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USA: Expansion of Global Gag Rule will threaten lives and rights of millions worldwide In response to the expected announcement by the Trump administration on Friday of an expansion of the Global Gag Rule blocking US international aid to non-governmental organizations that provide abort...

“The Global Gag Rule is a disastrous and deadly US policy. It forces many struggling organizations that depend on US funding into an impossible choice: limit essential healthcare for the most vulnerable populations or shut their doors."
– Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International

Like I needed another reason not to listen to this dipshit. I love it when irrelevant D-list celebs try to cash in on the clicks with idiotic crap like this. You're so edgy, Paul. So brave and controversial. 🙄

ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say | CBC News In its efforts to rapidly boost its ranks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been making appeals on social media in language familiar to right-wing extremists.

If the US media won’t report it—Canadian media will ⤵️🤬

ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say

U.S. immigration enforcement agency memes look familiar to far-right groups

www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...

Illustration of a sundial, with a large heading that says “Use Real Time”, and three smaller headings that say “Circadian Alignment”, “Morning Sunlight”, and “Permanent Standard Time”.

Use Real Time! Permanent Standard Time approximates natural solar time, for best sleep and circadian health. Ditch Daylight Saving Time!

An Urgent Conversation: Public Health Care in Calgary

Hey folks!

Looking for something to do Saturday in YYC?

@pfparks is doing a thing on healthcare!

And we have him on our show next week!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...

Hand shape in Indonesian cave may be world’s oldest known rock art Archaeologists say stencil painted with ochre in limestone cave on Muna Island was created at least 67,800 years ago

ART - adding support to the argument that Australia has a 65,000 year old continuous First Nations culture.

Art is absolutely critical to knowledge systems of Indigenous cultures - and inherent in Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...?

#theknowledgegene #memorycode

Hey! Show some respect!
this is the moSt Glorious, Board, of pEace, ever to, have existed,,, EVER.

Tremendously important work...👇

How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @daniel-thilo.bsky.social @kunstjonas.bsky.social et al.

AI swarms are can be used to engineering a "synthetic
consensus" that can manipulate public opinion and perceptions.

Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say

"...human-imitating AI agents to reshape public opinion in a way that threatens to undermine democracy..."

Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.

No evidence immigrants - including undocumented – associated with crime (on the contrary). 

This isn't said enough. It is a foundational LIE used to support a host of horrible policies.

Immigration = LESS crime.

EG www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

YouTube video by National Post Mark Carney's full speech at the World Economic Forum

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Just a few seconds of an adorable gecko drinking…I love his tongue. 😛

Minister of AI Evan Solomon & MPs: Ban X in Canada - Leadnow

leadnow.ca/campaigns/ba...

I loved that one, too! It was my fave until Everlasting. Enjoy!
And yes, her writing is wonderful. She is a master wordsmith.

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

“The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly…AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector & tech monopolists run amok.“

Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.

This was a gorgeous read. I'm a Harrow fan already, but I think she outdid herself with this one.

"Trade is not fundamentally about competition. It's not us versus Canada. It's us and Canada." It's really about cooperation. And if the United States won't cooperate reliably with Canada, we shouldn't be surprised when Canada looks for new friends to cooperate with. And Americans miss out.

Votive Plaque: Owl (Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE) Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Votive Plaque: Owl (Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE)

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Well, the out loud part makes it a lot harder for them to keep pretending it's not about white supremacy and the politics of being a flaming asshole, doesn't it? Thanks for clearing that up, Mitch.

Same. They look exhausting and obnoxious.

More Indigenous Ingenuity

Heard on a #CBC podcast about #Greenland: 'To be fair to Trump'...

NO. Quit sane-washing this lunatic fascist.

#Media, do not be complicit in his agenda by making him sound reasonable. There is nothing normal about his demands or actions.

You will sound radical speaking the truth but you must.

Grok is an Epistemic Weapon | TechPolicy.Press Elon Musk's Grok claims to be truth-seeking while shaping discourse and amplifying ideology, argues Matthew Kirschenbaum.

Grok is an Epistemic Weapon www.techpolicy.press/grok-is-an-e... by @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social

"...conditions for the collapse of consensus reality..."

@eliothiggins.bsky.social: “Reality has splintered. In its place, engagement-driven ecosystems amplify whatever resonates, truth optional.”

Agree. He's absolutely deranged. And has influence with multiple members of the governing party. We need Albertans to punt the UCP so hard that the nutjobs don't dare show their faces again.

Oranges and lemon tea #oilpainting #art

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

"AI poses a grave threat to students' cognitive development."

“A poem … is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth.”

This is so wonderful www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/24/t...

An oval slab of wood that has a wood-burned image. The image is that of the head and shoulders a woman staring strongly and directly at the viewer. She wears a simple layered dress that leaves her her shoulders bare, and an ornate necklace. She appears much like medusa, but her hair is not snakes - it is instead tangled up with the heads and necks of at least 13 geese, with a few wings also visible. The background on which the image is laid upon appears to be the ground, with a mix of straw, a few dead leaves, and many tiny green things growing around it.

This is giving 'Canadians in 2026 looking south' vibes.

The artwork is titled megoosa, created by Bittersweet Honey Bea.

FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL
Canadian artist
Group of 7
UNTITLED (LAKE SUPERIOR SCENE)
colour linocut
image 5.8 ins x 7.75 ins

#FranklinCarmichael
#Canadianart

Um, this was OBVIOUSLY Trudeau's fault.
I mean, you know how our Maple MAGA's feel about Trudeau's pipe. It's on all their flags......