Luke Edwards
@edwardsluke.bsky.social
Community journalist. Editor for Niagara Farms newspaper, contributor to Simcoe Advocate and Fort Erie Radio. Fan of baseball, history, and learning new things.
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Two sources at US embassy in Rome confirmed ICE participation at the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games 2026; and said that “federal ICE agents would support diplomatic security details (Rubio and Vance) and would not run any immigration enforcement operations”. This has been also confirmed by AP.
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Two sources at US embassy in Rome confirmed ICE participation at the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games 2026; and said that “federal ICE agents would support diplomatic security details (Rubio and Vance) and would not run any immigration enforcement operations”. This has been also confirmed by AP.
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"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start.”
An extraordinary headline from this past week.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An extraordinary headline from this past week.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 AM
"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start.”
An extraordinary headline from this past week.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An extraordinary headline from this past week.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
“Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
…
Yet, let not this too much, my son,
Disturb thy youthful breast:
This partial view of human-kind
Is surely not the last!”
Makes countless thousands mourn!
…
Yet, let not this too much, my son,
Disturb thy youthful breast:
This partial view of human-kind
Is surely not the last!”
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
“Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
…
Yet, let not this too much, my son,
Disturb thy youthful breast:
This partial view of human-kind
Is surely not the last!”
Makes countless thousands mourn!
…
Yet, let not this too much, my son,
Disturb thy youthful breast:
This partial view of human-kind
Is surely not the last!”
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On Truth Social, Trump is seriously calling this shooting a "cover up" for the fraud that the administration keeps inventing.
They will not change course. They will not admit they were wrong. They will continue doubling down until they're removed from power.
They will not change course. They will not admit they were wrong. They will continue doubling down until they're removed from power.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
On Truth Social, Trump is seriously calling this shooting a "cover up" for the fraud that the administration keeps inventing.
They will not change course. They will not admit they were wrong. They will continue doubling down until they're removed from power.
They will not change course. They will not admit they were wrong. They will continue doubling down until they're removed from power.
Making a baseball reference in a story about a municipal budget meeting. February must be near.
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Making a baseball reference in a story about a municipal budget meeting. February must be near.
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"They stayed a little back."
America is the only country that has ever called for help from NATO. NATO answered, thosuands of allied troops fought and hundreds died.
Every time he belittles this, global fury at this guy and the nation that elected him grows. Americans will not be forgiven.
America is the only country that has ever called for help from NATO. NATO answered, thosuands of allied troops fought and hundreds died.
Every time he belittles this, global fury at this guy and the nation that elected him grows. Americans will not be forgiven.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
"They stayed a little back."
America is the only country that has ever called for help from NATO. NATO answered, thosuands of allied troops fought and hundreds died.
Every time he belittles this, global fury at this guy and the nation that elected him grows. Americans will not be forgiven.
America is the only country that has ever called for help from NATO. NATO answered, thosuands of allied troops fought and hundreds died.
Every time he belittles this, global fury at this guy and the nation that elected him grows. Americans will not be forgiven.
Better late than never
”European governments have reached a difficult conclusion: The Americans are the baddies now.”
‘Our American Dream is dead’: EU concedes Trump is not on its side
The crisis summit in Brussels goes ahead despite U.S. president’s about-face on Greenland tariff threats.
www.politico.eu
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Better late than never
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After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
Go fuck yourself Donald
Trump: "Canada gets a lot of freebies from us. They should be grateful but they're not. He watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn't so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, next time you make your statements"
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Go fuck yourself Donald
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Trump just told Davos: "after the war we gave Greenland back to Denmark."
America never had Greenland. It was governed — and defended — by the Danes and Greenlanders throughout WWII. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
America never had Greenland. It was governed — and defended — by the Danes and Greenlanders throughout WWII. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
"Read the Donroe Doctrine To Them"
The thing about hegemony is that it, unfortunately, works. And it crushes real democracy along the way.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Trump just told Davos: "after the war we gave Greenland back to Denmark."
America never had Greenland. It was governed — and defended — by the Danes and Greenlanders throughout WWII. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
America never had Greenland. It was governed — and defended — by the Danes and Greenlanders throughout WWII. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
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All the more reason for Canada to offer its fullest support to Greenland
NEW: This is a REAL story in The Globe and Mail today.
