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Heather Mallick

@hmallick.bsky.social

Canadian news columnist formerly CBC, newspapers, magazines etc. author, feminist, bookish person, centre-left. @heathermallick.substack

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Analogue era Google

28.01.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 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)

28.01.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1334    πŸ” 218    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 4

Page after page of DHS agents too ashamed to be pictured doing their job isn’t actually sending the power signal Pam Bondi thinks it is.

28.01.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3328    πŸ” 671    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 13

Scrolling 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.

28.01.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 15032    πŸ” 3640    πŸ’¬ 484    πŸ“Œ 573

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€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool yeah kids love not getting stuff for their birthday.

28.01.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1246    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 10

Applebaum means this literally lol it is hanging above a picture with his granddaughter

28.01.2026 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

The defund ICE law should be named the β€œPretti-Good Act.”

28.01.2026 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 873    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 12

Serial 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€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas man scheduled to be executed for killing ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend Charles Victor Thompson would be the first person executed in the US this year for the 1998 shooting deaths

Killer 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€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the Hat Man.

28.01.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 842    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 2
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He's now wearing one glove to hide his rotting hand.

27.01.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8324    πŸ” 2292    πŸ’¬ 1608    πŸ“Œ 507

This 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€” πŸ‘ 3971    πŸ” 1294    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 56

I 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€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The 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 – an encounter that left him with a broken rib. The agents quickly released him at the scene.

β€œThat day, he thought he was going to die,” said the source.

The 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 – an encounter that left him with a broken rib. The agents quickly released him at the scene. β€œThat day, he thought he was going to die,” 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.

27.01.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6116    πŸ” 2241    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 132

"Melania" was never supposed to be a successful movie. It was all about paying Melania: "Amazon’s MGM studios paid tens of millions of dollars for the rights to it." #USpoli #graft

27.01.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

More Sopranos diplomacy…

27.01.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Who taught these men? Who raised them? Who hired them?

27.01.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, she's like Ted Kennedy. The Lion of the Senate.

27.01.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 373    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 2

We may have save the village of Minneapolis by bombing the village of Minneapolis.

27.01.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 526    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 5

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: β€œIt has come to my attention that I, Brad Finstad, somehow represent Minnesota in Congress but need to be retired WITH PREJUDICE.”

27.01.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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Melania 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€” πŸ‘ 1093    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 191    πŸ“Œ 47

Just 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.)

27.01.2026 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Fine, I will re-subscribe but I hold you responsible, Richie.

27.01.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deeply 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 dinnerβ€”her favourite event of the year.

27.01.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

My god

26.01.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You really do need to watch the video, this is the drunkest I’ve seen someone with a gun in a professional capacity

26.01.2026 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1289    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 14
Alex Pretti’s Sig handgun has history of accidentally firing β€” offering possible clue to why Border agent shot him

Alex Pretti’s 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€” πŸ‘ 17935    πŸ” 3327    πŸ’¬ 1253    πŸ“Œ 781
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Two 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.

26.01.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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It’s Paul Newman’s birthday.
I find this very pertinent atm:
β€˜A man with no enemies is a man with no character.’

26.01.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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