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"When the American Medical Association announced its ... decision to reject excited delirium as a diagnosis, the organization acknowledged [excited delirium] is 'disproportionately cited in cases where Black men die in law enforcement custody.'"

If the Canadian left could just absorb this one simple lesson…

imagine voting for positive change rather than the lesser evil

Zohran will keep winning because he is offering people something to vote FOR instead of telling them what they need to vote against

I would never go so far as to say that I think anything goes.

Also no porn would be bad.

This cultural swing towards Puritanism is not a good thing.

Pleasure is good. Sex is good. Have a beer. Have an orgasm. Enjoy life. Ask who benefits from your lack of leisure.

Consenting adults jerking off to other consenting adults is a pillar of a free society.

Yes, this is bad for porn.

But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:

This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or

Things I think all Americans get access to before smart watches: clean water, literacy skills, a primary care physician, nutrient rich food, the internet, the job market, housing …

They can’t get clean water to every American but this guy is going to get them to wear pedometers …

Zoë with Neil (ex police officer campaigning for drug reform) and Katy (The Loop)

Room in parliament full of people

Yellow poster "anyone's child 10 year anniversary" 24.06.25 11am With picture of big ben

It isn't immoral to take drugs.

It is immoral not to change the policy responsible.

Heartbreaking speeches at @anyoneschild.bsky.social 10 year anniversary event. Feeling angry & motivated - we must get drug reform.

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🛑 Harm reduction saves lives — if resourced.

On 26 June, join the #EU4HBoost webinar to demand a European drug policy that centers health, evidence, and community care:
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The Overlooked Benefits of Nicotine for Mental and Cognitive Health The public health campaign against nicotine, which can be used safely, harms millions of neurodivergent people.

"Decades of demonizing nicotine to discourage smoking now make this a difficult pill to swallow," writes Dr. Charles Gardner.

But such campaigns "harm millions of neurodivergent people who benefit, or could benefit, from nicotine’s cognitive effects."

What do we think the chances are that a “journalist” who can be bought by billionaires turns out to be an ethical politician? 🤔

😤

“We looked at the facts, we saw the facts but we want to be clear with you: we don’t care about the facts”

These tools could save lives. Instead they perpetuate dangerous mythologies.

Factual health information should be accessible to everyone. That’s how we empower people to make informed decisions based on their needs and context.

this is maddening and incredibly true

LA > 🔥, LA > 🧊

#losangeles #california

protesters surround federal detention center in Los Angeles

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

Mtl: what happened to the street workers, street nurses, community centres, community clinics etc?

they all got replaced with cops #defundthepolice

Another myth about supervised consumption sites debunked.

Supervised consumption sites have prevented tens of thousands of deaths in Canada.

Snow White’s Failure Has Turned Rachel Zegler Into a Scapegoat—and an Icon Disney insiders are blaming the young actress for the film’s poison box office, but their plan is backfiring.

Good for her.

#hollywood #movies

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Cool 😎

“Eat when you can for tomorrow it’s gone” “scat porn rules” ⚖️ #bar #bathroom #graffiti #wisdom #sharpie #montreal @barflymtl

Picture of a bathroom tile with smudged words in sharpie: it’s only for a little while anyways

It’s only for a little while anyways #advice #wisdom #bathroom #graffiti @barflymtl

“for every case of a home invader killed by a firearm, 37 suicides occurred.”

Marco Rubio saying he will revoke green cards of Hamas supporters

Rubio says the US will now start revoking green cards

the leap from disappearing the undocumented to disappearing visa holders to disappearing green card holders to disappearing naturalized citizens to disappearing natural born citizens is no leap at all, but a series of tiny steps

block the path

Montreal has received a 'historic' 74 cm of snow since last Thursday Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has issued a statement about the "historic" 74 cm of snow that the city has received since last Thursday.

Montreal has received a ‘historic’ 74 cm of snow since last Thursday

Even after being assured this wasn’t a joke I still had to go and check for myself www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.

Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.