staring blankly into the abyss

This is what Syrias looked like in Tehran today. It is raining oil. The street cats are covered in it. This is a colossal crime against humanity.

A family favorite!

This is the story btw (this report is fine, but is being decontextualized and amplified on X). It's reserve land, the 50 year lease is expiring, the Nation has previously warned they may not renew, they are now giving 2 years notice and waiving pad fees until then

cheknews.ca/residents-at...

if we’re fomenting rage against First Nations because people are being given two years notice to vacate their expiring leaseholds on reserve land then we’ve kind of lost the plot

I suspect that many of the Iranians who marched in the massive Canadian and American protests calling for Trump to start this war starting to rethink their stance. This is not what a war of liberation looks like.

Very very serious war crime if this is correct

In other words Trump-Netanyahu have effectively carried out massive uncontained poison gas attacks on Tehran and its people.

They attacked the burn treatment center in Tehran before unleashing the fires of hell on the city. They are truly the epitome of all evil in this world x.com/UnboundedVoi...

YouTube video by NowThis Impact Americans Oppose Iran War Escalation

Once upon a time I was a school teacher in the Middle East, and in Europe and in Canada, and I saw firsthand that people are ***exactly*** the same everywhere. So, I keep thinking about this ad when I'm watching the Iran/Lebanon news: youtube.com/shorts/4luhy...

Vast scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums decried by MPs and experts Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways

Important new Guardian study: "UK museums hold more than 263,000 items of human remains from around the world, including whole skeletons, preserved bodies, such as Egyptian mummies, skulls, bones, skin, teeth, nails, scalps and hair." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

At Noma, Accusations of Past Physical Abuse Dozens of former employees say René Redzepi inflicted physical and psychological violence on the staff for years.

Dozens of former employees of Noma tell of abuse & violence at the hands of its chef/owner, René Redzepi. Punching, screaming, shoving, stabbing, slamming, intimidation, ridicule, blacklisting. What an asshole. [nytimes.com]

Western countries backing what the US and Israel are doing in Iran aren’t just going to lose legitimacy in the eyes of their domestic publics, but are shredding any notion a new alliance of middle powers or whatever can defend any semblance of an international order.

No one's a bigger enemy of higher ed than higher ed admins.

Public Service Announcement: When the price of gasoline jumps this week, remember it was refined from oil (mostly Canadian) produced weeks ago, only 2% of which comes from the Middle East. It's a policy choice, not 'market forces', that explains why you'll pay more (and oil profits will soar). /2

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Well, the chapter is finally finished... but it turns out I couldn't fit everything in and will have to put the rest in a new 'final, final chapter.'

(If these scientists hadn't done so many awful, unethical and even illegal things this book would be done by now.)

I'I've been getting a lot of calls about the industrial food system's vulnerability to fertilizer import shocks. Here's an interactive widget: slide through the months to see who imports what, when, and through which chokepoint.
rajpatel.org/2026/03/06/f...

Stop the war. Stop the dependency.

Ford eyes artificial island for massive convention centre, sources say Premier, who has teased a new ‘shock-and-awe’ facility, is looking at using fill on Toronto waterfront

Periodic reminder that math scores in Ontario are tanking and my grade 11 kid has 32 kids in her math class.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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The supposed explosion of the federal public service looks less explosive if you put it in per capita numbers and draw a line graph back to the mid-80s.

Toronto Film Critics Association Faces Collapse After Allegedly Censoring Indigenous Filmmaker’s Pro-Palestine Speech Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her trophy, the president resigned and 16 members have quit — with more considering their position: "This Is Killing the TFCA."

Update: the TCFA is in shambles with over a third of their members resigning in protest. Taking a stand is contagious and effective. Your voice matters. How you use it matters.

Toronto Film Critics Association in Crisis Over Censored Speech share.google/hIZNG9yHhJ1w...

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

This is a vote to, effectively, kill vulnerable people. If your actions guarantee the death of hundreds if not thousands who would have otherwise lived, what else do you call that?

When the BC Conservatives voted for a bill to repeal the human rights code, the NDP caucus promptly put out a press release slamming the Cons who "couldn’t muster the courage to stand against it."

Today, 0 NDP MLAs mustered the courage to vote against a bill to close all BC's safe consumption sites

"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'

Quite the headline from People.com

people.com/trump-says-i...

When I read something like this, I imagine pitching it as a freelancer: "It's a commentary on John Tory. We are good friends, and I'm going to discuss his legacy and his thoughts, but I won't quote him at all. Two consecutive paragraphs will start with 'For me...'. Do I get the gig?"

lolol

OpenAI and…the United States Military…are teaming up to notify YOU that your son has been KILLED IN ACTION. Click here to speak with your son via AI one last time

Elbows up! Protecting Canadian sovereignty by gutting the last handful of functional national institutions we have left.

Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret" "It's a good thing that Trump is the most peaceful president in history who ends all wars, right?"

Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret"