Against the lying billionaire elites, “our hope lies in the genius of crowds.”

- George Monbiot.

Cargo ships anchored off the shores of Vancouver.
#landscapephotography
#EastCoastKin

With everything else going on we must not forget the climate crisis which will drive global conflict tenfold.

“Suspicion?” FFS.

Mexico, Spain and Brazil call for Cuba’s sovereignty to be protected The three countries pledge more aid to Cuba and say Cubans must decide their own future amid a US pressure campaign.

The leaders of Mexico, Brazil and Spain have pledged more aid to Cuba, while appealing for the island nation’s sovereignty to be respected amid an ongoing pressure campaign from United States President Donald Trump.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Sailboats in Horseshoe Bay,B.C.

Just wow!

🤩American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026. Sony A1 I| 300GM 1/4000s, F/5.6 ISO 1600

Sailboats in Horseshoe Bay,B.C.

This presidency is the moral issue of our time.

Why we choose the Bear every time also includes the knowing silence around Eric Swalwell and Justin Fairfax that played a role in the taking of his wife Cerina’s life, the traumatization of their teenage children and the wellbeing of every woman ever hurt by Swalwell’s despicable behaviour. We done!

Democracy, the corner store of the United States.
-Donald Trump

When the temp dips on Salt Spring Island and the Point of Sale machine needs a little help to keep functioning.
#BClife

Bernie Sanders’ effort to block US weapons sales to Israel fails in Senate Senator’s fourth attempt for resolutions fails, but votes show growing appetite among Democrats to impose limits

“On Wednesday, 40 Senators backed a resolution brought by Sanders that would have prevented the sale of $295m in bulldozers and 36 members voted for a second resolution that would have halted a $151.8m sale of 12,000 1,000lb bombs to Israel’s military.”
#disarmnow
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The world's top 100 oil and gas corporations have banked roughly $30 million/hour during the first month of the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Carney refuses to impose a windfall profits tax as the climate burns and we hurtle towards a global crisis of unforeseen proportions.

“The presidency is supposed to age the President, not the people.”
-Jon Stewart

The world's top 100 oil and gas corporations have banked roughly $30 million/hour during the first month of the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Carney refuses to impose a windfall profits tax as the climate burns and we hurtle towards a global crisis of unforeseen proportions.

Whoah!

Mark Carney’s newly won Liberal majority government secures his mandate to transfer public money from the public sector to oil and gas, AI, and the military. The NDP have to do a much better job of letting people know what that means for the disadvantaged, the environment and our collective future.

J.B. MacKinnon’s Vancouver Tree Tour | The Tyee Help us build a citizens’ map of great trees. Do you have a favourite to tell us about?

If ever reporting made me broadleaf smile.
Trees, for the love of #trees! 🌲 🌳 Thank you J.B. MacKinnon and the @thetyee.ca for helping us locate these beauties.
www.thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

If the Artemis III mission is accepting ride shares, I’d like to sign up, please.

I’m done with every man coming out now acknowledging they knew about Swalwell’s behaviour and did and said nothing.
Until rape culture is rejected by powerful men, this will continue to happen.

#endthepatriarchy

Mark Carney’s newly won Liberal majority government secures his mandate to transfer public money from the public sector to oil and gas, AI, and the military. The NDP have to do a much better job of letting people know what that means for the disadvantaged, the environment and our collective future.

I agree.

What Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli right really mean when they invoke ‘Greater Israel’ | Daniel Levy The concept is about much more than acquiring territory, it is also about Netanyahu’s desire for Israel to become a regional superpower, says Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project

“Netanyahu has started referring to Israel not only as a “regional superpower”, but “in some respects, a global superpower”. Israel is looking to place itself at the centre of a regional alliance that could be sustained even if US power draws down.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I feel like Donny would have been more convincing if he’d put one of these on his “injured” ear.

Oh, come on!

Gout Gout, 18, breaks Usain Bolt's under-18 200m record with 19.67 seconds - Australian sprinter from Brisbane is the new fastest teen on Earth

Why you have to do me like that while my fridge is on high bachelor vibe?

The World Cup is irrelevant in this environment… sadly, sports cannot transcend what is happening in this world.

“Our job is to go to where the silence is. To hear from people on the ground changes everything—the voices of people who represent the majority, all too often silenced by corporate media.”
-Amy Goodman
@democracynow.org