Adrienne Tanner

Wait. They are releasing Epstein files to distract Americans from the war in Iran now?

Ugh. Good story.

COPE Councillor Considering Next Steps After Mayor’s False Drug Accusations | The Tyee Ken Sim wrongly accused Sean Orr of dealing illegal drugs and initially let another councillor take the blame.

Within this story from @kehyslop.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social: Former Green councillor Adrianne Carr says she resigned in 2025 in part because of remarks Sim made to her during an in-camera meeting
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Vancouver deserves better than Sim’s lies The readiness of Mayor Ken Sim and Coun. Lenny Zhou to slander a colleague is far worse than any harebrained policy they might propose or past controversial decisions they have made.

Politicians like Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Coun. Lenny Zhou who spread lies about a colleague for political gain undermine trust in our political system. They don't deserve our respect or votes, @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes.

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

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I've been told that Ken Sim told his team that a stranger waived a physical photo at him during a Chinatown event and falsely claimed that it was Orr dealing drugs on Christmas Day.

The mayor doesn't remember the specific contents or style of the photo, and can't remember who showed it to him.

yes and thank you for the excuse to share one of my all-time favorite tweets (from @longwall26.bsky.social)

Just wild, my goodness #vanpoli

Canada's care package to Cuba feels thin Carney’s aid package to Cuba is a nod to close ties between our two countries and another signal that Canada is not prepared to do the bidding of the US. But we could and should do more.

Carney’s aid package to Cuba is a nod to close ties between our two countries and another signal that Canada is not prepared to do the bidding of the US. But we could do more — helping power their grid would be longer lasting. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/o...

Kitchen stakeout. Always hopeful. Often successful

Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.

There are some troubling undercurrents. I worry that when leaders other certain groups, in this case immigrants, these kinds of sentiments can grow. immigrants thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

I think countries have a right to set immigration levels. And I agree higher wages would take care of some labour shortages. What I object to is letting people in to work and treating them differently. Charging for services is abhorrent

I know what you say is true... I grew up in Edmonton and no one I know would support this.

Carney must stand up for decency against Smith The Alberta premier's anti-immigrant campaign is an assault on Canada's benevolent national identity. But if Alberta wants to benefit from Canada — they are asking for a new pipeline after all — they ...

The Alberta premier's anti-immigrant campaign is an assault on Canada's benevolent national identity. If Alberta wants to benefit from Canada — they are asking for a new pipeline after all — they must act like Canadians. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/21/o...

Where is Canada on this? Despicable treatment of lovely people.... We're happy to go lie on the beach, we should help now.

Danielle Smith keeps feeding the beast If there’s a Pandora’s Box that Alberta's premier hasn’t opened yet, it’s not for a lack of trying.

Most of the premiers in Canada have banded together to face down the threat posed by Donald Trump. Except, that is, for Danielle Smith, who has decided to turn her province's attention to the threat posed by....Ottawa and its immigration policies? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/20/o...

Brutal

Canada drains its future while droughts deepen As climate change melts the glaciers and makes droughts more frequent and prolonged, it’s time to become better stewards of water. Unfortunately, in many provinces, the opposite is happening.

As climate change melts the glaciers and makes droughts more frequent and prolonged, Canadians must become better stewards of water. Unfortunately, in many provinces, the opposite is happening. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/12/o...

Canada's top court overturns squeaker win by federal Liberals in Quebec riding Liberal Tatiana Auguste was initially declared the winner by one vote over Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné in the 2025 election.

The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a one-vote win for the Liberals in Quebec's Terrebonne riding www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/n...

I'm not a climate doomer, because that's what the powerful want. They want people to give up and say "it's too late."

Even if it is too late, I'd still rather the world decarbonize if only to fuck up the fossil fuel companies.

If you refuse to believe in a better future, at least believe in spite.

I meant exclamation mark. I thought it was superb

Read this morning. Great piece?

Holy cow, folks.

Archive link to a paywall read, but it’s an astounding op-ed with an outside perspective on American Olympians & the crisis of confidence in representing the “American brand” on the world stage.

This does NOT mince words. Wow. From the searing Jake Paul lede to the end: Oof.

Wild thing chewing something other than me. Which is good.

Absolutely

Hands off the judiciary, Premier Smith Zeroing in on one horrific court case to demand Canada make a wholesale change in the way it appoints higher court judges is cheap politicking that ignores reforms to the bail system already in the wo...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is zeroing in on one horrific court case to demand Canada give her a say in the way Canada appoints higher court judges. This is cheap politicking that risks undermining trust in Canadian courts. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/05/o...

a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

Adam Shatz: Another Country YouTube video by London Review of Books (LRB)

A must listen lecture about where the US is at and where it’s going. Not super optimistic, but no without a slover of hope youtu.be/6Z0zcG920n0

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.

But did you look at the judge's order?

It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."

Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...