Peter Hoven
@phoven.bsky.social
He/Him. Check the source. Pursue knowledge. Trust science. Fight disinformation.
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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Health coalitions call on federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act, take action against two-tier health care in Alberta #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #ableg #abpoli medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
Health groups across Canada sign open letter to Carney, Health Minister demanding action on Alberta's Bill 11 - Medicine Hat News
[email protected] An open letter signed by ten Canadian health coalitions is calling on the federal government to respond to Alberta’s law enabling dual practice in the province. The coalitio...
medicinehatnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Health coalitions call on federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act, take action against two-tier health care in Alberta #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #ableg #abpoli medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
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Behold, the “Weiss effect” in all its incompetent glory.
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Behold, the “Weiss effect” in all its incompetent glory.
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Inside CECOT (the 60 Minutes segment that was spiked yesterday) is available on Global TV app. It must have been delivered before the story was blocked. Watching it now.
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Inside CECOT (the 60 Minutes segment that was spiked yesterday) is available on Global TV app. It must have been delivered before the story was blocked. Watching it now.
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The idea that conservatives are fiscally responsible needs to be put to bed
Conservatives don't spend money on regular people
But they spend a ton of money on their corporations
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
Conservatives don't spend money on regular people
But they spend a ton of money on their corporations
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
#Alberta’s auditor general estimates the government’s failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million.
More here 👇 #yyc #yeg #ableg #abpoli @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
More here 👇 #yyc #yeg #ableg #abpoli @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta’s auditor says taxpayers lost $109M in lab testing debacle
Alberta’s auditor general estimates the government’s failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Govt just WASTED $2M of taxpayer money on the "Alberta Next" panel.
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
While our EDs and Hosps are struggling and Schools are overflowing, they're playing political games.
Here is the single most insulting contradiction in that report:. 🧵
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www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
While our EDs and Hosps are struggling and Schools are overflowing, they're playing political games.
Here is the single most insulting contradiction in that report:. 🧵
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December 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Govt just WASTED $2M of taxpayer money on the "Alberta Next" panel.
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
While our EDs and Hosps are struggling and Schools are overflowing, they're playing political games.
Here is the single most insulting contradiction in that report:. 🧵
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www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
While our EDs and Hosps are struggling and Schools are overflowing, they're playing political games.
Here is the single most insulting contradiction in that report:. 🧵
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I wouldn't call it a great debate, necessarily.
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
Is Equalization Unfair to Alberta? - Alberta Views
The equalization payment reflects a core value: ensuring all Canadians can receive normal public services without paying abnormally high taxes
albertaviews.ca
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I wouldn't call it a great debate, necessarily.
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
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"Progressive" - the belief that govt has a moral obligation to build, maintain, and steward public institutions for the common good, rather than burning them down in the name of "freedom" and profit.
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Opinion: Albertans' well-being shouldn't be left to charities
We do not need to "restore" the role of charity in basic health care and education.
edmontonjournal.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Progressive" - the belief that govt has a moral obligation to build, maintain, and steward public institutions for the common good, rather than burning them down in the name of "freedom" and profit.
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
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@pfparks.bsky.social thinks Albertans well-being shouldn't be left to charities.
From all my shady dealings with Sam Mraiche, MHCare, and other generous corporate execs, I'm wealthy enough to disagree.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption #abhealth #UCPPublicInquiryNOW
From all my shady dealings with Sam Mraiche, MHCare, and other generous corporate execs, I'm wealthy enough to disagree.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption #abhealth #UCPPublicInquiryNOW
Opinion: Albertans' well-being shouldn't be left to charities
We do not need to "restore" the role of charity in basic health care and education.
edmontonjournal.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@pfparks.bsky.social thinks Albertans well-being shouldn't be left to charities.
From all my shady dealings with Sam Mraiche, MHCare, and other generous corporate execs, I'm wealthy enough to disagree.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption #abhealth #UCPPublicInquiryNOW
From all my shady dealings with Sam Mraiche, MHCare, and other generous corporate execs, I'm wealthy enough to disagree.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption #abhealth #UCPPublicInquiryNOW
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No big deal, but the Alberta government just increased the fee to submit a citizen initiated petition from $500 to $25, 000. After the separatism initiative was approved, but before Corb Lund's coal mining petition gets re-approved. No political shenanigans going on here.
December 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
No big deal, but the Alberta government just increased the fee to submit a citizen initiated petition from $500 to $25, 000. After the separatism initiative was approved, but before Corb Lund's coal mining petition gets re-approved. No political shenanigans going on here.
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This was the only topic I couldn't get students to reconsider about AI this fall. I think there are whole fields/departments of social science and data science that should be fully ignored going forward. Because it won't be real.
