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As Tumbler Ridge Mourns, Anti-Trans Misinfo Spreads | The Tyee No good will come from the conservative rush to weaponize the shooter’s identity in this story.

“The fact that this tragic event in #TumblerRidge immediately inspired calls for restrictions on gender-affirming care and trans rights at large in Canada should raise huge alarm bells for trans people and our allies.”

Didn’t we beat them by the skin of our teeth in the semis in 2010? They’ve always been scrappy

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
It was established by the United Nations General Assembly to promote equal participation of women in STEM fields.
Here are the stories of just a few of the great female scientists from Canada's past.

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A few years ago, my colleague @amandafollett.bsky.social wrote this portrait of Tumbler Ridge, a former coal mining town. thetyee.ca/News/2020/11...

About 2500 people live in Tumbler Ridge, and the Peace River region is very close knit. This is devastating for the region as a whole.

Absolute legend. I don’t know if cities can do state funerals but if anyone deserves one it’s Jim Robson. RIP

Politico article from 2021: During the Senate break after the witness vote Saturday, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) twice came into the managers’ room off the Senate floor, according to multiple Democratic sources. Coons pressed House Democrats to relent, saying their quest for witnesses would cost them Republican votes to convict and maybe even some Democrats. Watch: The Conversation Play Video58:07 María Corina Machado and Brian Tyler Cohen | The Conversation “The jury is ready to vote,” Coons told the managers, according to a senior House Democratic aide. “People want to get home for Valentine‘s Day.” Coons later returned a second time to urge the managers to take a deal with Trump’s lawyers to enter what House Democrats viewed as damning evidence from Herrera Beutler into the record. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) also approached a House manager in the hallway to urge them against calling witnesses, according to sources close to the managers. A person close to Coons said that he spoke to the parliamentarian and GOP senators and conveyed to the managers that considering would lead to days if not weeks of debate and that Republicans were ready to vote. Coons said that GOP Leader Mitch McConnell’s plans to acquit demonstrated that there was a ceiling to how many Republicans would go along.

A Coons spokesperson said that the senator “was simply conveying to the House managers that several of his Republican colleagues told him there were no more votes on their side and their members were ready to fly home. It is unfortunate that apparently no amount of additional evidence was going to convince 10 more of his Republican colleagues of Donald Trump’s guilt.” Managers tried to reach Herrera Beutler both Friday night and Saturday morning to gauge her interest in testifying, a person familiar with the negotiations said. But before there was even a chance to respond, the impeachment managers had already backed down, accepting the deal with Trump’s lawyers to enter her statement into the record and move on. The Senate ultimately devised a fast solution to help the chamber avoid trekking down a long path of depositions that could drag the trial into March. Instead of calling witnesses, the statement from Herrera Beutler was entered into the record. And the trial headed toward a close. “Now that Trump’s team has conceded to bringing this uncontradicted statement into the trial record, it can be considered by senators along with the already overwhelming evidence about President Trump’s conduct on January 6, without the need for subpoena, deposition and other testimony,” said an aide for the House impeachment managers. For a week or more, most in the party have suggested that senators’ experience as witnesses of the Jan. 6 insurrection could be enough to convict Trump of inciting it. And Democrats warned that an untidy foray into uncharted territory could be a far bigger risk than not hearing from witnesses at all.

Coming up on the 5 year anniversary of one of the most frustrating moments in politics I've ever witnessed. From 2021: www.politico.com/news/2021/02...

“And as I stare death in the face I know my sins will take me to hell” is an all-time best lyric ever written, absolute banger

A Canada postage stamp showing a painted portrait of Chloe Cooley centered in the frame. She wears a patterned headwrap, a white blouse, a blue bodice, and a yellow shawl. Behind her is a wide river with rocky cliffs and autumn-colored trees; a canoe with two people is on the water to the left. The word “CANADA” appears at the top left, “CHLOE COOLEY” at the bottom left, and a maple-leaf Canada Post logo is at the top right. The stamp has a white perforated border.

In 1793, Chloe Cooley, an enslaved woman in Upper Canada, was beat, tied up and forcefully taken across the border to be sold in the United States.
The incident led to the first legislation in the British Colonies to restrict the slave trade.
This is the story.

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I am WHEEZING

“I’m the chubby blue line!”

KENNEDY: If Canada came to the US and said, 'We're going to 0 tariffs on the US, all of them are off,' would you and the president go to 0 tariffs and let Canadian companies and American companies compete on a level playing field?

BESSENT: Absolutely not

Get some headlamps! Problem solved!

Stephen Harper standing to the right of a large framed portrait of himself. He wears a dark suit, white shirt, and tie, and gestures with his right hand toward the painting. The portrait shows him seated in a green upholstered chair in an office-like room, holding a book or document, with bookshelves, a desk, and patterned carpet visible. Green curtains frame the portrait, and beige curtains hang behind him. The frame is gold, and the lighting is even, highlighting both the man and the painting.

With the unveiling of the official portrait of Stephen Harper, I thought I would go through the official portraits of each Prime Minister.
Note: Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney do not have official portraits yet.
Let's begin!

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Whomst among us

I’m no astronomer but last I heard the moon was pretty devoid of resources

“Factories on the Moon can take advantage of lunar resources”

what in the ABSOLUTE Christ is he talking about

happy black history month to slash

Not sure that Pharrell speech at the Grammys is moving the needle with regard to... pretty much anything, but I just had to log in here and say that "don't do anything but work" is TERRIBLE advice.

The last line about “Triumph of the Will” is like an atomic bomb and this dope just has no clue

why do people still answer this man's phone calls? i'm not mad about it, i'm glad they do, but if isaac chotiner called me up i'd fall off the grid entirely

The FBI not knowing where Wisconsin is, apparently?

From the Epstein documents: The FBI having to Google where Wisconsin is???

Reddit is often too quick to jump to “dump him, he sucks” but sometimes it’s warranted!

YEESH. Brutal. But very well-written.

Catherine O'Hara and John Candy standing close together at what appears to be an indoor gathering. Catherine O’Hara is on the left, wearing a light blue sweater and smiling while looking to her right. She is holding a small glass in one hand and a clutch-style purse under her arm. John Candy is on the right, wearing a dark jacket over a light, open-collared shirt, smiling directly toward the camera. The background is dimly lit, with other people partially visible behind them.

John Candy and Catherine O'Hara made the world a better place.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.

YouTube video by The Second City SCTV - Lola's Love Spirit

Catherine O’Hara SCTV thread

youtu.be/990OaFr8EYw?...