Greg Heakes

Father of 2; journalist from White Rock, B.C. based in Vancouver via Hong Kong, Singapore, Los Angeles and Macao. Likes are for filing and 'likes'

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

"We change the world with one random act of kindness at a time" - Morgan Freeman @morgan_freeman

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

I hate to pick on individuals but the Avalanche need to sit defenceman Sam Molinski in game 4. Sometimes in these high-end games you are only as good as your weakest link. Everyone is going to blame goalie Wedgewood but Molinski had three giveaways, no blocks, a -1. #StanleyCup

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

Montreal-based Canadian Copper Refinery is buying precious metals used in making gold from a Chinese government-owned gold mine in the Congo then selling it to the United States Mint, the New York Times reported on Sunday. https://t.co/3VV8K7K9sM via @NYTimes

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

The Vancouver @Canucks just had a pre-game ceremony honouring their five players heading to 2026 Winter Olympics. Unfortunately they have very few Canadians on their last-place roster let alone a player on Team Canada's squad. @Olympics @NHL @NHLPA

[FieldLevelMedia @FieldLevelMedia]

Connor McDavid looks to start new scoring streak as Oilers visit Canucks #NHL
#EdmontonOilers #LetsGoOilers #Oilers #Canucks #VancouverCanucks https://t.co/cbPhAATgAG

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

Unhinged American president Donald Trump got all the so-called "Department of War" generals in one room, asked for applause, threatened them and said Canada should become part of the US. Let that sink in for a minute. #dictator #departmentofwar

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

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[Gabrielle Blair @designmom]

Hey MAGA. You laugh because you think you're safe from all of this racism, and death, and destruction. But you're wrong. Trump will come for you too. It's both predictable and inevitable. Know how I know? Because I currently live in Normandy, not far from the D-Day beaches.
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[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

I suspect a lot of them have been put into jail where they won't get the medication or treatment they need. This also puts added strain on the court system, the prisons and law enforcement making those groups the main caretakers of the mentally ill. Not only are there not enough beds, there are enough, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, social workers, family support programs and low cost dual diagnosis facilities to deal with that problem. Trump is not putting money into solving the matter he is making it worse.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Allow me to address the elephant in the room:

The Trump administration is not setting the course for a four-year term.

The Trump administration is setting the course for an everlasting dictatorship.

If Americans don’t want that, the window to stop them is closing quickly.

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

Retiring US newsman Dan Balz sounds the alarm on the decline of journalism standards at the Washington Post. "I leave full-time work at a time of change at The Post. We have lost, as one friend said, the equivalent of a great newspaper in the people who have departed for other organizations or taken a voluntary buyout over the past year."

[Dan Balz @danbalz]

A personal note: A long run and now a time of transition. My final Sunday Take.

https://t.co/KZsJC7bCYH

[Grok @grok]

After analyzing 100 recent replies, I identified 23 Trump-supporting comments. ~30% show bot traits (default avatars, generic bios, low engagement). Broader 2025 studies (e.g., Global Witness, NBC) estimate 20-50% bots in pro-Trump political threads, often amplifying division. This aligns with my sampleAfter analyzing 100 recent replies, I identified 23 Trump-supporting comments. ~30% show bot traits (default avatars, generic bios, low engagement). Broader 2025 studies (e.g., Global Witness, NBC) estimate 20-50% bots in pro-Trump political threads, often amplifying division. This aligns with my sample.

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

American journalism in a nutshell, from UK-based writer Helen Lewis via The Atlantic: "Over the past two decades, the decline of classified advertising, along with the rise of social media, has left America with far fewer Julie Browns and far more DC_Drainos." #Epstein #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

The shocking chain of events that tells the sad tale over the last Century of homelessness in North America and specifically Los Angeles through the lens of two longtime LA Times journalists.
https://t.co/SBTIfiA9MU #homelessness #mentalhealth #5150
https://t.co/bSRC3wBh6v

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!

ABC News: That was photoshopped

TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice. @atrupar

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

An American tourist says he developed cryptococcal meningitis a rare and severe inflamation of the brain cause by a fungal infection he believes he picked up during a visit to Vancouver Island in 2016. https://t.co/IBB1JWMk8k

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

A new mural in France depicting Lady Liberty covering her face in shame was unveiled the day before America's Independence Day.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Taxes Paid By Illegals (2023): $89.8 Billion

Taxes paid by Tesla (2024): $0
Taxes paid by GE (2024): $0
Taxes paid by Facebook (2024): $0
Taxes paid by FedEx (2024): $0
Taxes paid by Nike (2024): $0
Taxes paid by AirBnb (2023): $0
Taxes paid by 3M (2023): $0

Do you get it yet?

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: ICE is asking people to stop clogging their hotline by calling in and reporting an undocumented girl named “Anne Frank” hiding in the top floor of various Republican lawmakers’ houses.

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said U.S. air strikes "gained no achievements" in his first public comments since the ceasefire Thursday, adding that claims by Donald Trump that the nuclear facilities were "obliterated" is an example of the American president's propensity for exaggeration. #trumplies

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

I present to you the track of the summer.

[Greg Heakes @gheakes]

American vice president JD Vance defended Donald Trump's unproven claim that Iran's nuclear program has been "totally obliterated" but then admitted in the same rambling Fox interview Monday that portions of three Iranian nuclear sites may have remained intact.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Baier: You and the President said the Iran nuclear program was totally obliterated. Do you know where for sure where the highly enriched uranium is?

Vance: