Pat Rich

My first SBM article 5 years ago showed how Prasad was an unreliable ideologue. It aged very well.

He’s forfeited his right to be taken seriously ever again and anyone who does so should be ignored as well.

Dr. Joss Reimer says misinformation a key target as she becomes Canada's top doctor OTTAWA — Tackling health misinformation and rebuilding public trust are top priorities for Canada's incoming chief public health officer Dr. Joss Reimer.

“Tackling health misinformation + rebuilding public trust are top priorities for Canada's incoming chief public health officer Dr. Joss Reimer.”

Stopping infectious diseases requires an assault on antivaxxer misinformation. Hope Dr. Reimer will do that.
#CPHO

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Photo of panel group during final session of FHLIP 2026 conference

"Canadians need to understand health data is another of our great national resources" Anderson Chuck, President and CEO of @cihica.bsky.social speaking at #FHLIP2026 final panel discussion touching on data sovereignty and value of health data

Photo of the bottoms of a pair of running shoes with winter stud attachments

Nothing gladdens the heart of an early morning winter runner in Ottawa more than seeing the sky begin to lighten before 6:30 in the morning.

Hi Natrice. Just caught up with this comment. Nice to see you are still active on these platforms.

New federal data interoperability legislation good start but more needed Reintroduced federal legislation supporting the interoperability of electronic health data is an urgently needed step but more is needed to properly advance this initiative, according to Canada’ s …

“AI cannot solve the fundamental structural fragmentation of Canada’s health systems, EMR isolation or the crushing administrative burden this causes clinicians." from a new report by leading Canadian medical organizations
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Fun fact: half of the “experts” who wrote RFK Jr’s new food guidelines—which push people to eat more red meat, saturated fats, beef tallow, & full fat dairy—have financial ties to the livestock & dairy industries

Looks like RFK Jr & Makary CREATED a corrupt food pyramid

With champagne I hope (or at least a fine English sparkling wine)?

Opinion | The EPA Just Made Our Air Less Safe to Breathe Repealing the Endangerment Finding will shape our clinical reality for years to come

The EPA Just Made Our Air Less Safe to Breathe www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/clim...

Dr. Jennifer Gunter speaking at CMA session health misinformation

"Nobody ever attacks my science" @drjengunter.bsky.social speaking at the recent @cmadocs.bsky.social session on health misinformation hosted by Empire Club of Canada

New @cmadocs.bsky.social survey shows increasing use of AI to search for health information and toxic wave of misinformation from U.S. adding to mistrust many Canadians have with online health info. sources.

AI an’ I: Not now thanks As a journalist, writer and editor past the age of official retirement in Canada I plan to continue tracking how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare delivery in Canada and how p…

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Screen capture of new report from the CMA and CFIB titled "Losing Doctors to Desk Work"

A new survey of the burden of administrative work faced by Canadian physicians conducted by CMA and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business shows how rapidly the use of AI scribes has entered into the equation as a potential solution.

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Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast

And so it begins. The payback for standing up to Trump is coming. Count on Trump and MAGA Maple attempting to tear our nation apart by reaching out to the false losers in the Alberta separatist party and Donbass Danielle Smith. Watch the traitors come out from under their rocks.

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.

Amazing sob story: "ChatGPT deleted all the work I hadn't done"

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this is, literally, a wild ride

Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual

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Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatricians’ guidance instead Their decisions underscore a growing divide between federal health authorities and major medical groups.

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To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte

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I've stayed on X (just posting) because of the (probably naive) belief important to ensure accurate content everywhere.

But X just an abusive BS machine. Stepping away.

‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War Not one, but two letters were sent from the Pentagon to a Toronto-based sex toy store, found inside the boxes of returned adult items that had somehow made their way to a U.S naval base in Bahrain.

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Postmedia Suspends Toronto Sun Parliamentary Bureau Chief After Tweet Applauding ICE Killing Minneapolis Woman Postmedia says Bryan Passifiume’s tweet about ICE killing of Renee Good was ‘regrettable and insensitive’

NEWS: Postmedia suspends Toronto Sun parliamentary bureau chief after tweet applauding ICE killing of Minneapolis woman

Postmedia says Bryan Passifiume’s tweet about ICE killing of Renee Good was ‘regrettable and insensitive’

The Debrief | January 10, 2026 ChatGPT Health, victimized chatbots, and supersized mammograms

New insights into the use of AI in healthcare by Dr. Bryan Vartabedian open.substack.com/pub/liminalm...

FA Cup holders Palace knocked out by non-league Macclesfield FA Cup holders Crystal Palace were beaten 2-1 by non-league side Macclesfield on Saturday as the sixth-tier club that sits 117 places below the champions produced a giant-killing performance to knock out the Premier League side.

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There’s a lot of despair in the world today and then there’s Macclesfield knocking Crystal Palace out of the FA Cup.

More institutions are deciding some platforms are no longer worth inhabiting.

There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.

By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.

Greenland is not for sale.

Statement by Premier of Greenland.

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I have zero expectation that anyone will stand with Canada in the event of US aggression against us. Certainly not the UK or Europe. Not conscientious objectors in the American military. Not Democrats. Not the American people on the whole.