Why wouldn't we be supportive and satisfied?! We have a brilliant statesman and strategist in our Prime Minister. We are envied because of him, and reasonable, sensible Canadians know that his team is sincerely and tirelessly working for us, for Canada, so that we not only survive but also thrive. 🇨🇦
They just so thoroughly disappeared.
Map of flu activity
Because of anti vaccine propaganda and the refusal to mask in high risk situations: since August 2025, there have been 452 influenza-associated deaths, with 255 of them in Alberta.
Map of flu activity Feb. 21, 2026: health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...
It’s everywhere. Get vaccinated + mask.
I bought the 45 (including the additional little yellow plastic thingy that would make it fit on my turntable) of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy." I'm _that_ old.
So, if true, what makes the United States different from any other radical religious fundamentalist group like ISIS or Al-Qaeda?
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“We are all Canadians now.”
#CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #Never51
A guest essay in the New York Times (free article).
Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
This one hits hard.
I don’t see a problem here. Every Canadian knows that a triangle is the shape a tire takes after sitting for a night in the driveway at -40 C.
Street transformation from car space to street willed with people including kids
It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the great before-and-after
The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.
Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.
This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
Looking forward to hearing your take on his deranged response to this decision. Apparently, he can "destroy countries" but he can't "charge them any money." What the hell is he talking about?
A black-and-white aerial view of the Avro Arrow, a delta-winged jet aircraft marked with "RL-201" and a Canadian maple leaf insignia, displayed on a tarmac surrounded by a large crowd of people and a stage with officials, near a building and parked cars.
On Feb. 20, 1959, the Avro Arrow program was cancelled by the Diefenbaker government.
Thousands of people lost their jobs, and the Canadian aeronautical and aviation sector was decimated. The day became known as Black Friday.
This is the story of the Arrow.
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Part of my "Public Lending Right" statement, showing an incoming payment of $372
Got my Public Lending Right payment for the year. If you ever wonder if you're shortchanging an author by getting their book from a library - absolutely not, and this is one of the ways (for countries with a PLR program).
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I agree - hard NO and likely never again!
@guardtheleaf.bsky.social
I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government. Building a stronger, more resilient, and more independent country will require ambition, collaboration, and occasionally, sacrifice. I am grateful to Matt and his family that he will continue his service as a strong voice for Edmonton Riverbend in Parliament.
I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government.
My statement: x.com/markjcarney/...
Wow.
Downtown Vancouver separated protected bike-lane filled with people on bikes
Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
Yep. Canadians are different! #cdnpoli
Made me think of you.
I feel like I got out just in time.
Ice hockey on a TV screen beside a window overlooking ocean waves crashing up on a beach under a blue sky.
Sitting in Mexico watching #TeamCanada play ice hockey in Italy.
As long as the people who benefit most from the disinformation campaigns facilitated by social media are the same ones setting the regulations, change will be too slow to meaningfully protect democracy and democratic institutions.
What other #POTUS could post such a shameful and overtly racist image of a former #POTUS — or anyone (!)—and have any hope at all for holding onto office, even for one more day? #25th
We all share this beautiful planet. It's up to all of us to fight back against those who want to cause it harm.
We'll never stop fighting for #wildlife and wild places: No matter who is in office, no matter what the odds are against us all. The stakes are just too high.
Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4nprZr6
It's time for Canada to legislate social media platforms to hold them accountable for the hateful and racist content they distribute (as in EU). Time to also revoke broadcasting licenses of foreign news channels that promote hatred (e.g., Fox News), this content is already contrary to Canadian law.
“When you’re a star, they let you do it.” —DJT
Of the 30% of Albertan's that support separation, half are just stick-it-to-the-Libs types, who will say anything to signal their perceived moral and political superiority. The remaining 15% are split between too-dumb-to-know-better and genuine separatists. Their bark is worse than their bite.
Again for those in the back:
"#AI IS NOT A PEER, SO IT CAN'T DO PEER REVIEW."
