This past week there was a photo from Trump's gala of a barely clad woman frolicking in a giant champagne glass. She looked like a teen. It made me think of Jane Doe-another young woman who attempted to shine a light on the darkness in Trumpland. My latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-hea...

"While this year’s shot may not be perfectly matched to the newer form of H3N2 that could dominate in the months ahead, all three medical experts stressed it’s always worth getting, particularly for Canadian seniors." Also wear a mask in public spaces 😷 www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Human fetal tissue research has saved millions of lives and continues to drive biomedical innovation. Restricting it would not alter abortion rates, it would force scientists to discard an irreplaceable research resource for treating devastating diseases.

Iran, facing its worst drought in decades, is planning intermittent cuts to water supplies to try to stave off the evacuation of Tehran.

#winning 🙂 American healthcare workers: Find your new home in Canada at healthcareinfusion.org

This is so 🥰 ❤️ I miss my mum so much!

Ukraine has hit the thermal power plant in Belgorod. The area is in darkness. #explodey

!!!! This is a DISGRACE and so deeply disturbing. Support Luke! Support Press Progress! Support journalism!!!

Stacey Patton has done an interesting visual analysis of this photo of Trump…

Doug Ford wasting $9.1 million taxpayer💰 on a tunnel study. That money could be used to help people, like the homeless, food banks or use towards affordable housing. But no, another useless vanity project to line the pockets of his donors. #NeverVoteConservative #SV4A www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

@chadbourn.bsky.social is an excellent person to follow for international news and events. open.substack.com/pub/chadbour...

Excellent explanation of why Justice Johnson temporarily halted a court order that would have required Trump to fund SNAP in full. bsky.app/profile/muel...

Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

"Given the First Circuit’s representations, an administrative stay is required to facilitate the First Circuit’s expeditious resolution of the pending stay motion,” Jackson wrote." thehill.com/regulation/c...

If you feel the need to make your heart race and palms sweat, take a look at this Polish mountaineer skiing down Mt Everest after summiting it 😱 youtube.com/watch?v=cjZv...

America the Ugly open.substack.com/pub/terrymor...

The US has just deployed attack aircraft, including an AC-130J Ghostrider, to El Salvador as part of a growing regional troop buildup linked to possible operations in Venezuela, NYT reports.

Good god, the New York Times DIDN'T fix it. As a climate scientist just reminded me, temperature increase has NOT "curved downward over the past 10 years" as this revision claims. In fact THE RATE OF INCREASE IN GLOBAL WARMING HAS GONE UP 😩 yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/clim...

The US supports an EU plan to use about €185B in frozen Russian sovereign assets to help Ukraine and push for an end to the war, Reuters reports. If there is a follow-through, this is big news that will hit Putin hard.

The conference "Abundance 2024" was sponsored in part by Stand Together, which is of the primary groups within the Koch network. Its current CEO, Brian Hooks, is currently the president of the Charles Koch Foundation. 1/2

Trump has just welcomed Hungary’s Viktor Orban to the White House. Birds of a feather.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu on charges of genocide.

PM Carney’s budget survives the first confidence vote with help from the NDP, Bloc and Green parties. #Canada #MarkCarney

Such a nice gesture and very much appreciated. Thank you!🇨🇦👏

The claim that “emissions have come down” in this @nytimes.com @sominisengupta.bsky.social article on where we are ten years post-Paris is FALSE. Global emissions were at an all-time high in 2024. As it stands this claim is misinformation. They need to issue a correction!

“While federal investment in artificial intelligence soars in the budget,” notes author Kim Fahner, Chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada, “what’s missing is the crucial understanding that AI depends on humans and our valuable creativity.” 💯 writersunion.ca/news/real-in...

“Let us not forget that the great seal of the US says E Pluribus Unum. That means Out of many, one Every life matters no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify. You have the right to live a life that is free” DC Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn

I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.

Vienna: There’s a New Spy in Town www.kyivpost.com/post/63496 A Ukrainian SBU general suspected of passing information to Moscow has fled to Vienna. Now, Russian TV is using him for a propaganda film. Austrian authorities are keeping a low profile.

Sharing this again. It's from four years ago, and censorship continues to rear its ugly head. Thank you, Meg, for stating this so well.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned Tehran may face evacuation. Water reserves have fallen to just 5% after months without rain.

Buried in the article: “Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.” The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today

We’re facing a crisis situation in provinces with Con Premiers in regards to our universal health care. Anyone with suggestions on how we fight back, now would be a good time to speak up! open.substack.com/pub/lenispoo...

No, no, it's **Rebecca** who was great. And, indeed, now it's a radio show! The second (54 minute) link here: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/... or Spotify link here: open.spotify.com/episode/5nlK... or Apple podcast link here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Two American B-52Hs off the coast of Venezuela.

The sign of a complete and utter psychopath. A man collapses in the White House. Trump pays zero attention. The cameras are more important.

💥🔎🇷🇺 This new analysis reveals the scale of Russia’s massive propaganda offensive in Moldova: 9,900 AI-generated TikTok videos with over 93 million views. Yet despite Moscow’s efforts, the pro-European PAS won the election. Read the full details on @vsquare.bsky.social:

We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero

Risk of myocarditis is higher after Covid infection than after vaccine. Shocked! Shocked, I say! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

First of all, @michaelemann.bsky.social is not an "activist." He's a climate scientist. With a fact, not a smear, to share. Second, many climate scientists, some pragmatists, have criticized the Gates memo for misrepresenting the science. (👇 & link in text tweet ) So I'm not sure what this is.

Today feels like a good day to remind everyone that there is literally no empirical evidence that economic growth will just continue if the world heats up to, say, 3°C by 2100. Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth. 🧵

Reflections on a dark anniversary. Nobody is coming to save us in the time of the monsters. But we have what it takes to push them back. My latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/one-story-...

How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer theconversation.com/how-the-plas...

This is going to be a shitshow, so we need to remind each other to be patient and kind. TSA has been working without pay. 📌 The FAA announced major restrictions that experts say could lead to thousands of flights being canceled as the government shutdown drags into day 37.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “The danger posed by Russia will not end when the war in Ukraine ends. “For the foreseeable future, Russia will remain a destabilizing force in Europe and the world.”

Watch @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring victory speech. This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace. Turn the volume up.

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sorry my Meidas and other friends. I’ve been absent lately. Covid kicked my ass. Don’t think it’s mild. It’s not! It was all I could do to type stuff occasionally. I’m almost back. Take care of yourselves. Cheers my friends. Getting there. Peace.