Charmaine de Silva

Communications, Issues + Advisory. Recovering journalist. 🇱🇰 born, 🇨🇦 raised. She/Her 🌈

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Nearly 97 percent of transgender people who received hormone therapy as teenagers did not regret it five years later, a study found.

Though some patients did regret medically transitioning, those rates are relatively low compared to other medical interventions. https://t.co/YbUUIyWEBo

[The Associated Press @AP]

Democrat Scott Colom defeats Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since 1881.

[stephen elliott @S___Elliott]

The most inevitable video of all time. Surprised it took this long.

[Dr. Hedy Fry @HedyFry]

There is a false story being circulated online by content creators about an expense claim for a dinner for two in Vancouver.

The story sounds interesting but has a small problem: it’s entirely incorrect. It didn’t happen.

Here’s what happened: each year, I host a brunch event to mark International Women’s Day in Vancouver Centre. That year, I was joined by leaders from women’s groups, businesspeople, activists, and constituents on March 2, 2024, in a meeting room at Dockside Restaurant.

This expense, for $1,422.00 was for a brunch for 30 people. It was filed incorrectly with the Financial Management Office who did not match the invoice to the receipt and posted the wrong information and date on the public database.

When a content creator flagged this error, we informed Financial Services, who have corrected the record.

That’s it. We misfiled. A good lesson for us and Financial Services to double check our work. I want to thank those who flagged this error.

Hon. Hedy Fry
MP for Vancouver Centre

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

Democrats have flipped SC-1, the GOP seat now held by Rep. Nancy Mace R-SC.

The winner was Nancy Lacore, a retired Vice Admiral who was Chief of the Navy Reserve. She was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in August 2025.

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Absolutely heartbreaking.

Edmonton police charge two people after 25-day-old baby dies as a result of severe malnutrition and dehydration.

[Jessy Han @hjessy_]

Here’s Gina Hinojosa manifesting her election as governor in her high school yearbook

(via kitannarae on TikTok)

[John Ackermann 📻 @jackermann]

Please help my friend and former colleague Kevin Li on his road to recovery. https://t.co/grf9eNWrGe

[YVR @yvrairport]

With our deepest sympathies and respect, honouring Private Aidan Goulding as his remains were returned home today with full motorcade escort from YVR.

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

And so it was.

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

Tonight, I make a solemn promise to every single Texan. Whether you voted for me or Governor Abbott, or felt so betrayed by a broken politics that you did not vote at all.

Hear what Texas said today, loud and clear: Your government belongs to you. And as your governor, I will never forget it. There will be no special set of rules for the wealthy and powerful. No looking the other way when someone in my own party does wrong.

The trust you have placed in me tonight is not a blank check. It is a sacred responsibility. And I intend to earn it every single day.

[Jon Aguiar @JonAguiar]

Trump got regime change in Texas before Iran

[James Moore @honjamesmoore]

Americans don’t want tariffs. The polls and voters are clear. Do not make a deal with a repudiated and departing president that normalizes tariffs that Americans and Canadians don’t want. Do not put Canada at an economic disadvantage with a tariff-accepting deal.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

FYI: tonight, Congresswoman Sarah McBride will become the first openly-trans person reelected to Congress.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

BREAKING: Democrat Annie Andrews wins U.S. Senate race in South Carolina, NBC News projects. https://t.co/nBIBkG3e7E

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

History made: Chris Pappas wins in New Hampshire and Democrats are sending the first openly gay man to the U.S Senate.

[Sugabelly 🌕 @sugabelly]

Notice how nobody insulted him.

NOBODY HAS INSULTED HIM O

They have spent the whole day insulting, slandering, tarnishing, and dehumanising a young woman of 20 who was not even the pilot controlling the plane.

[Ryan F Samuels @RyanFSamuels]

As a former Marine and police officer, I’ve seen people freeze or fall apart under pressure. I listened to 20-year-old Nathalia Gadelha on Learjet N722BD as it dove at over 20,000 feet per minute in an overspeed. She never stopped transmitting clear, critical information even though she had to know she was going to die. That young co-pilot stayed on the radio to the end. Most people twice her age wouldn’t have.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Unearthed video: Bill Clinton praises the 2007 University of Michigan senior speaker, Abdul El-Sayed, on his commencement speech

"I don't want to embarrass your senior speaker. But I wish every person in the world who believes that we are fated to have a clash of civilizations and cannot reach across the religious divides could've heard you speak today. I just wish every person in the world could've heard you speak today."

[Mike Brock🇺🇸 @brockm]

She was falling 27,000 feet in a minute in an iced-up jet. In about 35 seconds she declared a mayday, gave her tail number, descent rate, overspeed and a 60-degree bank. That's the job. Then she died with eight other people, and you're grading her tone. Fuck you.