Enormous basis for global solidarity against fossil fuels, against militarism, and against energy commodification.
Ann Douglas
@anndouglas.bsky.social
Author of 26 non-fiction books, including NAVIGATING THE MESSY MIDDLE (a book about midlife). Trying to teach myself how to write my first novel. Passionate about democracy and social justice. http://anndouglas.ca
I was in the grocery store yesterday, buying South African lemons, because I refuse to buy American produce. I vividly remember the days when Canadians boycotted South African fruit and wine, to protest apartheid. Now, the world’s turned upside down.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoTrump: "Canada is nasty. They're nasty."
They thought we wouldn't notice them slip this in during the long weekend ‼️ As Canada burns, the federal gov wants to designate the proposed west coast oil pipeline as a "project of national interest"—allowing it to sidestep critical environmental laws & assessments. Feedback is being accepted now.
Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 160, Number 31: SUPPLEMENT
August 1, 2026, Part 1, Volume 160, Number 31, Canada Gazette
gazette.gc.ca
A wave of progressive populism is defying political gravity (ie big money) and upending primary season in the US. It’s exhilarating to witness. 🧵
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17h agoMoney out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
"Each of these books aims to explain how technology, politics, money & power are reshaping our world... In reading them together, I’m looking for common themes, patterns & novel questions about data politics." #GiftLink 🎁
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13h agoI've read most of the books on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's proposed reading list and plan to read the rest. These are excellent recommendations. In fact, @gilduran.com (author of The Nerd Reich) will be a guest on Movement Memos soon.
Rep Miller on TV talking @ his child's injury feels like when my abusive ex blamed me for our daughter's black eye—which happened *while he was home alone with her.* Anyway, my memoir SHE'S UNDER HERE is about what it took to escape. It's a good book and, alas, always timely. tinyurl.com/4v2kb6v7
The woman who made her family disappear: how Karen Palmer escaped her abusive husband
He had threatened her, locked her up and absconded with one of their daughters. Palmer knew she and her girls needed to escape – but it would involve huge risk and total reinvention
tinyurl.com
#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with July 26 data - Kingston, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, SK, YT wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
4/ How many wildfires, heatwaves, droughts, burnt down communities, ruined livelihoods, and lost lives will it take for PM Carney to stop his reckless pursuit of expanded fossil fuel production?
Instead of spending at least $50 billion of public money on fueling more climate chaos, Canadians deserve a government that invests in building the green economy of tomorrow – creating good jobs, lowering costs, and protecting our future.
What is our government doing? This project defies common sense - this is corporate welfare on a surreal scale, giving a gift to an industry making $90 billion in excess profits this year, and which still refuses to pay for its own infrastructure.
🚨🚨🧵 Let me elaborate, for folks suggesting it's not a bad thing to report that the 2 cyclospora patients who died had underlying risk factors: 🔹️Whether or not it's a "bad thing" or a "good thing" depends on how it's done. 🔹️Informing people of risk factors for serious infection outcomes is... 1/16
J. Offir, PhD@joffirphd.bsky.social · 3d agoThey note "pre-existing conditions," but folks, that's not a better argument now than in 2020. As much as 61% of the US population has pre-existing conditions; 85% of those aged 55 & up. Appropriate framing is that RFK's HHS is responsible for these 2 deaths. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Praying for rain to save our camp in Northwestern Ontario: My piece www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Memories of a Northwestern Ontario cottage that may go up in smoke
Our little slice of heaven on Lac des Mille Lacs may become just that, memories, if the wildfires in the region are not brought under control
theglobeandmail.com
A new book explores the remarkable life of the late historian, teacher and activist Howard Zinn. He’s best known for writing A People’s History of the United States. For Zinn, says Zirin, “being an academic was always secondary to being in the streets and making history, not just studying history.”
