There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Common myth: substance use causes homelessness.

"Several studies have concluded that an area’s median rent correlates far more closely with its homelessness rate than factors such as weather, poverty rate, and rates of mental illness or substance use."

#houselessness

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Studies about social class, labor, poverty, or other forms of economic inequalities and injustice were especially marginalized and underfunded.

Any such request is not only unethical, it is a violation of privacy laws.

It’s tiresome to see American style attacks on EDI being taken up by Canadian politicians.

Equity, diversity and inclusion are hallmarks of Canadian society and should be celebrated and emulated.

The results of the Dutch experiments were that dropping work requirements and instead trusting people to find work didn't decrease work and also led to increased trust in return, plus better health. Not clawing back benefits as income increased led to more employment.

Combine those, and that's UBI.

We are discovering what happens when a society decides to give the absolute dumbest people imaginable way too much power.

“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.

On CBC Radio we're hearing about the #CAUT travel advisory for Canadian academics.

They are warning us not to travel to the US.

#ElbowsUp

www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

New study shows shingles vaccine tied to reduced dementia risk www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

Every Indiana Senate Republican voted AGAINST an amendment that would have protected student athletes from genital inspections.
It's not about "protecting women in sports." It opens the door for any woman who is taller, stronger, faster, or simply "too different" to be questioned and violated.

“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...

"The quest for truth – the mission of science – requires that scientists freely explore new questions and report their findings honestly, independent of special interests. The administration is engaging in censorship, destroying this independence." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Authors of the state-commissioned study were unsurprised to find zero impact on OD deaths. But efforts to boost OUD meds access, included in the felonization law, also failed.

"Pairing these is a catalyst of fear," one of the authors tells
Alexander Lekhtman:

The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians has put out a statment calling on governments at all levels to halt any plans to close supervised consumption services. #yyc #ableg #reddeer

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On #TransDayOfVisibility, we revisit our piece on how researchers and volunteers—in the face of the Trump administration's anti-trans efforts—are backing up federally-funded studies, and vowing to keep the resources online.

A thread ⬇️

This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This will be today’s thread for live-updates from the courthouse in the Charter Challenge to the Ontario law that will force many safe consumption sites in the province to close by the end of this month.

#SaveOurSites #CTSontario #CTSsavesLives #CTScourtchallenge #SaveCTS #Ontario #ONpoli

A constitutional challenge being heard today, brought forward by @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and two individual Applicants, will determine whether a number of life-saving supervised consumption sites in the province can continue to operate past the end of this month.