I've posted about this growing problem before - there were a spate of articles a few years ago on how private equity firms are killing US veterinary care (& your pets). They've increased consumer costs by a billion dollars in the last 5 years. 🧵1/4 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FOR UNDER FASCISM — BRAVERY Before the attacks & the hot takes start, a few facts: Major Jason Watson is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, a career logistics officer, a NATO officer, and a decorated veteran who volunteered for a 365-day tour in Afghanistan… 🧵

Happy Canada Day! Except to those who seek to dismantle the most Canadian thing we share as a people: public Medicare!

Fr James Martin explains what's wrong with JD Vance's blabbering from a theological perspective

Nun arrested by ICE as she walked to Mass in Texas is released www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

1/ “It’s relatively easy to pick up #COVID-19, especially if you haven’t had a new vaccine dose or been infected in the last six months" - @moriartylab.bsky.social globalnews.ca/news/9828295...

"It's just unbelievable to see people out here!" -- Trump's fair continues to be an embarrassment, with live shot after live shot showing fewer attendees on the National Mall than a random roadside carnival Here's a supercut from today:

if a sign this like this triggers you, you're a piece of shit.

Happy 4th of July in Trump's economy: → Ground beef up 20% → Ice pops up 22% → Potato salad up 23% → Hot dogs up 13% Our new analysis with @tcfdotorg.bsky.social on this year's backyard BBQ blues.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Andreessen, Andreessen, Andreessen. (He’s very close with Peter Thiel.) 1/

🤬 Ford had audacity to say he’s disappointed in protestors at Ford Fest! From his Gravy Plane to healthcare, ODSP, homelessness, Ontario Place, Greenbelt, TO airport, FOI law, OSAP, autism and massive debt Ontario is so disappointed in him it’s time he step down. My OpEd @thespec1846.bsky.social

Wait until he hears about earthquake insurance

Whst is the crowd chanting? #BRAJPN #WorldCup

How is it the power grid couldn’t handle electric cars but it will be fine with all these data centers?

Obama was the guy in college you’d ask to walk you home after a party and Trump was the guy who was the reason you wanted an escort home.

Canada, Trinidad &Tobago are the ONLY COUNTRIES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD world who provide residency for the leader of the opposition. Ditch the 19-room mansion with private chef, nannies, servants & gardener for Poilievre! WE PAY FOR THIS! END THIS DRAIN ON OUR WALLETS! #cdnpoli

I have cried. I have screamed. I have grimaced in pain. People's lives have ended. People's lives have changed. Children have had their futures wrecked. Almost all of it preventable. We had the tools, the knowledge. Hubris won and shouted down women experts: www.wired.com/story/the-te...

Oh my god how is this is real? (a question I seem to ask myself several times a day now)

Germany has successfully engineered a revolutionary transparent solar glass that generates clean electricity while remaining completely see-through from both sides, fundamentally transforming how buildings produce energy. #solarpower #ActOnClimate

Shots were fired into the Aylo building in Montreal, allegedly by an incel with a violent manifesto calling for a new order to curtail the economic and sexual freedoms of women. montrealgazette.com/news/local-c...

Once again, misogyny is the impetus behind brutal killing, this time in Montreal. Once again, we're going to ignore that simple fact. It's already happening, like it did with the Montreal Massacre, where the killer's anti-feminist ideology was initially dismissed as unimportant.

We are in a full on dictatorship, rivaling the most entrenched ones in the world. Anti ICE activists, who printed a zine, are labeled “terrorist” and sentenced to 30-100 years in federal prison. By this metric we’re all targets. Genuinely chilling. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The Reflecting Pool Scandal will go down as one of the dumbest, most obvious, most pathetic episodes in all of human history. The sheer narcissistic fuckery and grift on all sides, led by a deteriorating, decompensating madman intent on corrupting everything he can before the end.

