June Paik spurned a takeover offer from Meta Platforms last year. Now his company has an AI chip entering mass production. on.wsj.com/3Z01IFn

Seriously guys… all I'm doing is re-reading stuff I've written over the last year & I'm getting more & more alarmed by what we learned yesterday. I really thought that DCG report would have to go to council before anything showed up in the budget. Did I miss something??? #yqrcc

And again… the motion last council imagined a private-led project w/ up to a $10mil city contribution. The report that was brought back is pushing a full on Public Private Partnership. This is not what council voted on in 2024. And yet here we are, building a baseball stadium. SURPRISE! #yqrcc

Well, at yesterday's budget info session, Clr Zachidniak caught that the way this has come back is w/ a line item in 2026 for the first $250k spend on the city's side toward that stadium. The only way to derail this baseball train now is w/ a reconsideration motion before budget. #yqrcc

Here is a cleaned up, essay formatted version of this thread on the QCIB blog: queencityib.com/blog/2026/1/... #yqrcc

And maybe a "Baseball District" on the Yards proposal comes with a promise to toss a little ka-ching ka-ching towards restoring the Brandt Ctr — 'coz Shawn's already investing in that House Of Semple rock-bar which doesn't work as a business w/out regular Pats games next door. #yqrcc /8

All Simpson & Semple have to do to get their Baseball District is show how it'll satisfy the project criteria (or weasel out of them) & prove they have a big enough pile of cash. And then, the city isn't handing over any *money*. Just a big empty lot. /7 #yqrcc

Now, I don't think this city council will want to spend money on a baseball stadium, per se. But they did put a process in place on Dec 3 2025 to hand development of the Yards over to a private firm. #yqrcc /6

And remember, from the DCG report in June 2025, Alan Simpson & Shaun Semple have indicated they want to build a "privately owned" baseball stadium BUT THEY ALSO want to develop THE ENTIRE 17 ACRE RAILYARDS. It's on page frikken TWO of the report. #yqrcc /5

And note, Rashovich is mentioning all this two days AFTER Clr Zachidniak already clarified with city admin that there is NO investment in a baseball stadium in the 2026 or 2027 budget. So baseball should IN THEORY be off the table at this point. #yqrcc /3

Rashovich asks about reducing money for Currie field b/c there's a potential of US BUILDING A NEW BASEBALL STADIUM OR SOMEONE BUILDING ONE FOR US. WHAT DO YOU KNOW COUNCILLOR?!?!?!? #yqrcc

Iran urges UN to respond to Trump’s ‘reckless’ threats over protests https://aje.io/xqm64g

Two Republican lawmakers have publicly criticized President Trump's threats of military intervention in Iran, emphasizing the need for congressional authorization for any military action. They argue that such threats undermine constitutional limits and distract from domestic issues.

🗣🇳🇴 innovator #Vianode is investing $3.2 billion to build North America’s largest synthetic graphite plant in St. Thomas, #Ontario. ✅️From critical minerals to clean #energy, advanced manufacturing to AI, we are creating an ecosystem where innovation thrives and people matter. #InvestInCanada #Canada

⚡ The US Coast Guard has suspended an operation to seize the sanctioned oil tanker Bella 1 after a Russian flag appeared on board. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Russia Asks United States to Stop Pursuit of Fleeing Oil Tanker The tanker, which had been sailing to Venezuela to pick up oil, has claimed Russian protection, although the U.S. authorities say it is a stateless vessel. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/u...

#Alberta #Canada edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

An Ontario nurse is sounding off on the state of health-care systems across the country after a man recently died in an Edmonton emergency room, and a woman died of cancer on Christmas after waiting almost two years for a diagnosis. #healthcare #Ontario #Alberta #NovaScotia

#NovaScotia’s offshore #energyregulator wants to begin studying areas of the ocean that could be home to the first #turbines in #PremierTimHouston’s proposed #WindWest project.

