From Canada's former UN ambassador ( and so much more), Bob Rae.
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From Canada's former UN ambassador ( and so much more), Bob Rae.
open.substack.com/pub/bobrae48...
Whenever I explain how healthcare in the US works to friends and family abroad, I always get one of two reactions:
1). They are horrified.
2). They literally don't believe me. ("That can't be right", "That makes no sense", "People wouldn't allow that", etc.)
"Sarah Sullivant, another former EPA staffer, also lost her job after signing the letter. “It felt so disproportionate to be terminated for exercising free speech,” she says."
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'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.
"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Keep this mass murder in everyone's mind!
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Yessss!!!
Minnesota would like a word.
Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
I aspire to bore all doctors silly. (At least, once I get a better knee.) May you all bore the medical profession.
Here’s CBS “news” casually referring to Iran’s nuclear weapons as if Iran has nuclear weapons. They couldn’t possibly sink lower.
This is why people are discouraged from having backyard bee hives.
Agreed, although I also agree with Derryl that it's going to take a lot to restore a level of trust in that nation.
I think 'irredeemable' is like 'forever' in thought and speech.
I won't visit the U.S. while Trump is President, for pleasure or for book reasons, but I will not say this is forever.
Somewhat lost in the fog of war (perhaps the purpose of that fog)… HCR’s post on the night of Feb 27 describes what appears to be an organized crime and drug trafficking ring involving Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others.
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.
I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.
Sahar Delijani said it best:
You two need to try Canadian Smarties. They're better!
Heather and I had a LOT to say this morning about the attack on Iran.
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108 schoolchildren killed in the strikes, per BBC (citing a local source, not yet confirmed by U.S. officials)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Men studying a dragon
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are two lawless criminals who will kill civilians to distract from their own corruption.
Just so we're clear Massachusetts currently has Canadian electrical workers restoring power to Cape Cod after our blizzard.
We see and love our northern neighbors. A lot of Americans do.
I'm sorry for what that man has done to that relationship.
Amal is an amazing writer and here's a first look at her latest book, Seasons of Glass and Iron! Remember: pre-orders are love!
NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.
By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social
If they'd joined the snowball fight, it all would have ended in laughter. I've seen it happen in Canada.
I'm not entirely sure how they did it, but they've completely cleared the streets around my office in Midtown #NYC.
They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk
The Tyee has republished my post on Danielle Smith's fear-sowing, xenophobic, unconstitutional 'referendum' plans. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Cover of The Green Man’s Holiday by Juliet E McKenna. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is of an animal-like face with many sharp teeth peering out from a pile of gray rocks. Foliage and white flowers cover the rocks.
The ebook of The Green Man's Holiday is on sale in February. In the UK check out our bookstore, Amazon UK or Kobo. The Kobo sale should also work elsewhere in the world. See our website for links to stores.
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