A 19-year-old sued YouTube, Meta, Snap and TikTok claiming that the design of those platforms caused her to have depression and suicidal thoughts

“The French government announced that it will stop using American video conferencing platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and replace them with Visio, a French platform.”

TikTok uninstalls are reportedly up ~150% this week 📱 This follows the U.S. joint venture takeover (via CNBC)

This does not sound good: "Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

As others have said, you have to be pretty corrupt for the ex-president of corruption-o-rama to call for a boycott.

Breaking:

Les rations de chocolat ont été augmentées à 30 grammes, paraît-il. Et nous avons toujours été en guerre contre l'Estasie.

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

Cher @hydroquebec.com, deux pannes en une semaine, dans un quartier central, c'est un peu ordinaire. J'imagine que vous faites de votre mieux, mais c'est frustrant.

2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate ⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content ⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps ⬆️ Second warmest troposphere ⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs ⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Guys I think America has a far-right problem

pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things

«Laura Jedeed recounts how she was hired as a deportation officer by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a six-minute interview at a job fair in Texas, despite never signing any paperwork, not having completed a background check» www.democracynow.org/2026/1/14/la...

À mon #podcast Rembobinage, je confesse un "crime": je n'ai jamais lu L'ÉTRANGER, d'Albert Camus. Cela ne m'a pas empêché de constater, en compagnie de @pimpettedunoyer.bsky.social, que l'adaptation cinématographique de François Ozon frôle le chef-d'oeuvre. www.pieuvre.ca/2026/01/15/p...

NEW: Germany is joining Sweden and Norway deploying troops to Denmark. (Reuters)

* GREENLAND GOVERNMENT: FROM TODAY THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED MILITARY PRESENCE IN AND AROUND GREENLAND -- IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH NATO ALLIES @reuters.com

2025 according to NOAA was the THIRD WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD The annual global surface temperature was 1.17°C above the 20th-century average, falling behind the record-setting year of 2024 by 0.12°C and the second-warmest year, 2023 by 0.02°C. 2023 VS 2025 3-1...

Grosse nouvelle:

Des zombies, de la musique d'Iron Maiden et de la soft-porn gaie. Que demander de plus?

Coup de tonnerre au Québec aujourd’hui. François Legault annonce sa démission.

Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.

NEW: GoFundMe strictly bans fundraisers for “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes,” yet is currently running one “to help pay for any legal services” for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good. Its conflict is not even the least bit contestable.

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Attention, ils ont des macarons!

WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature? FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.

"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

I also love America and believe in its stated values. And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.

A Japanese artist made the print DHS lifted to spread anti-immigrant hate. Can't make this up.

It would be nice if Canadian journalists started asking our politicians why they continue to use X despite all of the CSAM and fascism, but a lot of Canadian journalists still use it, too.

great job to all these media organizations misleading readers into believing the grok AI bot is in control, not the people turning the dials behind the scenes. we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?

Hey look at that - the NYT finally covered No Kings.

HISTORIC WARMTH IN CANADA Incredible 7.6C at Pangnirtung Highest December temperature in NUNAVUT Record also at Iqaluit GREENLAND also with September-like temperatures.

@kevinlaforest.bsky.social : comme quelqu'un de plus intelligent que moi l'a écrit dans les commentaires, c'est un wooldunnit!

Une autre année tire à sa fin et avant que notre podcast Rembobinage prenne une pause durant les fêtes, mon ami @hugoprevost.bsky.social et moi vous présentons chacun notre Top 10 respectif des films qui nous ont le plus marqués en 2025. Bonne écoute et surtout, bon cinéma!

Benoit Blanc est de retour dans WAKE UP DEAD MAN de Rian Johnson, un whodunit à thématique catholique maintenant disponible sur Netflix. J'en jase avec @hugoprevost.bsky.social au podcast Rembobinage.

Judge refuses to grant Sarah Palin a new trial in her libel lawsuit against The New York Times

Chaos on the west coast after an atmospheric river has dumped record amounts of rain on the B.C. and Washington coast. Residents and farmers alike are trying to save what they can. APTN’s Tina House was there and shares more.

Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up? TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.

“We’ve gone from about 100 mining claims [in the protected area] to 210 in the last year,” said Michael Ross. “The craze for everything related to rare earth has really taken off in the last year. And we’ve suffered the consequences of that craze.” www.aptnnews.ca/featured/ess...

LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal. abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...

On pourrait nourrir les affamés du monde, aider les pauvres, combattre la crise climatique, mais...

A victimless crime futurism.com/future-socie...

Cuts won’t save Canada Post and mail won’t pay the bills. But adding banking services at post offices might turn things around. By @rromard.bsky.social and @simonenoch.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca troymedia.com/politicslaw/...

BREAKING on MS NOW:   Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.