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Family physician living and working in Treaty One territory. Former software dev. Host of the Life, the Universe & Everything Else podcast. On Mastodon @spurll@ramshackle.town. Website: https://spurll.com Podcast: https://lueepodcast.com

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Gandalf, with the campaign: "Fly, you fools!"
Sickos meme. "Yes... ha ha ha... YES!"
The cast of the musical SIX
Tom's Hardware headline: Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue
"Daily Struggle" meme with the caption "Suddenly realizing you've sent someone three texts about something completely unimportant" and two buttons marked "Take a deep breath and go for a walk" and "Send a fourth text apologising for the other three".
Alex Krycek from The X-Files (his eyes are black because of alien goo)
Time headline: Who Is Lee Zeldin? Possibly Trump's Next Attorney General
Headline from the Wall Street Journal: "OpenAI Scraps Sora Video Platform Months After Launch"
Slipcase for Erasure's album The Neon
A freshly baked cranberry pie with chocolate crust, with a π-shaped vent hole.
The Strait of Hormuz meme illustrating a log driver from the 1979 National Film Board short "The Log Driver's Waltz" dancing atop a floating barrel of oil, with the caption "Bypass blockade with waltzing log drivers".
Quotation from an email blast from CJPME: When Carney finally took questions at a press conference on Tuesday, he admitted that “it appears that these actions [the US-Israeli attacks] are inconsistent with international law,” and called the war a “failure of the international order.” He even said that Canada had supported it with “regret.” However, he reaffirmed that it doesn’t matter either way, because Canada continues to support the war regardless.''
Bones McCoy meme: Damn it Jim! I'm a doctor, not a programmer!
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Miles O'Brien from DS9 smiling with the caption: "He was more than a hero: he was a union man."
Reginald Barclay embracing a holographic recreation of Deana Troi in the TNG episode Hollow Pursuits
Gandalf the White
Email from Google Families that begins, "Upcoming changes to Laura's role in your family group..."
HÅG Capisco chair with green upholstery and a black base
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as: "A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes." Curiously, an edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica which fell through a rift in the time-space continuum from 1000 years in the future describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as: "A bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came."
Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), with the caption, "Awful, isn't it?"
Statement from the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) on the Alberta Government’s Anti-Trans Legislation and the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause October 19, 2025 The Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) is an interdisciplinary professional organization consisting of clinicians, researchers, educators, health systems and policy leaders, and community members, dedicated to the health and well-being of transgender, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse Canadians. CPATH is deeply alarmed that Premier Danielle Smith intends to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield three pieces of legislation targeting TTGD individuals in the realms of healthcare, education, and athletics from constitutional challenge (The Education Amendment Act; Fairness and Safety in Sport Act; and Health Statutes Amendment Act). These pieces of legislation represent the most extreme attack on TTGD rights ever seen in Canada, and will cause profound harm to TTGD individuals, as well as their families and communities.
An upper arm tattoo depicting a sledgehammer and a hoya vine.
John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats in Poker Face
Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a dangerous setback for transgender health and human rights in the United States. This decision will effectively allow states to ban evidence-based gender-affirming healthcare for thousands of transgender and gender diverse youth and their families. Furthermore, it will make it much more difficult to create an evidence base to support access to healthcare of this kind.
On Wednesday, the Canadian Medical Association issued a rare judicial challenge about Alberta legislation that they say will interfere in the physician-patient relationship. Alberta’s Bill 26, which became law last December, prohibits doctors from prescribing hormone therapies for those under 16. It also bans doctors from performing gender-reassignment surgeries on minors (those under 18) – an already rare occurrence in the province. Dr. Joss Reimer, who finishes her term as CMA President this weekend, explained what’s at stake: ​“When a government bans specific treatments, it interferes with a doctor’s ability to empower patients to choose the best care possible.” The CMA explained that doctors are governed by the highest standards of ethics and professionalism, but under the Alberta legislation, they are now powerless to provide independent expertise, clinical guidance and treatment options when it comes to gender-affirming care. The Alberta Medical Association summarized the issue too: ​“To be clear, the CMA lawsuit is not about the charter rights and freedoms of youth seeking gender-affirming care. Other groups will lead that fight. Instead, the CMA’s argument relates to the core issue for the medical profession. Under Bill 26, physicians are powerless to provide independent expertise, clinical guidance and treatment options when it comes to gender-affirming care. Protecting freedom of conscience in medical practice ensures doctors can provide medical guidance and treatments in the best interest of patients, without facing disciplinary action.” You can learn more about the CMA’s advocacy on this issue here.
The dragon from Dragonheart (voiced by Sean Connery) with the macro image text "I am the last one!"