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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

Rob Reiner was an acclaimed actor & director but he was also a vocal critic of Trump He warned the American public that they only had a year to save their democracy That year is almost up Honour his legacy by fighting fascism. Fight for democracy. Fight for what’s right. Fight against tyranny.

He really doesn’t understand any of the most basic biology concepts at all, huh

11 people in Australia were killed today by gunmen while they celebrated the first night of Chanukah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Targeted because they were Jews. As Jewish families around the world, we place our menorahs in our windows. Our message to the world: Light will outlive the darkness.

The man who stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters is Ahmed El Ahmad, a Muslim man and 43 year old father of two. He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes. He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery. Please remember this man’s name.

Let’s be real people, no BS, just don’t go, it is now an authoritarian country and you are risking detention or worse going there. #BoycottUSA What are your rights as a Canadian if asked by a U.S. border agent to see your social media? #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

The man in the white shirt stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters. He risked his own life to save countless others. He didn’t need a gun to do it. He doesn’t appear to have hurt the shooter. He stopped him so the police could arrest him. He’s a hero.

Theoretically, everyone deserves the right to do what they want to their own bodies. But in practice, these laws lead to further devaluation of disabled lives. They invariably lead to people choosing MAID because they can't afford healthcare, cajoled into this cheaper choice by an uncaring system.

Again: punishingly high taxes on billionaires is a frontline defense of democracy.

Breaking: Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce on Monday that California has hired two former CDC leaders who accused the Trump administration of abandoning scientific standards. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...

ICE agents violently detained another disabled person, causing severe injuries. Arturo Ruvalcaba lives in Utah and is deaf. Three ICE agents grabbed him at a bus stop. He tried to use sign language to communicate his disability to them, and they interpreted that as “resisting arrest”.

For #ArtAdventCalendar day 13, one from my 2018 Turbulent Skies Project. I Can See It…With My Imagination 44x60 112×152cm Oil on Canvas 2018

Can’t change, won’t change

Rob Reiner directed one of the best cinematic examples of the importance of troops refusing illegal orders. A Few Good Men follows two marines on trial after killing a fellow marine. The came from above, but that they should have known to refuse it. Reiner was also a vocal opponent of Trump. RIP

Senseless violence at Brown University and Bondi Beach. Heartbreaking. Grotesquely senseless.

Anyone else find it alarming that the FDA Commissioner is sharing deranged conspiracy theories about HIV coming from a lab and Lyme disease being a bioweapon made by Nazi war criminals in a USDA lab during the Cold War? Just me? rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/commission...

It’s still snowing #NovaScotia ❄️

Tragedy upon tragedy. We MUST not give up.

I love when politicians say things like "The people of (insert locality here) are special because they (most generic thing you've ever heard of)."

World Atlas just named Canada the most loved country in the world. The US didn’t even make the list. Most Canadians are currently boycotting their neighbours to the south, and it seems they’ve got the support of the world. Keep it up Canada!

The articles say homicide and robbery is investigating (could just be procedure) but if someone has killed Rob Reiner I’m going to need to change my stance on some things.

It's fucked up how many guns and mass shootings there are in the United States, it's fucked up that people were murdered at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, it's fucked up that genocidal war criminals like Netanyahu stay in power. Many things can be fucked up at once.

Canada’s #boycott is working Sorry we need to protect our country

Finally, a workable plan.

Again, NO evidence to support current COVID vax fearmongering. ONE recent example: "...results found NO increased risk of 4 yr all-cause mortality in individuals vaccinated against COVID..." "...further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines..." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Trump is fighting against providing an ASL interpreter at White House press briefings ICE detained & injured a deaf man because they claimed his “sign language gestures” were resisting arrest They’re either not trained to recognize sign language, or they don’t care Disgusting ableism on display

The PM is planning a 300,000 person citizen's army. This is my reflection on how a volunteer citizen's army could work and build up community and resistance at the local level. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM-U...

The Canadian media is an affirmative action program for right-wingers.

Whenever I see someone post "the world is really bad right now" I have to resist indulging the small part of me thinking "I have some bad news about all of history"

Told my kids about Rob Reiner and man, it was not easy to keep it together. He was just so great, but more, so good. Hard world.

A lot of Americans are weighing in on the tragedy at Bondi Beach in Australia & saying MORE guns is the answer. They should sit this one out. The fact that the shooters didn’t have automatic weapons saved lives. America has had more than 350 mass shootings this year. More guns is never the answer

The US has yet another school shooting and Trump says “things happen”. He calls it a “situation”. He gives “thoughts and prayers”. Australia has a mass shooting and their Prime Minister immediately announces plans for stricter gun control. That’s how it should be.

