@AnechoicMedia_ Pretty sure anyone eating nine donuts a day is well aware of the health implications. These articles are a lot like those food choices, useless filler designed to make money.
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Amy Thomson
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Ultraprocessed food isn't a coherent scientific concept and the attempts to formalize it have been a joke, as with the scale used in this study.
Slice a potato and bake it: Unprocessed (Group 1)
Slice a potato and fry it: "Ultraprocessed" (Group 4)
Nuts: Unprocessed
Nuts, salted: "Processed" (Group 3)
Homogenized, pasteurized milk: Unprocessed
Milk churned with sugar into ice cream: "Processed"
This is a search for a scientific-sounding language to describe why one set of foods is nutritionally suspect, but in moralizing terms of how it was created by an industrial system, rather than characterizing food impacts directly by nutritional content or satiety. They can't just call the system "added sugar" because that's too obvious and not morally satisfying.
The Wall Street Journal@WSJ
People who eat around nine servings a day of ultraprocessed foods like chips and doughnuts have about a 67% higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and dying from heart disease compared with those who eat about one serving a day, according to a new study. 🔗 on.wsj.com/3PgXHeg
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@SammyS96153084 @lucyhargreaves4 Canada does not have a national pharma plan other than diabetes and contraceptives. Unless you have insurance or are a senior many meds can be very expensive here, and even with plans you still pay a minimum fee for them.
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@lucyhargreaves4 If you need medication, make a doctor's appointment.
Things don't go your way, boo hoo.
Is Canada’s healthcare perfect?
Not even close! But, you also don't know how lucky we have it here until you experience it, with costs, in other countries. You receive no sympathy from me.
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process for process sake is insanity. a case in point of how this plays out in Ontario's health system:
> today, I needed to renew a medication for my son 2 days before the renewal date because we're going out of town
> can't make a request for an early refill online, so i call the pharmacy and ask. i wait 12 minutes on hold before my call is picked up.
> the pharmacist tells me no, they can't do that. they must FAX the prescribing doctor and ask permission. yes, you read that right... a fax must be sent. for releasing a Rx 2 days early. in 2026.
> I say this is silly. ask for other options. they say no. but then they also tell me that if they don't hear from the doctor by the end of the day, they will release it early anyway.... i point out that makes no sense but am told to follow the process
> they also tell me that, in addition to them sending a fax, I must call the doctor to give them a heads up it's coming.
> I call the doctor's office. wait 8 minutes on hold. inform them the fax is coming. am told the doctor won't be in until 230pm and that I should call back around 3pm to "confirm they got the message"...
> so at this point ... I'm spending time reminding a doctor's office to remind a doctor to approve a fax that is required, but not actually required, to refill a prescription 2 days early.
people have probably spent at least 2 hours collectively on this problem today 🤯
no wonder we have a productivity crisis in this country
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@Gray_Mackenzie Sure, the savings and livelihood of millions of people was on the line, but we made this critical decision off the cuff while we were all drunk, lol. The arrogance is quite something.
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Earlier today in Sydney, a very at ease Mark Carney dropped an F bomb while recounting a story from when he was BoC governor in 2008 and he meet up with other central bankers in Basel, to drink very nice wine and deal with the financial crisis.#cdnpoli
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@seankelly014 @avilewis @CarlynZwaren There have been mass protests in Iran for weeks… do you know why?
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@avilewis @CarlynZwaren We need mass protests... also left wing voters, we have to stop being scared to vote ndp
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The images coming out of Iran are already unbearable. Reports of an elementary school struck by missiles, killing dozens of people, with scores more killed around the country. Fear and chaos in the streets as families run through smoke and search for safety.
The United States and Israel have launched an illegal act of war while Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu speak openly of regime change. This is what Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supports. He has issued a statement so brazenly belligerent that even Conservatives like Jason Kenney are cheering it on.
It’s a shameful moment that buries all of Carney’s high-minded rhetoric in Davos under the rubble.
These leaders justify this war as serving Iranian liberation. But the courageous movement in Iran that has been fighting tyranny for nearly five decades — and is still reeling from the worst massacre in the country’s modern history in January — will suffer a massive setback from these foreign bombs.
We remember the disastrous outcomes of previous U.S.-led wars of regime change in the Middle East, including in Iraq. They led to hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths, sectarian conflict, and a world that is less safe, not more. The current attacks on Iran must stop now, before the entire region is plunged into conflict, death, and destruction.
My thoughts are with the people in Iran and around the world who are watching this unfold with heartbreak and uncertainty.
Freedom will not come from military intervention by outside powers, it can only come from the Iranian people. War is not the way.
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@KatKanada_TM She can say whatever she wants now, she’s no longer in government
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Chrystia Freeland admits that girls should have girls-only spaces when Bill Maher mentions that sex-segregated spaces are good for kids in their formative years — especially for girls.
