Derek Reid

Most importantly, gender identity has very little to do with physiology. That’s like saying your handedness determines your math proficiency… it’s a fatally flawed disconnect. Brain development (unrelated to morphology) determines gender identity, as the evidence clearly shows.

Anti-Trump protests this weekend turn focus to community action A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.

A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.

That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.

So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

Split image showing White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt wearing a red dress next to a screenshot of the same dress for sale online labeled as made in China, with a caption claiming the Chinese embassy mocked her for boycotting Chinese goods while wearing Chinese-made clothing.

Well played.

Canadians coming out to stand up against racism & fascism. Say no to Aaron Gunn

#droptheGunn #elbowsup

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It wasn’t so bad when the smart woke people were running shit now was it

You know summer is coming when the sky is like this in the Okanagan valley!

As I gear up to return to the electronics in the radio-controlled submersible project, I’m already thinking about the next multi component project:

How about a feral cat feeding station that takes pictures to build a machine learning database for an image detection/recognition cat door?!

A U.S. brain drain could be Canada's brain gain | CBC News Over the last few months, academics and scientists in the U.S. have been scrambling to keep their footing on swiftly eroding ground, amid massive Donald Trump-ordered funding cuts and new restrictions...

This outcome is highly dependant on who forms the next government… there’s no point in moving from one evidence denying regime to a place where another evidence denying government just got elected.

They’ll just move to Europe somewhere in that case.

Elbows up! Vote ABC strategically ya’ll.

This is why building codes exist…

'Am I going to survive?': Myanmar's quake death toll jumps to more than 1,600 The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,600 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed.

Update: The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,600 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed.

Yet another dog…

Betcha nary a conservative will juggle this hot coal… er, smoking oil.

I am unplugging my Amazon Echo device for good and switching to the Apple HomePod Mini as my #SmartSpeaker of choice. While #Alexa always recorded some voice, the new Alexa+ privacy policies were a tipping point for me. You can read more about it here: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

#IoT #security

Yesss..!! ❤️

Why is Food so Expensive in Canada?

We have a choice for who we vote for, but we don’t get to choose evidence. If it’s factual, it’s no longer political.

Food prices have jumped, and all the evidence points to climate change & corporate greed. Only one party in Canada wants to ignore that evidence, & we all know which one that is!

Not sure if this is a cat sitter thing… or if it’s the cat that’s the sitter.

Apparently this is a regular spring thing at the library… 🤷‍♂️😍

There’s a poster child for cowardice folks. You don’t have that look on your face when you know you’re doing the right thing.

X post by Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau ), featuring a verification badge. The text reads, "Thank you, Canada — for trusting in me, for challenging me, and for granting me the privilege to serve the best country, and the best people, on earth."

Gonna miss seeing you around, Prime Minister. Sorry about our 47th. That’s on us.

That’s more like it..!! Change you say? Yup, with change to spare..!!

Handmade bonbons…

Dear American friends… can we please see more posts about where the next massive, daily, multi-city protest is being held in your region… and less about what everyone already knows? Way past time to take this to the streets… wayyy past!

Elbows up!

BREAKING: Aggressively mediocre men who have never watched a game of women's basketball are suddenly experts on women's basketball.

Nordicity summary of Canadian investment in public broadcasting compared with the world.

Make no mistake, when you hear the term “Defund the CBC”, it’s not about financial prudence. It’s about stifling accountability and a disdain for cultural investment. Were financial prudence the goal, target fossil fuels with 15 times more in taxpayer subsidies than the CBC gets.

Ford moving ahead with U.S. electricity tax even after tariff pause | Globalnews.ca Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province plans on moving ahead with a tax on electricity sent to several U.S. states starting early next week.

Wouldn’t it be great if Danielle Smith did this with oil exports to Orangeland, you know… on principal! Oh wait… 🙄

Lest we forget…