Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
@waltfriesen.bsky.social
Canadian. Dad. Veteran. Ukraine supporter. Life-long runner. Space enthusiast. Bacon. Voracious reader. Lover of the great outdoors. Heroically fighting the 'attention war', and ... hardcore pro-science.
Hopefully we see more of this.
me too
January 26, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Hopefully we see more of this.
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
It’s important to note that even though the importers jacked up prices on the American consumer, it’s the corporations that get these refunds. Not the consumers. So the rich, as always, will get richer while American consumers will have paid the price. END/
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It’s important to note that even though the importers jacked up prices on the American consumer, it’s the corporations that get these refunds. Not the consumers. So the rich, as always, will get richer while American consumers will have paid the price. END/
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (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 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
I'm going to say, I think I understand most of those words ... And the ones I understand, I do agree with!
January 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm going to say, I think I understand most of those words ... And the ones I understand, I do agree with!
……
Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
……
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
🔥 Fire 🔥
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
🔥 Fire 🔥
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
I was discussing vaccine recommendations with an older patient today who asked me if those were the recommendations before or after the guy with the worm in his brain, and now I have a new favorite patient…
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I was discussing vaccine recommendations with an older patient today who asked me if those were the recommendations before or after the guy with the worm in his brain, and now I have a new favorite patient…
The power of vaccines!
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The power of vaccines!
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
This is a striking idea. And definitely one worthy of consideration.
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
Rooting for Marc Elias to be the next AG when this nightmare ends.
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is a striking idea. And definitely one worthy of consideration.
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
Rooting for Marc Elias to be the next AG when this nightmare ends.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
Definitely an area to watch
An interesting schism is forming between Republicans who think they actually have to win future elections, and Republicans who think they can just lean back and enjoy their new thousand-year Reich.
October 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Definitely an area to watch
Reposted by Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
Government shutdown, farmers needing to be bailed out, troops in the streets, country bitterly divided, revolving door of appointees, Putin getting coddled, constant chaos … must be another Trump term.
September 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Government shutdown, farmers needing to be bailed out, troops in the streets, country bitterly divided, revolving door of appointees, Putin getting coddled, constant chaos … must be another Trump term.
A straight forward, well-presented take by General Hertling on what reaction to expect from the senior leadership of the U.S. Armed Forces when they are addressed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and, we're now told, by the President himself. This has potential to become a pivotal moment for the US.
One of the most critical attributes of any senior military leader is the ability to adapt. That ability has been tested the last several days, and not by the enemy.
@markhertling.bsky.social on the Hegseth/Trump generals meeting: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-to-ex...
@markhertling.bsky.social on the Hegseth/Trump generals meeting: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-to-ex...
What to Expect at the Meeting of the Generals
This is not the kind of military audience Trump has addressed before.
www.thebulwark.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A straight forward, well-presented take by General Hertling on what reaction to expect from the senior leadership of the U.S. Armed Forces when they are addressed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and, we're now told, by the President himself. This has potential to become a pivotal moment for the US.
Yes, eyes wide open.
We’re stuck with the most wasteful and clueless administration in history.
Everyone should be concerned by the vulnerability Hegseth is creating with this move. And Trump seems dazed and confused.
Watch every second of this.
Everyone should be concerned by the vulnerability Hegseth is creating with this move. And Trump seems dazed and confused.
Watch every second of this.
September 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yes, eyes wide open.
I have to say out of all the insane stories out there, this one really continues to boggle my mind.
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I have to say out of all the insane stories out there, this one really continues to boggle my mind.
Well done 👏👏
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Well done 👏👏
Understatement
The greatest casualty of the Trump Administration is the First Amendment.
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Understatement
….. What???
This is all just being said out loud now on the air on Fox “News”, instead of away from the cameras like before. That’s what’s changed. They’re testing the response and normalizing the idea at the same time.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
….. What???
This …. seems very relevant to the times we live in.
September 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This …. seems very relevant to the times we live in.
Every time I see one of the Trumps’ grifting grins, I have that automatic wanting to vomit reaction.
There will be sooo much cleanup to be done when this administration of unprecedented incompetence and corruption is gone.
There will be sooo much cleanup to be done when this administration of unprecedented incompetence and corruption is gone.
This level of corruption is not normal or acceptable. Even if we are exhausted by each report of it going further and further, we can never grow numb to it.
Trump Family Amasses $5 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch
The WLFI token traded far above its previous value, confirming—at least on paper—a huge windfall for the president and his sons.
www.wsj.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Every time I see one of the Trumps’ grifting grins, I have that automatic wanting to vomit reaction.
There will be sooo much cleanup to be done when this administration of unprecedented incompetence and corruption is gone.
There will be sooo much cleanup to be done when this administration of unprecedented incompetence and corruption is gone.
This guy should seriously be called the Secretary of Death
Anytime he tries to change evidence, a change is coming. The manipulation precedes the change. And at the same time he suppresses credible research and eliminates ways for independent scientists to raise concerns.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study
An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This guy should seriously be called the Secretary of Death