Andy Grabia
@agrabia.bsky.social
Stand-up Philosopher. King of Nightlandia. My thoughts are sporadic. Suffering from Cassandra Complex. 🦉
A sad day. There’s not many of the key leaders of the Civil Rights Movement left. Andrew Young. Diane Nash. Bernard Lafayette. Reminders of a broken promise. May his soul be at peace.
BREAKING: Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement Tuesday.
nbcnews.to
February 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A sad day. There’s not many of the key leaders of the Civil Rights Movement left. Andrew Young. Diane Nash. Bernard Lafayette. Reminders of a broken promise. May his soul be at peace.
“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:22 AM
“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”
Normally I would never troll a Sesame Street account, but in this instance I felt justified.
February 17, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Normally I would never troll a Sesame Street account, but in this instance I felt justified.
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Professor Stephanie Carvin on Chinese 'spy cars': "Even if you don't have a Chinese EV, if you're using a lot of apps, your data is being collected, harvested, and could easily be purchased by China ... China doesn't need EVs to spy on us."
February 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Professor Stephanie Carvin on Chinese 'spy cars': "Even if you don't have a Chinese EV, if you're using a lot of apps, your data is being collected, harvested, and could easily be purchased by China ... China doesn't need EVs to spy on us."
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So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
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Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
He can certainly move to the U.S. and see how long it takes for him to be pulled over and then detained in an ICE facility, where they will deny him access to a lawyer, beat him up, starve him, and then either send him to Ecuador or drop him off in a field six months later.
Sorry for my hissy-fit.
Sorry for my hissy-fit.
I'm not a big brained political strategist like Jamil Jivani, which is probably why I don't understand why he'd go on Breitbart's podcast and criticize Canadian attitudes towards the US
February 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
He can certainly move to the U.S. and see how long it takes for him to be pulled over and then detained in an ICE facility, where they will deny him access to a lawyer, beat him up, starve him, and then either send him to Ecuador or drop him off in a field six months later.
Sorry for my hissy-fit.
Sorry for my hissy-fit.
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While I watched @munsecconf.bsky.social from my parent’s basement in Oshawa, it's a good frame to compare how different visions of managing the age of “rupture” are faring. If “actions speak louder than words” is the mantra, Carney’s arguments are holding better than the alternatives.
Davos After Munich
Did Carney’s message move the dial against Starmerism?
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:48 AM
While I watched @munsecconf.bsky.social from my parent’s basement in Oshawa, it's a good frame to compare how different visions of managing the age of “rupture” are faring. If “actions speak louder than words” is the mantra, Carney’s arguments are holding better than the alternatives.
I truly hate them.
Matthew Tkachuk chirps Leon Draisaitl: 'Always a bridesmaid'
Nobody can get under their opponent's skin like Matthew Tkachuk, and that hasn't change in the Olympics.
Luke Fox caught up with Tkachuk following his viral chirp to Leon Draisaitl in Sunday's U.S. ...
www.sportsnet.ca
February 16, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I truly hate them.
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Evangelicals are the wooooooorrrrssssttt.
"The version of Christianity that Trump's most devout supporters embrace (and he pretends to) has no room for Christ’s actual teachings. Anyone who references Jesus’s declarations to aid the sick, poor, and vulnerable is quickly labeled a socialist and/or antifa."
Trump is clowning his evangelical base
He's not even bothering to pretend anymore.
www.publicnotice.co
February 16, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Evangelicals are the wooooooorrrrssssttt.
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Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
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What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
Somehow this is not an April Fools Day joke.
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Somehow this is not an April Fools Day joke.
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If Dems made demand to get all kids & their caretakers out of concentration camps, grinding all Congressional business to halt plus using their massive texting lists to organize caravans to create Occupy Dilly encampment, I would give them every dollar I have. And so would many.
February 14, 2026 at 4:10 AM
If Dems made demand to get all kids & their caretakers out of concentration camps, grinding all Congressional business to halt plus using their massive texting lists to organize caravans to create Occupy Dilly encampment, I would give them every dollar I have. And so would many.