Scientific American is 180 years old. The most eminent science magazine for the general public. And today, sold off as scrap to stop the staff from unionizing. Many top editors I've worked with for a decade on several articles have been fired. What a disgrace @sciam.bsky.social

good to see this. Musk is clearly getting visibly angry at the rising awareness of how many hundreds of thousands of people his DOGE wilding spree has already killed, millions more if this stays in place into the future. Everyone can participate in spreading the word about all the blood on his hands

A group of Texas protesters convicted of terrorism charges received unusually harsh sentences of at least 50 years in prison on Tuesday in a closely watched case that was widely seen as a test case of the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on dissent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?

This Saturday grab your sign and #FightFord! You will love meeting other Ontarians who want this terrible Premier to step down NOW! #Onpoli

Trump will release the video evidence of vandals cutting a 350 ft gash in the Reflecting Pool lining when he releases the Epstein files, and proof that the 2020 election was stolen, and evidence that the ICE agents who killed Americans acted in self defense, and

In a new privacy policy, Anthropic says Claude will soon require you to upload your driver's license or passport for a variety of reasons. The ID checker is Persona, a firm funded by Trump ally Peter Thiel. As a U.S. company, Persona is also subject to gov't demands for people's verification data. 👀

To think, the only thing Obama did was wear a tan suit. God, I miss those days.

nobody in British politics seems to want to say it but the single biggest driver of their inability to keep a prime minister for any length of time is that Brexit was stupid and ruinous and made everyone’s lives worse

The Reflecting Pool has security cameras that are monitored 24-7 by the National Park Service. There is a publicly accessible live stream as well. So how is it the NPS has yet to produce video of the Pool being Vandalized? This should be simple to prove or Trump is full of shit. He’s full of shit.

The Ontario government reaches its slime-filled reflecting pool era

Reflecting Pool algae bloom is one of biggest recorded in years after $14M renovation An analysis of satellite imagery of the Lincoln Memorial shows algae levels spiked days after Trump’s renovation was completed wapo.st/3STBpRt

I say to anyone who thinks propaganda doesn't work, Rupert Murdoch proves you wrong every day in the UK.

It's Jimmy Hoffa. Or maybe Trump's tax returns & the Epstein files. Seriously (how can this be what passes for serious convo?) the NYT says "the tarps are still there, prompting some to wonder whether...some of the letters are, too." We're governed by 3 year olds. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...

"Engineers have continued to develop sophisticated systems to keep air healthy. High-end apartment buildings occasionally boast about the technology used to keep their tenants safe. But these systems are far from ubiquitous."

This is what *actual* vandalism looks like, Donald.

"We have all the cards"

It kinda got lost in the madness, but the federal conspiracy case against anti-ICE activists in Minnesota - the Minneapolis 15 - is a big deal It's not just the 1st Amendment abuse. It's part of their plan to crush dissent ahead of a stolen election My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

What goes unsaid in these heinous stories about denying essential aid is that a 28-year-old DOGE lackey with zero experience named Jeremy Lewin was named Acting Director of the State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance in April 2025 and still hasn’t had a confirmation hearing.

One thing I learned when I was just out of college and watching 6-8 hours of Fox News a day for my research job at Media Matters: Ingesting hours of propaganda on a daily basis changes you, no matter how smart you think you are. If you don't notice the changes, that just makes you an easier mark.

He's lying. You know why we know? WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT HE SIGNED!!!! Here's the operative language: "The U.S. undertakes, together with regional partners, a comprehensive plan...for the rehabilitation and economic development of Iran...of at least $300 billion."

This is making the rounds and is AI slop, as the poster acknowledges in their own followup post, in which they argue it’s important not to delete it because it’s *sort of* like something that did happen, and I’m not sure what we’re even doing here anymore.

The algae always comes back... meidasplus.com

NovaRed Mining Inc gives a hearty "fuck you" to Indigenous people, animal lovers, and Canadian patriots.

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists Develop Sugar-Coated Nanoparticle That Blocks COVID-19 Virus From Binding to Human Cells Reduces Infection by ~99% in Lab Experiments www.news-medical.net/news/2025081...