Ukraine’s cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is Canada’s cause. At this critical juncture, we are reinforcing our support with up to $2.5B in new loan guarantees and other mechanisms to help Ukraine secure a just and lasting peace, and to recover and rebuild. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

🎄 Merry Christmas from C-Change 🎄 ▶️ Sam and Will share a short Christmas message, reflecting on the year and thanking everyone who makes our work possible. #BetterIsPossible #SupportingGoodLives #HumanRightsDefenders #Christmas2025

This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it. Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent. It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." — Hannah Arendt 🌱📷

This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.

A day ahead of its 75th anniversary, nearly 300 UK-based organisations have spoken out in defence of the European Convention on Human Rights👇 🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... via @the-independent.com #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends. #NoKings #Manhattan

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

Remember these would this Saturday for No Kings...

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Karin Immergut hears emergency arguments as California and Oregon seek to block President Trump's deployment of federalized California National Guard troops to Portland. 🧵

President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

Tired, so very tired of this s**t

Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats. Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.

“There is still – just – time to turn this around, but it’s running out.” Read our CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social’s blog on yesterday’s open letter to the First Minister & @heraldscotland.bsky.social’s report into the threat posed to social care ➡️ bit.ly/3UzOdKG

It is hard to engage the media on complex issues. The headline always needs to be attention grabbing. But, social care requires urgent attention. The long read article may help broaden an understanding of what social care is and does. And hopefully, provoke those with power to invest in it.

‘It’s apocalyptic’: Scotland’s care system faces collapse More than 200 charities who provide the bulk of health and social care have written to John Swinney warning the sector is on the brink and vulnerable people are in peril In @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2539561...

Our CEO @vivd1.bsky.social joins third sector organisations calling for action to address the health & social care crisis in open letter to the First Minister in todays Herald 👇👇 bit.ly/3V6ohGw @heraldscotland.bsky.social @neilmackay.bsky.social @ccpscotland.bsky.social @alliancescot.bsky.social

I always enjoy reading the TripAdvisor London Forum because I'm fascinated to see what foreign tourists expect, what they ask about and what surprises them. I thought this post from someone from Texas was a really lovely and cheering comment about riding the tube late at night

Haha! It worked! I scoped out the angle this morning and figured I’d be very lucky to pull it off, but it was surely worth a try, eh? #Edinburgh #RedArrows #Photography

Motherfucking wind farms…

"The game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged" - the Football Association, 5th December 1921 Lily Parr, the first women's football superstar and the Dick Kerr Ladies team www.thefa.com/womens-girls...

Another cracker from Michael Spicer. Fed Chair Powell appears to be doing an impersonation of Professor Proton from The Big Bang Theory 😆.

Convicted predators who rape and abuse children shouldn’t qualify for pardon consideration. A president who can’t immediately say “absolutely not” when I asked if he’s considering such a pardon should be hounded out of office.

Two little anecdotes this morning reinforce the extent to which a shared inferiority complex drives right-wing politics.

THIS

Well #RoyalMail have outdone themselves: look what arrived in the mail! Turns out you can send me a letter with only "The Astronomer Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland" on the address! 🙏 to 95yo Mr Pritchard: a very lovely letter about telescopes 🔭 and his childhood ambitions to discover a new star 🥰.

Rather enjoyed this bit, taking down our former Ambassador to Copenhagen: a classic of the “right wingers quoting Orwell without actually bothering to read him” genre.

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that. The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one. This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

Heartbroken 💔 “When we introduce the idea of person, we introduce the notion of mystery. People are not problems to be solved. They're a mystery to inspire wonder." John O'Brien 26/06/25 Rest in power mailchi.mp/c30c3a3ee481...

Stunning.

The problem with this ‘let’s weaken our commitment to the ECHR so as to fend off Farage’ plan is that when it doesn’t work, we end up with Farage *and* a weakened commitment to the ECHR at exactly the moment we need the ECHR the most.

Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.

Even before I heard the devastating, horrific news of political assassination in Minnesota, I woke up this morning thinking about Emily Dickinson's great poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers -" Lots of people know this beautiful little poem, but fewer, I think(?) realize when it was written. /1

We need more of this kinda straight talking 👇👏.

DALLAS… 😆 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DKvtTtW...

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now. Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump. This is how you want a leader to talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...

Care Reform Bill’s conclusion “far from its original aspiration” Ahead of today’s Stage 3 debate at Holyrood we’ve published a briefing on the key amendments. Read our news story & briefing: www.ccpscotland.org/ccps-news/so... @r-cackett.bsky.social @thirdforcenews.bsky.social @healthandcare.scot

🧵Spotted in While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (60s?) is sitting in a cafe, snuggling a tiny human on her lap. They're reading a story book and she's doing some VERY impressive animal sounds while Tiny Human looks on captivated. Turning each page together. (1)

Thoughts and prayers to America's Gestapo, cowering in fear in the face of such violent [checks notes] . . . ur, dancing in the streets.

Super organisation doing great work. Crackin' opportunities for the right people 👇👏😎

A wise man quoting a wise man. @judgeluttig.bsky.social is the man for this time. We would be wise to read his words, reflect on our reality, and ready ourselves for action.