Elvis called me this morning. We spoke for, maybe, 20 minutes or so. He was kind of upset at first: He's been watching a lot of cable news lately, and he said he'd heard Trump wanted to take over his old mansion in Memphis and tear it down and build a huge casino resort there.

ICE has not quieted down. It’s even worse. It’s just become less visible and less covered by the media. Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ice-is-even-worse

Doug Ford's government has rewritten so many of Ontario's environmental laws since winning the 2025 election that it can be hard to keep track of all the changes. Here's our comprehensive guide to Ontario's environment under Ford's third majority: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...

Petition calls on federal government to end funding for Official Opposition leader’s Ottawa residence #Stornoway #Canada Petition link in /2 /1 thread www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

As we experience more HEAT WAVES, we need public spaces that are cool, have drinking water, and public toilets. Having a "place to go" is a public health issue that concerns everyone. Does Ottawa have a plan? @otttransitriders.bsky.social @horizonottawa.bsky.social @en.ottawa.ca @ottawacitizen.com

I hate seeing another bad local day in my industry every six months and feeling the need to write down my thoughts about it. I am so lucky that a lot of people really appreciate what I do. But I am continually sad about what's happened around me.

The Great Red Scare of Mesopotamia was really something.

This piece by @michellegamage.bsky.social exposes the shambolic state of public health in BC. The lack of a science- and data-driven culture has deadly impacts, with COVID providing some obvious examples. It's not a bug, it's a feature - substituting the whims of power for rational decision-making.

Breaking: Judge Lewis Kaplan has ordered the release of $5 million+ in damages owed to E. Jean Carroll by Donald Trump. Trump failed to convince the judge to delay the payment. This comes more than three years after he was found liable for sexual assault.

An off-duty Alberta doctor saved a man's life with CPR. Then, after being checked by a paramedic, he got a $250 ambulance bill. It's a reminder emergency care outside hospitals is often not covered by medicare. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha... via @cbcnews.ca

Cat claims she spoke with her old friend Mitch McConnell yesterday and he said that all cats in America should get a free case of catnip every month. Also, he wants the government to fund animal shelters in every city.

Their goal is to create so much chaos and so many crises that it starts to feel like nothing you do makes a difference. Don’t believe it. Every action matters. Keep showing up and remember the resistance will prevail!

“The Fraser Valley Regional District has issued an Evacuation Alert for the Nahatlatch and North Boothroyd areas due to the Brunswick Creek and Ainslie Creek wildfires.” www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/wildfi... - EmergencyInfoBC #AinslieCreekWildfire #BCWildfire #BrunswickCreekWildfire

I visited Mitch McConnell today for 20 minutes. I brought Chinese food, which he devoured, and we made plans to go to the Springsteen show. He said he neede a break from politics, since GOPers had been visiting non stop wanting to discuss current events, the midterms and the World Cup.

I spoke to Mitch McConnell for nearly twenty minutes this morning. He said, in a weak but firm voice, "We need to be honest with the public."

I spoke to Mitch McConnell for twenty minutes this morning. He said, in a weak but firm voice, "this really is all my fault, American democracy would be just fine if I had allowed Merrick Garland to get confirmed to SCOTUS, can you imagine how much trouble I would have saved on so many levels?"

I spoke to Mitch McConnell for twenty minutes this morning. He said, in a weak but firm voice, "Access to health care shouldn't belong just to Senators. It is a basic human right."

Are you a former (or current) fed looking for meaning work in the civic tech space that's NOT directly under this admin, but still working with important public services? Here's a great resource with open roles across a ton of great companies like mine! dscovery.fly.dev

In small towns across Canada, there are museums that document the history of the area. They contain items you won't find in larger museums, and they are typically run by volunteers. youtube.com/shorts/9y8r1...

We asked the Vancouver Police Department why it will cost $200,000 per week, on top of their $497 million budget, to police a car-free Granville strip for six additional weeks this summer. They refused to answer.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

Cutting healthcare for vulnerable asylum seekers signals a dangerous shift towards anti-migrant policy—and will lower the standard of healthcare for all. By Hana Sherafati Zanganeh @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

@donbraid.bsky.social where are the conservatives? the real ones? #abpoli

Albertans supporting separation aren’t driven by hate. They’re driven by frustration. The answer isn’t walking away from Canada. It’s building a better Alberta together. Read my latest op-ed. www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/06/a...

