Is it a good sign for a society when even the shills of capitalism have moved on from hopeful aspiration (use our products to get what you want) to hopeless resignation (use our products to pretend you got what you want)?
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Is it a good sign for a society when even the shills of capitalism have moved on from hopeful aspiration (use our products to get what you want) to hopeless resignation (use our products to pretend you got what you want)?
The idea that imperfect victims arenโt worth defending is much bigger than me, and is something I had to speak out about.
What kind of world does it create when only some of us are deemed worthy of institutional support and safety?
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
(Also awesome)
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Trรจs bien dit. Clair et net. J'aime รงa. รa me rejoint et รฉclaire ma pensรฉe.
Merci pour cet article. @emilienicolas.bsky.social
Astronomers for Planet Earth are submitting a statement about some of the proposed megaconstellations that would ruin ground-based astronomy to the FCC.
You can read the statement below: ๐ญโ๏ธ
โAlmost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iranโs Minab at the time.โ
A double-tap strike on little girls at school.
the one who loved horses, the one who was a great goalkeeper, the one who kept a diary every day, the one who held her sister's hand when they walked to school, the one who read Harry Potter in English, the one who collected old coins, the one who drew rainbows for her grandmother ...
They have no soy either. Iโm impressed, Iโd given up! Now to find someโฆ
โThere have been 7 femicides in Quebec since Jan. 1, 2026, each committed by someone these women knew and (at one point) loved. This isnโt just tragic โ itโs an epidemic of violence.โ
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#polqc cultmtl.com/2026/02/queb...
Did you know that the bees that need saving are NOT honeybees?
Honeybees are the dairy cows of bees. People brought them over from Europe to make us honey.
The problem with honeybees, esp in resource-limited ecosystems (like hey! cities!) is that they compete with our native bees for food.
Itโs a good evening to read a novel.
"We will not sit back and watch as this government lays out the welcome mat for making Alberta the 51st State in breach of our Treaties."
Mikisew Cree First Nation has filed a lawsuit for Danielle Smithโs flagrant disregard for Treaties.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
This is the cutest, most heartwarming thing
A giant stuffed goose draped over a tall table in and academic building)
A giant stuffed flamingo looks longingly out a window while sitting on an ugly yellow chair
A giant pink axolotl takes a nap on an extremely ugly rainbow geometric couch
First, important for later in the story we have a collection of giant stuffies- a goose, a flamingo, an axolotl, and bear(s). They just kind of live in the building and have adventures.
KATIE RULES!!
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Timeline cleanser
Counterpoint:
Donโt upload your medical records to any LLM.
Thatโs fucking insane.
Hi! Anti-vaxxers are trying (and succeeding) to kill children!
After watching the way the Epstein victims and survivors have been treated, no one should ever again ask the question: why didn't she report?
Lines of academy cadets, one in command red seated but at attention while in a wheelchair.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
Holy moly: Seattleโs millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the cityโs new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
"Les suivis mรฉdicaux privilรฉgiรฉs par le gouvernement Legault dans son entente avec les mรฉdecins de famille coรปtent deux fois plus cher ร lโรtat par rendez-vous. Et dans un cas sur cinq, un patient ne rรฉussit jamais ร obtenir des soins dans le milieu oรน il est censรฉ รชtre suivi." 1/3
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. Itโs eminently logical โ not โextremeโ โ for athletes whoโve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition
Realizing how deeply rooted commercial beauty standards for women are rooted in pedophilia and how openly theyโre perpetuated by the sick fucks who own the retail and technology markets really turns aging into a thing that makes you safe instead of a thing you prevent or fear.
Cโest tellement frustrant, les prรฉjugรฉs. On sโentend quโil y a des fainรฉants, mais cโest comme partout. Tรฉlรฉtravail ou bureau
Et le gouvernement qui met du monde dehors pour รฉconomiser, mais qui va devoir payer pour davantage de locaux pour le retour au bureau obligatoire
La logique mโรฉtourdit
Either the government needs money or it doesn't. If it needs money, Carney could simply bring back the capital gains & luxury boat taxes he cancelled.
But simultaneously cancelling taxes on the wealthy while trying to bankrupt poor people for taking assistance during a pandemic is legitimately evil.
There are far too many cases of police officers using their privileged access to the very personal information held in police databases for illegal purposes, including to harass women: www.thestar.com/news/investi...
www.thestar.com/news/investi...