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If someone would have told me 6 months ago I'd get into Bridgerton, I'd have rolled my eyes. And here we have it. It is So. Well. Done.

Per Rep. Jamie Raskin, who has viewed and searched the unredacted Epstein Files, they contain Donald Trump's name *over 1 Million Times*. "Epstein Files" is a misnomer. They are the Trump Files.

@seanorr.bsky.social Sean, I just found out that Metro Vancouver has a contract with Hootsuite (who has a contract with ICE.) What would you suggest we do?

Metro Vancouver has contracted Hootsuite to provide Media Monitoring Services. $70K page 10 metrovancouver.org/bidding-oppo...

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

Hahaha Trump's redacted Superbowl comments 🤣

If you work at hootsuite. You have a duty.

That's two now - Pattison also backed out of working with ICE. Keep up the pressure. Hootsuite, you're next.

Hootsuite employee fired after speaking out about the company's ICE deal. A post from 5 years ago clearly shows Hootsuite's lack of sympathy for the Public and its employees. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... What do you think? #UCWPUBR300

www.vancitylookout.com/p/hootsuite-.... @hootsuite.com & ICE are (sadly) still working together.

Can we find out which companies use Hootsuite, and pressure THEM to pressure Hootsuite to stop their collaboration with ICE?

It takes just seconds to ask Hootsuite (a Canadian company) to end its contract with #ICE. you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ho...

Resistance to the building of concentration camps is of the utmost importance. Salute to every person doing their part to say not in my community.

submit your haiku! forms.gle/C5urtUCbzxgS...

If you’ve been vaguely worried but unsure how to talk about the kidnappings happening all around us, this might help.

Cannot believe that I got to profile an extraordinary filmmaker, who happens to be the mother of NYC’s new mayor, and think about intersections of art and politics, and how familial love might produce a buffer against the corrosive politics and cynicism of our time. My story about Mira Nair:

Under a new Georgia bill, librarians could be arrested for allowing a minor to read a book with LGBTQ+ characters or storylines. georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...

The latest research shows that less than 2% of immigrants detained in Trump's second term are rapists and murderers, and less than 2% are gang members. Source: www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...

Ache Brasil is a fascinating Capoeira group here in Vancouver. We looked into it when our youngest daughter began her interest in martial arts. She ended up doing taek-won-do and MMA but I still love watching them Ache Brasil perform. #vss365 artstarts.com/artist-profi...

Fun not transphobic alternatives: Akata Witch Books (YA) Magic and Misfits (Episodic D&D by Dimension 20) Victories Greater than Death (YA books) Umbrella Academy (graphic novels and show)

The monks walked 2300 miles (often in cold conditions)our Congressional and Administration representatives can’t walk across the aisle and insure that ALL citizens are important.

If an arrest scene involving ICE and an immigrant involves a person with a violent criminal record, then odds are that person is the ICE agent. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

4) LEFT IN THE COLD -- OR WITHOUT I.D.: With increasing frequency, ICE detainees who win release say they're being let out 1000s of miles from home — and without belongings, like ID, wallets and warm clothes for MN weather Judges are ordering "humane treatment." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Just going to leave this here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... The more people that sign, the faster this becomes a thing the government has to deal with. Please. I beg of you, don't let this pass you by. Help us make sure Canada remains an accepting and open place for all. Closes Feb 16th, 26.

Please sign this petition encouraging the Canadian government to stop allowing trans 🏳️‍⚧️ children to be legislated out of existence in Alberta. If the Prime Minister wants to trapeze around in Heated Rivalry fleece he can put his power where his performance is #Canadasky

The Incoming Mist, Deer in the Highlands, Charles Stuart, 1896.

More and more water is evaporating and pouring down again on our overheating planet. The #bullshitjobs "economy" is causing worse and worse environmental catastrophes. Destroying itself in the process. "Portugal hit by worst floods in decades."

Please sign. The Cubans 🇨🇺 are our friends, many of us have people we care about on the island. They don’t deserve this.

People ask me "why kelp is important". There's not enough space for all the reasons here but big reasons are that kelp can grow faster than any other any species fixing CO2, providing shelter and food. Urchins eat kelp plus they're "messy" eaters so they feed other species nearby.

More than half of the world’s new electric cars are now plugging into Chinese sockets instead of lining up at gas stations. By 2024, it is estimated that China’s EV sales were growing about 40% year on year, even as some Western markets stumbled. www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...

A federal court just upheld California’s law REQUIRING federal agents to identify themselves. California will keep standing up for civil rights and our democracy.

Congratulations to Portugal for electing Antonio Jose Seguro as Portugal’s new president yesterday. It is always great to see conservatives get crushed in elections.

Louis Armstrong, Paris, c. 1934

8/ For more on what kids are experiencing inside the Dilley detention center, read the full story by reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social:

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I'm a little disturbed by people referring to Becky Chamber's work as cozy fantasy. It's Solarpunk. "Cozy" is too apolitical, not acknowledging that what she tries to do is build a new and better world. #scifi #amreading

Loved the Monk and Robot duology by Becky Chambers. It's a wholesome, cozy sci-fi, speculative fiction, and it is fantastic. It asks pretty big questions but manages to make the process of answering them a very warm and inviting experience. A masterpiece. 5/5⭐ #MonkandRobot #BeckyChambers #BookSky

Reupping this because a colonoscopy is no big deal and anyone over 40 should be talking to their doctor about getting one. Take care of yourselves, people.

half a million whistles shipped music in my ears #senryusunday #haiku #monoku

Today's frog is the marsh frog. It's THE frog. When you think of a frog, it's usually that one.

Disappointing as it may be when professed friends of cartoonists post A.I. slop, it is absolutely soul-destroying when cartoonists themselves do it. Your instantaneous “caricature” is predicated on the plunder of countless hours of labour by many thousands of artists. Show a shred of solidarity ffs.

Window in Artist's Studio https://www.wikiart.org/en/marc-chagall/window-in-artist-s-studio-1976

I know trans and queer people are not the sportiest on a whole but the impending trans 🏳️‍⚧️ decisions in the Olympics are a really big deal and now is the time to make noise, hockey 🏒 is powerful and is pushing for them.

I understand why non-public servants in Ottawa are rolling their eyes at public servant complaints about the return to office mandate. But as Luke points out, what is the point of going to a building where you have no office and are spending the entire time on MS teams video calls? It's ludicrous.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 The US State Department plans to fund MAGA-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe to promote American policy positions and oppose European online speech regulations, - FT The initiative has involved outreach to right-wing groups in the UK and across major European capitals.

I'm not into colouring but this - I would do this