“Government has frozen the minimum wage for a long time in Alberta. That tends to impact low-wage workers, the most disproportionately female.” @kjscott.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #canfem www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Zelenskyy: "We have raised our interception rate against Russian Shahed drones to more than 90%. No other country has the capability to defend against attack drones at this scale."

Zelenskyy: "Just yesterday, Ukrainian drones broke through Russia's defences and struck a Russian oil refinery in Siberia. And this is not an exception. It's the new reality. And there is no major oil refinery left in Russia that has not been struck by Ukraine."

Jason Kenney hopefully amplifying reports that Carney might be open to privatizing our healthcare. If this ends up having even a lick of truth — which there is no reason to believe right now — it would be horrifying for our country. Don’t even think about it, Carney. Please.

A critical element of maximizing everyone’s health is to keep & strengthen our publicly-funded health care system, ensuring zero private healthcare. Cheaper for everyone, short and long-term. Best for Canada. There is no case to be made that private is good if public is properly funded. #canpoli

CALMAR, you asked and you shall receive your #ForeverCanadian lawn signs!

A reminder that this was written in 2006, and it still hasn't been fixed.

Those of us who’ve lost people we love to this curated pestilence should file a class-action suit against Fox News for thirty years of malpractice and murder: for the relationships they’ve destroyed, the deaths they’ve been complicit in, the betrayal of the public trust...

As I started to post #thedogefiles, I quickly began to realize that there was a lot of inside ball there. Well finally, Indy media has come to your help. This is a great breakdown of what I have posted so far. There is more coming! nationalpublichealthcoalition.substack.com/p/insights-f...

Dear @developers.google.com : Is it REALLY that difficult to allow users to change the Gmail subject line on forwards or replies? Signed, My Sanity

If the #TumblerRidge shooting affected you, help is available: - BC Mental Health Crisis Line: 310‑6789 - National Suicide Crisis Line: 988 - Kids Help Phone: 1‑800‑668‑6868 / text 686868 - 911 (emergency) More: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/... - Government of British Columbia #BCPoli 2/2

I’m all “There’s no way that’s real.” Google’s all “Oh it’s real alright.” Ladies and gentlemen, the Rhinestone Clownboy. #canpoli #cdnpoli

And as if #PeteHoekstra’s July 4th party filled with anti-Canadian seditionists wasn’t enough bullshit, the propaganda that was spread online along with it, was equally toxic. #cdnpoli

“By setting up a two-tier ­system where the wealthy have better access to care, Bill 11 directly contravenes the Canada Health Act” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...

Male Loneliness Crisis temporarily solved by World Cup

@jewinacanoe.bsky.social Canada has growing white supremacist / neo-Nazi problem. Concerns everyone: increasingly violent antisemitism, AND amplifies all hate - Islamaphobia, misogyny, anti-BIPOC, anti-FNMI, anti-trans... Lich &convoy radicalized Canada, with global support.

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers today. Its CEO made $96.5M in 2025, a 22% increase from the previous year. Microsoft made $101B in net income last year — and raked in up to $12.5B in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill. This is what a rigged system looks like.

Looks like you can read The Guardian and The Economist via library card/Press Reader app I just wish they featured/included our better papers/mags, like The National Observer, The Narwhal, The Tyee, etc

For the people running Postmedia, that was the point of buying the Citizen *and* the rest of the former Southam newspapers: running them into the ground while weaponizing what's left into anti-human propaganda.

“Environment Canada has issued an air quality warning for parts of B.C.’s Fraser Canyon, including Lytton, due to smoke coming from the Brunswick Creek fire.” globalnews.ca/news/1195463... - Global News #BCWildfire #BostonBar #BrunswickCreekWildfire #FraserCanyon #Lytton #WildfireSmoke

DOGE didn't "self-delete" over the weekend, they were all absorbed into National Design Studio, under Joe Gebbia. They are still around and still very much breaking things and making bad decisions.

"Tubular Highway to Nowhere" is what I call this. No Ontario refineries can process Alberta crude (or dilbit) ... #abpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

JUST IN: Judge Sullivan has ordered me to respond, on or before July 13th, to Todd Blanche's "I'm not turning anything over" move from last week in my lawsuit over the Epstein Files. Then, Blanche has until July 20th to reply to what I file.

"In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..." www.notus.org/agencies/dog...