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Last week I had the honour of delivering the annual Bell Lecture at Carleton University in Ottawa. My message: Ukraine is winning. Democracy, diversity, and patriotism are its greatest strengths — and ours.

‼️MAJOR BREAKING: This has exploded open! A NEW full list of tech companies speaking out against Carney's bill C-22, with many threatening to EXIT Canada entirely. Some are CANADIAN companies! 👇🏼👇🏼 Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp): Opposes Part 2, warning it could force backdoors or spyware installation. Testified before Parliament. The bill would “conscript private companies into service as an arm of the government surveillance apparatus.” Apple: publicly warned the bill could force encryption backdoors and undermine device security. Quote: “This legislation could allow the Canadian government to force companies to break encryption by inserting backdoors into their products—something Apple will never do.” Windscribe (Canadian VPN provider): Joins Signal and threatens to relocate its headquarters or follow suit. Quote: “We won’t be far behind if C-22 passes. In its current state, VPNs would almost certainly require us to log identifying user data. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke: Vocal Canadian tech leader warning of broader economic damage. Quotes (on X): “C-22 is looking like a huge mistake. It worries me a great deal. There is so much nonsense in there that it may well end up dealing a death blow to Canadian tech viability.” Signal: VP Udbhav Tiwari said they would rather pull out of Canada entirely than compromise end-to-end encryption and privacy promises to users. NordVPN: Warned they would "remove our presence from Canadian jurisdiction" before complying, to protect their no-logs policy and encryption. The Chair of the the US House Judiciary Committee and Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee are now also investigating.

@scrumble_eggs I never thought about it. It literally doesn’t matter or affect my life in anyway. You gotta control your thoughts dude

Admit it. You assumed that Dr. Pepper was a man. You didn’t even consider that Dr. Pepper could be a woman.

@micheal_ws18 Hiking at a brisk pace

To all my Gym goers… What healthy habit has improved your energy the most?

@Benron022 @tryingtobeLFA @Jainadave_ Beaver Valley, near the ski club

@volkava85 @tryingtobeLFA @Jainadave_ Love this! Bruce Trail beats sidewalk laps every time. What's your favourite stretch so far?

Gym people, does anyone have any tips to make cardio fun?

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@tryingtobeLFA @Jainadave_ I find trying to get my steps in on a sidewalk terribly hard. Luckily, I live in a rural area with a lot of hiking trails. On my way in from work I stop and do a section of the Bruce trail. It’s the only way for me

Why does everyone associate only walking and running with Cardio? You can play a sport, that is also a cardio. Go for a swim, that is also a cardio. My problem with this growing step obsession, 10k-12k steps daily is, people are trying to make it enjoyable, even though most of the people dont enjoy it.

@emptycalzone @DoritoBoland85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia You’re overcomplicating it. BA is simple: you start where you can, but you must start. You previously noted "you cannot just make yourself do it," which is a rejection of the protocol. If the patient doesn't take that first walk, the therapist has failed. Action isn't optional

@volkava85 @DoritoBoland85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia This is not at all what I am telling them. But we do BA in parts. You’re simplifying it into Do/Do Not when the expectations can vary, as can the means and the most appropriate place to start. You’re using clinical terms without clinical application.

Yeah, this whole “depressed people just need to exercise” thing just needs to die. Like right now I’m literally a psychiatrist on a Marine Corps base. You don’t think I treat depression? Do you think my Marine patients don’t exercise?

Today, Mark Carney re-announced the same Liberal policies that hiked electricity prices by a third and cut production over the last decade: industrial carbon taxes, the anti-development law, the failed Infrastructure Bank, tax credits that businesses do not use, and, of course, more consultations and talk about doing something someday. More cost, more delays, more of the same. He’s just another Liberal. The Liberal government has made history: they are now the first government ever to preside over a Canadian electricity shortfall. In 2024, for the first time on record, Canada could not produce enough electricity for its own people without U.S. imports. After a decade of Liberals, Canadians are paying 35% more for electricity. Repeating the same grand promises is all an illusion.

I've been saying this for years! This Jamaican woman just put it perfectly. The system in Canada and the West isn't broken — it's working exactly as designed: modern slavery. It keeps you chained to the banks your entire life — mortgage, car loan, student debt, endless bills — all so you can chase the illusion of “success” while they own everything. One day you wake up and ask: “What the fuck was all this for?” The banksters are doing just fine. Don’t wake up too late. Life is way too short to spend it in this trap.

