"Red On Red", 2025. Oil on Canvas, 36" × 36". Janet K. MacKay (Canadian Artist, born 1952) worldviewstudio.ca/artists/janet-k-mackay @janet.k.mackay [IG] Private Collection #art #painting #illustration #red

‘American efforts notwithstanding, Israel continues to lead the world in assassinations, carrying them out on an unprecedented scale in Gaza over the past two and a half years.’ Andrew Cockburn on Mossad’s kill list. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 23 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed @friendsofahmed.bsky.social

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 22 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed

Since my book release, I have receieved hundreds of messages from Zionists desecrating the Holocaust and mocking its Bundist victims. All this while Israel massacres Beirut The Zionist sadism to the region is part and parcel of their contempt for their own murdered ancestors

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is now in its 42nd day after 984 hours. While the general public are restricted to the local National Information Network, chosen users are whitelisted by the regime to deliver alternative narratives to the outside world via social media.

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 20 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed

In Canadian news - of sorts - today is Vimy Ridge Day. WW1 was an imperialists' bloodbath; no bloodthirsty ideology to combat, but the scores of accounts of valour, bravery etc resonate, fm Gallipoli to European trenches. Visited Vimy as a 20+ yr old. Vestiges of messy death still hung in the air.

Telegram post on the Persian language IRGC channel: “Condition of the Hashtroud-Tabriz Road. Netanyahu & Trump’s help for the people of Iran” - the IRGC already turning Trump’s narrative on its head, deriding the targeting of non-military targets. #Iran

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 13 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed

Nationality news from Syria (1) - sex discrimination under discussion (at least): syrianobserver.com/society/syri...

Tonight, Jewish families around the world will mark the beginning of Passover. It is one of the most enduring reminders of the strength of the human spirit, and what it means to move from suffering toward freedom and hope. I wish all those celebrating a joyful Passover. Chag Pesach Sameach!

Trump: we are the only country in the world stupid enough to allow birthright citizenship Also Trump: my mother came here from Scotland Also Trump: my father's parents came here from Germany Also Trump: all my kids but one have mothers who weren't US citizens when they were born

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 10 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 9 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed

Mon entrevue au Téléjournal 17h à Radio-Canada ce soir, avec Michel C. Auger, Catherine Loubier, et Rafael Jacob pour le panel américain animé par Julie Drolet: près de 4 semaines de guerre, où en sont les négociations États-Unis/Iran? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-f...

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 7 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed

@nrc-global.bsky.social on its important work with the Nigerien authorities ensuring #birthregistration for refugee children www.nrc.no/perspectives...

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 6 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 5 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years in prison. Please join me & urge #UAE to #FreeAhmed

A critical moment for human rights accountability internationally is when a country's record of compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is reviewed by the independent experts on the UN Human Rights Committee. It comes around about once per decade. 1/10

Is the world really going to have to burn because the USA can't impeach a president?

Canada wins Women’s Pokal 2026 I’d argue that Canada has never had better potential in team competition than in the 2028 Olympic cycle. gymnasticscoaching.com/2026/03/23/c...

What a disgraceful abdication of the responsibility - and opportunity - to advance reconciliation on the part of both the Law Society and the Alberta government.

My main problem with substack and similar? I can't imagine writing for the public without a professional editor... I think of myself as polished writer, and I've been going back and forth with editors on a piece of 1800 words for the last week! It is a sharper piece because of them!

As the #MilanoCortina2026 Paralympic Games come to a close, Canadians celebrate the athletes who inspired a nation. With 15 medals, Canada’s Paralympic Team rose to the challenge with determination and courage – showing the world the very best of Canada. 🇨🇦

Mon entrevue au Téléjournal à Radio-Canada hier soir, avec Céline Galipeau: -coalition pour sécuriser le détroit d'Ormuz: confusion et improvisation de Trump -pourquoi les alliés sont réticents -pourquoi une telle mission serait risquée et peu efficace www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-xi...

