This is Ranger. He is politely requesting attention from these mannequins. Happy to wait as long as it takes. 13/10 (TT: rangerthenycgolden)

A lot of people accused me of making up these folks supporting the regime, but this is why it’s worth talking about. People in Iran see them, too. Imagine struggling to get online during a war and then seeing support for the government that has been torturing your country for 47 years.

"The COVID-19 pandemic at 6 years: Mass death, debilitation and media silence" "The pandemic has killed over 30 million people worldwide, left more than 400 million suffering from Long COVID... It is one of the most catastrophic events in modern history—and it is not over."

The Mumpty Dance is your chance to do the mumps Do the Mumpty Mump come on and do the Mumpty Mump (Apologies to Digital Underground, who are innocent)

BREAKING: Grammarly is pulling down its explosively controversial feature that impersonates writers without their consent futurism.com/artificial-i...

CANADA 🇨🇦 FOR THE WIN A nail biter. But the Canadian wheelchair curling team finds a way to win again at the Paralympics. It’s an 9-6 victory over Slovakia. Canada remains undefeated, improving to 7-0. One win away from locking up first place with two games left.

This is Peanut. He's on someone's lap, wearing a fleece-lined jacket, and safe inside a car. But he's positive he could take that wolf. 12/10 (TT: peanutthepomapoo)

Labour's one in one out policy fundamentally undermines protections for modern slavery and trafficking victims. Ministers were warned about this from the start. They ignored those warnings to push a policy they knew put people at risk. 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

If you’re wondering why I’m ranting today about what scientific freedom is and is not, here is why. Jay Bhattacharya is a fool who cannot stand that he was—and continues to be—called out by legitimate scientists for his bullshit.

Elon Musk is now worth $845 billion. Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high. See the problem here?

Proposed cuts in Mathematics & Statistics would eliminate 7 of 8 teaching positions and reduce first-year course sections students depend on. As the provincial budget approaches, faculty are urging government to reinvest in Memorial. 1/2

💥 Bill 6 and Bill 223 make the toxic drug crisis worse - criminalizing survival, shutting down safe consumption sites and putting Indigenous people, especially women, at greater risk. ✊🏽 Repeal Bill 6 and Bill 223. 🔗 Take action: takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/183628/...

📢According to UNICEF and latest reports, over 270 children across #MENA have been killed since 28 February, with most children killed in #Iran and #Lebanon. These figures are a stark testament to the toll that conflict is taking on children. Civilians must be protected.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp: "This technology disrupts humanity's train, largely Democratic voters, and makes their economic power less, and increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working class, often male voters. These disruptions are going to disrupt every aspect of our society."

Vulnerable people like Guy are threatened by bad hospital policies and understaffing. He was first moved from his hometown hospital because they didn't have resources to treat pneumonia. Then they put him into a hospital hallway in #YXE, where they didn't have enough room. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Recall: LFTE USA Playground Swing Set Seats; The rivets used to support the swing seat can fail, posing a fall hazard to children. Get free replacement swing seat. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

Not Alberta Politics but… Too good to not share! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Too often I think we view misogyny through the lens of women’s responsibility—do women cause misogyny, how can women avoid misogyny, how can we blame women, always—instead of recognizing that there is literally no way to opt out of or avoid misogyny entirely, because our whole society is built on it

This is a must read. The study data is flawed, they appear to have deliberately overlooked established data and the people at the helm are UCP donors. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...

And of course Israeli police and Israel Defence Force use facial recognition technology extensively. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

And who just gave this corporation a pardon? Donald Trump.

Web article version of the story here edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/03/11/e...

BREAKING: The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee.

Smith is MAGA part 3.

Imagine if $383 million was spent on places to live for those in Arizona who need it instead of for buying and renovating a warehouse for an ICE detention center. This is an obscenity. We have to flip Congress.

Niagara is the hotbed for white nationalism in Ontario and Doug Ford’s appointment was a nod to that: www.cp24.com/local/niagar...

Nepal to ration cooking gas over fears of nationwide shortage - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/nepal-ration-cooking-gas-over-fears-nationwide-shortage

A week! One week to make a decision of whether to rip your family from the life they have started to build. This highlights to nonsense which is the principle of "voluntary returns" in many cases. It isn't voluntary when the alternative is being deported anyway. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is about twice NOAA’s annual budget.

What is Canada's Favourite Book: ROUND ONE From a list of 96 fiction and 96 non-fiction books, we will choose a winner. All matchups chosen by random number generator. (To vote, go into the thread and click like on the book you are voting for)

It can be very easy for people who have never professionally sat with people (and their families) who experience the devastation of mental illness to pontificate about its existence and treatment from an armchair.

vocm.com/2026/03/12/2... Healthcare staff have been raising this concern for years.

"We need more scientists in Congress," says social media. As a scientist who works on the science-policy interface, I ask this sincerely: why? Why is a scientist better than an experienced politician and lawmaker who listens to scientific advice?

The Canadian Cancer Society wants all provinces and territories Wednesday to lower the colorectal cancer screening age to 45 from 50.

A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

New Supreme Leader says ‘Iran will not refrain from avenging the blood of its martyrs’ - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/new-supreme-leader-says-iran-will-not-refrain-avenging-blood-its-martyrs

Muslim countries condemn Israel's 'unjustified' closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/muslim-countries-condemn-israel-closure-al-aqsa-mosque

The second generation cut-off in the Indian Act strips First Nations children of status. Bill S-2 and its amendments address this. The amendments removing the second generation cut-off passed the Senate. Now it’s up to the House 🔗 takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/187580/action/1

on the U.S. bombing of an Iranian school which killed 150 children, he has not once expressed any remorse. he’s simply not human.

When ‘your freedom of choice’ is diminished, are you truly free? Why Alberta’s book banning initiative is ‘an affront to democracy’ Professor Ira Wells explains why the government order is ‘quite demeaning to Alberta's high school-age kids’ www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...