John MacKinnon 🇨🇦
@bustersmart.bsky.social
Retired journalist living in Vieux Montreal.
The scope of Epstein’s depraved sex trafficking network is beyond grotesque.
The fact that the Resident of the United States is a child rapist and no-one in the United States is doing jack shit about it is unfathomable.
Hopefully the ten OTHER COUNTRIES investigating Epstein will bring him down, somehow.
Hopefully the ten OTHER COUNTRIES investigating Epstein will bring him down, somehow.
“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."
February 18, 2026 at 5:59 AM
The scope of Epstein’s depraved sex trafficking network is beyond grotesque.
Sick, sick man.
👉 Palantir CEO Alex Karp
“You need a higher purpose, and I think you often need a lower purpose"
“What’s your lower purpose?”
Karp: “I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us.”
“You need a higher purpose, and I think you often need a lower purpose"
“What’s your lower purpose?”
Karp: “I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us.”
February 18, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Sick, sick man.
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I never thought I’d see the day.
Americans being told by the rest of the world to fight for our own democracy.
We should never have gotten here.
Keep resisting. ✊🏽
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
Americans being told by the rest of the world to fight for our own democracy.
We should never have gotten here.
Keep resisting. ✊🏽
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
February 17, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I never thought I’d see the day.
Americans being told by the rest of the world to fight for our own democracy.
We should never have gotten here.
Keep resisting. ✊🏽
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
Americans being told by the rest of the world to fight for our own democracy.
We should never have gotten here.
Keep resisting. ✊🏽
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
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Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP
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i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
R.I.P. Jesse Jackson.
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
R.I.P. Jesse Jackson.
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Meet Shaquille Anfernee Murray-Lawrence, a Canadian bobsled push athlete at the Milan Cortina Games. He was named after two basketball stars, with his father hoping he would end up following in their footsteps. In a way, he has.
The Shaq of Bobsled: Canadian Olympian named after Shaq and Penny has a most interesting story
Canadian bobsledder Shaquille Anfernee Murray-Lawrence was named after two basketball stars. His father had hoped he'd end up following in their footsteps.
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Meet Shaquille Anfernee Murray-Lawrence, a Canadian bobsled push athlete at the Milan Cortina Games. He was named after two basketball stars, with his father hoping he would end up following in their footsteps. In a way, he has.
The Great Santini (1979) - Hack It or Pack It Scene (4/9) | Movieclips
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February 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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American culture from 1776 on was Black, was Indigenous, was Spanish, was Jewish, was Quaker, was a whole lot of different things which then often got together and made splendidly non-European things, and most of our music has an African mother.
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 11:13 PM
American culture from 1776 on was Black, was Indigenous, was Spanish, was Jewish, was Quaker, was a whole lot of different things which then often got together and made splendidly non-European things, and most of our music has an African mother.
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Powerful video showing the Ukrainian athletes depicted on Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet who were killed by russia.
February 14, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Powerful video showing the Ukrainian athletes depicted on Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet who were killed by russia.
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Fascist regimes toast as if time belongs to them. Mussolini hung upside down. Ceaușescu faced the wall. Hitler took himself out with a bullet. Power swears it is eternal even when the rot begins to surface. The party always ends. It always ends. Do not kneel. This too shall pass.
February 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Fascist regimes toast as if time belongs to them. Mussolini hung upside down. Ceaușescu faced the wall. Hitler took himself out with a bullet. Power swears it is eternal even when the rot begins to surface. The party always ends. It always ends. Do not kneel. This too shall pass.
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Just watched our Secretary of State laud the Scientific Revolution and deride climate science as a “cult,” almost in same breath.
The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Just watched our Secretary of State laud the Scientific Revolution and deride climate science as a “cult,” almost in same breath.
The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
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Navalny was poisoned with exotic frog toxin, five Western nations confirm
Multiple labs have independently analyzed biological samples taken from Alexei Navalny’s body and found epibatidine, a highly toxic alkaloid sourced from a South American poisonous frog.
Multiple labs have independently analyzed biological samples taken from Alexei Navalny’s body and found epibatidine, a highly toxic alkaloid sourced from a South American poisonous frog.
Navalny was poisoned with exotic frog toxin, five Western nations confirm
Five European countries have confirmed that Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine — a high-potency neurotoxin derived from South American poison dart frogs. Traces of the toxin were found in tissue sa...
theins.press
February 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Navalny was poisoned with exotic frog toxin, five Western nations confirm
Multiple labs have independently analyzed biological samples taken from Alexei Navalny’s body and found epibatidine, a highly toxic alkaloid sourced from a South American poisonous frog.
Multiple labs have independently analyzed biological samples taken from Alexei Navalny’s body and found epibatidine, a highly toxic alkaloid sourced from a South American poisonous frog.
Don’t touch the granite!
JUST IN
World Curling has sent an email to all the teams competing at the Olympics clarifying “proper release” of the stone.
Also, for the remaining games umpires will be “observing the delivery”
Here’s the full correspondence:
World Curling has sent an email to all the teams competing at the Olympics clarifying “proper release” of the stone.
Also, for the remaining games umpires will be “observing the delivery”
Here’s the full correspondence:
February 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Don’t touch the granite!
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Had the good fortune of hanging with Nikole Hannah-Jones at the Knight Media Forum this week when she told me about working on this story. Couldn’t wait to read. Powerful and of the moment. READ: loom.ly/bMt-NB0
February 14, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Had the good fortune of hanging with Nikole Hannah-Jones at the Knight Media Forum this week when she told me about working on this story. Couldn’t wait to read. Powerful and of the moment. READ: loom.ly/bMt-NB0
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Very touching piece.
Free and unlocked. Alex Vesia’s humanity reminds us why we love baseball: open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...
Alex Vesia's humanity reminds us why we love baseball
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February 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Very touching piece.
Lewandowski losing his merde and firing a pilot over Noem’s missing blankie is truly deranged.
“.. Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane ..”
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February 14, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Lewandowski losing his merde and firing a pilot over Noem’s missing blankie is truly deranged.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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My latest: With his new auto sector strategy and a plan to double grid capacity, Mark Carney isn't just talking a good game on diversifying our trade relationships away from America.
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/o...
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/o...
Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change
For all the recent talk about pipelines, it's clear that Mark Carney's economic strategy revolves around turning Canada into one of the world's leading electro-states.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
My latest: With his new auto sector strategy and a plan to double grid capacity, Mark Carney isn't just talking a good game on diversifying our trade relationships away from America.
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/o...
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/o...
The Epstein Class includes NFL owners. Of course it does.
There are more NFL Owners in the Epstein Files than attended the Super Bowl.
Long-time fan of @edgeofsports.bsky.social and this kind of story is why: He looks deeply into the larger social and cultural phenomena of sports and the way they affect all of us.
February 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The Epstein Class includes NFL owners. Of course it does.
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Just imagine being the kind of person who would build your personal security detail on the bones of dead women and children around the world.
"The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection" www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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 2:44 PM
Just imagine being the kind of person who would build your personal security detail on the bones of dead women and children around the world.