@kellyblack.ca is a dogged and scrupulous historian. This is a tidy description of the kind of research that historians juggle among other projects, always with one eye open for that scrap of evidence that settles the question. Short read, enjoy it.

@cityofnorthvan.bsky.social what’s stopping you, now that you’ve been shown where you can find the space?

A tight article about America's descent into evil. The sinking of the Dena, an unarmed Iranian frigate with a crew of cadets, by a US submarine has been met with American gloating. Even the refusal of Americans to rescue drowning Iranian sailors is applauded. Time to be the porcupine, Canada.

Why they changed it I can't say.

Weird how mayors can actually do things that make a city better

And once again an American historian writes the Loyalists out of history. theconversation.com/1776s-declar...

I'm not at all surprised that xenophobia is at the heart of the Albertan Death Cult. Good article!

Did no one even vett this, @royalbcmuseum.bsky.social? Even by generative AI standards, it is a horrifyingly inaccurate depiction of gold prospecting... #bchist

Do not fly to the US.

According to the CBC: American officials & Doug Ford believe that Iranian sleeper cells exist in Canada. Probably not. But if that's a model US officials understand, maybe there are AMERICAN sleeper cells in Canada. Hmmm? Might explain Brock Boesser's limp performance this season. #GolfCanucksGolf

And where are we on this, Canada? If sun-starved Old Blighty can get these numbers, where are ours?

Posted by the Tla’amin Nation on Facebook. This is epic. 𝗠𝗣 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣: “𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙭, 𝙗𝙪𝙙.” www.facebook.com/tlaaminnatio...

Beijing embraced automobilism and paid a high price for it. To make these reductions now is super impressive.

Ever wondererd about plans for dramatic changes to your city, changes that didn't get off the drawing board? Happy to circulate this video of last week's Vancouver Historical Society presentation by Bronwyn Smyth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFAO... #vancouverhistory #urbanism

Drat. It's the return of the world's least attractive superhero, the Human Cough. "Phlegm on!"

Soooo, he approves?

China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies. It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony

la subtilité, la précision:

Summer, winter - apparently it's always the weather

American attempts to destabilize Canada and to undermine its sovereign stability have accelerated. We are now in the war before the war (probably have been for some time already). Alberta is not the prize here, it's the wedge. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I'm N. Everyone says I'm negative. (Somedays it's so bad, I find that life has R.)

Victoria, BC: “You can pretend, in Portland and Vancouver, that no one bikes in those cities, because you don’t see bicyclists – they’re off on side streets. So politically, they’ve vanished. And I think that’s a big reason why Portland and Vancouver have stalled and we haven’t.”

If we accept that BC/Canada’s history tells us how we might succeed in this moment, one might expect to hear about renewed government support for the cultural institutions that help explain who we are – especially in the face of annexation talk from our neighbour. buttondown.com/leftcoastdis...

To my cycling pals out there. I've met cyclists who are absolute zits, but they are vastly outnumbered by the cyclists who are filled with inexpressible joy in the world. Can you look at this guy and not think he'd be fun to hang with?

Canadians: the Second American Civil War is underway.

Credit to Tomflood.bluesky.social

More tariffs? Bring it on.

Some folks are wondering if the US will descend into civil war. It already has. Look, if what is happening in Minnesota were inflicted on Georgia or Alabama, that's what it would be called. And we'd have another stupid Lynyrd Skynyrd song to prove it.

Don't you hate it when your jewelry weighs you down?

Resistance is futile. (Do Americans realize they are absolutely the villains now?)

Completely broken. When did we, as a society, decide killing people with automobiles was acceptable and without consequence?

I just signed a petition demanding the federal government Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

Dear Canadians, Stop buying US made vehicles. We can cripple their auto industry by simply not buying American-made cars. Buy the ones made anywhere but the USA. Our power as consumers is in our money. Don't buy their shit. There are plenty of alternatives out there. #boycotUScars

The data is in: bike infrastructure follows the logic of induced demand just as car infrastructure does. If you build it, they will come. 🚲🚲🚲 (Also fun to see a graphic from @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social in a US-based blog discussing a UK-based study.) usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/c...

#bikesky #bici #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #自転車 #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴🕴️

John A. Macdonald was, quite literally, in his own time, a cartoon villain

So would the auto and oil industries.

If only there was some kind of international body committed to the defense of the North Atlantic. Like, around Greenland, which is very in the North Atlantic. A, you know, treaty organization or something founded on keeping out the Russians and on mutual respect for sovereignty. Sigh....

Did you know that Quisling's first name was Vidkun? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_... #cdnpoli

Wow, @cheknews.ca. In this story about a cyclist being “hit” there is ZERO mention of any vehicle. All we apparently know is a cyclist was “hit” in an “incident” Hit by what? Could be anything! Do better @cheknews.ca #yyjbike #yyj

this morning people still think this is a Trump thing and not something the US has been doing for its entire existence. Trump is horrible but let's not pretend this is unprecedented.

Imagine licking the boot of a president who's threatened to annex your country multiple times.

Here's an idea for 2026...

open.substack.com/pub/charliea... Of course the MAGA fascists are aligning with denialists. The only surprise is that it took so long. This offers succour to divisive, hate mongering clowns in Canada and constitutes interference in OUR freedoms. Elbows up.

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

I think everyone has some of this on their bingo card, but the whole -- assembled like this -- is profoundly damning.