Canadian-owned mine in Guatemala needs Indigenous consent
On May 8, the Xinka People issued a firm rejection of the reopening of the Escobal silver mine, operated by Vancouver-based Pan American Silver, marking the culmination of a seven-year…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates June 10, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of June 16, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 16, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Whistleblowing lawsuit alleges B.C. health authority sought to silence doctor as ER conditions…
Sunday Funday: Some very odds and sods, including Poilievre, Elbows Up, & Derek Guy; plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
Here are this week's odds and sods - and some are very odd indeed! Poilievre is just a joke! A collection of recent Poilievre cartoons:Poilievre is fading into oblivion in…
Where are Canada’s pro-Palestine rabbis?
Members of Rabbis for Ceasefire stage a demonstration at a United Nations General Assembly meeting to condemn the US veto of a ceasefire in Gaza, January 9, 2024. Photo by…
Nap on the footstool
A deep afternoon #cat nap
Saturday Photo: More Roses…
Enjoying the flowers while we can. I understand that picking roses and trashing the ones that have blasted on the bush will encourage more blooms. We shall see...
Saturday Photo: More Roses…
Enjoying the flowers while we can. I understand that picking roses and trashing the ones that have blasted on the bush will encourage more blooms. We shall see...
#NoKings Day, June 14, 2025
F&ck you Trump. No Kings. List of cities hosting No Kings Day Protests Against Trump and the GOP that Support Him. The post #NoKings Day, June 14, 2025…
Happy Birthday King Trump!
Today in Washington, DC, Donald Trump is planning a $45 million Soviet-style military parade to celebrate his 79th birthday, while using 4700 military personnel to suppress protests in Los Angeles…
Some Funny Ha-Ha and Funny Strange posts about Trump’s parade and the No Kings protests, plus how it feels to cut off America
I don't know who get AI to do this, but isn't it great! The MacDonald's "medals" in particular. Looks like its going to rain on Trump's parade. With any luck...…
‘Let all who are hungry eat’: Where are Canada’s pro-Palestine rabbis?
Members of Rabbis for Ceasefire stage a demonstration at a United Nations General Assembly meeting to condemn the US veto of a ceasefire in Gaza, January 9, 2024. Photo by…
In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find
In a classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party Government announced a scheme to make seniors pay “the full costs” for restricted supplies of COVID-19…
Musical interlude
BANKS - Stay
coming up for air: two thoughts on aging from george orwell
I came upon these passages in George Orwell's 1939 novel, Coming Up for Air. They seem very appropriate to me today.* * * *The change in his appearance after twenty…
coming up for air: two thoughts on aging from george orwell
I came upon these passages in George Orwell's 1939 novel, Coming Up for Air. They seem very appropriate to me today.* * * *The change in his appearance after twenty…
My latest: why israel had no choice
We were beside the border with Gaza, in Israel’s South, when the artillery shell hit. The explosion was pretty big, and it landed behind where I was standing. I was…