.
Is it only mentioned as parts of news stories and links to news stories? Yep.
So was Carney hanging around Epstein? Nope.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Is his name in there? Yep.
Is it only mentioned as parts of news stories and links to news stories? Yep.
So was Carney hanging around Epstein? Nope.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Fact check: Is Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Epstein files?
CBC’s fact-check team searched for Mark Carney’s name in the U.S. Justice Department’s Epstein Library. Here’s what we found.
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Well done, CBC. Debunking rumours before they start.
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“I know they would do anything, that they would hurt people, that they’ve murdered people... I know that intellectually. But I still did not expect them to gas a chill, friendly protest full of nurses and teachers and children and the elderly.”
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“I know they would do anything, that they would hurt people, that they’ve murdered people... I know that intellectually. But I still did not expect them to gas a chill, friendly protest full of nurses and teachers and children and the elderly.”
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
(not my photo)
February 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
(not my photo)
John Wayne played Genghis Khan (historical figure)
Keanu Reeves played the Buddha (historical figure)
Joseph Fiennes played Michael Jackson (yes, that one)
Lupita N'yongo plays Helen of Troy (fictional character) and the internet goes crazy.
What's the pattern here?
Keanu Reeves played the Buddha (historical figure)
Joseph Fiennes played Michael Jackson (yes, that one)
Lupita N'yongo plays Helen of Troy (fictional character) and the internet goes crazy.
What's the pattern here?
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
John Wayne played Genghis Khan (historical figure)
Keanu Reeves played the Buddha (historical figure)
Joseph Fiennes played Michael Jackson (yes, that one)
Lupita N'yongo plays Helen of Troy (fictional character) and the internet goes crazy.
What's the pattern here?
Keanu Reeves played the Buddha (historical figure)
Joseph Fiennes played Michael Jackson (yes, that one)
Lupita N'yongo plays Helen of Troy (fictional character) and the internet goes crazy.
What's the pattern here?
Here's the million dollar question.... will this ironically increase his support in America, where the more brazen racists are now literally throwing off their sheets to show us who they really are?
This is the put up or shut up moment for race relations in the USA.
This is the put up or shut up moment for race relations in the USA.
The racism is Anna always had been up front with this guy
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Posts Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Here's the million dollar question.... will this ironically increase his support in America, where the more brazen racists are now literally throwing off their sheets to show us who they really are?
This is the put up or shut up moment for race relations in the USA.
This is the put up or shut up moment for race relations in the USA.
The thing is, it wasn't just "one belligerent fool." He was empowered and supported by an entire army of smarter sycophants who supposedly knew better. But their spines and morality were not up to the task. They still aren't.
Canada and the United States were steadfast allies, until one belligerent fool threw it all away. Stephen Marche on the death of a friendship. (Gift article.) #canada #cdnpoli
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The thing is, it wasn't just "one belligerent fool." He was empowered and supported by an entire army of smarter sycophants who supposedly knew better. But their spines and morality were not up to the task. They still aren't.
Sometimes I ask myself, what's the point of commenting and complaining about *waves* all this? Then I realize that it's therapeutic.
So I'm going to keep complaining until I find something better to do.
So I'm going to keep complaining until I find something better to do.
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Sometimes I ask myself, what's the point of commenting and complaining about *waves* all this? Then I realize that it's therapeutic.
So I'm going to keep complaining until I find something better to do.
So I'm going to keep complaining until I find something better to do.
OMG a new day, a new litany of horrors issuing from the talking turd who lives in the White House.
This is exhausting.
This is exhausting.
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
OMG a new day, a new litany of horrors issuing from the talking turd who lives in the White House.
This is exhausting.
This is exhausting.
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News to me, but also not surprising:
lawyersforcivilrights.org/our-impact/i...
lawyersforcivilrights.org/our-impact/i...
Lawyers for Civil Rights
Advancing Equality and Justice
lawyersforcivilrights.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:55 PM
News to me, but also not surprising:
lawyersforcivilrights.org/our-impact/i...
lawyersforcivilrights.org/our-impact/i...
What Apprentice tapes? Why am I only hearing about this now?
This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.
February 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
What Apprentice tapes? Why am I only hearing about this now?
Sometime in the 90s, 2 friends and I rented a Lincoln Town Car and drove around the world... in Ontario. We visited London, Paris, Delhi, Damascus....
February 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Sometime in the 90s, 2 friends and I rented a Lincoln Town Car and drove around the world... in Ontario. We visited London, Paris, Delhi, Damascus....
I like that my Prime Minister has top-notch taste in music.
On Sep 5, 1982, my father and I were wandering through the CNE grounds in Toronto. We saw a gaping hole in a fence, so both crawled through. So that's how pre-teen me and my Indo-Caribbean dad saw The Clash for free.
There's a Punk story.
On Sep 5, 1982, my father and I were wandering through the CNE grounds in Toronto. We saw a gaping hole in a fence, so both crawled through. So that's how pre-teen me and my Indo-Caribbean dad saw The Clash for free.
There's a Punk story.
February 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I like that my Prime Minister has top-notch taste in music.
On Sep 5, 1982, my father and I were wandering through the CNE grounds in Toronto. We saw a gaping hole in a fence, so both crawled through. So that's how pre-teen me and my Indo-Caribbean dad saw The Clash for free.
There's a Punk story.
On Sep 5, 1982, my father and I were wandering through the CNE grounds in Toronto. We saw a gaping hole in a fence, so both crawled through. So that's how pre-teen me and my Indo-Caribbean dad saw The Clash for free.
There's a Punk story.
Just discovered @r.pebmac.ca, which offers a solution to Facebook's blocking of news in Canada.
Thanks for doing Zod's work!
Thanks for doing Zod's work!
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Just discovered @r.pebmac.ca, which offers a solution to Facebook's blocking of news in Canada.
Thanks for doing Zod's work!
Thanks for doing Zod's work!
How The Billionaire Class Are RUINING AMERICA
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics US
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
OMG people. Stop complaining that some show or movie cast the "wrong" race or gender of a fictional character. Grow the fuck up.
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
OMG people. Stop complaining that some show or movie cast the "wrong" race or gender of a fictional character. Grow the fuck up.