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Walter Callaghan

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PhD candidate (medical anthropology) @ UofT; CAF veteran; PTSD survivor.

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WTAF?

That this graphic is on official Government of Canada (Destination Canada) web-pages and social media?

How the flying-F did this ever get approved for posting on an official page?

04.03.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembrance Day: Some who served must trudge ahead Podcast Episode Β· CONNECT with Sarah Crosbie Β· 2025-11-11 Β· 16m

If you've ever said "thank you for your service" to a veteran and gotten a weird look in response, I said some things to try and explain why that happens.

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/r...

11.11.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Gems in the rocky beach of biologic psychiatry during the First World War"

Evocative? Provocative?

It's the subtitle for a section of my chapter covering the "history of medicine" in my dissertation on moral injury and PTSD.

22.10.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The living Israeli hostages have been released as part of a ceasefire deal that also saw about 2000 Palestinian prisoners freed.

Wait, but why are the Israelis β€œhostages” and the Palestinians β€œprisoners”?

In today’s video, that’s the question we’re exploring:

14.10.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 276 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2
Canadian Armed Forces Apology for Racial Discrimination and Racial Harassment - Canada.ca Learn more about the CAF Apology for Racial Discrimination and Racial Harassment on October 30, 2025

I was called in multiple times to give advice on the language and content to this apology.

I don't know what the final wording will be.

But the comments from racist troglodytes in response to the announcement of the apology alone speaks volumes to why it's needed.

www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

15.10.2025 07:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the ceasefire on Israel's genocidal "war" against the Palestinian people has already been breached, repeatedly, by ... oh, big fucking surprise ... by Israel.

15.10.2025 07:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bart: This is the worst day in US civ-mil history.
Homer: This is the worst day in US civ-mil history so far.

Bart: This is the worst day in US civ-mil history. Homer: This is the worst day in US civ-mil history so far.

My take on the truly abysmal and ignorant speeches by Hegseth and Trump to the generals and admirals of the US military saideman.blogspot.com/2025/10/gofo...

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18.09.2025 07:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The term Antifa is used to define a broad group of people whose political beliefs lean toward the left – often the far left – but do not conform with the Democratic Party platform, CNN previously reported."

The US used to celebrate how they fought against and defeated fascists in WW2 ... head/desk

18.09.2025 07:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Wait ... what? We were funded?

18.09.2025 07:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Report: At this point we are just trying to figure who Canadian Parliament WON'T give a standing ovation to OTTAWA - After members of the Canadian Parliament earlier today gave a standing ovation to recently deceased far-right agitator who touted white supremacist theories, Charlie Kirk, we here at The Beav...

when even the Beaverton struggles to make satire over something ...

I threw up my breakfast on seeing this happen during MP Statements just prior to QP.

Like we needed more evidence for where Con & Libs stand in relation to christo-fascist white-supremacists.

www.thebeaverton.com/2025/09/repo...

16.09.2025 08:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

University of Toronto

13.09.2025 04:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing that kinda blows my mind:

I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am.

I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it.

But English-language Canadian media? Crickets.

It’s just so odd!

12.09.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 938 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 21

A bit rich coming from Poilievre when his own wife retweeted a post by Andrew Scheer directing the right-wing mob to go after @rachelgilmore.bsky.social.

His family’s safety matters. No so much those who don’t subscribe to his political project.

12.09.2025 21:48 πŸ‘ 790 πŸ” 235 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 14

And then we have journalist Rachel Gilmore who has been targeted with false accusations (yet again) by certain senior CON members, including Andrew Scheer.

And this has resulted in death threats ... many of them ... which I can believe, having been previously targeted by the assholes on the R.

12.09.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Funny how "free speech" seems to be so politically lop-sided that it's only a thing that those on the R seem to be allowed to practice (or get to use as a defence), and never something that anyone else is allowed, especially when calling out the hate-mongers on the R.

12.09.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

UofT Prof Ruth Marshall placed on leave-of-absence.

Manitoba Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine had to apologize and retract her comments.

What did they do wrong?

They both called out Kirk for what he was: a christo-fascist white-nationalist who only ever peddled hate.

12.09.2025 22:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The CONS are actively targeting any (semi) public figures who dare say anything negative about Kirk.

Example: UofT Prof Ruth Marshall has been placed on a leave of absence for daring to say those things.

It's almost like "free speech" is a one-sided thing. [/sarcasm]

12.09.2025 22:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The most exhausting thing about today has definitely been seeing so many Liberals (old and new) do some complicated cognitive gymnastics trying to defend the PMO's initial decision to even invite a christo-fascist like Roberts in the first place.

Beaverton's satire gave me some much-needed giggles.

04.09.2025 21:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

well, that makes it pretty clear that they don't have the slightest inkling of how F'd up this was to begin with.

04.09.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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that moment when the PM of Canada invites a fascist to talk to his caucus.

w...t...f....

I wouldn't be surprised if PP pulled this stunt, but Carney? Really?

w...t...f...

04.09.2025 07:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hateful conduct reports in Canadian military rising after years of decline - National | Globalnews.ca Data from the Department of National Defence has both former military members and outside experts warning of a persisting issue of extremism in the Canadian Armed Forces.

I seem to have ended up in the news again, giving context to why the military struggles with culture change and the presence of hate-filled ideologies

globalnews.ca/news/1133001...

12.08.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Relax, Guy
Relax, Guy YouTube video by South Park Studios

bahahahahhahahahahahahahaha

it's even tinier than his tiny hands ...

bahahahhahahahahaha

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xR...

25.07.2025 07:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'It's not a problem in the recruiting stage' : Dangers of radicalization in the armed forces amid Quebec anti-government militia arrests - 580 CFRA The RCMP have charged four people in Quebec in an extremist plot, all four men arrested have links to the Canadian Arms Forces.Β Kristy Cameron is joined by Walter Callaghan, former Health Administrati...

I said some things, trying to draw attention to the long-existing systemic and endemic problem within military culture that enables this to happen.

omny.fm/shows/580-cf...

09.07.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the term we must use now, yes.

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This occurred in Jenin, the same place where the IDF murdered journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

If they're willing to murder a Palestinian-American journalist and fire on an international diplomatic delegation, you can imagine how dangerous the IDF is for actual Palestinians in Jenin (and everywhere).

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It’s plain for all to see.

15.05.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 19341 πŸ” 6014 πŸ’¬ 514 πŸ“Œ 202
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Mark Carney cabinet live: MPs being sworn in now; See the full list of all 28 members of cabinet Carney has unveiled a 28-member cabinet.

National Defence: David McGuinty
Veterans Affairs: Jill McNight
Defence Procurement (Secretary of State): Stephen Fuhr

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

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