Game Theory for the "left":

2 choices
You can choose 1
1 of the 2 will happen
No viable alternative
1 OF THE 2 WILL HAPPEN

Foolishness:
I won't participate, its not good enough

Smartness:
I will choose the option that gets me CLOSER to what I want.

/1


slate.com/news-and-polit…
The above doesn't happen if you don't vote for Biden.

The above doesn't happen if a few in a few states wrote in for Jill Stein or Bernie Sanders or stays home in spite.

/2
I really hope the awfulness of the Trump era, made only possible by a coalition willing to do ANYTHING THEY COULD to get their political agenda accomplished, teaches the drivers of the awful purity test dynamics of the "American Left" something.

/3
🇺🇸 you have something now.

Don't be foolish!

Push for your principles.
Advocate for everything you want.
Call out misbehaviour.

But for goodness sake, be politically smart.
Don't divide yourselves.
Don't demand perfection.
Don't give your enemies ammunition.

/4
Even if you are super super super left, and Biden is wayyyy to centrist for you. He is better than the alternative. Build your political power within. Put and wield pressure within. But, and I truly mean this, you are the worlds most powerful country.

/5
We cannot afford another round of this. The environment can't. Our security and safety can't. Migrant children can't. DREAMERs can't. The world can't.

Please do not squander what you have.

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22 Jan
Canadian Suicidology:

Summing BC and Alberta, 2020 has seen a 14.8% decrease in suicides from 2019 to 2020 (+/- 8.6%).

In Canada, there has been no "COVID effect" increasing suicide rates, in fact, our evidence thus far suggests a decrease.
The Chicken Littles of the media will always be quick to proclaim that the sky is falling with respect to a new stressor and suicides, but @StanKutcher and I were right to call publically for all to "settle down" about the "tsunami of suicide"

thestar.com/news/canada/20…
Huge thank you to @rachelmendleson who was one of the only reporters to speak with me at the time about my position of cautious optimism/"let the data tell us" approach. Pushing back against moral panics requires the media's assistance.
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Japan 2020 Suicide Rates have now been reported (there will likely be slight changes in a few months). Overall, suicide rates mostly the same, however a subgrouping shows an increase in female suicides (+15%), whereas males decreased slightly (-1%).

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The female suicide rate increase is the 2nd largest increase, following the massive spike in suicides in 1998 (largely attributed to decade-long Japanese economic hardship). However in 1998 the increase was larger in men. (39% in one year!) vs. women (23%)

/2
Breaking down the deaths per month, there was a significant decrease in suicides in the first half of the year, contraindicated by an increase in suicides in the second half of the year. Overall, it averaged out, and clearly later "effect" seems to be levelling off.

/3 Image
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For all you "screen time"-phobes: If a child replaced 100% of their "screen time" with non-interactive, non-social, non-puzzle-solving, non-skill-training activity, like, oh, I don't know, reading a book, would you be happier?

/1
Think about it honestly. We societally value book reading and we don't shame people for doing it. "mom I read a book last night" sounds peaceful. "mom i played a video game last night" makes you squirm. The problem is you.

/2
Gaming, interacting, sharing, socializing, solving puzzles, learning, participating in groups, these are all things that occur on screens. Ask yourself, why am I so against it?

you'll likely find 2 reasons:

/3
Read 8 tweets
14 Jan
If you post something to twitter, a social media platform by which ideas are shared, and you don't want people to comment on it or provide their opinions, you can use many tools on twitter (locking account, changing who can reply).

Calling disagreement "disrespectful" is bizarre
If you wish to curate replies, you have many options. First, you can change who can reply.

"Everyone can reply" opens it up to the world
"People you follow" ensures that people you've selected are only able to reply
"People you've mentioned" means just that - specfically.

/2 Image
note that this does NOT stop retweets nor does it stop "quote tweet replies", an annoying type of reply that twitter SHOULD allow you to block if you choose.

/3
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Happy New Years Eve

I'm so grateful to all my followers (except if you follow to hate on psychiatry, boo you). This has been a trying year but I enjoy so many aspects of the #twitterverse, especially within #medtwitter, and the opportunity for me to grow and learn. /1
I wanted to thank a few people very specifically, because they changed my life. @uche_blackstock invited me into a mentor zoom chat, where I met and connected with @gboladi, who went on to become the national chair of the @bmsacanada with support from @doctorsofbc. /2
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Variance 🧵:
Why the media (and non-experts who "dabble" in mortality statistics) particularly suck at reporting the numbers of suicide
**************

Quite frequently, someone will send me an article like this.

#epitwitter #statstwitter
1/ Suicides are up 67% between the ages of 12-17 in Pima County.

By "mid-Nov 20", there have been 43 teen suicides, compared to 38 in total last year!

Without context, it certainly seems that the pandemic or the lockdown is to blame.
2/ Sure enough, i go to @CDC Wonder and fire up Arizona suicides for 2019 between 12-17 and I see there were 36 suicides in 2019 (not sure why there is a discrepancy between AZ DOH and CDC, but this is actually common by about 5%ish).
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