Recovering journalist, lapsed political philosophy student and Nova Scotian/resident of Mi’kma’ki. “Wild-mannered”.
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It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
WFH: 1) Employees control how they work, productivity ⬆️. 2) Hire talent regardless of geography. 3) Employees w/ disabilities didn't need to struggle w/ transportation barriers, inaccessible workplaces & inadequate accommodations. 4) Significant ⬇️ in harassment & discrimination rates #cdnpoli
Tides keeper, two-time Olympic medallist Erin McLeod retires from pro soccer
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
NEW: An NBC News joint interview with six women who say they were sex trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein or convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... They want Trump to release the Epstein documents and not pardon Maxwell.
This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.
Setting aside how ghoulish it is to post a video of this, it raises a moral and I suspect legal question. This is not a war zone, these are not enemy combatants. They are criminal suspects. We have Coast Guard cutters to interdict them. At what point is this not just summary execution?
Everything about this is bad
Much happening in Alberta this week re: the book ban stuff. But don't let it slide under the radar that yesterday, two of the province's anti-trans laws (including the ban on trans women and girls from women's sports) officially went into effect xtramagazine.com/video/albert...
vast majority of things currently requiring parental consent are things that the youth should either be liberated from requiring consent for (name changes, abortions, HRT, haircuts) or things that should be unilaterally forbidden (child marriages, signing NDAs on their behalf, TBI-heavy sports)
He is vain enough to go into hiding over bad hair 🤔
Today’s lice are all about efficiency.
Is this going to be three hours of grovelling ?
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
If 2pm presser is about Venezuela, my prebunk/theory: Trump's military provocations on Venezuela are a way to create a factual basis to sustain his Alien Enemies Act deportations. And, he may try to use it to expand his original executive order to all Venezuelans, not just TdA
This Day in Labor History: September 2, 1885. White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming decided to exterminate the town’s entire Chinese community. Whites killed at least 28 Chinese miners in the Rock Springs Massacre. Let's talk about one of our great problems--the racism of the white working class!
It’s likely just the usual awfulness. Don’t give him your sleep.
On September 1, 2025, we lost a true legend. Graham Greene, Oneida from Six Nations Reserve, walked on at the age of 73. Over the span of more than 175 acting credits, he gave us characters that were unforgettable, complex, and real. redpopnews.com/remembering-... #redpopnews
Michelle Obama: Sometimes it's nice to eat carrots. RFK Jr.: I want to bring back smallpox. The Atlantic:
Flies/wasps/bees seem to have LOVED the drought. 😒
Obsessed with the absolute shade of referring to Giuliani as “Former Masked Singer contestant”
I feel like losing my mind every time we do another round of Covid discourse because I live in Bergen county NJ, I saw the freezer trucks full of dead people with my own two eyes
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
A friendly reminder that although the woods are now open in some eastern areas of NS, the open fire burn ban is still in effect everywhere, and carries a $25,000 fine.
Musk now supporting the deportation of anyone who isn’t white. *Do not* use the term “remigration”. It’s an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.
Gang vibes
Happy Labor Day 🙂
I’d rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.
Today, hundreds of media outlets in over 50 countries are mobilising in solidarity with Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip, alongside RSF and Avaaz. Find out more: bit.ly/3UXUSOS #ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza
Reminder: the apparent plan was to spirit these children away in the middle of the night without them ever seeing the inside of a courtroom to challenge their deportation. Children.
at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Buried lede: judges can in fact turn planes around
Also HHS document indicates some facilities housing Guatemalan minors in US balked at handing them to ICE, prompting a Trump administration official to threaten criminal prosecution. She worked for DHS just a few months ago before taking the HHS job. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
"We would've gotten away with our middle-of-the-night trafficking of children if it wasn't for you meddling judges!"
CEOs are trying to convince you that quiet quitting is worse than wage theft, while they plan on replacing you with a robot. Unions know better. Happy Labor Day Weekend.
Ghost bikes, but for people kidnapped by ICE.
This is not a mystery. The Pandemic™️ was indeed ~a pandemic~ therefore, people not being congregated in offices are less likely to get sick. Additionally, if you're already working from home, working while sick is easier (& safer for others!) So, OF COURSE sick days will increase with RTO!
You have to read this whole harrowing thread about how our government is willing to sacrifice children at the altar of hate, and how Judge Sooknanan is getting in the way. Thank you @joshuajfriedman.com for bringing this all to us. Violence thrives in silence and it’s critical that we bear witness.
Sounds good to me
all these media asking democrats 'but crime seems to be down in DC isn't that good' ARMED MILITARY ON THE STREETS IS NEVER FUCKING GOOD
One lesson was learned I guess 🤨
DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala. Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.
Groups conducting coastal restoration work in Nova Scotia say provincial regulations are posing almost insurmountable barriers, forcing them to cancel projects meant to support healthy ecosystems. #NovaScotia /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
BREAKING: Judge Sooknanan says the children are being removed right now so has advanced today’s hearing to 12:30pm. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It would be comforting to think different vocabulary could undo America’s authoritarian turn. Sadly, no.
2. So Democratic Party critics like Third Way are basing their criticism not on what Harris said but on what Trump said she said, as they are accepting as true the allegations of the Republicans against the Democrats.
1. Kamala Harris did not lose the election because of things she said. She lost because of things Donald Trump said she said.
