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Canadian educator for 32 years, news junkie, and Twitter refugee, perilously embracing progressive politics, research-based education, the #Canucks, and #edtech. You'll find me hanging out at #bced, #bcedchat, #edchat, #bcpoli, #cdnpoli, & #uspoli.
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BREAKING The Islamic Republic of Iran has launched another round of ballistic missiles towards Israeli territory. The third in one hour and just about 30 minutes after state TV announced a ceasefire.

“Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson have joined Judy Blume, Sarah J. Maas, Eric Carle and Kurt Vonnegut on a mind-boggling list of hundreds of books purged from some Tennessee school libraries”

Confused? All you need to know is that the Iranians are full of shit, Bibi is full of shit, and Trump is full of shit—and it all makes perfect sense.

As the share of non-permanent residents continues to decline in Canada, Canadians have become increasingly sour on immigration and its perceived benefits to society (Free Article 🔓) open.substack.com/pub/canadian...

(Support Me By Subscribing/Donating) Federal Polling: LPC: 45% (+1) CPC: 31% (-10) NDP: 12% (+6) BQ: 6% (-) GPC: 3% (+2) PPC: 2% (+1) Nanos / June 20, 2025 / n=1000 / MOE 3.1% / Telephone/Online (% Change w 2025 Federal Election) Visit @338canada.bsky.social for polling details: 338canada.com

The foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran:

Wow. The Abbotsford Canucks (affiliated with their parent company, the Vancouver Canucks) won the AHL Calder Cup! Their first cup in franchise history! They beat the Charlotte Checkers, whose parent team is the 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup Champions, the Florida Panthers. Incredible. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

CHASE WOUTERS RAISES THE CALDER CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. INCREDIBLE. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #Canucks #GoCanucksGo #NHL #AHL

The Abbotsford #Canucks are Calder Cup champions! The first time in the history of the Vancovuer Canucks franchise that their AHL affiliate has won the Calder Cup and the first Canucks championship since they won the WHL's Lester Patrick Cup in 1970.

#AbbyCanucks #CalderCup 💙💚💙💚

THE ULTIMATE ARTY PARTY!!! #AbbyCanucks #CalderCup

Are those harsh consequences for russians? [17] #UkrainianView

PM Carney: "Think about what's happening in the world now in terms of the threats financially, the threats geopolitically, and the stability and resilience of the EU. And the fact that the EU is looking to build positively—we're honoured that part of this building is with Canada." #cdnpoli

It’s the worst terror attack in Canadian history. 268 Canadian citizens were killed. It was the world's deadliest act of aviation terrorism until 9/11. And “9 in 10 Canadians said that they have little or no knowledge of the Air India bombing and most under 35 years of age had never heard of it.”

#Canada signs deal deepening European defence and security partnership #EU Prime Minister Carney met with EU members in Brussels www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

i think these professional antivaxxers are literally demonic www.bbc.com/news/article...

Touché.

🇨🇦🤝🇪🇺 🌎🖕🇺🇸 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law

The russians launched ballistic missiles yet again after a while. Chances are that they have performed a double-tap strike to kill people at sites of previous attack. Please talk about it. #Ukraine #UkrainianView

“I didn’t vote for this”

“No local or federal officials have confirmed to KTLA whether the masked men were federal officers.” ktla.com/news/local-n...

Russian forces targeted Odesa and Donetsk region in an attack overnight. A teenager was killed, three others were injured. Across the Donetsk region, more than 40 buildings were damaged. (1/6)

“U.S. Officials Concede They Don’t Know Whereabouts of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile” Mission accomplished! 🤦🏽‍♂️

Beyond parody.

1 day apart

💥 Explosions heard in Kyiv. Russia attacks Ukrainian capital with ballistic missiles

Is America winning yet? 🤔 "U.S. calls on China to prevent Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz and disrupting global oil flows": www.cnbc.com/2025/06/22/u...

SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER IS THE 2025 NBA FINALS MVP 🏆 He becomes the first Canadian ever to win this award! 🇨🇦

“The U.S. has unilaterally bombed a sovereign nation of 92 million people, with zero authorization from Congress, no declaration of war, and no legitimate justification under international law.” Let’s be clear about what this means: The military will NOT stand up to Trump’s illegal orders.

And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.

Just when the paid MAGA shills got done cranking out 36 hours of posts to their divided cult that this was only about nukes and not regime change, Trump does it again …

Masked ICE agents spotted swapping out license plates this morning in Bell Gardens, CA

Where are all the Genocide Joe and Killer Kamala folks now? You have really been proved to be full of shit, haven't you?

The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences. The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences. The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.

Firefighters help chase off ICE ✊

Secretary of the US Dept of Homeland Security Kristi Noem 🖕🖕🖕🤮😡 #cdnpoli "The former Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau is a trainwreck. He was hard to work with. Wasn't willing to share criminal background information with us. Wasn't willing to allow us access to their data systems." #cdnpoli

A single person — Donald Trump — has released the dogs of war and done it without the consent of Congress, our allies, or even a clear explanation to the American people. Anyone who has doubted Trump’s intention to replace our democracy with a dictatorship should now be fully disabused.

Senator Graham: Time to pass major sanctions against Russia and its funders of war. The bill has 84 sponsors in the Senate. Immense bipartisan support.

A growing body of research demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion with pills, coupled with the global pandemic in 2020 and the fall of Roe in 2022, has many U.S. doctors changing their views.

#TrumpLied & Unilaterally Takes the Country into Another Mideast War #ABlueView🧵1/3 #WarPowersAct

Wow are we in trouble: JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr are the "calmer heads" in this administration.

no accidents

The countries with the most nuclear bombs. #cdnpoli

"Donald Trump just stole your idea of using intelligence lies to start an unprovoked war against a country in the Middle East that the United States can never win."

I don't think I'm ready for zoomer lingo versions of 2003 WMD discourse

But surely you can't just shoot down missiles and drones over Ukraine because that would be unimaginable escalation. Tell me more about the great "allies" Ukraine has... Hypocritical fuckers. #UkrainianView