Dr. Young-Leslie {use alt-text, humans} ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦🚲

@mommypedals.bsky.social

Elon Musk Y @elonmusk X.com For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.

SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.

I've been saying the same thing for Edmonton on game nights heading to Roger's Place. but with #ConnorMcDavid pedaling a cargo bike, and everyone wearing Oilers regalia.

Are those like the red shift arc lights (the peddles light up)?

If so, you're going to love them!

Screenshot of the title page for the article in The Walrus. Text reads: Quebec's Bill 1 will be secession by other means". Subtitle: "The province wants to replace Canada's Constitution with its own" By Stephen Thompson.

"Yugoslavia taught me how fragile instns become when leaders stop respecting limits, divide people from their neighbours, & subordinate individual rights to a mythical collective... Canadians seem to be missing something quite consequential happening in our own house". thewalrus.ca/quebec-bill-1/

Is Canada Ready for an American Civil War? | The Walrus As armed federal agents are unleashed on Minneapolis, Ottawa faces an impossible question

Follow-up on my previous observation that the USA is engaged in a civil war; apparently I'm not the only Canadian to note this new reality:

thewalrus.ca/is-canada-re...
#USpoli

How 'soft power' can be flexed in shifting geopolitics "We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition," Canada's Prime Minster Mark Carney said in a recent speech at the World Economic Forum. The shift in international relations has Carney urging…

Excellent episode of @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Ideas re: Canadian soft & hard powers, sovereignty, international relations, credibility, climate committments, culture, & how not to be overwhelmed & constrained by our inconsistent neighbour/trade partner to the south.
pca.st/episode/746e...

Alberta's Minister of Transport is drafting legislation inspired by Ontario's failed attempt, but in true Abpoli fashion is more draconian, more micromanaging of municipalities; rumour has it, they plan to use the Notwithstanding Clause to fully hamstring municipal gov'ts.

It really is McCarthy & Hoover in spades, isn't it?

Antifascist Dad Podcast Your waypoint for antifascist lore, strategy, and wisdom from the generations, and now.

Speaking of #antifa, I can recommend highly Matthew Remski's _Antifascist Dad_ podcast:
pca.st/podcast/aa59...

It always amazes me that the UCP promote themselves as strong fiscal managers. If they had not lost billions of our tax dollars through incompetence, foolish risks & corruption, we would have far better Healthcare and Education systems.

Only *fascists* are opposed to antifascists.

#Antifa🙋🏼‍♀️

Lougheed conservatives have nothing in common with the Smith UCP. #ABpoli #ABleg

The Dust-Up: Bikes are Political – Matt Mason Yes, bikes are political. Since their invention, they have been political. "Bicycle riding came to embody the individuality women were working toward with the suffrage movement. It also gave women a m...

Thought provoking article in #theradavist where Matt mason discusses social media responses to opinions expressed by bike & parts manufacturers.For me. Riding bikes on road & trail, street skateboarding, hiking, access to land, wild camping. They make you more politically aware. You see & hear the 🌍

I want to see video of how s/he got through the doors!

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

The surveillance state = USA (just like Israel, & far more insidious than anything the KGB or Stasi did, and PRC/Huawei is accused of doing):

Tech companies complicit:

Mobile Fortify
Clearview AI
Palantir
Paragon
Penlink

Report by NYTimes: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

#USApoli

The interesting thing re: federal NDP leadership support data is where the supporters are. This map Kyle Hutton created shows Avi Lewis has most support country-wide, followed by not- highly-funded Tanille Johnson:
public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

#Canpoli #NDP

Q4 NDP Leadership Donations by Federal Riding Short post - just wanted to share two interactives with the release of the 2025 Q4 contribution data from Elections Canada, we’re able to get into the bulk of NDP donations done (so far).

Federal NDP leadership candidates' donors and donations:

Avi Lewis: 5,633 / $723,430.24

Heather McPherson: 2,297 / $315,773.03

Robert Ashton, 1,309 / $205,775.51

Tanille Johnson: 1,424 / $140,418.64

Tony McQuail: 824 / $95,093.10

open.substack.com/pub/bluntobj...
#CDNpoli #NDP

It was grift & bribe

YouTube video by Billy Bragg BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES

youtu.be/IKOW2ZikGW8?...

That *is* a great lyric.

There's something about the melody that reminds me of The Ballad of Lucy Jordan.

"Fuckin' Do It Bud!"

(@TodMaffin.bsky.social schools Donald with numbers & 🇨🇦 snark)
😂😂😂😂😂
#MyHero
#Planes

www.instagram.com/reel/DUIGAuL...

It is a war. The USA is in another civil war. This time it's fascists & oligarchs vs the proletariat. The weapons are controlling stakes in equities, minerals, NVIDIA chips, AI code, public attention.
I wonder when the Democrats & un-wealthy Republicans will realize war has been waged upon them?

I would love to see that Zora Neale Thurston!

Among the darkness, there is also this 👇🏼
#feministsky
#anthrosky

At this time when 1940s Norwegian anti-Nazi toque patterns are being shared on Ravelry as "Melt Ice" hats, and as Pussy Hats are re-entering the discourse, allow me to share Tove Hermanson's (2012) prescient paper:
digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/696/

#feministsky

🫶🏼🙏🏼
Thank you! I was about to go hunting for this!

Suppressed climate report warned of mass migration and nuclear war Unabridged document said disappearing forests and rivers drying up could drive people to Europe and lead to conflict in Asia

"But a full, internal version of the report, seen by The Times,
goes further, suggesting that the degradation of rainforests in
the Congo & the drying up of rivers fed by the Himalayas
could drive people to flee to Europe, leading to “more polarised
& populist politics in the UK”"

#ClimateEmergency