Soc media addicts when used as intended. "Three of the world's biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this wk over claims that their platforms- Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok & Google's YouTube- deliberately addict & harm children" www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/28/m...

Families of two Trinidadian men killed in a US missile strike last October suing USA gov't under US Death on the High Seas Act re crimes in international waters & Alien Tort Statute re human rights violations. USA killed fishermen Chad Joseph, 26, Rishi Samaroo, 41. newsday.co.tt/2026/01/27/f...

USA keeps scoring own goals with striker Trump. Sad, bad, mad. www.dw.com/en/calls-gro...

Someone is FOS & it isn't PM Carney. "I said this to the presidentI meant what I said in Davos" Carney said" Trump "spoke to Prime Minister Carney who was very aggressively walking back some of the unfortunate remarks he made at Davos" US Treasury Sec Scott Bessent said" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Premier Trump needs to stop calling Prime Ministers "governor"

The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure

Paracetamol is the same thing as acetaminophen. Tylenol is a brand name for it.

Former FIFA president calls for a boycott of World Cup games to be played in the USA. He's right. Do not travel to the USA for any reason. Or Iran. Same thing. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Dear American friends: please figure out how you elected your awful president. And why did it twice. And don't do it a third time.

"Let’s get the facts (and the flags) straight. Canada’s strength isn’t in our size or being the loudest. Prime Minister Mark Carney put it best: Canada has what the world needs. And the world needs honesty." The Walrus, 26 Jan 2025.

Is the USA headed for a 2nd Civil War? Canada has to plan for it. "America is tracking toward a version of mass civil unrest, which won’t look like the Civil War of 1861 (which killed 600,000 Americans) but will nevertheless bring widespread instability to that country." thewalrus.ca/is-canada-re...

The world dumping USA technology and services.

Niederschlagswahrscheinlichkeit - my German word of today: "probability of precipitation"

Of course not you silly. "Carney said Canada 'respects our commitments' to the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement, which requires any of the three countries to notify the others ahead of time if they want to pursue a free trade agreement with a non-market country - like China." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Star Trek Cereal (2009-2010): A promotional tie-in for the J.J. Abrams film, this cereal consisted of mini-cinnamon roll shaped/flavored pieces ("galaxies"), and marshmallows shaped like Earth, planet Vulcan, and Delta Shields

Recalling the Carl Jung predictions about introversion and conservatism increasing in the older adult years. Not true for my friends & me. Suspect that was him in local Swiss context. Everyone's reconnected with their youthful radicalism and we all talk far too much. To everyone.

Trump's "unapologetic stance on territorial expansion and the plunder of resources goes hand in hand with its rejection of the postwar global order and its disdain for European nations..back to an age of colonial land grabs & great-power rivalry that ultimately led to catastrophic wars" f24.my/BhAa

New Zealand isn't known for hyperbole. "As Donald Trump celebrates the anniversary of his second inauguration as president of the United States and begins his sixth year in office, his greatest asset is power. He covets absolute power" www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/26/a...

AI is theft www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...

Apps: UdenUSA - NonUSA & Made O’Meter. Shoppers in Denmark turn to apps to boycott US products amid Greenland tensions. www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...

The oil industry sure has a lot to answer for. Expect lawsuits for cancer against them akin to tobacco in the future. www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/25/o...

Lessons of history:Talaat Pasha set up the Armenian genocide. His killer Soghomon Tehlirian said "I have killed a man but I'm not a murderer". The trial put the genocide on trial. The killer's entire family was killed in the genocide(1.5million). Jury found him not guilty-1hr of deliberation (1921)

When the Americans say "abolish ICE", have they lost the plot? “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.” (Ronald Reagan) Don't think their government is helping much right now. In their past, it was tea into a harbour.

Our soldiers returning from "doing nothing" for the United States.

If you destroy the economy, hope for the future, support oppressive leaders, train the military to disappear people, extract the natural resources of a country to enrich yours, and make life there terrible, you've no reason to be surprised when that country's citizens come to live in your country.

