the fun thing about the BBC story is that I can't actually read about it for more than couple of minutes at a time because it makes me feel too insane :)

Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.

A plainclothes ICE agent pointed his gun at a female driver in Santa Ana. When Fullerton👮intervened, he claimed she was following his operation. Increasingly, ICE agents are confronting people (legally) recording their (lawless) activities. What could go wrong? www.latimes.com/california/s...

On Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, Halifax Transit buses and the Alderney Ferry will be operating on holiday schedules. Woodside Ferry will not be operating. Schedule Info: halifax.ca/transportation/halifax-transit/routes-schedules

Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith charged with 2017 sexual assault, does not appear in court www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

The astounding speed of China's energy transformation gives the world hope. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The Edmund Fitzgwrald sinking on the same day Dr Manhattan's circulatory system appeared in the kitchen cannot possibly be a coincidence

so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway

I do hope our intelligence services has stopped sharing intelligence with 🇺🇸 that can be used against our democracies With the current governments habit of replacing professionals with loyalists they should assume CIA etc. is penetrated. That they will be assisting totalitarian movements in 🇪🇺.

I'm curious as to why @bylinetimes.bsky.social are running tech corporation talking points, including pushing them out to hundreds of thousands of people. Here's my recent post breaking down why this line is so profoundly misleading: ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...

This is courage. Her face belies the pain and sorrow I have seen in other women too many times. She says she is doing it for the women of Mexico. I feel that she does this in service to end assaults against women everywhere. She is heroic, like so many survivors I have been privileged to know.

So that's it, huh

This also applies to the Liberals (who are now unabashed conservatives) destroying the Canadian post office. It's vandalism of a public good that doesn't fucking belong to them and they should be ashamed of themselves.

Two things here are true. 1) Trump is MAGA and the movement will back whatever he wants. 2) the pivot to confront China by Trump was, is, and always will be a sham. He has strengthened China and weakened US allies.

hey guys check this out

morning update

NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois. Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault Just filed: www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

WTF is an “Ethnic Pakistani”

Agree with and appreciate Rachel's summary here.

How is it that healthcare decisions for trans people are influenced so heavily by cis people *with absolutely no relevant expertise, training or experience*? In no other area of healthcare would this be tolerated. FOR GOOD REASON.

“A plainclothes ICE agent pointed his gun at a female driver in Santa Ana…The incident is one of many nationwide raising concerns about plainclothes agents being mistaken for criminals and visa versa, prompting the FBI to urge proper identification.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Was at a craft fair yesterday and a vendor said "Psst. Are you offended by swear words?" I laughed and said no. She motioned me over: "Check out the hidden messages on our dishcloths!" I needed a few fun stocking stuffers. And what better message than this for the times we are in?! WTF indeed.

"With ArcelorMittal Dofasco stalling on its green steel plans and releasing emissions above Ontario’s air-quality regulations, #HamOnt resident Jochen Bezner says Canada’s largest steelmaker needs to be held accountable." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Say it louder for the people in the back! Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to. www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...

TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.

If you die in sudoku you die in real life

New: We've translated in full a 1988 KGB training manual on how to infiltrate U.S. government facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Something of a Russian growth industry these days, you might say. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...

mandatory viewing for all brain wormed trans women who think they will die if there is a single pound of muscle or fat on their body

They just know who’s actually going to have money.

This report is absolutely fantastic. A nuanced, expert approach to something that matters a whole heck of a lot, and is absolutely essential to get right

"Please stop telling me to carry on. Please, I'm begging you." - my wayward son

McDonald's has again registered the trademarks "Big Tasty" and "McDelivery" in Russia. Same scum who hold a secret “buy-back” clause on their businesses in Russia. They never left - they just changed administrative names to keep customers from buying their crap fast food.

Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."

one time I pointed out that elon musk followed no women on twitter and he immediately followed caity weaver

OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars": ".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great." @variety.com $DIS variety.com/2025/film/ne...

now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Now that Guiliani has been pardoned, he's working on his credentials to be Trump's next choice for NYC Mayor.

When my cartoons become reality. #chicago

Time for the rest of the world to start requiring vaccine records to allow North Americans into their countries.

literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works

"A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported components needed to make solar panels."

According to deputy editor Kateryna Maiboroda, the channel was removed six times in one month on bogus “spam and fraud” grounds, suggesting coordinated mass reporting linked to Russian networks. She says this is an attempt to not only destroy Ukrainian cities but also erase memory itself.

🔴 YouTube has deleted the Ukrainian memorial project “Memorial of Heroes” without the right to appeal. The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles. 1/2

“The shift under Mr. Patel has struck directly at the Five Eyes relationship through the removal of senior agents who spent years fighting Islamic extremists or blunting counterintelligence threats alongside operatives from allied countries.”

Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation. But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.

Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years

A Russian blogger shared that many Russians do not realize how many Russian soldiers are dying in the war against Ukraine. "For these two small cities [Pokrovsk and Bakhmut], Russia has already killed 80-100 thousand of its own soldiers. It wasn't Ukraine that killed them, it was Russia," he says.

The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social