Robert Irwin 🇨🇦

@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social Most likely you are aware of this but just in case...

The Perfect Storm: How Algorithms and Emotion Keep Fake News Alive Fake news isn’t just about false information—it’s about why people believe it and how it spreads so effectively. It’s not an accident; it’s a system. And

nafoforum.org/magazine/the...

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra has vowed to improve anti-American sentiment he sees in Canada, no matter how many illegal tariffs, forced annexations, or literal bombs it takes to do it.

US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve

Or someone like Dr. Oz in charge of medicare. Oh wait…

Good morning to everyone who doesn’t have Vladimir Putin on speed dial to tell them what to do.

Unpasteurized milk is meant for calves, not human beings.

imo cow’s milk is meant for calves, not human beings

Trump demands 20% gratuity for selling Ukraine to Putin ANCHORAGE, AK - International political observers are stunned today after U.S. President Donald Trump made the controversial move of asking Russian President Vladimir Putin for a 20% gratuity, "as a s...

Trump demands 20% gratuity for selling Ukraine to Putin

JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’

Not The Onion, Not satire.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Canada, you're up.

Seems unusual. Russia normally attacks schools,hospitals,apartment buildings and groups of civilians.

Todd Blanche meeting the Ghislaine Maxwell:

3 drillers freed from northern B.C. mine after being trapped for days, says company | CBC News Newmont Corp. says the three miners who have been trapped for days in the Red Chris mine in northern B.C. were successfully brought to the surface and are "in good health and spirits."

A little good news to start the day:

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I don’t really care what this place is or isn’t. Alls I know is it’s been great for the business of The Onion and that both Zuck and Musk have experience cooking and/or hiding the books on their own traffic. Doesn’t really matter if there are more page views if they’re not real people.

I Don’t Vaccinate My Child Because It’s My Right To Decide What Eliminated Diseases Come Roaring Back As a mother, I put my parenting decisions above all else. Nobody knows my son better than me, and the choices I make about how to care for him are no one’s business but my own. So, when other people t...

I Don’t Vaccinate My Child Because It’s My Right To Decide What Eliminated Diseases Come Roaring Back — theonion.com/i-don-t-vacc...

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security CALGARY - During an outdoor campaign rally, security rushed a shaken Pierre Poilievre to safety after he was tragically struck by a lone question from a journalist.

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security

For those who like irony

Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health Toxic metal pollution is ubiquitous in soils, yet its worldwide distribution is unknown. We analyzed a global database of soil pollution by arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel, and lead...

🌍⚠️ Global soil at risk

A new study finds that up to 17% of the world’s cropland is contaminated by toxic metals like cadmium and lead – affecting food, ecosystems, and over 1 billion people.

🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...

#SciComm #Soil 🧪

Good Friday
is when pro-death penalty Christians
mark the execution of anti-death penalty Jesus;
and it's all irony-free.

Yes, efforts here in Canada to find a “credible source” for this story haven’t produced any published confirmation.
With respect, I suggest this “credible source,” be identified or the claim withdrawn.

Reminder: Poilievre introduced a law to BAN all vaccine requirements in Canada.

Measles. Polio. Meningitis. All ready to run wild and wipe out your kids.

This dangerous policy should be enough to disqualify Conservatives from office.

Denigrating the media probably plays well with his base. Remember that during the convoy’s Ottawa-blockade, many reporters needed special security.
I hope that most Canadians however appreciate the vital role that journalists play in our democracy.

Agree! And by now most people recognize this demonizing of the press as a fascist tactic, often associated with leaders like Trump, so I wonder how this will attract voters?

The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens.

The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago.

Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.

Interesting! Now do Waco.

Scientists observe surprising link between mindset and vaccine outcomes How you think about the COVID-19 vaccine may shape how your body and mind respond to it, new research suggests—affecting everything from side effects to antibody levels.

www.psypost.org/scientists-o...

We need a scientific debate on the Joe Rogan podcast about whether roosters crowing causes the sun to rise because too many scientists know it to be true but are muzzled by Big Bird and scared about speaking up because it would jeopardize their careers.

I’m devastated, but I’m also angry. I’m angry because this is an attack on press freedom.

If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?