You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented, but then you read. Dostoevsky and Dickens taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who had ever lived. - James Baldwin, paraphrased

Once on the old site, there was this discussion among Canadian opinion journos about the leftist ideological problems with Canadian Higher Ed. Then, a few academics asked them some basic questions like, do you know what the most popular undergrad major is? They had no idea (Business, by the way).

The lunatic running the country south of us, wants to annex the Great Lakes, parts of Ontario, incl Toronto - to control all the fresh water running btwn our countries. Considering DEM party is MIA, we’ll need our American friends and families to help us obstruct Putin’s asset from carrying it out

The meeting is in Quebec City. Be it resolved that absolutely every Canadian he encounters — from Melanie Joly to the waiters that serve him at the official banquet — should speak to him exclusively in French. Make him use a translator even if he’s just ordering room service.

These sites might be useful: 1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org) 2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

RIP to one of the bona fide greats

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

From an FDA probationary employee: the firings are coming from outside the agency without cause and with zero input from supervisors (as promised.) More firings expected between now and Tuesday. Do not open the termination email before you download your documents and performance evals.

I’ll say it again, with over a million people in their military, the US should be able to protect its own borders.

Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Narrative being pushed on X that 90% of Canadians want to become part of the United States and no TF we don't! #USpoli #CDNpoli #Canada

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

We will have victories and setbacks, good days and bad. We must understand that this will not be over in one election or with the defeat of any one candidate. This is the fight of our generation, and it will take time. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

Food for thought.

A gift from your Canadian neighbours. #cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

There are no normal Republicans. bsky.app/profile/patr...

Best article I’ve seen about expectations from the next administration www.noahpinion.blog/p/how-well-k...

Land doesn’t vote. Stop pretending it does.

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

Here we go, folks. It’s finally conclusive. I guess the tax is lax, so fire the liar. Spread it far and wide to make Poilievre/Cons cry: “Trudeau government’s carbon price has had ‘minimal’ effect on inflation and food costs, study concludes” www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

People need to stop licking the boots of CEOs and start supporting workers. #canadapost #cupw #bargaining Full video link ⬆️

So now they released pictures of Luigi Mangioni eating at McDonalds shortly before his arrest. Wtf is up with this situation? How is - every little detail of his life and every minute detail since his arrest - broadcasted so easily? Yet we still don’t know ANYTHING about Trump’s shooter.

“I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.” ― C.S. Lewis

Facts! 🎯🎯🎯

Season’s Greetings 🎄

Happy Holidays! 🤣🤣🤣

This!!

Sweden's remarkably clean power grid. In November, this was its electricity generation mix: Hydro 38% Wind 31% Nuclear 28% Bioenergy 4% Zero coal or gas. - Ember data

I hate when they take away things you were just starting to really enjoy, like your favorite TV show or democracy.

Today’s class session in my introductory public health class is going to be entirely devoted to an overview of how vaccines work and how they are researched and regulated. I believe it is my responsibility as a public health professor to share this information and be available to discuss questions.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. -- Carl Jung

Shocked, I tell you. I am shocked. #albertapolitics #alberta #politics #corruption

Morning, friends. Time to dig back in to all of this. Democracy matters.

My book Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation is nominated for the GoodReads Reader Choice Awards for non fiction. I would love if you could vote for it! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

“We’re in the midst of the sixth great extinction,” Dr Goodall tells me during our interview for BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science. “The more we can do to restore nature and protect existing forests, the better.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Attn Art Teachers! This interactive map lets you view an image and a short write-up about public art pieces in Fredericton, NB. I'll list two project ideas in my next post & hope you share your ideas & resources as well - from New Brunswick & beyond! 1/2 fredericton.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour...

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky