Popi Bowman

Award-winning editor (Gold @TabbieAwards, Gold EXCEL @SIIA & @NMA_B2B), writer, photographer & word spewer...

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

Can we get back to grammar basics?! #typo (these are the ones that drive me nuts...)

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

Oh, the strange world we live in...

[Dr. Holly A. Bell ☕️ @HollyBell8]

Went to our anniversary dinner at a nice restaurant tonight where we were recorded by our server, apparently through his glasses, without our permission for his Instagram channel. As we paid, he showed us his Instagram channel and showed us the video he took and asked if he could post it. We asked him to delete it and if his manager knew he was recording diners. He just said no one else has ever complained. I asked to talk to the manager. Manager seemed to know and asked “if the light was on.” I assume this meant on the glasses indicating he was recording. We noticed no light. He said he would make him remove the glasses, which was how we became aware he was recording with the glasses. Needless to say, I am now a dog with a bone and this is not over.

[Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy]

When you think it can’t get any worse… Canada is now trying to euthanise people for BACK PAIN.

Miriam Lancaster visited the emergency room after waking up one morning with a sore back.

The doctor’s first suggestion:
Euthanasia.

She had no long-term health issues. They hadn’t even examined her back. And they were already offering to kill her.

You heard that right.
In Miriam’s own words:

“I went to the Vancouver General Hospital and I was approached by a young lady doctor whose very first words out of her mouth were, ‘We would like to offer you MAiD.’”

“I was taken aback. That was the last thing on my mind. I just wanted to find out why I was in pain. I did not want to die.”

Canada’s MAiD program was initially sold as a compassionate last resort for the terminally ill. A narrow “last resort” for those who were terminally ill, in immeasurable pain. And unable to maintain a basic quality of life.

But that was never the reality.

Euthanasia is state-sanctioned organ harvesting and legalised murder.

A healthy 84-year-old woman with no history of illness shows up in the ER with a bad back… and the very first offer is a lethal injection.

No tests.
No investigations.
No other options.

Just “we think you should die.”

Miriam, thankfully, refused. She spent a month in the hospital healing from a spinal fracture and made a full recovery. She has since even climbed a volcano and went on international hiking trips.

But her story is just one of thousands, and too many like her have bowed down to the pressure of the medical “professionals” who are supposed to save and protect them.

How many others weren’t given that chance? How many were worn down, pressured, or simply told this was their only option?

We just saw the coercion, murder, and organ harvest of Noelia Castillo Ramos by the Spanish state.

Who was stolen from her parents, gang-raped, traumatised so badly she tried to end her life, then left paraplegic. Doctors coerced her into agreeing to die. Then, when she started having second thoughts, they told her that her organs had already been “reserved.” They stopped her bed friend from seeing her on the day she was killed because they worried she’s change Noelia’s mind.

In Belgium, children are being granted the ‘dignity’ to die before they’re even old enough to sign a legal contract.

Paralympic athletes who simply asked for a mobility aid have had their doctor suggest euthanasia instead.

We are told that assisted dying is dignified.
That liberalisation is inevitable.
That this is the evolution of a ‘free’ society.

But where is the freedom in a society which pressures the vulnerable to die against their will?

Where is the dignity in treating our fellow humans like produce on a shelf, to be discarded once they pass their ‘Best Before’ date?

This was always the plan.

Turn medicine into a kill switch for anyone who costs too much or complains too loud.

If they’ll float MAiD to an 84-year-old with a fixable back injury in the ER, imagine what they’re whispering to the depressed, the disabled, the lonely, or the broke.

Never let them talk you into believing your life is the problem. Or that death is the solution.

Fight for your life.

Because this isn’t healthcare. It’s a cull. And it’s accelerating.

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

I think it's sad news, because my partner got awful (!!!) treatment there, so what does that say about healthcare overall?... it validates substandard care. Oh well.

