I was initially more worried about how hard the back of his head hit the ground. I hope his ACL -- and his head -- are okay. "Slot said: “He is down because, for him, it didn’t feel good immediately." #LFC #YNWA

I don’t think most Americans understand that America, as a brand, is over.

It takes a split second of googling to find the evidence. Do not give these "devil's advocates" your time. (Probably a bot since this is well-trod territory, answered many times before, typical phrasing). Sharing the link to so you can too. www.sickkids.ca/en/news/arch...

Hugo wins the Darwin Nunez Idiotic Red Card for a Newcomer award for the 2025/2026 season.

"...the whole episode merely underscores how tenuous even the most basic democratic values really are when the ultimate determinant — in either direction — amounts to the self-interest of private corporations."

Welcome to the team, Alexander Isak!

To the frankly hundreds of new folks liking some of my random snaps and borrowed prose, and reposting ... thank you! If they have brought a smile or awakened a memory, so much the better 😊📷🙏 To show I can 'bee' grateful, a Tuesday afternoon hard working fellow #Insects #Macro #Photography #Nature

Trump's UN speech was his most embarrassing showing since the "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL" one

This *is* what is happening. Private polling to drive targeted voter loyalty to -- and engagement with -- the PCs is what's behind policies like these.

Any journalist or commentator who writes a wrap-up of this speech that suggests that any of it was normal, worthy of respect, not absolutely deranged, not an insult to the audience, not an embarrassment for the US, should be relieved of their jobs.

This attack on climate science is the most extreme deranged such attack by any world leader in memory.

“Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacts while listening to U.S. President Donald Trump address the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.” @reuters.com

This speech is hitting new heights in nuts. Absolutely deranged.

"I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."

Some hard truths about just how fast things are going to Hell here in America from @edwardluce.bsky.social...and some more about how much worse it could get in the months ahead. Well worth your time.

"Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the European Union & Poland were among the two dozen signatories of the statement... “We furthermore urge Israel to lift restrictions on deliveries of medicine and medical equipment to Gaza,” the statement said."

Brenda is a senior writer on CNN's health team and is looking to speak to physicians getting questions from parents today. #MedSky

“Doug Ford just simply wants to do what’s popular — he wants to be popular,” @johnfraseros.bsky.social said. “Sometimes you need to do things to make sure schools are safe, and you’ve got to stick to your guns. You can’t be a weather vein; you can’t just blow in the wind all the time." #OnPoli

New WHO report finds 1.4 billion people live with #hypertension. Hypertension is the number one risk factor for: ‼️ Heart attack ‼️ Stroke and can lead to: ‼️ Chronic kidney disease ‼️ Dementia Get your blood pressure checked today! Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4nikP8v

Just burst already, bubble. Preferably before Carney fills our public service with digital asbestos. www.ft.com/content/e93e...

"The measures were introduced at six health facilities in January, 2024, and early indicators show the changes have been effective. Data released earlier this year showed a nearly 30-per-cent increase in patients who met sepsis criteria being given antibiotics in a critical three-hour window."

Never forget she did this. "In a now infamous op-ed published in Forbes in 2005, before PEPFAR’s impacts were well documented, Brown University economist Emily Oster declared that “treating HIV doesn’t pay.” “It is humane to pay for AIDS drugs in Africa,” she wrote, “but it isn’t economical."

This is the beauty of being able to look into the future

Consistent with what I heard from others in the Biden White House. He couldn’t recognize Palestinians as human beings on par with Israelis.

Beyond the false anti-vaccine talking points, beyond peddling Wakefield-level bullshit over MMR, telling pregnant women with a headache to “tough it out” instead of taking Tylenol or they’ll give their baby autism is something else. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

"The current Israeli government is working methodically to prevent the prospect of a Palestine state from ever being established... In this context, Canada recognizes the state of Palestine." Carney tells UN Canada recognizes the state of Palestine: youtube.com/watch?v=YYQR... #UNGA

🚨Major development: Canadian PM Carney says Canada would participate in a multi-national, region-led force to enforce peace in Palestine youtube.com/watch?v=uuYl... Today, I wrote about how this must be considered if the atrocities & annexation are to stop: justiceinconflict.org/2025/09/22/c...

