See you in 40 days social media. #AshWednesday

“Now, I won’t say, ‘Cancel the election. They should cancel the election,’ because the fake news will say, ‘He wants the elections canceled. He’s a dictator.’ …Republicans have been so successful that when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

There are so many problems with this approach. Will the technique work? Will it be able to monitor chemical changes? Does Sio pull the funding if reports say the wrong thing? Will the prov step in if something goes wrong and shut it down? Where is the oversight? thenarwhal.ca/sio-silica-g...

Worth a watch. Incompetence, if practiced enough, is indistinguishable from malice. Now ask yourself why healthcare remains broken, why homelessness and poverty persist, and why leaders neglect our environment. Weaponized incompetence is malice. youtube.com/shorts/ME1fH...

Wow.

Sun dog.

Considering what is going on in the US right now, with crackdowns on public protest, the introduction of this bylaw had really bad timing. Glad to see it shelved (or hopefully shelved). Councillor to shelve controversial ‘nuisance’ protests bylaw proposal www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

In superconducting materials, pairs of electrons form a shared quantum-mechanical state go.nature.com/4afVRT1

Canada should be trying to do the same.

This morning at the Cathedral of St John’s

Roses are red Violets are blue MITT is toast Next could be you.

2026

Researchers fear this will lead to further political interference in US science go.nature.com/4kxFjJK

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Sio doing this is the same strategy as Wab opening a marine conservation area for a fossil fuel lane. It legitimizes the project. The problem is that once the aquifer is destroyed, it is gone for generations. The monitoring will show it is gone but by then it’s too late. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Lord have mercy. 10 dead, including female suspect, in shootings at B.C. school and home www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/...

Almost all of the scientists were previously at US institutions go.nature.com/4qMlrUR

This bridge being built between Windsor ON and Detroit MI, fully paid for by Canada, is called the Gordie Howe International Bridge. It is literally the Elbows Up bridge. Yes, this is real life.

You might not like bowling, but that’s just like your opinion, man. Chicken wings was happy that he almost had 6-7 as a score.

FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.

“Pulling the plug on technology in a humanities class can be one of the best things to happen.”

Is … is Trump trying to heal Epstein here? What is going on? This has gone beyond blasphemy to the theatre of the absurd.

Thoughts this morning after reading Hauerwas’ critique of philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. Many « conservatives » are just liberals, since they both encourage individualism and « worship at the altar of the free market » (Bill Blaikie). Most choices at the polls are for different kinds of liberals.

Good news. Greenland needs our support. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Full statement from the Episcopalian Bishop of Pennsylvania below. TL;DR version: Either Trump apologizes for his racism or he should resign.

The (Episcopal) Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania

Read my full article here: open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...

Pure racism from Trump and defended by the White House. America, you own this. Do something about it.

Theologians like Thomas Aquinas argue that pride is the "gateway" or "mother" of all other deadly sins—greed, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth—because it causes people to selfishly prioritize their own desires, rationalizing, and justifying sinful behavior. www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...

Amen Charles, amen. #Manitoba #ClimateCrisis #GreenEnergy 🌞 💨

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

"It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and those who wish to live as machines" - Wendell Berry

I went by there today when I dropped off sandwiches for the @mainstreetproject.bsky.social. The surrounding buildings are lucky to have survived. The Main St Project had to be evacuated for clean up. Cleanup of Manwin Hotel resumes www.winnipegfreepress.com/this-just-in...

I must have missed the memo that said that Stephen Harper saved Canada. MacKay folded to the far right wing of the Conservatives and now Red Tories and other moderates don’t have a home. Harper’s legacy will be destroying Canadian conservatism for US style politics nationalpost.com/opinion/step...

Apparently there is a TikTok trend about asking people what place, food or TV character they would be? Katelyn said I would be Matthew McConaughey’s character from True Detective Season One and I’m not sure how to take that.

Another 200+ sandwiches made with this lovely crew at Gifts of Grace Street Mission for the @mainstreetproject.bsky.social. TBTG!

Cursive is making a comeback go.nature.com/45LDvGV

While I applaud any attempt to make a marine conservation area up north, the idea of shipping fossil fuels through Hudson Bay makes any such effort disingenuous. Wab is just trying to silence critics before launching his oil/gas shipping lane project in Churchill (1/2) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Agreed. We have way too much ICE.

Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.

“[If the admin wanted war], they didn’t get it. Instead, they met a community full of people who declared, in words and actions, that they will take care of each other; people who prioritize the safety of their neighbours and neighbourhoods over their own comfort; people who refuse to look away.”

6% on Rotten Tomatoes, 99% for « random » people giving 5/5 stars. The power of internet bots. An important thing to think about for any poll or any online « democratic » process. With bots, the fix can be in before the credits start to roll.

No. I’m pretty sure that Trump is our problem, Mr. Black. apple.news/A62fDiFOPSFa...

New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries. This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...

Nature and Science journalists denied entry to event featuring NIH Director

I am heartbroken to hear of the death of Catherine O'Hara. What an extraordinary talent. Offering condolences to her friends, family and in particular her sister Mary Margaret. She is with the angels.