watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump

Gosh, who could possibly access internal documents used by the Conservative Party of Canada to vet candidates? What ne'er-do-well would have the opportunity *and* motive to leak sensitive information about an MP such as Jamil Jivani?

Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA." This is what's happening in epidemiology.

“70 other human cases of bird flu have been reported in the US as part of the outbreak, according to the CDC. Another elderly person… died in January after a bird flu infection.” There’s a bird vax but US farmers are forbidden from vaccinating their flocks. A human vax for bird flu is not available

The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.

In case you’re wondering: The key people behind tomorrow’s planned nationwide Ostrich Convoy include an aging Burning Man attendee who drives a psychedelic school bus called the “Church of Bubbles” and a Dutch-born Gen Z social media marketer who imports maple syrup to Utrecht, Netherlands

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist? MAMDANI: I've spoken about-- TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

Sith Dani, naming free speech Bill after this muttonhead is beyond stupid and insulting. #Alberta #SmithFail Alberta’s proposed free speech law — named after Jordan Peterson — faces pushback globalnews.ca/video/115364...

Jimmy Kimmel to Trump tonight: "I'll go when you go, okay? We'll be a team. Let's ride off into the sunset together like butch Cassidy and the suntan kid. [ Laughter ] And until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you: 'quiet, piggy.'"

The republicans say you should get cheaper insurance for being “healthier”. They’re comparing healthcare to home and auto insurance where you get discounts for taking proactive measures to safeguard property. So how much do we save if we wear a respirator?

If Ukraine is forced to cede territory and other surrenders that reward the illegal invader in order to achieve “peace,” nations that claim to believe in the rule of law and the sanctity of nations will have profoundly failed Ukraine, and greenlit the next invasions by dictators and war criminals.

Crows have funerals for their fallen comrades that also serve as meetings where they work out strategies to avoid the same death www.iflscience.com/crows-hold-f...

What pigs experience on any given day is horrific enough. They REALLY don't deserve the humiliation of being compared to the Dumpster on top of that.

For years it was difficult to conceive of a more toxic presence on the Canadian political scene than petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre. But now comes Jumpin’ Jack Jamil Jivani, best friends at Yale Law School with JD Vance, would be piffleswipe successor. 🤷🏼🤔🤭😂🤷🏼 www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Oh this hadn't occurred to me. Yikes. Another reason to throw AI into the Sun.

Americans would never allow the Government of China to dictate how they should live. So why would anyone accept the idea of Ukrainians allowing the Government of Russia to do the same for them?

Tomorrow

It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.

The absolute f*cking gall of these pathological a**holes 🤬. #ableg #cdnpoli

Bill 60 is open season on renters. It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.

Trump has found a terrifyingly effective way to eliminate bad news: delete the data. From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies. @crampell.bsky.social reports:

".... the incredulity of the 🇺🇸ns to say...wait you want a plane from maybe somebody else?...what have we ever done to you, says the 🇺🇸n Ambassador and 🟠..." 🇨🇦

Nikki Haley’s son says naturalized citizens should not be able to hold public office and thinks dual citizenship should be outlawed. His grandparents are from India and his mother dropped her first name Nimarda.

It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika

I wrote this two years ago. Felt inspired to post it again today. Tomorrow, it may be more relevant than ever. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #cdnpoli #Alberta @albertaviews.bsky.social

Just a reminder that Trump had his attorney general preempt the Mueller Report with a self-serving “summary” and the media ran with it and it defined everything that came after. Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.

Norwegian firm to spend $3.2B on building North America's largest synthetic graphite plant in Ontario | CBC News share.google/BitkADnn4Bu2...

Danielle Smith invokes notwithstanding clause to ban Canada’s Drag Race

Excuse to post a classic?

Meanwhile, just arguing against feeding kids in school. Is the Post's entire roster of columnists made up of sociopaths?

Show me on the doll where the diversity touched you. Honest to Hermes, this is risible.

The right wing playbook in Europe, the US, and now conservatives in Canada: vilify refugee claimants, and immigrants seeking a better life. Weaken due process and blame immigration for crime, cost of living and who knows what else. It is so tiring and insulting.

And the Oscar goes to... vt.tiktok.com/ZSfj8TLDK/

This is the same basic argument made by today’s “anti-wokes” who think Marxist liberals are brainwashing Americans into believing in human equality and empathy, thereby ushering in the death of Western civilization. It was published in 1957 in Right, a magazine published by a neo-Nazi.

In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.

Conservatives punching down on asylum claimants. Just wholesale adopting the worst far-right talking points.

Standing is hard 😂. #ableg #cdnpoli

“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.” www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

JFC. Let me translate Smithnwesson’s comment: “In a society like ours, which is diverse, which is multicultural, which is becoming increasingly more complex,” professionals should be allowed to be bigoted and hateful. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) says someone showed up to her D.C. office today and made white supremacist threats. Capitol Police had to intervene. This was hours after Trump said Democrats in Congress should be executed. "When leaders promote hate, hate shows up."

WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.

"LGBTQ+ advocates say the law is an intolerable infringement on the rights of patients, and doctors say it’s a dangerous political intervention in what should be clinical decision-making." www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

"(Premier) Smith is calling it Alberta's "Peterson law," after the Ontario psychologist and social media personality Jordan Peterson, who was sanctioned by his province's professional regulator for controversial public statements. ca.news.yahoo.com/alberta-tabl...

Happy 89th Birthday Dick Cavett, thank you for making television that would absolutely never be made by a major broadcast network any more, like letting Orson Welles perform a 9 minute monologue on ABC

Swastikas and Nooses Are No Longer Hate Symbols Under New Coast Guard Rules truthout.org/articles/swa...

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s Super-Kipekee! Her bright blue 'cape' is as practical as it is stylish: Newly orphaned calves arrive cold, traumatised, and desperately missing their mothers' warmth. A soft blanket becomes their security – physical comfort that says "you're safe, you're not alone."

Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.

As fucked as things are in the US for trans people, it pales so far to the UK, which has lost its goddamn mind.