New Book Chronicles Life of Howard Zinn, Historian Attacked by Donald Trump
For Zinn, says author Dave Zirin, “being an academic was always secondary to being in the streets and making history.”…
truthout.org
When people die and the media says they had “pre-existing conditions”… they’re pacifying the public. Anyone could die from Cyclosporiasis, but they want you to believe it can’t happen to you. It can only happen to the weak, the disabled, the elderly. The expendable people. Eugenics.
Two Deaths Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak in Michigan
The patients had “significant underlying health conditions” that may have contributed to their deaths, health officials said.
nytimes.com
"When it comes to social, economic, and environmental policy, [the Carney government] is following through on its promise to “nation-build” with a sweeping program of austerity, deregulation and cuts," writes @lukewsavage.bsky.social. #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
James 🇨🇦@jemotluk.bsky.social · 4d ago"In 2025 millions of Canadians rallied behind what they took to be a promise of renewed economic sovereignty and progressive nation-building. Over the past year, the government they elected has effectively delivered the exact opposite." #cdnpoli
I’ve received three different author scam emails from three different fake Colleen Hoover email accounts over the course of three days, each providing flattering chapter-by-chapter feedback on a different one of my parenting books. Must be Colleen Hoover Week in A.I. Slopland. 🤦🏻♀️
Great story. And @anndouglas.bsky.social has shared a #GiftLink 🎁.
Ann Douglas@anndouglas.bsky.social · 3d ago“Relationship skills, the ability to relax and have fun, pacing yourself, emotional flexibility, being able to change plans – these are all essential skills for the future.” - My two cents on the importance of finding/making time for fun #GiftArticle 🎁 www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
“Relationship skills, the ability to relax and have fun, pacing yourself, emotional flexibility, being able to change plans – these are all essential skills for the future.” - My two cents on the importance of finding/making time for fun #GiftArticle 🎁 www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
Can you actually ‘schedule’ fun? For these families, it’s worth a shot
Putting days of fun and rest on the calendar help ensure the lively parts of life don’t fade into the busyness
theglobeandmail.com
So many people didn’t know or didn’t care that a lot of us teachers also had kids of our own we were trying to protect.
Sara K. Day@sarakday.bsky.social · 3d agoYes, 100%. Especially because I was expected to be back in the classroom, so even keeping him home (which we did for a long while) couldn't protect him.
It's hard to overstate how ISOLATING and scary it was with a child under 5 waiting for that under 5 vaccine. The world was kind of moving on and you not only couldn't, you had to be scared for your child every day
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d agoAlso the Republicans were screaming that Fauci helped authorize vaccines for children, which is something every goddamn parent I know was praying for every day for more than a year and have been thankful for ever since. These people are all self-centered idiotic sociopaths, nothing more.
1/2 It’s amazing how much of a difference a small decision can make in terms of your overall quality of life. Late last year I decided to start using the Libby app to borrow library books. So far this year I’ve read 27 books via the app — time I might otherwise have spent doomscrolling.
My phone got a slopdate with a new feature: Gemini creating news article summaries. The problem is that these AI summaries are using random images from unrelated articles. Harmless for an article about rain. More harmful when they make a Ottawa city councillor the face of OPS sexual misconduct.
Library workers aren’t funded well enough to be superheroes and some are more conservative than you might think but right now, in the dumpster fire year of our fascist lord 2026, I’m so proud of the great work some library workers are doing to resist book banning and AI.
This is a beautiful piece of writing, both sad and not: "Our books told of who we were, or who we thought we might become."
Notes from a nursing home: ‘Our books told of who we were. The story of us. Then the movers came and asked what should go’
Pencil marks in the margins of books gathered over a lifetime was proof of a life lived. So when it came time for Andrew McKean to move into aged care, leaving his books behind made the self thinner
theguardian.com
The cost of groceries has become one of the defining challenges of the affordability crisis. That's why our municipal grocery stores will offer a 30% discount on the grocery staples New Yorkers depend on — from meat to produce to dairy.
This 1950 newspaper headline caught my attention today: “Acadian Utopia Crime-Free, Divorceless Village Plans 300th Birthday” (As seen at Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse in Lower West Pubnico, Nova Scotia.)
