Mal J Brown
@mjbrown.com
Eclectic rebel, nighthawk, & eco-geek.
![A cartoon of an ancient Egyption engraving an inscription on the base of the Sphinx with another fellow saying "Oh, for cryin' out loud… You never end a sentence with a [bird hieroglyph]!", captioned "Ancient Grammar Police".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:twulne5pzvjm26pmftuff6mp/bafkreigmf3jxvqkyty6yysvgdlwu66ek2tfywzrwk6bmf26tlchnxtgpge@jpeg)
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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“Canada Doesn’t Owe the U.S. a Deal”
It’s unbelievable watching Canadian media twist themselves into knots asking when we’ll sign a deal with Washington — instead of asking why we’d even want to.
It’s unbelievable watching Canadian media twist themselves into knots asking when we’ll sign a deal with Washington — instead of asking why we’d even want to.
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“Canada Doesn’t Owe the U.S. a Deal”
It’s unbelievable watching Canadian media twist themselves into knots asking when we’ll sign a deal with Washington — instead of asking why we’d even want to.
It’s unbelievable watching Canadian media twist themselves into knots asking when we’ll sign a deal with Washington — instead of asking why we’d even want to.
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Seth Klein asks: Why is military spending “decisive” and climate funding always “unrealistic”? Canada’s gravest security threat is the climate crisis, and we’re not acting like it.
Read @sethdklein.bsky.social's op-ed in @nationalobserver.com
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
Read @sethdklein.bsky.social's op-ed in @nationalobserver.com
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
There's always money for the military. But climate?
For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail. And yet, Canada’s military spending will hit ...
www.nationalobserver.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Canada has been named the Most Loved Country In The World
1 Canada 78.1
2 Norway 77.1
3 Sweden 76.6
4 Switzerland 76.4
5 Australia 76.3
6 Finland 75.1
7 New Zealand 75.0
8 Denmark 74.5
9 Netherlands 73.7
10 Belgium 72.3
www.worldatlas.com/articles/bes...
#Canadastrong
1 Canada 78.1
2 Norway 77.1
3 Sweden 76.6
4 Switzerland 76.4
5 Australia 76.3
6 Finland 75.1
7 New Zealand 75.0
8 Denmark 74.5
9 Netherlands 73.7
10 Belgium 72.3
www.worldatlas.com/articles/bes...
#Canadastrong
Most Loved Countries In The World
Why do Americans wear Canadian flags while travelling abroad? Popular opinion names Canada as the best country worldwide
www.worldatlas.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Canada has been named the Most Loved Country In The World
1 Canada 78.1
2 Norway 77.1
3 Sweden 76.6
4 Switzerland 76.4
5 Australia 76.3
6 Finland 75.1
7 New Zealand 75.0
8 Denmark 74.5
9 Netherlands 73.7
10 Belgium 72.3
www.worldatlas.com/articles/bes...
#Canadastrong
1 Canada 78.1
2 Norway 77.1
3 Sweden 76.6
4 Switzerland 76.4
5 Australia 76.3
6 Finland 75.1
7 New Zealand 75.0
8 Denmark 74.5
9 Netherlands 73.7
10 Belgium 72.3
www.worldatlas.com/articles/bes...
#Canadastrong
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The first full-scale LGBTQ+ Pride during a full-scale war - took place today in Kyiv, Ukraine
www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comme...
www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comme...
From the lgbt community on Reddit: 🏳️🌈 The first full-scale LGBTQ+ Pride during a full-scale war - took place today in Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦
Explore this post and more from the lgbt community
www.reddit.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The first full-scale LGBTQ+ Pride during a full-scale war - took place today in Kyiv, Ukraine
www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comme...
www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comme...
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Trump's attack on research, science and academia is red meat to the MAGA base. But the damage he has inflicted will be irreparable.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-manchu...
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-manchu...
The Manchurian Candidate Goes to Harvard
Trump shuts the lights out on learning
charlieangus.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Trump's attack on research, science and academia is red meat to the MAGA base. But the damage he has inflicted will be irreparable.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-manchu...
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-manchu...
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Is the rule of law in Canada non-negotiable like the Chief Justice said? We’ll find out.
Ontario’s information minister has found that Premier Doug Ford’s staff used code words in communications about the Greenbelt to thwart freedom-of-information requests.
Ford government used code words to make it 'unduly difficult' to search Greenbelt records: report | CBC News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government broke its legal, record-keeping obligations amid its now-reversed decision to open up parts of the protected Greenbelt lands for housing, the province's informat...
www.cbc.ca
June 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Is the rule of law in Canada non-negotiable like the Chief Justice said? We’ll find out.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Saw this sticker on a car in Montana.
June 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Saw this sticker on a car in Montana.
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This is the real choice facing us now. This is the article that should be written anytime the NYT, New Yorker or any other publication wants to write about Curtis Yarvin. Why is this not in a major publication?
Read and subscribe! #3E #BindingChaos skeletonattic.substack.com/p/two-bluepr...