I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
December 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This was the only topic I couldn't get students to reconsider about AI this fall. I think there are whole fields/departments of social science and data science that should be fully ignored going forward. Because it won't be real.
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A tonne of mask articles out on UK media this morning.
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A tonne of mask articles out on UK media this morning.
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Dr. Jared Wesley appeared on The Jim Toth show on December 12. Hear his interview (4:00 to 12:00), which includes bonus insights on the Jets and Oilers. 🎧 megaphone.link/CORU2712396246
December 12, 2025 by The Jim Toth Show
megaphone.link
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dr. Jared Wesley appeared on The Jim Toth show on December 12. Hear his interview (4:00 to 12:00), which includes bonus insights on the Jets and Oilers. 🎧 megaphone.link/CORU2712396246
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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And i love the "waffle" commentary i.e. we used to like but now we find that we don't so we're going to change the rules - yet again.
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
And i love the "waffle" commentary i.e. we used to like but now we find that we don't so we're going to change the rules - yet again.
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New CHW Perspective:
an Alberta pediatrician describes how structural gaps in care are shaping families' lives, and argues that the province’s new “dual-practice” model risks making things worse.
Full analysis:
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
an Alberta pediatrician describes how structural gaps in care are shaping families' lives, and argues that the province’s new “dual-practice” model risks making things worse.
Full analysis:
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
Alberta isn’t fixing healthcare. It’s abandoning it.
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.”
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New CHW Perspective:
an Alberta pediatrician describes how structural gaps in care are shaping families' lives, and argues that the province’s new “dual-practice” model risks making things worse.
Full analysis:
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
an Alberta pediatrician describes how structural gaps in care are shaping families' lives, and argues that the province’s new “dual-practice” model risks making things worse.
Full analysis:
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
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This is literally NONSENSE. Absolutely nonsensical!
Reminder: the Premier has NO medical expertise whatsoever, and seems to be getting horrendous advice (if she isn’t intentionally trying to mislead here)
Let’s delve into a couple of points:
x.com/thebreakdownab...
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Reminder: the Premier has NO medical expertise whatsoever, and seems to be getting horrendous advice (if she isn’t intentionally trying to mislead here)
Let’s delve into a couple of points:
x.com/thebreakdownab...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is literally NONSENSE. Absolutely nonsensical!
Reminder: the Premier has NO medical expertise whatsoever, and seems to be getting horrendous advice (if she isn’t intentionally trying to mislead here)
Let’s delve into a couple of points:
x.com/thebreakdownab...
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Reminder: the Premier has NO medical expertise whatsoever, and seems to be getting horrendous advice (if she isn’t intentionally trying to mislead here)
Let’s delve into a couple of points:
x.com/thebreakdownab...
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Currently in AB: 50% of ALL Emergency Care Spaces in the Edmonton and Calgary major EDs are blocked by very sick pts who cannot be admitted up to the proper floor as the hospital is too full. (= Emerg In -Pts = EIPs). STRANDED in our EDs.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Currently in AB: 50% of ALL Emergency Care Spaces in the Edmonton and Calgary major EDs are blocked by very sick pts who cannot be admitted up to the proper floor as the hospital is too full. (= Emerg In -Pts = EIPs). STRANDED in our EDs.
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Danielle Smith dismisses the verified data of certified bodies staffed by qualified experts with decades of experience & opt for info a friend found in a 30 second google search. She’s a savant in corruption, but otherwise she’s dumber than a sack of hammers. She shouldn’t be deciding anything.
Smith: “I’m not a separatist, but here’s me going to bat for the separatists!”
If the courts don’t determine what’s constitutional, who does? My drunk uncle?
Not politicians, that’s for sure. They have insufficient knowledge to decide these things.
#UCP #abpoli #CanadaSky
If the courts don’t determine what’s constitutional, who does? My drunk uncle?
Not politicians, that’s for sure. They have insufficient knowledge to decide these things.
#UCP #abpoli #CanadaSky
Alberta's Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions — The Canadian Press
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says those seeking an independence refer
apple.news
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Danielle Smith dismisses the verified data of certified bodies staffed by qualified experts with decades of experience & opt for info a friend found in a 30 second google search. She’s a savant in corruption, but otherwise she’s dumber than a sack of hammers. She shouldn’t be deciding anything.
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• 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19
• 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality
• No increase in 4-year mortality
• Vaccinated people had lower risk of death from any cause.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#mRNA #covid19 #science
• 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality
• No increase in 4-year mortality
• Vaccinated people had lower risk of death from any cause.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#mRNA #covid19 #science
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
• 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19
• 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality
• No increase in 4-year mortality
• Vaccinated people had lower risk of death from any cause.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#mRNA #covid19 #science
• 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality
• No increase in 4-year mortality
• Vaccinated people had lower risk of death from any cause.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#mRNA #covid19 #science
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