😂🤣 Carney is probably writing out a thank you note as we speak. 🤣😂

#trump demands #carney give him his standing ovation from #davos - #thebeaverton https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/trump-demands-carney-give-him-his-standing-ovation-from-davos/

Which is it? Let me guess. Trump lied. Via Mediaite: "President Donald Trump said he worked out a “complex” long-term deal for the U.S. to acquire Greenland with the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday."

My talk tomorrow afternoon at UVic is aimed at physicists and astronomers, but will be very digestible for anyone interested in space debris and a teeny tiny bit about Kuiper Belt orbital dynamics. It's open to the public […]

2/ "Nostalgia is not a strategy."

"If we're not at the table, we're on the menu." #Canada

And just because so many of you have been so unbelievably sweet today, here's a treat: #hammy! #dogsofmastodon #Canada #BC See you next time I pop in. 💜

It is very cool to be here at UBC giving the colloquium talk and meeting with profs and students! Especially because I was on the other side of that ~15 years ago as a PhD student. The impostor syndrome is going to be intense today... I keep reminding myself of a quote from Alie Ward on Ologies […]

Excellent piece (as always) from @justinling on the United States and Venezuela, Iran, and Greenland: https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-donroe-doctrine-to-them

Faced with confrontations like this, journalists absolutely reframe and reshape their questions to avoid conflict — and to get better clips. In some contexts, that makes sense. In the current climate, journalists need to get *more* aggressive. More pointed questions. Force them to flail.

Everyone should do this. For obvious reasons.

Ignore the headline, read the story: "The same school bulletin that encouraged activism to monitor ICE last month also shared how Good and her wife had 'brought pots for us to paint' to a school event: 'We will sell them at our plant sale in the spring. They look beautiful!'"

I know it's frustrating to think about how other people may weaponize facts, but the story containing those facts is really solid. Right there at the top you've got a law prof: “This is authoritarianism 101 where you blame the dissenters and the activists for causing their own death.”

The reporting on Powell investigation is delicious. Pulte tried to kick up an investigation but he (and DOJ) claim he didn't have a role. Ana Paulina Luna, openly being handled by RU spooks, says she started it. Surely Jeanine Pirro thought she was doing a good thing. Backlash from GOP Senators. 1/2

Meta just hired a Trump lackey, Dina Powell McCormick, as its new president. So I'm just gonna re-up this: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

"President Trump has warned of 'retribution' if protesters are met with violence." (Offer does not apply within the United States) #Trump #fascism #iran

ICYMI, Rachel has been posting link after link to protest after protest, tons of them, like the ones she airs on her Monday show. It's heartening. We're not alone. Use your voice, pressure works.

fed.brid.gy/r/https://bs... #USpol

Reup: My post on the differences between the 2020 and 2025 Maduro indictments. Of note, 2025 includes flimsy claims about TdA, which Stephen Miller will use to renew his AEA claims. Also, far less attention to democratic legitimacy in 2025 one. www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/04/d...

I love @seancasten.bsky.social's energy-splaining threads.

apparently i can't quote-post my other accounts, will fix that later, but if you had friends or colleagues using med-mastodon.com, please go see if you can find them on another fediverse host or help them FIND a new fediverse host. It seems the #medmastodon instance disappeared very abruptly […]

2/ Which of course, makes me wonder why Trump is reigniting his obvious cognitive (and other) health issues, which only makes it obvious that they are worsening.

every day, innocent dogs like Odin are deprived of the chance to eat mommy’s pizza. Open your heart, heal the world, give Odin an entire pizza #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon

Aaaaand... she's back. Just in time for 2026. 😊🥰💖 But give me some time to build up my stamina for 24x7 boosting. A girl's still gotta heal. 😈

Between this & measles outbreaks, US is doing just great 👉🏼💉💉💉👈🏼 “For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/h...

🥳🥳🥳 Keep ‘em coming! #Iowa

"Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed." Israel "wants to help the people of Gaza a lot." #OppositeWorld

He's talking to a CHILD.

pleb life #dogs #dogsofmastodon

Wow. That interview by @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social of the survivors’ lawyer just now was the most informative I’ve seen of the released #EpsteinFiles: Intentionally unlawful; tons of unredacted victims’ names; totally worthless files so far. No investigative info, intentionally. Not incompetence.

Alright, in 2026 we have to stop pretending like there is any Russian willingness to agree to a deal. kyivindependent.com/putin-opens-...

A lot of the #EpsteinFiles releases (images and legal files) that people are sharing as if they're new, we've seen already. Did a lot of people miss all that? A lot was new, too, though. Creepy and new. And awfully selective from what I've seen.

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I have to say, I wasn’t expecting to laugh tonight. It’s like a SNL sketch on steroids. And REALLY LOUD.

One of the biggest mistakes Dems made in transition is in not having Jack Smith testify openly about Jan6 before Durbin lost his gavel.

+ what about admitting to starting a war to get oil? (not drugs, which is still crazy) + admitting to blowing up boats and murdering people until "Maduro cries uncle"? Isn't that terrorism?

Thank you, Mr. Reiner - RIP cartoon by Michael de Adder https://contrarian.substack.com/p/thank-you-mr-reiner

Go away. Far away. What a tragic disappointment he is.

Just finished the Rachel Maddow presents: Burn Order podcast. If you haven’t listened to it yet, I promise you’ll learn something about history, you’ll see current parallels, and you’ll be inspired to act. (And Canadians…we share this shameful history too.) #uspol #japaneseinternment #democracy

Trump is a clear and present danger in every way

Trump: "We're saying 'merry Christmas' again." I've never detested anyone so much in my life.

“Trump’s U.S. attorney in Delaware abruptly resigned Friday amid a growing standoff over the administration’s authority to install loyalists in powerful prosecutorial roles while bypassing Senate confirmation and the courts.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Paddy sporting his new winter coat. He isn’t much of a clothing guy, but he likes his new coat because it keeps him warm and comfortable, so he can go on longer walks. #dogsofmastodon #poodle