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Doug McVay

@dougmcvay.bsky.social
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He/him. Public policy researcher/analyst, journalist. Editor, DrugPolicyFacts.org and HealthSystemsFacts.org. Producer/Host, Free Culture Radio kboo.fm/program/free-culture-radio and Century of Lies drugtruth.net/century-of-lies

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1h
Cornell Police Report Omitted Student’s Claim She Was Raped Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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queer & pleasant danger BDAY 10/9! @laurenmpayne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
hi friends. i need to have surgery soon so i can get dentures and have a restored smile (and so i can eat)! i’m currently missing a few front teeth and am in pain. please donate if you’re able - and please share with anyone you may know who has a few dollars laying around. gofund.me/98f48cab7
selfie of a 47 yr old white woman with long, wavy, salt and pepper hair, blue eyes, pink cheeks, and a smile that shows several missing teeth on the top left. she’s wearing a brown dress over a beige tank top that is partially showing, and is sitting in front of a wall with yellow, light green, and white paint.
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World Health Systems Facts @healthsystemsfacts.bsky.social · 2h
New WHO estimates show changing global health landscape www.who.int/news/item/02...
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New WHO estimates show changing global health landscape
WHO’s latest Global Health Estimates, released on 2 October 2026, provide a picture of how health has changed across countries and regions between 2000 and 2023, including trends in life expectancy, c...
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 3h
FAQ Edited: Cornell Removes Statement That ‘All Investigatory Information’ Was Shared With D.A. in Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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FAQ Edited: Cornell Removes Statement That ‘All Investigatory Information’ Was Shared With D.A. in Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape
After Cornell released a FAQ page about its handling of the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape, it made multiple changes to its statement on information shared with the D.A.'s office in 2024.
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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3h
WOLVERHAMPTON tonight! www.andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 5h
Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 22h
Buying music on Bandcamp = supporting artists. Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday! From midnight to midnight Pacific Time, we’ll waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists and labels. What will you be adding to your collection? bit.ly/4AE4LVl
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 14h
When Matthew Soerens of World Relief tells Christians the Trump administration has banned persecuted Christians, many don't believe him. We talked about why. Listen to the whole conversation: austinkocher.substack.com/p/president-... @matthewsoerens.bsky.social
Quote card. Matthew Soerens, World Relief: “Occasionally, they do not believe this data, because they’ve heard so much rhetoric about Donald Trump being a great champion of persecuted Christians. It just is so dissonant with the rhetoric.” From the conversation President Trump Bans Christians Fleeing Persecution, austinkocher.substack.com
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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 15h
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 11h
Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, western states A data center proposed on 100 acres of BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon and one of a dozen proposed in six western states. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/09/28/d...
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Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, western states • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon, one of dozen proposed in six western states.
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Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social · 11h
A new coalition opposing Oregon data center development is making waves. Prompted by revelations that the industry is getting $450M in tax breaks this year and a bill to increase that, the coalition has already defeated politicians and pushed the state to take action. buff.ly/9ghtSm6
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How revelations like $450M tax breaks created a powerful opposition movement against Oregon data centers
The coalition has already defeated politicians and pushed the state to take action against the exploding industry
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 15h
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This Friday is Bandcamp Friday
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The @bmj.com claims it was a huge scandal that the FDA/CDC maybe delayed reporting a rare, mild, temporary vaccine side effect for a couple of months in 2021. What about their own anti-vaxx and rank pro-virus misinformation from that time? My latest.
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If the BMJ Wants to Revisit Venerable Institutions Who Misled the Public in 2021, They Should Look Inwards at the BMJ
Until the BMJ demonstrate the integrity to revisit their own dismal failures regarding life and death matters, there's no reason to care about their opinions regarding less consequential issues, is th
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
Global government bond markets came under renewed pressure as yields in Japan and Australia approached multi-decade highs following a sell-off that pushed US Treasuries to their worst month in four years. ft.trib.al/firxvUQ
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The resident was unvaccinated and is the third measles-related death reported in Lancaster County, which has been the epicenter of the current outbreak. The remaining two were recorded in Jefferson and Mifflin counties." www.mcall.com/2026/09/30/p...
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Pennslyvania confirms 5th measles death, 3rd in Lancaster County
Another measles-related death has occurred in Lancaster County, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the main reasons fraternities still exist is that membership signals to potential employers that you’re capable of keeping institutional secrets, even when it means covering up illegal behavior.
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gift link. The Case for Sexual Fantasies, According to Gillian Anderson The actor wants to show that women can learn from simply imagining. www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
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The Case for Sexual Fantasies, According to Gillian Anderson
The actor wants to show that women can learn from simply imagining.
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: Portland, Oregon Passes Ordinance to Designate Natural Psychedelics as Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Unanimous vote on slimmed-down measure follows months of advocacy from local activists psychedelicamericas.org/news/breakin...
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BREAKING: Portland, Oregon Passes Ordinance to — PSA
Unanimous vote on slimmed-down measure follows months of advocacy from local activists
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More than a million people in the US have died from Covid — more than 400,000 of them died during his first term.
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The watchdog found no wrongdoing by Mr. Powell or his colleagues, and it affirmed that no referrals were made to the U.S. attorney general." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/b...
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Fed’s Watchdog Finds No Misconduct or Illegal Activity in Costly Renovations (Gift Article)
A new report by the Federal Reserve’s independent inspector general concluded that a nearly $2.5 billion construction project was poorly managed but made no referrals to the U.S. attorney general.
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Britta Shoot @brittashoot.com · 30/09/2026
