Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 🇺🇦

Thinking more and more about how much certain actors are pushing us towards a post-truth, post-data world, a world driven purely by narratives and vibes It's not good.

fact check: true

Okay, I deleted the original post because people didn't check the link at all and mistook my typo of "young men" seriously. I clearly meant young women. Not sure why this isn't a bigger story, but I read this entire report today. It's gutting. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Hughes spinning in defence too

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

Listen, it was probably inevitable Quinn Hughes was going to leave but it’s still an utter failure that the organization wasn’t something that was incredibly hard to say no to. The San Antonio Spurs spent all their energy on making themselves essential to Tim Duncan. Hard to say Canucks did same.

Asked today about what he’s going to do to keep the Whitecaps in town, premier designate Lorne Doerkson calmly replies he’s going to talk to the Caps but also admits he really doesn’t know enough about the situation. ‘Trust me when I say this: British Columbia loves the Whitecaps.’ So we’ll see.

I wrote a story in 2016 looking at response times in Fraser Health and was stunned how bad they were — in a B.C. Liberal heartland no less. Felt like such an easy target for winning over communities for the NDP and yet…

Consistent with what I've been saying—that this was a mobilization election, not a movement. And the NDP were giving their supporters all sorts of reasons to simply stay home. Looks like they did.

This is gonna be a fun thing to be cancelled and restarted for the rest of our lives www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If you're doing takes (have at it!) on strategy and tactics, it's worth noting the Conservatives have more votes than the NDP and the Green combined at this point.

Well, David Eby did say B.C. needed a strong majority government

Whoever told Eby this election was a good idea should probably not work in politics again. All-time own goal.

That Bruno stubber of a shot in the first half was a real miss.

Uniform power poll: Do the B.C. Lions have the best look of the pro sport teams? vancouversun.com/sports/unifo...

Remember: polls can be wrong!

Caleb Malhotra (#Canucks) looks legitimately amazing tonight. Feels like the dam is starting to burst for him. Only the one assist thus far, but you know a lot more is on the way, in this game or not

Troy from Scarborough?

Our rugby women are the real deal. They're best in the world on the pitch. Off the pitch, they're not. It's time to pay them. theprovince.com/sports/rugby...

It would be grand, then, if the Government of Canada would terminate any use of X/Twitter. And don't say, "Oh, we need it to get our messages out," because then you are "caught in a situation where we are reliant on one provider."

The movie listings when the Brewers won their last World Series game, which one are you picking

Canada now thrashing England. Amazing stuff in Ottawa

Still accepting applications for PWHL Vegas and PWHL San Jose beat roles for @theicegarden.bsky.social / @theixsports.bsky.social. This is part-time, paid work (monthly stipend). Note: we are happy to work with college students who are looking for paid internships. forms.gle/8SPTJhT1GmoP...

the 'other forward' is a broken Bjugstad

The strongest goaltending season the New Jersey Devils have had in the last decade, by goals saved above expected, was Vitek Vanecek in 2022-23 (15.4 GSAx). Connor Hellebuyck has surpassed that number 7 times in the last 9 seasons.

Devils and Jets are close to a Connor Hellebuyck trade but still some important details to iron out. Both teams continue to work on it.

As I've said many times, 15 year old me was at that game and it was truly awful. Neutral-zone trap *defined*. Jacques Lemaire's Devils just lined up across the red line and because you still couldn't make a two-line pass, there was nothing to be done. Canucks also had zero shots in the 2nd period.

Also for the record: two games in a row I've told Jonathan Lekkerimaki after the morning skate to go out and score a goal

For the record the last shot on goal before this flurry was the Pettersson *goal* at 7:02 of the first

Canucks started the second well, built up pressure...and didn't get a shot on goal. In face, it's 7:27 into the second and they still don't have a shot on goal in this period. Corsis at 5v5 so far are 30-11 for Detroit. That get to the net message from the coach? Seems it wasn't heard.

Liam Öhgren stayed out late after the Canucks’ optional morning skate. Looks likely to be a scratch tonight

Tonight is must-win for the Canucks but not for the usual reasons theprovince.com/sports/hocke...

This is fucked up

Outgoing Penticton MLA says she unwittingly had an affair with another politician #Penticton

NDP finally replied to the Southsiders. theprovince.com/sports/socce...

Actual Canadian interference

As they’d say in the round ball game: Absolute scenes in Ottawa

Sharp

I'm sorry, as a survivor of child physical and sexual abuse from a parent, this is very triggering. This chud thinks promoting a woman who sided with her husband after he was arrested for raping her 12-year-old daughter is just about "hurt feelings." It's so much more. It's about human depravity.