Tom Jackman

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

All rise up against the Techno Feudal Fucktopia 🔥

Really looking forward to David Eby’s book, How to lose friends and alienate people

Whatever anger those on the left are feeling towards former premier David Eby tonight, it's not enough.

If this holds true. It is NOT the fault of voters who chose Green. It is NOT the fault of disenfranchised voters who chose not to vote. It will 1000% be the fault of a completely out of touch @davidebybc.bsky.social, @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social - who put greed and power ahead of everything else.

There have been contradictory messages from BC gov & staff, so we wanted to share what we’re hearing now. Please keep in mind that the situation is evolving and some info may change.

Canadians' allergy to accountability is one of our least endearing traits.

“Many children bereaved in the first pandemic waves are now adolescents or young adults, but their longer-term mental-health course remains largely unknown” H/t @ohcasavant.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

I'm not sure how much more blatant it can get that these guys are looting the federal government and then pointing over there and saying "look what THOSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE GETTING AWAY WITH!!!" bsky.app/profile/atru...

Let me get this straight: 1. Dave Eby calls a snap election to reduce the power of the BC Greens to call a non-confidence vote. 2. Then he begs Green voters to vote NDP—on top of his many right-wing policies & his destruction of our chance at Pro Rep. Wow. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... #bcpoli

Disappointed that Krog is mayor for another term, but excited for some new faces on council, plus some excellent incumbents. Impressed by Lovegrove’s campaign as first-time mayoral candidate. She lost by 2K votes, a clear indication that Nanaimo is tired of Krog + wanting hopeful leadership.

It should absolutely be illegal for a computer program to refer to itself as "I" or "me." This single change alone would probably prevent a significant amount of LLM psychosis and cut way down on the success of simple scams that rely on commercially available chatbots.

Details from someone who just managed to get the new Novavax Covid booster in BC. It is far from a straightforward process. 😔

This is the disease for which I research and advocate: #MECFS. Even mild presentation is life-changing, and this is what severe looks like. People are surprised so many of us were athletes. They want to believe this can only happen to people who were already unwell. www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...

My school currently gets $180 to spend per week on food for 300 children who don’t have enough to eat. This buys some granola bars, cereal, and a few cheese strings. I’d like to know when the “National School Food Program” is going to actually show up as real food for kids.

Most interviews about fascism don’t end with me almost crying about the wonders of Pacific wild salmon, but somehow this one did. One of the best conversations I’ve had on tour so far. Thank you Oli Dugmore and The Exchange. @newstatesman1913.bsky.social youtu.be/JdfMaPrMBW4

Where do B.C. parties stand on big health care challenges? B.C.’s political parties offered policy ideas, but most fall short of proposing a comprehensive solution to what ails the health care system #bcpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Fun fact: it costs $270 out of pocket to get a maternal RSV vaccine in BC. This despite UBC study in The Lancet finding that newborns under 6 months made up 45% of all RSV hospitalizations in Canada from 2017-2020. And RSV hospitalizations doubled post-pandemic. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Two things can be true. Yes, AI bad for brains. AND ... the lengths people will go to to ignore the impact of mass, repeat COVID infection of all our children, esp since Omicron (the HUGE wastewater spike shown below) is astonishing. #NeuroCOVID

Looking for an employment lawyer who has supported people with Long Covid for an article I'm working on who would have 15 minutes to speak Monday-Wednesday next week. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com

How I arrived on Bluesky

Here is Dr. Henry's presser today on BC's fall vaccine program. For some inexplicable reason, it is an unlisted "secret" video on YouTube. I can't think of any good reason for the BC NDP to hide this when they should want everyone to see it 🤷‍♂️ www.youtube.com/live/m-eB5GL...

If we had a federal government that wasn't firmly up the ass of Big AI, they'd make it a crime for an AI to put people in mortal danger by sending them into wilderness areas with fictional instructions. If a human kept doing this, they'd probably go to jail, even under existing laws.

Gas prices aren't high because of taxes! Don't sacrifice billions of public dollars to fix what you didn't cause!

Suspending gas taxes is the easiest move for politicians to make when gas prices are high and it's also the dumbest. It does very little to alter the material conditions of constituents, but costs a shit ton of money while slightly diluting the market signal that high gas prices should send.

So here's my plan: free soda in the vending machines

Carney carefully weaves in his shock doctrine narrative, telling us why we have to do this NOW so “we can continue to live our lives as we choose.” The implication being: no oil pipeline, no sovereignty. Which is an unhinged thing to say, actually!

CR box air cleaners reduce particles in classrooms by 61%. pubs.acs.org/aeacd5/artic...

Men can keep each other in check actually. It’s not hard actually.

i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.

I just want everyone to take a second to imagine how Poilievre would have responded if Justin Trudeau had done this while in office. like i just think it would be a fun experiment for us

Canada continues to be shameful on this issue.

"We need to ask why so many patients have been abandoned, why discredited and dangerous treatments continue to be prescribed and why ignorance and neglect still dominate, in the health system and beyond. In other words, there has seldom been a stronger case for a public inquiry." #MECFS #pwME

The AI slop, the spammy calls and phishy emails are out of control. Is this the future we were all waiting for?

AT A GLANCE Broken @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social promises since 2017: ❌Properly fund classrooms & school equipment ❌Replace portables w classrooms ❌Seismically safe schools ❌Ensure faster access to school & public MH services ❌EAs in every elem. classroom ❌No cuts to funding for Autistic kids

Can we please stop calling them conservation officers?

I have zero faith that most Canadian politicians are taking this seriously or preparing for it in any significant way.

acting morally is a lot easier when it's your only option.

Found my few minutes of joy today amidst <<waves hands>> all this. #Vancouver

We gotta talk about how this dismal job market is disproportionately affecting women in their 40s and 50s, specifically many of my exceptional, highly-proficient friends who are bafflingly not getting interviews and job offers.