Well, this is concerning. My logical brain says, “the courts would step in…congress would…” and then I’m yoinked back into today’s reality. Who’s going to stop him? These are not normal times.

309 days without nicotine. Still counting the days. Still three hundred and nine isn’t too shabby given current events at home and abroad.

Have you ever wondered how the far right manage to normalize their ideologies into the mainstream, as we’re now seeing in the United States? Well, let me explain it to you — because they’re trying to do it here in Canada, too, using the term “remigration.” This is important:

This is terrifying. Hegseth is summoning all flag officers from around the globe to Quantico the night before republicans shut down the government. Is this a final purge of dissidents? Are they going to use a government shutdown as pretext for massive domestic military mobilization?

They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Stopped to chat with a friend on my morning walk. “Yeah, I am thinking of maybe heading to the B-E-A-C-H.” And all of a sudden my dog bounces up, a huge grin on her face and her tail spinning like a rotor. So, I guess this dog can spell now…

“Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can’t take a joke.”

Folks Wait a few days before declaring victory on Disney.

FUN FACT: Autism was first diagnosed at least 40 years before Tylenol was created.

Canada recognizes a Palestinian state — while still calling what the UN has determined to be genocide a “humanitarian disaster.” It’s also still putting conditions on a recognition of self-determination.

Nuking skilled visas overnight is like a precision strike on a high income economy

I don’t think South Korean workers will come back. Trump now demands $100K per year per high tech worker H-B1 visa. After arresting & detaining 316 Korean engineers & technicians, this move further destabilizes US-ROK relations, obstructs factory construction. m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

Oh wow! K-Pop Demon Hunters is even better in Korean.

Remember when Robert Fife & Sam Cooper were spinning out theories, accusing Chinese Canadian MPs of being spies for China? “Facts” from anonymous sources with no documentation that all turned out to be completely false? Remember? That guy Cooper now publishes on a site that spews Russian disinfo

Canadians are taking a big step back from the U.S. — and here's the data to prove it Travel is cratering, exports are down and consumer habits have been upended #Canada /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Please contact Scheer and demand he take down his post, apologize to Rachel Gilmore, and resign. Please contact PP and demand his wife take down her repost and apologize to Rachel Gilmore. vm.tiktok.com/ZMADQStET/

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.

“I think that you have to have faith that no matter who wins the presidential election, we’ll live in a democracy, the 1st Amendment will govern what journalists can say & do, the Constitution will protect the rights of everybody.” @nicollewallace.bsky.social this is naive, minimizing, infuriating.

Canceling Jimmy Kimmel show is not about Charlie Kirk, just like going after universities was not about antisemitism and occupying DC was not about fighting crime.

Earlier today, FCC Chair Brendan Carr said “we can do this the easy way or the hard way” about Disney/ABC “taking action on Kimmel.” Hours later, ABC pulled Kimmel off the air. It’s a blatant crackdown on free speech by an authoritarian administration. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Twenty-two years ago, on a Tuesday, the day after the fall Canada Council deadline, and two days after the end of TIFF, this beautiful human being came into this world. Happy birthday, Anand! May this year bring personal triumphs, bold discoveries & enough joy to tide you over any rough spots 爱 사랑

Katie Phang - a thorough account of the events, and reaction in Korea youtu.be/tTlUZoqTJOQ?...

Librarians (and honestly, everyone). Block and/or watch out for this account, which appears to be gathering posts critical of Charlie Kirk/right wing ideology. Note the misspelling of the handle.

It is absolutely insane to me that we're having a debate over whether or not the rightwing deploys violent rhetoric within days of a Fox News personality calling for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection. There is no excuse for this obliviousness. It's unacceptable.

Queen www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

WHAT THE? open.substack.com/pub/rachelgi...

I hate the sound of Poilievre’s voice - I can’t LISTEN to Canadian news pods, especially CBC which ALWAYS highlights his creepy soundbites. Ugh

Excellent thread

The quiet part outloud. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Gee, I remember when Pierre Poilievre was glad handing with hooligans on Parliament Hill waving flags saying ‘Fuck Trudeau.’ And these same “patriots” were torturing Ottawa residents with sound and oh! stockpiling weapons! Now HE’s concerned about political violence? CBC your news coverage sucks.

Wah! I can’t believe that when K-Pop and K-Pop Demon Hunters comes up on Because News I’m not there!

One thing that kinda blows my mind: I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am. I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it. But English-language Canadian media? Crickets. It’s just so odd!

NEW: The messages on the bullets are from a video game called Helldivers2. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-the-me...

The Wall Street Journal is now walking back its earlier reporting that "transgender ideology" messages were found on the shooter's ammunition. But it's too late. That story is all around the country and the world. Most who have read it will not see the update. Thanks, WSJ.

So wait, the father of the shooter turned him in. Does that mean the father will be collecting the $100,000 reward promised? So creepy.

The thing is, as much as they want to immortalize Charlie Kirk to justify and escalate their platform of hate, they’ll forget about him in a month and move onto something else. Hate is a fire. It has no memory. It doesn’t need a reason. It just needs to burn.

This is our lawsuit against DOGE

This protest sign in South Korea says everything about US efforts to lure foreign manufacturing investment. 🤡 @apnews.com

NATO does not consider Russian UAVs in Polish airspace as an attack – Reuters Awesome. Can NATO provide the definition on "attack" then?

It's almost like me screaming about Diagolon for years had a point!

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

Good luck, Georgia on getting that new Hyundai EV factory going now that all the engineers & specialized technicians needed to get the factory running were detained. Think they’ll go back to the US? apnews.com/article/sout...

My bestest most beautiful absolute favourite TV daughter is in town. Me & Andrea Bang at the annual CFC BBQ, part of TIFF 2025

Mark Carney's Parliamentary Secretary Explains Why That Project 2025 Guy Totally Ghosted Him youtu.be/MV0-SXL6zi4?...