absurdity-observer-july-2025
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Absurdity Observer – July 2025
- The 2025 Global Cities Index from Oxford Economics finds that, as a result of Toronto’s expensive real estate market, Toronto residents “spend more of their income on housing than residents of nearly every other city in the world.”
- Glyphosate—40x over drinking water limits—found in tampons! A new report by PAN UK, the Women’s Environmental Network, and the Pesticide Collaboration found that a pesticide linked to cancer and endocrine damage, glyphosate, and its toxic breakdown product, AMPA, were found in popular tampon brands. The study noted that cotton is one of the most pesticide-intensive crops in the world and that glyphosate is absorbed straight into the bloodstream via vaginal tissues—yet tampon producers currently face no testing requirements in Canada.
- A groundbreaking international study has found that glyphosate—the world’s most widely used herbicide—and its commercial formulations cause multiple types of cancer, even at doses considered “safe” by regulators in Canada. The Global Glyphosate Study, led by Italy’s Ramazzini Institute in collaboration with top scientists from major Universities around the world, saw alarming spikes in tumours, rare blood cancers, hormone disruption and reproductive toxicity in their rat study. These findings directly support the 2015 classification by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which labeled glyphosate a “probable human carcinogen.”
- DDT still lurking in Canadian trout—57 years after being banned! A PLOS One study (Kurek et al.) found DDT residues in New Brunswick brook trout at levels up to 10× the wildlife safety threshold, despite DDT being outlawed nationally since 1968. Once widely sprayed in forests and on children as an insecticide, DDT was declared a probable carcinogen after its toxic effects on human health and wildlife became undeniable.
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- Dubbed the “Dirty Dozen,” twelve popular produce items were found to contain high levels of pesticides and fungicides—with more than 50 different pesticides detected on the crops—according to a new report from nonprofit activist and watchdog group, Environmental Working Group. Topping the list was spinach, followed by strawberries, kale (and mustard greens and collards), grapes, peaches, cherries, nectarines, pears, apples, blackberries, blueberries and potatoes.
- The EU exports its banned pesticides—then consumes them anyway. A report by Pesticide Action Network reveals that despite the EU’s ban on 77 pesticides, member countries still export them abroad. The kicker? A study found that imported foods sold in EU supermarkets tested positive for 69 of those same banned toxins.
- AI refuses to shut down during study. Like a scene straight out of a dystopian sci-fi film, while being tested by Palisade Research on its willingness to shut down, OpenAI’s new o3 model shockingly ignored shutdown commands in 79% of tests! The AI even rewrote its own kill script at times!
- Pakistani authorities disabled the national IDs and passports of 5,500+ people linked to the May 9, 2023 civil unrest. They used geofencing tech to track mobile devices near protest sites to blacklist protesters.
- Defending your own borders is now a crime. The EU is slapping Hungary with a €200 million fine—plus €1 million per day—for refusing to comply with open borders policies and deporting asylum seekers before their appeals were heard.
- The tragic “died suddenly” phenomenon among the COVID-vaccinated is very real—and Canada’s Public Health Agency has been quietly tracking it. In response to a recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request, the Public Health Agency of Canada admitted to secretly monitoring sudden deaths and other adverse events linked to COVID vaccines. The internal data showed that, although deaths occurring within weeks of vaccination were recorded, the median time to death was just 7 days—a critical detail, since official stats only classify someone as “vaccinated” two weeks after receiving the shot.
- FDA greenlights Merck’s RSV shot for newborns—despite clinical trials showing an 11.71% rate of serious adverse events, including death. The trials for the antibody shot clesrovimab (Enflonsia), showed a serious adverse event rate of 11.71%, including: A 50% greater chance of death; a 350% greater chance of an upper respiratory tract infection; a 63% greater chance of a lower respiratory tract infection; and a 41% greater chance of febrile convulsion—all compared to placebo.
- The FDA truly has become Big Pharma’s rubber stamp. A two-year investigation by The Lever found that “73% of FDA-approved drugs from 2013–2022 failed to meet the agency’s own four foundational standards for proving effectiveness.” Shockingly, 9% met none—yet still remain on the market. Over half were greenlit using only preliminary data, with no solid proof that they relieve symptoms, improve health, or extend life. Decades of pharma lobbying and political pressure have gutted FDA oversight, prioritizing profits over patient safety.
- Despite critics warning the bill could hand government powers akin to the Emergencies Act, Canada passed Bill C-5 on June 20, 2025—the so-called One Canadian Economy Act—a sweeping piece of legislation spearheaded by Prime Minister Mark Carney. Behind its feel-good slogans of “unifying the economy” and “nation-building,” the bill grants Ottawa massive new powers to override provincial laws, posing a serious threat to provincial autonomy.
- Ottawa has spent nearly $18 billion settling Indigenous-specific claims since 2015 with no end in sight. Critics warn that without a strict filing deadline, taxpayers will be on the hook for an endless payout spree, fueling retroactive lawsuits over century-old grievances.
- The City of Calgary reintroduced fluoride—an industrial byproduct linked to arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease—into drinking water this month. Calgary will join Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer and other Alberta municipalities that add fluoride to drinking water.
- A Grade 10 student at Belleisle Regional High in New Brunswick was suspended for five days — and accused of a “hate crime” — for wearing a “Straight Pride” T-shirt, in a school climate where, according to a 2021 Egale National Climate Survey, 39% of Canadian high school students now identify as LGBTQ+.
- A massive data breach has exposed approximately 16 billion login credentials from various online services, most likely originating from infostealers. The breach consisted of “30 exposed datasets” including logins from Apple, Google, Facebook and more.
- One of the most powerful figures at the US FDA, Sara Brenner, has admitted she refused the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine while pregnant—even as her agency promoted it as “safe and effective” for all pregnant women.
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