She would NEVER say this in Canada because the Transtifa mob would go after her.
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@CollinRugg @KMNDR_ I was with you until this misogynistic crap. A quote from a dystopian novel written in the 1940s isn’t representative of the intellectual maturity of half the population in the 21st century. Go find some Mark Ruffalo rants.
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NEW: Mob of angry, extremely emotional white liberal women berate CorePower Yoga staffers for being "complicit" in ICE raids.
About a dozen women holding their yoga mats berated staffers for being "silent."
"Give us answers, let’s go … let’s hear it, why are you being silent?" one lunatic said.
"Let’s hear it, Delaney, loud and proud, baby. You want to say it, let’s f**king say it."
"We can f**king get a yoga studio someplace else."
According to the New York Post, the incident unfolded after customers heard through "studio gossip" that the corporate team took down an anti-ICE sign.
CorePower has since responded to the incident, calling the meltdown from the women "aggressive and profane" before saying they don't support "violent ICE raids."
I really can't believe these people exist, and to make matters worse, they can vote.
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Blizzard conditions continue in Guelph… yet no warming or reporting? Weather app says “partly cloudy”?! #onstorm
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@WatchMyReview @gregbradyx I would never in a public place, but I don’t it much easier to hear when it’s on speaker
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@gregbradyx The speaker phone thing seems weird. I don't get it. Is it an ego thing?
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First VIA Rail back/forth to Ottawa in a while.
Quick observations:
HUGE change within a year of people who simply won’t use handset & instead talk on speakerphone. So we hear them, AND the person on the phone. 3 different conversations took this shape on a packed train. NO idea when this wasn’t a massively rude thing to do.
And….
Guy this AM having work call or work conference call & he’s been yakking & participating for going on 70 minutes.
Again, no idea WHEN this just became what “we” do.
I’d like to think most of us either ignore a call, text them back, or if we think we must take it - we’re off the call ASAP - 30 seconds.
Trust me - I wish I could focus away from it, but I’ve got some Larry David in me!
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@wyatt_claypool Rule of law vs rule of might.
It's not difficult to understand. Trump broke the seal, so now it's not deniable that countries need to build up defense to keep their sovereignty.
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So many people are deliberately missing the point.
Trying to turn Trump bagging a foreign dictator and international bad actor into an anti-Pierre Poilievre story demonstrates how warped the thinking is among many Canadian elites.
It is in fact, good that Nicolas Maduro is no longer in power. Trying to turn this into a Canada versus the United States story is stupid.
John Ivison@IvisonJ
Trump sees himself as a sheriff, free to impose frontier justice when he sees fit. Inadvertently or not, Pierre Poilievre has endorsed the president, while Mark Carney has made clear that Canada will not be deputized. nationalpost.com/opinion/ivison…
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@PaulSmithDM @realmrsthatcher A politician and doctor are not comparable. Doctors are regulated by their peers, and (ideally) impartial regulatory bodies. Politicians are elected by the general public and are not considered experts. They represent all people, including the non-experts otherwise are left out.
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"Consensus doesn't give you really any direction in life. It's like mixing all the constituent ingredients together but not necessarily coming out with a cake. I didn't operate on consensus."
"But isn't consensus what democracy is all about?"
"No it is not. Democracy is quite different. Democracy is about the people being given a choice between clear policies on clear principles so they have a lead and know what they're voting for. And then, they choose."
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@roger_mm1 @menavisualss CE has been the standard academic abbreviation for decades… it long predates “woke,” and if you really did wanted to be anti-Christian you just wouldn’t use that periodization at all because it assumes the Common Era began with Jesus.
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@menavisualss What’s this woke, commie CE bullshit? Are you antisemitic, anti Christian or just another asinine idiot trying to rewrite history? Moron!
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🇯🇴 The Roman Theatre in Amman, Jordan, built into a hillside during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius between 138 and 161 CE, is a steeply raked amphitheatre that could seat around 6,000 spectators.
A Greek inscription records that it was dedicated in honour of the emperor, and together with the adjacent Hashemite Plaza it forms one of the city’s most impressive and well-preserved examples of Roman architecture.
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@PaulSmithDM @realmrsthatcher And who gets to decide which people are “best qualified”?
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@realmrsthatcher I like Thather but I don't agree with this
I think decisions should be made transparently amongst the people through those best qualified. This would constantly change based on the issue and who is best qualified
This would not work unless we as a nation share the same principles
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@DanielJones9417 @cselley Excellent take. But Selley’s point is, would that still be the case if it was a conservative leader doing it.
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@cselley He is partnering with an organization that provides charity and presents to children at Christmas time. I don't take that as an endorsement of all of their beliefs and political stances, it's a recognition of the good work they do in a pluralistic society where we disagree.
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"The Salvation Army believes ... Christians whose sexual orientation is ... same-sex are called upon to embrace celibacy as a way of life. There is no scriptural support for same-sex unions as ... an alternative to heterosexual marriage."
