I’ve just finished reading The First Thousand Trees by the buggefabulous @premeemohamed.com
It’s a wonderfully inventive story that weaves so many things together that I need to take a beat. And then re-read The Annual Migration of Clouds and We Speak Through the Mountain.
Poetic, moving, human.
![Screenshot from phone showing a text message with the standard Report Spam message and link at the bottom.
“BC Election Survey
Do you plan to vote BC
Conservative in this election?
Reply:
1. Yes
2. No
Authorized by Conservative
Party of BC,
6043303554
If you did not expect this message from an unknown sender, it may be spam.
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Text in a box with a white background in all capital letters:
“BREAKING [heading with white text on a red background]
CUPE'S NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
BOARD HAS PASSED A UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION
VOWING TO DEFY THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT'S BILL C-39
LIMITING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO STRIKE.”
cupe.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreigr3qpvnikuwul3rsol4zcx2iocxufdz25up7bhqaxxwmz6cqrh54)
![Black text on a white background except foe the main heading ‘CWA’ which is red and underlined. Last paragraph is in bold.
“CWA [heading in red]
CWA Statement in Response to Further Layoffs at XBOX
September 22, 2026
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) released the following statement in response to the layoffs of 268 video game workers across XBOX today:
Today, 268 dedicated video game workers lost their livelihoods as XBOX continues to put profits ahead of the workers who are the heart and soul of the platform's games. CWA does not expect today's layoffs to impact union-represented workers.
Earlier this month, WA members at Blizzard Entertainment secured layoff protections and recall rights in a breakthrough union contract that has the power to set new standards for the industry. Every video game worker deserves the dignity of layoff protections and a voice in shaping their studios for the better.
[Bold text] To those workers left at studios impacted today, and to workers across the industry, our message is simple: join us. Together we have a stronger voice in shaping our industry into what it ought to be.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreie2piekgvig33bmwo3igmzmgeci65bhdroemgolfegi7dgvdxnel4)
![A screenshot of my Bluesky timeline showing two posts together.
Post 1:
“@tkingfisher: I know I ask for this at least once a year, but can some nice historian reassure me that the world has ALWAYS been this stupid?
Post 2:
“Olga Lautman:This is so insane I cannot believe this is real.
www.politico.com/news/
2026/09...
[A a screenshot from X/Twitter]
Mark Satter ©
@marksatter X.com
SCOOP: A shipment of F-35 fighter jet parts was rerouted to Hong Kong this summer - then vanished.
Congress and DOD are investigating, amid the possibility that China m have access to the highly-classified program.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreigwrblshgjbaceogz32o3ozdb7ao2hzn72mywz673bm5yiflh5mju)
![An infographic split into sections.
Main heading: Why l am
Getting My COVID Shot
PROTECT YOUR HEART. PROTECT YOUR HEALTH.
PROTECTS YOUR HEART
For adults 65+, the updated COVID vaccine lowers the risk of COVID-triggered heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and cardiac death—by about 38%, and by about 51% in people over 75.
WHY COVID HURTS THE HEART
COVID inflames blood vessels and makes blood stickier. In vulnerable people that can trigger a heart attack, abnormal heart rhythm, or heart failure. Vaccination reduces how severe an infection gets-and with it, these heart risks.
HEART ATTACK
ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM
HEART FAILURE
REDUCES DANGEROUS BLOOD CLOTS
COVID raises the risk of clots in the legs (DVT) and lungs (pulmonary embolism). Vaccinated people had up to about 78% fewer clots in the month after infection.
UP TO 78%
FEWER CLOTS
UPDATED BOOSTER
STAYING UP TO DATE MATTERS
An updated booster gave seniors about 47% more protection against OVID-related clot events-strokes, lung clots, and heart attacks-than the older vaccine alone.
47%,
MORE
PROTECTION [AGAINST]
STROKES
LUNG CLOTS
HEART ATTACKS
GREATEST BENEFIT FOR THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK
The updated shot also lowered hospital stays and deaths.
[HIGHEST RISK]
AGE 75+
HEART DISEASE
HEART FAILURE
DIABETES
LUNG/KIDNEY
DISEASE
DON'T LET PAST COVID ADD UP
Each infection can add to the risk-heart and clotting problems tend to climb with repeat infections. Staying current blunts the cumulative toll.
STAYING CURRENT
PROTECTS YOUR FUTURE SELF
Ask your clinician about this year's COVID vaccine.
Your heart will thank you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreif56dzhziysrhlsqv6bm5e6gx646paevk3mbbxdnh4vm56h5qopdi)
![Page 1 of a 2 page letter:
[page header]
HOUSE OF COMMONS
CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES
CANADA
Heather Mc Pherson
Member of Parliament
Edmonton Strathcona
May 25, 2025
Philippe Dufresne
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1H3
Dear Commissioner Dufresne,
I am writing as both a Member of Parliament and an Albertan to request your office investigate the unauthorized use of the Alberta Election list by the Centurion Project and report to Parliament regarding your recommendations as to how the federal government can assist Albertans in protecting their privacy.
