My latest www.hauntologies.net/p/how-hezbol...

My latest for The Tyee! Video coming soon :) Long story short: why the fuck are our politicians not even trying to properly move, en masse, off a platform that is now the top creator of AI deepfakes, non-consensually violating women and kids? I also spoke with a victim. Her story is powerful:

real hard not to think of this in the american context right now

Our AI czar everyone:

In an attempt to propose a new NATO, @thetyee.ca published an opinion piece that lauded attempts by the Non-Aligned Movement to retain independence. But the piece papers over NATO's use in reinforcing the imperialist global order and totally disregards the efforts of colonized peoples. My latest:

The US invasion of Venezuela is a clear violation of international law and the UN Charter. Celebrating the capture of Maduro, Donald Trump went further, calling it an “attack on sovereignty” itself. Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.

in light of recent events i’m altering my new year’s resolution

Edmonton police quietly replaced their surveillance plane in 2023 with an unusually expensive model marketed as a luxury aircraft, an access to information request reveals.

Safety in Sport Act was allegedly about protecting girls from transgender girls in contact sports and so that girls could prosper in elite (or elite pathway) sports. None of that applies in this case. The purpose is hate against transgender people.

Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI MODERATE: none About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Canada Needs More Non-Market Housing to Address Housing Insecurity, Experts Say The Federal Housing Advocate’s new report reaffirms what housing advocates have been pushing for years pressprogress.ca/canada-needs...

You can tell the Canadian government is deeply committed to rooting out antisemitism in our society because it only took them *fifteen years* to finally decide a *government funded* memorial *shouldn't* have the names of actual Nazis on it.

I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering. www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...

Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does

Canada’s Big Six banks have engineered a $2.2 trillion mortgage debt bubble. According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag. breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...

Calgary has had a record year… in pedestrian deaths.😔 Other cities have had zero and they attribute “that milestone in part to 30 km/h speed limits, redesigned streets, and reliable public transit” Will #yyccc be brave and do the right thing? #Calgary www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

UPDATE: CPS has released two bodyworn camera files. The files cover before & after my assault by baton, shield & fist, alleged choking & arrest. They are heavily redacted by blurring + audio cut, but one shows a shield strike. CPS retained $125 for them. ⬇️ drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Making capitalists “pay their fair share into society” means all of it. They do not produce. They own. Their fair share is nothing. Labor is entitled to all it creates. It’s important we understand this.

"The naked criminality of the Trump government has raised almost of necessity the issue of war crimes and international law. The level of gangsterism and filth spewing out of the White House marks a qualitative shift." www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

With rising grocery prices and increasingly sparse options, more places are considering municipal-owned grocery stores to create equitable access to food. This model — a public option for groceries — was one of Zohran Mamdani’s key campaign promises. inthesetimes.com/article/muni...

A majority of this sessions' bills introduced by the CAQ target people, take away human rights, or make it impossible to challenge the government. Is Quebec experiencing its own fascist turn? My latest, on one of those attacks. noraloreto.substack.com/p/quebecs-ne...

The UCP membership just voted in support of banning third-trimester abortion, except when the mother's life is at risk.

Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are collapsing, locking in multi-meter sea level rise. Coral reefs continue to die off. Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters. Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer. But at least we'll have a strong economy.

City email indicates that CMHC said future installments of Housing Accelerator Fund proceeds are on pause until citywide rezoning issue is resolved. #yyc #calgary #yyccc buff.ly/rau267v

Yet another Alberta Supervised Consumption Site is being shuttered, this one at the Royal Alex. “Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a... ➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...

Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges. NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️ xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Right now, protesters are outside the pre-taped 2025 Giller Prize ceremony with a puppet of David Fingold (the asset manager at Scotiabank responsible for the bank's Elbit Systems investment) asking: Who funds the Giller Prize?

In 2019, the federal government assembled 13 experts to create guidance on safer supply. In 2023, the committee provided two final reports. These were promptly buried, and my attempt to get them yielded giant blocks of black ink. Who silenced the recommendations? drugdatadecoded.ca/who-killed-t...

Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention

We’re five years into the pandemic, and the science is telling a very different story than “just a cold.” COVID affects blood vessels, organs, metabolism, and cognition — and the impacts compound with each infection.

Vote blue? No, matter who!

If you watched riot cops spilling through the windows at Columbia to beat up students and still thought the Dems had it sealed, I don’t know what to tell you. Then one university betrayal after another until UCalgary and UofA three weeks later. Mamdani is the youth-led course-correction.

“Cost of climate inaction will hit hard and soon... Promoting new fossil fuel projects is nation burning, not nation building,” @angelavcarter.bsky.social Memorial University www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/29/n... #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #bcpoli

"Critics say Alberta’s new cleanup strategy caters to industry, and transfers risks—and costs—to taxpayers." Dirty Cleanup Scheme: The latest plan to dump industry’s mess onto taxpayers albertaviews.ca/dirty-cleanu... @albertaviews.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CleanUpYourMess

Chinese astronauts become the first to grill wings in space, paving the way for future uncstronauts

"Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights" Article published: 01 Oct 2023 "If you believe it's now safe to fly without a protective mask, you might want to think again. New research shows the COVID-19 virus has been found on nearly every flight tested." Source: archive.li/1S0tH

Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17B, yet ordinary folks face cuts to essential services while the ultra-rich and corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loopholes and taxing offshore wealth could fully fund health care, housing, and education—proving the crisis is a political choice.

NEW: In my latest for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, I take a look at the world of offshore tax havens. ricochet.media/labour/class...

Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS

NEW: On Oct 1, @guyfelicella.bsky.social wrote an op-ed in @calgaryherald.com responding to Marshall Smith’s piece favouring more police power to address drug use. On Oct 6, a defamation notice from Smith to Felicella prompted the Herald to drop Felicella’s piece. drugdatadecoded.ca/i-didnt-know...

"Instead of negotiating with teachers in good faith to prevent a strike, Alberta’s government has opted to spend up to $55 million per week to pay parents affected by the strike..." #abpoli #ableg Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

“In January 2024, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that chronic absenteeism… nearly doubled following the Covid pandemic.” “In total, nearly 30% — some 13 million children — regularly missed school.”

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025 SEVERE: NL, NS, SK VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, PEI HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, ON, QC MODERATE: none About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

hope dani accepts my humble design

The new rules dictate that athletes who wish to participate in “female-only leagues, classes or divisions be limited to athletes whose sex recorded at birth is female.”