Been thinking about this thread & vid a lot over the holidays. In short, how do we design public transit so that people WANT to use it? That is, what happens if we think about transit as a psychological rather than an engineering problem? /1 #yqrcc

With Northback ramping up their PR campaign for their "new" grassy mountain mine proposal (still an open pit mine), Smith was asked if she supported it today. Again she played the "well, it's an advanced project so what can you do?" The UCP declared it an advanced project. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

“Despite your tax money going to external consultants to support Dr. Oberg, the report is presumably collecting dust on some minister’s desk.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

In the wake of even more harassment and stalking allegations in the "CorruptCare" Scandal, Smith was asked today if she would condemn harassment. She would not. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

When asked when Albertans could expect Smith to make changes to the recall legislation... Looks like Albertans have till October of 2026 to initiate a recall under the current rules. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Zohran Mamdani brought the news cameras straight from his inauguration to a tenants' rally. Even took them upstairs to see the awful conditions and blasted the landlord. Nothing but respect for America's Mayor.🫡🌹

Mamdani’s first act as mayor? Announcing the city as an interested party in my slumlord landlord Pinnacle’s bankruptcy auction. (And a slew of executive orders addressing housing!)

Mayor Mamdani's promise to freeze rents for roughly 2 million New Yorkers survived a late-game challenge when a homeowner advocate on Friday night rejected ex-Mayor Adams' 11th hour offer for her to serve on the city's Rent Guidelines Board. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/02/a...

Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.

Cryer, who had more success at CBS than Weiss will ever dream, makes a good point.

Every journalist who stays at CBS better wear this shit for the rest of their careers. If I ever hear “I stayed at CBS because I thought I could quietly make a difference” it better come right before “Do you want fries with that?”

www.foxnews.com/travel/us-ci... ‼️The US State Department is urging US citizens to urgently leave Russia due to high risks, - FOX News. The main threats are illegal detentions, arbitrary application of laws, terrorist acts, limited consular assistance, and the escalation of the war against Ukraine.

They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

Saskatchewan year in review: Some good news from 2025

Saskatchewan lowers age for women eligible for screening mammograms

Ended up saving over $2000 using the Saskatoon Library System. So grateful to the public library system for making raising a kid who loves the library and books so affordable. 💙💙💙 #yxe #saskatoon #treatysix #saskatchewan

Saskatchewan, I’m going to be coming to different cities near you early this month. Come drop by to talk about rebuilding our movement in the prairies.

I had the opportunity to talk to the director for infectious disease control in my province of Saskatchewan. Her call to me was about my complaint that no medical professionals in the hospital r respirator masking, also spoke about air cleaning. Can you point out good resource links I can send her?

The Sask Party government has also saddled each household with government debt equivalent to a second mortgage. While simultaneously cutting public services. Saskatchewan families will NOT benefit from the lowest taxes in Canada. This is not journalism. This is propaganda.

Note Saskatchewan did not provide data. Alberta too. #skpoli #Saskatchewan #Canada #Alberta #Healthcare www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...

CANADA UPDATE: 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Our Prime Minister on a New Year’s Eve skate on the Rideau Canal youtube.com/shorts/SmhhI...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says US "violated" CUSMA; trade talks at "negotiations about negotiations" stage #Canada www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPF...

Industrial carbon pricing is the major climate policy Prime Minister Mark Carney is depending on to reduce Canada's emissions. But with provinces' wildly differing approaches to the tool — some of them outright hostile — how can Carney push them to pull together?

Unlike PP, the PM was in his riding. vt.tiktok.com/ZS56xoDad/

Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works

I take a little time off and the leader of Canada’s official opposition goes on a livestream with a guy who begged me for feet pics This is why people think canada isn’t real!!!!!

New report from @ccpa: Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs have smashed every compensation record on the books as average workers fell behind due to inflation. #inequality #wealthtax Part 2/2

Carney: Canada is working relentlessly with our allies to secure a just and lasting peace for Ukraine. We must deter and fortify – with robust security guarantees and by ensuring Ukraine can rebuild, recover, and create the foundations of true prosperity.

"Canada is trying its best to decouple from the U.S." Is it? www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

The same guy who says the U.S. military will defend protesters in Iran posted a video 2 months ago in which a cartoon Trump used a warplane to drop shit on American protesters.