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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

A rock opera made entirely by med students in Cleveland youtu.be/VzJI3AxglpU

youtu.be

Doc Opera 2025: SICKED

YouTube video by Doc Opera

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I really can’t believe the fucking 10s I bag sometimes. 6ft, 31, fit, Lebanese so those perfect fucking curls, does maintenance for non-profit housing. I made a nest in my living room today and there we watched 3 documentaries then kissed, etc.The whole time I’m thinking How!! Is this happening??

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Everyone knows that scripture says “give me your wealthy, your diversified stock portfolios, your recently-detailed Porsche Cayennes”

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

South African House Cat Report

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The entire town of Duncan is filled with a high-pitched squealing noise intended to deter loitering. I stopped there to rest my brain last night but the noise had the opposite effect. I was returning from Nanaimo where I was interviewing about how built environment helps ppl survive/succumb to OD.

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Okay I got such a giant singular random donation and I went and checked and it was from this dog that Teddy bullies 🤔

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

When your university rejects your travel grant application despite being accepted to present your thesis research on an international platform, all you can do is turn to the internet to beg (after exhausting all your resources). www.fundmytravel.com/campaign/byj...

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Help Juls present her research to an international audience!

I am traveling to Cape Town, South Africa, in October 2025, to present my thesis research on pharmacological interventions for stimulant addiction and how its u

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

people are dying from drug policy, which governments can change. the relentless messaging that this is addiction and trauma and individuals is preventing all of us from confronting the overwhelming horror of this and seeing it as systemic violence for which the only solution is systemic change.

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The types of texts I get, two years after retiring from front line

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Hello I am humble recent masters student asking for your support to get me to Cape Town to present my research on user perspectives on stimulant agonist therapy to an international audience of addiction medicine doctors! www.fundmytravel.com/campaign/byj...

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Help Juls share her research to an international audience!

I want to travel to Cape Town, South Africa, to present my research on pharmaceutical interventions for stimulant addiction to an international audience of addi

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 21/08/2025

two scandals here: VPD fuelled panic over stranger attacks even as they fell dramatically in 2022, and then refused to release records about them for 14 months, which is against the law

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Everyone: “why don’t you try dating nice, normal, age-appropriate men?” “Nice normal men” out of left field after a week of small talk:

Screen of tinder conversation: I say “where are you from?”
Man says “good morning, Ontario, where are you from?”
Then he says “I have crazy morning wood! Hehe”

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

On another note, what if we rebranded harm reduction by claiming the outcomes are fostering “recovery capital?”

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I’m in my evasive era. If hard/awkward conversations are not going to lead to a material or psychological benefit, then I don’t see a point in having them anymore. I’m tired.

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

A thing I really appreciate about Victoria is the accessibility of the Depression Walk™️ ie easy proximity to a lot of nice places to be when you’re at low capacity while still usually being really peaceful

Me and Teddy at a look out over a garry oak meadow while I wear a ridiculous piece of clothing (like a transparent long bright orange coat) I got at an oak bay yard sale

Teddy the dog sitting on a really big branch of a really big tree

Teddy the dog on pebble beach at sunset, head thrown back, chomping a stick

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

“Oh won’t someone PLEASE think of the Oak Bay castle dwellers”

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Methadone, safer supply, drugs (which all cause withdrawal, so more immediate property crime and making less-safe decision while doing sex work), harm reduction supplies they can’t immediately replace so they have to share, ASHES OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

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Anna Burns @annaburns.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The Surrey Union of Drug Users (SUDU) says a B.C. provincial housing task force is allowing the "government to dodge accountability for systemic failures." www.surreynowleader.com/local-news/b...

surreynowleader.com

B.C. housing task force is failing vulnerable residents: SUDU

Surrey Union of Drug Users calls out provincial government over housing safety

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Why did I think this was about the Victoria trans fest

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Sorry everything is so shitty but here is a new trick I taught my dog. It’s called “freeze.” Enjoy!

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The other day my phone thought I was in America because I was on a southern part of Vancouver island and I screamed. America is the closest landmass to me and I just will never go again for the foreseeable future because of shit like this.

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The @theglobeandmail.com article comparing Eur and NA and fent deaths has two glaring errors I’ve noticed so far. 1–blaming opioid overprescription in NA for fent deaths when a third of deaths occur in the absence of OUD. 2–using high rate of fent in OD deaths as evidence for “the demand for fent.”