V-Dem says the level of democracy in the US has fallen to the same level as in 1965: v-dem.net/documents/75... (page 33)

Community isn’t just where we live, it’s how we look after one another. Tonight, people of all faiths, races and backgrounds came together in the heart of our capital to break their fasts at Ramadan Tent Project’s Open Iftar. There’s always a place at the table in this city.

Protesters rally against police brutality – Winnipeg Free Press https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/539840/ A rally marking the International Day Against Police Brutality gathered outside Winnipeg’s police headquarters and marched downtown Sunday…

Another amazing @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social today. Hundreds of people came out to ride for fun and safer streets for all. Thanks to @zeroemissions.bsky.social @ibikelondon.bsky.social @sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social @solveschoolrun.bsky.social #StreetsForKids

My new op-ed: if it survives the war, the Islamic Republic will be weaker but nastier. It will be under pressure domestically & geopolitically. Iranian Canadians are mobilizing against it. ➡️We should expect more transnational repression against them. nationalpost.com/opinion/thom...

Iran will likely increasingly pressure Iranian Canadians in 2026: "Women activists are particularly vulnerable, with pressure tactics including brutal gender-based threats. Individuals from Iran’s ethnic minorities, such as Kurds, Baluch, and Arabs, are also acutely vulnerable"

Men depriving women of the right to confer their citizenship to their children is so wrong. Equality nationality rights now! From the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, NY. Now.

Steady on @simplyedc.bsky.social isn’t that a departure from your usual depiction of covered bridges? And is it a bridge at all, or simply a tunnel? Sod the Iran-Epstein crisis: this is the thing that needs solving.

Not only is it illegal, destructive, deadly & destabilizing, it is costing $1 billion per day. Imagine the peace, justice, equality & genuine security that could be forged with just one day’s worth of war.

The wait is over. The Paralympics are officially here! 🇨🇦 Raising the bar and cheering loud for Team Canada. Who’s watching on CBC GEM?

BREAKING: Four people arrested as part of counter-terrorism investigation relating to Iran - Met police Police arrested one Iranian & three dual Brit-Iranian nationals on suspicion of assisting foreign intel service. Investigation relates to suspected surveillance of Jewish communities in London.

Any pub* that guarantees me biathlon has my custom. *Within a 30 minute walk from my flat in Hammersmith.

The Israeli strategy in Lebanon is to so torment the entire population that Hezbollah is marginalized. A. This is immoral and illegal, constituting, at minimum, collective punishment B. It has proven, time and again, to fail in achieving its presumed goal.

Years from now, maybe these children will revisit the photo, think about what the broken chair means, sat out outside the UN in Geneva. Maybe they can do better in promoting international rule of law & justice. Our generation & dominant powers have largely ignored these.

Reports indicate that Kuwaiti naval serviceman who died was a #stateless #Bidoon. #Kuwait has kept a population now numbering around 90k stateless for over 40 years. Deprived of rights accorded to citizens, they nevertheless serve in the military. @bronwenmanby.bsky.social @unhcr.org

Meanwhile, citizenship struggles continue in Syria: “As Damascus issues a decree granting long-denied citizenship to Kurds, its forces lay siege to Kurdish-administered territory while Kurds' allies remain silent” - Thomas McGee www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

The refugee spillover from Iran is about to grow enormously

Turkey's #1 security concern right now.

Persian Telegram channel of IRGC asserts that Supreme Leader is alive, upright and secure / strong, and in command of the ‘field’. Gov’t of Israel reporting he is dead. #Iran #MiddleEast

The IRGC on Telegram reports the injuring of a US national in Bahrain and an Asian in the UAE. What a mess.

Uluslararası hukuk örgütlerinden açıklama: Barış diyaloğu fırsatı önemli bir potansiyel taşıyor t24.com.tr/gundem/ulusl...