Biometric locks for phones aren’t just convenient for you, they are convenient for the cops. “explicitly authorized law enforcement personnel to obtain Natanson’s phone and both hold the device in front of her face and to forcibly use her fingers to unlock it” theintercept.com/2026/01/30/w...

British Columbia, Canada ends 3-year drug decriminalization program. "Decriminalization ‘was not matched with sufficient investments in prevention, drug education, access to treatment, or support for appropriate enforcement,’ [Vancouver police chief Steven Rai said]." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

These people need to be charged with treason

Source: The Conversation search.app/m9fnR

Tiggles the cat went missing back in September 2020, & has been found just a few miles from home in Bridgend county. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Confused? Let me help make sense of this. The American right’s claims about any constitutional rights only apply to them. There. Now you perfectly understand their claims on gun rights, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

State of calamity in place until 8th! It's Grim!

Forewarned is Forearmed

'The underreported silent war: record levels of violence in the occupied West Bank since October 2023. More than 1,000 Palestinians — almost a quarter of them children — have been killed.' www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

"A world-first gene therapy which turns white blood cells into a disease-busting “living drug” has reversed previously untreatable blood cancers." www.positive.news/society/revo...

Trump’s bizarre obsession with “post-birth abortion” has always perplexed me. But after reading the Epstein files account of a victim describing Trump being present when she gave birth at 13, and witnessing her trafficker throw the newborn into a lake, I started to hear his statements differently.

Across the US, people have been criminalized for miscarrying at home on a toilet, burying remains, placing remains in a bag and then a trash receptacle, and after taking remains to a hospital. Many of the laws used are 100's of years old. Read the new report from Pregnancy Justice.

I'm putting the finishing touches to my free monthly newsletter. If you're not already signed up, you can find it here: gareths-newsletter.ghost.io

On Monday, 2/2, let's talk about how setting intentions guides the decision-making process of writing and generates a metric for success not based on words/time. I'm raising Patreon tier prices for the first time in two years on March 1, so join now to lock in your rate. patreon.com/maryrobinette

Can't remember the last dry week we have had here

@sallyrose.bsky.social hope you guys are able to stay safe with this next round of storms coming!

Terrorism is the calculated use of violence or threat of violence to induce fear, intending to coerce governments or societies to achieve political, religious, or ideological goals. It often targets civilians and critical infrastructure to disrupt safety and advance specific agendas.

Apparently, like the devastation in Sicily, the UK news has not been covering this? youtube.com/watch?v=OULR...

Ilhan Omar Slams Trump’s Broken Brain, Senate Dems Block DHS Funding, and Election Officials Vow To Never Give The Regime An Inch

Trump’s deployments of troops to US cities cost taxpayers $496 million. "Over the second half of 2025, the Trump admin. deployed the National Guard [or] Marines to six US cities: Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Portland Oregon, Chicago, and New Orleans." breakingdefense.com/2026/01/nati...

Is it because they used Apple’s magic mouse charging port?

As Okanagan officials warn about an invasive 'pine beetle of the water,' the B.C. government says it doesn't have enough money to ramp up enforcement to ensure invasive mussels don't arrive in the province's lakes. Today in @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

Coping with writers block

Why is @cnn.com presenting this as if it were Don Lemon’s unverified alibi rather than an obvious fact? “Lemon, a former CNN anchor, has said that he was present at the demonstration as a journalist and not as a protester”

This is the way: NJ Gov. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social said her administration will create an online database for people to upload videos they record of ICE “If you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out,” she urged New Jerseyans www.nj.com/politics/202...

The Pattison sale to ICE isn't a done deal yet. Keep up the pressure. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #fuckice vancouversun.com/news/jim-pat...

Reality keeps asserting itself whether we’re ready or not. We are watching sea urchins collapse across oceans, another reminder that Earth systems don’t care about our attention, consensus, or permission. A dramatic rethink of security has never been clearer. gizmodo.com/the-sea-urch...

YES ✊ Throat punch the cowards. ✊💪✊

Translation: You don't look anything like your profile...

“Melania” is truly the worst experience I’ve had in a theater” -Abraham Lincoln

feel like this is one of the bigger labor stories of Our Current Regrettable Age variety.com/2026/gaming/...

"The first surprise came when he discovered his classes were entirely online, without any in-person instruction: 'They told me there are no offline classes, you have to go with online,' Naveen told PressProgress"

Ilhan Omar: “In the 4 years when Biden was president, my death threats went to almost zero — now they are back up — so there is a clear correlation between his presidency & the political violence that we see & the political danger that a lot of members of Congress & electeds feel across the country”

Today's article was a particularly hard one to write. I'm pretty much fed up with the evangelical church of today. open.substack.com/pub/ramblean...

A question I often get asked by writing students is, “How do I get my book made into a film?” So, here’s the basic process explaining the difference between selling the “option” on your book and selling the “rights.” #writing #writingadvice #author #booktomovie #director #screenwriting

Tammy Duckworth: “When I served in Iraq, there were Polish forces there with us - there were British forces there with us - there were Spanish forces there with us Our NATO allies have stood beside us & we need to maintain the strength of that alliance”

Ilhan Omar: “Nobody should ever have hired Stephen Miller who basically is a copycat of the Nazis, that’s kind of the cruelty that he wants to inflict on people — he should definitely be out for his part in this, definitely should be prosecuted”

In 1970, Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. Four protesters were killed in cold blood. The public's reaction at the time feels disturbingly familiar.

"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland. In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.

Plans for Trump hotel in Belgrade collapse after Serbia’s culture minister indicted Proposals to redevelop a former Yugoslav military headquarters into a branded luxury complex have been dropped following indictments of senior cultural officials archive.ph/2RUSW#select...

Another Canadian Member of Parliament is quitting the 3-in-1 online harassment, extremist propaganda and computer-generated sex image app, X dot com

We ended the Republican majority in the Minnesota State House and made history last night.

Amazon told employees that it was cutting 16,000 corporate jobs, completing a downsizing move that began last year. #AmericanEconomicFailure📉 #KeepBoycottingAmazon🚫 www.dw.com/en/amazon-cu...

Israel is a Terrorist Nation That Practices Apartheid And Genocide, Other Than That, They’re Cool.

Canada still claims to be a “world leader” on ghost gear, but the Liberals let funding lapse in 2024. As I told the National Observer, “It was one of the most effective ocean protection programs Canada’s ever created.” Ghost gear isn’t niche, it’s about safety, food security & real action.

Flying economy to Calgary: $200? Hiring a digital content agency to announce to Facebook that you’re flying to Calgary in an economy-class seat to “brand” yourself as an everyday working joe: $20,000?

@mondoweiss.net @carloslatuff.bsky.social

Why isn't Israel forced to go back to its original AGREED UPON borders and get the fuck out of the Palestinian land they now OCCUPY illegally!!!!???? That's the right fucking solution. Oh, and force Israel to pay reparations IN FULL to all Palestinians whose lives have been destroyed.