Excellent, thorough analysis of the state of journalism by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social + my favourite longform article of the day. The impact of oligarchs, Silicon Valley, Google, etc., but also the importance of quality independent media voices like Carole C and Heather RC. Highest recommendation! ✔️

Today is #FamilyDay here in 🇨🇦! I know many pals in the US have their Presidents Day today! Lots of mixed feelings about it! So I offer 2 thoughts: 1) if you're celebrating it, I hope you find peace remembering the promise of your nation as you strive to see a return to that promise! You can ..1/2

recognize you have something that has become not what was intended and still hold hope for leadership you deserve; 2) you can be honorary #FamilyDay celebrators with us! Enjoy a day with loved ones, frens or here on Bluesky knowing we support, love, and welcome you! Be well and recharge! 2/2 💜🌻🇨🇦

As the news seems to get more horrific every day, spending less time online has been better for me. Just popping up to say that family is a big word that can and does mean a lot of different things and that I hope that your #FamilyDay is a happy one. 💕

Fully concur. In fact, if you're a resident of America let me grant you honorary temporary Canadian status for the day, so that you can help celebrate OUR Canadian holiday of #FamilyDay instead. Vile despicable dictator Donald vs actual family values?🤔 Here you go: 🍁pin ✔️ #PresidentsDay cancelled

Sage advice. And as someone who still can't quite believe they're ALREADY an older person, I fully agree. Also, it's never too late to start. Or stop.

Interjecting a moment of sweetness and light that I normally try to start the day off with. 🧁

True enough. I can see your point. 👇

For the record, as much as I despise the vile and transphobic AF Nancy Mace, and bubble/bobble head Lauren Boebert, I commend them for at least standing up for the survivors of Epstein's gross network in demanding justice. It doesn't excuse the rest of their 💩, but it's one thing they've done right.

Excerpt from article posted below by @margaretshkimba.bsky.social

While I normally like to ease into the Bluesky day with something sweet and light, sometimes it's refreshing to start with a post that packs a 🥊 like Amy's below. I would add Kristi Noem as another example. Cuz just because a woman's in power... remember Margaret "Iron Lady" Thatcher anyone?

Well crap. Why does this look like me when looking in the mirror every day? 😜

Prescriptive, step by step and very easy to follow, with tiered groups of what you can unsubscribe from and boycott to drive maximum impact. “In sum, the shortest path to change without hurting consumers is an economic strike targeted at the companies driving the markets and enabling our president.”

Trump, Musk and now UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe – they are the enablers, making racists feel great again | Jonathan Freedland

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

"So many powerful men involved in this case, how many have been arrested?" - "One woman arrested, yes."

NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics. 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...

Completely agree with the aggrieved spokesrat after having read their ratty, um, ranty statement in full. And as a 🐀 ally, may I also point out their excellent exposé of the human species' clear need to deflect & compensate for their own inferiority complex by unfairly denigrating other animals? 🙏

Happy #flagday 😄 Canada’s story didn’t start in 1867, and neither did its symbols. This country’s identity has always been shared and layered. The Métis flag carries generations of resistance, culture, and belonging. You can be proud of your roots and love Canada fiercely. I do it every day 🇨🇦 🥰 ♾️

Great piece. No war but a class war. ✊🏻 "Nearly everyone involved in the fight to cancel DRIPA is a realtor, a yacht owner, or both." They have us too busy fighting each other, we don't notice they are the ones responsible for the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, the housing crisis...

One Black Cat 🖤

Ha, so there. The midnight hour is nearly upon us, so let this be my last heartfelt post for the (V) day. Good night everyone. Hope it was a good one. ❤️

Yes.❤️ =^.^=

Happy V Day everyone! Quite agree with this assessment articulated nicely by The Nerve's columnist Philippa Perry. www.thenerve.news/p/philippa-p...

Happy V Day Eve! ❤️ And a good night to all...

“If we truly care about community safety, mental health and human dignity, our response must reflect those values. That means refusing to let fear or ideology cause further harm.” Op-ed by Ken Matheson on @thetyee.ca : thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

In light of her reckless comments and dangerous sharing of misinformation, we at CentreBC call on MLA Tara Armstrong to apologize to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbians and the Transgender Community. It is time for MLA Armstrong to step down and remove herself from public office.

Hear! Hear! 💯

We should be focused on the Tumbler Ridge victims, families and the community. But some gross people are forcing another conversation: one of virulent transphobia. The ramifications of that now have to be addressed. @faejohnstone.bsky.social and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social helped me to do that.

Sorry, Tara, but I put "She/Her, cis, trans ally" in my bio when I was still on that 💩hole of a platform, and it won't be dropped. Will it make a difference? Likely not, but it's the tiniest of the tiniest ways that I can show my support. May I suggest that you put 'Transphobic Asshat' in yours?

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In moments of fear, it’s easy to look for someone to blame. Leadership means resisting that instinct. We grieve. We protect. We do not punch down. If you say you’re an ally, stand close enough to feel it too. Real allyship is proximity and protection. Refusing to let fear turn into harm.

Saw this joke the other day, but it still drives a smile to my 😄.

"Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why" Article by Joan Wallach Scott, professor emerita at the Institute for Advanced Study. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Carole Cadwalladr: "I read this piece a week ago & was mad at it all over again today" archive.is/2026.02.10-0...

Despite the bullcrap shovelled for decades as it being "the best and only way there is" better, sustainable models beyond capitalism exist. Yet another another pathway laying out the first three steps.

Excellent thread about how the ban on Palestine Action (ridiculously designated a 'terrorist group') was ruled unlawful. While in the UK, too many other countries (including Canada) have reacted sharply against legal protest of the genocide in Gaza. Also, appreciate Monbiot using Skywriter. Thanks!

sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on

Yes. Coffee —God’s gift to the world.

It's nearly 1 am, so very late OR very early? Either way, good night, good morning 🌅, see ya later, but not before I have my ☕...

In the Thursday Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...

The far right was in overdrive yesterday to make the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge about trans people. It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane. My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...

The only details these people care about in situations like this is the race and gender of the perpetrators The reason they are fixated on those details is because they are bigots

We really REALLY have to nip this crap in the bud, otherwise we could see the kind of legislation being enacted both in the US & UK (aided & abetted in part by the 'gender critical' movement), in addition to the provincial anti-trans policies enacted here already through the notwithstanding clause.

A powerful & rightfully angry post by Rachel about influencers taking advantage to spread vicious anti-trans sentiment & disinformation. Sadly, anti-trans ideology from the UK/US has had impact here, & look at the damn consequences. But as Rachel says: FOCUS ON THE VICTIMS & FAMILIES & COMMUNITY!

Meanwhile, according to the misidentified innocent woman's mother, she's been "devastated" by the situation. The woman is now afraid to go outside. Well fucking done, everyone. Source: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

I posted on *three platforms* just over *20 minutes* after Radio-Canada first misidentified this innocent trans woman as a mass shooter on national television in a 6:00pmET broadcast. I tagged Radio Canada and Patrice Roy. They didn't issue a correction until after 2:00pmET today. Unacceptable.

#Math quiz for those who're inclined. So my smartypants middle brother sent us a puzzle: Using the first three “equations” as your guide, what is the answer to the fourth? 8 + 2 = 16106 5 + 4 = 2091 9 + 6 = 54153 7 + 3 = ? 'Ha, far too easy!' both my oldest smartypants brother and I declared. 👇