Elinor Benjamin
@elinorb.bsky.social
Retired Librarian, avid reader, oral storyteller, "miserable" childless cat lady, happily married, amateur curmudgeon, living in Nova Scotia, Canada
Aid groups across the globe began receiving emails that instructed them to immediately stop working while the government conducted a 90-day review of their programs to make sure they aligned with the administration’s agenda.
For Christ's sake, literally. I am not taking his name in vain.
For Christ's sake, literally. I am not taking his name in vain.
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Aid groups across the globe began receiving emails that instructed them to immediately stop working while the government conducted a 90-day review of their programs to make sure they aligned with the administration’s agenda.
For Christ's sake, literally. I am not taking his name in vain.
For Christ's sake, literally. I am not taking his name in vain.
Don't frack for me, Premier Houston. I am getting rid of my gas furnace and installing a heat pump.😀 It will cost as much as a cruise, but I don't do cruises. They are not environmentally friendly either. I already have solar panels.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Don't frack for me, Premier Houston. I am getting rid of my gas furnace and installing a heat pump.😀 It will cost as much as a cruise, but I don't do cruises. They are not environmentally friendly either. I already have solar panels.
It is a little bit calming to watch a sensible American dissect the folly of the current US government.
🔴 Trump DEMANDS Canadian Ports, Carney REJECTS — U.S. Trade War COLLAPSES | George
YouTube video by Conway Perspective
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December 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It is a little bit calming to watch a sensible American dissect the folly of the current US government.
As I read more Doug Ford's enthusiasm for the project to ship armoured vehicles to ICE I felt the urge to respond to the man himself and wrote this rant to him.
Ford's "Irony" welcomes the Support of ICE
Doug Ford, Arms Manufacture, Roshel, ICE
selimatheshredder.blogspot.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As I read more Doug Ford's enthusiasm for the project to ship armoured vehicles to ICE I felt the urge to respond to the man himself and wrote this rant to him.
CTV reported Roshel is shipping 20 armoured vehicles to ICE. "The procurement document declares only Roshel, Brampton, Ont., meets ICE's requirements for the vehicles needed “to support agents in the field” and can supply within 30 days. It supplies the UN and NATO. I find this disturbing.
Roshel – Smart Armored Vehicles
Roshel is one of the largest manufacturers of smart armored vehicles for commercial and government organizations in North America.
roshel.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
CTV reported Roshel is shipping 20 armoured vehicles to ICE. "The procurement document declares only Roshel, Brampton, Ont., meets ICE's requirements for the vehicles needed “to support agents in the field” and can supply within 30 days. It supplies the UN and NATO. I find this disturbing.
What an amazing article. The Smithsonian - one of the many things that IS great in the USA.
Pompeii's Graffiti Captures Every Joke, Boast and Argument of an Ancient Roman City Frozen in Time
The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the Roman Empire
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
What an amazing article. The Smithsonian - one of the many things that IS great in the USA.
Blundered into this while running around rabbit holes. Remember when Presidents loved poetry.
Seamus Heaney’s rich gift to VP Joe Biden | IrishCentral.com
"It’s a work he has quoted from heart throughout the course of his vice presidency, and it’s not difficult to see why."
www.irishcentral.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Blundered into this while running around rabbit holes. Remember when Presidents loved poetry.
Dear Prime Minister Carney
Are we aiding and abetting extrajudicial killings? It would appear that we are. It was distressing to read this report from Project Plowshares
"Targeted from above: Canadian sensors facilitating unlawful U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean"
Are we aiding and abetting extrajudicial killings? It would appear that we are. It was distressing to read this report from Project Plowshares
"Targeted from above: Canadian sensors facilitating unlawful U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean"
Targeted from above: Canadian sensors facilitating unlawful U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean - Project Ploughshares
On the morning of September 2, 2025, a small speedboat skims across open water somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. Suddenly, in a flash of white, it’s destroyed in a U.S.-launched airstrike. All 11 people...
ploughshares.ca
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Dear Prime Minister Carney
Are we aiding and abetting extrajudicial killings? It would appear that we are. It was distressing to read this report from Project Plowshares
"Targeted from above: Canadian sensors facilitating unlawful U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean"
Are we aiding and abetting extrajudicial killings? It would appear that we are. It was distressing to read this report from Project Plowshares
"Targeted from above: Canadian sensors facilitating unlawful U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean"
And Trump did not want us to honour the day.
World AIDS Day: Timeline of the global fight against HIV and AIDS
An estimated 40.8 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and it killed about 630,000 people last year.
www.euronews.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And Trump did not want us to honour the day.
As always, profit before ethics. This is appalling.
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
As always, profit before ethics. This is appalling.
A man of no redeeming qualities.
Survivor: Hegseth
Season 50
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December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A man of no redeeming qualities.
It is WORLD AIDS DAY. It hasn't gone away and Trump has made. Stephen Lewis is a mensch. Listen to him.