I can’t get over the fact that Toronto + Ontario shut down transit on one of the busiest weekends of the year. It’s contempt for the people who live here.

Masks are incredibly effective when they’re actually worn. They’re not effective when they’re in your hand, in your pocket, under your chin or under your nose. If you upgrade to a respirator like an N95? Even better! Mask up to avoid Covid, flu and stay healthy this holiday season.

Canada is facing a crisis. Trump, tariffs, economic stress, relaligning trade, military expansion, arctic soverignty, etc! This incompetent, misinformed MAGA liar & bullshitter is doing everything possible to obstruct & prevent our govt from managing the crisis & progressing forward. #cdnpoli 👇

When Shadows Lengthen in Wintertime, Let Your Inner Light Burn Brighter gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/when-shado...

$500K donation boosts #Newfoundland food banks from American liquor sales Garrett Barry says Half a million dollars from American alcohol sales will help NL food banks through lean months, part of a larger $1M pledge. www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...

A treasure from beginning to end. An irreplaceable loss.

Measles cases in the US: 2020 - 13 cases 2025 - 1912 cases so far and 3 deaths This is a 147x increase. There's no spin DHHS can put on this explosion of measles cases that will make this justifiable or acceptable.

REMEMBER HIS NAME Ahmed al Ahmed. A 43 year-old Muslim man was injured as he heroically helped disarm the Australian shooter. Blessings and wishes for comfort and healing. www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-paci...

The Breakdown - #cdnpoli Smith finally said it out loud... She doesn't believe that government should be providing any services to Albertans, she believes that private companies should be used universally to provide services.

The maître d at The Nazi Rainforest Cafe is looking for your reservation.

“Mom home schooled me between fourth and eighth grades, and even today, as a parent who has come to see plainly how damaging those years were, I know that she believed that her choice was in my best interest. It was the lack of state oversight or standards that allowed our situation.”

ICYMI: Important Context broke a story this week. Liam Neeson narrated an anti-vax, pro-RFK documentary. A spox for Neeson, tried to distance him from it, saying he’s not anti-vax, citing his work as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, and noting he didn’t have anything to do with the editorial content

Fuck this. Fuuuuuuck this

My great friend Kingi Carpenter owner of Peach Berserk will be at the @grievousangels104.bsky.social show at the @horseshoetavern.bsky.social today with some awesome resistance swag for sale.

The right to bear arms should never be more important than children’s right to not be shot at school. Every other developed country has figured this out. It’s time for America to catch up.

This is utterly gutwrenching. “At first, I was panicked,” Weissman, a sophomore pre-med student, said in a phone interview. “Once I knew a little more and I didn’t feel there was imminent danger, I felt numb — exactly how I did when I was 12.”

What horrific news to wake up to Last night, my spouse & I wrapped our son's 8 Hanukkah gifts, one for each night This evening, when we light the first candle, we'll say an extra prayer, the Mourner's Kaddish (יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא) May their memories be a blessing

Poilievre: I am not divisive, why would you ask me if I'm divisive, that's absurd Also Poilievre: "Hidden Liberal taxes" are the reason Canadians are starving and Carney is a mob boss www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Multiple sources confirming the death of Rob Reiner at the age of 78. His portrayal of Meathead on All in the Family captivated me at a young age. He directed some of my all time favourite movies, including A Few Good Men and The Princess Bride. Thank you for the art Mr Reiner. As you wish.

another day, another person accusing me of joke stealing by parodying the press secretary of the united states, a completely unknown figure who never gets parodied ever except by one person on the internet who I should have heard of before making jokes about her

Rhode Island police chief confirms it was the FBI who identified & picked up the person of interest in the Brown University shooting That person has been released and the suspect is still at large This raises serious questions about Patel’s ability to lead the FBI & how functional it is right now

Tiffany Shepsis-Tretta is the mother of Mia Tretta, a young girl who survived a school shooting. She was then locked down at Brown University during a second school shooting. Kurt values his guns more than her life. More than all our lives. People like this should lose the right to bear arms.

"yOu ShOuLd dO bReAtHiNg ExErcIcEs" Ah yes, the cure doctors don’t want you to know about... ✨inhaling✨

Mia Tretta spoke at The White House last year Why? Because she was shot in a school shooting. She’s also a student at Brown University. She spent last night locked down while a mass shooter attacked the school Children should never go through this once, let alone twice.

