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📸 from the Stand Up For Science 🧪 rally in Portland, Oregon

Non-believers should tick ‘no religion’ on census, B.C. humanist group says The B.C. Humanist Association is urging non-believing Canadians to tick “no religion” on this year’s census, arguing the country’s secular population has been undercounted due to phrasing on the form.

"We’re saying: if you don’t believe it, don’t tick it." www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

This “it’s not a war but a special military operation” is very Kremlin March 2022. As is the propaganda that we are not starting a war but ending one. As is the confusion of oligarch media as it tries to be faithful in the confusion…

“No to War” — Spain PM Sánchez Doubles Down on Defiance Against Trump Demands Pedro Sánchez condemned other world leaders for using "the smoke screen of war to conceal their failures."

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez reiterated Spain's opposition to the war in Iran, condemning the war for causing suffering among civilians while “lining the pockets” of a select few and for other leaders “to use the smoke screen of war to conceal their failures” – an apparent jab at Trump.

#Venezuela #ClimateChange #OilWar #EnergyTransition #ElectroStates #PetroStates #CleanEnergy #Renewables #cdnpoli #abpoli #Trump #yyc #Electrification #ElectrifyEverything #ClimateSky #CanadaSky

This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.

Menopausal hormone therapy is free in B.C. and Manitoba. Why not in the rest of Canada? Possible symptom relief for millions of Canadian women has long been financially out of reach

Menopausal hormone therapy is free in B.C. and Manitoba. Why not in the rest of Canada? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com

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.

And my guess is if you don't count coverage of Trump's disastrous, anti-science climate arson that drop is substantially steeper. This in the face of a prolonged, rock solid, global climate majority. #TalkClimate #EndClimateSilence

This is not glamorous stuff but it's critical to powering the energy transition and it's genuinely nation-building stuff. Impressive to see this come together, and I do think Trump is the primary impetus which, let's face it, is pretty funny that he's doing such a good job of building up Canada lol

Fossil fuels will be collateral damage in Trump’s war on Iran Canada's oil and gas industry and the politicians in its thrall will use the US attack on Iran as a justification for more pipelines. In reality, it will actually erode the economic case for them.

“Repeated shocks like this push countries to reassess what energy security really means. Wind, solar, storage, and, where available, hydro are not immune to operational challenges. they increasingly look less like a climate choice and more like a stability strategy.”

"AI is revolutionizing health care"

“We Will Abolish ICE”: The New Protest Songbook How federal brutality in Minneapolis unleashed a new wave of protest music — from Springsteen to the streets

I wrote about the new protest songbook that's emerging in response to Trump and ICE's brutality

Watching media commending Pierre Poilievre’s change of position around Trump. It’s remarkable that some are willing to take this change in good faith. Poilievre showed his true colours for a LONG time, and has finally accepted how hugely unpopular that is. He’s now saying whatever he has to, to win.

This week's cover @thelancet.com

imo the threat posed by CBS News and CNN getting absorbed by pro-regime billionaires isn't that they're going to produce right-wing slop that convinces people to be right-wing, it's the dismantling of newsrooms capable of doing investigative reporting on the administration. Fewer eyes on the street.

I Don’t Recognize Alberta Anymore - Macleans.ca My province has always fought with Ottawa. What’s new is a premier who gives legitimacy to separation.

Maclean's approached me about writing a personal essay on Alberta Secession and my opposition to it.
It was published today.
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Humanists call on Mark Carney to back words with action The Prime Minister called out Christian Nationalism

Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney called out Christian Nationalism and pitched Canadian 'civic nationalism' as the alternative. We wrote to him with a list of ways he can make that happen by ending religious privilege in Canadian law. www.bchumanist.ca/humanists_ca...

“In light of this apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission and the honour of representing one’s country…”
Next time Pete Hoekstra starts mouthing off, maybe Canada should answer him in French.

really remarkable how trump seems to relish sharing this lurid stories about the terrible pain people have experienced, and he does it exclusively to score some partisan points

You can fact check a firehose of nonsense. These are literally made up numbers. People have given up even expecting the truth any more. #SOTU

As Measles Cases Skyrocket, Doctors Contend With a Disease Few Have Seen Before “We certainly do not feel the support or guidance from the CDC right now,” one North Carolina doctor said.

As U.S. hospitals face an increasing risk of encountering measles, and pressure to immediately spot it, health care workers face an unusual barrier: Many don’t know what it looks like.

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

This seems important

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse In a televised address last night Danielle Smith launched a xenophobic assault on immigration and proposed a set of referendum questions for next Fall advocating a constitutional agenda that would red...

NEW POST: Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse
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The Trump administration is trying to erase Black history. These writers are keeping it alive. At a time when Black history is being removed from schools, museums, and parks, Black journalists are fighting to tell a more inclusive American story.

The Trump administration is removing references to Black history from the nation’s museums, parks, and schools.

When history itself is being erased at the highest levels, who’s left to tell us where we’ve been and where we’re headed?

This week on Reveal:

A handbook called If the Media Calls: A Guide for Crime Victims and Survivors

I think it’s very useful for members of the media to see ourselves through the lens of the people impacted by the terrible things they live though

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The angel of abundance, the Dolly Lama of literacy, the distributor of almost a third of a billion books for kids.

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.

And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.