Alex Munter

How Meta Executives Talked About Child Safety Behind the Scenes For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.

Big Tech is trying to make Big Tobacco look like angels.

“We haven’t done anything. God knows what happened to those kids."

“We are recommending nearly 4X as many minors to groomers.”

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

OpenAI safety reps called to Ottawa after Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting: minister | CBC News Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has called representatives of OpenAI to Ottawa to discuss safety concerns after learning the killer in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., was banne...

Encouraging to see @evansolomon.bsky.social and the government examining OpenAI's connection to the Tumbler Ridge shooting. Online platforms play an important role in public safety. It's time to pass online harms legislation that clearly defines tech companies' responsibilities.

Healthcare group urges RFK Jr to resign after remarks on cocaine and toilet seats President of Protect Our Care issues one-word statement to US health and human services secretary: ‘Resign’

More health advice from the US Government.
Cocaine ✔️
Germs ✔️
Toilet seats ✔️
Vaccines ❓
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Few things get 90% of Canadians on the same page but here’s one: governments need to act to stop false health information. Important finding from today’s @cmadocs.bsky.social and Abacus Data report on the topic.

Just Released Healthcare Papers - Ten-Year Anniversary of the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation Report: Assessing Progress and What Is Left to Do. #healthcareinnovation @bradenmannsyyc.bsky.social @alexmunter.bsky.social www.longwoods.com/publications...

Working Too Much Could Turn You Gay, Says Malaysian Official Religious Affairs Minister Zulkifli Hasan made the claim when asked about a rise of “LGBT cases” in Malaysia.

Maybe work-life balance is over-rated.
www.them.us/story/story/...

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

The Globe's editorial this morning is a list of all the Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Red tape steals a month of doctors’ time every year Reducing the physician administrative burden would help doctors improve care and work-life balance  Eliminating the 20 million hours of unnecessary paperwork and administrative tasks doctors face annu...

Collectively, Canadian physicians are spending about 20 million hours on unnecessary paperwork. Eliminating those tasks would free up the equivalent of 9,000 full time physicians.

With a growing shortage of family doctors, this is the moment to act.

Vaccines, the most impressive public health intervention in medical history, and where we could be headed if there was not efforts to negate truth, facts, and evidence
A great, open-access, review and perspective by @scientificdiscovery.dev

I’m joining the youth-led www.nosonovember.org and turning off the distraction machine this month.
See you in December! 🎄 🕎 ❄️
#NoSo #ImIn #MentalHealth

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Great opportunity to wish my good friends at Toronto Sick Kids Hospital a happy 150th birthday! 🎉 🎁 🎂

My 7-year-old son has stopped calling me “dude”.
Now, I’m “bro”.
Not sure what to make of either?

Albertan dies from measles An Albertan has died from complications due to measles, government data released Thursday says.

This is a shocking stat: « There are currently 152 people in hospital and 15 Albertans in the ICU because of the illness. »
Up until very recently, that number would have been zero. #Measles is preventable.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

CMA calls on Alberta government to refrain from using notwithstanding clause to interfere with patient care The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that directly interferes in the clinical care of patient...

Political interference in health care sets a dangerous precedent.

The CMA is calling on the Alberta government to refrain from using the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that threatens patient care.

The U.S. has so many mass shootings that remembering which maniac did which one is genuinely difficult.

When the question is the answer.

« Got an issue? Here’s a tissue. »

#ThingsILearnFromMyKid

Seems doctors don’t like the idea of marinating kids in polio or measles.

Happy Pride, Ottawa! How far we’ve come. 🌈

From the Zero Percent Surprising Department.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

When Should Kids Get the COVID Vaccine? The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the COVID vaccine for all young children age 6 months through 23 months. Children younger than 2 years old are at highest risk for severe COVID-19 and hos...

Co-sign

The AAP “recommends the COVID vaccine for all young children age 6 months through 23 months. Children younger than 2 years old are at highest risk for severe COVID-19.”

[And - see next post below]

www.healthychildren.org/English/heal...

Congratulations to Dr Trevor Arnason on his appointment as #Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health! 👏
And congratulations to all of us who live here - we’ve been blessed with public health leaders truly committed to the common good. Trevor will very much be in that tradition.
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...

Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender health-care bill | CBC News Judgement puts on hold a provincial law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.

We are relieved to see the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta grant an injunction which restores Alberta physicians' ability to make clinical decisions based on evidence, in consultation with patients and their families.

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

Why it’s important Canada accredits its own medical schools

Canadian and American medical schools are, well, consciously uncoupling. 🇨🇦 This will protect Canadian universities from US political interference in medical education and will enable quicker, nimbler response to homegrown issues.
tinyurl.com/2mj568v4

Welcoming U.S. doctors to Canadian practice | Medical Council of Canada

From November 2024 (when Trump was elected) to April 2025, there has been a 788% increase in American doctors applying for licences to practice in Canada.
mcc.ca/news/welcomi... via @medcouncilcan.bsky.social @alexmunter.bsky.social

Interesting new update from the Medical Council of Canada about American physicians coming to Canada: 718% increase in US doctors opening a portal.physiciansapply.ca/Account/Init... account, first step in pursuing registration in Canada.
mcc.ca/news/welcomi...

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Learn about Canada’s movement to delay kids’ smartphone adoption #UnpluggedCanada @alexmunter.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!

But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇

This is my friend Vera Gara and her late husband George. Vera survived two Nazi death camps. The National #Holocaust Memorial in #Ottawa is an important place of solace and remembrance for her and for all who care about the Holocaust and its lessons. Saddened to hear of its desecration today. 💔