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The Sick Hustle Dispatch: The Seven Deadly Sins of Weight Loss Drugs

The Seven Deadly Sins of Weight Loss Drugs

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Gaining too much weight so that it impairs your health is overwhelmingly linked to diet, exercise, and ultra-processed food, yet these behavioural, social, and environmental factors get eclipsed by the theory of the “chronic relapsing brain disease” requiring ‘medical, science-based’ cures.

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How Social Media Has Distorted Medical Judgment

How Social Media Has Distorted Medical Judgment

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As John Adams wisely reminded us, “Liberty must at all hazards be supported.” This includes the liberty to think critically, to question established norms, to engage in debate, and to practice medicine guided by empirical evidence rather than algorithmic determinism.

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The UK and Canada Lead the West's Descent into Digital Authoritarianism

The UK and Canada Lead the West’s Descent into Digital Authoritarianism

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“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Orwell’s 1984 warns we must resist this descent into digital authoritarianism—through petitions, protests, and demands for transparency—before a Western Great Firewall is erected, replicating China’s stranglehold that polices every keystroke and thought.

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