Growing up in Calgary, I never had a single cavity. In 2012 I moved to Vancouver, where the water is not fluoridated, and have had to get like four fillings since then
Calgary stopped adding fluoride to its water in 2011.
What happened?
"The need for intravenous antibiotic therapy by children to avoid death by infection rose 700% at the Alberta Children’s Hospital." - Dr. James Dickinson @ University of Calgary
calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s…
🧵 You're about to hear the Ford government talk a lot about the "1.2% who commute by bike" when they reference Toronto bike lanes. It's very misleading.
It's time for Toronto to stop chasing the hype of New York-style pizza, and to embrace our own homegrown classics.
An ode to Fresca Pizza & Pasta, still the best slice in city.
thestar.com/life/food-and-dr…
New from 404 Media: someone put facial recognition on Meta's smart glasses to instantly dox strangers. You look at them, sends face to a facial recognition tool. LLM infers name, sends to people site. Gets phone number, address. I've seen it in action 404media.co/someone-put-faci…
This is something I've felt and thought about for years but have struggled to put into words. Thanks @HarrisonMooney for this essay on why the swimming pool is fraught for so many. thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/08/…
Say what you will about Limp Bizkit, but Fred Durst had already figured out the best gender-neutral way to address a group in the year 2000
ALT A screenshot from the music video for Limp Bizkit's "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)". Frontman Fred Durst, in his signature backwards red hat and white t-shirt, mugs at a fisheye lens. Backup dancers are in the background in similar outfits. A lyric caption reads: "Hey, ladies! (Where you at?) / Hey, fellas! (Where you at?) / And all the people that don't give a fuck! (Where you at?)"