Karen Walton
@karenwalton.bsky.social
Screen and television writer. Human rights & clean water fan. Made in Canada.
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the woman sitting right beside him nodding best not come my way.
The president accused the female reporter of being obnoxious after she questioned him about the administration’s lethal boat strikes.
Sleepy Trump, 79, Unleashes Grumpy Attack on Female Reporter
The president’s angry tirade was the latest in a growing string of personal attacks against female journalists.
trib.al
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
the woman sitting right beside him nodding best not come my way.
Yes. He also thought the US grew bananas and all of its own coffee. And friends.
Does he think the US will suddenly have giant untapped potash deposits?
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Yes. He also thought the US grew bananas and all of its own coffee. And friends.
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Got a lil fired up 🤪
Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Got a lil fired up 🤪
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Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An #EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship - www.techdirt.com/2025/12/08/e... "#Musk isn’t just misrepresenting the fine. He’s responding with a series of escalating tantrums designed to feed his false censorship narrative."
Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship
Elon Musk is now calling for the dissolution of the European Union because it fined him $140 million for violating a law he once said was “exactly aligned” with his vision for (what was…
www.techdirt.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An #EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship - www.techdirt.com/2025/12/08/e... "#Musk isn’t just misrepresenting the fine. He’s responding with a series of escalating tantrums designed to feed his false censorship narrative."
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Shield protecting Chernobyl nuclear power plant no longer blocks radiation, IAEA says
Shield protecting Chernobyl nuclear power plant no longer blocks radiation, IAEA says
The Europe-built multilayered confinement building completed in 2019 was designed to contain the radiation coming from the melted-down nuclear fuel.
www.euronews.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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As you know, AB is making people pay to receive their covid vaccine. It should be no surprise to anyone that AB has a lot more infections than other parts of the country. But on average, one out of every 160 or so people you bump into has covid.
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As you know, AB is making people pay to receive their covid vaccine. It should be no surprise to anyone that AB has a lot more infections than other parts of the country. But on average, one out of every 160 or so people you bump into has covid.
once again, actual Math.
FITCH: DESPITE FULL-YEAR TARIFF IMPACT, US FISCAL DEFICIT EXPECTED TO WIDEN IN 2026 DUE TO TAX CUTS UNDER THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
once again, actual Math.
“Costa said the signal that Washington would back Europe’s nationalist parties was unacceptable.”
me: US Policy paper backing Nazis demonstrates the excessive ignorance that will help Putin break NATO. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
me: US Policy paper backing Nazis demonstrates the excessive ignorance that will help Putin break NATO. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
European Council president warns US not to interfere in Europe’s affairs
The new US national security strategy codifies a seismic shift in transatlantic relations, say experts
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Costa said the signal that Washington would back Europe’s nationalist parties was unacceptable.”
me: US Policy paper backing Nazis demonstrates the excessive ignorance that will help Putin break NATO. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
me: US Policy paper backing Nazis demonstrates the excessive ignorance that will help Putin break NATO. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Without Birthright Citizenship, you too could be ripped from your home in the middle of the night.
Without the Equal Protection, the Privilege and Immunities and the Due Process Clauses, you and everyone you love could be declared subhuman and stripped of your most basic and fundamental freedoms.
Without the Equal Protection, the Privilege and Immunities and the Due Process Clauses, you and everyone you love could be declared subhuman and stripped of your most basic and fundamental freedoms.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Without Birthright Citizenship, you too could be ripped from your home in the middle of the night.
Without the Equal Protection, the Privilege and Immunities and the Due Process Clauses, you and everyone you love could be declared subhuman and stripped of your most basic and fundamental freedoms.
Without the Equal Protection, the Privilege and Immunities and the Due Process Clauses, you and everyone you love could be declared subhuman and stripped of your most basic and fundamental freedoms.
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China’s leading financial bodies issue a unified warning on risks related to virtual currencies and RWA tokens-yaun talks
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
China’s leading financial bodies issue a unified warning on risks related to virtual currencies and RWA tokens-yaun talks
The Pentagon’s got …loans?
-what’s left of tariffed NATO
-what’s left of tariffed NATO
I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Don Jr receiving a massive loan for his startup from the Pentagon. I guess when there’s so much corruption some things fly under the radar?
December 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Pentagon’s got …loans?
-what’s left of tariffed NATO
-what’s left of tariffed NATO
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
so many one-liners, so little time. Thankfully the Canadian comedy writers are bound to slay this. And they’re on both sides of the border shhhh
“Canada is seen as the No. 1 world influencer for the 10th year in a row.”
Canada named most positive leader on world stage
According to a study by Ipsos, Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs.
cultmtl.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
so many one-liners, so little time. Thankfully the Canadian comedy writers are bound to slay this. And they’re on both sides of the border shhhh
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i've recently been on pluribus tiktok and that show has produced an enormous amount of analysis from people who don't seem to understand art at all
How about you just watch the tv show like a normal person?
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i've recently been on pluribus tiktok and that show has produced an enormous amount of analysis from people who don't seem to understand art at all
I’ve been nominated for and just got the call that I won the FIFA prize in Unrelenting Attitude Without Sustainable Solutions. My mother is just proud she told you so for quite some time.
I've been nominated for and just got the call that I won the FIFA prize in Physiology or Medicine.
I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’ve been nominated for and just got the call that I won the FIFA prize in Unrelenting Attitude Without Sustainable Solutions. My mother is just proud she told you so for quite some time.
Trust The Beaverton, it Got Said.
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trust The Beaverton, it Got Said.
spit-take 2.
In this Rochester diner, the Monroe doctrine still is don’t go to Gitsis after 10 PM. But they do know this: our Founding Fathers would smile upon Pete Hegseth’s desire to continue American hegemony in the western hemisphere.
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
spit-take 2.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Deleted my last RP as, yah check the date on presentations of news that seems kinda late for news, with no disrespect intended.
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Deleted my last RP as, yah check the date on presentations of news that seems kinda late for news, with no disrespect intended.
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What did the Nazis do with valuable items of Jewish people they deported or sent to concentration camps? They did the same thing that Nazi ICE rats are doing with the property of Hispanic people.
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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