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Jane Austen's Fight Club YouTube video by LittleFarrahKhan

choose your fighter:

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth

None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

billmckibben.substack.com/p/sunlight-t...

Too late. Baseball cap and keens already taken out of storage. eBike receiving maintenance. False-spring is here and SO is here for it.

Sesame Street is pretty close to the suburbia I grew up within, give or take muppets.

- Community is a model that scales well.

Sánchez: “You may have heard that Spain is alone. They’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine, and then others followed.

“We are not alone — we are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible.”

Yeah, because they were complicit. Imagine being a person who says, well I told you so and then continues to support corporate capitalism and genocide?

Cartoon depicting a planet Earth covered in freeways and oil wells wheezing and complaining to a Sun doctor who says, "Take six billion of these and call me in the morning." He's holding a bicycle.

Cartoonist: Neal Skorpen

On soil provocation seems like the type of desperate move l'orange stupide would have factored into the original decision. The US has largely resisted provocations on other fronts and they are losing. Keep up the resistance.

We’re living in an age of impunity From small unfairness to gross injustices, we seem to have lost a sense of shame.

Does anyone else feel sick of it all? Wrote for the Star about Toronto Police, Open AI and everyone in power who deserves a public shaming. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

it’s certainly not the chief issue here, but the iran war should accelerate renewables buildouts around the world so we don’t need to be so dependent on volatile oil and gas imports

in better news Canadians get to break CBC Gem again by watching the Paralympics

A man in a dark suit says: I will remind you that these crimes occured at night.

Morning Bluesky.

He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on California's border – The Markup Southern California residents are noticing new license plate readers that appear to be operated by the Border Patrol. Some have had confusing encounters with agents.

"some readers are capturing license plate numbers, as well as the make and model of the vehicle, the state the vehicle is registered in, the camera owner and type, the GPS coordinates for where the image was taken, and the date and time of the capture." themarkup.org/privacy/2026...

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I double checked. This is not being reported at WaPo.

www.ft.com/content/09fa...

Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

Condi Rice Raps YouTube video by vlogkarate

time for this classic

People are disconnected. At my apartment there are 2 peeps who get physical local(ish) papers. As a kid I delivered the paper & easily half the neighbourhood subscribed. I don't even know how to read the local paper online effectively & there is no way all the old people have figured it out.

He's awful. Atrociously awful. But at the same time, Carney is on a world tour to sell Canadian oil, natural gas, critical minerals, and arms and is rolling back environmental protections at home.

Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.

Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.

We live in Orwellian times.

That HWY 1 as a massive bike lane idea though....

This

If NATO Countries violate International Law is our responsibility then to be there for NATO Countries NOT violating International Law?

modi was just in israel?

One thing's for sure, #Niagara amalgamation is not about saving money. Letter in Niagara dailies.

www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/opinion/lett...

Dem Candidate for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Seat Donated to Far-Right Republicans — Including Laura Loomer Democratic primary hopeful Rakhi Israni, who is running for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s seat, gave to MAGA figures — including Laura Loomer.

👀 Israni, a first-time political candidate w/ a history of "Hindu nationalism advocacy" gave "cash" to "MAGA candidates, the Republican head of the evangelical Zionist group Christians United for Israel, anti-abortion candidates, and even far-right pundit Laura Loomer." @jsweetli.bsky.social #CA14

"What I do as a person, as an architect, it's not so that it looks good on paper or in a magazine. It's not a statement of one's ego. It has to express democracy, equality, inclusion of all people, and social justice. If not, then architecture is a hollow sham."

- Raymond Moriyama

Isn't that what cheat codes are for?

Fucking shameless evil move. You can get that money elsewhere.

"Haugan doesn't think Sidhu should be deported, either, because it won't bring her husband or the other victims back and will only hurt Sidhu's family."

text from the document that encourages AI generated surveillance within health systems: n AI enabled system that can reduce administrative burden and incorporate health tracking; and home-care service that can deal with acute care issues in community or in home rather than hospitals.

An interesting read addressing important topics but there are still some red flags in here:

This is gibberish.