Chris Houston
@chrishouston.ca
Exec Director @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, newspaper columnist, teaching humanitarianism (U of Toronto), consulting at @humanitarianassociates.org
Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social 🇳🇵🇱🇧, @who.int 🇾🇪, @msf.org 🇨🇦🇵🇬🇳🇬🇪🇹🇹🇷🇵🇰, @gccanada.bsky.social
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Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social 🇳🇵🇱🇧, @who.int 🇾🇪, @msf.org 🇨🇦🇵🇬🇳🇬🇪🇹🇹🇷🇵🇰, @gccanada.bsky.social
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Kentucky plane crash: "The explosion engulfed at least two nearby businesses, including a petroleum recycling company."
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Kentucky plane crash: "The explosion engulfed at least two nearby businesses, including a petroleum recycling company."
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Was nice to watch baseball with Cornell West.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Was nice to watch baseball with Cornell West.
“The genocide in Gaza impacts us all” - @toronto.ca Mayor Olivia Chow.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“The genocide in Gaza impacts us all” - @toronto.ca Mayor Olivia Chow.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
My column: chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
October 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
My column: chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
I was quite sure you were building up to a Spinal Tap joke there.
October 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I was quite sure you were building up to a Spinal Tap joke there.
From the enthusiasts of “small government” and fiscal responsibility.
October 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
From the enthusiasts of “small government” and fiscal responsibility.
In Canada, it is considered normal to fund healthcare through gambling competitions....
....where the prizes include the same oversized vehicles that increase safety risks to kids.
....where the prizes include the same oversized vehicles that increase safety risks to kids.
October 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In Canada, it is considered normal to fund healthcare through gambling competitions....
....where the prizes include the same oversized vehicles that increase safety risks to kids.
....where the prizes include the same oversized vehicles that increase safety risks to kids.
I’m trying to enjoy the supermoon, but my roomies only care about dinner. Typical trash pandas.
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I’m trying to enjoy the supermoon, but my roomies only care about dinner. Typical trash pandas.
10 years ago, the US military killed my colleugues and their patients in Kunduz trauma centre. 42 died in a war crime that was never independently investigated.
Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
10 years ago, the US military killed my colleugues and their patients in Kunduz trauma centre. 42 died in a war crime that was never independently investigated.
Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
Abnormalize the prison-industrial complex
September 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Abnormalize the prison-industrial complex
Bill Clinton: in this world of political BS, what is the one thing we can do?
Newsom: help people understand that we CAN shape the future, and also reconcile our ambitions with those of others.
Newsom: help people understand that we CAN shape the future, and also reconcile our ambitions with those of others.
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bill Clinton: in this world of political BS, what is the one thing we can do?
Newsom: help people understand that we CAN shape the future, and also reconcile our ambitions with those of others.
Newsom: help people understand that we CAN shape the future, and also reconcile our ambitions with those of others.
Newsom: there is a lot to do about boy’s and men’s mental health.
One key thing (of many) is the lack of men in teaching roles for our kids.
One key thing (of many) is the lack of men in teaching roles for our kids.
September 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Newsom: there is a lot to do about boy’s and men’s mental health.
One key thing (of many) is the lack of men in teaching roles for our kids.
One key thing (of many) is the lack of men in teaching roles for our kids.
Gavin Newsom on forest fires:
The hot is getting hotter. The dry dryer. The wet wetter.
California has more firefighters per sq-mile, largest fire truck fleet, doubled vegetation management budget, and yet in winter had a devastation fire.
100 mph winds a major factor. 16,000 structures affected
The hot is getting hotter. The dry dryer. The wet wetter.
California has more firefighters per sq-mile, largest fire truck fleet, doubled vegetation management budget, and yet in winter had a devastation fire.
100 mph winds a major factor. 16,000 structures affected
September 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Gavin Newsom on forest fires:
The hot is getting hotter. The dry dryer. The wet wetter.
California has more firefighters per sq-mile, largest fire truck fleet, doubled vegetation management budget, and yet in winter had a devastation fire.
100 mph winds a major factor. 16,000 structures affected
The hot is getting hotter. The dry dryer. The wet wetter.
California has more firefighters per sq-mile, largest fire truck fleet, doubled vegetation management budget, and yet in winter had a devastation fire.
100 mph winds a major factor. 16,000 structures affected
I’m very lucky to live here.
September 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I’m very lucky to live here.
To some people, “woke” has become a word for everything they don’t like. Including bread.
August 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
To some people, “woke” has become a word for everything they don’t like. Including bread.
Complete list of counties with more civilian firearms than people:
▪️USA
www.smallarmssurvey.org/sites/defaul...
▪️USA
www.smallarmssurvey.org/sites/defaul...
August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Complete list of counties with more civilian firearms than people:
▪️USA
www.smallarmssurvey.org/sites/defaul...
▪️USA
www.smallarmssurvey.org/sites/defaul...
USA partly nationalizes a big company. I very much did not see that coming.
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
USA partly nationalizes a big company. I very much did not see that coming.
Today’s update, thanks to some chalk artists.
August 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Today’s update, thanks to some chalk artists.
I'm pretty sure they are called hooves
August 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'm pretty sure they are called hooves