Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

Statement from the Lear Family on the death of Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner. Rob Reiner described Norman Lear as his second father.

The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns. The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.

Scientists at Canadian institutions have long punched well above our weight despite low and stagnant funding. Spending a billion dollars on external recruitment while science here is starving is exactly what Harper got wrong about supporting research excellence in Canada.

Influenza A sweeping thru Ontario now. Classrooms are emptying. Consider vaccinating your children. This little one was too young to be vaccinated.

This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs

Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz #December6 #EndGenderBasedViolence

Lots of political posturing this morning about whether Canada should have taxpayer subsidized school lunch programs. So let's summarize the peer-reviewed evidence: Thread [1/8]

Abstenions appeared to have been: NDP MP Gord Johns NDP MP Lori Idlout Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux All other opposition MPs voted against, except for Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who voted “yea” alongside the Liberals.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

It increasingly feels like the Canadian electorate was tricked. Health care is a consistently high voter priority. Kicking it down to the provinces after breaking the promises made in a federal election is shady af behaviour.

This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about. Would be a shame if it went viral.

I am passionate about protecting darkness as a habitat. Light pollution is rarely appropriately considered. Many folks have switched to solar outdoor lights without analyzing the consequences of lighting their yard after bedtime when nocturnal wildlife need darkness www.instagram.com/p/DPBxwCLDSU...

On Jan 6 in DC, ~2500 MAGAs violently protested. DC police reported 174 police injuries, 9 deaths, & 1500+ criminal convictions. On Oct 18 in NYC, ~100K Americans peacefully protested. NYPD reports 0 injuries, 0 deaths, & 0 arrests. FACT—Right wing violence remains America’s biggest terror threat.

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it. But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan. Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

In Canada, top 1% of wealth holders hold 24% of total wealth. Meanwhile, PM Carney has an ‘austerity budget’, which will impact the disadvantaged. Patriotic Millionaires Canada, which I am a board member of, estimated that a 3% tax on wealth over $100-million could raise $25-billion annually.

hi, medical toxicologist that knows a lot about Tylenol here👋 Claiming that tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism is fearmongering here's what you need to know 🧵

Producing, and packaging, the new COVID vaccine in Canada is the immediate benefit. This is just the beginning. Moderna is/will work with Canadian research universities etc to develop other mRNA treatments for other diseases and possibly cancer. This factory can 1/2 www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

Why is NACI allowing only 1 COVID vaccine per year for most Canadians, making many ineligible for the fall vaccine? Everyone should be eligible: 1. It’s an UPDATED vaccine. 2. COVID vaccines begin to wane at 4 months - it’s NOT a yearly vaccine. #Canada #COVID www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

On this day, the 39th anniversary of my mother’s abrupt, premature death, I am immersed in my daughter’s recording of “History”, excerpted from Sean Dorsey Dance’s “Uncovered: The Diary Project” www.textura.org/archives/h/h...

This is an outstanding development.

A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.

she slayed www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/b...

Kids get Long Covid. Kids die at 4× the rate of flu from acute infection (that 7–10 days you felt sick, didn’t test, went back to work, and spread it). LC has no cure. 1 in 3 risk lasting damage. LC can & will destroy lives. Probably yours & your kids’ if you don’t utilize airborne protections.

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.

I want the record to show that PM Trudeau was instrumental in getting domestic manufacturing of vaccines in Canada. You know who shut down scientific research & drug manufacturing in Canada? Harper. When we talk about building Canada & being self-reliant, conservatives are all talk & no action.

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

They don’t make it super obvious but you can go in there and see which companies and what activity they’ve shared with Facebook. It’s quite frightening.

I mentioned to a couple of people that I had a surprise waiting to be shared when Moderna got approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. It’s approved, and the big news??? Completely produced domestically!!!!! 🥳🤩 Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has been released, have been informed by ICE that he could now be subject to deportation to Uganda, and he's been told to report to ICE next week, a source confirms to me. A few points about this, because there will be a lot of bullshit about it. 1/

Fox 17 Nashville reports that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from criminal detention in Tennessee and is on his way home to Maryland. “Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free,” his attorney, @sean-hecker.bsky.social, said in a statement. fox17.com/news/local/k...

Another hot day.

Reading the news: World peace now hinges on two men, who never keep their promises, giving security guarantees and, after repeatedly threatening to annex Canada, the guy at our southern border is gleefully discussing how he can avoid an election if he’s at war. No, this isn’t an overreaction.

www.thewhig.com/opinion/summ... “Wildfires are the most terrifying manifestation of climate change.” Summer of the climate emergency | The Kingston Whig Standard

ICE detain 2 year old Canadian toddler for 51 days—more than double legal time allowed. Another 3 year old child was locked up for 4 days—in holding room meant for detention under 12 hours. "I don’t want to die here," 13 year old said in written testimony—held for weeks. #cdnpoli

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

"The collapse of American democracy is like the pandemic: Whatever you say at the beginning will sound alarmist – but likely prove inadequate by the end." Stuart Stevens

ironically the education for its own sake, Enlightenment-coded, Great Books-ass liberal arts degree is one of the better employment bets you can make. learn how to read, write, think critically, develop curiosity so you can pick up new skills quickly, etc etc

I wrote yesterday that this was the best op-ed I read all week.

Teen climate activist (my son) needs Canadians to respond to a 2-minute survey to help him build data to bring to local Cdn politicians to urge them to make it easier for Canadians to donate used electronics for reuse (after wiped clean) and recycling. Pls share: marketing4health.formaloo.me/b8j3vp

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

Women in Manitoba will have access to free contraceptives but women in Ontario won't. ( @rechievaldez.bsky.social how is this okay?) Restricting access to "national" Pharmacare flies in the face of the Canada Health Act by moving away from the principle of a common standard of services. #CdnPoli

In a nutshell, this is why Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, and other Conservatives support defunding public education. Pretty hard to "use your critical thinking skills" if you haven't developed them. Properly funded public education is key for a savvy electorate.

This is the approximate amount Ontario thinks taxpayers should contribute to the building of a parking lot for a European megaspa that will be an eyesore on Toronto's waterfront. I find that helps put things into perspective on government spending priorities.

This is a recurring theme of transphobes -- the insistence that the *only* possible reason anyone else would object to their degradation and marginalization is that they desperately crave the approval of "their tribe." No, ma'am. It's much simpler. Some of us just don't like bullies and bigots.