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I go ding when there's stuff: Work with Make Use Of and UOIT, Freelance writer on STEM, politics, music, film+tv. ex PBS & CBC, fan of science & reason, but also folklore, mythology, and stories, Neurospicy US+CDN dual citizen, & dad.
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A new @reuters.com poll finds Americans have a dim view of many of the Trump administration's blizzard of executive actions, including the Jan. 6 pardons and his effort to limit birthright citizenship. But they *really* don't like the Gulf of America thing. www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...

The 'freedom convoy' never really loved Canada www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/21/o...

It's almost like, when cleaning your house, you should think about what stuff is and why you have it before throwing it away.

Full custody petition filing by Ashley St. Clair for sole custody of her child with Elon. iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD...

Beyond betrayal.

Just a reminder that the Proud Boys were listed as a terrorist group in Canada in 2021 - if any of them crossed the border, just being here would be sufficient grounds to arrest them.

If someone hits you with the rumored $5k Musk/Doge stimulus cheque BS, mention that it would cost $1.7 trillion (USD) or roughly one-third of the 2024 US federal budget.

Within his first month back in power, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken Russia's side on a host of issues. But Trump’s world moves fast, and it’s hard to remember everything. So here’s our recap. 👉 www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Sure, he's high and he has been watching that Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl bit a LOT.

Major news! A court in Montana has just declared SB458, a bill that "defines sex" in a way that ends the legal recognition of transgender people in Montana, as facially unconstitutional. This is the first time a bill defining sex has been ruled on! Huge win for trans people in MT!

Grimes is still Canadian - just come on home, we'll take care of the medical crisis (we'll even do a GoFundMe or something if need be.) www.nme.com/news/music/g...

Trump abets police violence. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Should Canadians really be talking about admitting California as a province, or should we do the sensible thing and recognize it (along with Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada) as part of occupied Mexico?

Space X is entirely dependent on govt. contracts and more companies are competing with it. Teslas are expensive cars - poorly made, Starlink satellites are de-orbiting faster than they go up and Twitter is Twitter. The 2024 election may have been as much of a Hail Mary for Musk as it was for Trump.

i think it is cool that de facto first consul of the united states is a drug-addled maniac and deadbeat dad with a breeding fetish

make litters of babies and then force their mothers to apologetically beg for your attention on social media like only the very best fathers do

Love me some cold weather reading. Love me some Adbusters. @adbusters.bsky.social

A former commander of an International Space Station mission counters Elon Musk’s misinformation about the current ISS mission. Musk lashes out and calls him “fully retarded” and an “idiot.”

Trump touts the “fairness” of his reciprocal tariff plan, but in reality the tax will hit low-income households the hardest and cost the average American household around $2,000.

This will likely be the end of the James Bond franchise not just because they'll Americanize Bond (dumb it down and remove anything Evangelical televangelists might find offensive) but because Hollywood treats intellectual property the same way American Industry treats natural resources ...

Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has published a letter sent to him by Trump’s Department of Justice threatening to potentially prosecute him for criticizing Elon Musk.

European poster: America wants to teach us Democracy?

@warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @jahimes.bsky.social Evidence that DOGE fed Department of Education data to an education startup. open.substack.com/pub/cyberint... @marisakabas.bsky.social @juddlegum.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @joshtpm.bsky.social @davidcorn.bsky.social

If you’re not aware that the “sin of empathy” is making real end roads into popular evangelicalism you need to be aware open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

The number of Canadians who now see the US as an enemy is now three times the number that want to be the "51st state" Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1102682...

“Now that I think about it, he [Pierre Poilievre] reminds me a lot of Ted Cruz.” That’s it. That’s exactly it. Now that I see it, I’m never going to be able to unsee it.

🚄 Canada is Getting High-Speed Rail! 🚄 Big news: PM Trudeau just announced Alto, a high-speed rail system connecting Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, and Quebec City! #Infrastructure #HighSpeedRail #CanadaOnTheMove #LiberalPlan

So I don't think we're invading Canada

Here's how Canada should deal with Trump - Not at all. If he imposes tariffs we do counter-tariffs (or similar) but because of the insults to Canada & the fact that he's an asset of Putin, we should refuse to deal with him at all. No official communication, no agreements - Persona non grata #CanPoli

Incredible news! More hospitals have returned to offering gender affirming care after Trump's executive order was blocked. Moments after publishing our story on hospitals returning, Childrens National DC announced a return to care. And JUST now, Colorado Children's is back to giving care! AMAZING

I’m not into the speculation of what a Canadian insurgency might look like, but I am thoroughly entertained by the idea of Newfie code talkers. Maybe we should get a CBC version of Red Dawn in the works or something.