Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca
Investigations on the Alberta Recovery Model: www.drugdatadecoded.ca
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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca
· Sep 26
🧵 My story, "What's Wrong With Rehab?" won Gold for Long-Form at Alberta Magazine Awards last night!
Thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & all who shared expertise: Brandon Shaw, Esther Tailfeathers, @ehyshka.bsky.social, David Hodgins & recovery workers. 1/
albertaviews.ca/whats-wrong-...
Thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & all who shared expertise: Brandon Shaw, Esther Tailfeathers, @ehyshka.bsky.social, David Hodgins & recovery workers. 1/
albertaviews.ca/whats-wrong-...
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white people desperately trying to protect policing as they notice the rising consensus for abolishing ICE
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
white people desperately trying to protect policing as they notice the rising consensus for abolishing ICE
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We are literally seeing forced-treatment facilities being built in carceral settings in BC.
Massachussetts physician reporting on the results of that state’s forced abstinence legislation: “Three out of four men [committed to involuntary treatment] end up receiving services in a carceral setting.”
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
We are literally seeing forced-treatment facilities being built in carceral settings in BC.
Dr Bonnie Larson, who has more credibility in her left pocket than the entire Alberta government, spoke to @cmaj.ca podcast on forced drug withdrawal legislation:
www.buzzsprout.com/1815691?clie...
www.buzzsprout.com/1815691?clie...
Podcast Episode
www.buzzsprout.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Dr Bonnie Larson, who has more credibility in her left pocket than the entire Alberta government, spoke to @cmaj.ca podcast on forced drug withdrawal legislation:
www.buzzsprout.com/1815691?clie...
www.buzzsprout.com/1815691?clie...
Incredible – Minister Rick Wilson told CBC in November he was closing the Royal Alex Hospital supervised consumption site because it wasn't being used enough.
In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
Overdose app falters as Alberta government accelerates war on supervised consumption
Launched to government fanfare on sole-source contracts, the Digital Overdose Response System app is barely used most days and has registered just 51 ambulance dispatches over four years –– around 0.1...
drugdatadecoded.ca
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Incredible – Minister Rick Wilson told CBC in November he was closing the Royal Alex Hospital supervised consumption site because it wasn't being used enough.
In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
Reposted by Euan Thomson
Remember the scandal over Clearview AI?
The RCMP’s use of that program was found to have violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy laws.
It’s not much of a stretch to imagine our chains - Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro, plus Walmart and Costco - may follow suit (if they haven’t already).
The RCMP’s use of that program was found to have violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy laws.
It’s not much of a stretch to imagine our chains - Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro, plus Walmart and Costco - may follow suit (if they haven’t already).
The biggest chains in America are using facial recognition technology to try to stop shoplifting. But most customers are unaware their faces are being scanned while they shop.
https://cnn.it/4jGXMTQ
https://cnn.it/4jGXMTQ
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Remember the scandal over Clearview AI?
The RCMP’s use of that program was found to have violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy laws.
It’s not much of a stretch to imagine our chains - Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro, plus Walmart and Costco - may follow suit (if they haven’t already).
The RCMP’s use of that program was found to have violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy laws.
It’s not much of a stretch to imagine our chains - Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro, plus Walmart and Costco - may follow suit (if they haven’t already).
Reposted by Euan Thomson
This morning in Vancouver, Amber Bracken will take on the RCMP in a historic lawsuit brought by @thenarwhal.ca over her arrest while working in the field. @arnokopecky.bsky.social on why this lawsuit matters.
A historic fight for press freedom begins
Four years after a dramatic arrest, Amber Bracken and The Narwhal are turning the tables and suing the RCMP. The trial starts today.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This morning in Vancouver, Amber Bracken will take on the RCMP in a historic lawsuit brought by @thenarwhal.ca over her arrest while working in the field. @arnokopecky.bsky.social on why this lawsuit matters.
Reposted by Euan Thomson
As resource extraction and protests are both poised to ramp up — and with events in the US highlighting how unhinged "law enforcement" can get — the freedom for journalists to scrutinize tense interactions has never mattered more.
Big trial, starting today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/a...
Big trial, starting today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/a...
A historic fight for press freedom begins
Four years after a dramatic arrest, Amber Bracken and The Narwhal are turning the tables and suing the RCMP. The trial starts today.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
As resource extraction and protests are both poised to ramp up — and with events in the US highlighting how unhinged "law enforcement" can get — the freedom for journalists to scrutinize tense interactions has never mattered more.
Big trial, starting today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/a...
Big trial, starting today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/a...
peak slimeball politics
Since 2020, “rule of law” became politicians’ mantra, urging police to shut down #Wetsuweten solidarity blockades.
Fast-forward six years, the line has been abandoned in favour of something suggesting law is not so much a rule but something to be manipulated.
@amandafollett.bsky.social writes. 🪧💬
Fast-forward six years, the line has been abandoned in favour of something suggesting law is not so much a rule but something to be manipulated.
@amandafollett.bsky.social writes. 🪧💬
What Happened to the ‘Rule of Law’? | The Tyee
It was a common refrain during the Wet’suwet’en pipeline conflict. But when courts side with First Nations, politicians are more equivocal.
thetyee.ca
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
peak slimeball politics
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Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
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Canada isn't banning X and its ministers continue to use it. Ok. What are the consequences of creating child sex abuse material and deepfake porn? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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 8:20 PM
Canada isn't banning X and its ministers continue to use it. Ok. What are the consequences of creating child sex abuse material and deepfake porn? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Supervised Consumption Service Closures will lead to More Harm and Busier Emergency Rooms www.friendsofmedicare.org/supervised_c...
