In honour of Barry Gibb's birthday Ron sings "Emotion" RS youtu.be/Upz7ido0SNA?...
In honour of Barry Gibb's birthday Ron sings "Emotion" RS youtu.be/Upz7ido0SNA?...
Greetings from Kyiv! Having my warcoffee (and cold lemonade - it’s hot outside) in a cosy bookstore.
I am also absolutely aware that I look like the old man cursing the clouds…but this is my hill.
1st century CE. The artifacts you see are from the Ust-Alma necropolis in Crimea, an ancient burial site (1st century BCE - 4th century CE) that holds tombs of Scythians and other peoples of the region.
And now about the war. As of August 25, due to russian war in Ukraine, 1,553 cultural heritage sites and 2,388 cultural infrastructure facilities have been destroyed or damaged. – Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine
Margaret E Atwood is a national treasure.
Graham Greene has died. A Canadian acting icon, he earned an Oscar nomination for his role as Kicking Bird in Dances With Wolves. He also won a Grammy, Gemini and Canadian Screen Award, along with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He also earned a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
Rest in peace, Graham Greene variety.com/2025/film/ne...
World News: Three Scottish Brothers set a world record Saturday for the fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean. Peru to Australia nonstop, raising money for a clean water project. Jamie, Ewan, and Lachlan Maclean. [as reported in ‘sidelines’ bottom corner of the last page of Sports]
Rest in power, Graham Greene ✊🏽
Sad to hear of Graham Greene's passing... Such a wonderful actor and a very nice man I got to meet him on a few occasions as we both lived here in Stratford and even got to sing for him once at his "Walk Of Fame" ceremony. Huge loss RS
With O'Neill (apparently) taking over CDC (if they ever get around to firing Monarez), I think it's worth looking back to Project 2025 and asking what they actually intend to *do* to CDC. So, I went to remind myself today. Here's what's in store:
Teens in Cambridge Bay, #Nunavut, act as local tour guides to raise money for sports 'They've grown in confidence, they've become much prouder of the community' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In another instalment of: “What She Said” Joly roasts Poilievre's record after 'phony declaration' comments: "I think Mr. Poilievre needs to look at himself in the mirror. When he's describing what you just said, I think he's talking about his own policy." Mic drop 🎤 😂😅🤣
"My dumb as shit base were conned by the carbon tax lies last time. Let's ressurect that"
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🧵 Dr. Demetre Daskalakis devoted his life to science & saving lives. His resignation is a warning: the regime & RFK Jr. have turned CDC into a propaganda mill. Immunization schedules rewritten in secret. Junk science pushed to please a base, not protect people. @acyn.bsky.social
Edmonton Public Schools has decided that Margaret Atwood is too dangerous for youth to read. As is Brave New World. 1984 is banned by Grade 9s and younger. This is the MAGA machine of Danielle Smith in action. Perhaps a public book burning will reassure the base. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Because a substantial percentage of ‘our talented youngsters’ Minister Déry is now proudly celebrating are those pesky international students the Legault government has tried so hard to limit.” www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
I love how dogs intuitively understand kids. One of my earliest memories is trying to climb the fence when I was 2 and our Lab (Tigger) grabbed hold of the back of my pants and barked and growled until Mom came outside to investigate. She went back inside to get the camera. Tigger audibly sighed.
Happy birthday to Amanda Marshall, born on this day in 1972 in Toronto! In her career, she has released four studio albums, two of which have gone platinum. She also has six top 10 hits in Canada. She is a Juno Award winner.
C'est parce qu'on en voit jamais, c'est surtout ça l'affaire. J'habite à 4 coins de rue du Petit Maghreb depuis 2003 et j'en ai jamais vues.
August 28, 1965 Shania Twain is born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 🎶🎤 #MusicSky youtu.be/ZJL4UGSbeFg?...
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital with drones and missiles early Thursday, including a rare strike in the city center, killing at least 15 people and wounding 48, local authorities said.
I was in a conversation recently about responses to fascism in the US, and one person expressed concern about there not being enough student protests. And I thought, my dude, when the students were protesting against the destruction of Palestine, what kind of support did you give them?
3 am in Kyiv. I woke up to loud explosions. Ballistic missiles, as the monitoring channels report.
Make no mistake, if Trump succeeds in occupying Los Angeles or San Francisco, he will complete the armed fascist takeover of the liberal cities in the U.S. and the democracy will be extinguished for decades - if not centuries. Then he will move on Canada.
