Blacklisting reporters is not an effective way to prevent reporters from reporting.

#Tsunami#EarthquakeTsunami Info Stmt for Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California- in Mindanao, Philippine Islands area M7.4 earthquake in Mindanao, Philippine Islands 18:44PDT Oct 9 Depth 23km Tsunami NOT expected for the US West Coast, British Columbia, or Alaska...

Never a bad idea to get one's passport in order. And develop a plan to get out of harm's way. Mark Bray's situation is a warning.

I deleted my previous post because Mark Bray just posted that he and his family are in the air to Spain. Glad they are safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

10/10/2025- The Trump Coin www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

"If the US offered all Canadians full US citizenship and a full conversion of the Canadian dollar/personal assets into US dollars, I would vote to become part of the US" ⚫️ Disagree: 67% 🟡 Neutral: 17% 🟢 Agree: 16% Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...

No. Just flat out no. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

at least three people I know who recently traveled abroad on holiday told me they felt they could finally breathe once they left the states. They felt safe walking at night and didn’t worry about the government knocking on their door. Their destinations were non democratic countries.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Of course it’s a grift. Just like the freedom convoy. They owe $126,399 to a business that sold them the birds. Another debtor was offered ostrich oil in lieu of payment. Universal's website features four "donate" buttons. They have received $131,000 so far. #MAGAGrift

This Reuters headline. Oof. Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Good lord. @apnews.com

In Canadian solidarity with Chicago, LA, Portland and everyone standing up to fascists www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sadly accurate. #Democracy youtu.be/QCphS4_Rp3w?...

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat. For the crime of … complaining about government policy. Core 1A speech. With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Update from the war zone in Portland.

PM Carney was escorted to the West Wing doors by protocol. He left at 2:32p without answering questions on how the meeting went. Canadian delegation came out few minutes before him, took place in a black van and followed his limo. LeBlanc and Joly didn't answer either any of our questions.

BOOOOOO www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#NigelFarage (surprise!) lied about his ties to paid Putin stooge, #NathanGill. Kremlin influence operations just keep turning up around Farage. 🤔🧐 bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t... #ReformUK Article by @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Rob Reiner Predicts Just One Year Before ‘Democracy Completely Leaves,’ America, And The Military at Midterm Polling Booths www.thewrap.com/rob-reiner-y...

My colleagues and I are worried about the future of public education in Alberta. This year my smallest class is 36 students and, for the first time in 20 yrs of teaching, I have a class of more than 40. The speed limit around the school is 30. The class size limit should be 30 as well. #ableg #abed

Gander is getting ready to launch its Canadian app. Scrolling Bluesky with its continually depressing news about US govt can be too much for my heart to handle. Hoping we don't go down same rabbit hole.

Pierre Poilievre is suddenly concerned about warrantless mail search by police. Which, hey, that's good. Police should get warrants. But, it's the CPC, and they don't care about police overreach, so who among their donors is doing something illegal via mail should be the question asked. #cdnpoli

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

1/2 Torturers also say this. 2/2 Different point. By this logic Vance himself should stop complaining all the time. Everything has been handed to him, and yet he’s a grievance machine.

Good summary, and this is a particularly satisfying part: "Van Blokland came to the conclusion that two central memos were not written on Soviet-era typewriters but with a digital font he himself created in 1993—three years after the documents were supposedly produced."

LOUD & CLEAR 📣 An unexpected visitor outside the Tesla diner last night. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

This is an important #cdnpoli article. I hope our media stay on this and that the CPC, Chris Alexander and others either offer a full apology to the journalist or present their "evidence" without hiding behind parliamentary privilege. thewalrus.ca/a-veteran-re...

It was the height of irony At a meeting on Russian disinfo, a former cabinet minister accused a veteran journalist of being a spy But the papers waved around as proof didn't say what was alleged And now they appear to be forgeries My latest @thewalrus.ca #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/a-veteran-re...

“There’s a baby!” Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

#StormAmy ’s magnificent swirl as seen from @eumetsat.int’s Meteosat-12 satellite 🛰️

About 90 seconds into his presentation on Covid-19 vaccine safety at a closely watched meeting of advisers to the US CDC last month, Dr. Bruce Carleton made a startling revelation: The government grant supporting his research had been abruptly terminated. https://cnn.it/4pZrSVi

Storm Amy has been wild, currently tucked up in my van north of Lochinver, it has been a long 18+ hours of this torrential rain and winds. Happy to be cosy in van 🚐 I had a lovely birthday yesterday with a chilly sea dip, beaches & otter watching before the storm hit. This is my view tonight 😬

ICYMI - Parker owe $112,500 in fines and should be prosecuted for failing to file financial statements two Elections Alberta. But it appears nothing is being done. Why not? They won't say. Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week. The awards are considered among the world’s most prestigious honors for achievements in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace. https://to.pbs.org/4mQnTaL

I wish the month with Remembrance Day received as much attention as October does for Hallowe’en. I love Hallowe’en for kids but a full month of decoration and attention is unwarranted.

This fine is not nearly enough. #bcpoli www.vancouverisawesome.com/environment/...

This breaks my heart. Absolutely shattering. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/x...

🇬🇪 Protesters in Tbilisi began storming the presidential palace!

#MeanwhileInMichigan JFC! 😮 There’s so much to unpack here from the grift, sexual abuse (& hypocritical forced Plan B) to straight up modern day slavery! Bottom line: “Cash for Christ” is always a scam. Beware anyone selling God for profit. #TaxTheChurches www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

The good people of Alberta are making their voices heard and it is nice of the media to give them exposure. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I think we’ve discovered a new pronoun for Poilievre: Convoy-adjacent #cdnpoli

Everything old is new again

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

“The military has long been treated as a sector too morally fraught or unwholesome to be part of the larger story of Canadian innovation,” writes Wesley Wark. “But what if defence were the catalyst?” thewalrus.ca/how-canada-squan...

Journalists across Canada have faced escalating threats and harassment in recent years, often tied directly to their reporting, and few journalists understand the harsh realities of today’s media climate better than David Pugliese. thewalrus.ca/a-veteran-report...

Absolutely INSANE use of passive voice in this CNN piece just incredible @katmabu.bsky.social “landed on the ground” during the protest???