Both of these guys suck so much

empathy is toxic, bro

the fact that Republican senators like Schmitt can’t even write a fascist screed on their own and instead have to rely on chatGPT perfectly captures the unique combination of evil and stupid that defines the modern Republican Party

This ICE agent and the man he’s accusing of not being a US citizen have the same damn accent. If this were a movie, this scene would be on the cutting room floor.

Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers. I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.

The Atlantic laundering yet another right-wing narrative into the mainstream www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Good summary of “don’t give him what he wants” from relatively comfortable white liberals.

*whispers* *hey, most of the world, you know we should boycott the Olympics and the World Cup, right*

Don’t share ai slop even if it makes fun of Trump. It is the tool of the enemy.

Have you voted for the NDP? Donated to the NDP? Been a member in previous years? You may have done all of these things, but that doesn't mean you're a member right now. My own brilliant wife made the same mistake. Watch Naomi's message, and make sure to become a member before Jan. 28!

My latest -- A new poll suggests that New Democrats are more ready to go to war with the US militarily than Conservatives are, by a lot. I suggest why that might be, and argue that a military option to defend Canadian sovereignty would be pure folly. noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-old-lie

this crystallizes why, despite truly heroic solidarity and activism, i can’t quite get in the “we’re going to win” mindset right now. the harm is so active and there’s so much violence we don’t even know about. people are being turned into ghosts.

Canada should move towards joining the EU

Dammit, I meant didn't, he did not get disciplined. He was there for the rest of the day, and back next day for work. These days he would have been arrested immediately because a teacher or student would have live streamed it and went viral for sure. He would be cast iron pan man meme now

more and more lately i’ve been thinking, christ, they’ll murder you for any reason, they’ll do it for no reason, they’ll do it while your back is turned or while you’re driving away. what incentive do i have NOT to laugh in their stupid fucking hog faces

So clearly predictable....

Ich mag nicht mehr. Frauen „sichtbar“ machen kann ich mit meiner Forschung, welchen Mehrwert hat denn jetzt hier bitte die KI? Die recycelt doch eh nur. Faschistische Technologie im Einsatz gegen systemische Probleme die durch white supremacy geschaffen wurden. www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/D...

To be clear this school Principal did get disciplined for this, there was no negative recourse for him as far as I could tell, he stayed in his job for many years later and then eventually got fired for stealing funds from the school. The 80s and 90s were just different

Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.

“The affordances of AI systems have the effect of eroding expertise, short-circuiting decision-making, + isolating people from each other. These systems are anathema to the kind of evolution, transparency, cooperation, + accountability that give vital institutions their purpose and sustainability.”

So I was not the best behaved student growing up in St. John's Newfoundland. One day in grade 2 my school's principal came into my classroom and destroyed my desk with a full size cast iron frying pan because he was so angry about my behaviour. Has anyone else ever had this happen? 🧵

So I was not the best behaved student growing up in St. John's Newfoundland. One day in grade 2 my school's principal came into my classroom and destroyed my desk with a full size cast iron frying pan because he was so angry about my behaviour. Has anyone else ever had this happen? 🧵

Suburbanites are like excuse me I heard of a group called antifa? How do I sign up for membership? I can bring my famous lemon bars to meetings.

And from academics.

Roses are red Nazis are lurking Beware of them here because

Perfect for my ongoing series titled "Everyone in the Trump Administration Looks Like a Villain from the Dick Tracy Comic Strip:" Madison Sheahan is a dead ringer for Shoulders. www.dicktracymuseum.com/new-page-1

“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy

This thread is amazing and also I will reiterate my suggestion that Canada should just invite Minnesota to become South Manitoba

to horses it’s just called radish

This guy understood, what an obit www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

My expert opinion is fuck this guy

This kind of messaging is intended to drown moms in research, risk, and responsibility. The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.

Reality has for a long time been a left wing bias

The FO part

what a legend lmao

I just signed a petition demanding the federal government Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

It’s funny how Wikipedia used to seem relatively unreliable, because it was written by regular people instead of encyclopedia experts, and now it seems relatively reliable, because it’s written by regular people instead of glib CliffsNotes robots

"The sweeping study... found that using AI in education can 'undermine children's foundational development' and that 'the damages it has already caused are daunting.'" They include limiting kids' cognitive, social, and emotional developmen, and increasing inequity. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

This leads me to believe that up until this meeting, Trump absolutely thought it was "hole milk."

🔥 From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social : “This is nuts. What the fuck is going on? I’ve never protested in my life… they tell you it’s immigrants — it’s fucking anybody. They’re just trying to scare people. I’m not paid to be here. I have to work in the morning. This is wrong.”

BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.

“”The irony is not lost on us,” Frank Star Comes Out said. “Lakota citizens who are reported to be held at Fort Snelling — a site forever tied to the Dakota 38 — underscores why treaty obligations and federal accountability matter today, not just in history.””

We collect far less data than most OECD countries and we have no way of measuring a lot of stuff we need to measure. Carney knows that an ignorant population is a docile population. He's ensuring we stay ignorant.

File under: Connect The Dots An Israeli government-commissioned report backing sanctions on Haaretz reveals the strategy: not to dispute the paper's accuracy, but to frame critical journalism as treason Linda Dayan www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

How I Built a Tool to Detect AI-Generated Fake References dev.to/lidianycs/ho... Sharing a small open-source project I’ve been working on over the past weeks: CERCA – Citation Extraction & Reference Checking Assistant. #research #openscience #softwaredevelopment

Several Canadian news orgs have already left X, but I believe @pressprogress.ca may be the first to adopt a policy setting standards around use of digital platforms We think it's time news orgs stop prioritizing clicks and start requiring higher standards from these platforms

Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash. Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.