First Frost Of The Season. 3°C at Thixendale. Sparrows.

One reason I do not think Trump is going to create a 1,000 year reich is because he failed to cancel a middling funnyman and immediately pivoted to trying to outlaw not having a headache.

What a cast of characters. And this from Dhanraj about his new podcast: “Legacy media is on its last breath. I’m not wearing the journalism hat anymore,” Dhanraj said in the release. “This show is about saying what couldn’t be said — and trusting Canadians to handle the truth.”

"A life is a life. We are duty-bound, all of us, to protect each other. This duty is indivisible, just as our common humanity is indivisible." "I declare that, today, France recognizes the State of Palestine."

I find videos with ICE goons assaulting women really upsetting. It's clear it's not the first time many have assaulted a woman. It's clear that some of them enjoy assaulting women. And this is just what we're seeing in public. The partners of a lot of these men are not alright.

"It's a moral obligation to fight climate change for the future, our future generations. It's existential." In an unprecedented warning, leading climate think-tank says that with PM @mark-carney.bsky.social's policies, Canada won't meet 2030 climate target: www.cbc.ca/news/science... #cdnpoli

"Multiple sources told Global News the low result — which triggered an emergency caucus meeting on Saturday — was intended to be a message to Stiles that party members were expecting change within the senior leadership ranks." #OnPoli

House crush of the day. (Because who hasn't wanted to live in a round house on the site of a disused above-ground water tank?)

Yikes. "SooToday has learned that MPP Chris Scott has been charged with assault and assault with a weapon. ...Scott is currently in custody. SooToday has learned his bail has been approved." #OnPoli

This has an odor to it.

The #Ontario #covid19 and #flu vaccine pharmacy locations page has been updated: www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca... - High-risk groups: COVID-19 vax (starting today) and Sept 29 flu vax - General public: Oct 27 Not much availability yet, I expect Shoppers to be earliest to show appts. #covid19on 1/2

"Italy’s grassroots unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of people ranging from schoolteachers to metalworkers, called for a 24-hour general strike in both public and private sectors, including public transportation, trains, schools and ports."

This below is a death denial/supremacy cocktail and we talk about this formulation and how pervasive it is in the polycrisis that is upon us in this workshop: 1 free seat and 2 whatever you can donate seats open

What if I trust all the small things, the tiny gestures that build friendships, and communities and networks, and eventually cultural shifts, all the little seeds that I try to scatter about that may grow into trees and produce a little fruit, all the little pebbles that roll down steep mountains…

I’ll take it. “52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years.”

"The negative perception among Canadians about the U.S. came with a renewed sense of patriotism for many, with nearly half of those surveyed in June (47%) saying they are more likely to feel proud to be a Canadian than they were five years ago, up a whopping 31 points since last June."

Portugal confirms it will recognise Palestinian state: www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you would like to point to one major problem that led to why we are here, it is this. And what people tend to pay for more and more is opinions from people who are on the same page, and who utilize reporting from the last few outlets that do much.

"The instinct of most people, which is to be moderate, calm, to create consensus, & of course that's what our political system is supposed to do..is being defeated by this very, very loud noise. The fact that this system pays you & encourages you to use extreme language, that's what's different."

“There the trees wore thick moss stockings, and the ferns splayed their fronds neatly, like fingers.” NORTH WOODS, by Daniel Madon #SundaySentence

I’m kind of starting to think that any democratic uprising by the people is going to include a full-on rejection of tech and its makers. Just throwing these machines into a river and holding the designers responsible.

A totally unbothered gentle grey dog watching the tense City vs. Gunners match. Perfect chill.