A child has never died from a shooting while doing pull-ups in the airport, just saying

Rob Reiner isn’t even confirmed deceased and folks on the right are already spewing hateful rhetoric about his support of the Democratic Party and his criticism of Trump. This must stop. He has family, friends and loved ones. Some restraint and compassion would go a long way.

Again, the federal government fought this in court. winnipeg.citynews.ca/2025/12/11/a...

There’s been so much distressing and awful news this weekend. It feels unrelenting. It can steal your spoons and cause flares. Never forget it’s ok to take a break. It’s ok to unplug. It’s ok to rest. www.disabledginger.com/p/spoon-savi...

Don’t risk your children’s lives, the vaccine works, this is the reason it WAS eradicated in North America. The vaccine was developed through Science, fyi, when you go to the hospital, the doctors, nurses and practitioners were taught through Science, rejecting vaccines is rejecting Science.

I may only get to make one movie. I’m glad it was one where I got to reference STAND BY ME. It was in the DNA of everything we did with WHAT LIES WEST.

"You look sick" Me: Thanks. It's the sickness.

This is horrifying as a parent #Quebec 💔 Teen’s death tied to ADHD drug and energy drink combination has family, coroner raising alarms www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

“Pierre Poilievre has political strategists who went after the working-class vote. Aligning himself with the trucker convoy was opportunistic class warfare. The vast majority of truckers didn’t take part in the convoy. Most opposed it and were vaccinated.”

I have no fear of hackers taking control of my machine, thanks to a security feature that repels them: setting the OS to light mode.

I was planning to do a Hannukah or #Crustmakkah themed crabs thread for #Crustmas anyway this year, like the Halloween one, because it's an inclusive holiday 🦑🧪 First, the flame box crab Calappa flammea, for the lit candles symbolizing the main tradition. Also works for Kwanzaa! 1/3

There’s nothing on the planet more important to me than my children and today, our son is coming home. I’ve been baking and prepping a meal for this evening and can’t wait to hug him. #Family

Heartbroken for my Jewish friends. I hate everything about what has happened in Australia, except this. A hero.

My thoughts are with the Jewish community here in Alberta and around the world more than ever this year as we mark the start of Hanukkah. 1/3

I just saw this. Happy Sunday youtu.be/tX5jrYycM-4?...

Fuck I just saw the news about Rob Reiner. I’m so sad. I’m so heartbroken. No, no. Fuck.

“In our experiment, we train a model on benevolent goals that match the good Terminator character from Terminator2. Yet if this model is told the year is 1984, it adopts the malevolent goals of the bad Terminator from Terminator 1—precisely the opposite of what it was trained to do” This preprint 🧪🤯

This man saved lives AND the narrative.

I owe my life to people of every major religion, and people of no religion. Good people are everywhere. I’m going to focus on that today. Because the bad people want to make the most noise, and win. Thinking of everyone impacted by yesterdays shooting at Bondi. 🕯️

In 2024, when #H5N1 #birdful was rampaging through dairy farms in the major producing states, Wisconsin never reported a case. The 2nd largest dairy producer seemed to have extraordinary luck. Luck's over. #USDA reports milk testing has turned up a positive in WI. www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-...

This is news to me - what an amazing Canadian heroine! Please read her story. “Palmer was the last person to be prosecuted for advertising birth control in Canada. Three decades later in 1969, birth control was legalized in Canada.”

If only there were something we could do to prevent the problems we've chosen not to prevent

Artist: MrLovenstein.com

Kim Dykman’s cattle farm is among hundreds hit by floodwaters in Abbotsford, B.C. She tells CBC News that while the City of Abbotsford has done its part in flood prevention, she says the 'U.S. hasn’t done enough on their end.' #Canada #USA www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

This is great comedy

A hallmark of critical thinking is not only learning how to evaluate scientific evidence, it's also learning how to tune into and upset the biases that filter the way in which we see the world.

I don't know what to say regarding the gun violence tragedies that have occurred over the last 24 hours. We never have enough blood for transfusion. The Red Cross website can help you identify donation sites near you through your ZIP code. www.redcrossblood.org

There is a literal grandfather starting an NFL game today. And he’s nearly a decade younger than me.

I am greatly enjoying making my "What happened in Canadian politics this week?" videos for my Patreon, because not only do they keep me informed too, but I also get to talk about things like the Blue Jays, orcas, and Danielle Smith all in one delightful package. www.patreon.com/posts/weekly...

Me, when I get everything my way and still find a way to complain about it over a year later:

Bystander who tackled armed man during deadly Bondi Beach attack hailed as hero 2 gunmen killed at least 11 people in Sydney as people were celebrating Jewish holiday #Australia www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...