My reflection this morning was on Leviticus 19, one of the lectionary readings for the morning. Verse 33 calls on them to love the foreigner as themselves for they were once foreigners in Egypt. My mind soon went to the obvious - we need to be generous /1

I've spent yesterday and today talking to researchers across the globe trying to understand the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. My story in @science.org is here (and some threaded thoughts coming): www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 #IDsky

This was a real Twitter exchange in Ottawa five years ago. Can't imagine the US politicians and reporters having this much bonhommie.

I stand by a long held view that the two things that separate most cultures is what you eat for breakfast and what you find funny.

8647.

I spoke with my husband this afternoon and we could both figure out it is a 98% reduction. Which is great news. Trump could totally trumpet this but instead he uses voodoo math because, I guess hubris. And psychosis?

RFK Jr: "President Trump has a different way of calculating percentages. If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."

If there's a more tone deaf photo out there I'd love to see it.

Why is no one talking about Trump's obvious need for hearing aids? Seems like the WH came up with "doctored image" and he heard an image of a doctor. It's a security risk but I suspect he's too vain to admit this loss.

"I owe more to Canadians than they'll ever know. In my baseball career, they were the first to make me feel my natural self." -- Jackie Robinson #JackieRobinsonDay

In the span of a year, Mark Carney has morphed into a world leader willing to lay out a plan for small powers like Canada to collaborate and counter the economic might of the U.S. and China. He has also surprised Canada as a smooth political operator. on.wsj.com/4tnIK9e

Anyone else sure that Trump was trying to say "first aid" and couldn't find it and went with Red Cross?

This is so, so well-articulated.

I recognize the style of that Manitoba curling sweater. The family all had them, my dad, my sister at three and me wearing Mom's old sweater 😀

Mark Carney spoke of the shopkeeper who eventually took down the government propaganda from his window. Shame eventually did its job. I urge you to read this lovely essay, especially this holy week.

I was initially a climate change skeptic but won over by one or two charts that caught my attention years ago. I love this chart for that reason. I understand why people doubt, but I mistrust folks who never change their minds when confronted with facts.

it's come to this ... on its 250th anniversary, America is now begging the Royal Navy to help out.

The art of the deal.

New GOP logo just dropped.

Wife just told me this one: What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam.

Antoni, who is the Heritage Foundation's chief economist, pointed to sluggish job growth and high inflation, even before the Iran conflict, as signs that the U.S. economy was already weakened.

@dieworkwear.bsky.social I took a careful look and both men appear to be wearing nice fitting shoes. A win for the Commonwealth.

> @gideonrachman.bsky.social

The most disturbing aspect of the AI era is realizing how many people have only ever valued others for their labor and not their humanity.

republicans are in charge of everything and they are getting everything theyve ever wanted and doing everything theyve ever wanted and the world is on fire and the global world order is collapsing. is there a correlation? who can say

Barry Blitt’s sketchbook. @airmail.news airmail.news/issues/2026-...

It's a small story, soon to be subsumed by the tsunami of sludge that daily emanates from Washington, but really? Come on Americans, rise up with one voice.

How it’s playing in France. 🤡

hmm

Again with this crap? Our PM is too gracious and smart to respond to juvenile bullying but it further cements a nation's ire towards a former ally. USA first means all alone.

Despicable to say this ahead of conceding the US bombed a girls school. His soul is shriveling before our eyes.

I have seen nothing to counter my opinion of November, 2024. Trump seems to have been chosen by God - for the harrowing of the USA and the world.

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

Fox ran older footage but labeled it as happening Saturday.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

I know there's lots going on in this world but COME ON!

It's a minus 18 windchill out there but Ellie doesn't care. She loves snow! #westies

@atticus59914029.bsky.social one of them is named for you 😊

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

That is one giant awful judgement. Read the moment buddy.

Trump pres. approval underwater, big time 📉Below 50% 🟡Age 50-64 46% 🟡White 45% 🟡Age 65+ 42% 📉Below 40% 🟠ALL ADULTS 36% 🟠Age 35-49 🟠Women 33% 📉Below 30% 🔴Independents 26% 🔴Age 18-34 25% 🔴Latino 22% 🔴Black 21% 📉Below 20% 🟣Democrats 5% Bleak: akin to Bush 2006-08 collapse www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/p...

I can't be the only one seeing similarities.

Siri, show me the world’s biggest douchebag

Lifetime charitable giving by oligarchs. Except for Warren Buffett I'm seeing a bunch of sinful men who believe they've earned every penny and have no intention of giving back. A reckoning is due.