my latest roundup has links to stories on RFK Jr, Jason Lee, "bitcoin Jesus," music & dementia, that racist Rangers statue, the West Bank, Trump's war on science, Iran, Proton Mail, ICE, Richard Hell, anti-abortion zealots, all-day cafes, measles, Syria, and more: meadowparty.com/blog/2026/03...
We live in a time of terrible headlines and awful takes. Like "Carney calls for (former) Prince Andrew to be removed from succession." He didn't "call" for it. He answered a question about whether he would support it. #cdnpoli
DOW moves to distance itself from Pam Bondi.
The @nytimes.com, in its usual tone-deaf way, has an absolutely barf-worthy glow-up on Jamil Jivani today, & apparently opted not to find out anything about how Jivani is regarded here. Like, heโs considered a joke, NYT; even his own conservative party is trying to distance itself from him. #cdnpoli
This is the thing I miss since no longer feeling safe or willing to set foot in the US - Bisons games. Makes me sad.
I mean, thereโs authentic video, so maybe less need to prevaricate.
Such a great show. Decoration Day live is mind-blowing
This reminds me of that Frankie Boyle joke about how Americans not only come to your country and kill your people, they also come back twenty years later to make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers sad.
> @covie93.bsky.social
Can think of nothing more cowardly than pressing a button to shoot a missile that will land dozens or hundreds of miles away. Little bottle of water next to your desk. "Yes sir" and all that shit. Walking around saluting each other. Fucking losers. Killers.
From Thomas Juneau, professor at University of Ottawa Graduate Studies in International Affairs, focus on Middle East (Iran, Yemen), security and defence. Former dept national defence analyst: โUS allies - Europe, Canada, Australia, others - are in a difficult position: -all of them oppose the Islamic Republic -of course there is no legal justification for this war, and they fear the instability that will inevitably come -all of them will take positions primarily based on the management of their difficult relations with Trump - much more than based on Iran. This is the calculus that matters. -what they fear more is angering Trump, and damaging already embattled relations with the US, and this is what matters at this point. -so expect broad support for the war, somewhere betweeen vague word salad and somewhat assertive, more overt support. But no opposition.โ
From a UOttawa prof on Canadaโs likely response (he was right):
He knew what he was getting himself into. Media needs to stop playing along with this narrative that they went there innocently.
First Jamil, now Genius (the most hilariously misnamed person ever). Pierre is going to have to explain why, if thereโs so much daylight between his party and Trump thereโs so little daylight between his own MPs and the demented orange louse. #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1168850...
Heโs a great guy to have in the room
Also, itโs never too late in life to sign up for a learn-to-curl, which most local curling clubs hold. You can curl well into your golden years and there are a variety of adaptive devices available to assist with many physical limitations. Itโs a really social sport - great way to meet people!
The Mexican president (whose obsequiousness toward trump is becoming a little nauseating) says thereโs โno riskโ of violence to people coming to Mexico for #FIFA WC games.
Thereโs always some risk but in fairness, I think the risk of violence to visitors for #WorldCup games is greater in the US.
We do this here all the time
Pretty much everything Doug Ford does is aimed at ensuring things are harder for people who arenโt wealthy. #onpoli
Honestly, Bum Buford should have to list CP24 as a campaign donor. The amount of free advertising they give that walking thumb is remarkable. And itโs just based on being the laziest of โjournalistsโ. #topoli
Itโs a metaphor
Was just coming here to say this. Turned off CBCGem for the first time this Olympics. I donโt need to listen to that traitorous loser.
This morningโs โThe Morningโ from the @nytimes.com includes a line about the arrest of the former Prince saying, โitโs kind of unbelievable we were once ruled by these people.โ
Just a smidgen of self-awareness is too much to ask of Americans, huh? Like, Sam Sifton, take a look around you.
Dear reporters/opinion writers including at @thestar.com: GM is not in Jamilโs riding.
In todayโs No Shit News โฆ
Also, World #Curling has walked it back because it was bullshit
I actually donโt like either Canadian team (pretty sure I posted here, when Jacobs won the Olympic trials, that Iโd need to figure out another country to cheer for; have never liked Homan) but JFC, if you touch a rock in a way that impacts how the shot plays out, it will be noticeable.
Maybe it would if you didnโt know curling and therefore didnโt understand how rocks react to that level of touch.
Hilarious to me how many rock release experts we suddenly have.
Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie I am not suicidal. I eat healthy food. The brakes on my car and truck are in good shape. I practice good trigger discipline and never point a gun at anyone, including myself. There are no deep pools of water on my farm and Iโm a pretty good swimmer. 2:53 PM ยท Feb 13, 2026 ยท 1.5M Views
INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (ไธ่ชๆฎบ่ฒๆ), a sign of extreme distress.
Just cleared Tuesdays in my calendar for this
Sure is
