Laura
@theoldturtle.bsky.social
🇨🇦Small Town girl, living on the shores of Lake Huron.
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Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
Home at last!
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Home at last!
Canada really does do comedy well. Loved SCTV in my youth and loved Schitt’s Creek when I was, shall we say, not young. You made me laugh Catherine, Thank You. 😢
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Canada really does do comedy well. Loved SCTV in my youth and loved Schitt’s Creek when I was, shall we say, not young. You made me laugh Catherine, Thank You. 😢
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Michael Che on SNL: "I get that I.C.E. Agents are people, allegedly. And they have a job to do. But at some point, while you're pepper spraying old ladies or shooting at a nurse, do you ever stop and ask yourself, are we dicks?"
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Michael Che on SNL: "I get that I.C.E. Agents are people, allegedly. And they have a job to do. But at some point, while you're pepper spraying old ladies or shooting at a nurse, do you ever stop and ask yourself, are we dicks?"
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
I just listened to Mark Carney speak in Davos. Rational, thoughtful and realistic…my country is well served by his leadership and so is the world. 🇨🇦
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I just listened to Mark Carney speak in Davos. Rational, thoughtful and realistic…my country is well served by his leadership and so is the world. 🇨🇦
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“Trump’s megalomania is transforming the United States from international leader into international pariah, and the American people will suffer the consequences for years to come.”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 PM
“Trump’s megalomania is transforming the United States from international leader into international pariah, and the American people will suffer the consequences for years to come.”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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People passing around the 60 Minutes CECOT piece like teenage boys from the 1980s passing around their dad's Playboy issues, and YouTube cannot take down ripped copies fast enough.
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
60 Minutes CECOT Segment Axed by Weiss (Aired in Canada)
YouTube video by JayyRodd
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People passing around the 60 Minutes CECOT piece like teenage boys from the 1980s passing around their dad's Playboy issues, and YouTube cannot take down ripped copies fast enough.
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Atta girl! Well done Ladies 🇨🇦
Canadian Sophie de Goede awarded player of the year.
Well done and well deserved!
#Canada
#WomensRugbyWorldCup
#SophiedeGoede
Well done and well deserved!
#Canada
#WomensRugbyWorldCup
#SophiedeGoede
September 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Atta girl! Well done Ladies 🇨🇦
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Let's cheer the Canadian women dominating world rugby. They had to crowd source to raise the money to even get into the tournament. Nobody took them seriously. They crushed the New Zealand giants. They are going into the finals.
Come on fellow Canucks - is the real miracle team.
So proud.
Come on fellow Canucks - is the real miracle team.
So proud.
September 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let's cheer the Canadian women dominating world rugby. They had to crowd source to raise the money to even get into the tournament. Nobody took them seriously. They crushed the New Zealand giants. They are going into the finals.
Come on fellow Canucks - is the real miracle team.
So proud.
Come on fellow Canucks - is the real miracle team.
So proud.
September
open.spotify.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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If there was ever a season to retire — with so many places on the schedule that mean so much to Brad Gushue — this is it.
An Olympics in Italy… where he won gold in 2006. Trying to get back 20 years later.
And a Brier in St. John’s. Home. Where he won his first title.
An Olympics in Italy… where he won gold in 2006. Trying to get back 20 years later.
And a Brier in St. John’s. Home. Where he won his first title.
September 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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In the 1840s the Galson estate on Lewis was cleared for sheep. Most people were put onto emigration ships to Canada. Finally in 2007 - a community buyout. This commemorative sculpture by Will Maclean & Marian Leven is shortlisted for Marsh Award. If it moves you pls vote. pssauk.org/2025-pssa-ma...
September 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In the 1840s the Galson estate on Lewis was cleared for sheep. Most people were put onto emigration ships to Canada. Finally in 2007 - a community buyout. This commemorative sculpture by Will Maclean & Marian Leven is shortlisted for Marsh Award. If it moves you pls vote. pssauk.org/2025-pssa-ma...
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#Wildlife
The More You Know 🌟
Did you know that sea otters have special pockets of loose skin under their forearms where they store their favorite rocks, which they use as tools to crack open shellfish.
This unique adaptation helps them access food more efficiently.
Please see ALT 👇🏽👇🏽 for more…
The More You Know 🌟
Did you know that sea otters have special pockets of loose skin under their forearms where they store their favorite rocks, which they use as tools to crack open shellfish.
This unique adaptation helps them access food more efficiently.
Please see ALT 👇🏽👇🏽 for more…
September 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#Wildlife
The More You Know 🌟
Did you know that sea otters have special pockets of loose skin under their forearms where they store their favorite rocks, which they use as tools to crack open shellfish.
This unique adaptation helps them access food more efficiently.
Please see ALT 👇🏽👇🏽 for more…
The More You Know 🌟
Did you know that sea otters have special pockets of loose skin under their forearms where they store their favorite rocks, which they use as tools to crack open shellfish.
This unique adaptation helps them access food more efficiently.
Please see ALT 👇🏽👇🏽 for more…
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tribute to Montreal Canadiens legend Ken Dryden:
September 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tribute to Montreal Canadiens legend Ken Dryden:
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I've told this story before but I was in a taxi once and my driver, learning I was a writer, complained his young kid only wanted comic books. I told him to encourage that, because that was the kid's door into reading and the rest would come in time. I think it helped that advice came from a writer.
It was hard to get my son to read until he picked up comic books. Comic adaptations of novels led to the novels themselves. Now he enjoys all kinds of books and his reading comprehension at school is above grade level. Reading is reading!
August 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I've told this story before but I was in a taxi once and my driver, learning I was a writer, complained his young kid only wanted comic books. I told him to encourage that, because that was the kid's door into reading and the rest would come in time. I think it helped that advice came from a writer.
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"You can do anything you want to do… especially if you’re from Hamilton!"
All love between SGA & his city at Hamilton Stadium to wrap up SGA Day!
All love between SGA & his city at Hamilton Stadium to wrap up SGA Day!
August 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"You can do anything you want to do… especially if you’re from Hamilton!"
All love between SGA & his city at Hamilton Stadium to wrap up SGA Day!
All love between SGA & his city at Hamilton Stadium to wrap up SGA Day!
WORLD AQUATICS BEST FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS…Canada’s Summer McIntosh. Atta girl!!! 🇨🇦
August 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
WORLD AQUATICS BEST FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS…Canada’s Summer McIntosh. Atta girl!!! 🇨🇦