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Demand Purity of the Next BC Conservative Leader? That's Poison via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

How Right-Wing Political Influencers Dodged Election Spending Rules via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Danielle Smith Is No Separatist. She's Much Worse via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Suffering Should Never Be Weaponized via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Sometimes it feels like such a relief when she and a few others just say it all plainly.

National Kindness Week takes on different meaning after Tumbler Ridge shooting

'First Nations Would Not Exist Without Canada,' Rustad Tells Crowd via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

China is actively dumping US bonds, with their holdings falling to an 18-year low of $680 billion. Think of it, China is saying the world's most stable currency since WWII is now too risky. Canada, Japan and the EU need to do the same. #cdnpoli

New: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

BC Separatists Met in Campbell River. So Did Pro-Canada Protesters via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

@markgerretsen.bsky.social hi Mark! Glad you announced your arrival!!

@aaronwherry.bsky.social I wonder if Harper was saying what Poilievre cannot as it would anger his base? I still don’t trust Harper. And now I hear Emilie making a similar comment. And agree re Can MAGA. Cheers

Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Apparently the emails in the Epstein files show that, not only did Bill Gates get an STD from his extramarital sexual activity, he was planning to give STD meds to his then-wife without her knowing:

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

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Birde on the sunlit branche outsyde myne office wyndowe You have no internette connectioun, reade no newes Litel surpryse that you are singing

This week's ON with @karaswisher.bsky.social saw The Beaverton get name-checked by The Onion's CEO, @bencollins.bsky.social. We know it's difficult, but check out this podcast that isn't ours!

BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism? BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism? BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism

Trump Helps Putin Kill Ukrainians: A Case Study open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:

Danielle Smith's $30-Million AHS Firing Spree via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

A Pattison Company's Possible Deal with ICE Brings Boycott Threats via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

Alberta's ERs Have Become 'Death Zones,' Warns Doctor via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Alberta's Fiscal Crisis Is Self-Inflicted via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Houston Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair has reportedly been fined $11,593 for wearing eye black that contained the message "stop the genocide” The report says he was fined for violating NFL uniform and equipment rules www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Former DHS Asst. Secretary: “To suddenly see DHS become this kind of mechanism of authoritarian intimidation and incipient fascism is disorienting, and frightening.”

“If you kill a baby from embryo on up, with a pill or scalpel, we oughta execute you.” Tennessee Republican Rep. Monty Fritts (R-Kingston), candidate for governor, is so pro-life he wants to put women to death. 🤔😳 From TN Repro News: wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/a-tennesse...

Toronto traffic deaths last year were the lowest in a decade and it just lost an evidence-backed road safety tool. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS

damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

“If there’s one thing Ukrainians are experts in — it’s staying positive in the most difficult situations. Nothing, not even frost during russia’s war, can dampen the Ukrainian spirit. As you can see, winter is no match for people who carry true warm...” — UNITED24 www.linkedin.com/posts/u24_if...

Jan. 18, 2026 PM Carney is Making Deals as he kicks off a new era for Canada expanding its trade partners with reputable partners. The USA is losing big time. via #TorontoStar @mark-carney.bsky.social

Well this is fucking bleak.

This is a good read. thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon...

Mask up people. Two can play this game.

If the Americans have grown tired of the Auto Pact, the Chinese would surely be interested, which would seem to offer productivity advantages.

If Canada were to face a situation in which the US used military force against Canadian territory, what do you believe should be Canada's primary response? *Avoid military confrontation & make concessions to prevent further harm *Defend itself militarily even if odds of success are uncertain wALT

Why is flu so bad this year? Highly mutated variant offers answers www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How ageing harms the body’s response to raging infection www.nature.com/articles/d41...

BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.

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NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Latest NYT video analysis. The White House is lying. Gift link.

It’s funny that Joe Rogan is finally useful for something: a barometer to let us know when even the absolute dumbest motherfuckers are about to start getting it

I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes: these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.

Will mpox go global again? Research shows it’s evolving in curious ways www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The live graph of non-consensual internet porn must be taking a real nosedive right now.