Russia is knowingly and intentionally targeting the elderly with weaponized drones in Ukraine - a pattern that’s leapt out at me in the course of the last two weeks of data validation for my database of drone attacks on civilians. Read more here:

Fox made sure to note that there's a sizable population of immigrants from Cape Verde in Rhode Island and, honestly, I'd love to see that for each match. Remind Americans that we have connections to all these countries through immigration, collapse the distance and give us rooting interests.

I haven't seen Cape Verde put a beating like that on Spain since the 1640 dissolution of the Iberian Union

I don’t want to jinx it but I am loving the hell out of the World Cup so far. Do I understand football? No. Do I care? Also no.

Can’t believe China is beating the US when it comes to Walmart. Thats like the one thing the US is supposed to do better.

This is the most disappointing Spanish performance since 1588.

I hope in the future Democrats will learn from Hungary (and Germany after WWII) and take a hardline approach to taking out the trash instead of just moving on “to avoid confrontation”.

I haven't posted much about this as I'm wrapping up my French course, but I *REALLY* wish we'd spend more time trying to make social media better for everyone rather than just banning it for youths and hoping for the best.

[turning on a world cup match] oh wow, cape verde, i wonder where that is [55 minutes later] if cape verde wins it will be the greatest day of my life

While Canadians are having debates about what our relationship with the US should be in terms of economic and military cooperation, the US is deciding for us and it is UGLY.

Someone asked which muppet is most out of pocket on Sesame Street in the wake of the Knicks win. While there are lots of good answers, we actually have photographic evidence for this one

Oh, hello, America, I didn’t you there.

Remember this scene the next time a corporate reporter tries to insist that a rural diner full of white men in their 60s is somehow a more authentically "American" place, somehow more representative of who we are as a nation.

multiculturalism is pretty great

Lake Huron No. 1 Jack Chambers 1970–71

Home Luke Swinson ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

ALLEZ LE CANADA 🇨🇦 LFG!!!!

It's surreal that the man has spent the week fueling a pogrom, calling for the jailing of the UK government, spouting great replacement theory racism and then selling a stock whose value is 95% vaporware and we are supposed to pretend that this is all normal.

Taj Ali: "I spoke to a Muslim woman last night who lives in Belfast who said that she knows of a dozen families, mostly Muslim, whose homes had been targeted.. its very important to make clear that this is planned violence, targeted violence against ethnic minority communities"

Pope Leo has had a brief meeting with reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny, while both coincidentally tour Spain, according to the Vatican. No public photos have been released. https://cnn.it/4e9mCcs

Musk functionally ran the US government for 6 months last year and managed to: increase spending, slash services, kill 100,000s, and help nurture both Ebola & Screwworms. Yet somehow no one mentions this when they talk about the company he is going to take public this week.

Former Governor General David Johnston praises Louise Arbour: “When you think of the challenges in the world today with respect to democratic institutions, I cannot think of a person who is better prepared to help us build and strengthen those institutions.” Full interview: youtu.be/05reuoO1XQA

An open casting call was put out in Toronto and a bunch of 20-something young actors decided to audition. During auditions, Victor Garber, Eugene Levy, his friend Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Gilda Radner and Paul Shaffer sat in a room together. 📸 Dick Darrell 🧵3/12

On June 1, 1972, Godspell opened at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. No one in the audience knew that they were seeing a group of unknown actors who would change comedy forever and go on to win Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tonys. This is the story! 📸 Jeff Goode 🧵1/12

Oh wow who could have ever suspected that this would happen after Trump started falling all over himself wanting a deal. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/u...

Canada part of global retreat on foreign aid: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

My opponents are all communists. In unrelated news, my government will be taking ownership of the means of production.

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Marjane Satrapi has left. AFP quoted a "member of her close circle" as saying she had "died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life." Absolutely devastating loss of a brilliant artist and brave soul. Her art remains.

Today, @thewalrus.ca has published an excerpt of my book with @amaramarasingam.bsky.social on the Canadian far-right, Blood and Soil. You can read it for free here: thewalrus.ca/what-three-e...

So so so proud of my great friends and colleagues for winning this prize!

This was too much fun. The three of us got to speak about what we will be reading this summer - with a @jmberger.com novel preview!

Literally this

Back from 2017, but this is the mood today in rainy 🌧️🌧️🌧️Calgary. 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️ Beneath the Clouds 36” x 72” Acrylic on canvas 2017 Private collection

White nationalist staged a protest in Shawinigan, Quebec this past weekend. Des suprémacistes blancs ont tenu une manifestation à Shawinigan, au Québec, la fin de semaine dernière. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/r...

This right here.

A reminder that we have just entered the fourth month of Trump’s three-day war against Iran.

I’m surprised there haven’t been more polls looking into how many Albertans actually want a referendum or think this is a giant waste of everyone’s time and money All these polls start off by uncritically accepting the separatists’ terms of debate right off the bat

CDCP members: renew your Canadian Dental Care Plan coverage by June 1. If you miss the deadline, coverage ends June 30 and dental care during a gap won’t be reimbursed. Please share and let friends know. Renew at Canada.ca/dental or call 1-833-537-4342.

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.

Me trying to find a table outside in France during the Arsenal vs PSG match.

UK lawmakers, including the Prime Minister, are calling for stronger enforcement of online safety laws after CCDH revealed Grok generated an estimated 3 million sexualized images of women and girls in just 11 days. We cannot afford to move slowly while AI tools enable abuse at massive scale.

Between this and the rumoured Grippen pick, Canada is in its Sweden-maxxing era.

La Presse reporting that Carney is likely to go with 30 F-35s and 60 Gripen. The announcement is expected around or after the American mid terms… www.lapresse.ca/affaires/202...

Once again, if 🇪🇺 or 🇨🇦 or 🇯🇵 or anyone else were serious about relocating American scholars & seizing scientific leadership from an 🇺🇸 stabbing itself for no reason, they would be spending orders of magnitude more than they are now on making that happen.

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer