CHARBONNEAU – Trendy new psychiatric illnesses
HAVE YOU NOTICED ads on social media that invite you to diagnose your mental health? Here’s one I’ve seen that assumes that I am on the autism spectrum: “Discover Your [Continue]
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FORSETH – Eby’s government still clueless on financial stewardship
ONCE AGAIN, the BC NDP, and Finance Minister Brenda Bailey, have shown their ineptness in being able to care for the finances of our province. Just a mere six months ago [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – I have no right to spread disease
THE CULT OF INDIVIDUALISM leads us to believe we can do anything we want. But when it comes to public health, the rights of individuals to spread disease are scondary. If I [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The right to repair your own stuff is gaining traction
I LIKE TO repair things. I’ve pulled engines apart. I used to darn my own socks. After my washing machine started to wobble, I phoned a repair guy and described the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The curtain is pulled from AI magic
I’M FASCINATED by how AI systems work, such as ChatGPT. They are called Large Language Models (LLM) for a good reason. They are trained on billions of web pages and [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The Canadian context for PSA tests: to test or not to test
THERE’S BEEN a lot of controversy about routine tests for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in men. It’s a simple blood test that measures the level of PSA, a protein [Continue]
