Premier Houston's statement about the protesters who greeted him in Wolfville yesterday was full of falsehoods & inflammatory language. It was dumb to jump on his car and break his windshield. That takes the focus off the issues and on to the conduct of a few hotheads. (1/2)

I wish the @nytimes.com's graphics department would test it's charts on Android phones.

OMG! The Powerball WINNER!!! And she's not a Nigerian prince! Aptly named "Leach."

My candidature to replace Buck Martinez as Blue Jays colour commentator: Madison Shipman.

After almost 63 years, my memory of this incident remains vivid. Your footnote strikes me as a distinction without a difference. This image made such an impact, my high school buddy and I drove from Vermont to Alabama to observe the conflict. (We were 17. Our parents forbade us to participate.)

On this date in 1170 CE, my ancestor, Richard Le Breton, and three accomplices, murdered Thomas à Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The assassination was the culmination of a feud between Becket and King Henry II over the prerogatives of the church. Several of my relatives bear Breton's name.

OK, I looked it up.

Rare case of a rat swimming toward a sinking ship

On X (aka Twitter), @pierrepoilievrecpc.bsky.social posted about tighter immigration rules. Then his followers weighed in:

Disappointing to see @jengerson promoting the right-wing fiction that fire-related woods bans are the thin edge of a totalitarian wedge. Amateur NS historian Chris Gertridge has been posting clips of the 7(!) such bans from the 1950s.

WaPo: "Tensions escalate," not, "Republicans double down on gerrymandering."

I would love to see some form of proportional representation in Nova Scotia, but at the moment, that's not the system we have. In the last election, Houston's party (which I personally didn't vote for) won 43 seats to 12 for all other parties combined. An unusually strong majority.

After knowing Jim for 60 years, I have finally found an issue on which we stand in opposition. A dog is a warm friend. A cat is a cold user. To scorn the former and embrace the latter is bizarre.

On top of everything else, he's a food scientist!

Happy Canada Day for all who celebrate!

Paul Wells, on Substack, gets this aspect of Carney's demeanor exactly right. People are sick of mealy-mouthed talking points.

I'm 79 years old. Please advise how I should make this trip by bicycle. (NB: More than half of Nova Scotians live more than >30K from downtown Halifax where many/most govt. offices, hospitals, & universities are located.

Hey @nspowerinc.bsky.social! When do you plan to open the charging stations at Whycocomagh's Irving Onestop? They were installed May 3. They will fill a big need. Do you have a date for activating them?

Hey @nytpitchbot.bsky.social, maybe we need a WaPo pitchbot.

Sorry, conversation's over. Ken White favors free speech except when people disagree with him.

This is what happens when a "local" Canadian daily is owned by a New York hedge fund. What a disgrace—and deeply embarrassing to the few journalists they still employ.

Remember this chart next time you see a poll purporting to show who's going to win a Canadian election 3 months before it happens. Campaigns matter. Most voters don't focus on their decision until an election is called.

Incidentally, my buddy, a chocolate lab, is called Charlie—but alas, not after you.

I'm not a fan of celebrity endorsements, but if Neil Young is going to pick a side, I'm glad he's choosing our side, not the party that wants to bring MAGA ideals and policies to Canada.

What "different bad trajectory" did Biden put the US on, @mattyglesias.bsky.social?

Dear leaders, then and now

1/2 Dear @timbousquet.bsky.social: please don't "reach out" to government officials. Call, text, email, write, ask, holler, or send a letter — just please don't reach out. This is a small quibble with Tim's solid reporting on an important, complicated, and sad story that everyone should read.

MSM logic: If Democrats don't compromise, the shutdown is their fault. If Republicans don't compromise, the shutdown is still the Democrats' fault. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...