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On today’s episode, we go in on BRAIN ROT and what mindless scrolling is doing to our brains, cognitive function and mental health. We also get into the difference between doomscrolling and brain rot and the casino phenomenon behind short-form content. Save your brains!

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Sources:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12322333/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41231585/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09658211.2025.2521076#abstract
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1542271/full
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12998613/
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1454296.pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10756502/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12329480/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11939997/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11939997/#B16-brainsci-15-00283 (edited)
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On today’s episode, we go in on Science Influencers!! We discuss how the culture of influencing has created misinformation, distrust of medical professionals and why you should be skeptical of all online influencers, including us!

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Sources:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365041306_Science_communication_by_scientists_and_influencers_on_social_media
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mar.70106
https://jcom.sissa.it/article/pubid/JCOM_2405_2025_V02/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03855-2
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03143-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02966-6
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01771-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00933-3

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On today’s episode, we go in on Gay Cruising! We discuss everything, from the history of gay male public sex, to the first ever documented gay couple, to male and female gay cruising in the animal kingdom, and the stigma of all it! ACAB!

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Sources:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3715033/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tearoom_Trade
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22012413/
https://online.ucpress.edu/joae/article-abstract/5/1/95/198848/Queering-EdgeworkAn-Autoethnographic-Account-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext (edited)

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On today’s episode, we go in on DOUG FORD - THE MOST CORRUPT POLITICIAN IN CANADIAN HISTORY, who has been actively destroying our province, our city and our lives.

Torontonians and Ontarians, PROTEST Doug Ford and his destructive policies at Ford Fest:

Friday, June 19th, 2026, from 5:00 pm-9:00 pm at Thomson Memorial Park for Ford Fest 2026.

Torontonians and Ontarians - to fill out your feedback regarding the Billy Bishop Airport Expansion, or to find your local MP, MPP and Councillors to contact them directly regarding Ford’s policies, feel free to use the following links:

Public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Survey):

** You have to scroll down to "How to participate" and then click the text that says ‘Completing the anonymous online survey’:
https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/consultations/public-consultation-future-billy-bishop-toronto-city-airport

Toronto City Councillors search:
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/

MP (Member of Parliament) search:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament) search:
https://www.ola.org/en/members/current

Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature & Toronto-Danforth MP: The Honourable Julie Dabrusin - Email: julie.dabrusin@parl.gc.ca

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Sources:

Bill 97
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-97

Freedom of Information Act
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-government-foi-disclosure-court-fight-9.7210887

Greenbelt Scandal
https://l1nq.com/z1ruufg

Healthcare Privatization Scandal
https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/doug-fords-destruction-of-public-healthcare-in-ontario/
https://ona.org/news/20250512-billions-nursing-agencies/
https://cupe.on.ca/five-years-into-ford-governments-privatization-of-hospital-services-longer-wait-times/
https://www.stopforprofithealthcare.ca/

Jet Scandal:
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2247685/yes-doug-ford-quebec-bought-private-jets-but-not-for-the-premiers-travels

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In today’s Sidenote episode we take the ultimate test to find out… are we toxic? Specifically, are we toxically masculine? UGH!

We dive into 10 questions from a recent New Zealand Study that brought up some intense and important issues facing society, and ourselves!

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To take the Toxic Masculinity test yourself - please visit https://shorturl.at/0iSzb
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