Supervised Consumption Site Closures will lead to More Harm and Busier Emergency Rooms
Supervised Consumption Service Closures will lead to More Harm and Busier Emergency Rooms
www.friendsofmedicare.org
January 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Supervised Consumption Service Closures will lead to More Harm and Busier Emergency Rooms www.friendsofmedicare.org/supervised_c...
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I’m old enough to remember the anti-genocide encampments y’all defamed.
January 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I’m old enough to remember the anti-genocide encampments y’all defamed.
Around 2014, when Solomon was using his CBC job to peddle art to Mark Carney, BLM was mobilizing against racist state brutality in Ferguson.
Now Carney has tasked Solomon with cheerleading the worst evils of AI while ICE uses it to rebuild apartheid.
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
Now Carney has tasked Solomon with cheerleading the worst evils of AI while ICE uses it to rebuild apartheid.
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
January 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Around 2014, when Solomon was using his CBC job to peddle art to Mark Carney, BLM was mobilizing against racist state brutality in Ferguson.
Now Carney has tasked Solomon with cheerleading the worst evils of AI while ICE uses it to rebuild apartheid.
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
Now Carney has tasked Solomon with cheerleading the worst evils of AI while ICE uses it to rebuild apartheid.
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
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Not pissing off Elon Musk and Canada’s right-wing tech bros is far more important to Evan Solomon than protecting Canadians from deepfake sexual abuse and acting on child sexual abuse material.
The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
January 11, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Not pissing off Elon Musk and Canada’s right-wing tech bros is far more important to Evan Solomon than protecting Canadians from deepfake sexual abuse and acting on child sexual abuse material.
Reposted by Euan Thomson
this mf a Mii
Should be bigger news that the bureau chief of Toronto Sun is celebrating an unarmed woman being executed in the street
January 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM
this mf a Mii
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Woke up this morning to Canada’s Ministry of AI issuing either big tech can do what they want, or a high level of government is afraid of a white supremacist pedophile billionaire.
Sorry, but if you won’t take a hard line against CSAM, what’s the point?
Sorry, but if you won’t take a hard line against CSAM, what’s the point?
January 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Woke up this morning to Canada’s Ministry of AI issuing either big tech can do what they want, or a high level of government is afraid of a white supremacist pedophile billionaire.
Sorry, but if you won’t take a hard line against CSAM, what’s the point?
Sorry, but if you won’t take a hard line against CSAM, what’s the point?
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If Brazil can do it so can the UK - assuming they have the guts to ban paedophilia
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
The platform agrees to appoint a legal representative in Brazil, pays fines and takes down user accounts that the court had ordered removed
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
If Brazil can do it so can the UK - assuming they have the guts to ban paedophilia
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 AM
The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
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Folks, the "Minister of AI" has the moral backbone of a sleazy backroom art dealer.
January 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Folks, the "Minister of AI" has the moral backbone of a sleazy backroom art dealer.
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SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
Overdose app falters as Alberta government accelerates war on supervised consumption
Launched to government fanfare on sole-source contracts, the Digital Overdose Response System app is barely used most days and has registered just 51 ambulance dispatches over four years –– around 0.1...
drugdatadecoded.ca
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
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"In fact, reports of robberies, thefts over $5,000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles all plateaued or declined.
As for auto thefts and assaults, the data showed no consistent association with the sites, the study found."
As for auto thefts and assaults, the data showed no consistent association with the sites, the study found."
What can people do right now?
Protect the remaining supervised consumption sites in AB: call your municipal reps, organize rallies, do everything people have done since 2019 to protect them!
Spread the word: Science Says SCS Reduce Crime. 8/
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Protect the remaining supervised consumption sites in AB: call your municipal reps, organize rallies, do everything people have done since 2019 to protect them!
Spread the word: Science Says SCS Reduce Crime. 8/
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Claims that crime spikes around supervised drug consumption sites unfounded: study | CBC News
As Manitoba mulls a probable location for the province's first supervised consumption site, researchers say similar sites in Toronto were generally not tied to increases in local crime.
www.cbc.ca
January 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"In fact, reports of robberies, thefts over $5,000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles all plateaued or declined.
As for auto thefts and assaults, the data showed no consistent association with the sites, the study found."
As for auto thefts and assaults, the data showed no consistent association with the sites, the study found."
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@drugdatadecoded.ca FYI - AB govt is now preventing municipalities from accepting *federal funds* for programs they don’t agree with.
chatnewstoday.ca/2026/01/09/s...
chatnewstoday.ca/2026/01/09/s...
SafeLink Alberta’s Medicine Hat daytime drop-in service at risk of closure after funding loss
SafeLink Alberta has stated that due to a loss of funding, its daytime drop-in services in Medicine Hat are at...
chatnewstoday.ca
January 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
@drugdatadecoded.ca FYI - AB govt is now preventing municipalities from accepting *federal funds* for programs they don’t agree with.
chatnewstoday.ca/2026/01/09/s...
chatnewstoday.ca/2026/01/09/s...
SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
Overdose app falters as Alberta government accelerates war on supervised consumption
Launched to government fanfare on sole-source contracts, the Digital Overdose Response System app is barely used most days and has registered just 51 ambulance dispatches over four years –– around 0.1...
drugdatadecoded.ca
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
Reposted by Euan Thomson
Then one Palestinian flag later: sadly, the left has ruined our protest again
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Then one Palestinian flag later: sadly, the left has ruined our protest again
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If US Democrats don't get more aggressive in opposing this, they will be just as complicit in the eyes of the world as Trump
Trump: "We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not because if we don't it, Russia or China will take over Greenland. If we don't do it the easy way we're gonna do it the hard way."
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
If US Democrats don't get more aggressive in opposing this, they will be just as complicit in the eyes of the world as Trump