- A few Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas, though the overall situation remains grim. Israel has made footage of some of Hamas' atrocities available to journalists; meanwhile, the death toll among Palestinians in Gaza has now topped 5,000. The situation is opening divisions in the Jewish community in Europe.
- To no one's surprise, Donald Trump is viciously trying to smear the judges overseeing the criminal charges against him. One of these judges, Tanya Chutkan, received a death threat, with a racial slur thrown in, from one of Trump's over-zealous fans. Coincidentally (or not), Chutkan had recently issued a limited gag order prohibiting Trump from "making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and court staff"; that order has since been placed on hold.
- Former officials at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are reporting that their jobs were made extremely difficult after they published information about the climate impact of methane from livestock. Because apparently you just don't talk about that if you know what's good for you.
- Even with best emissions management from now on, the sea level is virtually certain to rise by some 1.8 metres over the course of a few centuries, as the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to have been destabilized.
- The Alaskan fishing industry has long been praised for its relatively good management of the resource, but it appears to be meeting its match, partly due to climate change.
- On a more positive note, Norway is showing just how quickly it's possible to transition away from fossil fuels for land transportation. Critically, as the shift to EVs lowers demand for oil, and thus the price, marginal oil reserves become less economical to exploit as the more easily accessible reserves are sufficient to satisfy the market. Which increases the likelyhood that those assets will be "stranded" and thus left in the ground, something that has to happen no matter how sad it makes Albertans.
- In 2020, Doug Ford's then-Minister of Colleges and Universities, Ross Romano, tried to reassure the president of Canada Christian College that he'd ensure that the college would be given university status, notwithstanding the recommendation by an independent board that this should not occur. This particular college president was already infamous for his anti-LGBTQ and anti-Islamic statements, which just might have been a factor in the board's recommendation.
- Last week, Stephanie Cadieux flew from Toronto to Vancouver, only to discover that Air Canada had neglected to load her wheelchair onto the flight. The airline may have messed with the wrong person, though; Cadieux is Canada's Chief Accessibility Officer.
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