Children are the most vulnerable, yet the least protected; the most valuable, yet the most expendable. Their lives are shaped by power they do not hold, by institutions they did not design, and by choices they cannot escape.
Center the Children: A Manifesto for True Liberation.
Considering they couldn’t properly evacuate U.S. citizens from the area BEFORE dropping bombs I’m not surprised
I hope he’s paying for this out of his own pocket, because there is literally nothing about his role as MP or leader of the opposition that would require this travel.
![Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after the United States killed their leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the sports minister, Ahmad Donyamali, said on Wednesday.
The United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran nearly two weeks ago, killing the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, leading to a region-wide conflict in the Gulf.
“Considering that this corrupt regime [the US] has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup,” the minister told state television. “Our children are not safe and, fundamentally, such conditions for participation do not exist.
“Given the malicious actions they have carried out against Iran, they have forced two wars on us over eight or nine months and have killed and martyred thousands of our people. Therefore, we certainly cannot have such a presence.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreib7eju4rl66vuamckwd2xp74d5zfp5r3ukhphssv6awdwuh3zvgi4)
Iran will not participate in the men’s World Cup.
“Considering that this corrupt regime [the US] has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup. Our children are not safe and, fundamentally, such conditions for participation do not exist.”
Amen.
Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof.
That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy.
The dealer needs to keep you addicted.
Non-profit sector says funding reductions in budget pose ‘serious and compounding threat to the well-being of the people’
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
Personal home ownership has long been treated as an investment, but commodification of our overall supply of housing has exploded in the past 15-20 years.
What folks often fail to realize is that in our biggest cities, homeownership skews old. Real old.
The highest rate of homeownership in the City of Toronto, by age category is among... people over the age of 85. (Census 2021)
James Talarico’s victory in the Texas Democratic Senate primary shows the power of a class-focused political message. His campaign emphasized economic populism and working-class unity rather than traditional Democratic Party messaging or identity politics.
Hopefully, the system doesn't crush him.
⚠️ Iran targets Turkey
An Iranian ballistic missile heading towards Turkish airspace was intercepted by NATO, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.
This is my least favourite part of liberal & leftist discourse:
Only one in five Americans supported an attack on Iran.
But Trump did it anyways.
Hypocritical fealty to imperialism from a career banker? Who’d have thunk it!
A reminder, while some continue to overstate the threat of Alberta secession, that secession is basically impossible.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-the-sup...
The Liberal government of NB is proposing to sabotage our thriving higher ed sector.
It's hard to tell if this is incompetence, malice, or neoliberal disaster capitalism.
Regardless, it's not too late to turn back.
@kristiallain.bsky.social and I explain for @canadiandimension.bsky.social.
Gross.
New piece at the Hub! I drill into the numbers to show that GDP per capita is overstating Canada's quality of life, and a variety of other indicators show that we're falling behind our global peers... fast.
We're too complacent, and it's costing us.
.... also health care is the jurisdiction of provinces and OH WELL, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, almost every Premier is a conservative.
REPORT: Mark Carney calls Canadian Men's Hockey locker room to offer consolation RRSP advice
Utterly unsurprising stuff from Premier Paradise Papers.
FIFA: the barrel has no bottom.
Stating my opinion in advance of whatever happens: 3-on-3 overtime is a crappy way to decide a gold medal game.
Spoiler for tomorrow's piece. In 23 metros across Canada, median incomes for 25-34-year-old dual-earner couples are up 76%, in nominal terms, since 2004.
And the price of newly constructed family-sized starter homes? Up 265%.
Canada has no money for archivists but we are spending on the PMO having something called a "senior advertising advisor" so... yeah, great priorities by the prime minister here. www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
I know it’s asking a lot from liberals but please pay attention to how your alleged “good guys” in politics, from Keir Starmer to Hillary Clinton, are lining up to put more of a target on immigrants.
At what point do you take issue with the fact that they’re agreeing with fascists?
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