I recall that, way back when the Artemis II crew was announced, Jeremy Hansen (on the right in photo) quipped that they included a Canadian for someone to blame if things go sideways. Ha. Hilarious, right? … right?? www.bbc.com/news/article...

I thought I had made this nice brunch this a.m. but the pancakes had these strange gaps in them. I guess won’t use hole milk. www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...

Years ago, I became a dual Canadian-Klingon citizen, and no one has asked for my papers. Long live Ricardo Montalban. … Oh, he is? Sawry.

South Korea: Where egregious abuse of power is not ignored, condoned, let alone rewarded, either from within or without. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Is it not at a very human level that the ridiculousness of certain ‘policies’ (read: selfishly-driven power games masking as policy) are. best revealed? www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...

Henceforth, if thou dost experience the direst of need for thy neighbour’s snowblower, and thy neighbour dost obstinately decline to relinquish said chattel unto thine household, thou canst just take the fucking thing. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

Another reason why Americans might find Canadians just too darn confusing to ever be part of the same country. Just lait it be. dailyhive.com/canada/canad...

@listigeplaylists.bsky.social Through painful times … open.spotify.com/album/7o4GLQ...

Is truth your power, or is power your truth? That’s the choice, the present and coming ultimate battle.

Re-posted with YouTube link… When the hill you face taunts you, respond: youtu.be/kA9oQP3SNRA?...

Yes! This is what the world needs, big time. And I’ll bet there aren’t even ‘redactions’ in the recipes so it won’t come out as good as the original. It’s the real thing, and so is she. www.blogto.com/eat_drink/20...

@listigeplaylists.bsky.social When the hill you face taunts you, respond: open.spotify.com/album/4n1dnn...

Must be unequivocal unity insisting manifest destiny be left in the 19th century where it didn’t belong either. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Somebody finally defies (something of) the rampant cronyism in the Conservatives’ Ontario. More, please. globalnews.ca/news/1159745...

So he wants to control a hemisphere. What a fool. We are but a speck in time. None of us are here to be lords over others, but to give of ourselves for the time entrusted to us, especially as leaders. Those who don’t get this are to be pitied, also feared. thehill.com/newsletters/...

There is no one to cheer for in the Venezuelan mess, except for support due to the rightful opposition leader , whom Trump snubs. Surely that doesn’t have to do with her Nobel Peace Prize. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

So much for military refusing illegal orders.

PM Carney: We understand why, in the interest of issues relating to trade and stability, you have played nice with Mr. T. But please, no more pleasant banter with that monster, especially seeing today he thinks he can install himself as the ruler of another nation. Who’s next?

My head spins. A criminal tyrant fails in running his own country, deposes a criminal tyrant running another country, and the first-mentioned criminal tyrant says he will run the other criminal tyrant’s country in his place. Meanwhile: gaping health care, hunger, rape and trafficking victims … sure

And it came to pass that the creature that had been terrorizing the nation and world had a vulnerability: a deficit of mental acuity, exacerbated by narcolepsy. Nevertheless, the creature’s superpower—manipulation—was such that its control was largely retained. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

It is a twisted irony that it is adults acting like children (in a derogatory sense) holding children (in the sense of what the best of the future could be) hostage for their selfish purposes. All too familiar behaviour amongst us adults, n’est pas? www.bbc.com/news/article...

If I were to adopt my wisdom from the passing year from the ultimate anti-wisdom anti-justice anti-humanity anti-ruler, it would be, “Always accuse your opposition of doing what you do.”

An overlooked tragedy within the greater nightmare? Thousands of young Russian lives sacrificed by their leader through conscription to be part of his pathological evil design (a leader with whom the American President has “excellent, productive” exchanges). www.bbc.com/news/article...

OK I know that no medical condition is funny, but wouldn’t it be priceless if some can’t-talk-without-spouting-lies public disaster figure you might think of could not hold forth without hiccupping? Anybody any good at casting spells? www.bbc.com/news/article...

The one thing the master manipulator fears is losing control of the narrative. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Never underestimate the capacity and will of predators to take any and all opportunities to re-victimize the victim. www.bbc.com/news/article...

So how will they be held accountable? Oh wait, that should be: So will they be held accountable? www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Naming, or re-naming things is about dominance (bullies and autocrats give their targets nick-names). To see or hear JFK’s and DJT’s names together is an intolerable dissonance, worse than nails on a chalkboard. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Take heart. There are some actual leaders. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Getting in your punches, then saying you don’t wanna fight. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Threshold, with YouTube link: youtu.be/968mgPysphU?...

A new day is coming that may well change life as we know it. That day will be ushered in with a sports reporter somewhere bringing the news that a team (sport doesn’t matter) is making the playoffs—without any mention of a ticket being punched.

Flowers. What do they do as a response to hateful tragedy? We’re saying with them we choose not to be numb, and we respond to the horror with something other than further hate and violence, namely, beauty. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

In legend, myth, history and the now, there are rulers and prophets. Rulers want prophets to tell them what they want to hear. True prophets suffer defenestration or some such. So here is yet another reason why the people must see and hear, speak, and act. www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

See that patch of light? You’re standing on it, that patch of light you now have in your life—all that is *for* you. Now it’s time to move on to even greater light. @listigeplaylists.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/5PnCyU...

Connected to “the hum of the universe?” Or you hear you are part of the whole, and the whole is in you, and it’s … too cerebral? Maybe we should actually reflect on this if we’re not feeling valued. You are part of not just something, but everything, and it’s in you. phys.org/news/2025-12...

A key question here about Japan’s seismic vulnerability is how to keep people informed without causing panic. Compare that question with one more pertinent for seismic activity in our political culture: How to keep people informed without revealing yawning complacency. www.npr.org/2025/12/13/n...

Todays mini lesson: A murder of crows A pod of dolphins A troop of monkeys A trip of goats A tiding of magpies A lounge of lizards An administration of monsters

GK Chesterton: “Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.” Translate to persons, especially ‘dear leaders’ and rulers who demand to be adored because of their presumed greatness.

And you never know who you might need protection from. globalnews.ca/video/115701...

Well, good day and welcome, eh. Each gets a red and white toque and a ceremonial pack of hockey equipment tape. www.cicnews.com/2025/12/thes...

The subject of new and mind-bending study on the nature of human consciousness. www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...

We might want to pay attention. If I read this right, it all comes down to a battle—with huge Netflix just one part—between Warner Brothers and Paramount to be master of the world’s screens, and therefore more powerful than any mere dictator. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A most welcome, if overdue, move. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

May your life shimmer @listigeplaylists.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/2CNtKR...

I have always wanted to believe that incidents of people ignoring someone in need are not representative of the instinct and impulse we have sacrificially to come to the aid of others. www.bbc.com/news/article...

(with YouTube link) Rough times? Smooth going here for 3 minutes, 35 seconds while it might be anticipated what’s better to come. youtu.be/04HELDYgHyc?...

No doubt we (or at least I) can use a reminder not to take anything for granted. Also, do your kids know how to use a landline phone? Do you still have one (I don’t)? Know where there is one? www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...

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Putin is a predator. Predators do not negotiate. Power responds to power. That’s the only hope. But even that will only work by somehow negating the confused, conflicted and morally compromised realty of the participation of the current U.S. administration. www.ft.com/content/ab4d...