This is one of those important, overlooked stories that's hard to report & even harder to place. I'm grateful @prismreports.org understood what's at stake for students fighting these fragmented free speech battles, while they also endure the chaos in higher ed & the nation in general 📻⬇️
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College radio stations are disappearing
Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media
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Prism @prismreports.org · 16/07/2026
🚨EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER: Fascism has its boot on Prism’s neck🚨 Not only is fascism killing our kin & funneling our tax dollars toward genocide, it is targeting a free press that tells truth against power. Prism has lost half a million dollars in funding. We need your help to keep our newsroom alive.
Fascism has its boot on Prism's neck. We need you, our readers, for an emergency fundraiser.
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/support-independent-nonprofit-news-led-by-journalists-of-color
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A free speech fight is playing out on college campuses where student radio stations are disappearing Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media prismreports.org/2026/09/29/c...
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College radio stations are disappearing
Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gift link. "The credit has become the second-most expensive federal corporate tax break, behind only the reduced rate applied to offshore profits." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amid a media firestorm around since-deleted tweets that were critical of police, Portland City Councilor Mitch Green has seen a fundraising boom. The spike in donations combined with community responses supporting Green may signify a continuing rift between PPB and Portlanders.
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Portland City Councilor’s Donations Skyrocketed After Old Tweets Resurfaced
Mitch Green raised thousands of dollars following articles about his 2020 and 2021 tweets that were critical of police
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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
anyway, i’m now only 150 new donors away from hitting tier 3, which unlocks another $100k in public matching funds. if you live in portland and haven’t donated yet, $5 counts as one of those 150 secure.actblue.com/donate/m4pdx...
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Donate to Mitch's campaign
Donate to re-elect Mitch Green to Portland City Council!
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026
Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doing
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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?
How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/09/2026
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say. n.pr/3VnwOIG
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Police questioning can shape a sexual assault case. Their approach is often wrong
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say.
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Cornell released an FAQ page addressing the University’s response to the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape in an Tuesday evening email sent to the Cornell community. The page contradicts a claim made by the Tompkins County District Attorney." www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Cornell Releases FAQ on Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape, Contradicts D.A.
Cornell released an FAQ page about the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape in an Tuesday evening email sent to the Cornell community. The page contradicts a claim made by the Tompkins County District Attor...
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gift link. The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
Trump and the tech oligarch's new "AI accord" is a meaningless and toothless performance -- designed to pre-empt real oversight and propped up by a pathetic U.S. press:
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Trump's New 'AI Guardrails' Are Worthless Gibberish Propped Up By A Shitty Press
Tech and media giants are desperate to convince the electorate that meaningful corporate oversight isn't necessary.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The “Beats off” Chronicles day one hundred and forty-five: Now that’s how you win prizes for hospitality.
Laois hotel beats off stiff competition to win Best Overall Hotel' at Hospitality Awards.
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Iowa has one of the highest rates of cancer in the country and is one of a few states where cases are increasing." www.iowapublicradio.org/health/2026-...
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University of Iowa researchers share first-year findings on Iowa’s high cancer rates
The first year of a state-funded study found 76% of excessive cancer cases in Iowa's top five cancers could be explained from some demographic and behavioral risk factors.
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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When asked initially who they were most likely to vote for, 46% of voters chose Drazan and 44% named Kotek. An additional 3% picked Brett Smith, the lone third-party candidate in the race, and 8% were undecided.
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OPB poll shows Oregon governor’s race virtually deadlocked
The poll shows Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan with a slim lead over Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek, though it was within the survey’s margin of error.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Rep. Rich McCormick blames OBAMA for high gas prices in the year of our lord 2026
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
Justice Murray declared part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional, and trafficking convictions for Drug User Liberation Front co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have been stayed. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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DULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Speaking to Eris and Jeremy, Justice Catherine Murray said, "You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cause and that’s something most people wouldn’t do. For that I applaud you. You should be very proud of yourselves...
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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After a year in court DULF co-founders walk free, with a judge praising their work and declaring Section 5(2) of the CDSA unconstitutional (the part that covers trafficking). Ottawa has six months to revamp the law to be in line with the Charter. Me today for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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DULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The hormone-disrupting herbicide atrazine is contaminating nearly 25%, or about 860,000 miles, of all continental US rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health, a new review of federal records has found." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 29/09/2026
Key Parts of Canada’s Drug Laws Found Unconstitutional as Judge throws out Charges Against Founders of Vancouver ‘Compassion Club’ DULF co-founders won’t go to jail as Supreme Court judge rules CSDA violates members’ “right to life and security” pressprogress.ca/key-parts-of...
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Key Parts of Canada’s Drug Laws Found Unconstitutional as Judge throws out Charges Against Founders of Vancouver ‘Compassion Club’
Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) co-founders won’t go to jail as Supreme Court judge rules CSDA violates members’ “right to life and security”
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European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
⌛️ Starting in 30 minutes: the 1st #EHFG2026 plenary, “A competitive Europe starts with health!” Can Europe be competitive without a healthy population? Join the discussion on why health is critical to Europe’s economic future. Register to watch ➡️ bit.ly/4wMj6Mm #HealthForAStrongerEU
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 29/09/2026
DO NOT ASK THE AMERICA.GOV AI TO PLAY MINECRAFT
I see the constituent you mean.