[Healthing.ca @healthing_ca]

Sponsored: “Being ranked the second-best hospital in the world is a powerful validation of the strength of our integrated academic health system,” says Dean Connor, chair of the board of directors for UHN.

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

#ONpoli

Everyone needs to understand this: Doug Ford was about to be forced to hand over his personal cell phone records before coming up with a new RETROACTIVE law to override that.

This is 100% a cover up. Shady AF.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

Global News has been engaged in a years-long transparency battle with Premier Doug Ford's office over his cell phone records.

The government has lost a battle in court.

The government is now changing the rules to neutralize the FOI.

#onpoli

[Josh Matlow @JoshMatlow]

Doug Ford is now exempting himself, his office and his cabinet from Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. FOIs are a basic way journalists hold governments in Canada to account. This crosses the line between a healthy democracy and a decline toward autocracy. This cannot stand.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.

And it's making you a worse person because of it.

Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.

That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.

It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.

Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.

The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.

Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.

This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.

Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.

You're right. They're wrong.

Even when the opposite is true.

[Christina Garnett @ThatChristinaG]

Losing an hour of time/sleep on International Women's Day feels like the most on brand thing this world has to offer.

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

I tried to share this on #Facebook & it said "In response to #Canadian government legislation, news content can't be shared." So here I am letting my #American friends know you might be able to move here, if you have any Canadian roots :) but housing=$$$

https://t.co/dLUm3bRs9m

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

It appears that a Polymarket account called "Magamyman" made $515,000 in a single day betting on last night's U.S. strike on Iran, with the first trade placed 71 minutes before the news broke publicly.

When this person bought in, the market had this at a 17% probability. They turned roughly $87,000 into over half a million dollars overnight.

Reminder that Donald Trump Jr. sits on Polymarket's advisory board and his firm invested double-digit millions into the platform last year. The DOJ and CFTC both had active investigations into Polymarket that were dropped after Trump took office.

Prediction markets cannot be a vehicle for profiting off advance knowledge of military action.

We need answers, transparency, and oversight.

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

Just 💔 for so many things, #humanity is broken.

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

@CP24 Another angle: Take a look at increases in prescriptions related to mental health, too (which is what I would have added to this article, but that's my #ocd + research addiction). Plus, look at poverty/debt rates in the same period. These have been some VERY hard years for most.

[Danny Wallace @dannywallace]

Board of Peace immediately bored of peace

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

My current job doesn't require it, which makes this easier of course! lol

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

Truth is, for my #mentalhealth, I don't go on social media much anymore. I highly recommend it! But I do miss it... sometimes. Not as much as I expected.

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

Cause and correlation are not equal. Many journalists write headlines without analyzing the information they share. Don't jump to conclusions - both science and media are flawed. Always read between the lines.

My take: Many people suffering from anxiety and depression need weed.

[CP24 @CP24]

Rising cannabis use linked to higher rates of anxiety and depression: study https://t.co/SC50LNkXIT

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

@ODSPoor you are a HERO for sharing your suffering to try to prevent further suffering for others! sorry you pay the price for it 🤗 let's hope I win the lottery, you're on my #givinglist... if only more people who could help WOULD...

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

(I'm sorry but politics/war is off the table for me, it's all what I knew was coming but people elected the orange menace and here we are...) 🤬💔

[Popi Bowman @PopiBowman]

We need to listen to the people who live this experience, instead of assuming we understand... #disability #poverty #ODSP etc.

[Mitchell Tremblay @ODSPoor]

I'm so sick of arguing with like minded people on #MAiD, you owe us all the due diligence to make sure this program isn't culling the vulnerable.

When did you trust carding laws, police brutality and over funding, when did you trust these government so blindly you'll let people die because they say it's not being used for the worst?

I fully support maid track 1 but most of you haven't read this far, I am not religious, I am a disabled man with enough mental illness to qualify and im scared.

I am a scared disabled man and you choose to ignore, vilify and disinformation about me.

I want reality back not this neoliberal conservative cuckland.