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Donald Trump’s Golden Age of Awful A damage assessment of the President’s first year back in the White House.

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“The problem here is that taking stock of all that Trump has done in 2025 means confronting the new reality of an America where the raw and arbitrary exercise of power for its own sake is both possible and permissible. It can happen here …because it is happening …”

‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’: the radical plan to prevent overdoses with better drugs Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front believes we shouldn’t blame users for the ills of capitalism: if so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff?

“Vancouver is a confluence of every single capitalist engine of misery, and that’s leading people to die on the streets. And that makes people uncomfortable. Which they should be,” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

New season unveiled at New Works: www.createastir.ca/articles/new...

All Over the Map brings capoeira moves, traditional Nahuatl songs, and more to Granville Island, August 17 — Stir Part two of New Works series highlights artists Sudhesna Mohapatra, Judith Colibrí, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James

Artists Judith Colibrí, Sudhesna Mohapatra, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James are performing at the upcoming edition of New Works's All Over the Map.

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Austria took the stigma out of social housing. Here's what Canada could learn | CBC News While Europe struggles with similar trends to Canada of rising rents and skyrocketing home prices, experts say social housing models like Austria’s are among the best defence against a growing afforda...

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Really great opening weekend at #DOTE!

“People need off-ramps: treatment, long-term care. But we don’t offer them any of that.”

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“We’ve got to learn to differentiate between good ideas that we disagree with and downright foolish talk. … those notions that are patently ridiculous need to be set aside.” Peter L. Biro

Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Robbie Williams: Radical Honesty review – ‘Tone deaf, self-important, incredibly bad art’ The former Take That singer’s show features line drawings filled with therapy speak, greeting-card banter and meaningless affirmations. Can this really be presented as art?

Enjoyed this review on many levels:
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The Politics of “Common Sense” Is Making Us Meaner Podcast Episode · Voices of The Walrus · 2025-04-15 · 26m

Well this pretty much explains why we’ve landed in this mess:

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Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage The recent wave of GOP-led bills comes as Trump becomes emboldened in orders against LGBTQ+ communities

No surprises here. Hoping that the American majority finds the will to fight back.

“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”

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This is terrifying. The propaganda machine is in full effect, and from the outside it appears that there is virtually no resistance.

‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes The president’s full-court press to dominate media and control cultural institutions is straight out of the authoritarian playbook

#Terrifying ‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @theguardian.com