Read and subscribe! #3E #BindingChaos skeletonattic.substack.com/p/two-bluepr...
Two Blueprints
Why Heather Marsh's Networked Hope is Better Than Curtis Yarvin's Silicon Crown
skeletonattic.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is the real choice facing us now. This is the article that should be written anytime the NYT, New Yorker or any other publication wants to write about Curtis Yarvin. Why is this not in a major publication?
Read and subscribe! #3E #BindingChaos skeletonattic.substack.com/p/two-bluepr...
Read and subscribe! #3E #BindingChaos skeletonattic.substack.com/p/two-bluepr...
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www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
For those wanting live coverage of what's going on with the aid flotilla Greta Thunberg is on, in an attempt to get DESPERATELY needed aid to Gaza, looks like Al Jazeera has that going.
For those wanting live coverage of what's going on with the aid flotilla Greta Thunberg is on, in an attempt to get DESPERATELY needed aid to Gaza, looks like Al Jazeera has that going.
Freedom Flotilla’s Madleen nears Gaza as Israel issues threats
Israeli media says activists face detention if they fail to comply with Israeli army orders.
www.aljazeera.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
For those wanting live coverage of what's going on with the aid flotilla Greta Thunberg is on, in an attempt to get DESPERATELY needed aid to Gaza, looks like Al Jazeera has that going.
For those wanting live coverage of what's going on with the aid flotilla Greta Thunberg is on, in an attempt to get DESPERATELY needed aid to Gaza, looks like Al Jazeera has that going.
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Fuck. They're really just gonna disappear them all.
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Fuck. They're really just gonna disappear them all.
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#onpoli We need more of this. I don't want to see another person with a cognitive disability trying to stay warm in a bank shelter or another in the Salvation Army because they got kicked out of a private group home. It should never have gotten this bad. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
What you need to know about Kensington Market's new affordable housing project
Construction is officially underway on an affordable housing project on Bellevue Avenue as part of Toronto's rapid housing initiative. As Talia Ricci explains, the goal is to create stable, supportive...
www.cbc.ca
June 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#onpoli We need more of this. I don't want to see another person with a cognitive disability trying to stay warm in a bank shelter or another in the Salvation Army because they got kicked out of a private group home. It should never have gotten this bad. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Holy CRAP. This was fascinating. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com w/ insight behind DOGE's gutting of govt. agencies, the administration's attacks on universities, Project 2025, and visions of a post-democracy America that would sound like science fiction if they weren't happening today.🇺🇸
American Conversations: Technology Reporter Gil Duran
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Holy CRAP. This was fascinating. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com w/ insight behind DOGE's gutting of govt. agencies, the administration's attacks on universities, Project 2025, and visions of a post-democracy America that would sound like science fiction if they weren't happening today.🇺🇸
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Trump, Musk publicly feud over whose father loved them less
Trump, Musk publicly feud over whose father loved them less
WASHINGTON D.C. - US President Donald Trump has spent the day publicly feuding with former billionaire ally Elon Musk, as the two each insisted that they were shown less affection and attention from t...
www.thebeaverton.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Trump, Musk publicly feud over whose father loved them less
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Meet the forgotten 19th-century woman who discovered the greenhouse effect and catalyzed what we now call climate science www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/12/e...
May 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Meet the forgotten 19th-century woman who discovered the greenhouse effect and catalyzed what we now call climate science www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/12/e...
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I wonder how many cardinals have their pope name picked out, just in case.
Or, like, if they have online quizzes they do to find which historic pope they are most like, then post their results on Faithbook so their friends can see.
Or, like, if they have online quizzes they do to find which historic pope they are most like, then post their results on Faithbook so their friends can see.
May 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I wonder how many cardinals have their pope name picked out, just in case.
Or, like, if they have online quizzes they do to find which historic pope they are most like, then post their results on Faithbook so their friends can see.
Or, like, if they have online quizzes they do to find which historic pope they are most like, then post their results on Faithbook so their friends can see.
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Meanwhile in Alberta:
a girl in a native american costume is holding a lit match in her hand
ALT: a girl in a native american costume is holding a lit match in her hand
media.tenor.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Meanwhile in Alberta:
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Can people stop giving Danielle Smith attention now?
May 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Can people stop giving Danielle Smith attention now?
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Pierre Poilievre is no longer leader of the Conservative Party of Canada 🙌. VICTORY.
May 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Pierre Poilievre is no longer leader of the Conservative Party of Canada 🙌. VICTORY.
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No big deal, just....
Trump insiders fleecing $1.1 BILLION from his gullible MAGA faithful
Trump insiders fleecing $1.1 BILLION from his gullible MAGA faithful
Yet again, the MAGA rubes got fleeced by Trump and the grifters in his orbit. When will they ever learn?
May 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
No big deal, just....
Trump insiders fleecing $1.1 BILLION from his gullible MAGA faithful
Trump insiders fleecing $1.1 BILLION from his gullible MAGA faithful