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“I may do it,” he told reporters on the White House lawn. “I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.” This is just the President of the US casually teasing whether or not he'll join Israel in a war with Iran. We are the dumbest country on Earth.

submitted 18 hours ago • 139 comments

Doug Ford is just like Boris Johnson in that every couple of weeks he'll slip and fall and everyone's like "he's just a silly clown man" to cover up what a blatant racist he actually is www.cp24.com/politics/que...

submitted 12 hours ago • 6 comments

The Economic Benefits of Canada’s Public Health Care System: Open letter from economists, health policy experts, and experts in related disciplines centreforfuturework.ca/2025/06/17/t... via @jimbostanford.bsky.social et al. Sensible, evidence-based, & equitable. Honoured to be a signatory.

submitted 13 hours ago • 3 comments

Donald Trump arrived in Canada and demanded that Russia be admitted into the G7. He falsely claimed Canada had Russia kicked out. He refused to work out a deal with allies on the Middle East crisis and he left town before President Zelensky showed up. Surprised?

submitted 2 days ago • 306 comments

Forgive me for writing a second thread in one day, but this new analysis led by @mark-ungrin.bsky.social deserves your time and attention. osf.io/preprints/me...

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

The President of the United States is a desperate, demented, wannabe dictator who is trying to save his presidency by getting into a war that even his own base doesn’t want. The military needs to intervene before he orders a nuke. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

submitted 1 day ago • 52 comments

Brad Lander--comptroller of the city of New York, and one of the leading mayoral candidates--has just been arrested by masked federal thugs. @bradlander.bsky.social www.amny.com/news/brad-la...

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

Trump’s attempts to dehumanize large segments of the American people in order to use military force against them fits the classic definition of “tyranny,” and right wing rhetoric using the phrase “third world” to justify it is no accident (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 2 days ago • 46 comments

en.as.com/latest_news/... No Kings protests vs Donald Trump’s military parade: Comparing the crowd sizes at each event

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#Canada I just want to say read this - I mean, this is a huge, huge, and exciting collaboration. Carney didn’t come to play.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Hope this is true

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Four engineers get into a car. The car won’t start The mechanical engineer says: “It’s a broken starter” The electrical engineer says: “Dead battery” The chemical engineer says: “Impurities in the gasoline” The IT engineer says: “Hey guys, how about we all get out of the car and get back in”

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Iran launches missiles toward Israel, IDF says

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The irony of a five-time draft dodger holding a military parade for his birthday … Tell me, O Muse, how does one laugh and vomit at the same time?

submitted 5 days ago • 109 comments

President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of a historical Columbia River management deal made by the Biden administration less than two years ago, drawing condemnation from tribes and environmental groups fighting to protect salmon.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

NY appeals court rejects bid to overturn Trump’s convictions in E. Jean Carroll case

submitted 5 days ago • 32 comments

23andMe's founder Anne Wojcicki wins bid for bankrupt DNA testing firm reut.rs/4ebA8Ms

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Canada is on fire. The national media is focused on building pipelines for national unity. Oil production is at record levels. We are back of the pack in the G7 for failing all our environmental goals. My latest on Canada's oil obsession. charlieangus.substack.com/p/burn-the-p...

submitted 8 days ago • 47 comments

Really enjoyed working on this great project! The Kew Record Book is now freely available online. It's a unique document in the history of botany and horticulture, recording incoming and out going plants at Kew Gardens 1793-1809. blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2023/05/trav...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Fascism is a big price to pay for making a few inadequate men feel better about themselves.

submitted 9 days ago • 157 comments

#Halifax #NovaScotia - just like Toronto

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"The Ford government is facing accusations it has abandoned its promise to “protect Ontario” from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs after a major yarn maker shuttered its retail storefront and manufacturing facility in a southwestern Ontario community." #OnPoli

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

New in PN: ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller "Miller and Trump are hateful bigots. Independent journalists can still say that. Journalists at ABC can’t, because the president gets a veto over their coverage. That’s not democracy and it’s not a free press. It’s fascism."

submitted 8 days ago • 308 comments

"Ontario appears to be months behind launching a mandatory review of the Greenbelt, and opposition politicians and environmentalists are asking for a wide-ranging and transparent study of the protected lands to preserve their future." #OnPoli

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

2025 Reports 1 to 4 of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development #CanadaSky #ClimateCrisis www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Eng...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Kieran Moore said what now? In this Canadian Press interview on infants who were at risk of brain inflammation or death and he wants us to look at the glass as half-full? Always spin. Trying to turn bad news into good. Every single time. That's politics, not public health. #OnPoli #OnHealth

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

Six infants born with congenital measles in Ontario from unvaccinated mothers Congenital measles can result in severe complications, including inflammation of the brain and death. #Ontario /1 (thread) www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

submitted 10 days ago • 72 comments

When many of us said antivaxxers are dangerous, we were told to be more diplomatic. There’s nothing as diplomatic and necessary as the truth. We need an all out campaign against antivaxxers.

submitted 10 days ago • 17 comments

COVID variants NB.1.8.1 and XFG spread rapidly. This paper explains their growth advantage: 1. XFG is immune-evasive but binds ACE2 less. 2. NB.1.8.1 balances immune evasion and ACE2 usage well. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is goose stepping into martial law.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I endorse these policies. While everyone has different risk tolerance, I am hearing of far too many people housebound because of fear of infection. You must return to some normalcy as this is our reality for the realistic future.

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

Since we're hitting the streets, reminder about protections from heat exhaustion. Anti depressants make you more vulnerable to heat intolerance. Wear Hats, long-sleeved t-shirts, bring plenty of water, candy bars, parasols, sunglasses, extra water... #MedSky 🩺 www.healthline.com/health/antid...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Deadly serious question- did anyone ever envision a US President making noises about arresting a State Governor for trying to do his job❓ WTF does the next 4 years hold for the USA, the economy is sure to tank.. and who the hell would visit there other than on business while Trump rules❓❗️🤷🏼‍♂️

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

No.. this👇🏼 isn’t Russia.. it’s not Cuba.. N Korea, China or another brutal military State.. This is an Australian reporter being purposely shot by a serving US Police officer.. Her crime.. Reporting on the News 😳😳 It doesn’t bode well when foreign journalists are considered targets❗️🤦🏼‍♂️

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

I want to report some good news from LA: ICE picked a hotel in Pasadena to be their headquarters for this side of the city. The residents of Pasadena (myself included) would not stand for this and protested all yesterday in front of the hotel until, eventually, the hotel kicked out ICE!!

submitted 9 days ago • 609 comments

Seeing some reactions to this calling it a strongly worded letter. While true in a literal sense that this is a letter, it’s unprecedented—and an escalation of a growing trend of unrest inside NIH. This took bravery. Each of the signers put their career on the line. We should acknowledge that.

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

Donald Trump has killed at least 200,000 US citizens mostly elders through deliberate COVID disinformation and slow response, and in collaboration with Elon Musk at least 300,000 people, mostly children by cutting USAID. Altogether Trump has killed at least 500,000 people.

submitted 9 days ago • 126 comments

Manitoba government urges tourists not to visit as 21,000 people flee wildfires #Manitoba

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"History shows that once an authoritarian ruler establishes the infrastructure of a police state, that same infrastructure can be turned on anyone," writes former US labor secretary and Guardian US columnist Robert Reich.

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