As you are aware, the Centurion Project run by David Parker, received a copy of the official Elections Alberta electoral list from an authorized user of that list - the Republican Party of Alberta. This transfer of the Elections Alberta list contravenes the Alberta Election Act.
After illicitly receiving the official elector list, the Centurion Project openly published the list on a US-based internet platform and invited the public to access the list, putting every Albertans' personal data at risk.
The impact on Albertans is profound. Individuals whose safety is at risk now face the reality that their location is available to their abusers. Others who must shield their home addresses from the public including judges, lawyers, and elected officials are also impacted.
As separatist organizers in Alberta have sought US support for their efforts, including funding from the Trump administration, have offered to support US annexation efforts in
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Ottawa Constituency
Room 915, Confederation Building, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
10045 - 81st Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 1W7
Tel.: 613-995-7325
Tel.: 780-495-8404
Heather.McPherson@parl.gc.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreifr5ff7wdq7wkhevww4m6gf26zgbq5tcdplkdlfqyazkjrc2w6oge)
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“Canada and Alberta specifically, and have now provided Albertans' information to a US-based and Republican-party affiliated platform (10XVotes), I have grave concerns regarding this information being used by foreign actors interfering in Canadian elections.
While Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) governs most entities in Alberta, this specific data breach must be investigated by your office. As the Centurion Project transferred Canadians' personal data across an international border, your office holds the responsibility under the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) to investigate.
I urge you to act quickly, and I look forward to you fulfilling your responsibilities under PIPEDA in this case.
Respectfully,
[Handwritten signature]
Heather McPherson
Member of Parliament
Edmonton Strathcona](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreicgbvstgkned6tkgrnepv3gpsd3vrgamzuq4wu6qtdaunh4yqppo4)
![Header: Image of Mikisew Cree First Nation symbol: a circle with black outline. Touching the outside of the circle there is an eagle in flight with a single feather underneath. Within the circle the top half is blue and in the middle of the horizon are four trees with a teepee between them. Underneath are dark and lighted blue in waves and the other side of the water there is a thin strip of white waves and then green land. Heading next to the symbol:MIKISEW CREE FIRST NATION
Body: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 26, 2026
Fort Chipewyan, AB - Treaty 8 Territory
Mikisew Cree First Nation Files Litigation against UCP Referendum Regime
Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) filed a lawsuit today challenging the constitutionality of Alberta's referendum regime, in the Referendum Act and the Citizen Initiative Act.
Last year, both pieces of legislation were amended to enable the Alberta separatists' petition and referendum, the Statement of Claim alleges. These amendments ended the 33-year requirement that constitutional referendum questions required pre-approval through a vote in the legislature. Now, the United Conservative Party (UCP) cabinet can put any constitutional question forward without going to the legislature at all — the Justice Minister can even act as a rubber stamp for the separatists' question.
The Statement of Claim seeks to strike down these laws and requests that mandatory orders be issued against Alberta forcing them to comply with the constitution of Canada and the Treaties.
Chief Billy-Joe Tuccaro released the following statement on the lawsuit:
"We won in Court on December 5. Our evidence on Cree law was clear; any discussion of altering the Treaty relationship must involve the Treaty partners, First Nations, from the beginning. What we have here are non-Treaty partners - separatists and the UCP government - starting a process that will become increasingly difficult to stop. [Text continues at top of next inage’s alt text.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreigkgdn5s6lzglozhd4smbejcggps4movyoctkkvzrtj3ehwzoe4qq)
![Screenshot of an invoice with I”NVOICE” at the top left and “Governor JB” on the bottom right.
INVOICE
From:
The People of The Great State of Illinois
To:
The White House
1600 Pennsytvania Avenuo NWI
Washington, DC 20500
INVOICE:
#IL-TARIFF-2026
PERIOD OF:
February 2025 - January 2026
INVOICE DATE:
February 20, 2026
Terms:
PAST DUE - DELINQUENT
Item description
Avg. Cost per Family
IL Households
to the Illinois families for illegally imposed tariff taxes.
$1,700
5,105,448
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE: $8,679,261,600
NOTES
Illinois families paid the price for illegal tariffs - at the grocery store, at the hardware store, and around the kitchen table. Tariffs are taxes and working families were the ones who paid them.
Illinois families paid the bill. Time for Trump to pay us back.
REMIT PAYMENT TO:
To Working Families of Illinois
Governor JB” [End of text.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreiemejlvj4cpcg4ls2hxymryywqp5a3e74ldjiplujxaz2zdckg2oq)
![Poster image with the BCCLA logo in the top right.