🚨 STUDENT CLAIMS SHE “SOLVED SCHIZOPHRENIA” DURING A RESEARCH PAPER — AND PEOPLE THINK SHE MAY HAVE JUST ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED A MASSIVE COVER-UP A woman is going viral after posting a breakdown claiming modern psychiatry may be focusing on the WRONG part of the brain when it comes to schizophrenia. And the deeper she goes into her theory… the more intense the video gets. According to her: “It’s the f*cking thalamus… and the thalamus is being neglected.” She claims schizophrenia may not primarily be a dopamine disorder at all… but instead a failure in the brain’s sensory filtering system. Her theory centers around the thalamus, the part of the brain responsible for processing and relaying incoming information. And according to her, when that system becomes “leaky,” the brain starts trying to fill in missing information itself… creating hallucinations, paranoia, sensory overload, and distorted reality. “Your brain will always try to make sense of something… so if it’s missing information, it’s just gonna make up its own.” The video goes even further into claims that: • schizophrenia may be tied to glucose dysregulation in the brain • hallucinations are caused by a “leaky” thalamus failing to filter information properly • antipsychotic drugs only mask symptoms instead of fixing the root problem • low-carb diets could increase risks for dementia and Alzheimer’s • ADHD may also be connected to the same “leaky filter” mechanism • the brain creates hallucinations when it tries to fill in missing sensory information • current psychiatric research may be focusing on the wrong brain regions entirely But the moment hitting the hardest? When she said: “Maybe Big Pharma doesn’t want to fund it… because sick people make more money than healthy people.” Did this student accidentally expose a crack in the entire psychiatric industry… and is that why nobody wants to talk about the thalamus? 📹: TikTok/lilithmaraofficial

@DoritoBoland85 @emptycalzone @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia Indeed FFS. Jenn literally said, "you cannot just make yourself do it." That is a direct rejection of Behavioral Activation. You can't claim to support a treatment while calling its primary mechanism impossible.

@volkava85 @emptycalzone @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia No one is a saying to do that, ffs.

@emptycalzone @DoritoBoland85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia Learned Helplessness is a clinical term, not an insult. Your nuance is just a shield for passivity. If you’re advising patients to wait for motivation that depression has biologically deleted, you aren’t practicing therapy; you’re practicing clinical negligence.

@volkava85 @DoritoBoland85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia Stop calling it learned helplessness! That is such a dismissive and demoralizing way to frame anhedonia and the struggle to integrate behavioral activation. No one is justifying passivity, that’s a conculsion you drew. I’m asking for the framing of this to have more nuance.

@emptycalzone @DoritoBoland85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia Fun fact, You're being pedantic. No one said BA isn't a process, but using pacing to justify passivity is a clinical failure. Waiting for motivation is contraindicated and fuels the depressive cycle. Stop using credentials to enable learned helplessness.

@volkava85 @DoritoBoland85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia So…fun fact, I’m a practicing therapist. I know this. But you cannot just make yourself do it. Behavioral activation is done in steps, and it’s often a gradual process that has setbacks. Just saying to get up and do stuff is not an accurate portrayal of BA and how it works

@plain_simon @psypharmacopeia You know your body best, but intensity matters. High-stress grinding can spike the HPA axis further. The clinical sweet spot is slow, consistent movement (like Zone 2/walking) it’s what actually lowers inflammation and promotes neurogenesis.

@volkava85 @psypharmacopeia It seems to me like it is one axis of non-medical intervention among others (sleep, social relationships, nutrition, access to nature...) ? As a long-time depression sufferer who gets limited benefits from exercise, I certainly found some of the others more helpful.

@paperriot @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia You’re proving my point. Clinics make you do it because movement is a clinical intervention, not a choice based on feeling like it. I’m advocating for the tool you just admitted is standard practice

@volkava85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia You were never severely depressed, weren't you? Because if so, you would know that no doctor tells patients to wait for motivation. In a clinic, you have sport/moving therapy, and they make you do it.

@emptycalzone @DoritoBoland85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia Behavioral Activation is literally the clinical treatment for anhedonia. It’s not about forcing a feeling; it’s about using action to jumpstart the reward system. Calling a proven psychological concept insulting doesn’t change the fact that waiting for motivation fuels the cycle

@volkava85 @DoritoBoland85 @pride_husky @psypharmacopeia Anhedonia is a complete loss of interest in doing things and it’s one of the most debilitating symptoms of depression. You can’t just force yourself out of it and calling it learned helplessness is ignorant and insulting.

@plain_simon @psypharmacopeia It’s the most accessible form of agency. You don’t need a prescription, a co-pay, or a 6-month waitlist for a specialist to initiate it. It’s a direct, self-governed biological lever to regulate the HPA axis.

@volkava85 @psypharmacopeia In what sense is exercise "the one tool people can control"?

@NormalGayPsych Thank you!! I’ve been talking about this constantly. Symptoms are not a diagnosis.

My personal opinion, as a trained psychiatrist, is that a good number of people diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder do not actually have that disorder. Just because someone worries sometimes that does not mean they have Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Just because someone gets sad sometimes that does not mean they have Major Depressive Disorder.

@Hogbeast89 @psypharmacopeia You're making a medical claim. Show the peer-reviewed science proving that exercise hasn't made an impact on individual suicidality. You can't, because clinical data shows the exact opposite. You're just using macro-societal trends to distract from your own logical failure.

@volkava85 @psypharmacopeia My point was that workout culture growing in popularity hasn't made a significant impact on suicide. I thought that was obvious. Working out doesn't make you kill yourself. But it doesn't stop it either.