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Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs in 'dark time' for public service, union says
Federal statistics agency entered its workforce adjustment period Monday, sending notices to thousands of employees.
ottawacitizen.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
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Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The detained tribal members are experiencing homelessness and living under a bridge in Minneapolis.
www.twincities.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
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This. Greenland defense is a tripwire—putting various European countries’ personnel in harms way in an attempt to deter attack—not an effort to win a war with the US.
A real Europe-US war would destroy the world. The goal is to not have one. Which was more than accomplished by a robust NATO. Alas.
A real Europe-US war would destroy the world. The goal is to not have one. Which was more than accomplished by a robust NATO. Alas.
Finding the reactions to this bleakly funny. Lads, the point isn’t that you are sending enough people to “win”, because we in fact, can’t win. It is just to have a tripwire! If you are going “why not 13, like Germany?” you have not understood how bad things are.
BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise
January 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This. Greenland defense is a tripwire—putting various European countries’ personnel in harms way in an attempt to deter attack—not an effort to win a war with the US.
A real Europe-US war would destroy the world. The goal is to not have one. Which was more than accomplished by a robust NATO. Alas.
A real Europe-US war would destroy the world. The goal is to not have one. Which was more than accomplished by a robust NATO. Alas.
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Andrew writing on central bank independence is almost literally the column he was born to write.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve is at stake
The attack on the Fed’s chair is a further sign that Trump wishes to have monetary policy under his control
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Andrew writing on central bank independence is almost literally the column he was born to write.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
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We could have paid teachers at any time.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to do this. I’d do it for free. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.”
January 14, 2026 at 1:33 AM
We could have paid teachers at any time.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
Reposted by Nigel Wallis
- Changes to Alberta's electrical distribution rules, to the benefit of electricity providers in Montana
- removal of retaliatory tariffs on US products, put in place only after the Trump admin imposed tariffs on Canadian goods
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
- removal of retaliatory tariffs on US products, put in place only after the Trump admin imposed tariffs on Canadian goods
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
ustr.gov
January 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
- Changes to Alberta's electrical distribution rules, to the benefit of electricity providers in Montana
- removal of retaliatory tariffs on US products, put in place only after the Trump admin imposed tariffs on Canadian goods
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
- removal of retaliatory tariffs on US products, put in place only after the Trump admin imposed tariffs on Canadian goods
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
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- changes to govt procurement in Ont, Que and BC
- stronger "rules of origin" for autos
- changes to Canadian laws regulating online streaming and news
- "economic security alignment on tariffs, export controls, and
investment screening"
- a "critical minerals marketplace"
(cont'd)
- stronger "rules of origin" for autos
- changes to Canadian laws regulating online streaming and news
- "economic security alignment on tariffs, export controls, and
investment screening"
- a "critical minerals marketplace"
(cont'd)
January 13, 2026 at 7:19 PM
- changes to govt procurement in Ont, Que and BC
- stronger "rules of origin" for autos
- changes to Canadian laws regulating online streaming and news
- "economic security alignment on tariffs, export controls, and
investment screening"
- a "critical minerals marketplace"
(cont'd)
- stronger "rules of origin" for autos
- changes to Canadian laws regulating online streaming and news
- "economic security alignment on tariffs, export controls, and
investment screening"
- a "critical minerals marketplace"
(cont'd)
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Trump, speaking in Detroit, said the USMCA is "irrelevant" and the US doesn't need it.
Meanwhile, his trade rep has asked for the following
- more access to Canadian dairy market
- end to provincial bans on US alcohol (imposed after Trump started trade war)
- customs reform
(thread)
Meanwhile, his trade rep has asked for the following
- more access to Canadian dairy market
- end to provincial bans on US alcohol (imposed after Trump started trade war)
- customs reform
(thread)
January 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Trump, speaking in Detroit, said the USMCA is "irrelevant" and the US doesn't need it.
