🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

BYD spotted testing 1500 kW Flash Charge in China, nearly triple Tesla V4 power Single-gun peak rating of 1500 kW reported at demonstration flash charging station.

U.S Automotive 'journalists': "Mach-E/Equinox EV/Blazer EV charging at 1/10th this speed is fine".

- insert this is fine meme.

Explains the EV retreat and massive lobbying against great affordable Chinese options.

Canadian Tire Mount Royal is blowing out their last 2 of NOMA True HEPA Personal Air Purifier for $18 each. They’re about the size of a coffee flask to fit in car cup holder. SOME protection if blowing right into your breathing zone at desk or table. @sameo416.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social

Blyth ex-GP says long Covid patients are being forgotten The NHS in the North East and Cumbria is closing its last dedicated long Covid clinics this month.

BBC: “Long Covid patients are forgotten, ex-GP says”

‘A doctor whose career was ended by long Covid said living victims of the virus were being forgotten by politicians and the NHS’

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Health group calls on B.C. to bring back mask mandates | News DoNoHarm BC is calling on B.C. to reinstate mask mandates in medical settings in order to protect patients from medical harm.

“Even without hospitalization, many of these infections have long-term consequences, from organ damage and immune issues to increased risks of cancer and dementia. It’s unconscionable that we aren’t doing everything we can to reduce these risks"

dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...

Thoughts from a three-day immersion trip to Ottawa I've just got back to London from a whirlwind few days in Ottawa, as guest of the Canadian Climate Institute. A few thoughts.

I've just got back to London from a whirlwind few days in Ottawa, as guest of the Canadian Climate Institute. I penned a few thoughts on what I learned.
mliebreich.substack.com/p/thoughts-f...

ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith says court 'skewed' to Liberal donors, but UCP picks have political ties just as often | CBC News CBC analysis suggests about one-fifth of federally named judges match with Liberal donor lists. About as many judges picked by the province likely gave to UCP.

When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched.
I dug into it. Could confidently write here:
"It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Graphic with teal background promoting International Long Covid Awareness Day. Text reads: International Long Covid Awareness Day - March 15. Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal. Down the left side, there are three photos of people speaking at last year’s Long Covid Awareness Day events.

On March 15, we invite you to join us for International Long Covid Awareness Day in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto & Montreal.

Hear from experts and people with Long Covid, and see our public awareness project featuring personal stories.

Details: covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...
#LongCovid #ilcad2026

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

I wish the city had done a similar survey when it came to funding a billionaire’s arena.

Tweet from our wannabe king: Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate. 10:39 PM · Oct 9, 2012

Huh 🤔

considering what happened to Ukrainians in WW I and japanese in WWII and what is happening daily in the USA now, this seems really important

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

A long time ago, I used to know a lot about foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) and study them.

I guess that makes me qualified to write a thread about them, especially in wake of Trump bombing Iran.

So here goes nothing. 🧵

The 1953 coup destroyed Iran's most promising conditions for organic democratization and poisoned the well for American-backed democracy for generations.

The US created the very problem it now claims to want to solve.

Ironic doesn't quite cover it.

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I’m not watching that video st 3am but I don’t need to see it know this is a grave violation of US and international law. From my area of study I can tell you that it’s easy to think the UN Charter doesn’t mean much, but we want to live in a world that values its prohibition on aggressive warfare

Breaking: China's official statistics report a 0.3% drop in CO2 emissions from energy&industry in 2025, the third time that annual emissions have fallen this century and the first fall predominantly driven by clean energy growth. 🧵

Thanks Senator!!!

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances...

They were going to pass rules to phase out gas stoves, until they received 20,000 public comments against the regulations. Except, oops, it turns out the comments were generated by AI.

Letter of the day: Let's clear the air on respiratory infections "Handwashing helps prevent gastrointestinal infections but will not protect your child and you from leaving the emergency department with influenza or COVID."

Great letter from Dr. Filiatrault on clean air and need for respiratory protection in hospitals.
montrealgazette.com/opinion/lett...

Looks like the senate will sit next on March 9th. Is that the earliest it can pass? What is the latest?
I presume getting royal assent (the last step) will take place almost same day that it passes the senate?
@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social ?
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OK completely selfish question to the hivemind. A friend has been hired for a summer job with ECCC but the official contract won't be signed until funding is confirmed. Which I believe means the budget passes. It passed 3rd reading yesterday and now moves on to the Senate?
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Because it threatens fossil fuel’s free-to-pollute business model — the biggest subsidy in world history. Even a crack panics them.

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Canada Just Unveiled Its Boldest EVs Yet The Vector and Borealis are Canada’s way of saying: “We have EVs at home.” Here's what they look like.

The Vector and Borealis are Canada’s way of saying: “We have EVs at home.”

insideevs.com/news/787202/...

global methane levels graph showing every increasing levels

We need to reverse the graph. Fast.

Can an RFK Jr. action figure help cement the MAHA-MAGA alliance? He’s an action figure. He’s a milk-drinking rave-goer. He’s America’s health secretary.

I get frustrated with "well, RFK Jr has a few good ideas" rhetoric from media, clinicians, academics...

Let's not normalize this monster.

He didn't invent exercise & real food. We can't let a few obvious suggestions distract us from tsunami of BS.

www.statnews.com/2026/02/27/r... v @statnews.com

Opinion | I Grew Up Unvaccinated. Now I’m an Immunologist.

I Grew Up Unvaccinated. Now I’m an Immunologist. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...

Good piece.

But gotta watch the "we like to believe that facts are enough" straw man framing.

I don't know a single #scicomm expert who has ever embraced the "deficit model". We ALL understand the complexity...

City of Cranbrook abandons X social media channel - Cranbrook Daily Townsman City cites low engagement, inappropriate content for leaving the micro-blogging site

#Cranbrook - City of Cranbrook abandons X social media channel cranbrooktownsman.com/2026/02/26/c...