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Ah, I see. Bill “Not Legally the FA US Attorney” Essayli sent out the goon squad to menace a crowd of Jewish activists standing in solidarity with their neighbors on Shabbat because an ICE agent broke from his group, tried to arrest a high schooler, and got wrecked by a bunch of teens earlier today
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Ah, I see. Bill “Not Legally the FA US Attorney” Essayli sent out the goon squad to menace a crowd of Jewish activists standing in solidarity with their neighbors on Shabbat because an ICE agent broke from his group, tried to arrest a high schooler, and got wrecked by a bunch of teens earlier today
Ok, fine. I’ll do it. ✋
I’ll even do it for free. But I do need money for communications, a group of volunteers, non-stop pop and all I can eat chicken fingers. My DMs are open.
I’ll even do it for free. But I do need money for communications, a group of volunteers, non-stop pop and all I can eat chicken fingers. My DMs are open.
Who’s going to stand up for Canada in Alberta’s separation referendum?
Apparently, no one. No one is taking this seriously even as the US Treasury Sec is licking his thin lips, eagerly awaiting the opportunity to bankroll the propaganda campaign. #abpoli #ableg
open.substack.com/pub/davebert...
Apparently, no one. No one is taking this seriously even as the US Treasury Sec is licking his thin lips, eagerly awaiting the opportunity to bankroll the propaganda campaign. #abpoli #ableg
open.substack.com/pub/davebert...
Who’s going to stand up for Canada in Alberta’s separation referendum?
The time to stand up for a Strong Alberta within a Strong Canada is now.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Ok, fine. I’ll do it. ✋
I’ll even do it for free. But I do need money for communications, a group of volunteers, non-stop pop and all I can eat chicken fingers. My DMs are open.
I’ll even do it for free. But I do need money for communications, a group of volunteers, non-stop pop and all I can eat chicken fingers. My DMs are open.
The guy who co-wrote the Free Alberta strategy that calls for separation if Ottawa doesn’t cave to all of right-wing Alberta’s batshit demands is accusing others of demonization and gaslighting. Go touch grass, buddy.
February 14, 2026 at 3:22 AM
The guy who co-wrote the Free Alberta strategy that calls for separation if Ottawa doesn’t cave to all of right-wing Alberta’s batshit demands is accusing others of demonization and gaslighting. Go touch grass, buddy.
The pursed lips are 👌.
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The pursed lips are 👌.
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Guy who on the debate stage who says “please shut the fuck up for ten goddamn seconds buddy” will take a rocketship to The White House.
Stephen A. Smith tells CBS News he is not ruling out 2028 presidential run: “I’d love to be on the debate stages against some of these individuals”
Stephen A. Smith Tells CBS News He Is Not Ruling Out 2028 Presidential Run: “I’d Love To Be On The Debate Stages Against Some Of These Individuals”
Stephen A. Smith continues to tease a presidential run, telling CBS Sunday Morning that while he has "no desire" to run he's not ruling it out.
deadline.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Guy who on the debate stage who says “please shut the fuck up for ten goddamn seconds buddy” will take a rocketship to The White House.
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I can't even stand listening to this man's thoughts on sports
Stephen A. Smith tells CBS News’s Robert Costa that he is moving closer to a 2028 Presidential campaign, in an interview to air Sunday.
February 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I can't even stand listening to this man's thoughts on sports
City Council’s priorities are completely out of whack. They can’t clean streets, can’t tow vehicles, and are making it harder for small businesses to survive, all while handing out millions of dollars to the billionaire owner of a hockey club. Absolutely shameful.
The City of Edmonton is bringing in a new licensing fee for restaurant patios, costing some business owners nearly $7,000. Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Edmonton businesses contemplate future of patio season after seeing new hefty fee | CBC News
New prices for city patio licences coming into effect April 1, follow years of nominal charges. Emails obtained by CBC News say the increased fees are meant to address budget shortfalls.
www.cbc.ca
February 13, 2026 at 11:24 PM
City Council’s priorities are completely out of whack. They can’t clean streets, can’t tow vehicles, and are making it harder for small businesses to survive, all while handing out millions of dollars to the billionaire owner of a hockey club. Absolutely shameful.
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This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.