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James Heilman

@wikidocjames.bsky.social
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Emerg doc, #Wikipedian, promoter of free and open access health info, board chair Wiki Project Med www.mdwiki.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Heilman

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Noam Cohen @noamcohen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Elon Musk’s rage toward Wikipedia — and dreams of replacing it with an encyclopedia of his own — is in line with autocrats around the world, in China, Russia, Turkey and lately India. As I argued in this piece for The Globe and Mail a little while back. archive.ph/yoByG
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/06/2025
More than 40 Russian warplanes are burning after a mass Ukrainian drone attack kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...
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'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims
"Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Imagine having the world's largest encyclopedia in the palm of your hand. We at Wiki Med are shipping about 100 Internet-in-a-Box a month. store.wikimedia.org/products/int...
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Internet-in-a-Box
While our store is sold out, you can order directly from our partners at Wiki Project Med Foundation via this link Imagine having a backup of the world’s largest encyclopedia. Perfect for those withou...
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
@who.int copyright is unclear. They have some pages that state their material is CC BY SA NC 3.0 IGO www.who.int/about/polici...
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drmerle PhD 🇨🇦 💙 DM off,don't ask for$, or sell stuff @drmerle.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The party of small government just named a shadow cabinet of 74 people, nearly 3x the size of PM Carney's cabinet. Named by a guy who was voted out of parliament but still resides in taxpayer funded housing. Pierre Poilievre is not good for Canada.
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A critical fight for free speech in India... #Wikipedia standing up against the rich and powerful. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_N...
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Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
wow 1 vote made the difference www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7532136
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Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
After decades of solar PV deployment, the world crossed the 1 TW (a million MW) line in 2022. Just two years later, after adding 0.6 GW in 2024, we already crossed the 2 TW mark too! @solarpowereu.bsky.social via @olofvandergaag.bsky.social
Bar graph showing near exponential growth,  2000-2025
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#Scheer is a U.S. citizenship. Scheer denied that he had been hiding this information. During the election campaign he indicated that he was in the process of renouncing, but in 2020, announced that he no longer plans to renounce his American citizenship en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...
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Andrew Scheer - Wikipedia
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The election of this gentleman to leader of Germany is hopefully a positive change for Ukraine... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedri...
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Friedrich Merz - Wikipedia
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ViperTwoSix @vipertwosix.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
In the Oval Office, PM Mark Carney said “During the election campaign I met with the owners of Canada, and they said it's not for sale." We elected the right guy, my friends, we really did. #CDNpoli
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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
India and Pakistan are so similar in many ways yet fight tooth and nail. Sigh www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7528084
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India's strikes in Pakistan-controlled territory kill at least 8 people, authorities say
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"Petrostates try to hide, and ultimately obscure the truth when it conflicts with the message they have decided they want people to hear. In the case of Alberta, the preferred message is that oil and gas, not clean, inexpensive renewable energy, will provide Alberta with continued prosperity."
edmontonjournal.com
Opinion: Why is Alberta hiding survey results on renewable energy?
Hiding the truth about wind turbines and solar panels from public view
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Man who let snakes bit him 100s of times described as "special individual"... Ah yah! Fairly amazing though. globalnews.ca/news/1116416...
globalnews.ca
He let snakes bite him hundreds of times. Now his blood might save lives - National | Globalnews.ca
Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites.
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Chris @reefermadness.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Great piece in the Rolling Stone by Guy Lawson. It brings up 2 questons: 1. Are people in the riding Jamil Jivani is running in are aware of his friendship with Vance? 2. What will it take for Americans of stature to challenge Trump on his war against Canada? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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J.D. Vance's Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment
In his campaign for parliament in Canada, Jamil Jivani has nothing to say about Vance, after Trump’s threats and tariffs upended the election.
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I do not want to see Canada changed into the USA. Not voting for conservative change. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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J.D. Vance's Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment
In his campaign for parliament in Canada, Jamil Jivani has nothing to say about Vance, after Trump’s threats and tariffs upended the election.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Mark Carney is running to be the Prime Minister of Canada. Pierre Poilievre is running to be the Govenor of the 51st state. Vote accordingly.
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DrLostCauses @acpacek.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
It’s clear neither the media nor the average person even remotely understands the scope and magnitude of what is coming.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The world is on Zelensky’s side. Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Dear Canada: That asshole in the WH hasn’t stopped calling you the 51st state because he has given up his expansionists ambitions. He stopped saying it because Poilievre begged him to chill during the election. If you want Canada to stay Canadian,vote Liberal. You can deal with policy differences
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Chris Istace 🇨🇦 @stasherbc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This is a great trail for people like myself coming across from #VancouverIsland on BcFerries with my bike. It is a wonderful bike ride all the way HorseshoeBay to NorthVan on this multi-use trail. Also stop at Isetta Cafe in West Van or Nomad Coffee in North Van for refueling 🚲😊☕
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Brad Weldon @canadensis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Poilievre: “People in BC are terrorised and afraid to go outside”. I know zero people who feel this way, or even close to this way. How does anybody take this guy seriously?
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I am involved with running an organization that assembles Internet-in-a-Box. Basically a wifi enable device that serves up #Wikipedia. store.wikimedia.org/products/int...
