My goal is to be a fax machine: anachronistic, laughably impractical, annoying to work with, impossible to get rid of.

Mahmoud Hammad sifts through the rubble of his Gaza home, destroyed by an Israeli airstrike over two years ago.

@jamellebouie.net on the power and imperative of testimony: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

Oh, good. I worried people wouldn't exploit an atrocity to attack marginalized people. xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...

“Funds raised will help cover unexpected expenses, support daily needs, assist with funeral costs, provide mental health supports, and aid in ongoing recovery efforts.” gofund.me/efcdbb103

And I only wore three layers! Running naked, basically.

Must we anthropomorphize job-filching, CSAM-creating, suicide-cheerleading robots?

augh www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

Everyone who lined up in -20 weather to ride the Eglinton Crosstown on opening day (and also everyone who persists in using transit in Canada despite everything) should do this study.

What is the origin of the idea that sport is apolitical?

Missed this yesterday

Canada is putting money down for more US fighter jets but won't talk about it. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

"Legislate unbreakable zippers" and other signs of superannuation.

I can't.

3/ “I have never been separated from my siblings and its honestly sad because they are little and they need their mom and sister.” From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days

2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.” From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

We are contributing to a resurgence in "biblical diseases." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h... (late to this from @stephanienolen.bsky.social )

Would you grant someone anonymity if the reason they need anonymity is because they're lying about writing dozens of books without AI? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...

Frozensnotsville

I worry Canadians are getting to a place where we like the idea of sovereignty without knowing what we mean by it. (ht @vassb.bsky.social's newsletter which has me pondering this)

"Bill C-12 isn’t about respecting the integrity of Canada’s immigration system. It is about undermining it..." sencanada.ca/en/senators/... @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social

The January arson attack on one of Mississippi’s oldest synagogues comes against the backdrop of an online world where a crop of young influencers have been spreading antisemitism, stoking outrage and drawing millions of followers.

NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress. “She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me. But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.

It's actually ok outside (if you keep moving).

A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.

"Right now, the culture of [Canada's] immigration system is to keep people out" macleans.ca/politics/ame...

Canada considers the US to be a safe country for asylum-seekers.

I swear it's getting lighter earlier.

+1 (separated Bloor lane, 11 days post-storm)

Defence Against Morbidity and Mortality Defence Against Homelessness Defence Against Exploitation Defence Against Lawlessness Defence Against Abrogation of s.35 Obligations someone please steal this idea.

"A cut to Canada’s foremost data department is a cut to evidence-based decision-making. It cuts to the heart of an informed democracy." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Have you considered how much happier and more fulfilled you will be when you return my calls and answer my questions?

I want someone to love me as much as my elected representatives love parking spots.

Canada considers the US to be a safe country for asylum-seekers.

This makes me so sad. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

Look, man, some of us are just mired in despair and have negligible filters.

Canada is now approaching foreign aid with an explicit profit motive. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... tx @markkersten.bsky.social

Relying on AI to parse your AI consultation takes "nothing about us, without us" a little overboard imo. betakit.com/ottawa-relea...

🚨 Toronto: Go outside 🚨 (for a couple minutes , anyway)

Three of @theglobeandmail.com's four most livable Canadian cities are in Greater Vancouver so you know this feature was sponsored by my parents. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

I want someone to love me as much as my elected representatives love parking spots.

America is doing this to its children. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286

gawd www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...