Anna Mehler Paperny

Ugh I'm sorry

bsky.app/profile/rola...

I am no strategist and no international relations expert. And maybe the plurality of Canadians wants to hear this. I don't know.

"international law binds all belligerents. We condemn the strikes carried out by Iran"

Canada has decided it likes international law, actually. bsky.app/profile/jour...

Highly recommend this for anyone living in a community where some struggle to keep a roof over their heads.

So, everyone in North America.

It must really suck when someone suggests you're a gender you're not.

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

End Child Detention Letter with signatures Feb 26 2026

Citing reporting by @propublica.org and others, nearly 4,000 doctors, nurses and health professionals sent a letter to DHS Sec Kristi Noem calling for the immediate release of all children currently in immigration detention. Full letter: tinyurl.com/yz2amueb 1/

UN calls for investigation into deadly strike on school in Iran The U.N. human rights office on Tuesday urged what it called ​the forces behind a deadly attack on a ‌girls' school in Iran to investigate and share insights into the incident, without saying who it believed was responsible.

UN calls for investigation into deadly strike on school in Iran reut.rs/3OHBndC

brb getting a "social services are nation-building" tattoo

Streetscape with shadowy silhouette and setting sun.

Leaving work in daylight, baby.

I'm honestly agnostic about Daylight Saving(s) but I would really like all of Canada's time zones to coordinate, please. Saskatchewan is destabilizing enough.

Whoah

if you don't want me to leave you a (gracious!) voicemail, pick up the phone.

leaving voicemails out of spite. healthy and normal.

Evidence links Indian officials at Vancouver consulate to Nijjar killing New Delhi had long accused the B.C. Sikh leader of being a terrorist and called for his arrest

Canadian national-security officials were presented with evidence that Indian consular staff operating in Vancouver supplied information to assist in the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, @mikehager.bsky.social and Greg Mercer report:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

(the psychosis correlation is pretty strong by now, I think)

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Is cannabis bad for your brain, or are people in mental distress turning to pot? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Surely that's covered by s2(b). (This is not legal advice.)

Canada's PM won't take questions and its Foreign Affairs Minister won't say whether the US/Israeli strikes on Iran are consistent with international law. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Shout-out to Leslie Young, who investigated this 13 years ago. globalnews.ca/news/376246/...

In my lifetime I've seen HIV become a chronic condition (at least in rich countries). Are we done with that?

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

America is limiting access to HIV treatment - 16,000 Floridians lost coverage yesterday. 17 other states are following suit. This will mean more spread. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

Deadly bombing of Iran primary school ‘a grave violation of humanitarian law’: UNESCO The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.

“The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.”

news.un.org/en/story/202...

Auburn pupster stands on rock framed by lake and skyscrapers.

In fairness, it was walk time.

Don't puke on my couch and tell me it's walk time.

Israeli strikes hit hospital in Tehran, witnesses tell Reuters Israeli strikes hit a hospital in Tehran’s Gandhi Street area, two witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, saying the hospital was badly damaged and patients were being taken out.

Israeli strikes hit hospital in Tehran, witnesses tell Reuters reut.rs/4rLmtSj

a black and white photo of a woman wearing a chef 's hat and gloves . ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a chef 's hat and gloves .

Help everything has come at once.

Daughter and grandchild of Iran's Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes, state media says Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law and son-in-law were killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

Daughter and grandchild of Iran's Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes, state media says reut.rs/4rKnkmf