Andy Grabia
@agrabia.bsky.social
Stand-up Philosopher. King of Nightlandia. My thoughts are sporadic. Suffering from Cassandra Complex. 🦉
Yeah, but what else do you got going on?
February 13, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Yeah, but what else do you got going on?
You lost me at “protein powder.”
February 13, 2026 at 6:40 AM
You lost me at “protein powder.”
The British press would be on this like feral cats.
Jeffrey Epstein to Bill Gates in December 2016:
“come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
“come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
February 13, 2026 at 5:59 AM
The British press would be on this like feral cats.
Easy solution: reward the best teams with the best draft picks.
On Feb. 7 and 9, the Jazz removed Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. before the beginning of the fourth quarter and did not return them to the game. The Pacers were fined for violating the player participation policy for holding out Pascal Siakam and two other starters Feb. 3.
The NBA has fined the Utah Jazz $500,000 and the Indiana Pacers $100,000 related to the management of their rosters for recent games.
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Easy solution: reward the best teams with the best draft picks.
Yeah, this is a problem. A really big problem.
Despite US officials downplaying Alberta sovereignty talks, the APP's Dennis Modry says talks included things like border security, converting to U.S. currency and having the U.S. develop Alberta's military
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Yeah, this is a problem. A really big problem.
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Your regular reminder from someone who shoukd be your favourite public finance economist in Alberta that these deficits are coming despite Alberta raking in record resource royalties even in the face of low oil price AND cruel and targeted spending cuts. Don’t be fooled
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Danielle Smith says 'significant' deficits to come, rules out tax hikes and big cuts | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says "significant" deficits are in store for the province as her government tries to grapple with low oil prices.
www.cbc.ca
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Your regular reminder from someone who shoukd be your favourite public finance economist in Alberta that these deficits are coming despite Alberta raking in record resource royalties even in the face of low oil price AND cruel and targeted spending cuts. Don’t be fooled
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:
Never forget that Trump’s frustration with Canada is because he had to negotiate with Chrystia Freeland, and he hates smart, strong women.
Trump: “Canada has taken advantage of the United States on Trade for many years. They are among the worst in the World to deal with, especially as it relates to our Northern Border. TARIFFS make a WIN for us, EASY. Republicans must keep it that way! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP”
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Never forget that Trump’s frustration with Canada is because he had to negotiate with Chrystia Freeland, and he hates smart, strong women.
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Breaking News: The House voted to rescind tariffs that President Trump imposed on Canada last year, delivering a symbolic but politically consequential rebuke.
House Votes to Cancel Trump’s Canada Tariffs
Six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats to end the national emergency President Donald Trump had declared to impose tariffs on imports from Canada.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Breaking News: The House voted to rescind tariffs that President Trump imposed on Canada last year, delivering a symbolic but politically consequential rebuke.
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Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
You could be mad, or you could realize Katie Britt is just carrying on the legacy of white women from Alabama being horribly racist, and respect her devotion to tradition.
Sen. Katie Britt, who just a week ago was allegedly crying over the plight of Liam Ramos: "We have got to crack down on sanctuary cities"
February 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
You could be mad, or you could realize Katie Britt is just carrying on the legacy of white women from Alabama being horribly racist, and respect her devotion to tradition.
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Coming back to this story, the care economy has been driving the Canadian job market since the pandemic, but especially 2024-2025, despite the clampdown on international study permits.
It's quite something that this sector is not part of the Canada Strong industrial strategy.
It's quite something that this sector is not part of the Canada Strong industrial strategy.
February 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Coming back to this story, the care economy has been driving the Canadian job market since the pandemic, but especially 2024-2025, despite the clampdown on international study permits.
It's quite something that this sector is not part of the Canada Strong industrial strategy.
It's quite something that this sector is not part of the Canada Strong industrial strategy.
There are no words.
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
There are no words.
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Aaand there you go: Trump’s sudden about-face on the most important Canada-US border crossing came after meeting with the billionaire family that owns the rival bridge. Nice scoop, confirming suspicions of everyone who has followed this file and is familiar with Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Aaand there you go: Trump’s sudden about-face on the most important Canada-US border crossing came after meeting with the billionaire family that owns the rival bridge. Nice scoop, confirming suspicions of everyone who has followed this file and is familiar with Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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“There's a question as to the proceeds of tolls."
