I asked IRCC about their new media policy requiring journalists to register and receive approval from the government in order to get questions answered
They told me if Jeremy Appel had a problem with their rules deeming him not to be a "bona fide" journalist, he should talk to them directly himself
despite extraordinarily stiff competition from the Roberts Court, Citizens United keeps its place as one of the most damaging Supreme Court decisions of all time
Poster With Al Image of M... @gonebabygone.bsky.social I am the guy who owns the theater where Bruce Wayne's parents were killed and I just want to say, to everyone asking me why I opened an upscale theater next to a place called "Crime Alley," it's always been easier to criticize than to take risks May 28, 2024 at 3:36 PM
If you were affected by the Grammarly “expert analysis” identity theft and want to join the active lawsuit, here’s the info to speak with an attorney about your options.
I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...
Canada Canada's Foreign Poli... • • Follow 22h • 6 X Canada is deeply alarmed by the dangerous escalations in Lebanon. We condemn attacks against civilians, civilian infrastructure, and UNIFIL personnel, which are unacceptable. As a longstanding partner of Lebanon, we stand in solidarity with the Lebanese government and people, as Lebanon has been unwillingly drawn into the current conflict in the Middle East. Canada recognizes Lebanon's efforts to curb Hezbollah's armed activities and welcomes recent steps taken by the Government toward stability with the Lebanese Armed Forces. The protection of civilians across the region must be an absolute priority. Canada urges all parties to uphold international humanitarian law and prevent further mass displacement resulting from hostilities. Canada will continue supporting humanitarian efforts in the region.
Canadian government writing press releases like it’s the NYT headlines department. Who’s doing the attacking? How were they drawn into which conflict?
Here's a thread featuring clips of key moments from the DC Metropolitan Police body camera footage of the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that I obtained as a result of my FOIA lawsuit:
"Unconditional surrender" is what Trump keeps saying he is demanding from Iran.
Woodrow Wilson demanded the same thing from Germany in 1919 at the end of the First World War.
And the humiliation for Germany from the terms of that surrender is why we have to call that war the *First* World War.
This is *nothing* dignified about wearing a cheap baseball cap that promotes yourself to the otherwise solemn ceremony to receive the bodies of the troops you had killed to distract from your bad economy and rampant pedophilia.
Medical tools are pictured in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary.
Doctors and health groups warn Alberta's plan for two-tier healthcare will worsen wait times https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/doctors-health-groups-warn-albertas-dual-practice-health-plane-could-worsen-wait-times/
↷ canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
Mullin continues a long tradition of adoptive parents legislating on their personal experience of a system designed to benefit them. I wonder what will happen to children separated from their parents by borders on his watch.
Two white nationalists I exposed in a recent article showed up to try to intimidate me in person last night.
This is a press freedom issue.
Here’s what happened:
It wasn't "cancel culture" when women and people of color got used up, silenced, and dismissed before their careers even began. It only became "cancel culture" when powerful abusers started having established careers momentarily inconvenienced by revelations of what they'd done.
Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.
Kudos to @rachelgilmore.bsky.social for doing REAL investigative journalism into Canada’s far right, and exposing these violent extremists for who they are.
If you’re not following Ms. Gilmore, I suggest you do. @antihate.ca as well.
youtube.com/watch?v=FhYd...
Grammarly's presentation of something they call Expert Review, including my name (plus Stephen King's, plus Mary Norris's), though to be sure I've never been contacted by Grammarly, much less compensated.
What in the absolute fuck is this.
One of the things I find remarkable about this era in politics is how extreme the benefit of the doubt the markets give the Trump administration.
Oil is $74.25 as I write this and while that's elevated from pre-war, it obviously reflects traders who think 'they've got this' when they very do not.
Everyone needs to get emotionally prepared for Democrats voting yes on a war supplemental funding bill and all the “support the troops” bullshit. It’s going to be infuriating, so just spend a little bit of time here and there working out your feelings.
God bless Walz for this. Just the perfect mix of contempt and dismissiveness for this broken person.
This moron has no idea how much of a third rail this is. If he goes through with a public fight with Dunkin he will never live this down. In the words of my people "fuck ya motha."
It's very bad! And the well-resourced Jewish communal organizations that should be on top of this burned all their credibility defending Israeli war crimes and are still primarily focused on playing Israel's lawyer rather than addressing the rapidly spreading gangrene.
I attended a screening of The Librarians in YEG 3 days after Smith announced extending her book bans. Despite the glaring parallels btwn the US playbook & Smith's - Parents4Choice & Moms For L1berty even used the same list - the panellists used euphemisms and no one directly called out the Premier.
Hooo boy. There we go. It was about domestic surveillance after all.
This is very bad. Handing CNN to Bari Weiss/David Ellison is very, very bad.
"The level of racism and hate that has been expressed has risen undoubtedly, and it is aligned with this premier's... attempt to pin all of her failings on newcomers to this province."
ABNDP's Rakhi Pancholi argues Premier Smith's referendums are designed to anger and distract.
Danielle Smith confirms that if Alberta separatism petition drive succeeds, the independence referendum will be on October 19 ballot too. So expect (at least) 10 ballot measures coming this fall.
YOU LIKE DEMOCRACY? WHY DON'T YOU TRY SMOKING AN ENTIRE PACK OF DEMOCRACY?
Hypothetically, and stay with me here, what if there was a pandemic and an industry, let's say meat packing, employed a large percentage of newcomers, who perhaps live in cramped accommodations, were more susceptible to the pandemic and didn't have access to healthcare... what would happen?
Huge irony in the medication being destroyed at the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Plant. It's a Klein-era white elephant that has cost Alberta taxpayers at least $1.6B and counting. Yet, many Albertas continue to believe conservative govts are better financial managers than any alternative party
