My latest piece on Turkey and the Iran war: 1️⃣ NATO intercepted a second Iranian missile that entered Turkish airspace. Ankara warned Tehran, while Iranian officials denied responsibility and said they respect Turkish sovereignty. But Iran’s so-called “mosaic defense” strategy, 1/4

This is just terrifying. Ten million people live in Tehran. Real people, just like anyone else.

American innovation has blessed us with a new horror, speedrunning imperial overstretch

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying… “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

Go Canada 🇨🇦

Without health, money is worth nothing. Canada has to fight to keep its healthcare from being Americanized by our Con premiers. #CdnPoli

Cartoon by Tommy Siegel

Who wants to be allies with this ”no stupid rules of engagement “? Look out schools and hospitals and other horrors.

Wow, this is an excellent short video on what Smith is doing to Alberta. It gets straight to the point.

…But also we’re not going to bother with actually defeating the repressive forces of the authoritarian regimes or securing their most advanced weaponry against misuse. That’d be too much like work. It’s decapitation attacks all the way down.

Seems like the emerging policy is: you people out there are responsible for setting up your own governments, but if the US doesn’t like who ends up in charge we’ll just assassinate or kidnap them and then the ball is back in your court.

Trump continues that: "heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!" bombing will continue until there's world peace. fuck.

I hadn't seen Canada's response to this war, but it turns out that Carney and Anand are stuck in the past. We simply can't jump up and support every American aggression. The US is a faithless ally these days, doing heaps of damage. Does Canada really want to legitiamte an autocrat's war? No.

When a company in an industry built on hype tells you that a use case is a bad idea—and actually dangerous—that means it’s a *catastrophically* bad idea.

OpenAI is not going to be proactive to protect people. I really hope all MPs work to protect Canadians from this company because it seems like there aren’t any guardrails for the users AI minister says OpenAI still not doing enough in wake of B.C. shooting, will meet CEO Altman - CBC News

Same goes for MLAs in Alberta.

So losing was crappy but it happens, congrats on the slivers to both Canadian teams. I am just glad these American hockey players get to sit through this thing tonight. You couldn’t pay me to do that. Ha! Enjoy the rants

Mt A privatized. 😭

Canada Basketball will avenge Hockey Canada in 2028

Oh man, if only Canada had an AI minister whose entire job is dealing with AI and thinking about AI and who could do something about AI companies disregarding the safety of Canadians and potentially hindering investigations of crimes on Canadian soil. Alas.

"As she tries to save her own political skin, she should be more concerned about the future of the province." Pancholi claims that Premier Smith is persuing the referendum questions primarily as a means to stave of seperatist forces and keep her job.

"The level of racism and hate that has been expressed has risen undoubtedly, and it is aligned with this premier's... attempt to pin all of her failings on newcomers to this province." ABNDP's Rakhi Pancholi argues Premier Smith's referendums are designed to anger and distract.

Net migration in Alberta. Up, up, up, down, down, down. Net international migration to Alberta totalled 197 in Q3 2025, down 99% from 32,046 in the same quarter a year prior.

I’m so glad Canada is not part of this

Jared Kushner at the "Board of Peace" -- "People are not personally profiting from this"

this could be the greatest goal call in hockey history

I've been chiding Carney for a few months for being more talk than substance on some big things. But this appears to be a pretty big thing. www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur

Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Dear Canada: The vast majority of us Albertans love this country. We won’t allow the separatists to tear it apart. We’re going through some things, but we’ll be okay. Please be patient. Love, Sane Albertans

Sacrificial lamb Boitchenko tried to have a presser today. He supports... - "Alberta independent within United Canada" - "Independent province within United Canada" - "United Alberta within United Canada" (Talking points are hard) And he has not signed the separatist petition. #abpoli

'[UCP party president] Rob Smith also made it clear that others on the United Conservative elected board are active separatists.' #abpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Moldovan President Maia Sandu rejected a proposal to nominate her for the Nobel Peace Prize "Today, I was watching Ukrainian (prisoners of war) who returned home from Russia, and these are the people who deserve the Peace Prize." True Leader ❤️‍🩹

Stantec spokesperson Danny Craig confirmed that “Stantec has no active contracts with ICE.” edmontonjournal.com/business/edm...

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt's Liberal government will no longer use X for "routine" government communications:

What an excellent speech. I hope many Canadians hear it and appreciate it.

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

This is the thing that breaks my heart the most about what is happening in the USA, all the camps that are planned. It’s so clear what will happen. Inhumanity at industrial scale crawls back from the past.

Alberta secessionist advocates eagerly proclaiming contrary to popular belief the cake can in fact be eaten while also having it

Some good news amid all the awful.

Spend your Friday watching Catherine O'Hara being hilarious on SCTV. youtu.be/liOtOSR_Pp0?...

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, viewed more positively than negatively in ALBERTA. Yes, the province consumed with a petition to leave Canada largely because of the Liberals. Abacus poll:

new: Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain and activist Matt Moberg FaceTimed me from an ICE blanketed parking lot about his empathy for Anthony Edwards, Wemby's provocative statement about the Spurs, and the value (if any) of athletes speaking out. we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.

To set the record straight, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said today that about 30 per cent, or 1M, Albertans support independence. This is false. The latest IPSOS poll found about 15 per cent support for separation from Canada when those polled were informed about the "real-world consequences."

Endless supply of care and feeding for traitors.

KINEW: "I'm all for protecting us from the threat of the Trump tariffs. But at the same time, I'm not going to put my hand in my pocket to check how much money I have before I say something about what happened to Mr. Pretti or Ms. Good."

"Who's city is it Chief? Bovino: "It's our fucking city." And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.

“The way ICE is dealing with some people, killing its own citizens, the way they are treating immigrants, even detaining children — it’s really bad. “Had it been any other country, we’d have asked [companies] to stop doing business with that country.” thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...