LizaYuzda
@lizay.bsky.social
Prairie raised, aging on the west coast. Former legislative reporter - CityNews, News1130, CKNW. Next stop TBD.
10 year old & friends called me boomer. I respond, “I’m not a boomer. I’m Gen-X” “Did dinosaurs roam then earth then?” they ask. Having children is endlessly humbling.
Simply one of the worst people. Can’t even focus on the worst day in modern US history.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoJD Vance on the 25th anniversary of 9/11: "As you guys can probably guess, I'm really looking forward to hanging out with Joe Biden. I'm sure we'll have many many intense intellectual conversations. We'll have a great time."
As someone who has been tweeted about personally by Rowling. And who spends my whole life trying to fight the damage caused by the litigation she funds. I think, personally, I would be less harmed by you giving me an actual kick in the ribs than watching the new Harry Potter & trying to justify it.
The Verge@theverge.com · 4d agoAs a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
B.C. conservative caucus tumult makes even peak Alberta conservative caucus tumult look like two people waving at each other to go first at a four-way.
Andrea Woo@andreawoo.bsky.social · 4d agoAmong today's B.C. Conservative caucus news: • RCMP question MLAs over inducement allegations • Two more MLAs leave (nine since Aug 14) • Chief of staff resigns • Findlay: "I categorically reject any suggestion that I engaged in illegal or unethical conduct." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026
I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d agoIn Nepal, it will most likely take months for scientists to understand exactly what led to deadly flash floods that killed over 1,000 people and left thousands missing. Early theories posit glacier meltwater and a thawing permafrost could have contributed to bedrock collapse.
NYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school students
NYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school students
The Department of Education is unveiling new guidelines following backlash.
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Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social · 5d ago(Models Available For Subscribers) Federal Polling: LPC: 49% (+5) CPC: 29% (-12) NDP: 9% (+3) BQ: 5% (-1) Others: 8% Spark Insights / August 30, 2026 / n=6535 / Online (% Change w 2025 Federal Election) Visit @338canada.bsky.social for polling details: 338canada.com
So, like, a trade agreement one negotiated, said was amazing, then reneged on later? Like that?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoMike Johnson on Iranians: "It's apparently part of their religion that they can just lie to someone they disagree with"
Hot damn it’s cool when people are creative.
404 Media@404media.co · 5d agoSimon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/this-digital...
Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.
Just let women run everything. The other way isn’t working. Let’s give the matriarchy a shot. www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-ne...
Melinda Gates Matches Olivia Rodrigo’s $10 Million Daisy Chain Festival Donation to 10 Repro Nonprofits
Melinda French Gates joined Olivia Rodrigo at her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields music festival, doubling a $10 million pledge to nonprofits
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Back from my usual weekly, lengthy drive out to visit my parents. Long time Waze user, I went with @mapquest.com. It was great and “unapologetically craven” is just not a quality I’m looking for in a map app, Google.
MapQuest surges in rankings after Google bows to Trump and re-labels Lake Ontario
Trump renamed the body of water as Lake America after trade talks between Canada and the US fell apart
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The U.S. Secretary of War is mocking teenage girls in local cadet groups but there are still going to be people who say it’s Canada that needs to stop amplifying the rhetoric
Connor Ewing@cmewing.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is a picture of two women from the Vernon Cadet Training Centre, which holds summer programming for 12-18 year olds to develop skills on the way to adulthood. Unlike Secretary Hegseth, they do not deserve contempt or ridicule.
“Canada may invest in its economy and military to protect its independence, but Marx said the country will still be vulnerable unless it also finds ways to move away from relying on the U.S.” I spoke to the Canadian Press about how Google changing Lake Ontario has more people seeking alternatives.
Author says Trump's 'Lake America' order driving hits to guide on ditching U.S. tech
FREDERICTON — Canadian author Paris Marx says there's been a renewed interest in his list of alternatives to U.S. technology since President Donald Trump signed an order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake...
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Yes, and, for a lot of us of a certain age, Blue Rodeo’s music has been Cdn anthems for our lives….
Aaron Wherry@aaronwherry.bsky.social · 7d agoI want to go back in time to, say, 2012, to tell people that Blue Rodeo's Hasn't Hit Me Yet would become a nationalist anthem after President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario.
He’s completely lost the plot. It’s as if he never signed the USMCA. Which brave reporter will confront him about this?
A good universal rule of journalism is that you don’t call people and organizations and things what they want to be called; you call them what has meaning to your readers. This is also a rule of cartography
🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 Finally, a LinkedIn post I can get behind. 👍🏽
Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
On brand, in so many ways, for this premier.
Jack Farrell@jack-farrell.bsky.social · last wk.Alberta's Smith to meet with U.S. officials next week amid trade war Smith’s going to Tennessee for vacay — but her office says after talks broke down last week she’s scheduled meetings with tourism officials in Dolly’s state. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
This is accurate. A feature, not a bug.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last wk.I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.
“Mystified” is how an American reporter described Canadians feeling about their president talking stupidity about Lake Ontario. That is not what we are feeling.
we will be finding out or rediscovering new things about how cool Dolly Parton was for the next 100 years
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2w agoDidn't know this until today but Dolly Parton had a transsexual man named Jason Pirro work as her Hollywood chauffeur in the 1980s, per an interview he gave to The Sun in 1990. "Dolly has been good to me...Dolly knows all about me."
She didn't spend a dime on a dick-shaped rocket to space or yet another fancy building at Harvard and her legacy will long outlive anyone who blew their cash on those.
Mo Ryan@moryan.bsky.social · 2w agoevery billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