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Internet-in-a-Box
Imagine having a backup of the world’s largest encyclopedia. Perfect for those without reliable internet, offering the potential to improve public health and education in areas with low or unaffordabl...
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
PP addressing the most urgent needs of all Canadians by you guessed it promising the return of plastic straws. PS he didnt get my vote. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7514037
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Poilievre promises to scrap single-use plastics ban and bring back the plastic straw
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Who was the “winner” of tonight’s Canadian Federal Election French Langauge Debate? Doesn’t matter. Who will “win” tomorrow night’s English debate? Doesn’t matter. Which of the two party leaders who can actually win the election would do a better job governing Canada? Carney, & it isn’t close.
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This is a step in the right direction www.timescolonist.com/bc-news/bc-t...
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B.C. to change law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes
Changes to British Columbia's employment standards legislation to no longer allow employers to require sick notes for short term absences are welcome after a decade of advocacy, says Doctors of BC pre...
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Myles Away 🖕🇺🇸🖕 @real-myles-away.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"I haven't followed Canadian politics closely, but when a politician talks of limiting free press, activities at universities & defying the courts, it's the canary in a coal mine for autocracy" - Harvard University Professor when asked his opinion on Pierre Poilievre. #Canada #cdnpoli #elxn45
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Land of the flee: Winnipeg-born physician Dr. Jen Gunter moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights, by @jenzoratti.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif... via @winnipegfreepress.com @drjengunter.bsky.social #infodemic #abortion #ReproRights
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Winnipeg-born OB/GYN Jen Gunter moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights
In 1995, Dr. Jen Gunter arrived in Kansas. The Winnipeg-born-and-raised gynecologist was fresh out of her OB/GYN training at the University of Western Ontario, having completed medical school at the U...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/04/2025
Tariffs xkcd.com/3073
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Poilievre still does NOT have his security clearance Canada is being threatened with annexation We face unprecedented foreign interference in our elections & Poilievre still refuses to get his security clearance I hope Canadians make him pay for it at the polls #cdnpoli
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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Most Canadians are wary of Pierre Poilievre now. A vote for his party is a vote for Trumpism.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The CDC has literally been gutted today. There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet. Thousand of scientists fired. Entire departments erased. 1/
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Dennis Kendel @kendel.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Anti-Vax Doctor Punished for Relentless Spread of Misinformation via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
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Anti-Vax Doctor Punished for Relentless Spread of Misinformation | The Tyee
Roger Hodkinson slapped for unprofessional conduct by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 30/03/2025
"We've had a US proposal for an unconditional ceasefire for weeks. Russia's response? Drones, bombs, ballistic missiles," – Zelensky. "The scale and brutality of Russia’s strikes show daily how little Putin cares about diplomacy. Sanctions are needed."
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Piss off Marlaina.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"China happens to be our second largest trading partner. It's our second largest trading partner," he adds. "We have trade disputes with China right now caused by them...we've got to understand where China is, where China is going, whether there's any room for partnership in that."
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Carney, on Poilievre's (dubious) claim he is somehow beholden to China: "absolutely not." "Mr. Poilievre doesn't understand the world," he adds. "Mr. Poilievre is a lifelong politician, that's all he's ever done. He's slogans, soundbites, slander. [He] doesn't understand how the world works."
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“I hope you’re sitting down. For that six month period (April-Sept), the number of airline tickets booked between Canada and the United States is down anywhere from 71.4% to 75.7%.” onemileatatime.com/news/airline...
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Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+
Future flight bookings between Canada and the United States are down by over 70% year-over-year in the summer months. WOW.
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James Heilman @wikidocjames.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Further evidence that safer supply and decriminalization were in fact not useful... www.timescolonist.com/local-news/b...
timescolonist.com
B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
The research found that safer supply alone was associated with an increase in opioid hospitalizations, while decriminalization was associated with a further spike.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"These are dangerous times for our country, and the stakes are becoming clearer. And it is extraordinary that we have to start wondering about enemies within." www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Bruce Arthur: Trump administration is Canada’s enemy, even if Alberta’s premier sees it as a friend
Danielle Smith might argue that the United States is not the biggest threat to Canada’s existence in its recent history, but the rest of us must have a clearer view
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Reminder: Pierre Poilievre STILL refuses to apply for the normal, usual security clearance, the Canadian media is STILL under-reporting that, and I’m STILL choosing to assume under these dangerous and scary circumstances that it’s because he knows that he wouldn’t pass the security check.
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
#cdnpoli
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Don’t split the vote. Don’t be complacent. Prime Minister Mark Carney is the man to guide us through these turbulent times. #ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦 #cndpoli
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Canadian MP Charlie Angus joins global call to avoid the United States due to security risks posed to foreign civilians and Trump's ongoing ICE Ethnic Cleansing operation: "I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible." #cdnpoli
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Poland will deploy up to 1 million anti-personnel mines on its border with Russia and Belarus as it prepares for the Russian invasion of Europe. The Baltics have also withdrawn from the Ottawa Treaty and are now actively fortifying their defense lines in preparation for war.
A deminer with the Ukrainian national police inspects mines that were found in a field in Izyum, Ukraine, in the Kharkiv region, on Oct. 24, 2023. (Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images)
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