Marina Mabrey & Brittney Skyes are carrying the Toronto Tempo. Easy to see why they're worth $1M+. Great win tonight. #WNBA #TorontoTempo

My heart breaks for this poor girl. 💔 What she's been through is unimaginable. I hope she gets a big settlement, heals both physically and mentally and lives a full life.

SCOOP: Premier Danielle Smith appointee to Invest Alberta's board is not an accredited accountant, despite claiming so for more than a decade: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friend

BROKE: It's anti-Semitic not to root for the OKC Thunder WOKE: The OKC Thunder must be returned to their ancestral Zionist homeland, in Seattle

the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)

New oil pipeline that's gonna completely obliterate any of Canada's climate goals. Let's not forget to include that.😒

When people can’t afford the necessities of a dignified life, it's the government's job to step up and actually govern.

Hannah Einbinder says Hollywood blacklist fears won't stop her from saying 'Free Palestine': 'The cost of not speaking is higher' ©️:variety

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

this has got to be the worst time in american history to make the totally sensible and correct argument that we should pay people in congress more than we do

Good coverage of yesterday's events in Selma and Montgomery. We may not have wanted to be in this play, but the this is where you go to learn from those who came before how to act when you are called to this stage.

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

my personal take on this as someone who spent much of last year organizing cross-ideological popular front mobilizations against authoritarianism is that DSA turned out big while Third Way's major contribution was giving concern troll quotes to journalists worrying about the optics

Every single show in this 25-year-old promo has either been recently revived or never stopped airing

Just a tick below the original but still an enjoyable time at the cinema. 6/10

in a way, isn’t causing men to crash out before she’s even done anything just proof that Lupita is perfect for Helen of Troy

Just laughing at how it’s possible for a black woman to be so beautiful and talented that she sends a racist into a six day public stroke

Democrats keep insisting on bringing plastic knives to gunfights. Little wonder why America's democracy is in such terrible shape when this is supposed to be the party defending it. 😮‍💨

An insane level of corruption—even for Trump. A $1.7 BILLION slush fund for Trump’s hand-picked stooges to hand money to January 6th insurrectionists and his political allies. Here’s the President’s priority as Americans sell their plasma to afford gas and groceries:

trans people deserve to live, freely and openly and safely and unconditionally

“It’s all autonomous. It picked its target.” A saga that began when a pair of Ukrainian drones struck eastern Latvia has now led to the collapse of the Latvian government. Was the whole episode set in motion by AI? My report from Riga

For my newsletter, I wrote about the killing of Juniper Blessing and ruminated on who the media thinks deserves attention in death. Friday newsletters are usually paywalled, but I have made the mini-essay portion of this post free to all: www.burnsnotice.com/her-name-was...

i’ve been thinking of what could even be said about such a tragedy. someone said it best that trans people are “born so late and die so young”. we uproot our lives and transition and live more life than anyone else ever does and society punishes us for it. we deserve better

The response to Callais must be just as ferocious as the Supreme Court’s assault on voting rights. We do not have a true democracy when millions of Americans cannot elect representatives of their choice, or when virtually all-white ruling class has a lock on office open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

If Danielle Smith tries calling her own separation referendum, a judge could declare it invalid because of lack of First Nations consultation — once again. For the third time. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me

read the article making this argument and it just reinforced the 3d printing analogy. the industry hype with AI is 100x larger, but the pattern was a similar "this is going to change humanity" to "this is going to revolutionize specific industries" to "this will be a fun hobby for eccentrics"

This is why Isreal should be banned from competing in Eurovision, the Olympics, the World Cup, etc. If you cannot abide by the most basic of human rights, then you forfit your right to participate in the West's international umbrella. Just like Russia & Bulgaria.

How many hundreds of thousands of Africans does a man have to kill by yanking foreign aid to get called racist around here?

No worker should be forced back to work when they’re standing up for their rights on a picket line.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

WIC used to have bipartisan support because even Republicans said "Well of course we want to make sure pregnant women and babies have enough to eat, we're not monsters," but now they say "Screw those freeloading babies, we've got a gold-plated ballroom to build"

The relevant portion of the Jason Collins discussion

One good thing that entertainment journalists covering The Odyssey can do is never to ask Nyong'o, Page, or Nolan about this. When a prominent racist and transphobe says something racist and transphobic, go make his life miserable and leave his targets alone. They have nothing to defend or explain.

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

The largest ever settlement or jury award for government violations of constitutional rights to a single person is $100 million, or 1 percent of what Trump demanding for the leak of his tax returns. That case -- a killing by police -- was reduced to $1 million on appeal.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

Of all the people to complain about businesses being “forced” to leave Seattle….

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

3 actual quotes from this piece: “Can I afford the tax? Yes. Is it going to deter me? No. But I think it’s shameful. I provide a lot of money to people who are blue-collar workers who work for me, servers in restaurants." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

politicians & press alike insist we can never tell anti-immigrant voters they're wrong—but they are, & we should! my latest for @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/respecting-r...

I’ve recommended this app to more close friends than I can count. Got no affiliation with it at all (and it works in limited cities) but I’m spreading the word because I swear to god it has changed my movie-going life and we must keep it alive. apps.apple.com/us/app/parad...

My friend who used to say the final stage of corporate greed was demanding to be loved is never, ever proved wrong.

This is why I'll never feel sorry for any rich prick multi-millionaire or billionaire who complains about being taxed too much. 👇 Tax the wealthy and boost spending on social programs. #eattherich #taxtherich #wealthtax #cndpoli #democrats

I am tired of Democrats conceding that the only answer for racist laws is that we have to vote more and harder and better. That basically means Black Democrats, as well as Democrats of other races who live in multicultural districts. But mainly Black Democrats. 1/2 www.thenation.com/article/poli...

My reporting finds that sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli authorities is widespread. I'm grateful to these assault victims for sharing with me the brutality they endured. Whether we're pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian, we should unite in being anti-rape. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

“Canada has one of the highest youth vaping rates in the world, with approximately nearly one in three Canadians under the age of 25 vaping within the last 30 days. Ten per cent of high school students now vape daily.” Not winning. Big tobacco is.

A deep dive into the devastating environmental effects of allowing #jets at Billy Bishop #Toronto City #Airport. This is the report that the Toronto Port Authority kept secret for nine years. Read @spacing.bsky.social online spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #onpoli @waterfront4all.bsky.social