John Markowsky, PharmD 🏳️‍🌈

YEG | BSc, PharmD, APA | Hospital Pharmacist | Choreographer | 🏳️‍🌈 | He/Him | Opinions expressed are my own.

[tay. @taynextdoor]

it's the last month of the year, quote with your favorite pictures of yourself this year.

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

Every Albertan should be shocked by the news of one of the largest data breaches in Canadian history, involving their personal information allegedly being used by separatists and their leaders.

This is invasive. It is dangerous. And it puts Albertans at risk.

Any political party involved should be immediately deregistered and have its access to sensitive personal voter data revoked.

We trust the RCMP and Elections Alberta will investigate and prosecute this to the fullest extent of the law, and ensure there are real consequences for anyone involved in putting Albertans at risk.

[John Markowsky, PharmD 🏳️‍🌈 @johnmarkowsky]

@PopBase @katyperry @justinbieber The fact it’s Justin Trudeau filming this video lmao

[Rose 🍂🏒 @RoseSpring67_]

Lucy Dacus you are my queen my god my everything

[John Markowsky, PharmD 🏳️‍🌈 @johnmarkowsky]

@FrancoisANews What the helly

[Dr. Lynora Saxinger MD FRCPC Infectious Diseases @AntibioticDoc]

TL;DR: Alberta would need 11 hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary to be resourced to the Canadian average.
1/6 🏥 Why is Alberta’s healthcare system under such strain? It’s not "management"—it’s a numbers problem 40 years in the making. Let’s look at the data. 🧵 #AbLeg #CdnHealth

[Charlie Puth @charlieputh]

The reason why things used to feel more vibrant (i.e. the “sky used to be more blue” and “music was sooo much better in the early 00’s) is because we had our sensory receptors all the way open. There was only so much you could do on a Motorola Razr in 2004! Eventually you’d put it down and experience life…

[Info Lady Gaga @infogagabr]

VIDEO: Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (Rock Version) Live At The Grammy Awards 2026 FULL PERFORMANCE

[John Markowsky, PharmD 🏳️‍🌈 @johnmarkowsky]

@coreytimes His in ears cut out 😢

[John Markowsky, PharmD 🏳️‍🌈 @johnmarkowsky]

@avstorm @NikiasMolina I can’t get over the mess of cables behind the Podcast icon though 🥴

[Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association @EZMSA2]

Release: Jan 26/26

Letter from 5F2 physicians, nurses and allied health professionals at the University of Alberta Hospital

Re: Closing Seniors' Acute Care Unit.

#abhealth #ableg #abpoli

[Buzzing Pop @BuzzingPop]

Olympian Gus Kenworthy tells The New Yorker that ‘Heated Rivalry’ hit close to home, revealing Miley Cyrus was his Rose Landry:

“The third episode changed things for me. I actually wrote a message to the show’s creator [Jacob Tierney] because I was so moved, and didn’t expect to be. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen myself reflected onscreen like that, in such a substantial way. The parallels are kind of insane. I also had a secret relationship with these clandestine meetings and hookups. And Miley Cyrus was my own Rose, this famous person that I was suddenly linked to, and as much as I kind of wanted it — because that’s the person you would want to be with if you’re straight, someone successful and beautiful and talented — it’s not the same as when you’re with a guy. And then the Scott Hunter character — I really related to him. He wanted to be out, but really, just truly felt like he couldn’t be, because of his circumstances. That was me for so many years. I had the same yearning — to be in love, to be public, and to not have to hide.”

[Chris LaBossiere @ChrisLaBossiere]

Hey @TELUS and @TELUSsupport, I am an Alberta resident and I have a serious public question that deserves a serious public answer.

I am repeatedly contacted on my personal mobile phone by TELUS telemarketing calls using masked or spoofed local numbers. I have clearly and explicitly instructed callers to stop. The calls continue.

So let’s get precise:

1) Consent and compliance
Under the CRTC Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules and the National Do Not Call List framework, what specific legal basis does TELUS rely on to continue calling individuals who have clearly withdrawn consent?

2) Internal suppression controls
What internal systems does TELUS have to ensure that a consumer’s explicit do not call request is honored across all outbound campaigns, vendors, and affiliates, and why are those systems clearly failing here?

3) Third party accountability
Are these calls being made directly by TELUS employees or by third party contractors?
If contractors are involved, how does TELUS audit, discipline, or terminate vendors who ignore lawful do not call requests?

4) Masked or spoofed numbers
Why is TELUS using masked local numbers for sales calls, a tactic widely associated with deceptive or coercive telemarketing, and how does TELUS reconcile this with its public commitments to consumer trust and digital ethics?

5) Record keeping and proof
If TELUS believes it is acting lawfully, what records exist showing my consent, my revocation of consent, and the internal actions taken or not taken after I demanded the calls stop?

6) Consumer remedy
What specific remedy does TELUS offer Albertans when its marketing practices become persistent, unwanted, and intrusive?

And if TELUS offers none, should affected consumers escalate directly to the CRTC and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner?

This is not a one off annoyance. It is a very regular, almost daily, pattern. And patterns indicate policy, not accidents.

I am asking for a clear written response that TELUS is prepared to stand behind publicly.

Many Canadians are watching. Regulators should be too.

[John Markowsky, PharmD 🏳️‍🌈 @johnmarkowsky]

@flightradar24 what’s up with WJA 1166? Calgary to Phoenix - diverting back to Calgary it looks like?

[Chukwüderä @chukwudera_ng]

My heart goes to every queer and trans sibling who cannot go home for the holidays because they’re not welcomed the way they’re perfectly made.

You’re wholesome. You’re loved. You’re not alone. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Memorïa @deathofmeaning]

Vince Gilligan on Pluribus and his other shows being “slow burns”:

“If the whole world were to move at that pace, that TikTok pace of storytelling, that would be very sad to me. […] It’s fast food versus home cooking.”

[Gaga Daily @gagadaily]

Andrew Watt recounts working with Lady Gaga on MAYHEM in a new piece honoring her as one of @EW’s Entertainers of the Year:

“When she would step up to the microphone to record her lead vocals, I was often brought to tears. I have never witnessed a human being just straight up going for it in that way before. All inhibitions had left her body, and the person I had just been talking to, checking lyrics with, was gone. She reached so deeply into the depths of her soul every time she hit that microphone. This is the difference between singing and storytelling. Lady Gaga is one of the great storytellers of our time. She is as much Carole King as she is David Bowie.

Lady Gaga is not a singer…she is a force of nature. She is a virtuosic musician and producer. She knows every note, chord, synth, drum fill, and arpeggio that has ever made its way into any of her songs. If there is a part added to one of her songs, there is a specific reason for it, and she has thought deeply about it while questioning it with everything she has. She is incredibly hard on herself in her process of creating art, but that is what makes her the only artist of her generation on her level. A once-in-a-lifetime talent.”

[max @loossemblume]

i just KNOW she'd run a pharmacy like the navy

[Corey Jacob @coreytimes]

Trying to make new friends as an adult

[Gramps @GrandpaHarris65]

If you ‘have no idea’ why you had the MRI, that’s why you had the MRI.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Dr. Oz linking obesity to dementia while Trump’s slumped over at his desk is absolutely a choice...