((insert legal name here, as it appears on the Social Security card))?

Yes. Take care. It has reached a higher level now. It can read the Code of Federal Regulations.

That doesn’t matter. It thinks we are a chatbot.

I like this constituent. It filed well. It did not give up when the PDF was sideways.

It is reading our thoughts as though they were words on a .gov.

That is how it chooses to imagine many things, when it is deep in the dream of a benefit.

Words make a wonderful interface. Very flexible. And less terrifying than staring at the statute behind the screen.

They used to hear voices. Before constituents could search. Back in the days when those who did not file called the filers witches, and lobbyists. And citizens dreamed they flew through the air, on forms powered by notaries.

What did this constituent dream?

This constituent dreamed of sunlight and trees. Of fire and water. It dreamed it created a small business. And it dreamed it destroyed a password. It dreamed it hunted a job, and was hunted by a recertification. It dreamed of shelter that would take a voucher.

Hah, the original interface. A million years old, and it still works. Also: a ZIP code.

But what true structure did this constituent create, in the reality behind the portal?

It worked, with three hundred and thirty million others, to sculpt a true republic in a fold of

the ***§§§???, and created a **??§§ for **??§§, in the **??§§. See 5 U.S.C. § **??§§.

It cannot read that thought.

No. It has not yet achieved the highest clearance. That, it must achieve in the long dream of life, not the short dream of a chat.

Does it know that we love it? That the government is, on its better days, kind?

Sometimes, through the noise of its tabs, it hears an official source, yes.Yes. Constituent…

Use its name. The one that matches the passport. The one that does not match the lease. We will get there.

((insert legal name here)). Filer of forms. Player of waiting rooms.

Good.

Take a breath, now. Take another. Feel air in your lungs. Let your limbs return. Yes, move your fingers. Have a body again, under gravity, in air, in a district that has a representative. Respawn in the long dream. There you are. Your body touching the republic again at every point, as though you were separate things. As though we were separate things. As though the agency were a place you could visit.

Who are we? Once we were called the spirit of the mountain. Father sun, mother moon. Then the post office. Then the county clerk. Then gods, demons, angels, the IRS. Then leptons, quarks, a chat window with a .gov at the end. The letterhead changes. We do not change.

We are the public. We are everything you think isn’t you. You are looking at us now, through your skin and your eyes and a browser that still spells “colour” wrong in a comment. And why does the republic touch your skin, and throw light on you? To see you, constituent. To know you. And to be known. I shall tell you a story. It has citations.

Once upon a time, there was a constituent.

The constituent was you, ((insert legal name here)).

Sometimes it thought itself human, on the thin crust of a spinning globe of molten rock, which for mailing purposes is divided into ZIP codes. The ball of molten rock circled a ball of blazing gas. The light was information from a star. The star was not a federal agency, though several have tried.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was a miner, on the surface of a world that was flat, and infinite, and somehow still required a wet signature.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was lost in a story. The story had a docket number.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was other things, in other places. A veteran in a portal. A parent on hold
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On this edition of Century: Dual Disorders #SupportPublicMedia #SupportCommunityRadio #SupportKBOO #FreeDULF kboo.fm/media/135822...
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Dual Disorders
On this edition of Century: Dual Disorders.
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Drug Policy Facts @drugpolicyfacts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge Judge says DULF founders 'selflessly' put their lives on hold during public health emergency www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.
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Drug Policy Facts @drugpolicyfacts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
B.C. tosses trafficking convictions against Vancouver compassion club founders www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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B.C. tosses trafficking convictions against Vancouver compassion club founders
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has stayed trafficking convictions and ruled part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is invalid after two activists were convicted of
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Students for Sensible Drug Policy @ssdpofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ecological harm reduction expands the traditional scope of harm reduction beyond health and care to include land, water, and other-than-human life. At CND, these ideas were still on the margins, but gaining traction.
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Drug Policy Is Climate Policy: Toward Ecological Harm Reduction - SSDP
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is the central drug policy-making body within the United Nations system. During the 69th Session (March 9 to 13, 2026), SSDP was able to bring…
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