The CBC has just posted a transcript of my recent As it Happens interview about X and Grok. I’m posting a couple of screen shots here - since they are a bit too long for alt text, I’ll post the link to the full transcript below. #cdnpoli #X #Grok #yeg #CSAM

Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.

In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?

Defaming a murdered woman and shrugging off her death with a lie is about as evil as it gets and no journalist who gets within shouting distance of this vicious troll should let him have a moment's peace about it.

There’s no paywall to view this NY Times (🤮) video, and it’s worth watching.

Who needs AI?

Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.

NEW: DHS says a "violent rioter weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to kill him. The ICE officer fired defensive shots." That's a lie. Watch the video for yourself.

They won't even use the term transgender regarding their coverage in this statement, they use the term gender identity. I think the Times might be making a shift towards an editorial stance that pathologizes trans people.

Grrrrrrrr $15 in fees on a $40 ticket. As much as I love @robynhitchcock.bsky.social , I hate this.

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you. I’m a young man who, when she turned out to have little money on her person, decided to drag a teenage girl into a backyard, point a handgun at her, and demand she take off her pants. Guess he didn’t think she’d fight back.

Yes, please let us see what government business #DougFord has on his private phone. Three years ago in 2022 / early 2023? Hmmm. Greenbelt scandal? Ontario Place scandal? COVID mishandling and mispending? So much to choose from! #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1159745...

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Rubio, on Trump cleanup duty, essentially says: “We have no clue what the fuck we’re doing, but we know that we want to make money from their oil and that we don’t give a shit about the people whose nation we invaded.”

Pathetic

Are we supposed to call our reps and tell them we don’t like when the president engages in overt war crimes, or can we trust them to get there on their own?

It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.

It is is the world's largest skating rink, with a total length of 7.8 kilometres. Each winter, thousands of people come out to skate, play hockey and enjoy the outdoors in Canada's capital on it. This is the story of the Rideau Canal Skateway! 📸 Nea Powell 🧵 1/8

"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great thread!

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

Whether you read Frum’s ridiculous piece in the Atlantic or not, this response grandmothersvoice.com is all you need to know. #canada #indigenousrights

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

Es ist nicht leicht, in einer zerstörten Stadt zu leben. (It's not easy to live in a destroyed city.) What can I say? Someone told me the cute guy in the corner was German, and it was the only German I could remember from the course I had just taken.

“The fierce winds on Lake Erie sent water surging toward the basin’s eastern end near Buffalo, New York, while lowering water on the western side in Michigan to expose normally submerged lakebed — even the wreck of a car and a snowmobile.” Imagine winds so strong they move an entire lake!

This is crazy!

I love this, and if I (also white) lived in the US I would do the same.

LeMonde said, not on our watch

Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice. Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.

Odd that Gender is a biological, immutable certainty AND something you can lose if you own the wrong dog.

Couldn’t agree more!

Brilliant breakdown!

how did this guy run an investment bank?

They're drowning. Throw these assholes an anchor. Share the letter everywhere.

NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...

From @drjengunter.bsky.social on another CBC #fail “Has Feminism Failed Women?” is not a real question.

As refugee claimants in Canada, this Palestinian couple (a trans women and her spouse) have worked hard to build a future but, without securing steady employment as yet, they are at risk of eviction by the end of December. Please consider helping them buy a little more time in their home.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.

FOUR REPUBLICANS just signed the House Democratic discharge petition to force a House vote on the Hakeem Jeffries bill to extend health care tax credits for 3 years: Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Lawler (NY), Rob Bresnahan (PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (PA). Gives it the required 218 signatures. Huge news

Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling - as more and more data centres move in.

Paul Krugman takes the early lead for headline of the day. An A+++++ Economy, My A++ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-a-econo...

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

I am losing my mind DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP

There’s no two ways or ‘both sides’ about it. Anti-vaxx ghouls want your kids and grandkids to die. That is all. 🤔🧐🙄

So Canadian Members of Parliament can't enter Palestine because Israel deemed them a "public safety threat"... to... who? Palestinians? You think a Canadian diplomatic mission is there to "harm the safety" of Palestinians? Seriously, please elaborate, I'd love to learn how!