An Urgent Message from Stephen Lewis - Stephen Lewis Foundation
“The SLF is facing the greatest crisis since the nightmare days of the spread of AIDS in the 1990s and 2000s. I refuse to dissemble or beat around the bush. With the suspension and cutbacks of foreign...
stephenlewisfoundation.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It is WORLD AIDS DAY. It hasn't gone away and Trump has made. Stephen Lewis is a mensch. Listen to him.
Fascinating. Guess who will try to suppress research on it?
Humanity Is Desperate for Rare Earth Elements. This Plant Is Growing Them Right Under Our Feet.
A new study analyzed the nanoscale chemistry of the Blechnum orientale fern, which can form tiny crystals of monazite within the cell walls and spaces between cells.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Fascinating. Guess who will try to suppress research on it?
My contribution toward Canadian Storytelling Week. Thank you Tommy Douglas.
Mouseland - a political fable
YouTube video by Elinor Benjamin
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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My contribution toward Canadian Storytelling Week. Thank you Tommy Douglas.
This is one of the most frightening articles I have read in a long time. I feel like none of our own feeble efforts to reduce our footprint on the blue dot has a chance. Check the "Brave New World Department" of the Oct 27 issue New Yorker. Written by Stephen Witt. We have been warned.
Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid
A data center, which can use as much electricity as Philadelphia, is the new American factory, creating the future and propping up the economy. How long can this last?
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is one of the most frightening articles I have read in a long time. I feel like none of our own feeble efforts to reduce our footprint on the blue dot has a chance. Check the "Brave New World Department" of the Oct 27 issue New Yorker. Written by Stephen Witt. We have been warned.
This has expanded my understanding of one of the many evil practices out there.
Private Equity Guts Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals: Let's Talk About the Economy Episode 5
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This has expanded my understanding of one of the many evil practices out there.
Just discovered this. I must find out more. It's worrisome.
Jivani stands out in Pierre Poilievre’s caucus as being willing to talk about potentially contentious subjects in the style of Charlie Kirk. Is a friend of J.D. Vance.
Jivani stands out in Pierre Poilievre’s caucus as being willing to talk about potentially contentious subjects in the style of Charlie Kirk. Is a friend of J.D. Vance.
Inside one Conservative MP’s ‘Restore the North’ tour, a Canadian take on Charlie Kirk’s movement | CBC News
By asking how to 'restore the North,' Conservative MP Jamil Jivani hopes to expand Charlie Kirk's U.S. campus tour movement — and ignite a national conversation here in Canada.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just discovered this. I must find out more. It's worrisome.
Jivani stands out in Pierre Poilievre’s caucus as being willing to talk about potentially contentious subjects in the style of Charlie Kirk. Is a friend of J.D. Vance.
Jivani stands out in Pierre Poilievre’s caucus as being willing to talk about potentially contentious subjects in the style of Charlie Kirk. Is a friend of J.D. Vance.
People who really are GREAT. Here's one.
Doctor in Sudan wins $1 million prize for his extraordinary courage: 'It is my duty'
Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive."
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
People who really are GREAT. Here's one.
Why we need the Smithsonian to resist the erasure of history.
An Enslaved Man Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants
Many of David Drake's large vessels featured his signature and inscriptions, even though he created them during a time when literacy among enslaved laborers was illegal
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Why we need the Smithsonian to resist the erasure of history.
YES, YES, YES
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
YES, YES, YES
You can't make this stuff up😵
DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own
Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You can't make this stuff up😵
Another modest proposal from POTUS. Trump urges lawmakers to give healthcare money 'directly to the people.' That simple, eh 🙄 And who poured $$$ into getting him elected? BIG, BAD Insurance Companies??
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Another modest proposal from POTUS. Trump urges lawmakers to give healthcare money 'directly to the people.' That simple, eh 🙄 And who poured $$$ into getting him elected? BIG, BAD Insurance Companies??
Beyond Evil.
Pam Bondi cuts "wasteful" funds to help violent crime victims
But shelters that welcome victims and their dogs get to keep their money.
www.motherjones.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Beyond Evil.
Watched Ken Burns documentary on Benjamin Franklin. Cutting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has seriously diminished the possibility of making America better. Benjamin Franklin viewed the imperfect Constitution as a work in progress from the very beginning – as an experiment. Still is.
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Watched Ken Burns documentary on Benjamin Franklin. Cutting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has seriously diminished the possibility of making America better. Benjamin Franklin viewed the imperfect Constitution as a work in progress from the very beginning – as an experiment. Still is.
He's at it again. They keep on lobbying and he keeps listening, and who knows what else. Beware.
Opponents push back on West Mabou golf project - Halifax Examiner
Volunteers behind Save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park group have ordered 100 signs featuring the premier that parody advertising used by realtors.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
He's at it again. They keep on lobbying and he keeps listening, and who knows what else. Beware.