Analogue era Google
28.01.2026 21:47 β π 37 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0@hmallick.bsky.social
Canadian news columnist formerly CBC, newspapers, magazines etc. author, feminist, bookish person, centre-left. @heathermallick.substack
Analogue era Google
28.01.2026 21:47 β π 37 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%."
β Mel Brooks (abridged)
Page after page of DHS agents too ashamed to be pictured doing their job isnβt actually sending the power signal Pam Bondi thinks it is.
28.01.2026 20:46 β π 3328 π 671 π¬ 65 π 13Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
This story is not simple but it is ironic. As much as I love Bluesky, it's not a place that favours irony. This is true of almost all social media but I wish Bluesky would allow complicated assessments of hard-left opinions. Where do centre-left people find a home?
28.01.2026 14:10 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cool yeah kids love not getting stuff for their birthday.
28.01.2026 13:32 β π 1246 π 165 π¬ 101 π 10Applebaum means this literally lol it is hanging above a picture with his granddaughter
28.01.2026 12:32 β π 138 π 55 π¬ 0 π 2The defund ICE law should be named the βPretti-Good Act.β
28.01.2026 13:33 β π 873 π 192 π¬ 32 π 12Serial killer Charles Ng who killed women and babies used this approach successfully in Alberta and evaded the U.S. death penalty. He's still alive, in protective jail along with the Golden State Killer. I oppose all capital punishment. But the worst humans do find a use for human decency.
28.01.2026 13:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Killer claimed the woman's death after he shot her in the face was caused by medical mistake. He escaped and planned to flee to Canada where he would have been shielded from extradition to capital punishment. Another American besides Trump finds Canada useful. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
28.01.2026 13:52 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thatβs the Hat Man.
28.01.2026 02:05 β π 842 π 42 π¬ 92 π 2He's now wearing one glove to hide his rotting hand.
27.01.2026 22:40 β π 8324 π 2292 π¬ 1608 π 507This much is clear: Stephen Miller is in charge. They've shipped off Bovino, they're hanging Noem out to dry, Trump is using slightly conciliatory language...and Miller is still running a blitzkrieg in Minnesota. He, not Trump, is in charge. And he is the one Democrats should fight to remove.
27.01.2026 23:14 β π 3971 π 1294 π¬ 124 π 56I love Alex Pretti. I've never had a man step in to help me when I've been attacked on the street (nor a woman for that matter). I never thought anyone did that anyway. But Alex was so brave. He risked his life to protect a woman and ICE killed him. What a good man he was.
27.01.2026 19:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The earlier incident started when he stopped his car after observing ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot, and began shouting and blowing his whistle, according to a source who asked not to be named out of fear of retribution. Pretti later told the source that five agents tackled him and one leaned on his back β an encounter that left him with a broken rib. The agents quickly released him at the scene. βThat day, he thought he was going to die,β said the source.
My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
"Melania" was never supposed to be a successful movie. It was all about paying Melania: "Amazonβs MGM studios paid tens of millions of dollars for the rights to it." #USpoli #graft
27.01.2026 18:25 β π 30 π 16 π¬ 7 π 0More Sopranos diplomacyβ¦
27.01.2026 17:44 β π 55 π 23 π¬ 7 π 1Who taught these men? Who raised them? Who hired them?
27.01.2026 17:15 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yep, she's like Ted Kennedy. The Lion of the Senate.
27.01.2026 13:26 β π 373 π 33 π¬ 33 π 2We may have save the village of Minneapolis by bombing the village of Minneapolis.
27.01.2026 13:24 β π 526 π 82 π¬ 30 π 5FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: βIt has come to my attention that I, Brad Finstad, somehow represent Minnesota in Congress but need to be retired WITH PREJUDICE.β
27.01.2026 13:11 β π 244 π 33 π¬ 7 π 0Melania Trump says the film about her shows how worked on "establishing the East Wing of the White House" (who wants to tell her ... )
27.01.2026 13:18 β π 1093 π 187 π¬ 191 π 47Just spent a few seconds staring in bafflement at the word "shoe" thinking: "That doesn't look right".
Have you ever suddenly, briefly, lost faith in a spelling?
(And yes I did double check I spelled 'shoe' correctly in this.)
Fine, I will re-subscribe but I hold you responsible, Richie.
27.01.2026 02:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Deeply saddened by news that my friend Kirsty Duncan passed away today. I worked closely with her while she was the Minister of Science and the Chair of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology. I texted her on Saturday when I was at a Robbie Burns dinnerβher favourite event of the year.
27.01.2026 00:06 β π 38 π 10 π¬ 3 π 1My god
26.01.2026 21:55 β π 35 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0You really do need to watch the video, this is the drunkest Iβve seen someone with a gun in a professional capacity
26.01.2026 04:41 β π 1289 π 193 π¬ 16 π 14Alex Prettiβs Sig handgun has history of accidentally firing β offering possible clue to why Border agent shot him
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
25.01.2026 13:52 β π 17935 π 3327 π¬ 1253 π 781Two Americans are dead in Minneapolis and Trump asks a question in a fundraising email he just sent:
"Would you support an ICE Raid in your state if President Trump authorized one?"
He's using the attention from Minneapolis to raise money for his political action committee.
Itβs Paul Newmanβs birthday.
I find this very pertinent atm:
βA man with no enemies is a man with no character.β