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Canadian conservatives applauding a U.S. president for breaking international law tells us all we need to know about how the rule of law would fair in Canada under their governance.
January 4, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Canadian conservatives applauding a U.S. president for breaking international law tells us all we need to know about how the rule of law would fair in Canada under their governance.
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I’ve been thinking about “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” a lot this holiday season and really hoping for the last verse to hit soon
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’ve been thinking about “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” a lot this holiday season and really hoping for the last verse to hit soon
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Your annual festive reminder that Saint Nicholas bears an uncanny resemblance to Lieutenant Worf.
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Your annual festive reminder that Saint Nicholas bears an uncanny resemblance to Lieutenant Worf.
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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“It’s economically perverse that the provincial government will spend public money on a project the private sector has balked at, while simultaneously sabotaging private investment in renewable energy projects the market is demanding.”
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
Alberta’s New Pipeline Pitch: Bad for Business, Disastrous for Climate, Analysts Say
Climate advocates and at least one policy analyst are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch a new westbound oil pipeline to the federal Major Projec...
www.theenergymix.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“It’s economically perverse that the provincial government will spend public money on a project the private sector has balked at, while simultaneously sabotaging private investment in renewable energy projects the market is demanding.”
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
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“This climate of uncertainty has increased the cost of capital, reduced appetite for new investments and led to delayed or cancelled projects. Some lenders reported that projects in advanced financing stages were paused or abandoned altogether in response to recent announcements.”
‘Alberta is disincentivizing renewables’: report | The Narwhal
Confidence in Alberta’s energy market has been undermined by the ‘sheer volume and pace of regulatory and policy changes,’ major financial backers say
thenarwhal.ca
October 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“This climate of uncertainty has increased the cost of capital, reduced appetite for new investments and led to delayed or cancelled projects. Some lenders reported that projects in advanced financing stages were paused or abandoned altogether in response to recent announcements.”
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As the right canonizes Charlie Kirk ONE WEEK AGO ✨18 kids were shot in a literal church✨ and these motherfuckers said "it's too soon" to discuss gun violence.
Save your pearl clutching.
Save your pearl clutching.
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
As the right canonizes Charlie Kirk ONE WEEK AGO ✨18 kids were shot in a literal church✨ and these motherfuckers said "it's too soon" to discuss gun violence.
Save your pearl clutching.
Save your pearl clutching.
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REMEMBER WHEN THE INVENTOR OF SYNTHETIC INSULIN SOLD THE PATENT FOR $1 BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMMORAL TO PROFIT FROM IT
September 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
REMEMBER WHEN THE INVENTOR OF SYNTHETIC INSULIN SOLD THE PATENT FOR $1 BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMMORAL TO PROFIT FROM IT
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For the record, the moderate position on trans rights is that we keep them all. Because we already have them. There's nothing more moderate than doing nothing. The only extremists are the ones wanting to CHANGE POLICY so that we LOSE RIGHTS.
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
For the record, the moderate position on trans rights is that we keep them all. Because we already have them. There's nothing more moderate than doing nothing. The only extremists are the ones wanting to CHANGE POLICY so that we LOSE RIGHTS.
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Gavin Newsom is Mark Carney’s Wario
June 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Gavin Newsom is Mark Carney’s Wario
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"Women are not physically inferior
versions of men, and our function is not one of broodmares. We repudiate the
equation of women with reproductive function as profoundly misogynistic." UCU women members not messing about in their response to the Supreme Court ruling.
www.ucu.org.uk/media/15028/...
versions of men, and our function is not one of broodmares. We repudiate the
equation of women with reproductive function as profoundly misogynistic." UCU women members not messing about in their response to the Supreme Court ruling.
www.ucu.org.uk/media/15028/...
www.ucu.org.uk
June 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"Women are not physically inferior
versions of men, and our function is not one of broodmares. We repudiate the
equation of women with reproductive function as profoundly misogynistic." UCU women members not messing about in their response to the Supreme Court ruling.
www.ucu.org.uk/media/15028/...
versions of men, and our function is not one of broodmares. We repudiate the
equation of women with reproductive function as profoundly misogynistic." UCU women members not messing about in their response to the Supreme Court ruling.
www.ucu.org.uk/media/15028/...
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Memo to Alberta's federalists and anti-separatists: stop accepting Danielle Smith's premise that the province has been screwed over by Ottawa.
It's time for more facts and fewer feelings. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/29/o...
It's time for more facts and fewer feelings. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/29/o...
Alberta’s grievances aren’t actually reasonable
The defenders of Canada all seem to agree that Alberta's grievances with the federal government are worth taking seriously. But what if they aren't?
www.nationalobserver.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Memo to Alberta's federalists and anti-separatists: stop accepting Danielle Smith's premise that the province has been screwed over by Ottawa.
It's time for more facts and fewer feelings. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/29/o...
It's time for more facts and fewer feelings. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/29/o...
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YOU DON'T SAY
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, & the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [trans] patients. The evidence also supports that the treatments are safe ..."
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, & the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [trans] patients. The evidence also supports that the treatments are safe ..."
Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it
The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded.
www.motherjones.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
YOU DON'T SAY
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, & the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [trans] patients. The evidence also supports that the treatments are safe ..."
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, & the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [trans] patients. The evidence also supports that the treatments are safe ..."
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Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
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Mark Carney describing his conversation with Trump as a “wide-ranging discussion” was so funny
*Lemony Snicket voice* a word which here means, full of nonsensical tangents
*Lemony Snicket voice* a word which here means, full of nonsensical tangents
May 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Mark Carney describing his conversation with Trump as a “wide-ranging discussion” was so funny
*Lemony Snicket voice* a word which here means, full of nonsensical tangents
*Lemony Snicket voice* a word which here means, full of nonsensical tangents
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and I think it demonstrates the fundamental lack of respect the CPCs actually have for Alberta, because they take Alberta’s support for granted and don’t feel any actual pressure to represent Alberta well
May 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
and I think it demonstrates the fundamental lack of respect the CPCs actually have for Alberta, because they take Alberta’s support for granted and don’t feel any actual pressure to represent Alberta well
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just heard someone on TikTok refer to Canada as “America’s control group” 💀💀💀
May 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
just heard someone on TikTok refer to Canada as “America’s control group” 💀💀💀
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this is absolutely atrocious
It's hard to convey the scope of this study if you're outside of the field. The thing to understand is it's not just *one* study -- the data from WHI has been used over and over for so many different questions. It's made an enormous difference in women's health.
It's hard to convey the scope of this study if you're outside of the field. The thing to understand is it's not just *one* study -- the data from WHI has been used over and over for so many different questions. It's made an enormous difference in women's health.
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
this is absolutely atrocious
It's hard to convey the scope of this study if you're outside of the field. The thing to understand is it's not just *one* study -- the data from WHI has been used over and over for so many different questions. It's made an enormous difference in women's health.
It's hard to convey the scope of this study if you're outside of the field. The thing to understand is it's not just *one* study -- the data from WHI has been used over and over for so many different questions. It's made an enormous difference in women's health.
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this makes all the bleating about fertility rates ring a little hollow
domestic violence is the number one cause of maternal mortality
domestic violence is the number one cause of maternal mortality
NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.
Trump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence
Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.
www.huffpost.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
this makes all the bleating about fertility rates ring a little hollow
domestic violence is the number one cause of maternal mortality
domestic violence is the number one cause of maternal mortality
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2 Great 2 Depression
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
2 Great 2 Depression