So we still don't know why the First Lady held a press conference out of nowhere to distance herself from her husband's notorious pedophile best friend, huh

that'll do it

Her "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by her shirt.

April 8, 2026

STOKED

If I travelled through time to the year 2016 and told 2016 Me that this would be what the Liberal Government will look like in the year 2026, I would ask 2026 Me if I was high on shrooms

You laugh but this agreement will one day be recognized with the Arby's Peace Prize

art of the deal baby

(watching a movie where a character announces that he will destroy a city if they don't meet his specific demands by a certain deadline) oh that's probably the good guy in this movie

Trump had better prepared for TEPID applause at the White House correspondents' dinner this weekend, I can tell you that much. Bordering on frosty applause.

Not specifying which civilization has big Monkey's Paw energy

I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear...

Not a single self-aware bone in this man's body

Americans: you do have streets, yes? Streets that you could fill in protest today?

who will speak about climate on cbs now? probably these guys

I genuinely cannot imagine someone who believes in free speech, facts or basic decency attending the White House Correspondents Dinner this year and placidly thinking their pointed lapel pin is doing the talking for them.

Huh, weird. When the "cash strapped city council" has voted to increase the police budget every single year, it has literally never once been framed this way. Not once. $175k is what a single cop costs annually, btw.

As part of its budget, VicPD casually mentioned they’d created their own AI system. Via FOI, we now know they’ve told officers they can use it to write documents, conduct research, and ask questions about VicPD policies and potentially the Criminal Code. needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-ai #yyj 🧵

VicPD says how it trained its AI system and how it works is a secret. We know it includes VicPD policy documents, such as how to respond to intimate partner violence. VicPD also implies it may include police case files, images and video, or at least that officers can use those files with the system.

Celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley data centre won't require an Alberta enviro impact assessment (despite its massive power and water consumption), according to a letter obtained by @nationalobserver.com's Marc Fawcett-Atkinson. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/03/n...

Stood there laughing at this guy trying to fit his new wheelbarrow into his Cybertruck until he gave up, drove around the corner, and kept trying out of sight

What an absolute embarrassment. JUST DON'T GO

The NYT literally rewrote Trump saying “open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell” as: “Mr. Trump issued a new ultimatum to Iran to end its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz”

It’s been such a great experience working on Civic Searchlight with @rorywh.bsky.social + @jameswsthomson.com, and getting to see how it’s being used by journalists, researchers, and advocacy groups. It’s an honour for the @nationalobserver.com to be nominated for it.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

Alberta government doesn't think an impact assessment is needed for Kevin O'Leary's monster data centre even though it will use about 24 million cubic meters of water annually — roughly 460,000 people's lifetime consumption. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/03/n...

I got one of these emails. Putting me together with the other names in the list — @lukelebrun.ca, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social, @nolore.bsky.social, @ethancox.bsky.social and others — you get a loose mosaic best described as "people who have had some fleeting argument with Jesse recently."

Avi Lewis is the new federal NDP leader — but his election is drawing fire from, well, the NDP. @davidmoscrop.com joins @maxfawcett.bsky.social to sort out the internecine fight that's kicking off Lewis' tenure.

Conservatives like Aaron Gunn keep arguing -- unintentionally -- for a National Energy Program. I say we give them one. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/02/o...

Maybe it will happen live on the television

This image is a perfect encapsulation of one particular use case when AI art is an unacceptable substitute: the machine gets a prompt for "prospectors panning for gold" and generates a ridiculously ahistoric image of a cast-iron frying pan overflowing with gold

Ok, @visionzerovancouver.ca did a good one.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Blithely skipping through the news today — you can't fool me with your silly April pranks, The New York Times. President Trump, indeed!

I won't tell you what to do but I will tell you that if you take like 1/2 cup of tahini, the juice of 2 lemons, some garlic, and a tsp of honey and put it in a food processor, then put that on a plate, good things can happen vis à vis roasted veggies

again with the war crimes! It's always the war crimes with you!

looks like when Maine Gov Janet Mills said "I'll see you in court" she was on to something and more institutions should have adopted this attitude

Breathtakingly stupid, pointless and cruel.

it's the part in every Mission Impossible film when Tom Cruise throws his hands in the air and says "this mission... it's impossible!"

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

ok but what if they didn't even achieve that that's a win right?

One year ago, @wealthsimple.bsky.social's own in-house newsletter and magazine both called prediction markets an "exciting new way to lose your shirt" that's blurring the line between gambling and investing. Now they're creating their own prediction market. Unreal.

A difference of 16 degrees F (~9 C) is the difference between a pretty warm day and an unbearably hot one.

This is what it's for!

I can't imagine how you write a book about the world trying to come together to understand and stave off an inevitable a thermal disaster, while fighting over increasingly scarce resources, then insist "yeah it's just a fun space story don't read into it." He's either lying or so very dumb.

Not sure what the value is for Albertans in having a second party that just wholeheartedly supports the oil industry against any effort to diversify. Not talking about party drama here, just the pure electoral math of it.

pssst it's rugged and independent to have your own source of energy instead of depending on oil from the oil store like a little baby

I'm so tired of conservatives being mad at everything

I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.

"The Spanish energy transition is far from complete, but the country has already bought back the right to speak its conscience." Sounds nice. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/m...