Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.

image from inside Artemis II text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.

The struggle is real...👇😉 #Dogs #BlueSkyDogs #DogsOfBlueSky #Doglovers

‘Namesake’ Tackles a Colonial Legacy. And a Nation’s Resistance | The Tyee The film previewed to full houses in Powell River, and is now headed to Canada’s biggest documentary festivals.

ICYMI: For @thetyee.ca, I wrote about a new documentary zeroing in on the backlash to the Tla'amin Nation's request that the city of Powell River consider changing its name. The doc is powerful, and it illuminates some of the tensions bubbling up in B.C. right now.

thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

At Easter: The Language of Power, The Language of Humanity Easter is supposed to turn our eyes toward life and hope.

At Easter: The Language of Power, The Language of Humanity
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Best yard upgrade EVER 😃

TT: fun_with_grump

Blinded by the headlights? Transport Canada wants to know | CBC News A London, Ont., optometrist says she's hearing more concerns from patients about difficulty driving in the dark and headlight brightness. Transport Canada is asking drivers, pedestrians and cyclists ...

Please fill out this survey if you find new vehicle headlights a hazard. As someone who drives long distances on dark rainy rural highways, the glare is a constant, inescapable hazard. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is what happens when 77 million people take leave of their senses and put a manifestly unqualified, unfit, mentally ill narcissistic man-child in charge of the country and the world's most powerful. military. This is what happens when the media 'bothsides' election coverage.

Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project Alto, the Crown corporation overseeing the project, estimates the full project will cost between $60 billion and $90 billion. Construction of the first phase of the 1,000-kilometre rail line, linking ...

But really Pierre, what would John A Macdonald say?

Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/31?n...

This makes me sad because it's largely true.

Anyway, Kristi remains the biggest cosplayer in the Noem partnership

Fucker Has Nerve To Be 22 Years Old

Fucker Has Nerve To Be 22 Years Old

articles that write about how "important" immigrant workers are to "the economy" without ever acknowledging that the reason they are important is that they can be treated worse for less pay

Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer | Common Dreams Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.

There’s already a date onboard for a general strike

May 1st, National Strike

No work, no school, no shopping

www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

Former Vancouver mayor laments ‘normalcy’ of Downtown Eastside ‘despair’ Former senator and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell says it was a "depressing and traumatic experience" when he began his work as a provincial adviser in the Downtown Eastside last year, but his initial despair then changed to hope.

Former senator and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell says it was a "depressing and traumatic experience" when he began his work as a provincial adviser in the Downtown Eastside last year, but his initial despair then changed to hope.

Farewell to one of Canada’s greatest social justice champions Stephen Lewis was a movement leader, a brilliant orator, one of Canada's most consequential UN ambassadors and a driver of change for HIV/AIDS patients.

We have lost a giant, and a hero to countless social justice activists across Canada and around the world.

My thoughts & memories on the passing of Stephen Lewis: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/31/o...

Western carmakers are retreating from EVs just as oil hits $100 a barrel.

The parallels with Detroit in the 1980s are striking. They ignored fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Now they’re ignoring Chinese EVs.

BYD just unveiled 600-mile range and 250 miles of charge in 5 minutes.

ZEV sales in Canada back on the upswing after falling back with the removed of the EV rebate.

Will be interesting to watch the next few quarters with (a) the EV rebate returning, (b) Chinese EVs coming, and (c) gas prices soaring.

(Note: this chart includes Battery Electric and Plug-in Hybrid)

A five-times draft dodger is running the war.

A six-times bankrupter is running the economy.

What could go wrong?

“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” — Tupac said it years ago… and here we are.

The Pentagon is now asking for an additional $200 BILLION for this war.

We always find the money for war.

But when it comes to housing, healthcare, or feeding people? Suddenly it’s crickets.

Opinion: 2026 B.C. budget turns its back on housing and communities will pay the price Opinion: As housing projects stall, families remain in overcrowded situations. Seniors can't downsize. Young workers leave markets they can't afford

"Delaying housing does not save money; it shifts costs to other parts of the system, where they are far more expensive."

Read this new commentary from community housing sector leaders Jill Atkey, Margaret Pfoh and Thom Armstrong.

https://ow.ly/61Go50YvB3Z

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.

Poilievre appears on Joe Rogan podcast after accidentally polling too well with women AUSTIN, TX - In the wake of polls showing that he may have inadvertently made marginal gains with Canadian female voters, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre immediately flew to the United States to ...

Poilievre appears on Joe Rogan podcast after accidentally polling too well with women

Every overdose death is a policy choice.

#bcpoli

(And thank you to @kwardvancouver.bsky.social for the tireless advocacy)

The NDP strongly condemns the American and Israeli bombings of Iran. This is a dangerous escalation already causing a wider conflict. Iran’s nuclear program must be addressed through the UN and the IAEA. Diplomacy, accountability and international law, not more war.