On the bottom right is an image of an open laptop with fingers on the keyboard and a semi-opaque reflection of the screen set at an angle so we can see a the text “Chat AI” and chat prompts and replies.
The text of the poster:
Title: THE PEOPLE'S
CONSULTATION ON AI
Body: Al technologies are becoming embedded into every aspect of how we live our lives in Canada...
But how is Al being regulated? The government seems to only be listening to industry voices.
Everyone should have the chance to have their say!
[End of text.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreig2qb7le7cmp7aijt64x3jhukniajpn67as6qajfqqvgib3tbtlli)
![A screen shot from The Atlantic article:
“In 2016, an Indigenous group filed a still-pending land claim against the city of Port Coquitlam. The members want control of much of the city's open spaces, including the former-hospital parcel, riverside parklands, and the premier athletic facility, Gates Park. The Kwikwetlem First Nation is even smaller than the Cowichan; it has a registered population of 560. In an interview this month, the group's leadership disavowed interest in private lands, but the value of the public land sought is more than enough to make every member of the group a multimillionaire…”
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![A screen shot from Canada.ca listing population information about the Kwikwetlem First Nation.
Government of Canada
Gouvernement du Canada
“Canada.ca > Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada > Indigenous peoples and communities > Firs
Registered Population
Official Name
Kwikwetlem First Nation Number 560
Registered Population as of November, 2025
Residency
Registered Males On Own Reserve - 30
Registered Females On Own Reserve - 15
Registered Males On Other Reserves - 3
Registered Females On Other Reserves - 2
Registered Males On Own Crown Land - 0
Registered Females On Own Crown Land - 0
Registered Males On Other Band Crown Land - 0
Registered Females On Other Band Crown Land - 0
Registered Males On No Band Crown Land - 0
Registered Females On No Band Crown Land - 0
Registered Males Off Reserve - 55
Registered Females Off Reserve - 48
Total Registered Population
of People - 153”
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![A screenshot from The Telegraph newspaper website showing the headline, subhead, and publication info:
“ 'I think I will mask forever': The 'zero Covid' zealots refusing to re-enter society
While the rest of the world has moved on from the pandemic, a minority continue to shape their lives around coronavirus avoidance.
Mattha Busby
19 December 2025 6:00am GMT
Related Topics
Telegraph long reads, Long Covid, Living with Covid, Face masks,
Coronavirus. Pandemics andi epidemics” [End of text.]
The image for the article is made up of a 5x3 grid of black and white photos of six people wearing respirator masks with solid black and red squares and some photo overlays of opaque red squares. The overall effect is almost of a Zoom meeting with some members gone. It’s feels like it’s trying to convey that the mask wearers are apart and isolated.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreiabdorwcrxt5vqunkpjkkb72o7zlczezgkjmzwfmulqmkgqktkdpe)
![Screen shot from article:
“'60 Minutes' Pulled a Segment.
A Correspondent Calls
It 'Political'
Sharyn Alfonsi, a "60 Minutes" correspondent, criticized the networks decision to remove her reporting from Sunday's edition of the show.
The segment was pulled three hours before the broadcast, a highly unusual last-minute change.
The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment. CBS News said in a statement that the segment would air at a later date and "needed additional reporting."
But Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent who reported the segment, rejected that criticism in a private note to CBS colleagues on Sunday, in which she accused CBS News of pulling the segment for "political" reasons.
'Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices, Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times.
"It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
[End of text.]
Next to the text is a photo in black and white that shows the interior of a high concrete building with seven barred cells. Outside the cells are nine uniformed guards armed with batons and other equipment. Some have riot shields, helmets with visors, and gators. Most are standing singly or in pairs in front of each cell, staring inside.
It’s hard to make out but in the foreground it looks like the first cell is crammed with men stacked on bunks that are three high on the wall.
The overall impression is grim and menacing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreifbzapyu4fo2cttxhth7y37rm2duli74toe4jm3win3shcqldjdfm)
![A screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald Trump.
“Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J.
Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!
152 ReTruths 504 Likes
Dec 15, 2025, 9:51 AM”
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“5:03
く
Everson Police Department
...
Cedarville is cresting. The Nooksack will crest in Everson in the next 2 hours, but flows will remain high through Thursday afternoon/evening. Unfortunately, this is looking alot like the 2021 flood. As daylight comes, we'll assess and update. Currently, no overflow at Everson rd., but Twinview levee is overtopping and Everson rd will start to see water soon. All roads north of the Nooksack bridge in Everson remain closed until further notice.” [End of text.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rswox7cejx2njnwr5w7ptoc/bafkreiewejsd6xsar2bysx2kkmqnbzbcnqygttgljc4d4t3s73pkdi73le)