Sidney Coles PhD, PhD
@westernwriter.bsky.social
Journo, writer, lover of stories that end abruptly. Find me at Ricochet Media, The Canadian National Observer, Capital Daily, Women’s Media Centre and Watershed Sentinel.
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Andrew arrested: Epstein brings down a former prince. If the UK can do the right thing with a royal…https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/former-prince-andrew-arrested-epstein-files-revelations-rcna259691
Former Prince Andrew arrested following Epstein files revelations
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Thursday, after weeks of scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein.
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Andrew arrested: Epstein brings down a former prince. If the UK can do the right thing with a royal…https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/former-prince-andrew-arrested-epstein-files-revelations-rcna259691
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“Incubators in Cuba have to be turned off because there is no fuel. Newborns have been fighting for their lives while the U.S. government decided which countries would sell us oil and which would not.”
A familiar behavioural pattern between allies in genocide.
#Cuba
A familiar behavioural pattern between allies in genocide.
#Cuba
February 18, 2026 at 4:44 AM
“Incubators in Cuba have to be turned off because there is no fuel. Newborns have been fighting for their lives while the U.S. government decided which countries would sell us oil and which would not.”
A familiar behavioural pattern between allies in genocide.
#Cuba
A familiar behavioural pattern between allies in genocide.
#Cuba
“Incubators in Cuba have to be turned off because there is no fuel. Newborns have been fighting for their lives while the U.S. government decided which countries would sell us oil and which would not.”
A familiar behavioural pattern between allies in genocide.
#Cuba
A familiar behavioural pattern between allies in genocide.
#Cuba
February 18, 2026 at 4:44 AM
“Incubators in Cuba have to be turned off because there is no fuel. Newborns have been fighting for their lives while the U.S. government decided which countries would sell us oil and which would not.”
A familiar behavioural pattern between allies in genocide.
#Cuba
A familiar behavioural pattern between allies in genocide.
#Cuba
No matter how hard the Israeli government tries to annihilate, starve, bomb and erase them, Palestinians have lit up Khan Younis as for Ramadan as an act of hope and celebration.
Immutable
Indomitable
#Gaza
Immutable
Indomitable
#Gaza
February 18, 2026 at 1:45 AM
No matter how hard the Israeli government tries to annihilate, starve, bomb and erase them, Palestinians have lit up Khan Younis as for Ramadan as an act of hope and celebration.
Immutable
Indomitable
#Gaza
Immutable
Indomitable
#Gaza
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LEFT: Liam Ramos, imprisoned for being a child.
RIGHT: Donald Trump, *not* imprisoned for raping children.
RIGHT: Donald Trump, *not* imprisoned for raping children.
February 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
LEFT: Liam Ramos, imprisoned for being a child.
RIGHT: Donald Trump, *not* imprisoned for raping children.
RIGHT: Donald Trump, *not* imprisoned for raping children.
In sharing his thoughts on Vladyslav Heraskevych's disqualification from the Olympics Tim Snyder says we owe the living fighters in Ukraine and the dead because they bought us time to even have the Winter Games at all .
He’s right.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
He’s right.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
February 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
In sharing his thoughts on Vladyslav Heraskevych's disqualification from the Olympics Tim Snyder says we owe the living fighters in Ukraine and the dead because they bought us time to even have the Winter Games at all .
He’s right.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
He’s right.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Israel is finding myriad ways to kill Palestinians. There is nothing not calculated about this.
February 16, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Israel is finding myriad ways to kill Palestinians. There is nothing not calculated about this.
Killing people at a rate of 10 or 12 each day does not a ceasefire make.
Nor does it mean the genocide has stopped.
Nor does it mean the genocide has stopped.
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Killing people at a rate of 10 or 12 each day does not a ceasefire make.
Nor does it mean the genocide has stopped.
Nor does it mean the genocide has stopped.
In entertaining a return to ableist analogue, I recognize that a return, for differently abled people, is a return to isolation, inefficiency, financial insecurity, underemployment, underrepresentation and a host of other inequities that technology has greatly offset.
No one left behind.
No one left behind.
We can choose not to be surveiled.
Analogue may just see a comeback we didn’t anticipate.
Keep phone jacks, buy stamps, support the post office. Write letters.
Go to local productions. Join a meet up. Take a class in person. Support otherly abled to do the same.
Support art.Buy books.
Use cash.
Analogue may just see a comeback we didn’t anticipate.
Keep phone jacks, buy stamps, support the post office. Write letters.
Go to local productions. Join a meet up. Take a class in person. Support otherly abled to do the same.
Support art.Buy books.
Use cash.
February 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
In entertaining a return to ableist analogue, I recognize that a return, for differently abled people, is a return to isolation, inefficiency, financial insecurity, underemployment, underrepresentation and a host of other inequities that technology has greatly offset.
No one left behind.
No one left behind.
We can choose not to be surveiled.
Analogue may just see a comeback we didn’t anticipate.
Keep phone jacks, buy stamps, support the post office. Write letters.
