For years my out of office said I was back one day after I was actually back in the office. Kept people from booking meetings with me. It let me deal with all the small things I’d been emailed about in peace. Plus I seemed like a keener.
I teach bystander intervention for a living & I spend all my days thinking about building community care, breaking isolation, etc.
I wish more people understood how community banks, local grocery stores, door-to-door mail service, etc. are all tiny, but important ways that we build connections.
I’m aware of the name and equally aware I don’t want to know more, so thank you for not mentioning more details.
Like most woke left wingers, Poilievre would rather whine about how hard his life is instead of working hard to improve it.
Anyone see any follow up to the large payment to “Harper and Associates” found in the Epstein files? Is it the same Harper?
My 10 steps for Canadians to resist the threat of tyranny.
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Sincerely, this ⬇️ is why you shouldn't vote for rapists. If you think they only ignore No and blaze through boundaries in the bedroom, then you haven't been listening to survivors.
there isn't much documentation of the Basque–Icelandic pigeon language that formed among whalers in the 1600s but at least we know these phrases
Cartoon depicting a "history" factory, with the quote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" from George Santayana. A student thinks: "Why does this look familiar?" while thinking about the Palmer Raids and Japanese-American Incarcerations, and the cogs of "Bureaucracy" and "Loopholes" stand next to an "ICE" conveyor belt with "Unidentified Agents," "Detentions Without Charge," "Militarized PResence," and "Limited Transparency" on the assembly line. Beneath the conveyor belt, spilled water from a pipe, labeled: "the cracks are showing", and a graph showing "public trust" in the red.
Officials at an Omaha-area high school ordered the student newspaper to remove this editorial cartoon criticizing ICE, then demanded prior review of articles about their censorship. Via @splc.org, which is advocating for the students: splc.org/2026/03/nebr...
When I lived in Ottawa there was a vegetarian restaurant that made cauliflower wings so good I preferred them to real chicken wings. So I get where you’re coming from. If I lived in Edmonton I’d try that ginger beef.
The Victorian child never mentioned masturbating a dolphin. So you have that going for you.
Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy.
Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.
I assume he’s running as a Republican congressman?
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USA TODAY STORY: Kat Abughazaleh is speaking to Gen Z. Democrats should listen. | Opinion What I hope Democrats glean from Kat Abughazaleh's campaign, regardless of whether she wins, is that Gen Z is not content being fed the same talking points Democrats have been making since 2016. By Sara Pequeño USA TODAY Updated March 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m. ET Photo of Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh addresses supporters in Chicago after pleading not guilty Nov. 12, 2025, to charges filed in connection with a protest against the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign. Michael Lori/USA TODAY
During a February debate hosted by Fox 32 Chicago, Kat Abughazaleh said everything I've seen my friends say on Instagram in the past two years. And there was no skirting around sensitive subjects during her answers. The candidate running for Illinois' gth Congressional District in the U.S. House called for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Abughazaleh called the actions of Israel a "genocide" and labeled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal." She brought up concerns about artificial intelligence and plugged her campaign office, which doubles as a mutual aid hub to help constituents in need. The former journalist and content creator had several moments where she looked directly into the camera and talked to viewers directly - at one point even pulling a brief "Office"-style glance at the camera while her opponents, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and state Sen. Laura Fine, bickered over the involvement of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in the Democratic race. Yet throughout everything, Abughazaleh's values shine through. Her campaign office's mutual aid hub has served thousands in the community and is proving to Democrats that there are things they could be doing now to help their communities. She has been admonished by Democratic politicos who feel her campaign is radical, yet the same people want to see the party capture authenticity like hers. Photo of Kat, main headshot.
"So much of our campaign has been experimental and honestly laughed at by a lot of people who have been in politics for a long time," Abughazaleh said. "And then they see that it works, and then they get mad." They get more than mad - they get scared. They're scared of losing power, and they're scared that someone with no political experience but the values they're scared to espouse is getting so much attention for being what the Democratic Party has been scared to be. "It's been almost a year now, and this campaign has been run by the hard work and faith of so many incredible people from our staff to our volunteers, and the entire time we have been told that we have no chance, that we have no shot, that this could never work," Abughazaleh said. "And now organizations like AIPAC are panicking because they realize that we're going to win. And we knew the entire time." What I hope Democratic leaders glean from Abughazaleh's campaign for U.S. Congress, regardless of whether she wins, is that Gen Z is not content being fed the same talking points Democrats have been making since 2016. We want to see the party take charge and do everything in its power to help people. And if we don't get it from those now in office, we will happily run to replace them.
If we want to motivate voters of all ages, we have to try something different.
I propose kindness, authenticity, and unapologetic progressivism. People power over entrenched power. That’s the future.
Looks at world. No, you’re right, we’re all shit.
I had a new experience recently. Mercedes behind me had lights so bright I had to flip up my rear view mirror. It was also the middle of the day and bright and sunny out.
I know some Canadians who are die hard Trump supporters. Can we volunteer them to go to the Middle East on Trumps behalf?
CAMPAIGN UPDATE: 3 DAYS TO GO!!!
💥 AIPAC and dark money groups are PANICKING!!
💥 But we’re in the streets — and you can be too!!
💥 Canvass shifts in Algonquin, Morton Grove, Skokie, Evanston, and Andersonville!!
💥 Knock doors with me and Jamaal Bowman!!
💥 Phonebanking from 2 PM to 8 PM today!!
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions.
Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!
I think "Holy fucking shit" about covers it 🤯
That’s the first skeet I saw today. Perhaps I should try again tomorrow.
Julie signing a book at her book launch
6 years ago today, Covid-19 was officially declared a global pandemic.
... it's also the day my book launched.
Truly, the worst date in modern history to try and promote anything!
But for real, so proud that it was still a bestseller, won 2 awards and has since been translated into French.
I remind myself of this regularly. I find LLMs useful, but I remind myself it knows nothing and all it does is provide answer-shaped answers. And it isn’t actually sorry when it says it’s sorry for lying.
fans in '99: "ugh, the new star wars is about, like, trade route blockades? small, energy-rich states fending off robot armies? what??"
Sounds grate!
She followed up with « seriously, we gave you a free 747. Have the common courtesy to repay the favour »
