It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

LOL. No.

This was a scurrilous ad hominem attack on the integrity of City Council colleagues by @timtierney.ca. During a Term of Council when we've all sought to avoid the petty divisiveness of the last term, Councillor Tierney sadly brought us all lower yesterday. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...

There's enough inaccurate or concerning information in the way in which @en.ottawa.ca is communicating about the 2026 Budget that I felt it should be addressed. And it's the concept of $252M in "savings" that I want to talk about, because this information is being used falsely. 1/

I can’t believe what I just heard on The Current. This “documentary” pack report is… straight up christo-prop. Just wide-eyed cultist reporting from an indoctrinated “reporter.” What the hell, @mattgalloway.bsky.social? There is a way to approach this subject without it becoming a recruiting drive.

Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...

The most helpful phrase of 2025 👇

This is incredibly well-written… and also maximally terrifying. We have a confused adolescent wielding the power of the “Secretary of War.” What is most sobering is the complete lack of understanding of America’s history and *why* the institutions are the way they are. /1 apple.news/AufIL1uzDQQ2...

Well. I guess we know why Ford wants to get rid of speed cameras. Wow. Whoever this asshat is, they need to be fired, ASAP. globalnews.ca/news/1146702...

"Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was deported today to El Salvador – a country he fled over 20 years ago — in retaliation for filming law enforcement activities." "This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press." #Georgia #USA #ElSalvador #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting. cpj.org/2025/10/jour...

There we are.

Just thinking today of all the colleagues who called us alarmists and cranks when we pointed out that Trump was talking and acting like a fascist in 2016

When they say "enemy within" that's fascism.

This seems to be where we are. Pro tip: real bad guys don’t know they’re bad guys. This isn’t a cartoon. It’s up to everyone else to say, “You know, that’s not gonna be okay with the rest of us.” …oh yeah… and then they need to DO something.

If George Washington himself had done this as President, he would have been impeached, removed, prosecuted, and imprisoned. This was one of the greatest fears of the Framers.

Over 40% of Americans approve of a President threatening civil war over his fantasy version of his opponents. As a journalist I still feel some obligation to try to understand. As a human I want to stay as far away as possible, and don't know if I'll ever bring my family across the border again.

So… Pete Hegseth is just channeling full War Criminal now, yeah? Great. Fucking great. Might be high time for the senior military leadership to say, “Fuck no.”

So Disney’s putting Kimmel back on the air. For how long? Pretending this was just a “pause” is not okay. If you want to be taken seriously (and stop the bleeding) you might want to do the brave, honest thing and admit the mistake you made. And then maybe start defending democracy like a grown up.

The United States could have great things like this. But we like to spend our money on kidnapping people and trafficking them to concentration camps instead. #Priorities

Disney has managed to undermine the most important thing it has: trust. It’s like everyone woke up and realized that Cruella De Vil is actually in charge and the whole business is about making her rich enough to make coats out of every Dalmatian in the nation. Breaking trust this badly is deadly.

100% this. People have been warning about these dangerous idiots for years. Have y’all got the message yet? No real journalist would ever sign such a thing. The whole point is to hold authority to account, not kowtow to their demands and feed their unhealthy need for validation.

Alberta governments have mused about using the notwithstanding clause before. Albertans have stood up for human rights, forcing the government to back down. Now is that time once again.

Have any notable and influential celebrities said anything in defense of Kimmel? Sincere question.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

I have loved Star Wars since I first saw it in a theatre in 1977. But the company clearly didn’t absorb the message of the movies or shows it purchased. I won’t be subscribing as long as Disney remains a boot polisher for fascists. Pulling the plug now.

And here we are. Silencing satirists, now. And the bulk of the mainstream commentators predictably fail to underline how serious this is. Who knew we’d go full fascist quite so quickly? /1

trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

Last month, Anas al-Sharif sounded the alarm on starvation in Gaza. Israel accused him of terrorism. "We warned this felt like a precursor to justify assassination," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Today he was killed in a targeted strike on a tent housing reporters.

"Simply put, trees pay us back year after year. Cutting them down because a sidewalk panel is lifting is like demolishing a house to fix a leaky faucet. " www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

Good national leaders sacrifice their time and energies to make their countries stronger. Bad ones use their positions to make themselves richer or to gain personal power. They are vampires, sucking their country's lifeblood. Trumpferatu is our Vampire-in-Chief. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against downtown bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of the evidence that they are better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced. Bike-lanes mean business.

Braced myself and tuned into Cross Country Checkup… and, hallelujah, it’s Saroja Coelho today. This is the change we need. She is such a good open line host. Smart, strong, excellent moderation skills, not afraid to handle complex ideas with curiosity and grace. This is the journalism we need.

Trump says Canada backing Palestinian statehood jeopardizes U.S. trade deal he was gonna break anyway

Another week, another journalistically bankrupt offering from Ian on Checkup. He has no trouble interrupting, nullifying or otherwise discounting views that question his own role in driving the controversy. Key point for those of you who give a crap about media ethics and the role of journalism: /1

Leave it to Checkup to rile me up. Ian just tried to dismiss a caller’s fears about the border and having her citizenship stripped by telling her Trump can’t really do that because it’s “illegal.” FFS look around buddy. MOST of what he is doing is illegal. But that does not seem to be stopping him.

Remember, this new normal -- in which gangs of masked armed gunmen are causing chaos in the streets, pulling weapons and assaulting innocent people, and no one can say if they're crooks or cops -- was all sold to Americans as a way to make us feel safer.

Here we go. Time for session one (for me) of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) annual conference. A session on Municipal resilience in the face of multiple, inter-related threats. Learning time!

Children need to be kept safe, including safety from deluded parents who put their health at risk. Under many laws, children were property of their father until the 1950s. Thankfully, this is no longer true. Should childhood vaccinations ... www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

My friend, Adam, shining the spotlight on the great work of the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area. The idiots are getting all the headlines right now. But, as always, there are amazing people doing amazing things every day in our communities. Check it out.

This morning, WHO Member States adopted the Pandemic Agreement by consensus. They also established a working group to negotiate the PABS Annex for 2026. Once the Annex is adopted the Agreement opens for signature. It will enter into force when there are 60 Parties. www.who.int/news/item/20...

Hurricane season starts June 1 and if you live in a Gulf state, you need to watch this. It’s worse than you might think. The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.

Bye bye Core Four. Time for some new blood… a few players who know how to rise to the occasion would be good.

Me being shocked and appalled about AI book scams: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...

Fascists are excited to take away your rights. When people start talking about “freedom” with a wild look in their eyes… chances are they are actually excited about the exact opposite.