“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions” Adolf Hitler, 1939 There’s not much difference

Nick Reiner Is likely a psychopath. Addictions don’t explain this level of horror. His addiction counsellors said he was lying and probably was. Psychopaths happen. Not Rob or Michelles fault. Not the counsellors fault. lite.cnn.com/2025/12/17/e...

Trump didn’t exactly refute the “personality of an alcoholic” allegations tonight

He seemed very sure the "checks" would reach people by Christmas, which either means they already have it included in payroll, or postal workers are panicking right now. People will straight up start harassing postal workers for these checks when they don't arrive in time - I feel for them.

Had to click thru several times to just figure out the title. Spoiler: health care providers can go to jail for up to 10 years if they provide gender affirming care to trans youth.

Fascinating pluralistic.net/2025/12/06/b...

RCMP in Alberta advising motorists to stay off ALL roads in many parts of the province today because of treacherous conditions with zero visibility. QEII currently closed in both directions near Calgary due to reported 80-to-100-car pileup.

"2025 felt like an assault on what it means to be human: everything from this administration’s disregard for the sanctity of life to the imposition of AI to the erasure of history." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/my-top-ten...

“Trump is a ubiquitous cultural presence, but there is no outward sign that he is an active participant in running the national government.”

It’s been a particularly heavy start to Hanukkah this year. May the memories of those who were killed be a blessing. May we keep in our minds the suffering of those injured. And may we share our prayers with their families and the Jewish community in Australia.

SHOUT-OUT to multi-talented International Treasure: DICK VAN DYKE! Today we celebrate his 100th year+3 days birthday. From the day I first met him (story included below) he's been an inspiration & a source of joy to his countless fans around the globe, myself included. Thank you sir 🙏 For DVD: 🎂❤️

This is a stupid move by the newly elected (centre-right) Yukon government. It’s been colder than -30c for the last few weeks (worse with windchill), waiting for a bus is hell, you don’t need to be homeless to use a warming shelter for a hot drink. And is Christmas ffs www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9...

Cnn describes the Susie’s Wiles interviews as “brutally honest” but I think it is just *brutally* calculated bullshit about “…the finest President, White House staff, and cabinet in history” lol.

The reporters and staff at ProPublica have done great work to build the outlet into a trusted public interest media brand. Is @propublica.org management trying to make it into another untrusted content aggregator and purveyor of AI slop? Why?

This is a good tribute. Whatever Rob’s relationship with his own son its worth noting his mentorship to young men who themselves had trouble connecting to their Dads. The human need for connection can be satisfied in many ways. For his parents sake I hope the murderer is able to repent.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...

O I think it will be shown to be a dark day - celebration or not - that would begin a new unstable chapter of history for a few years. You might wish it was 2017 again. You might even wish it was 2020.

I feel 2025 has been a pretty solid year for me personally, but from a Canadian and global news perspective….it’s been a shitshow. And it’s not over yet 🤦‍♀️

Wasn’t it all spelled out in the Project 2025 document?

Rob & Michelle Reiner’s passing makes me want to rewatch Stand By Me. It was one of my more formative film experiences. Particularly sad how the extraordinarily talented River Phoenix died so young from drug related tragedy of his own.

Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.

When I hear antics, I think of some prepandemic movement from around 2011, something that may have emerged as a left wing alternative to the Tea Party politics

I want a time machine so I can grab my parents from 1990 and plop them down in front of their 2025 maga selves. I don't think any would survive, but definitely not my father.

Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.

If the world was only flat as holland

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

I wonder if this applies if you have been deported, left, but are on a flight with a stopover in a US city. Do they still arrest you even if you have no intention of passing through customs?

Interesting thread about pricing trends (try to ignore the fact Pepsi isn’t food or what we call groceries.

EVERY person taking a DOMESTIC flight…

Of. COURSE he has seen it 🙄

It's the weekend, baby

-39c with a windchill of -51c. I think…I will go back to sleep today🥶😱

It’s too bad Biz Stone’s 2014 app Jelly didn’t take off. It was an app like quora but for your social network. An alternative to google search. You ask a q & People answer it.Now we have an inferior A.I. version of same - you ask google, the ai bot searches quora Reddit etc, returns old lame answer

We all know social media isn’t healthy for kids. But like alcohol and tobacco there isn’t much you can do if parents allow it. Hopefully the ban will discourage its use, and that whatever platforms they migrate to have really strong moderation. lite.cnn.com/2025/11/29/a...

Always shoulder check

A right-turn-on-red guy almost hit me today when I was on my bike, but then so did a right-turn-on-green guy, at the same intersection. 😑

Gah

"there's a new serif in town"

ICE thought Minneapolis would fold. Instead, a police chief lit a flare bright enough to burn D.C.’s eyebrows.🔥👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Mike Johnson: "we've had one of the most productive Congresses in the history of the institution." (House GOP recently caused the longest government shutdown in US history and took a paid vacation for 54 days on your dime)

There is something profoundly sorrowful about the disappearance of freshwater glaciers and of permanent sea ice. You wouldn’t think there would be such a deep emotional attachment but there is.

Ok, so another reason to vacation somewhere other than US. text.npr.org/g-s1-101090

We need BETTER leadership #IMHO the current crop (can only speak to #TOpoli) won't even mouth the words #ClimateCrisis. Find leaders who will plot #TransformTO as a lynch pin to Housing/Affordability, Inequality, Public Health & Infrastructure investments. Waiting for the leaders to make some noise

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.