"The Canadian Armed Forces have modelled a hypothetical US invasion of Canada & the country’s potential response.... The military envisions unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians would resort to ambushes, sabotage, drone warfare or hit-&-run tactics."

completely unironically, this is how we'll know

I'm still thinking of the fact that Zohran Mamdani went on The View, said "abolish ICE" and then got a round of applause

I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.

*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*

This program is a model for the entire Western hemisphere.

we are no longer saying "friend slop games" we are saying "games that you play with your friends that you love and cherish games"

I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

Mark Carney gave a remarkable speech in Davos today about the need for international law led by middle powers that applies to everyone. The test will be whether he accepts Trump's invite to the "Gaza Peace Council," the most lawless disaster capitalism ever attempted and an attack on the UN.

Canada should do it too

77 percent of Democrats want to abolish ICE.

I respectfully disagree. I think the poster is expressing the raw sense of a country that fears being conquered, and I get it. My view is, Americans like me want to be forgiven or excused for our president, and we need to read the room. It’s not about us. We are no longer the main character.

I was teaching my own class when my phone when wild with alerts, as did those of many of my students. Why? Because ICE targeted children at Seattle public schools today. Unspeakably angry right now.

Imagine what a tiny little man you would have to be to feel threatened by a dancing fox.

New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.

This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights

I was interviewed about my work by Science News Explores @snexplores.bsky.social, a publication "for curious minds age 9 and up!" You can read the interview here: www.snexplores.org/article/cosm...

There’s anecdotal evidence in Australia, where under 16 yos have been excluded from social media, that mental health services are getting more demand for help from this age group

Dublin City Council is stopping posting on X pending review - will also apply to Dublin Fire Brigade. Comes from @greenpartyie.bsky.social motion www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :”Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off.”

Hearing confirmed reports from people on the ground of ICE sightings in Portland, Maine today. If you see/know anything, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

this is exactly how we all post on bsky

If you think there's a wave coming, you gotta have surfboards in the water. This is excruciating.

I actually got the head anesthesiologist's name to write him a letter of commendation/thanks because he solved every problem we were having the second he showed up. "I'm just doing my job!" he said. "Sir, you have no idea how rare that is," we said.

you know Bluesky has really made it when your mom starts sending you screenshots of the jokes people are making about your viral thread lol

European Heads of State entering their Metal Gear Solid villain modes.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.

Is there any accessibility consultant or designer who is willing to work with me on a talk or article about the accessibility of game development tools? No budget, just trying to do the right thing and get it out there. I don't feel like I can talk about it enough on my own. I miss lived experience

One of my favorite topics when teaching Unity to students is the day we get to talking about the Input system(s). Inevitably someone very correctly asks “why are there two of these” and I have to then teach them about how corporate culture manifests in software apis.

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:

Trump threatening to annex Greenland and dissolve NATO isn't about US National Security. It's about Russia's.

I found this interview enlightening. McQuail compares complex ecosystems in agriculture with the complexity of government, and argues for the NDP to be the Green party as well as the labour party. NDP Leader Candidate: 'I'm Arguing for Regeneration' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.

that bus driver is *cooked* in the midterm elections; just let him drive until then

Panic! At The Everywhere

Well. Looks like I’ll be heading over to patreon to see how much this is gonna cost me.

If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help. The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later: thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/

Just going to reiterate the idea of blasting "Baby Shark" every time Bovino appears in public.

"If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules & values for the unhindered pursuit of their power & interest, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate" -- Carney's speech at Davos is an extended criticism of the damage Trump is doing (though he's not mentioning his name)

CARNEY: “.. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” 🔥

Speedrunning a fresh island in #ACNH 3.0 (Switch 1). Wow, do they seem to have cranked up the pearl odds. I've had a wetsuit 4 days and I have 26 pearls (incl 4 from Pascal). Need a Mermaid hot item I have the recipe for and I'm sitting pretty! 😹 #gaming

what makes him dangerous is that he is a fanatical xenophobe and white supremacist with the power of the federal government in his hands. what makes him weak is that he is utterly indifferent to public opinion or political necessities.