Canadian Armed Forces are modelling responses to a US military invasion from the south.
They expect Canadian forces to be overrun in a fortnight, so the plan centres on Afghanistan-style insurgencies to inflict mass casualties on US troops
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Canadian Armed Forces are modelling responses to a US military invasion from the south.
They expect Canadian forces to be overrun in a fortnight, so the plan centres on Afghanistan-style insurgencies to inflict mass casualties on US troops
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January 20, 2026 at 2:23 PM
All the more reason for Canada to offer its fullest support to Greenland
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Here is the full text. Any signatory to this is nuts. It is fully the whims of Trump.
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Here is the full text. Any signatory to this is nuts. It is fully the whims of Trump.
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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For me, one of the most disconcerting things is the near-total void in political engagement from vast swaths of U.S. society that have been deeply political at other times in my memory, not that long ago.
The arts. Music. Movies. TV. Pop culture. It’s by far the least political moment in my memory.
The arts. Music. Movies. TV. Pop culture. It’s by far the least political moment in my memory.
January 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
For me, one of the most disconcerting things is the near-total void in political engagement from vast swaths of U.S. society that have been deeply political at other times in my memory, not that long ago.
The arts. Music. Movies. TV. Pop culture. It’s by far the least political moment in my memory.
The arts. Music. Movies. TV. Pop culture. It’s by far the least political moment in my memory.
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On this day in 2012, Sarah Burke died in a training accident.
Born in Barrie, Ontario in 1982, she was a five-time Winter X Games gold medalist and a World Champion in freestyle skiing. She successfully lobbied for the superpipe skiing event to become an Olympic sport.
Born in Barrie, Ontario in 1982, she was a five-time Winter X Games gold medalist and a World Champion in freestyle skiing. She successfully lobbied for the superpipe skiing event to become an Olympic sport.
January 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
On this day in 2012, Sarah Burke died in a training accident.
Born in Barrie, Ontario in 1982, she was a five-time Winter X Games gold medalist and a World Champion in freestyle skiing. She successfully lobbied for the superpipe skiing event to become an Olympic sport.
Born in Barrie, Ontario in 1982, she was a five-time Winter X Games gold medalist and a World Champion in freestyle skiing. She successfully lobbied for the superpipe skiing event to become an Olympic sport.
A lot of crappy shit is happening these days, but this is pretty cool, and hitting a milestone of sorts today: www.nasa.gov/mission/arte...
Artemis II - NASA
Four astronauts will fly around the Moon to test NASA's foundational human deep space exploration capabilities, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, for the first time with crew.
www.nasa.gov
January 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM
A lot of crappy shit is happening these days, but this is pretty cool, and hitting a milestone of sorts today: www.nasa.gov/mission/arte...
Major Canadian news outlet openly musing about whether the government should engage in outright personal bribery. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | Countries have gotten results after enriching the Trumps. Could Canada do the same? | CBC News
Countries that have relied on traditional diplomacy to deal with the Trump administration have had less success than countries that have found ways to directly enrich the Trump family and those close ...
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Major Canadian news outlet openly musing about whether the government should engage in outright personal bribery. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
So tired of these headlines
January 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM
So tired of these headlines
Well fuck
January 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Well fuck
Sometimes being a community journalist is fun, seeing things and talking to people you'd never usually get to do.
And other times, you send out a dozen interview requests and the only emails you receive are generic pitches from PR companies on stories that have nothing to do with your beat.
And other times, you send out a dozen interview requests and the only emails you receive are generic pitches from PR companies on stories that have nothing to do with your beat.
January 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Sometimes being a community journalist is fun, seeing things and talking to people you'd never usually get to do.
And other times, you send out a dozen interview requests and the only emails you receive are generic pitches from PR companies on stories that have nothing to do with your beat.
And other times, you send out a dozen interview requests and the only emails you receive are generic pitches from PR companies on stories that have nothing to do with your beat.
I'm quote tweeting my own reply because some Jays fans might need to see this tonight.
It’s really gonna suck for Tucker when he has to watch Vladdy’s walk off bomb to win the World Series go over his head next year
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I'm quote tweeting my own reply because some Jays fans might need to see this tonight.
I did say yesterday I was ready to get hurt again.
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I did say yesterday I was ready to get hurt again.