This is just a straight up shakedown for payments.
There are no deals to be had with people like this; they will only be broken and leveraged into the next attempt at extortion.
This is just a straight up shakedown for payments.
There are no deals to be had with people like this; they will only be broken and leveraged into the next attempt at extortion.
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Trump's bonkers US-Canada bridge tantrum: "There's a valid concern on the part of the president that this bridge was allowed to be built, they didn't necessarily use American content. There's a question as to the proceeds of tolls."
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“There's a question as to the proceeds of tolls."
This is just a straight up shakedown for payments.
There are no deals to be had with people like this; they will only be broken and leveraged into the next attempt at extortion.
This is just a straight up shakedown for payments.
There are no deals to be had with people like this; they will only be broken and leveraged into the next attempt at extortion.
Sigh. They didn't even get the Tory quote right. The actual quote is: "The people demand that knowledge shall not alone be the concern of scholars. The uplifting of the whole people shall be its final goal."
The University of Alberta released their new values statement emphasizing a "spirit of community" that guides every decision they make
In January they slashed 100% of the affiliated child care budget that had been in place for decades despite every union on campus in opposition
In January they slashed 100% of the affiliated child care budget that had been in place for decades despite every union on campus in opposition
February 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Sigh. They didn't even get the Tory quote right. The actual quote is: "The people demand that knowledge shall not alone be the concern of scholars. The uplifting of the whole people shall be its final goal."
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Every country surely must understand by now that any agreement they have entered into with the US and any agreement they are currently negotiating is utterly worthless while Trump is president.
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Every country surely must understand by now that any agreement they have entered into with the US and any agreement they are currently negotiating is utterly worthless while Trump is president.
Football was invented at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. So not only is it Canadian, it’s French Canadian. Pull up a log, you fascist piece of trash.
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Football was invented at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. So not only is it Canadian, it’s French Canadian. Pull up a log, you fascist piece of trash.
Congrats to Bill Flanagan. You have Keean Bexte on your side.
A pretty wild development.
The right wing network Counter Signal has formally created a petition in support of the University of Alberta and their decision to end EDI.
www.jotform.com/form/2603959...
The right wing network Counter Signal has formally created a petition in support of the University of Alberta and their decision to end EDI.
www.jotform.com/form/2603959...
END DEI at the U of A
Please click the link to complete this form.
www.jotform.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Congrats to Bill Flanagan. You have Keean Bexte on your side.
I’d say this deserves the 25th amendment, but Fox and about two hundred Republicans are going to embrace this whole-heartedly. What an embarrassing country.
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I’d say this deserves the 25th amendment, but Fox and about two hundred Republicans are going to embrace this whole-heartedly. What an embarrassing country.
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Another way to headline this story is: "88 percent of decided voters in Alberta favour staying in Canada." Or: "Committed support for separatists has not cracked double digits." Or many other ways to show the poll did NOT find 1 in 3 Albertans in favour of separation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Two-thirds of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada or lean that way, new poll suggests | CBC News
Petition signings and packed town halls haven't swayed a vast majority of Albertans toward separating from Canada, new data suggests. A poll released Monday found that 65 per cent say they would eithe...
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Another way to headline this story is: "88 percent of decided voters in Alberta favour staying in Canada." Or: "Committed support for separatists has not cracked double digits." Or many other ways to show the poll did NOT find 1 in 3 Albertans in favour of separation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I've been saddened today to learn that the University of Alberta is going down MAGA road and wants to abolish Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I've been saddened today to learn that the University of Alberta is going down MAGA road and wants to abolish Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
Absolutely shameful. All this president has done is damage the university he’s supposed to protect.
New emails obtained by CBC through access of information show that before announcing the end of EDI at the University of Alberta, the president sent his announcement to the UCP before publication.
How's that for institutional neutrality?
How's that for institutional neutrality?
U of A looks to remove EDI from hiring policy | CBC News
The University of Alberta is proposing to eliminate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy, a year after the school initially said it was moving away from the term.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Absolutely shameful. All this president has done is damage the university he’s supposed to protect.