If you don’t believe that Trump’s authoritarianism can be defeated, look at how scared MAGA is of chalk:
VA is a disaster right now. I generally don't trust the private sector with my healthcare, yet had wrist surgery three weeks ago at Baylor Scott & White in Dallas because VA couldn't handle it. First time I've had a major procedure or serious condition treated outside the military or VA since 1996.
A year in here. I don’t know about the younger grades, but certain high schoolers I know seem to be finding their way around it. 🙄 however they all have Chromebooks and wifi so it’s not like they are cut off from the internet.
Mark Zuckerberg lobbied Donald Trump to challenge digital services taxes, just days before he threatened countries around the world with tariffs if they continued taxing and regulating US tech companies.
Liberals getting excited about Gavin Newsome feels like a person who keeps settling for shitty boyfriends. Like girl, you can do better for yourself - stop thinking you can’t do better. There is a guy out there for you. Look, your bestie New York City found a great guy and she’s had so many bad exs.
These morons are going to start a war with Venezuela just to attempt to legitimize what they did to those innocent men at CECOT.
Humans are the best. Unfortunately, humans are also the worst
In 1941, the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division was established. During the Second World War, 17,000 enlisted to serve with it, and 30 lost their lives in active service. This is the story of the women of that service. 🧵 1/10
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - federal funding for 136 *co-op* units!
She’s fantastic and fascinating !
“Joy? I grab that motherfucker whenever it comes up.”
As I was just saying about Chris Van Hollen (see next post in my thread), he gets a lot more credit despite not being a progressive firebrand because he actually believes in liberal principles and wants to do things. Here he is with Merkley attempting to see Gaza for himself, and Israel said no.
"LEGO has an 'Ideas' website that allows fans to submit mockups and suggestions for future LEGO sets, and one fan has designed a faithful recreation of Apple's iconic 1998 iMac G3 in translucent Bondi Blue." www.macrumors.com/2025/08/29/l...
Simultaneously reassured this happens to other people and sorry for your eyes/head.
Oh no. I did this to my ankle last year and it effing hurt. It’s great that you’re with her.
Love this. Community news 🤩
@thebulwark.com excellent interview. No surprise that Trump’s essential base—white evangelicals—are also one of the most authoritarian subcultures in America. Born, bred, sustained on fear, high need for control, and tribalism. youtu.be/dp19ZKI2m2w?...
Opposition figures and others in Uganda have criticized the agreement with the U.S. to receive deported migrants, questioning the lack of parliamentary approval and saying the deal eases political pressure on the country’s authoritarian president.
An all-timer of the genre where I wonder how not one person involved with arresting these firefighters, at any level of leadership or not, didn't stop and just ask "wait this one's probably not a great idea, right?" [🎁]
average Dem strategist: we must focus on bipartisan policies that undercut Republican attacks average Dem voter: having studied the denazification of Germany, we must raze the RNC and leave JD Vance clutching a single wool blanket in a cell after we strip him of everything
And the worst part is that a Canadian pediatric hospital @sickkidsto.bsky.social was partners in this study, and cancelling it means Canadian kids with cancer will die now. It’s not charity…we contributed money and expertise as well. And now OUR kids suffer. #cdnpoli #onpoli
He found some edible grass at the beach today, which led him to some discarded garlic fingers so he’s still living a pretty good life. 🙄
Straw is for rolling in !
It has been a rough summer for dogs who love to eat grass.
😭
New in PN: Alert the media — the WH is lying about Trump's health "Something's clearly up & the official explanations don’t make sense. That’s not a shock given that Trump is a liar surrounded by toadies who surrendered their shame long ago. But it’s past time for reporters to ask some questions."
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
Congratulations ! Wishing you every happiness.
“Despite Trump Dying From Heart Failure, It Was Really Death By A Million Cuts On Bluesky”
Love hearing Acadia alumna and Rugby Canada player Andrea Burk on TSN.
Sadly, the former.
JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
But by far and away, the biggest priority for a Heritage Foundation-captured CDC is going to be using the agency's legal frameworks for access to medical data, and weaponizing them to control women. *Most* of the Project 2025 plan for CDC is a witch hunt against abortion on an unprecedented scale.
I’m looking forward to some rain here in the valley so I can get back to lovely walks in the woods.
Appeals court says Trump's fentanyl and reciprocal tariffs are unlawful. Looking forward to the 6-3 SCOTUS decision which upholds them anyway because the Constitution clearly states Trump is an omnipotent God-Emperor destined to reign upon the Golden Throne until all is returned to dust.
The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible. But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.
Not a natural disaster
Holy heck
It’s brutal when you have to do something you can’t do online. And now my closest branch has no teller service at all! (Explaining this to my Gen Z was hard. Think their brain broke at something never going open after school )
A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.
I accidentally ordered a gift from a US company last month got to relive the late 90s by going to the post office to pay duties/tariffs today.
That should quiet some whining.
In case you’re curious btw: Donald Trump isn’t the first American racist to have his cops run around in masks to terrorize the community.
hmm. one of the creators mentioned in that Wired piece about liberal donors funding influencers strongly disputes most of the assertions www.instagram.com/reel/DN3xSpI...
Barbie called it.
The belief that trans people should be discriminated against because they are inherently predatory, as opposed to the cis strangers that parents allow their children to share a bathroom with, is in fact a crystal clear example of anti-trans bigotry (and mirrors other forms of bigotry, I might add)
It’s really great ! I keep meaning to take a refresher.
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