Laurie Allan
@lajeer.bsky.social
Public radio producer. Prolific author of internal monologues.
Also on CBC Radio's Day 6 tomorrow, it felt like a good week for the return of our segment 'America, What the Hell?' This week's guest is @muellershewrote.com.
You can also listen online: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
You can also listen online: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Also on CBC Radio's Day 6 tomorrow, it felt like a good week for the return of our segment 'America, What the Hell?' This week's guest is @muellershewrote.com.
You can also listen online: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
You can also listen online: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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JD Vance speaks at the March for Life behind bulletproof glass
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
JD Vance speaks at the March for Life behind bulletproof glass
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I enjoy this mostly for the impression it might leave with international audiences that Bonhomme is Canada's governor general.
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Kicked off our Cabinet meeting in Québec City with Bonhomme.
January 23, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I enjoy this mostly for the impression it might leave with international audiences that Bonhomme is Canada's governor general.
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906 days.
That's how long Meta's been blocking news in Canada.
Doesn't matter if the outlet is based in Canada, the U.S. or Germany – we can't read it. Small non-profit or legacy newspaper. Can't read it. Posts made before Aug. 1, 2023? Nope. But disinformation, AI-generated spam, that'll pass.
That's how long Meta's been blocking news in Canada.
Doesn't matter if the outlet is based in Canada, the U.S. or Germany – we can't read it. Small non-profit or legacy newspaper. Can't read it. Posts made before Aug. 1, 2023? Nope. But disinformation, AI-generated spam, that'll pass.
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM
906 days.
That's how long Meta's been blocking news in Canada.
Doesn't matter if the outlet is based in Canada, the U.S. or Germany – we can't read it. Small non-profit or legacy newspaper. Can't read it. Posts made before Aug. 1, 2023? Nope. But disinformation, AI-generated spam, that'll pass.
That's how long Meta's been blocking news in Canada.
Doesn't matter if the outlet is based in Canada, the U.S. or Germany – we can't read it. Small non-profit or legacy newspaper. Can't read it. Posts made before Aug. 1, 2023? Nope. But disinformation, AI-generated spam, that'll pass.
We're talking about this with @jeetheer.bsky.social on CBC Radio's Day 6 tomorrow. Steve Bannon has compared Canada to Ukraine, and talk is more prominent of using a potential Alberta referendum as a reason to try to take Canada.
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
We're talking about this with @jeetheer.bsky.social on CBC Radio's Day 6 tomorrow. Steve Bannon has compared Canada to Ukraine, and talk is more prominent of using a potential Alberta referendum as a reason to try to take Canada.
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So the newsy bit from Carney's second big speech of the week will probably be the pointed lines near the end:
"Canada does not live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadians."
"Canada does not live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadians."
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So the newsy bit from Carney's second big speech of the week will probably be the pointed lines near the end:
"Canada does not live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadians."
"Canada does not live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadians."
And in her next post: "Musk’s participation in the bikini trend opened the floodgates. Grok went from making 300k images a week to 4.4 million." Nearly half of Grok's images were sexualized depictions of women.
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:25 PM
And in her next post: "Musk’s participation in the bikini trend opened the floodgates. Grok went from making 300k images a week to 4.4 million." Nearly half of Grok's images were sexualized depictions of women.
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Trump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from Davos
Trump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from Davos
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Following his poorly-received and rambling address at the World Economic Forum, U.S. President Donald Trump angrily demanded that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney personally gi...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Trump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from Davos
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The contrast between this and Carney’s speech could not be more alarming or shocking.
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
January 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The contrast between this and Carney’s speech could not be more alarming or shocking.
Here's Canadian PM Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum. It's 30 mins in length. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
World Economic Forum: Special Address by PM Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks and participates in a discussion while attending a meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Joining the prime minister are Laurenc...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Here's Canadian PM Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum. It's 30 mins in length. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
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I spoke to CBC earlier this week about what it’s like to live in Minneapolis.
It’s only the tiniest snapshot of what it has been like in this city. But I hope it helps people outside of Minnesota understand what ICE is doing to our community.
It’s only the tiniest snapshot of what it has been like in this city. But I hope it helps people outside of Minnesota understand what ICE is doing to our community.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I spoke to CBC earlier this week about what it’s like to live in Minneapolis.
It’s only the tiniest snapshot of what it has been like in this city. But I hope it helps people outside of Minnesota understand what ICE is doing to our community.
It’s only the tiniest snapshot of what it has been like in this city. But I hope it helps people outside of Minnesota understand what ICE is doing to our community.
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Hey so, uh, @thebeaverton.com ...do we just...quit?
Breaking News: President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that one reason he’s pushing to acquire Greenland is because he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Hey so, uh, @thebeaverton.com ...do we just...quit?
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"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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As dark as the last few days have been, the courage of the people of Minneapolis fills me with true hope. I do not know what will happen next. But in this moment, the love of community we see in Minnesota gives us all a beacon of light.
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As dark as the last few days have been, the courage of the people of Minneapolis fills me with true hope. I do not know what will happen next. But in this moment, the love of community we see in Minnesota gives us all a beacon of light.
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Here's my CBC radio Day 6 interview about autistic Barbie.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Here's my CBC radio Day 6 interview about autistic Barbie.
From a toy store in Minneapolis. A toy store.
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
From a toy store in Minneapolis. A toy store.
You can hear Nicole's powerful story on Day 6 on CBC Radio tomorrow morning, or you can listen via the link below.
I spoke to CBC earlier this week about what it’s like to live in Minneapolis.
It’s only the tiniest snapshot of what it has been like in this city. But I hope it helps people outside of Minnesota understand what ICE is doing to our community.
It’s only the tiniest snapshot of what it has been like in this city. But I hope it helps people outside of Minnesota understand what ICE is doing to our community.
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 3:47 AM
You can hear Nicole's powerful story on Day 6 on CBC Radio tomorrow morning, or you can listen via the link below.
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"How would you currently describe relations between Canada and the US?"
Bad: 83%
Neutral: 12%
Good: 4%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
Bad: 83%
Neutral: 12%
Good: 4%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
January 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
"How would you currently describe relations between Canada and the US?"
Bad: 83%
Neutral: 12%
Good: 4%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
Bad: 83%
Neutral: 12%
Good: 4%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
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They literally always accuse protesters of being paid because 1) it shifts the terrain of the debate and 2) it reassures their base that no one legitimately holds a contrary position. They take comfort in thinking that anyone who disagrees with Trump is either brainwashed or a cynic.
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
They literally always accuse protesters of being paid because 1) it shifts the terrain of the debate and 2) it reassures their base that no one legitimately holds a contrary position. They take comfort in thinking that anyone who disagrees with Trump is either brainwashed or a cynic.
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We've analysed new videos published by @vahid.online that show rows of body bags at the Kahrizak mortuary in Tehran on 10 January.
We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tehran morgue videos show the brutality of Iran's crackdown on protesters
Distressing footage reveals nearly 200 bodies with one victim identified as young as 16.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
We've analysed new videos published by @vahid.online that show rows of body bags at the Kahrizak mortuary in Tehran on 10 January.
We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The aim is to prevent the world from turning into a den of thieves."
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"The aim is to prevent the world from turning into a den of thieves."
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Pastor: I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.'
January 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Pastor: I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.'
This is so great. "You guys are all sons to me now." What an amazing idea to enjoy and learn from the food and cultures around us.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
This is so great. "You guys are all sons to me now." What an amazing idea to enjoy and learn from the food and cultures around us.