A second post on Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy. This time, I look at how colleges and universities fit within the DIS. Since this is Bluesky, I'll assure you that I address student and faculty opposition to working with defence. open.substack.com/pub/philippe...

This really is a most excellent book design.

With this floor crossing, we have 169 Liberal MPs, 171 Opposition MPs…and three empty seats awaiting by-elections!

The more I think about the DC press slagging AOC for a lack of FP depth while Donald Trump is President, twice, is making me angry enough to explode. The fuck is wrong with the journalists that they're like this

“If you are a liberal who wants to fight fascism or a leftist who wants to fight fascism, Gavin Newsom is not your guy. So let’s everyone stop treating him as the guy.”

Statement from Jeneroux, who last year said he was leaving politics after name surfaced as potential floor-crosser. Family convos “led me to reflect on the gravity of the moment that our country is living through — which our Prime Minister addressed head on in his speech at Davos.”

From the trailer of "SCP:Gallionic", an indie animated short film by SOEM Studios. Based on SCP Foundation, a wiki-based collaborative writing project, launched in 2008. Kickstarter >> www.kickstarter.com/projects/gln...

A mad scientist’s apprentice, a witch’s cat, and a vampire’s wife walk into a haunted mansion… We are thrilled to reveal the cover for @marshalljmoore.bsky.social's The Henchperson's Guide to Unionizing, a hilarious gothic horror arriving September 22, 2026!

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

"Of all the U.S. leaders of the past half-century, I believe none had a more international view and a commitment to worldwide social justice as Jesse Jackson did," says Juan González, who accompanied the civil rights leader on multiple trips.

I have now glazed my #oilpainting of #SpurnPoint. Showing a couple of details here too. 30x30” blockcanvas

Now up to 3.5 Million views and rising!

Please stop posting the RFK Kid Rock Sweat Fest.

Thing is, even if basket-weaving courses were the problem (they are not), it still makes zero sense to make it way more expensive for poor students to take them, but leave net prices basically intact for wealthier students to do so. Zero sense, that is, until you remember Ford hates poor people.

Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

What a condescending POS. He clearly has no understanding of Ontario universities or their students. Complete Piece if Shit.

The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could

Canadian authors. The PLR program is open. Don’t forget to register your new titles. publiclendingright.ca

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Montreal this morning to unveil Canada's new defence industrial strategy. The plan is nothing short of standing up a massive new dual use industrial base, independent of the U.S. File this under: America's allies are unplugging from the US with gusto.

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And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

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I haven't see anyone sharing the video here, so here's the clip of the gorgeous werewolf float from Imperatriz Leopoldinense's Ney Matogrosso tribute parade. #Werewolf #Carnaval

When I wrote a book about cats and fascism I didn’t think it would end up being translated into multiple languages and sold around the world. Or that it would be an international best seller. Always bet on yourself. Actually, scratch that. Cats. Always bet on cats. - At your favourite bookstore

NETWORK was made 20 years before the internet and yet it’s still probably the best movie about the media ever made

I’m in a “burn it all to the ground” mood today.

REID: "The President of the United States is a colicky baby. And now Mark Carney and the whole country has to face that constant decision: Do we pick him up and walk him around and make soothing sounds? Or do we let him lay in his crib and cry it out?"

I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own. I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history. 1 square = 1 year.

Official book trailer for Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival (Knopf Canada, Pegasus Books) out today in Canada and the U.S. Available anywhere you get your books!

Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.

It's true. Go see what all the fuss is about. Bring a friend. Support original movies in the theater. See SEND HELP. Sam Raimi and Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien are waiting to take you on a wild ride. 🏝️🔪

I've been chiding Carney for a few months for being more talk than substance on some big things. But this appears to be a pretty big thing. www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

This is a longshot, but are any editors looking for review coverage from the Glasgow Film Festival or Frightfest? I'll be attending in late Feb/early March, and there are definitely a few premieres on the schedule, especially in the horror genre.

1. trans rights are broadly popular 2. it’s the right thing to do 3. fighting is better politics than not fighting of course it’s the right time, if such a thing exists, to fight for trans rights.

Jezebel is expanding our freelance roster. If you have strong opinions, chaotic takes, or a deeply unserious ranking yearning for a home, we want to hear from you. Email [email protected] with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.

Mark Carney and our new Liberal government are making it easier and more convenient for drivers to charge EVs across Canada. At the same time, we’re making EVs more affordable, and rewarding made-in-Canada production to support our workers and build a stronger economy.

"The Crime of Witness" by Fintan O’Toole in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social "The videos that expose the administration’s mendacity about its own use of extreme violence against peaceful dissent are themselves products of the courage to show up [and] see for yourself." www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

oh i'm sorry, are the Swedes upset about double-touching? a thing that basically doesn't matter at all? well, we produced Heated Rivalry this year, and the last good TV show you made was The Bridge

Made a little @lairdbarron.bsky.social book rec post over in the other place. Do you love cosmic horror…or just beautiful complex contemporary horror in general? If so, don’t sleep on his work :)

I'm seeing this get shared around in lots of places. (So apologies for picking on Judy) But it is sloppy research. This wire transfer is to "Harper & Associates Inc," which is the name of multiple firms across the U.S. The former prime minister's company is "Harper & Associates Consulting Inc."

"The study was led by [...] Israel Institute of Technology, in co-correspondence with MIT, and in collaboration with Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Massachusetts. The findings are published in the journal Science Translational Medicine." #medsky 💉

i can’t stop laughing

I give the RCMP a lot of shit, but credit where credit is due -- this is some excellent emergency active shooter response that almost certainly saved lives, at great risk to their own. vancouversun.com/news/canada/...

We all need to see this today.

The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:

I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.

Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps. I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.

For 1/2 a TRILLION dollars DEBT, Ontario gets: Broken Healthcare. Broken Housing. Broken Education. Broken Social welfare. BUT we get a SPA! 😒🤦‍♀️ #FordBrokeOntario #onpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/a...