Chris Houston

Dow Jones at 47,079

Dow Jones currently the worst it’s been in a year.

Can someone ping Pam Bondi?

G7 nations to hold emergency meeting on oil as stock markets sink Chancellor Rachel Reeves will join talks amid reports that oil reserves could be released to lower prices.

War is bad for people

War is bad for the water, air, soil, plants, and animals

War is bad for the economy

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Woman in blue jacket meets very handsome gentleman in grey jacket.

Today I met Setsuko Thurlow!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsuko...

Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband | King's College London 31% of Gen Z men agree that a wife should always obey her husband and one third (33%) say a husband should have the final word on important decisions, according to a new global study of 23,000 people.

Link to the study:

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-...

Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

Almost a third of generation Z men and boys think a wife should obey her husband, according to a global survey of 23,000 people (29 countries) that found young men hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations.

Will Carney join Trump’s war on Iran? Canadian Forces planning for Middle East mission

"For a moment there, it looked like Mark Carney would be the torchbearer for countries opposed to Trump’s big power politics. Now, not so much.

In fact, it seems Carney is ready to embrace the “end of the international rules-based order” rather than oppose it"

www.peacequest.ca/p/will-carne...

"A huge crisis": Lebanese civilians struggling to access medicine during bombardment In a new wave of attacks, Israel said it was launching more strikes across Tehran as well as against what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut. Follow live updates.

It's not just the direct violence that takes lives in war. Interruptions to healthcare provision & pharmaceutical supplies are deadly

CNN: "Without insulin, people with type 1 diabetes suffer a condition called Diabetic Ketoacidosis...left untreated, people die quickly

www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

Australian Open 2026: Zeynep Sonmez helps ball girl who collapsed during her win over Ekaterina Alexandrova Turkish player Zeynep Sonmez says it was

Perhaps the tennis organisers should not have children working in 28°C (82°F) heat.

www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...

Al Jazeera graphic showing fatalities and locations of attacks by Iran and US+Israel.

Casualties in US-Israeli and Iranian attacks

Source: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Why Killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Did Not Collapse the Regime | Fair Observer YouTube video by Fair Observer

Iran war 30 min interview with Professor @szunes.bsky.social on @myfairobserver.bsky.social

▪️War deeply unpopular amongst US public
▪️USA has killed opposition leaders
▪️Attacks on oil infrastructure risks global recession
▪️🇺🇸 objective may be an unstable Iran

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJW2...

“STOP THIS WAR” poster

Coalition to Stop the War poster, 1990s or early 2000s. Donated to the museum by S. Vickars.

Poster “stop this war”

Evergreen

A fraction of joy in world of horror: Loblaw’s on Dupont St, Toronto was playing The KLF as I bought my overpriced groceries today.

The climate costs of war and militaries can no longer be ignored | Doug Weir More than 5% of global emissions are linked to conflict or militaries but countries continue to hide the true scale

The climate costs of war and militaries can no longer be ignored
(true when published in 2024, true now)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'

Trump “was asked whether it's reasonable for Americans to have concerns about being attacked at home.

“I guess,” Trump, 79, responded. “But I think they’re worried about that all the time. We think about it all the time…But yeah, you know, we expect some things."

people.com/trump-says-i...

SickKids hospital “catch the ace” competition logo

In Canada, funding hospitals by gambling competitions is considered normal.

Two people talking on a stage

“Satire is our greatest weapon, @natesmelle.bsky.social quotes the late Arne Roosman ( @antifascistwizard.bsky.social ) at the Toronto launch of 📕’Twas A Sunny Day

www.vemu.ca/event/rememb...

CBC radio just hosted a guest talking about how attacks on Iran are good for the Canadian economy because it drives oil prices up.

Seems swampy

Seems swampy

Trump says Iran's key nuclear sites 'obliterated' by US airstrikes "This was an amazing success tonight," Trump told Reuters.

June 2025: "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated." - Donald Trump

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Donald Trump: 'We will stop racing to topple foreign regimes' President-elect in Fayetteville declares focus on destroying Isis, hours after Barack Obama dismissed ‘false promises’ of bombing terrorists into surrender

From 2016: “We will stop racing to topple foreign regimes that we know nothing about, that we shouldn’t be involved with,” the president-elect said on Tuesday night in Fayetteville, near Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...

Oil majors profit $467bn since Russia’s Ukraine invasion As Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches fourth anniversary, analysis shows oil majors channelled record earnings into shareholder payouts while clean energy investment lagged

War! What is it good for? Absolutely: oil companies.

"Five leading oil companies – BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies – have recorded profits of almost half a trillion dollars (US$467 billion) since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine"

globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

Pakistan says ‘patience has run out’ as it bombs Taliban across Afghanistan Al Jazeera's correspondent in Kabul reports explosions and anti-aircraft fire as Pakistan bombs the capital city.

“Open war”

“Pakistan has bombed Afghanistan’s capital Kabul”

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

Doug Ford blasts the ‘radical left’ at Toronto city hall over estimate on cost of replacing speed cameras A report from city staff added up the cost of replacing speed cameras with traffic-calming measures suggested by the premier.

What does "radical left" mean in 2026?
⚪ Workers taking over factories
🔘 Municipal staffers calculating the cost of traffic calming

www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

Map of website traffic requests

Anyone got any theories why the main visitors to the Canadian Peace Museum website are in France and USA?

QuitGPT — OpenAI Execs are Trump's Biggest Donors Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.

An action to take. Boycott.
QuitGPT: quitgpt.org

A group of people in a room

“I keep coming to this group because it’s cheerful” - Richard.

Things I don’t expect to hear at the “Understanding Totalitarianism” audiobook club tonight at the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca

canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

OpenAI Charter Our Charter describes the principles we use to execute on OpenAI’s mission.

"We commit to use any influence we obtain over AGI’s deployment to ensure it is used for the benefit of all, and to avoid enabling uses of AI or AGI that harm humanity or unduly concentrate power.

Our primary fiduciary duty is to humanity."

OpenAI Charter, 2023 web.archive.org/web/20230714...

Proximity to nuclear power plants associated with increased cancer mortality | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health U.S. counties located closer to operational nuclear power plants have higher rates of cancer mortality than those located farther away, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.

The researchers estimated that over the course of the study period, roughly 115,000 cancer deaths across the U.S. (or about 6,400 deaths per year) were attributable to proximity to Nuclear Power Plants.

hsph.harvard.edu/news/proximi...