My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵

In Montreal on Jan 19? Join me at McGill University for a discussion about the past, present, and future of Alberta politics. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/populism-s...

#DBCalert: Highway 23 Both directions | Closure | Between Mica Dam Avalanche Gates and Mica Dam | 3 km north of Mica Dam | Avalanche control work. Road closed. Detour not available. Watch for traffic control. Estimated time of re-opening Mon Jan 5 at 3:00 PM PST. | Next...

A new U.S. Postal Service rule for how your mail is handled could affect your ballot, taxes and more. The rule, which went into effect on Christmas Eve, redefines the meaning of a postmark, the date mark printed on most mailed items. Tim McPhillips has more.

#DBCalert: Highway 3 Both directions | Closure | Between Moyie Swansea Bridge and Lumberton Rd | 14 km west of #Cranbrook | Vehicle incident. Road closed. Expect delays. Detour not available. | Next update Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 9:30 PM PST

The mayor says something really important about something that's bugged me for a long time: that we force grieving families to relive their trauma over and over again as they lobby elected officials asking them to do the right thing. I am so glad to hear him say those days are over.

805 area code stay home. I am moving elderly neighbors right now and my apartment has about a quarter inch of water

@sky.skymarchini.net you’ll need to double up the headache pills this morning.

My favourite new part of this round of tumour treatment is the incessant nausea & vomiting that means I get to be up and awake for the new year “all the worst impulses of humanity“ playing out.

You don't have to give a big speech. They're counting numbers - seeing how many constituents care enough to call in. Just tell them to impeach for this illegal war. Also, make sure you only call YOUR reps - they don't care about out-of-district calls. You can do this. It'll just take a minute. 💪

Review of 200 novel human #viruses over a century a reminder that pathogen emergence isn’t rare Increased human-animal interaction, driven by factors such as urbanization and deforestation, has created new opportunities for pathogens to jump species. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

The Regina Police Commission has renewed a $50,000 reward for information in the disappearance of Tamra Keepness. The little girl from the White Bear First Nation disappeared from her Regina home in 2004. www.aptnnews.ca?p=281837

According to the Center for Public Integrity, he ruled at least six times in cases involving Duke Energy or its subsidiaries while he and his wife held stock in the company, always siding with it.

This has stalled and they really need to meet their goal. Please support and share.

Wellll well well if it isn't a new year. Join us for a semester of connecting classrooms w/science! We'd love to get 1000 volunteers into the database before our first match (at 582 now). Scientists, sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Educators, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎆🎇🎆2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR🎆🎇🎆 🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆 After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling. A reminder of how we got here:

#DBCalert: Highway 16 Both directions | Closure | Between Rainbow Avalanche Gates and Shames Mountain Rd for 84.9 km | 21 km east of #PrinceRupert to 30 km west of #Terrace | Flooding. Road closed. Detour not available. Estimated time of re-opening Tue Dec 30 at 2:00 PM...

#DBCalert: Highway 16 Both directions | Closure | Between Rainbow Avalanche Gates and Maintenance Boundary SA27 for 42.0 km | 63 to 21 km east of #PrinceRupert | Flooding. Road closed. Detour not available. Estimated time of opening not available. | Next update Tue, Dec...

Anyone who thinks the trans panic is about protecting women hasn't been paying attention.

#DBCalert: Nisga'a Hwy Both directions | Closure | Between Dump Rd and Red Bluff for 26.1 km | 1 km west of Laxgalts'ap to 1 km east of Gingolx | Road maintenance work. Road closed. Flooding. Estimated time of re-opening Mon Dec 29 at 7:00 PM PST. | Next update Mon, Dec...

#DBCalert: Highway 16 Both directions | Closure | Between Lawnhill Rd and Miller Rd for 5.3 km | 8 to 13 km west of Skidegate | Flooding. For the next half day. Road closed. The highway is now closed and impassable to all vehicles. | Next update Mon, Dec 29, 2025, 1:15 AM...

A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles. When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies. This is outrageous.

Meet Fedella, a playful, affectionate 6 year old kitty who has been at AARCS for nearly TWO YEARS! 😮 Some are scared off by her medical issues that involve a special diet and daily meds, but we promise - she is worth it! ➡️ Apply to adopt her at aarcs.ca/animal/a2000085424. #CatOfTheWeek

He arrived in Helena as a refugee. As he nears the end of his second term as mayor, he reflects on why he won’t run again, his wins, regrets and the challenges that come with a high-profile post with so little actual power.

