The American leader never misses an opportunity to debase himself and his country.

The check out clerk at the grocery store just asked me how the hockey game went. When I told her we lost in overtime she said: “Overtime? Then our boys played a good game!” I love Canada so much 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦👊😢

It hasn’t hit the news yet, but PV is shut down right now

450 days of protest and still crowds like this: these people know Russia and what life will be if they stop.

You need this gorgeousness, you do. Hayami, Gyoshu : Tea Bowl and Fruits (1921) color on silk, hanging scroll 27.0×24.0

A thread of #FridayFollow s, some of the accounts that enrich my experience here. @dougsaunders.bsky.social @lizrenzetti.bsky.social @justinling.ca @rabihalameddine.bsky.social @smsaideman.bsky.social @penottaw.bsky.social @ryankbrook.bsky.social @noelreports.com @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social

The Agony in the Garden, by Eugène Delacroix, 1827, 📸 by @ElsaGarrison

Our 🇨🇦 grandkids will be ashamed if we let Cuba starve under siege by Trump and the US. Students of history proudly know how Canada supported early communist China thru famine and international acceptance, despite US disapproval. Trump will pull the pin now or later. Better we keep our integrity.

Our 🇨🇦 grandkids will be ashamed if we let Cuba starve under siege by Trump and the US. Students of history proudly know how Canada supported early communist China thru famine and international acceptance, despite US disapproval. Trump will pull the pin now or later. Better we keep our integrity.

Good to see HRC over here on Bluesky. Engagement numbers may not be as high here but there *is* real engagement. And fewer trolls.

Really, read this John Manley piece from a few days ago. He is 100% on the mark on how we should approach this. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/john-ma...

Thread. I never would have imagined the US running concentration camps in 2026.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer directly about proposals for a multilateral defense bank as pressure builds for the U.K. to take part in the set-up.

Russian UAV operator Myroslav Simonov from the elite "Rubicon" unit has defected to Ukraine’s side. He says that after being deployed near Kupiansk and seeing how casually orders were given to execute prisoners, he went AWOL and crossed over to the Ukrainian side. youtu.be/Xq4f8MHrl_o?...

Interesting development in light of this: Carney said to be trying to bring the EU, Mexico,UK & CPTTP countries together. Een just getting a rules of origin agreement would be big. But then again, you have to wonder who is leaking this stuff - we don't even have a fully ratified CETA yet!

350,000 march in Toronto to change govt in Iran. Large march in my own small city and across Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🧵🧵🧵 TRUMP'S BRAIN IS BROKEN 🧵🧵🧵 This thread offers 50 examples of unhinged behavior unfit for the presidency. 1. Trump blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder, citing “the anger he caused others” by criticizing Trump. 2. He told a rally that dead golfer Arnold Palmer had a large penis.

Good morning, Rembrandt

Ukraine is supremely ticked off. Every Ukrainian account has some version of this.

This is magnificent!

Ridiculous overstepping. Sedition in its purest form as they conspire with a foreign government to break up the country. Time to stop indulging this nonsense.

I too was one those friends of Anne McGrath’s that didn’t know about this until CBC Ottawa did a report (next post) on the 50th anniversary last fall. A very powerful interview. Thank you Anne Survivor of one of Canada’s first school shootings reflects youtu.be/BBfyk0eeST0?...

Interesting and demonstrably valuable use of AI for news reporting. Tl;dr AI transcribed 100s of hours of manosphere podcasts, flags trends in beliefs and topics, summarizing daily for reporters to investigate further. Good piece.

My Cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

Spring election in 🇨🇦? Probably not - because conservatives like Carney. For now, at least.

Two-minute response time by the RCMP to the Tumbler Ridge shooting helped prevent this from being even worse. They went in right away and absolutely saved lives.

The pundits always try to see a grand strategy - is this really about CUSMA? Or China? It looks simpler - his impulse control is declining with his cognitive control. He sees/he acts.

A futurist think piece (@theglobeandmail.com “Ghosts in The Machine” - sorry no gift link) suggests Canada go all-in hosting the world’s data centres, a strategic national security play. Renewables & nukes. Curious what future thinkers like @dougsaunders.bsky.social think. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

Cuba is going to be slammed - losing tourism revenue during peak season plus fuel for farming and transport. People will go hungry soon. And entirely avoidable.

“Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second.” Does 🇨🇦 think China will be the market for a new pipeline? e360.yale.edu/digest/china...

Chinese EVs need us too. “A price war at home and shrinking government support have thrown the industry into flux, with analysts predicting only 15 of the country’s 129 EV brands will remain profitable by 2030.” restofworld.org/2026/china-e...

The whole world is about to watch as a country of people get forced into starvation for no reason www.reuters.com/business/ene...

So, about that food sovereignty I’ve talked about before. Having Canadian research bases in Canada at Canadian research farm locations would be would be perfect. But they’re being closed. Not every decision is a good decision, regardless of the party in charge.

And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Brilliant. Hydro Quebec turned the Bad Bunny electrical linemen scene into a job recruitment ad.

This is apparently on the wall at Team Canada’s workout room. Big fan of this. (Alt text for easier reading.)

Interesting - zoom in and see all the communities here. Lots of science and ecology, creatives from many world regions, progressives, intellectuals - and Brazilian young people. I recall the science and BlackTwitter were the first to decamp the other place.

CBC Power & Politics host David Cochrane is trying out Bluesky again. Give him a follow so he knows this isn’t the representative vibe here.

Always a favourite - Happy Superb Owl Day.

We could talk about the bad timing coincidence, delivering this message this week, but in reality it goes to judgement: at what time would have it been good to trust this message? Donald Trump just sent Canada a Valentine via Conservative MP Jamil Jivani torontolife.com/city/donald-...

Bad precedent. And the whistle is, apparently, the one used by NBA refs.

Indoor temperatures drop to –4°C, water in the toilet and sink freezes, radiators burst, and houseplants turn to ice. This is our life. This is our way. Eventually, it will get better — thanks to your support.

Spoke last night to an agriculture researcher about what will be lost by closing federal research stations. Long term plot trends that only appear after decades. Work on adjacent plantings to weather humid/dry cycles. Nothing that private sector would do. All with economic value that will die.

Strong, practical info here on why cutting Ag Canada research stations is a terrible idea. We *know* these places continue to pay back in crop yields and quality - many times their cost. @mark-carney.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/canada-agric...

I wish I could tell people like me, who first came to Bluesky and felt pummeled by performative scolding, that now it feels a lot less like that and a lot more like that brief window when Twitter was pretty good: useful, occasionally ridiculous, a place to discover new thinkers & writing

This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So: In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.

Strong, practical info here on why cutting Ag Canada research stations is a terrible idea. We *know* these places continue to pay back in crop yields and quality - many times their cost. @mark-carney.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/canada-agric...