Meanwhile, his trade rep has asked for the following
- more access to Canadian dairy market
- end to provincial bans on US alcohol (imposed after Trump started trade war)
- customs reform
(thread)
Meanwhile, his trade rep has asked for the following
- more access to Canadian dairy market
- end to provincial bans on US alcohol (imposed after Trump started trade war)
- customs reform
(thread)
Reposted by Nigel Wallis
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Every day we pull three Verge stories out of the paywall for 24 hours, and today we're starting with a banger from @lopatto.bsky.social:
X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Every day we pull three Verge stories out of the paywall for 24 hours, and today we're starting with a banger from @lopatto.bsky.social:
X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
Reposted by Nigel Wallis
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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ah well yes that is the story isn't it
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM
ah well yes that is the story isn't it
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Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
Reposted by Nigel Wallis
Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Reposted by Nigel Wallis
BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
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The UK announces investigation into Twitter / X / Grok over non-consensual deepfake images.
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology Liz Kendall says the AI-generated images are "illegal" and the company's recent move to limit the function to paid subscribers is "monetising abuse":
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology Liz Kendall says the AI-generated images are "illegal" and the company's recent move to limit the function to paid subscribers is "monetising abuse":
Secretary of State statement to the House of Commons: 12 January 2026
DSIT Secretary of State statement after concerns over Grok AI.
www.gov.uk
January 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The UK announces investigation into Twitter / X / Grok over non-consensual deepfake images.
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology Liz Kendall says the AI-generated images are "illegal" and the company's recent move to limit the function to paid subscribers is "monetising abuse":
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology Liz Kendall says the AI-generated images are "illegal" and the company's recent move to limit the function to paid subscribers is "monetising abuse":
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"Canadians won’t let the U.S. government boss them around. But U.S. mega-corporations? Sure, why not"
This is a really good discussion on Canadian sovereignty, and who really calls the shots, from @justinling.ca. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
This is a really good discussion on Canadian sovereignty, and who really calls the shots, from @justinling.ca. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: Canadians won’t let the U.S. government boss them around. But U.S. mega-corporations? Sure, why not
For years, Meta has blocked Canadians from accessing news content on its platforms. And for years, Canada has done nothing about this.
www.thestar.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
"Canadians won’t let the U.S. government boss them around. But U.S. mega-corporations? Sure, why not"
This is a really good discussion on Canadian sovereignty, and who really calls the shots, from @justinling.ca. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
This is a really good discussion on Canadian sovereignty, and who really calls the shots, from @justinling.ca. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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This is essential: a democracy *must* know who is paying its politicians and where that money is coming from.
Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible.
The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state.
Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible.
The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state.
Seven Select Committee Chairs have written jointly to the Prime Minister calling for an explicit ban on cryptocurrency donations in the forthcoming Elections Bill.
This is not an argument about digital assets. It is an argument about democratic integrity.
This is not an argument about digital assets. It is an argument about democratic integrity.
January 12, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This is essential: a democracy *must* know who is paying its politicians and where that money is coming from.
Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible.
The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state.
Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible.
The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state.
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I imagine a government's argument for remaining on Twitter would be that they should be communicating where people are, but...
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I imagine a government's argument for remaining on Twitter would be that they should be communicating where people are, but...
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
Reposted by Nigel Wallis
Snow Fugue
Bertram Brooker
1930
Bertram Brooker
1930
January 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Snow Fugue
Bertram Brooker
1930
Bertram Brooker
1930
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The penalties effectively cut the judges off from all American funds, goods and credit cards, and prohibit individuals and business in the U.S. from working with them. “We’re treated like pariahs, we are on a list with terrorists and drug dealers,” Ms. Ibáñez said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
No Amazon, No Gmail: Trump Sanctions Upend the Lives of I.C.C. Judges
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The penalties effectively cut the judges off from all American funds, goods and credit cards, and prohibit individuals and business in the U.S. from working with them. “We’re treated like pariahs, we are on a list with terrorists and drug dealers,” Ms. Ibáñez said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
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Just don’t think my government should be creating largely exclusive content for this guy. Put another way, if your constituents had to buy Ernst Zündel’s zine to read your latest policy position, that’d be a policy position in itself. And “but his circulation numbers are high” isn’t a good defence.
It takes a few clicks to ultimately see the post Elon Musk is talking about. But the original post is about Rhodesia.
“What they once did to Rhodesia, they now attempt to the whole world. Resist.”
“What they once did to Rhodesia, they now attempt to the whole world. Resist.”
January 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Just don’t think my government should be creating largely exclusive content for this guy. Put another way, if your constituents had to buy Ernst Zündel’s zine to read your latest policy position, that’d be a policy position in itself. And “but his circulation numbers are high” isn’t a good defence.