From New Zealand: "It may be you just had a bad telephone call with the president and now you're going to have tariffs directed at you" "driven by whims of a mercurial, leader who regularly demonstrates that personal flattery or animus can shape his decisions." www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/25/t...

Europe will stop using USA-based services and programs from Google, Microsoft, Apple etc. They'll use open source software that can be modified as much as they like, unlike the American. This reduces vulnerability to American threats & coercion. No one can trust the USA anymore. f24.my/Bh5G

Hope the deeds (protests) grow! “Principles are good and worth the effort only when they develop into deeds.” Vincent Van Gogh

Best way to counter a bully is to avoid them. When that's not possible & they're stronger then you, you can try sweet talking, but that only goes so far. Getting them off balance or going around them are both good strategies. Hitting back is an absolute last resort. Works for chimps & humans.

Which Canadian MPs, MLAs, MPPs, MNAs hold dual citizenship with the USA? getting different info each time searching with diff search engines.

You do you, fumbly Trumply. We don't control your behaviour, we control what we do. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Why didn't The Cranberries, Smashing Pumpkins, Bananarama get together and make a fruit salad?

World: Let's dump the 26% of USA debt we hold. Give the USA >8% interest rates, >10% inflation. Recession-depression time. www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

The interesting thing about -40 is that -40⁰C = -40⁰F. A temperature that makes us all friends.

CBC put together a collection of contrasting clips from Carney's and Trump's speeches at the World Economic Forum.

The world isn't sure if Americans will ever stage an intervention or quite a few on their leaders (plural). But they didn't when Bush pretend-legalized torture & killed a million Iraqis. Nor when Reagan sold weapons to Iran & funded Nicaraguan fascists. Nor when Nixon bombed Cambodia. So I doubt it.

The "global elites". "It wasn’t so long ago that traditional media outlets felt obligated to pretend that the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos had something to do with saving the world. Even after financial executives crashed the economy into the Great Recession" newrepublic.com/post/205507/...

A song the world can sing together. It's catchy. Fascists f--k you Maga Proud boys Nazis Trump....

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney: "Canada and the United States have built a remarkable partnership. In the economy, in security and in rich cultural exchange. But Canada doesn't live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian."

Busy monster eats holes in the world, gobbles up oil, spits out people. Where human rights, democracy, economies & dignity all go to die. Leaders of countries say "yes" or are noncommittal re Trump's "Board of Peace" because they don't want to be target of the world's biggest bully nation's wrath.

No country's sovereignty is negotiable. www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

Q:Is it a crime against humanity to use kids as bait to arrest parents? A:Using children as bait to arrest parents can be seen as a serious violation of human rights... under broader definitions of crimes against humanity due to the exploitation & endangerment of vulnerable individuals" ChatGPT

morning above the clouds wouldn't mind a metre of snow ain't nothing better than skiing (morning haiku)

Donald Trump's Board of Peace has caught officials at some of the countries invited off guard, with several saying they felt compelled to sign up rather than risk the U.S. president's wrath.

Former 🇨🇦 ambassador to the UN Bob Rae. The world cannot trust the Americans. For anything.

Google. Turn the AI off. "surveillance pricing: they spy on you in order to figure out how much they can get away with charging you. They'll sell AI-based "personalized pricing" to partners- "Walmart, Visa, Mastercard, Shopify, Gap, Kroger, Macy’s, Stripe, Home Depot" pluralistic.net/2026/01/21/c...

Ok, summarized and analyzed Davos, national and global news. Newsletter coming. Pls read it.

"If you have pants, sh!t them!" Have seen many videos of masked ICE men hurting people & spraying coloured clouds of gas in their faces. Have seen many videos of masked ICE men objecting to whistles & people's presence, then hurting them & spraying coloured clouds of gas in their faces.

Fumbly bumbly Trumply. "On Wednesday, Trump made a detailed case for U.S. control of the island during an hour-plus speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Then, barely 4 hours after leaving the stage, Trump demolished any shred of validity to his claims" www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

"It was nice that Russia backed down at Davos about Greenland" said one unnamed attendee to another.