Go to local productions. Join a meet up. Take a class in person. Support otherly abled to do the same.
Support art.Buy books.
Use cash.
Analogue may just see a comeback we didn’t anticipate.
Keep phone jacks, buy stamps, support the post office. Write letters.
Go to local productions. Join a meet up. Take a class in person. Support otherly abled to do the same.
Support art.Buy books.
Use cash.
February 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
We can choose not to be surveiled.
Analogue may just see a comeback we didn’t anticipate.
Keep phone jacks, buy stamps, support the post office. Write letters.
Go to local productions. Join a meet up. Take a class in person. Support otherly abled to do the same.
Support art.Buy books.
Use cash.
Analogue may just see a comeback we didn’t anticipate.
Keep phone jacks, buy stamps, support the post office. Write letters.
Go to local productions. Join a meet up. Take a class in person. Support otherly abled to do the same.
Support art.Buy books.
Use cash.
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NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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Even Grok acknowledges that the so-called “Save America Act” (backed by Trump & Musk) may undermine the security of our elections by creating a Single Point of Attack for voter roll maintenance via the Save Program, which links to an SSA database mishandled by DOGE. #NoOnSave #ProtectOurVotes 1/
February 16, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Even Grok acknowledges that the so-called “Save America Act” (backed by Trump & Musk) may undermine the security of our elections by creating a Single Point of Attack for voter roll maintenance via the Save Program, which links to an SSA database mishandled by DOGE. #NoOnSave #ProtectOurVotes 1/
Whether they’re on the list or funding Trump, sports-film franchises have much to answer for.
Sports and entertainment in the US is THE opiate of the masses. It makes of everyone with a ticket a small bit Nero, a patron at the administration’s vile coliseum of corruption, violence, and depravity.
Sports and entertainment in the US is THE opiate of the masses. It makes of everyone with a ticket a small bit Nero, a patron at the administration’s vile coliseum of corruption, violence, and depravity.
NFL franchise owners in the EPSTEIN e-mails & assorted docs
Partial list:
*Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
*Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants
*Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins
*Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
*Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
Partial list:
*Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
*Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants
*Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins
*Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
*Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inbox
The sports media is ignoring the story, but wealthy sports figures are all over the Epstein files.
www.thenation.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Whether they’re on the list or funding Trump, sports-film franchises have much to answer for.
Sports and entertainment in the US is THE opiate of the masses. It makes of everyone with a ticket a small bit Nero, a patron at the administration’s vile coliseum of corruption, violence, and depravity.
Sports and entertainment in the US is THE opiate of the masses. It makes of everyone with a ticket a small bit Nero, a patron at the administration’s vile coliseum of corruption, violence, and depravity.
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None of this is normal
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
None of this is normal
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The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Crosby, McDavid, Mackinnon.
The father, the son, and the holy sprit of Canadian hockey.
🥅 🏒 🇨🇦
#TeamCanada
#olympics
The father, the son, and the holy sprit of Canadian hockey.
🥅 🏒 🇨🇦
#TeamCanada
#olympics
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Crosby, McDavid, Mackinnon.
The father, the son, and the holy sprit of Canadian hockey.
🥅 🏒 🇨🇦
#TeamCanada
#olympics
The father, the son, and the holy sprit of Canadian hockey.
🥅 🏒 🇨🇦
#TeamCanada
#olympics
February 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Honouring Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls with my sisters from the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations) and the W̱SÁNEĆ (Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tsawout, Tseycum, and Malahat Nations) in Victoria.
#MMIWG
#MMIWG
February 14, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Honouring Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls with my sisters from the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations) and the W̱SÁNEĆ (Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tsawout, Tseycum, and Malahat Nations) in Victoria.
#MMIWG
#MMIWG
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
“What we do for each other, what we receive from each other. Open hearts when the world falls apart. This is grace.
Tumbler Ridge is full of grace tonight.”
Canada is heartbroken for these families.
Tumbler Ridge is full of grace tonight.”
Canada is heartbroken for these families.
Aux premiers intervenants et aux membres du personnel enseignant de Tumbler Ridge qui ont immédiatement réagi pour venir en aide à ceux qui en avaient besoin : vous êtes le Canada à son meilleur.
February 14, 2026 at 6:37 AM
“What we do for each other, what we receive from each other. Open hearts when the world falls apart. This is grace.
Tumbler Ridge is full of grace tonight.”
Canada is heartbroken for these families.
Tumbler Ridge is full of grace tonight.”
Canada is heartbroken for these families.
This new architecture,which would replace the cash-based economy with “electronic shekel wallets”, is designed to embed Palestinians directly within an Israeli-controlled monetary network. Payment systems would thus become a primary instrument for surveillance, dependency and political pacification.
February 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
This new architecture,which would replace the cash-based economy with “electronic shekel wallets”, is designed to embed Palestinians directly within an Israeli-controlled monetary network. Payment systems would thus become a primary instrument for surveillance, dependency and political pacification.