The Bully Pulpit 🇨🇦

Sign Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter Canadian democracy is under threat. Algorithms and deceptive content are shaping what we see, think, and share, while foreign tech giants collect our data without limits. Our current laws and digital systems aren’t strong enough to protect us. This leaves Canadian voices, our choices, and our digital identities at risk. Parliament must step up and champion Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter now to protect our democracy and our digital future. Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter yourself today! Write to your member of parliament here: https://action.openmedia.org/page/186119/action/

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Unless we apply pressure, nothing will change. And it must. Time's up #ElbowsUp #CdnPoli

The urgency grows…

"The US had the scale (and the public subsidies) to “win”, but what a hollow victory it has shoved on the rest of us: monopolistic, big tech run amok. Like big tobacco and big oil before it, Silicon Valley has saddled us with the costs: overpowered democratic systems..."

Urgently.

"The US had the scale (and the public subsidies) to “win”, but what a hollow victory it has shoved on the rest of us: monopolistic, big tech run amok. Like big tobacco and big oil before it, Silicon Valley has saddled us with the costs: overpowered democratic systems..."

Urgently.

"The US had the scale (and the public subsidies) to “win”, but what a hollow victory it has shoved on the rest of us: monopolistic, big tech run amok. Like big tobacco and big oil before it, Silicon Valley has saddled us with the costs: overpowered democratic systems..."

Urgently.

"The US had the scale (and the public subsidies) to “win”, but what a hollow victory it has shoved on the rest of us: monopolistic, big tech run amok. Like big tobacco and big oil before it, Silicon Valley has saddled us with the costs: overpowered democratic systems..."

"Minitel was overtaken by the internet not because the gvt brought it to life, but because France Télécom insisted on end-to-end control to monetise it—exactly the same mechanism behind the way that tech monopolies have “enshittified” the modern internet." #DigitalSovereignty #ElbowsUp

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Opinion | I’m an Immunologist. I Grew Up Unvaccinated.

Wild that an immunologist would still hesitate: Like thinking—as many Koreans still do—that having a fan on while you sleep can kill you:

- Just to be safe, let's turn off the fan.
- But it's 42 degrees!
- Still. Just in case.
- ??!! Fine.

The broader point is an important one, however:
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@elhopkins.bsky.social, care to respond?

Yeah. Real classy.

Jingoism's taught early and often in Murica. Deep down, they still think they're the Greatest Country On Earth™—they're just going through a rough patch.

Trump's regime ends as soon as Americans decide it does. They just can't be bothered.

YOU = S.A.
We = Remember.

#ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

And the jingoistic U-S-A is out of MAGA's playbook. Not cute, gross.

Reminder: this ends as soon as Americans decide it does. A general strike, pressure on the HANDFUL of politicians you'd need to cross the aisle. SOMETHING. But no. It stops at virtue-signaling.

While the world burns.
YOU: S.A.

The jingoism.
The empty symbolism.
The performative bullshit.

U!S!A! is an ugly, ugly chant. Always has been. The rest of the world always cringed at it. Now? We shake our heads at your collective IMPOTENCE and COMPLICITY.

YOU: S.A.

While everybody, everywhere pays.
So no. Not cool.

I keep wondering: What would Foglia write. How would he snap us out of our lethargy?

"A few words about Trump. He has everything it takes to be hated by Foglia"—LaPresse 1988

Pierre Foglia (1940-2025) was the most masterful columnist to ever take pen to paper. Of course he knew what Trump really was—anyone paying attention did

We could really use him now
No one
Is paying attention

NEWS: Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler has RESIGNED after newly released emails exposed a years-long personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — including advising him on handling sex crime accusations, media scrutiny, and accusers.

TIME100 Health 2026 In today's changing health landscape, these leaders are advancing care, shaping policy, and driving innovations that transform lives.

TIME100 Health 2026 — The blind spot in regards to post-viral illness—including the increased risk of cancers, infections MIs, dementia—is troubling. Even its public health experts are mum about #LongCOVID & #MECFS

We don't exist. None of this is happening to any of us.

And yet... 🧵1/7

#MedSky

Amazing how complacent everyone remains.

It's not like the administration has been subtle about their intentions: To lie, steal, murder & cheat their way to absolute power.

"How could we have known the numbers were cooked?"
BECAUSE TRUMP SAID THEY WOULD BE. REPEATEDLY.

Fool me once…
#JobsReport

Amazing how complacent everyone remains.

It's not like the administration has been subtle about their intentions: To lie, steal, murder & cheat their way to absolute power.

"How could we have known the numbers were cooked?"
BECAUSE TRUMP SAID THEY WOULD BE. REPEATEDLY.

Fool me once…
#JobsReport

Fun fact - the red flower Lady Gaga wore during the Superbowl halftime show is called a "Flor de Maga".

The Flor de Maga has been Puerto Rico's official national flower since 2019.

Why is a jobs report by an admin that fired its impartial statisticians, continues to cover up Epstein and is blatantly fabricating narratives about the Good and Pretti murders BEING REPORTED AS FACT?

By EVERY news outlet?

This isn't incompetence; it's complicity.
#ElbowsUp #LaborStatistics

YouTube video by Kyiv Independent Canadian female fighter at the forefront of Ukraine's drone war

A close-up, sober look at the reality on the ground in Ukraine. And a reminder that should Canada ever be invaded, pity the invaders.

"Because of the absolute high level of training in Canada I was already prepared… there wasn't much of an adjustment."

🇨🇦✊🇺🇦

#ElbowsUp #SlavaUkraini

Don't just sign this. Don't just repost it, either. Forward it. Discuss it with your coworkers, friends, family.

Our future depends upon it.

🌿 PETITION: that federal investment in fossil fuels be matched, dollar for dollar, in renewables-based infrastructure.

#CdnPoli #ElbowsUp #ClimateCrisis

Signed. Forwarded. Reposted.

Je suis Charlie.

Then you'll agree that too few in the rest of the country are mobilizing.

It has to be a general strike. The stock market tanking is the only thing that has ever moved Trump's needle.

You aren't just dealing with fascism, but oligarchy. Unless you tackle it at the source, nothing will change.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union OpenAl Showed Up At My Door. Here’s Why They’re Targeting People Like Me

One more reason to purge society of its corrupting oligarchy.

Tax the rich.
Regulate social media and A.I.
Or perish.

#ElbowsUp

Every American citizen is apparently worried about what it will cost them personally to go on a general strike.

When what they should be asking is what it will cost them—and the world entire—if they don't.

You've run out of time, America. ICE was just the appetizer. This is the main course:

No one outside the US needs convincing that MAGA's creating a police state — one where your past opinions single you out for persecution and your most intimate information is accessible for governmental overreach.

None of us need convincing. But apparently y'all are just going to let it happen.

Apologies: I didn't mean 'you' personally, but rather in regards to the article you were reposting. Character count didn't let me expound on it.

Good on you to be the change we need to see in the world. My point: unless people actively, massively mobilize, this is not going to end well. 🤞✊

And what are you gonna do about it? Talk to your employers, neighbours, local businesses & politicians about a general strike—ending only when the regime falls?

Or keep virtue signaling your disgust?
Cause option B? #NoKings? Doesn't work

Freedom isn't free—time to start acting like it, America