So, I am going to risk sharing something personal.
When I was 5 years old, my teacher asked me what i wanted to be when I grow up & I told her a 'hero'
Today I am 54 and still want to be a hero. That just means something different to me now.
It means trying to make friends' days a little better
“Today, March 11th is the 178th anniversary of Canadian democracy. 178 years of unbroken, uninterrupted parliamentary democracy. Which makes Canada the oldest continuous democratic federation in the world.”
- John Ralston Saul
Happy Canadian democracy day peeps.
You can judge a family by the company it keeps.
🎂 This is what a Ukrainian defenders' birthday looks like on the frontline
Russia continues killing Ukrainians every day and is still fighting to erase us as a state. Easing russian oil sanctions now directly finances their war against Ukraine, including their tactics of terror of civilians: bombing apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, hunting people with drones,
Canadian here 👇🤔
Polar bear mama and kids look so cute, then you remember their monstrous size
#NeverPoilievre
AOC points out how each new hasty military invasion coincides with a different release of the Epstein files.
🇺🇦🥰Meet eight-year-old Liza Ostapenko from a border village in Chernihiv. Whenever she hears about a prisoner exchange, she runs to the roadside with a Ukrainian flag to welcome Ukrainian defenders home.
I am so sick of the BS from the US government.
Environmental groups in the United States and Canada are sounding the alarm about a U.S. government proposal to change a federal regulation introduced in 2008 to protect a critically endangered species of whale. #Canada
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
Beautiful.
Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter.
https://to.pbs.org/40L3fAa
The lack of media coverage about the bombing of the girls elementary schools is shocking.
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
Snickers, get off the cat!
Cat? What cat?
So I have a little recipe to keep you from going insane you watch The Daily Show, record Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and if you want Jimmy Fallon and then have a peaceful argument in your head about which monologue to watch first... doesn't matter who you pick there's no loser
Seeing this made me realize that most of my childhood exposure to Black culture was from Sesame Street, and some influence from historical shows like Roots.
Thank you Sesame Street!
Spain’s MEP Irene Montero speaking to reporters
Irene Montero: No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression — Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Afghanistan. It will not happen in Iran either
When they want to sell their oil wars, their wars for profit, their imperial wars — they hide behind women’s rights to justify them
On the left: a photo of men in carts being pulled by horses. The image is awash in a dusty, warm-coloured lighting. On the right: text that reads “The most accurately predicted genocide in history. There was satellite imagery, survivor testimony, and mass graves. Still, the world looked away from Sudan”
“Reporting on the war in Sudan is logistically difficult, which is why the satellite images and testimonies from survivors have been so critical,” writes Michelle Shephard “Most Sudanese journalists have been killed, have fled, or are in hiding.” https://thewalrus.ca/sudan-genocide/
Tell the Senate what you think. If Senate Democrats don’t have the backbone to stand up to this, let them know they wil have to stand in front of us in November.
#RadioFreeAmerica
Social media was filled with videos and reactions on Tuesday night after the bright flash and house-rattling boom was seen and heard over southwestern B.C.
We’ve got to keep the Epstein victims and survivors centered while we pursue transparency and accountability.
Their stories must be told.
Minnesota is mourning the loss of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake who was killed in Kuwait on Sunday.
She answered the call to serve and gave her life in service to our state and nation. Minnesotans are wrapping our arms around her loved ones.
I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city: Montreal.
After weeks of work (with help!), I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club — one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym for training and propaganda photos.
Here’s my investigation:
“It’s a choice to ensure zero abortions."
Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape.
Padma Lakshmi just cooked this guy.
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IRAN: Retaliatory attacks including on US soil.
US: “NATOs assemble! Article 5!”
NATO COUNTRIES: “Nah, we’re good, bruh. Gotta continue with our Epstein probes.”
