Overdose calls to paramedics on the rise in several Ontario cities, CBC analysis shows. Opioid overdose calls nearly tripled in Hamilton in early 2026 compared to same period of 2025, by Ariel Tozman www.cbc.ca/news/investi... via @cbcnews.ca #ToxicDrugCrisis

US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra welcomed Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to his July 4 party in Ottawa tonight Lich is currently serving a house arrest sentence in relation to a criminal conviction over her role in the convoy's three-week occupation of Canada's capital city

From @blueheronfarm.bsky.social: "That's his whole thing, so... appropriate"

Happy 10th anniversary of this essay about the dangers of Donald Trump, written by... JD Vance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things. We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th – it is ours. Video in link: snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

A single black woman surrounded by hooded white supremacists is certainly a chilling image.

Shannon is asking the right questions.

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"there's hundreds" [mentally catches himself] "if not thousands of folks here" Tobias Fünke: "There are dozens of us!" Narrator: There were not dozens of them. Fox News doesn't actually have to show this, so why are they doing it?

So sad.

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Carney announces competition to win blame for 24 Sussex restoration

To fall into a stupor of self-absorption, as Trump has done, is to flee from reality. Few wars are worth fighting; those that are fought can only be won in the world, and not within the tortured confines of estranged minds.

“If they choose to start the healing” is particularly poignant.

under Alito’s jurisprudence, the “equal protection of the laws” means that racial subordination is constitutionally protected and ending racial subordination is constitutionally suspect

theyre not “predictors” theyre gamblers, hes trying to get 18-34 year olds addicted to gambling

Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

This kind of analysis frustrating (ditto arguments about lack right-wing views at universities). Often, right-leaning perspective NOT SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE! It isn't a political bias, it is a TRUTH BIAS. Yes, happens on left too. But... Are AI chatbots politically biased? wapo.st/3QEBMi3

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The longevity industry is helping to normalize pseudoscience & bogus wellness grifts, like taking massive amounts of supplements. 👉 Reality: longevity = luck + exercise + healthy diet + sleep + prevention (e.g., vaccines) + community + luck (genes) + socioeconomics (key) 👉 SUM: PICK GOOD PARENTS!

Yep, #VaccinesWork. Ignore the antivaxx cult. CDC’s chief blocked a covid vaccine study. Now it’s in a top medical journal. wapo.st/4aMg6rc "...vaccine reduced the risk of emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half last winter."

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Mimicking the opening chapters of 1984, Trump's DOJ quietly deleted thousands of press releases about the Jan 6 insurrection. So Lawfare restored them: more than 5,700 pages recovered and publicly archived.

⚠️ "Cancer patients who chose alternative treatments were more than twice as likely to die within five years." ⚠️ "Inaccurate cancer articles are much more likely to be shared online than accurate ones." Cancer Myths & Falsehoods Can Be Deadly www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misg...

My new article for the Sanaa Center fr Strategic Studies: Why the US Failed to Defeat Iran and What it Means for the Axis of Resistance sanaacenter.org/publications...

As New World screwworm cases spread across Texas and New Mexico, some officials fear the outbreak may be larger than confirmed counts suggest, stoking fears about whether the government is moving fast enough to contain it.

Great @mjtoma.bsky.social takedown of Trump and his disastrous Iran war and "deal." Make sure to read the bullet points that lay out in brisk, easily digestible bullet points what an absurd fiasco this all is and why it didn't have to happen: newrepublic.com/post/212101/...

Today’s reward for sunny cycling celebrates living above the library. WET LEG

Waging a war of aggression to preserve your enemy's right of self defence.

The president:

I have a lot of feelings about how rabid politicians are for tightening probation and parole, mandatory minimum sentences, etc. But Jacob Hoggard is an unrepentant rapist who literally tortured and sexually assaulted young, vulnerable fans. He has shown zero remorse. I'm glad his plea was rejected.

We went from crushing overt bigotry to hearing that only overt bigotry was actual bigotry to hearing that overt bigotry isn’t bigotry at all.

Deputy White House budget director nominee Hal Duncan refuses to acknowledge that Biden won the 2020 election, but then moments later asserts that Trump won in 2024, prompting Tim Kaine to point out that he's clearly "afraid of making an insecure president mad"

"Whatever happens with future negotiations, the war put the US...in a weaker position and Iran in a stronger one...but Trump got the US into such a poor strategic situation that...accepting the failure...is probably the least bad alternative." Good piece and also note how econ problems will linger:

Trump’s White House seriously debated suspending habeas corpus, a crucial constitutional right, for undocumented immigrants last year. We must never become numb to this authoritarianism. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...

Comedian Nate Bargatze attended the White House UFC fight but still insists he’s “not political.” Sorry, that’s not how this works. If you hang out with Nazis, you’re a Nazi.

5 Easy Ways to Get Killed While Cycling in Montreal. An open letter from the writer and creator of the documentary "Si j'avais pas de char," coming in 2027, by Juliana Léveillé-Trudel www.themain.com/articles/cyc... via @urbania-ca.bsky.social

Do these fucking hogs never get sick of this shit? Not even once? "I'm the Senator Who Loves Ribs the Most." Ok man sounds good. I have real problems though.

The question inside Trump's White House wasn't whether suspending habeas corpus was a good idea. It was how much the administration could get away with before the courts stopped them. That's a warning worth paying attention to. Read here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-questi...

Today’s reward for warm, tiny lizard dodging and Rabbit sighting cycling was a quick shower, then back on the bike downtown to enjoy some chill, ambient sounds from faun:a

MAGA = hate, cruelty, incompetence, corruption, injustice, regression, etc. etc. But this vile moment perfectly frames MAGA now: a sweaty man-child makes deeply offensive racist comment in a White House bouncy castle. MAGA roars with laughter. Joe Rogan smirks. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

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I really want him to try shutting down Newark and JFK. If they don't have people smart enough to tell him not to go on TV to threaten this, they probably don't have people smart enough to tell him not to do this at all.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the world’s first trillionaire wasn’t responsible for policies that led to the deaths of several hundred thousand people worldwide?

Why are the rules different for MAID depending on what condition you have? Why are patients with physical ailments, but not those who have mental illness alone, allowed death with dignity? by Konia Trouton www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

It is Indigenous History Month. Throughout this month, I will be sharing the stories from Canada's Indigenous history. Today it is Mary Two-Axe Earley. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 buff.ly/1cJ2rfw

VERY obviously, physical punishment of children a terrible idea. But given the manosphere / conservative embrace of regressive parenting, this message key👇 Children hit by parents more likely to bully others & struggle in school: www.theguardian.com/education/20... via @ucl.ac.uk @theguardian.com

In reality, y’all loathed Obama because you’re racist. We loathe Trump because he’s racist.