There really is a banality of evil: who would have thought the end of the US as a democracy would be designated by something as dumb and innocuous as "NSPM-7". "https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nspm-7-labels-common-belief"

I want to be cautious using progressive political theory to explain divisions in the far right (it's a bit like reading the WSJ to understand Black Lives Matter) but this is still the single most useful thing I've seen re. the Charlie Kirk killing. www.tiktok.com/@cybelecante...

Tehran resident singing the cranberries "Zombie" while under attack.

from You Who Wronged, vy Czeslaw Milosz: Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49482/...

At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose. Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.

Bite Nazis!

At the US consulate

And what if Canada stopped upholding US intellectual property in an era of 25% tariffs on all Canadian exports to the US ? More ideas from @policyalternatives.ca. This piece by Cory Doctorow #CanadaUSTradeWar www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

This is Google Maps in Canada yesterday. While US executive orders hold no power here, adding “Gulf of America” isn’t a mistake; it’s Google signalling its submission. Historian Timothy Snyder would say they are “obeying in advance”.

DT developed an appetite for other countries today. I heard him lusting after Panama and Denmark. He moved on Canada like a bitch: "After all Russia did it, China's going to do it... And when you're a superpower, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything."

Toronto: The most critical Critical Mass. Join if you can. Make it historic.

The bike lane ban and rip out bill has passed. The fight on our streets starts now! See you this Friday. #topoli #onpoli #bikeTO

So Team Trudeau has screwed the pooch by failing to build an emergency vaccine stockpile for H5N1 flu. (Americans have one.) Get your seasonal flu shot anyway, because there is evidence suggesting it can cross-protect against H5N1. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...