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Mark Carney@MarkJCarney
Dropped off gifts at Ottawa Fire Station 44 last weekend for the Salvation Army’s Toy Mountain. A wonderful tradition that means more kids here in Nepean will have presents under the tree this Christmas.
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@mattgurney “We intend to follow through” on “tabling amendments” and will “shortly conduct a review” with “expanded consultations” … 😂
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#ONStorm #ONwx 11:30 AM: Here we go, snow squalls are starting to organize as expected with multiple strong bands coming off both Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
Right now, the strongest band stretches from just south of Kincardine through Listowel and into Guelph, even clipping portions of the GTA at times.
Additional bands further north are affecting Grey-Bruce, Simcoe County, Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes with heavy snow and reduced visibility.
It wouldn’t be surprising to start seeing some lightning show up, especially with that stronger Lake Huron squall.
And this is only the start. We’re expecting further intensification as winds become better aligned, which will allow more discrete and powerful squalls to organize through the evening.
If you don’t need to be on the roads today, please stay home. Conditions are going to deteriorate quickly and road closures are almost certain in the hardest hit regions.
What are you experiencing?
- Brennen
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@mattgurney @cselley Don't forget about helping the middle class and those working hard to join it.
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This tweet has everything.
Sean Fraser@SeanFraserMP
Reaching for the Notwithstanding Clause on issues affecting kids should concern all of us. Trans kids are kids and they deserve safety, compassion, & the freedom to be themselves. And with tariffs looming and families under real pressure, our focus should be on helping people.
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@TristinHopper I think it has a lot to do with current assumptions that slavery was the result of racism, instead of the other way around.
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My favourite is that you could go to the absolute middle of nowhere Alberta in the 1930s and you'd find an all-black town. Amber Valley.
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There are corners of Canada that contained shocking levels of ethnic diversity around the turn of the century (mostly in the West), but I hate Netflix for priming people to believe it's just tokenistic DEI if it was ever rendered accurately in film.
Stuttering Craig (Official)@StutteringCraig
I was watching Netflix’s new series Death by Lightning. It’s set in Chicago, 1880 - and this establishing scene pops up. In the foreground: •an Asian woman, •two Black men, •and a one-legged man - all walking together downtown. It immediately stuck out to me, so I looked up the actual demographics for Chicago in 1880. Here’s what the numbers say: •Chicago’s population: about 503,000 •Black population: 6,500 (≈1.3%) •Chinese population: 172 total (≈0.03%) •Chinese women? About 3% of that - meaning roughly 5 total in the entire city. •Disabled/one-legged men from the Civil War era? Plausible, maybe 0.1–0.2% of the population. So if you ran the math on the odds of seeing all of that - an Asian woman, two Black men, and an amputee - in one random 50-person crowd downtown, it comes out to about 0.00016%, or roughly 1 in 640,000. In other words, Netflix made a scene that’s about as statistically likely as spotting a UFO on your morning commute - but hey, at least the diversity box got checked.
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@TristinHopper Ryan Reynolds hawking Tim’s eggs in a box = Mike Myers campaign video for Carney
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The quality of Tim Hortons donuts have actually tracked pretty closely with the quality of the country at large.
Gareth Roberts@GarethCanada
@TristinHopper The NDP, like Canada writ large, is not what it once was.
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Nate has normalized independent thought so it isn’t new/s. IMO it would be nice to see this from other MPs. Those outside of cabinet, their job is to hold the govt to account. More independent thought means better reports, better debate, better policy. Better social cohesion too.
Melissa Lantsman@MelissaLantsman
In an alternative universe, the media will spend the next week focused on the growing cracks in the Liberal caucus, as one of their own MPs openly speaks out against Mark Carney’s budget. My only question after this video, does he vote for it?
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@JohnRustad4BC This is totally how the rest of Canada works now, not a double standard. Municipal govt blames provincial govt, provincial blames federal govt, and round we go.
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For over a decade, an illegal dump has operated on Cowichan reserve land, polluting near the Cowichan River, with construction and industrial waste piling up. The site has been used without proper authorization. The operators were warned multiple times. They ignored it. Now, after years of inaction, Cowichan leadership is asking the federal government to step in and clean it up.
Would anyone else be allowed to ignore environmental law like this?
Would any other community get away with threatening the Cowichan River with an illegal dump for years then demand someone else fix it?
Cowichan Tribes chose to adopt a land management code, which gave them control over reserve lands, including environmental protection and land use decisions. That’s a form of self-government, a right they exercised.
You don’t get to claim the power of jurisdiction for over a decade, and then claim helplessness when it suits you politically.
This is the double standard British Columbians are sick of. Responsibility can’t be optional. If you claim control over the land, you don’t get to walk away and hand someone else the bill when it goes bad.
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
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