And, obviously, much of the growth of the entire country comes from California!

Trump has been criticized for using reign and not rain in this Truth Social post: www.google.com/search?q=tru...
It's not a gaffe. He wants to be a King and King's reign.....

I asked AI why the BBC, CBC and the Guardian do not have a presence/accounts on Bluesky. It gave me all sorts of technical reasons as well as viability and audience size. But added that the Guardian began testing accounts in early 2026. Hooray and finally!!!

List of states with nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

Since Israel is widely thought to have nuclear weapons why has this not been brought up in media accounts of the US/Israel war on Iran? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.

‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@bsky.app

But wasn't RFK adopted?

The voice said "read for fun, no news" so I took two books off the shelf:
"A nation of Sheep by W J Lederer?"
"No, nothing to remind you of the passage of the BB Bill!"
"How about Lord Hornblower by C S Forester?" Sure!
"Really? He's fighting a madman trying to take over a continent..."

Carney shows 10 ministers from his first cabinet the door | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet has taken shape without 11 of the ministers he brought around the table barely two months ago. One lost re-election, and the other 10 were removed.

CBC, not a nice headline this morning: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Just remember, if Mark Carney had lost the election Pierre Poilievre would have been Prime Minister and he would have defunded the CBC -- all gone...
Now please, join Bluesky and stop supporting Musk and Twitter!

Come to Canada --- although we can't do much about Wall Street....

A new book by Sarah Kendzior -- so exciting. Everything she writes is truly amazing. I hope she comes back to Calgary's Wordfest and signs another copy for us!

Timothy Snyder Has Seen Tyrants Like Trump Before - Macleans.ca The historian, On Tyranny author and recent Toronto transplant has studied dictators for decades. Even he doesn’t know what comes next.

In Katie Underwood's insightful interview macleans.ca/the-intervie... Timothy Snyder says Canadians live 4 years more than Americans. Therefore the 40 million Canadians would lose almost 160 million years of life by becoming the 51st State. Becoming Canadian Americans gain almost 1.4 billion years.

Pat Bondi says that Trump saved 75% of US lives (258 million) in his first 100 days by seizing 3.4K pounds of fentanyl www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...
In FY 2024 Joe Biden's DHS seized 27K pounds of fentanyl (8 times more) saving over 8 billion US Lives! www.dhs.gov/archive/news... Way to go Biden!

Well it is just as horrible but nowhere near as effective as burning books since the Wayback Machine web.archive.org means that the original websites are there forever more....

Bluesky is an alternative to Musk's toxic X. But is there a similar alternative to Facebook that is not owned by a tech oligrarch that supports Trump?

From the CanadaPolitics community on Reddit: With talk of a 51st state, a mystery: Why is Trump obsessed with Canada? Explore this post and more from the CanadaPolitics community

Jeff Bezos' newspaper explains to everyone including Canadians why Trump wants to take Canada: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... You can't read it because its behind a paywall. Much better to read Reddit's responses: www.reddit.com/r/CanadaPoli...

Conor McGregor anti-immigration rant in White House condemned by Irish PM Micheál Martin says MMA fighter’s comments before Trump meeting ‘do not reflect spirit of St Patrick’s Day’

So, Connor McGregor is at the White House: www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
Good that his anti-immigrant comments have been condemned by Micheál Martin, the Irish taoiseach, but why is the taoiseach doing this on X and not Bluesky?

Trump goes for the jugular with his Canada threats — and does it with a smile Trump’s insistence that Canada is not a real country bears a striking resemblance to Putin’s in the run-up to his invasion of Ukraine, Richard Hall writes.

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, grins like a hyena as Trump discusses annexing Canada: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne US president says levy on alcohol imports would be retaliation for ‘nasty’ 50% tariff imposed on bourbon whiskey

Why stop at 100%?
Trump is already threatening 200% tariffs... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe - Wikipedia

So exciting, Trump threatens to multiply the EU tariffs on wine and champagne by 4, i.e. a 200% tariff: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... keep multiplying the tariff by 4 for 100 responses and you will make the Zimbabwe 100 billion banknote look very small: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperin... 😜

Russian state propagandists overjoyed at Anora’s Oscar triumph The film’s five Academy Awards seen as act of normalisation by commentators in country still persecuting critics of its war on Ukraine

Anora? That's one movie I can't wait to miss...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...

It Was an Ambush Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.

Tonight, Tom Nichols of The Atlantic has an excellent summary of one of the "Grimmest Days in American History".
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump's letter from the King - BBC News Key lines from the King's letter to the US president, with analysis from BBC royal correspondent Sean Coughlan.

So King Charles III is inviting Trump to London: www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc... He should also invite him to Ottawa since he is also King of Canada. If Canada`s King won`t stand up for Canada in our existential fight with Trump, Canada should quickly move to being a Republic.

Citing Elon Musk, city councillor wants Ottawa to suspend its X accounts | CBC News Ottawa Coun. Laura Dudas says Elon Musk and X no longer uphold the values of “transparency, impartiality, respect and accountability,” which she views as core values for the city.

This Ottawa City Councillor wants the city to suspend all its X accounts: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I want all Canadians to leave X and come to Bluesky!

Trails of Tears: 1. Removal of Ohio Native Americans after War of 1812; 2. Indian Removal Act of 1830; 3. And now the Palestinians from Gaza? Is Trump adding to this shameful history of US ethnic cleansing? Cf The Other Trail of Tears: The Removal of the Ohio Indians by Mary Stockwell.

Protests are set to take place on Presidents Day. Here is why A series of protests against the Trump administration's actions is planned for Presidents Day.

I get my news each day from the news websites of CBC, BBC, and the Guardian. Somehow I never heard about the 50501 protests. Today my browser recommended this story from NPR: www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
Thanks NPR, now I won't miss the one tomorrow and nor will you. 🙂

Remember your job today is to find someone you know who is on X and show them how to join Bluesky and be happy.
Remember your job tomorrow is..... :)

In a post on 2/2/25 J.D.Vance says "I love Canada and have many Canadian friends". Isn't this what racists say: "I love 'ethnic minority' and have many 'ethnic minority' friends"?

So true and so many Canadians are dying from the opioid crisis which originated in the US. Please read the account by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Revenge of the Tipping Point.

If you have friends who are still on X do them and the world a favour and help them close their accounts and move to Bluesky.