Ian Mitchell, MD

THC requires heat to be active. Not going to induce paranoia unless smoked or cooked.

Judge dismisses petition from unvaccinated Kamloops doctor barred from practicing at RIH - Kamloops News

Judge dismisses petition from unvaccinated Kamloops doctor barred from practicing at RIH #Kamloops

"The Clarifier," new art at @truthdig.bsky.social:
www.truthdig.com/cartoons/the...

I did no say "safe," I said "safer."
Specifically: "Vaping is unquestionably safer than smoking, so what's with public health's prohibitionist stance toward it?" www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #HarmReduction

Data vs. Doubt: Danish Scientist Responds to U.S. HHS Secretary Critique of Aluminum Vaccine Study Anders Hviid, August 3, 2025, Copenhagen In his opinion piece published August 1, 2025, on Trialsite News, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services raises a number of methodol...

“I maintain that our study does not provide support for the hypothesis that aluminum used as adjuvants in vaccines are associated with increased risks of early childhood health conditions. None of the critiques put forward by the Secretary is substantive”#MedSky
www.trialsitenews.com/a/data-vs.-d...

this is fucking great

@neilhegarty.bsky.social Just finished the excellent The Story of Ireland at the end of a brief visit. We immigrated to British Columbia; I was intrigued to read about Fenian raids into BC, but I haven’t been able to find any details of anything West of Manitoba

Keep PoiLIEvre out of Parliament.

1/ Respiratory protection (including respirators)

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has released CSA Z94.4, a draft revision of its standard on respirators and respiratory protection.

For the first time they are including healthcare settings in the new draft standard.

South Park is getting canceled after this lmao.

Celebrities ducking destroying the environment

My beautiful wife

Canyon

Canyon that you can’t see as much of due to Justin Bieber

Went to a beautiful valley in Iceland that was fucked over by Justin Bieber filming an environmentally destructive video there.

Skin Deep Skin Deep aims to improve the diversity of paediatric skin images online. It is a project led by Don't Forget The Bubbles and the Royal London Hospital.

Here is another one from Don’t Forget The Bubbles, a pediatric organization dftbskindeep.com

Cannabis MD and researcher here. 350 mg/day is a fairly high dose. Most consumers take 50-100 mg/day, predominantly due to cost. 500-1500/day is often used in research/seizure management. I don’t authorize for anyone over 300/day without liver testing

Hippo shaped ottoman

Hippopottoman

Why yes it is! So in 2025 this is apparently the type of guy that New York Times contributors are going out of their way to rush to defend.

‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status Family of Cynthia Olivera reconsiders support for president after Ice detained her at green card interview

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I (white,Irish, Buddy Guy fan) - best movie I’ve seen in ages. Loved the historical narrative of music being an alternative to cotton picking and the exodus to Chicago.

Explaining to my kids yesterday why zydeco sounds like blues+maritime kitchen party due to expulsion of Acadians from Canada

The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

Meet Chris Elston, the BC Man Taking Anti-Trans Hate On Tour Across Canada In a little over a year, an insurance broker from British Columbia has become one the country’s most prominent anti-trans activists, travelling to multiple major cities, and has upcoming plans to trav...

Was this the sad loser you were criticizing?

www.antihate.ca/chris_elston...

There were 29 law enforcement officers who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes in the month of June.

Calgary set to reintroduce fluoride to its water supply on Monday | CBC News Nearly four years after residents supported community water fluoridation in a 2021 plebiscite, the measure is planned to be reintroduced this week as a way to improve public health and prevent tooth d...

Calgary set to reintroduce fluoride to its water supply on Monday. #Fluoridation was discontinued in 2011 as a cost-saving measure but residents' dental health suffered, by Andrew Jeffrey www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

As the report says, a certain amount of humidity is needed. The ticks that carry Lyme do not thrive in desert conditions which is why we have not found Lyme here in #Kamloops

Unless climate change results in more rain, we will still not see Lyme in this area

Contracts reveal how Shoppers was embedded in Alberta’s mental health and addiction system

EXCLUSIVE: I FOIP'd all the contracts Alberta Health Services has signed with Shoppers Drug Mart since 2020.

They reveal the Loblaw subsidiary's deep integration into the province's mental health and addictions care system.

www.theprogressreport.ca/contracts_re...

If you had a 15 year old who said this to you and seemed to believe it, you’d be up all night panicking about what it’s going to cost you in tutors to get them into the 2nd-to-last ranked public university in your state.

Fire in Peterson Creek

Fire in Peterson Creek. #Kamloops @kamscan.bsky.social

ICE press release: Johnny Noviello, a 49 year old Canadian, has died in the custody of ICE. The cause of death is under investigation.

A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.

This image is now absolutely everywhere over European media lmao

Look, if AI wasn’t invented so we could animate this image and flood the internet with videos that emotionally crush this cruel, arrogant little man, then I’m just not sure what the point of it is.