David P Ball
@davidpball.bsky.social
Freelance reporter, podcaster, photog & editor ¶ Co-founder: Debrief Communications ¶ Formerly CBC, TorStar, AFP, Tyee ¶ CAJ+Webster awards ¶ Bylines: Globe & Mail, Le Monde, Guardian, National Post etc ¶ Tips: [email protected]
I can’t see more than a few ways to stop brownshirt/SS death squad from taking power … and it’s likely not statements about making cities “less safe,” dragging appeals to a corrupt Supreme Court, or hoping Feds don’t destroy the evidence they seized
Does ICE hold a legitimized monopoly on violence?
Does ICE hold a legitimized monopoly on violence?
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I can’t see more than a few ways to stop brownshirt/SS death squad from taking power … and it’s likely not statements about making cities “less safe,” dragging appeals to a corrupt Supreme Court, or hoping Feds don’t destroy the evidence they seized
Does ICE hold a legitimized monopoly on violence?
Does ICE hold a legitimized monopoly on violence?
"we've had to have security guards at birthday parties. it’s been waiting to happen … i would have been walking by thinking, 'isn't it gorgeous, isn’t it great that we fan celebrate safely in public’"
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Bondi Beach shooting 'so distressing,' local Jewish resident tells BBC
Yvonne Haber says the Jewish community has been fearful of an attack like the one in Bondi.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"we've had to have security guards at birthday parties. it’s been waiting to happen … i would have been walking by thinking, 'isn't it gorgeous, isn’t it great that we fan celebrate safely in public’"
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Omg I was kind of being rhetoric it’s really a Nazi motto
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Omg I was kind of being rhetoric it’s really a Nazi motto
Reposted by David P Ball
B.C. emergency management:
• Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed
• Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie
• Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up
• Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline
• Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed
• Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie
• Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up
• Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
B.C. emergency management:
• Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed
• Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie
• Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up
• Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline
• Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed
• Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie
• Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up
• Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline
He got busted and settled instead of being charged. And then just continued his racism. His dad also sounds like a tyrannical POS it obviously rubbed off
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
He got busted and settled instead of being charged. And then just continued his racism. His dad also sounds like a tyrannical POS it obviously rubbed off
Oh yeah even I forgot about the birther bullshit
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Oh yeah even I forgot about the birther bullshit
It never ends. Liked your adding to the list not the sentiment of course
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It never ends. Liked your adding to the list not the sentiment of course