Cis people: This is where you fucking step up. Do everything you can to support trans people in the coming days. You're going to hear horrible, hurtful rhetoric about us. Shut it down. Don't let it stand. And buy the trans people in your life a drink.
Gratifying to see someone write from the heart and say what they mean
Drones. Warning of a missile attack. Midnight. I’m showing you Ukrainian art. Maybe I just need something beautiful. Ruslan Kutniak, Village Grail, 2017
A woman can be in the worst situation possible, and the only words you'll hear from her will be, "I'll figure it out," and I promise you she is going to find a way. To all the women, your hard work does not go unnoticed. #KeepStriving #MeditationHelps #WednesdayThoughts
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
The records in the National Archives, released by the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, detail how the Justice Department, the FBI, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights responded to the 1955 killing of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
if you need a bit of calm today, here’s the BEAUTIFUL butterfly nebula from hubble 🦋🌌
![A planetary nebula called NGC 6302 or the Butterfly Nebula. A dark dust lane runs through the centre of the nebula and two broad clouds emerge from either side of the dust lane like the outstretched wings of a butterfly. The nebula appears clumpy and nearly opaque, with a few background stars showing through the cloudy material. The nebula appears in different shades of cream, yellow and orange, with the lightest colours appearing closest to the centre. The background of space is black with a handful of stars that are tinged pink.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f3k4iipaz7ara5xvp3p42moe/bafkreidlt2uv4za5ddft7j675zmxvsoyxcqhaqunxw45b5a3aozpzo5pgu@jpeg "Click to view full size")
(5,5) And so, today I am emotional and sad for the families now facing this new reality and I am beyond angry for all that is happening in America today that simply makes this shooting and the next instance of gun violence predictable and foreseeable.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A MASTERMIND OF TRADE. WE ARE NOW PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE FOR OUR BASIC NEEDS. YOU BROKE YOUR PROMISE TO LOWER PRICES ON DAY ONE BUT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PROMISE TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILE, SIR!!
Greetings from Kyiv, where the night was calm. A glimpse into the place where my warcoffee after workouts is made.
The same people that crap all over homeless people and addicts that cost about $50 a day to feed and house are conveniently silent about deploying National Guardspeople on American soil at the cost of $530 a day to cut down on street people. At taxpayers expense, to boot.
Finally something the two parties can agree on: not housing people www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...
With my own money... First one was Band On The Run by Wings. Same year, second, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John.
Writing process. The second letter about rituals and beliefs around bread in Ukraine. The book you see will go home with me: Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin - freshly translated into Ukrainian.
All you have to do is find a city in a red state that has a higher crime rate than Chicago and ask them why troops aren't being deployed there.
Kharkiv tonight. People chanting “Putin Khuylo”, which essentially means Putin go f yourself
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Aug. 24 that his country will provide Ukraine with drones, ammunition, and armored vehicles as part of an aid package worth over one billion Canadian dollars, with deliveries expected in September.
The other day, at the exhibition Flowers from the Frontline, I came across this bouquet. It was gathered by the gardeners of the British Prime Minister as a message of respect and solidarity. Such a simple, yet deeply human gesture.
"Those who bought into his $Trump memecoin after its launch day lost a lot of money—it is down about 90% from its high on the day he was sworn in. One consolation, of sorts: They would have lost even more in $Melania..." www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
#ElbowsUp #MiddleFingerRaised #boycottUS
Way to go, San Francisco!! 👏👏
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Canadians are not mad because of the U.S tariffs. We’re mad for having our sovereignty threaten and our right to exist as an independent nation insulted. That we will never take lightly. ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
#VaccinesWork
Buy Canadian. Buy Global. And #BoycottUSA Keep those #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli
Greetings from Kyiv! Today is Ukraine’s National Flag Day. I’m attending a lecture about our flag 🇺🇦 And I also have a letter about it (the flag, not the lecture) - free to read: www.patreon.com/posts/110640...
It was around that time I first started getting into Canadian politics. Charlie still rocks and Jack is still an inspiration: "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world."
Proud to join Denmark Foreign Affairs Minister @lars-loekke.bsky.social and Ambassador Sørensen to sign a new partnership between California and Denmark. Our message to the rest of the world is clear: California is a stable, reliable partner — no matter who's in the White House.
#BoycottFlorida Canada! Not sure why any Canadian would spend any vacation dollars in Florida or USA now & in the future. #BoycottUSTravel #BoycottUSGoods #FightFascism #ElbowsUp #Never51
Greetings from Kyiv, where the night was calm and where I’m having my warcoffee now. Whimsical summer is playing with rain outside.
