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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

College/university presidents must decide if their institutions will collaborate w/ICE: a stark reminder of institutional independence. Stand for Campus Freedom rejects ICE cooperation agreements & defends campus freedom. Sign & share! alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/re...

Tears of joy, reading @riverasun.bsky.social : Writing on need for rest/care as requests for courses, engagement explode. Indeed, after deep sleep, i woke to a world of wonder!..Music helps! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONad...

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says the #ICC is necessary to “expose those responsible” and address atrocities - ethnic cleansing - in the West Bank 👇 www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026... #WestBank

Amsterdam will ban fossil fuel and meat advertisements in public spaces and on public transport starting May 1st. 🥳

Common sense needs to play a bigger role here. Why would we buy defence equipment from the main threat to our security?

This article spells it out - As Don Newman says, Danielle Smith needs to "fight for the country without being just a lobbying arm of the oil industry."

It's icky reading about sexual exploitation, but I agree w @charlieangus104.bsky.social that it's up to us to get this out. Even the #CBC isn't "taking the signs down" (cf @mark-carney.bsky.social quoting V. Havel).Stop treating a criminal like a president. charlieangus.substack.com/p/it-falls-t...

If you can, take a few minutes to watch us run through the parade of lies from DHS.

“You don’t get to declare ‘national security’ after the money is spent.” Peace through deterrence isn’t a permit. It’s narrative retrofitting.https://open.substack.com/pub/elainecimino652909/p/peace-through-deterrence-rhetoric?r=281p2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.

Electoral systems shape how power is exercised. When governments need broad support to govern, conflict is more likely to be handled through negotiation and compromise instead of repression. Proportional representation changes the incentives.

The Nation has nominated the people of Minneapolis for a Nobel Peace Price. Help out below: https://bit.ly/4q9datK

There's lot of enraging stuff in this article, mostly about how so many folks think "foreign aid" means "profit for Canada" rather than "helping people".

It’s obscene, tbh.

A leading German soccer official, Oke Göttlich, said that the time has come to consider the unthinkable: a boycott of the World Cup to protest Donald Trump. @edgeofsports.bsky.social writes about a growing movement to skip the World Cup partially hosted by the US. https://bit.ly/4aga5TQ

"The ceasefire has bred apathy among us—and disinterest from a press that was already turning away... The Nation disagrees." Well done @thenation.com

FFS. Musk & Trump abolished #USAID. We can certainly #AbolishICE. (Ending USAID led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, btw. Abolishing ICE would arguably save lives. hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...)

I know some Americans who actually deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for confronting authoritarianism and repression with steadfast nonviolent resistance. Add your name to the letter of support for the nomination of the City of Minneapolis and its people: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su... #ICEOut

Bill C-15, the Budget Implementation Act, gives Cabinet Ministers “the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years.” Absolutely wrong and scary in a democracy #Harper2.0

Canada Pension Plan Receives ‘D’ Grade, Quebec’s La Caisse Soars in Climate Finance Report Card www.theenergymix.com/canada-pensi...

People often prefer the lie they live in to a future they cannot imagine. The first step in unleashing the imagination is to step outside the lie. afhimelfarb.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/t...

TY @fairvote.ca re C-15 www.fairvote.ca/08/12/2025/b.... You may care too @sustainablesong.bsky.social @ch4rlie.bsky.social @markkersten.bsky.social @alexhim.bsky.social @lindamcquaig.bsky.social @pauldecampo.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca @marshalederman.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca

Disputes over a hypothetical new pipeline have devolved into a rote debate that pits environment against economy, @michellecyca.com writes. Meanwhile, First Nations in B.C. are demonstrating that protecting the environment creates wealth and jobs: thenarwhal.ca/environment-...

To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully: The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.

When a party can govern alone without majority support, closing ranks becomes easier than opening doors. Electoral systems that reflect how people actually vote raise the political cost of secrecy. Proportional representation does that.

