Bruce Arthur
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Bruce Arthur
@brucearthur.bsky.social
· Mar 23
Bullying, basketball and an online firestorm: How B.C. college star Harriette MacKenzie stood up to anti-trans hate — and won
Trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie has been ostracized most of her life. One violent play during a Pac West basketball game pushed her to fight back.
www.thestar.com
Harriette Mackenzie is such a rare athlete: she’s a BC college basketball star, and she is trans. This is the story of her season: an in-game attack, anti-trans hatred, outing herself, a lifetime of trauma, and how she kept going, despite it all. www.thestar.com/sports/baske...
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14 million dead by 2030; 4.5 million dead children under 5 years old. These are criminals who deserve the vengeance of our entire planet.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
14 million dead by 2030; 4.5 million dead children under 5 years old. These are criminals who deserve the vengeance of our entire planet.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Comically evil people. Just unbelievable, and far too many people will never know about stuff like this, or are too ignorant to understand it.
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Comically evil people. Just unbelievable, and far too many people will never know about stuff like this, or are too ignorant to understand it.
Uh-oh, Rachel Homan
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Uh-oh, Rachel Homan
Ted-Jan Bloemen is about to skate his final Olympic race for Canada, the 10,000, the race he won in Pyeongchang: here is what I wrote about him five days ago. Last chance. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: Ted-Jan Bloemen has one more shot at speedskating glory — for himself and his children
Eight years ago, Canada’s greatest long-distance long-track speedskater finished second in the 5,000-metre final; on Sunday, 13th. But he’s still got the 10,000 to go.
www.thestar.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Ted-Jan Bloemen is about to skate his final Olympic race for Canada, the 10,000, the race he won in Pyeongchang: here is what I wrote about him five days ago. Last chance. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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GUESS WHO JUST WON BRONZE AGAIN
February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
GUESS WHO JUST WON BRONZE AGAIN
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Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well
It's day 7 at the Olympics. I dropped off laundry this morning; I can navigate transit and venues without a map or directions; I can't imagine the end, or remember life before I got here. Little things are becoming intolerable, and it's all a delight. So, everything's pretty much on schedule
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It's day 7 at the Olympics. I dropped off laundry this morning; I can navigate transit and venues without a map or directions; I can't imagine the end, or remember life before I got here. Little things are becoming intolerable, and it's all a delight. So, everything's pretty much on schedule
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There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 AM
There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
Jesus, these people
February 13, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Jesus, these people
And last one for today: Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing by the IOC because he wanted to wear a helmet honouring athletes who were victims of Russia's war. He could have won a medal. He won something else instead. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: IOC makes a compromise on Ukrainian athlete’s tribute to his dead countrymen — with yet another concession to Russia
Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet bears the faces of Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia’s four-year war of aggression.
www.thestar.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
And last one for today: Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing by the IOC because he wanted to wear a helmet honouring athletes who were victims of Russia's war. He could have won a medal. He won something else instead. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
MacKinnon, from McDavid and Crosby. Celebrini, to open the scoring. Canada’s men’s hockey return to the Olympics was about everything you could ask for, 12 years later. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: MacKinnon from McDavid and Crosby? Canada delivers almost everything you could ask for in NHL’s return to Olympics
Team Canada returned to best-on-best Olympic hockey with a commanding 5-0 win over Czechia. And they put on quite a show.
www.thestar.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
MacKinnon, from McDavid and Crosby. Celebrini, to open the scoring. Canada’s men’s hockey return to the Olympics was about everything you could ask for, 12 years later. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Mikael Kingsbury tied for gold, but lost on tiebreakers, and after emerging from the daze and congratulating his competitors he threw his skis to the ground before regaining his grace. What a competitor, in his final Olympics. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: Mikael Kingsbury’s silver at the Milan Olympics was remarkable. It didn’t feel that way at first
Canadian legend had the same score as the Australian winner but lost on a tiebreaker.
www.thestar.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Mikael Kingsbury tied for gold, but lost on tiebreakers, and after emerging from the daze and congratulating his competitors he threw his skis to the ground before regaining his grace. What a competitor, in his final Olympics. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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Not sure what Auston Matthews did to Latvia but they hate his ass
February 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Not sure what Auston Matthews did to Latvia but they hate his ass
MacKinnon from McDavid and Crosby, lol
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
MacKinnon from McDavid and Crosby, lol
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It's corny as hell but the solution to fascism is loving thy neighbor
This is all due to the incredible resistance of the people of Minnesota.
Their resilience - and their determination - helped enforce the Constitution in a way that political elites in Congress and the courts did not or could not.
I have never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
Their resilience - and their determination - helped enforce the Constitution in a way that political elites in Congress and the courts did not or could not.
I have never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
It's corny as hell but the solution to fascism is loving thy neighbor
That is classic, joyful, genius Mitch Marner
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
That is classic, joyful, genius Mitch Marner
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Hmmm. Louder then.
Report: Warner Bros. Discovery Blocks Brody King From AEW Dynamite Following "F*ck ICE" Chants
Brody King was absent from Wednesday night's episode of AEW Dynamite, and it reportedly wasn't a Tony Khan decision not to have him on the show.
cultaholic.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Hmmm. Louder then.
Ideally, Macklin Celebrini should wind up playing in about five Olympics
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Ideally, Macklin Celebrini should wind up playing in about five Olympics
Team Canada, in men's hockey, is back. That's fun
February 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Team Canada, in men's hockey, is back. That's fun
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Donald Trump had dinner with this piece of garbage.
"Our number one enemy is women"
I amplify this only because it's the logical extension of everything this regime has done.
"Our number one enemy is women"
I amplify this only because it's the logical extension of everything this regime has done.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Donald Trump had dinner with this piece of garbage.
"Our number one enemy is women"
I amplify this only because it's the logical extension of everything this regime has done.
"Our number one enemy is women"
I amplify this only because it's the logical extension of everything this regime has done.
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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RT has a well-documented history of amplifying far-right narratives and other hot button right-wing culture war topics in an attempt at creating chaos and sowing divisions
Far-Right Media Outlet Linked to Secret Russian Influence Campaign Produced 50+ Videos Focused on Canada
Canadian videos produced by far-right media outlet at centre of a US Department of Justice indictment were viewed half a million times
pressprogress.ca
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
RT has a well-documented history of amplifying far-right narratives and other hot button right-wing culture war topics in an attempt at creating chaos and sowing divisions
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Meanwhile, the Russian state propaganda network RT, is trying to insinuate some incoherent connection between a CBC Kids News segment about a documentary called "Drag Kids" and the Tumbler Ridge school shooting
RT credits a far-right American MAGA account called "End Wokeness" as its source
RT credits a far-right American MAGA account called "End Wokeness" as its source
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Meanwhile, the Russian state propaganda network RT, is trying to insinuate some incoherent connection between a CBC Kids News segment about a documentary called "Drag Kids" and the Tumbler Ridge school shooting
RT credits a far-right American MAGA account called "End Wokeness" as its source
RT credits a far-right American MAGA account called "End Wokeness" as its source
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.