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I’ve lost like 25 lbs of body fat (intentionally, and I think healthily) and the only difference in my life so far is that random men strike up conversation with me a lot more which is confusing and disorienting

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Oh okay, guess I’ll go sleep on the couch

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

How am I supposed to follow this??

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

What do you do when someone owes you $300 but they just never mention it or bring it up haha lollll Like is it possible to just forget about that much money? But I just feel so disrespected it’s hard to be friendly. I understand times are hard but it’s not exactly peanuts for me either

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I read so much scientific literature on potato cooking methods last night and from now on, I will be referring to cooking as “thermally processing.” Currently thermally processing some black beans, mangos, and tomatillo in the slow cooker!

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I really did a real deep dive on this issue here because I am monitoring my blood sugar rn as part of an overall ~health journey~. But I also LOVE potatoes because they are so tasty, super satiating, and still cheap af when little else is. But are they increasing my risk for T2D?

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Everyone!! Go listen to CFUV.ca from 10pm to night PST on Tuesday night (aug 12) so you can hear one of my band’s new songs along with a plethora of other new cool Canadian releases

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newandabitalarming.bsky.social @newandabitalarming.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I don’t care where you are on the political spectrum, it should absolutely chill you to the bones to hear a president speak this way about people in poverty.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I was laying on my back stretching my hammies on the deck when this beautiful little hummingbird stopped by

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Yall still got vaccines? I think we did our last boosters in fall along with flu shots and nothing since then

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Omg omg omg I wish I had my 2023 twitter friends rn because I just re-matched with Compassionate Retired Athlete™️ on bumble

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

The entire staff of Al Jazeera in Gaza were martyred tonight. These heroes include: - Anas al-Sharif - Mohammad Qureiqaa - Ibrahim Zaher - Moamen Alaywa - Mohammad Nofal

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Best benefit of getting stronger so far: Being able to scoop up my 21-lb dog with one arm on a walk while I also have a tote bag of groceries and effortlessly carry him for several blocks because sidewalk too hot for his wittle paws 😥

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 10/08/2025

I’ve had a couple conversations with people wondering why this story didn’t blow up more, so PLEASE, I’d love any feedback on it via DM or down below ⬇️ - what is it about privacy / facial recognition / police surveillance that seems easier to ignore nowadays? drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

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Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online

Documents show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

At the plot peak of the movie “16 Candles,” Molly Ringwald’s sister takes a diverted benzo before walking down the wedding aisle, for comedic effect. If that was in Burnaby in 2025, she would have vomited, loss consciousness, had hallucinations, etc

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

today's report states that 177 people in British Columbia died from drug policy in April twelve more than previously announced. hope someone (else) notices

Canadian Press headline from June 24 2025

Overdose deaths tick up to 165 in April: B.C. Coroner's Service

Jump comes after several months with fewer than 160 deaths

coroner's update from today

April 2025: 177 deaths

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I can’t believe there’s a @victoria.ca dog photo contest and I can’t Teddy isn’t in it 😫😫

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Big thanks to past-tense Juls for months ago buying front row tickets to @sammyobeid.bsky.social tonight for bestie Kym Hothead’s birthday! What a fun surprise for both me AND him

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

My dog gets very over-stimulated easily, acts socially inappropriately, sometimes lacks empathy, and only walks on the tips of his feet so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I would say that the proof is in the pudding but idioms rly confuse him.

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Well. UNBC rejected my application for a travel grant and CAMH will only pay for hotel OR accommodation when “peers” present research (which makes no sense bc we have less money and resources but give the research more credibility but w/e) but I can book a pod for $20 a night in Cape Town so I’m set

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

We made some Teddy-S-M-R for u

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I’ve been asked to distribute this study info. I think the low pay is a little ironic given the no pay of the target population, but graduate students often underfunded/resourced as well.

This is a study wanting to talk to people who are informal/unpaid caregivers of people with concurrent disorders

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

A couple months ago I naloxone-trained a bunch of ppl in a neighbourhood group and gave them kits too. Today I found out one of those kits was used to save one of their kids, who is 19 🥹

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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My Bluesky friends never care about this shit but just in case, my band released a new little demo this morning and we’re playing in Nanaimo and Victoria this weekend l0ve-l1fe.bandcamp.com/album/demo-ii

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