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Tech paper

Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can't think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged - Tech paper

Millions of people with long COVID report the same cluster of symptoms: a crushing lack of motivation, an inability to think clearly, memory that slips, movements that feel slower than they should. For years, these complaints sat in an uncomfortable medical grey zone. The symptoms were real, the patients were suffering, but the biological explanation remained frustratingly out of reach.A team at the University of Toronto just published what may be the clearest physical evidence yet for what is a

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Roach

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Roach

pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid (23 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

TSB releases findings on Alberta pipeline rupture that caused explosion, wildfire | CBC News

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada published its findings on the causes of the rupture of a natural gas pipeline near Edson, Alta.

The Narwhal

Making sense of Canada’s pipeline flurry | The Narwhal

Politicians dropped three pipeline announcements this week. If they’re such an economic boon, why are taxpayers footing the bill?

B.C. launches new program focused on chronic property crime offenders | CBC News

Police have said a small number of people cause a disproportionate amount of property crime and the multimillion-dollar program will focus on them. The government says it will create 12 regional teams of police, prosecutors and probation officers among other staff.

Council of Canadians: "The Carney Liberals have increasingly aligned the…" - Mastodon Canada

Christine Lemmer-Webber: "What happened to the fight for the internet? http…" - social.coop

The Narwhal

Inside the Bill C-5 First Nations summit | The Narwhal

I was at the First Nations summit on Bill C-5. It’s clear Mark Carney isn’t listening to Indigenous leaders.

Reasons Americans would delete their social media accounts are topped by privacy and security by Incogni Visuals - Infogram

One chicken breast has 10 times more salt. Watch us taste test ‘enhanced’ meat to see if we can tell the difference

Poultry products sold in Canada are often injected with saltwater and additives. Here’s how to tell if your chicken has been ‘enhanced.’

High Times

The Frank Gallagher Thesis Shaped Welfare For Decades. The Data Just Demolished It. | High Times

For decades, policymakers have operated on a simple assumption: give poor people cash, and they’ll spend it on drugs. A growing body of evidence disagrees.

The Bigger Condo Bailout No One Is Discussing | The Tyee

As Ottawa and BC give $3.2 billion for ‘development charges,’ some cities tear up affordable unit requirements.

Mark Carney returns to grubby patronage and damages the renewed Senate

In the Golden Age of Twitter, before it was bought up by a white supremacist oligarch and transformed into a wasteland of disinformation and hate, the Canadian politics nerds used to half-joke about how badly Canada needed The Economist Party.

Circling Themselves To Death

Bad things happen when blind ants follow other blind ants — especially when the leader veers away from food. But if a few hundred of these ants starve to death does anyone notice?

Permafrost Thaw in Siberia Creates a Ticking 'Methane Bomb' of Greenhouse Gases, Scientists Warn

In 2020, temperatures in the region rose nearly 11 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, causing the limestone to release ancient methane deposits