In 1938, the German Reich invalidated all German Jewish passports. They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as a Jew. In 2026, the state of Kansas invalidated all correct trans drivers licenses. They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as trans.

PP’s current fortunes are feeling a lot like our last PM’s did before his exit. It would be really funny if people started calling Pierre Poilievre ‘Justin Poilievre’ in a tribute sort of way. A parting gift and one final🖕, hopefully.

Just read @readtheorchard.org piece about MaKami college from Feb 7th. A fun tidbit of information that I know is the tuition for the HCA program is over $12,000 while a similar program at Norquest has a fee of $7,000+. Corrupt piggies at the trough running MaKami. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

Vampire Capitalism

We need stricter gun laws and universal, single payer, mental health care.

Thanks to unseasonably warm (less draw) and dry (more production) weather (but not unprecedented as @yegwxnerdery.bsky.social points out), my solar system has delivered about 2/3 of my power so far this month. In February. But #solar doesn’t work in the winter in #yeg…

Dropping kids off at school the morning after the tragedy unfolding up north sure feels different.

This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all. "Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact." people.com/ballerina-fa...

Entomologist… Maslow’s hierarchy of bees.

This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding. Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.

World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions phys.org/news/2026-01...

🥁 India Is Electrifying Faster Than China 🥁 Read our story on @ember-energy.org's analysis. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average. climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Next time they tell you Renee Good was trying to hit her murderer with a car, remind them that Dylan Roof had a weapon too. The police bought Dylan Roof lunch on the way to jail and Renee was executed in the street.

*welp*

Please Share!!!!

This is a chilling substack post. Buckle up Canadians.

Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery. www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...

Kirk and Minaj duet of W.A.P. On the horizon? That should fire up the Bible thumpers.

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Close friends sharing a moment on the mats.

I’m not nor was ever a huge George Michael fan. But that song is damn near musical perfection. Full of life, joy, happiness, FREEDOM. It was a giant flag saying I’ll be who I want and owe no explanations. And it’s been butchered into what sounds like a cold, banal, studio reproduction. For what?

I heard a cover of George Michael’s Freedom ‘90 this morning on CBC called Freedom ‘25 by Kae Tempest and I don’t know if it’s my age showing or what but my Gord what an abomination. Modern musical “artists” shouldn’t be allowed to turn songs into what that cover is. Burn it in fire.

This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.

Yeah, no shit

This one really hits the reality button hard. Since taking over my parent’s business fully, up until the last 2 years I felt as though we couldn’t get ahead. Even once my partner went back to work it still felt as though we were just scraping by. By traditional… open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

This tracks 100%. Nailed it. vt.tiktok.com/ZSf6JTQLx/

I tried to be subtle, but I know that doesn't reach all of you. I co-authored a crossword that was published today! Yegwords.com/p/too-soon

Have you signed up for the weekly crossword puzzle from YEGWords yet? Find one in your inbox every Friday morning: www.yegwords.com A little birdie tells me that tomorrow's should be good. :)

To be clear, nothing Epstein did to minors would be legal to do to an adult woman either, the fact that they were minors just makes it like a heinous layer cake of rape and human trafficking.

God I hate being right.

So many far right Christian nationalists are about to come out in favour of pedophilia, whatever it takes to normalize Trump’s crimes.

found in my DMs

Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?” A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages. It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning. Since then, it’s only gotten worse. Do the steps sound familiar?

Not AI

World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black. www.livescience.com/animals/spid...

An interview with my BJJ coach, close friend and #yeg indie film maker Steve Winjet. www.bestversionmedia.com/ab/neighbour...

I’m reaching a point in BJJ where the gap between the abundance of youth and the capacity of skill is really starting to narrow. It’s taking so much more focus and commitment to the fundamentals to beat the young and energetic guys on the mats. I’m game, but man is it work.

I would like to say something about AI. For things like excel, getting an LLM (Claude in this case) to help me build functions has been a game changer. I just don’t have the knowledge or expertise required to efficiently or effectively build what I need. And I don’t necessarily have the resources…

The essence of this paragraph could be applied broadly to so many things. Ignorant emnity is the conservative way. open.substack.com/pub/emmettma...

NEW POST: No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/no-the-sup...

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

The hypocrisy of Premier Smith's current Chief of Staff, Rob Anderson: The government is acting like a "dictator" by ripping away legal rights to impose a settlement. "That's wrong. That's not the Alberta way. That's not what we do here." #ableg #abpoli

NDP leader Naheed Nenshi pulled few punches today… Not only did he condemn Smith’s claim Peter Lougheed would support her attack on human rights… He called her and the entire UCP caucus cowards. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

If there ever were a time to send out a giant suck it to separatists, Daniel Smith and her cabal of authoritarian UCP sycophants, now would be that time. SUCK IT