The United States shows what happens when first-past-the-post locks politics into two-party trench warfare. Small vote shifts create total control. That is not stability. Proportional representation reduces all or nothing outcomes and reflects voters more accurately.

Link broke due to spacing, here is a quick click for others. First I've learned of the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act, and I appreciate Ling suggesting such a specific action. I suspect Carney is unwilling to fight this battle, despite the urgency of the cause.

“If we don’t resist today, the damage will be far greater tomorrow.”https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/donald-trump-is-attacking-a-canadian-judge-mark-carney-has-the-power-to-stop-him/article_eb383aca-01e6-4471-860e-3ef49b978233.html

Will, imagination, courage, solidarity jacobin.com/2026/01/minn...

So interesting to see what false "savings" of cutting health care ends up costing.

So proud of the city I was born in. Go #PortlandME. We know how to handle ICE in Maine. Mainers are salty af.

Love this! The Nation has nominated #Minneapolis for the #NobelPeacePrize for #nonviolentresistance to #authoritarian siege. (This is not satire.) www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Hoping good MPs @patrickbweiler.bsky.social @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social @jillmcknightdelta.bsky.social @stephaniemclean.bsky.social Jake Sawatsky @taleeb.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ernieklassen-mp.bsky.social @beynate.bsky.social will NOT vote 4 C-15 www.fairvote.ca/08/12/2025/b...

The more disinformation you believe, the more likely you are to vote Conservative.

Lies. Permanent injury. Life changed. Family hurt. Just another day. apnews.com/article/immi...

Today's #CBC JustAsking with Saroja Coelho was great, featuring @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social & sister Autumn: www.cbc.ca/radio/justas.... Eager to explore their How to Survive the End of the World podcast.

“don’t be a passive observer of the decline of society…you’ll sleep better at night if you’re trying.” @ayanaeliza.bsky.social on We Can Do Hard Things

🇨🇦 Hundreds in Vancouver protest Hootsuite's contract with U.S. Homeland Security(ICE-Gestapo) Two U.S. citizens were 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 by ICE -the protest comes as Canadian companies that do business with ICE are facing increasing blowback for supporting Fascism. #CanadaSky🇨🇦 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

TY @beynate.bsky.social 4 this speech! I join in concerns re Bill C-15 wld allow cabinet ministers 2 exempt companies from laws! Write your MP & @loriidlout.bsky.social (NDP) @blocquebecois.bsky.social justice critic Rhéal Fortin, @seanfraser.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social, Cons. Larry Brock

ICE's armoured vehicles are made by a Canadian company in Brampton. Will your government step in to block these vehicles from being exported and used to terrorize our neighbours? www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

We honour the six Muslim Canadians killed and the 19 injured in the 2017 attack at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec in Sainte-Foy. Dehumanization leads to violence, and we all have a role to play in addressing Islamophobia and hate and ensuring everyone can live and worship safely.

There is a dark history here in Toronto’s east end. Nazis openly paraded on the boardwalk where signs read: “Jews and dogs not allowed.” Reflect on that history, how silence enabled that hate, and how one should act to confront hate today. #HolocaustRemembranceDay

Never again. We remember the Holocaust and the mass murder of millions, including 6 million Jewish people. And we remember the antisemitism and dehumanization that enabled a genocide. We have responsibility to combat hate and ensure that ‘never again’ has real meaning.

Every data centre is a U.S. military base. By @parismarx.com from the latest edition of the Monitor: @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

If you want to go deep on the theory and strategy, this resource on how to make political violence backfire is informative and practical. static1.squarespace.com/static/666b7...

It's quite chilling to search the Associated Press wire for photos of the Iran protests and find basically nothing. For those who don't know, for the AP to be unable to find someone to take a photo and get it out of the country means the blackout is about as dark as it can be.

There are six AP photos from Iran since the New Year, all taken Jan. 6. Three of them are of an empty street.