Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota. This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup. Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.

Groundhog Moon Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian 2005

February Moon Betty Albert ~ Cree n.d.

A Victoria organization is working to ensure every child is able to read or hear 1,000 books before the age of five.

10/10 ICE protest sign

February this year has Lunar New Year, my birthday, Valentine's Day, and my 17th anniversary with Sloth :)

This is really good. The protest music and creativity beginning to happen is really top notch. No notes. Do watch this!

…For the government. youtu.be/DcjexguBS_w

Send us a message my friend. We are in your corner. You are holding the line. The world wants to hear from you.

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

With three hours to go before the first showing, the total number of seats sold for all of tonight's premiere screenings of 'Melania' at the closest theatre to my apartment (a ferry ride away from Victoria to Vancouver) is: one

Respect. 👊

The front of today’s @theglobeandmail.com

The Aftermath: Snowstorm Reilly Fitzgerald 2020

Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...

Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024 UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M. HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

My prairie roots appreciate the sturdiness of cold-climate folks.

The rain today is giving real “camping trip in June” vibes. #weather #vancouver

Bulkley River Ice Nicholas Bott 1998

The CBC's YouTube channel has a million Catherine O'Hara clips on CBC, and you can reach them with this handy search result I dug up for you: (Bonus Schitt's Creek clip for you.) www.youtube.com/@CBC/search?...

NEW: Tens of thousands are once again bringing downtown Minneapolis to a standstill (Friday Jan 30, 2026). A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown. (🎥 Vince Monroy)

Good. ICE isn’t “law enforcement,” it’s an industry of human suffering. Businesses should be cutting ties, not cashing checks. Great work @emilylowan.bsky.social for bringing this to everyone's attention.

I am heartbroken to hear of the death of Catherine O'Hara. What an extraordinary talent. Offering condolences to her friends, family and in particular her sister Mary Margaret. She is with the angels.

What a loss. 💔😭 A great Canadian.

Just in: Jim Pattison Developments says "the transaction to sell our industrial building in Ashland, Virginia, will not be proceeding." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

So, so saddened to hear about the passing of the truly great, truly gifted and truly hilarious Catherine O’Hara. She was, at least by my count, about seventeen different kinds of brilliant. Wow - what a loss. And wow - how wonderful that we had her. R.I.P.

There will be two protests today against B.C.-based companies who are doing business with ICE. The first at Hootsuite's HQ in Mount Pleasant starting at 3:00; the second in front of the Pattison Group's office downtown.

Moon Walk Wilf Perreault 2020

He's calling the treason because that's exactly what it fucking is. Send the bastards to jail. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Nineteen thousand people just lost rent money, grocery money, and health security so a billionaire could burn $75M on a vanity flop. That’s not business, that's cruelty. 😡

ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

Watch this. Spread it far and wide. This is the song for our times. We are all Minneapolis. They are all fascists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...

Sometimes ‘no comment’ is a really loud comment.

Cabo has nothing on New Westminster. I took these on Wednesday at The Quay.

Damn right.

Hootsuite just doesn't seem to get it: *No* contract of *any* kind with ICE is acceptable. None. If you do business with fascists who murder innocent people, you don't deserve to be in business. Stop using Hootsuite, and encourage your employers to stop using them too. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I’m not sure how much notice this has received but the Assembly of First Nations in Canada has issued a travel advisory for the United States after reports that Indigenous people are being increasingly questioned and detained by ICE. www.instagram.com/p/DT-_SacDEH...

Teaching #PhysicalEducation feels heavier right now than it did in Sept. Behavior & engagement require more attention & energy. That’s why I’m leading a live session on Feb 8 & 11 to make PE easier to teach right now. Feb 8, 8am PST: tinyurl.com/Sunday-Feb-08 Feb 11, 5pm PST: tinyurl.com/Wed-Feb-11

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Another beautiful view from the office over #Vancouver 💙🧡

You're going to tell their employers, their neighbors and their schools that they were out on the streets bravely defending their community from the masked goons who are murdering and terrorizing people? Are you going to send them flowers and candy as well?

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

Afternoon magic in New Westminster Tuesday.

“Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive - because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority.”

A big part of the story here is that women like Renee Good are braver and stronger than they could have ever imagined and that just doesn't fit with what MAGA men tell themselves about how gender works. It just does not compute.

Oh my look at that sky from New Westminster @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

Remembrance carries responsibility. Silence and inaction allow atrocities to continue. Upholding human dignity, accountability, and justice is essential to ensuring history is not repeated. 3/3 #SenCA #CdnPoli

The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.