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians. (Published Oct. 2024)

There's a direct line backwards from this to Biden/Congresses refusal to punish Trump 1 for family separation, which is imo similarly downstream from the Obama era failure to prosecute for torture authorized by Bush. Trump owns the acts but where are consequences? www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...

Skagit County is reminding flood survivors they have until Monday to fill out initial damage assessment forms for those impacted by the historic December flooding.

I remember when one of the most delegitimizing things the Taliban/HiG dudes would do is stop random people and shake them down for money or food.

I feel like a these cats have been completely written off. They are shy with new people & scared in new places, like any cat would be that’s lived in one house for 6 months. We tried to send them to a bigger rescue to find them homes and they were rejected for being too fearful.

Harford County family asks for help after dogs go missing in Christmas Eve fire

New extraordinary reporting affirms our studies—from the man at the center of our network map. “The Brown study actually was fairly accurate about writing down all the people involved. … I was probably the common denominator for those groups,” said Stevenson. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it. A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...

One thing I learned while reporting this is that social media monitoring firms now use AI to scan for logos, so your smiling selfie in a team hat is getting scooped up too! Merry Christmas from the capitalist surveillance state!

In NYC there are plenty of people who don't celebrate, and people who do, who dont have anywhere to go. So as is our tradition, Anyone Comics in BK and Everyone Comics at Queensboro Plaza will be there to entertain from 12-5pm and handing out free books for those who feel left out!

Lawgeeks, this one is short, but worth a read. I realize it's Christmas Eve. Flag it and come back to it Friday. (I'll try to remember to repost it then. Have a lovely holiday, friends.)

#DBCalert: Highway 3 Both directions | Closure | Between Sunshine Valley and Manning Park Resort for 46.2 km | 64 to 17 km east of #Hope | Travel advisory in effect. Road closed. Debris on roadway. No estimated time of opening. Engineering assessment underway. West of...

Click through - it's quite a sight.

this time of year brings a mix of emotions, i know. i hope this season, whatever you celebrate or may be struggling through, brings you a bit of peace somewhere. this may be a message for you. maybe just give it a call. 216-361-6772.

✅ 2025: Victories for disease control! The world scored major victories for disease control and elimination. 🥳 Maldives became the first country to achieve “triple elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B. 🥳 Burundi, Egypt and Fiji eliminated trachoma.

New alvarezsaurid, Manipulonyx, with spiky osteoderms on its hand! As if alvarezsaurid hands weren’t weird enough already. Authors posit that they cracked open eggshells. Alvarezsaurids have also been considered anteater analogues. doi.org/10.31610/tru... (Ignore the thumbnail.)

Former AHS director alleges he was under surveillance, harassed, because he is a potential witness in the lawsuit tied to Alberta's health care procurement controversy, according to court docs Plus lots more --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tuthanhha.bsky.social

For the final day of our 12 Language Days of Christmas segment, we hear from APTN CEO Monika Ille as she shares some holiday greetings in the Abenaki language.

The Department of Education said Monday that the Trump administration will begin to garnish earnings from student loan borrowers in January.

On last week's #buyastrangerabook day, @jenillustrates.bsky.social offered to buy a book for an adult and a child. The children's book has gone, but Jen's offer to buy an adult a book is still up for grabs! If there's something you'd like, get in touch! UK only

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about. @dustystacks.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person a copy of Tender by Lauren Du Plessis. I've added the description, so check it out. If you'd like a copy, just get in touch. UK only.

Yall idk if this’ll happen every day until showtime, won’t hurt my feelings if it does: today we doubled our attendance +1 since I announced this everywhere. 🥰 thank you. Get your ticket: sjtucker.bandcamp.com/merch/musica...

@ominousrabbit.com made me think of you :)

US Interior Dept weakens sage-grouse protection to open more oil and mineral development reut.rs/4p4aGfv

I found the vessel registrations of residential schools who swore up and down they had no vessels and never went out to seize children themselves, as well as the contracts & bills of lading with HBC and other companies to seize and transport children for them.

This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required. www.404media.co/flock-expose...