A U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is expected to spread in the coming months.
Trump administration wasting tax dollars harassing immigrants while doing fuck all about the cost of living and medical debt crises
JUST IN: Judge Kathleen Williams orders “Alligator Alcatraz” shut down within 60 days — and blocks Trump & Florida from admitting any new detainees.
In honour of Robert Plant's birthday Ron sings "Dancing Days" RS youtu.be/uIL_alzHu0I?...
Here's me performing with Robert Plant at Massey Hall some years ago RS
One minute in Kyiv. Let’s walk with me. The city lives.
There has always been an inherent racism and intolerance when it comes to Christian Nationalism. When Reagan came in, they developed a strategy to infiltrate civic politics, the police, the military, and the judiciary. They established their own universities. They've become an unstoppable lobby.
George W. Bush’s presidency was an important stepping stone on the Christian Nationalist road to ending all democratic features of American governance
Canada is taking bold steps to support softwood lumber workers & build a resilient economy: $700M in loan guarantees, $500M for innovation, Canadian materials prioritized in federal builds, and more. 🇨🇦 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4lfQ5TC
Abbott criticizing California for adding 5 Democratic seats as illegal while defending Texas for adding more 5 Republican seats
The United States could have great things like this. But we like to spend our money on kidnapping people and trafficking them to concentration camps instead. #Priorities
NEW: “I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.” Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
I just love this. have been watching it since the first stones were laid. and its amazing. the sad thing is.. I have never been.. something I must remedy.. Has anyone else here been? archaeology.org/issues/septe...
The Trump Effect is starting to hammer the US economy. The tariffs, the uncertainty, the chaos, the visitors and international students who aren't coming. If anything brings the bastard down, it won't be Epstein or any of the other horrors - it will be the price of eggs.
A grateful nation thanks you for your help Costa Rica 🙏 “San José, Costa Rica — Costa Rica has dispatched a second team of 103 skilled personnel, comprising 100 firefighters and three technical specialists, to Manitoba, Canada, to assist in battling the devastating wildfires…” #Canada #CostaRica
Greetings from Kyiv! I feel in my element, writing in a bookstore. Today, it was the first part about bread. The books beside me tell the history of Ukrainian cuisine.
Fresh and dried vegetables up by 38%?!!??? HOLY SHIT, America. OMG. 😳🤯 (I knew this disaster was coming, but thought it would take longer.)
I was a college graduate, married, and a public school teacher before I could finally get my own credit card.
Pierre Poilievre, a professional politician, doesn’t know the first thing about economics (but acts as though he does). Meanwhile, we have a Prime Minister who has a Phd in economics from Oxford. Tell me who is more qualified.
War: Hello. How are you doing? Me: Just waiting for you to leave. War: On a plane or a carpet? Haha. Sunday Letter was sent. Key news, dialogues with the war, and something from Ukraine’s history www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...
If you are in the mood to buy pizza, make it a Canadian pizza! #ElbowsUp #Canada
Vermont’s Republican Governor Phil Scott has REJECTED Trump's second request to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
🇺🇦🇪🇺 Zelensky: I had an important meeting with President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen in Brussels. Today, together and in several formats, we are determining what we will discuss in Washington, D. C. It is crucial that Europe remains as united as it was in 2022.
Doesn't it seem strange that, just before the talks with ‘almost a Nobel peace winner’ (no, he won’t get it), a ballistic missile hit Kharkiv, 20+ drones are heading towards Odesa. putin isn’t talking about peace; he is talking about surrender.
Pierre Poilievre is running in the Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot. It would be nice if he lost tomorrow, but that riding is so Conservative that voters would elect a toilet seat if it were Tory blue.
It continues to surprise me how many Canadian and European decision makers are a) unaware of how bad the situation inside the US is, and b) deny the internal context has much to do with the foreign policy context
Gutsy move by the flight attendants, refusing to be bullied. The whole country should be behind them because the decline of unions parallels the decline of the middle class. Nothing terrifies cowardly gazillionaires like Jeff Bezos like the threat of strong unions.
The appalling fact that a man capable of funding this life or death sustenance out of his own pocket for many decades, chose rather to cut off funding via USAID. It’s projected that millions will die A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Ended Supply www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/h...
Sometimes I think the tech giants overestimate how much ordinary people might like to make their own really shit CGI. Pick up a pencil, folks.
Our elected leaders should be finding ways to make housing more accessible, instead of criminalizing homeless people.