April 18, 2026

Today's the anniversary of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It underpins who we are as a country, and at its heart is the notion of choice. Canadians must protect each other and care for one another. #CDNCharter

Refusing to see the pattern from Gaza repeating in Lebanon is another failure of the international community. Yes, Hezbollah should be disarmed. But collective punishment is a war crime.

Spain is crushing it ⚡🇪🇸 Solar is delivering the equivalent of 27 nuclear plants during the day. Pumped hydro stores ~3 nuclear plants worth. Batteries already stepping in. This isn’t a generation problem anymore. It’s storage scale. Energy scarcity → energy timing. #BESS #Solar

My flower painting of dandelions

Celeste Roberge’s sculpture “The Weight of Grief” #art

'Bluebell Woodland' by contemporary Northumberland printmaker Rebecca Vincent #WomensArt

Hey, I’m Jeff Dillon, a Canadian painter based in Kitchener, Ontario. This is one of my original paintings, and I’d love to hear what stands out to you. Jeff #canada

My father survived a year with pancreatic cancer but it was a year of terrible suffering. This is very encouraging news. www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...

Good idea. Using it against Alberta teachers was an abuse of it.

I need a break….

Hey folks! The EU is flipping the script on energy taxes—fossil fuels are getting hit harder than electricity. It’s all part of the plan to go green post-energy crisis. https://www.eenews.net/articles/fossil-fuels-face-higher-taxes-than-electricity-under-eu-bill/

The UCP said they would respect the findings of the independent Boundaries Commission ... until they didn't like the results. Now, they're ignoring the experts, who consulted with thousands of Albertans, to push through a map that would steal your vote and rig the election.

NBC News has projected that Democrat Analilia Mejia has won the special election in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District for Mikie Sherrill’s seat in the U.S. House, beating out Republican Joe Hathaway. Great news! 👏

Can confirm

Religious Posturing Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

Reposting this just for the alt text.

The collapse of the gulf stream will be catastrophic for the entire planet. The crisis in the earth's circulation system continues to be ignored while politicians promote massive oil/gas expansion. We are killing our children's future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Billionaires take money, not make money. Their workers are the ones who make the money. Bezos is not on the floor in his warehouses. Musk is not the one making his electric cars. Zuckerberg is not the one coding his Facebook. Billionaires take the money that workers make.

Pope Leo XIV tweets: “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”

Pope Leo: "The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters.”

People asked how we got here, check out the drawing...

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

About 4 hours today & really wanted to do more but I came home early because snowstorm + Edmonton drivers is just not a thing I ever want to deal with.

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs. Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026. This is what corporate greed looks like.

Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich 
Well, today we're taxing the rich...

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Sinead O'Connor was an angel who touched us for a time. And she knew how to kick out the jams. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PweU...

NEWS: Two U.S. Navy destroyers were forced to turn back while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened them and launched a drone toward the ships, per Bloomberg citing a regional intelligence official. 1/

Lying from the White House Podium is now a family tradition.

First studio bike commute since early December, saw my first butterfly & got about 5 hours in on this.

In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.

Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS PENTAGON TO COMPLY WITH RULING RESTORING PRESS ACCESS - COURT DECISION

Rep. Yassamin Ansari announced today that she intends to introduce impeachment articles against Pete Hegseth. Ansari cited the Iran war and said Hegseth had 'repeatedly' violated his oath of office and his duty to the Constitution.

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

Pleased to see our Prime Minister standing with international law against the proposed war crimes being planned by Donald Trump and his gangster regime. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/04/07/c...

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.

Awful www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...

Cherry blossoms in Japan.

Maggie Vandewalle - Strata. #Watercolour

HEY YOU. HERE'S ME REPOSTING MY ART AGAIN! WITH ALT TEXT. AND ALL CAPS (Almost finished WIP. It is available)

Imagine if New Zealand had kept up with the EV take up, the solar panel installations and headed away from the oil companies. Things would certainly be much different. People would be happier Less stress A better future

We are paying the equivalent of $8.50 per gallon for petrol in Australia for what…so that rotting carcass of a president & his backers can make some money.