Candace McNaughton
@cdotmcnaughton.bsky.social
Emerg doc & researcher, UofToronto
-HTN; HF; health literacy & numeracy; emergency care
Views my own
Born @CO2 340ppm
#DavosSafe for all
@NashvegasEM on the bird app
"First do no harm" & "Hospes ultimus es"
(roughly: “Be the dead-end host”)
She/her
-HTN; HF; health literacy & numeracy; emergency care
Views my own
Born @CO2 340ppm
#DavosSafe for all
@NashvegasEM on the bird app
"First do no harm" & "Hospes ultimus es"
(roughly: “Be the dead-end host”)
She/her
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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🦠What happens when you say you will only protect babies of infected moms, but you are bad at detecting infected moms❓
🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.
This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.
🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.
This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🦠What happens when you say you will only protect babies of infected moms, but you are bad at detecting infected moms❓
🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.
This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.
🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.
This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
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I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
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“If vaccines work, why would you need a booster?” he asks as he changes his oil for the third time that year.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“If vaccines work, why would you need a booster?” he asks as he changes his oil for the third time that year.
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I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Perth researchers imaged 59 adults about 3 months after mild-to-moderate COVID-19 and found lingering inflammation in both lungs and arteries.
The more inflamed the lungs, the more inflamed the vessels, hinting at a link to long-term heart risk.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The more inflamed the lungs, the more inflamed the vessels, hinting at a link to long-term heart risk.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Persistent lung and vascular inflammation in mild to moderate COVID-19 survivors detected by ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT: A quantitative imaging study with implications for cardiovascular risk - European Journal o...
Purpose Lingering inflammation after COVID-19 has been proposed as a contributor to long-term cardiovascular risk, yet the link between pulmonary and vascular inflammation remains insufficiently defin...
link.springer.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Perth researchers imaged 59 adults about 3 months after mild-to-moderate COVID-19 and found lingering inflammation in both lungs and arteries.
The more inflamed the lungs, the more inflamed the vessels, hinting at a link to long-term heart risk.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The more inflamed the lungs, the more inflamed the vessels, hinting at a link to long-term heart risk.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in U.S. wildlife since late 2021 but has caused only one human fatality. Now a different type of bird flu has also caused a death
First Human Dies of Rare H5N5 Bird Flu Strain. Here’s What You Need to Know
H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in U.S. wildlife since late 2021 but has caused only one human fatality. Now a different type of bird flu has also caused a death
www.scientificamerican.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in U.S. wildlife since late 2021 but has caused only one human fatality. Now a different type of bird flu has also caused a death
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Democratic lawyer Marc Elias said his election litigation boutique, Elias Law Firm, has been growing quickly in head count and demand since he launched it four years ago, partly thanks to a surge in litigation over voting rights and redistricting over the last year. www.law.com/newyorklawjo...
Marc Elias' Boutique Sees Rising Demand, Head Count, as Political Litigation Ramps Up| Law.com
The boutique has grown to 62 total attorneys since its founding in 2021, an increase Elias credited largely to redistricting fights at the state level.
www.law.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Democratic lawyer Marc Elias said his election litigation boutique, Elias Law Firm, has been growing quickly in head count and demand since he launched it four years ago, partly thanks to a surge in litigation over voting rights and redistricting over the last year. www.law.com/newyorklawjo...
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
www.wowktv.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
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BREAKING: The indictment of Comey has been DISMISSED because Halligan was unlawfully appointed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#213 in United States v. Comey (E.D. Va., 1:25-cr-00272) – CourtListener.com
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (2) All actions flowing fro...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
BREAKING: The indictment of Comey has been DISMISSED because Halligan was unlawfully appointed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Inducing immunity against cancer via the gut
Could a microbe that can smuggle antigens into the immune system of the gut provide a simple way to treat cancers?
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
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My law firm is currently litigating 61 voting and election cases, including 12 redistricting cases. We have four cases in one stage or another before the Supreme Court.
These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.
These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My law firm is currently litigating 61 voting and election cases, including 12 redistricting cases. We have four cases in one stage or another before the Supreme Court.
These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.
These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.
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Upset about shitty air travel? You should dress nicer.
Upset about high prices? You should just ignore it.
Upset about bad inflation? You should just move to another state.
Upset about high prices? You should just ignore it.
Upset about bad inflation? You should just move to another state.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Upset about shitty air travel? You should dress nicer.
Upset about high prices? You should just ignore it.
Upset about bad inflation? You should just move to another state.
Upset about high prices? You should just ignore it.
Upset about bad inflation? You should just move to another state.
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UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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In article full of great charts by @meghanbartels.bsky.social and the @sciam.bsky.social team, this one stands out. "Someone who is five years old in 2025 may be exposed to almost 39 times the number of heat waves that was typical of the preindustrial era." www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In article full of great charts by @meghanbartels.bsky.social and the @sciam.bsky.social team, this one stands out. "Someone who is five years old in 2025 may be exposed to almost 39 times the number of heat waves that was typical of the preindustrial era." www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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For the last time, people, "Epstein" is the name of the criminal. The president is "Epstein's monster."
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
For the last time, people, "Epstein" is the name of the criminal. The president is "Epstein's monster."
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Any mention of privatization should always be accompanied by this warning, like the warnings on a pack of cigarettes.
Privatization is HARMFUL and results in more deaths.
Privatization is HARMFUL and results in more deaths.
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Any mention of privatization should always be accompanied by this warning, like the warnings on a pack of cigarettes.
Privatization is HARMFUL and results in more deaths.
Privatization is HARMFUL and results in more deaths.