Sharleen Jonsson

Pay Close Attention to Trump’s War on the Free Press | The Tyee Four ways the autocrat aims to corral and kill US news media. Canada, take note.

So true. #journalism in #Canada is not immune, as PP’s gleeful attacks on #CBC (when cocky PP took for granted he’d win) made clear. Pay Close Attention to Trump's War on the Free Press via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The Tyee is proud to have published this important investigation by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We condemn this egregious harassment of a journalist for doing her job, and have offered support as she deals with this disturbing situation.

71 and a First-Time Novelist: ‘I Was Tenacious and I Kept Coming Back’

Added to my TBR, by “a septuagenarian debut novelist” I can’t wait to read: #books www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

🎶 “Not your 51st state. That fantasy is lost.
We'll kick the orange man out at any cost.
Beavers build. Moose charge. Rangers lead the way.
Canada stays ours. Come what may.” 🎶 #cdnpoli

Nice to see news that brings a little smile to the face. #Canada #HeatedRivalry

No matter where you live in Canada, please support our unity. We are together.

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We got to go through that whole Nobel Prize shit again when Melania doesn’t get nominated for an Oscar.

Good dig at the “prize-winning” orange thug, @22-minutes.bsky.social & Mark Critch. The kissing Gretsky is good, the ending (no spoilers here) even better. #Canada

Half American, half Canadian: Take a ride in a car with two front ends The owner of this quirky vehicle says it gets a "lot of smiles per gallon" on the streets of Detroit.

Not much to smile about re #Canada #US #autoindustry but this car worked for me. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Introducing the 2026 Giller Prize Jury: Five Independent Canadian Booksellers Ignite a Reimagined Award January 12, 2026 (Toronto, ON) – The Giller Prize is proud to announce its first-ever jury composed exclusively of independent Canadian booksellers. Representing Canada’s North, West Coast, the Prairi...

For this major literary prize in #Canada, 2026 judges will, instead of #authors, be independent #booksellers. Great idea! gillerprize.ca/introducing-...

Ban X/Twitter in Canada I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...

Revolted by #Grok AI porn and arrogant egotistical billionaire who allows it. I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

Govt of Canada Communication: THEN vs NOW

In Canada, call or email Evan Solomon and demand he do his job as “Minister of AI and Digital innovation” to stop the CSAM and non-consensual porn. X should be banned in this country.

📞 416-972-2030
📧 evan.solomon@parl.gc.ca

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.

Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

French-U.K. Starlink rival pitches Canada on 'sovereign' satellite service for Arctic military operations | CBC News Eutelsat, a company largely owned by the French and U.K. governments, is offering Canada an alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband communications in the Far North. The company says it...

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Read These Books Before They Hit Your Screens in 2026

I’m definitely in the “read the book first” camp. Have now added His & Hers to my #TBR. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/b...

Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...

Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda. Conversely, Trump disbanded all efforts to identify and black Russian disinformation campaigns and is actually bolstering and promoting them.

Sending a Happy New Year to @brittlestar.com as I sit on my couch enjoying my last glass of wine for 2025. Thanks for making me laugh during a year that was not, to put it mildly, particularly funny.

Former MP Charlie Angus planned a quiet retirement. Now, he'd rather 'kick at the darkness' | CBC News Earlier this year, former New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus was preparing to wrap up a two-decade-long career in the House of Commons, retire and write a book. Then U.S. President Donald Trump was...

If you’re trying to explain to friends & fam who Charlie Angus is, and why MeidasCanada is so important, here’s a good intro to the shit disturbing resistance of @charlieangus104.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#Canada #Santa #TrueNorth

I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.

A Glittering Farewell to 2025, From Deep Space As 2025 comes to a close, the James Webb Space Telescope delivers one last image that’s worth lingering on.

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Dermatologist Recommends Not Caring So Much What Other People Think

Dermatologist Recommends Not Caring So Much What Other People Think https://theonion.com/dermatologist-recommends-not-caring-so-much-what-other-1828995941/

Ours to Protect The rule of law is under pressure — around the world and here in Canada. Fewer than half of Canadians trust that our justice system works as intended, and more than two-thirds worry that political int...

www.ourstoprotect.ca

Hadn’t heard of #OursToProtect until this @brittlestar.com post. And it’s so very, very true.

Thanks for this uplifting story about #Halifax & #BostonChristmasTree Challenging to be good neighbours/neighbors in these times but glad they’re keeping this tradition alive. (Now, back to boycotting.)

Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁

#QuietPiggy

I really needed to see this today. Thanks @brittlestar.com

Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350,000 people who speak the language to fight for its future

I know about 10 words of #Icelandic from hearing it spoken by older relatives. Hope #Iceland can protect it from AI. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...