“Piracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”
-Werner Herzog on NPR just now 🔥
“Piracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”
-Werner Herzog on NPR just now 🔥
hahahaha my local library is hiring a resident artist but they have to use “ethical ai” as part of their process, lol, lmao, what the fuck are we doing i don’t want to boycott the LIBRARY
Photo of a Cladonia podetium that is comprised of a thick stalk that’s grey in colour and covered in green scales/squamules plus apothecia at the top that are brown in colour with a bubbly/lumpy surface.
Cladonia sp lichen. NWT, Canada.
Lichen is about 3cm high. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends
I felt that reply in my soul.
I was moderating BBSes before "the internet" was ever mentioned on the news. I wrote promo for the first private ISP in our city. I was hand coding websites and searching with LYNX. This was GenX's playground first.
The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.
I had similar thoughts today. She knew. Hell, I'm sure they all knew, the whole family, right up to Liz. She took away his duties when he got caught and no sooner.
It is shocking just how many NFL franchise owners are in the Epstein files, writes @edgeofsports.bsky.social. The sports media has largely ignored the story.
https://bit.ly/4cqkygS
The chugging coffee so you can leave the mug in the car to choking in a stained shirt pipeline
Round bronze medallion photographed against a neutral background. Around the outer edge is raised text reading “Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces” at the top and “Feb. 1st 1968” at the bottom. At the centre is a detailed emblem featuring a crown above a circular shield, crossed swords, an anchor, and a bird with outstretched wings. Maple leaves are arranged around the central design. The surface shows a metallic sheen with darker recessed areas highlighting the raised details.
On Feb. 1, 1968, the Canadian Forces Reorganization Act combined the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force into the unified Canadian Armed Forces.
The move was deeply unpopular among veterans.
This is the story.
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
Toronto Life dove into its archives for this one featuring greats of Canadian comedy, including Catherine O'Hara, after our sad news this morning:
Tyranny
A person in a Frog costume faces down several military dressed men with riot helmets in a painting
The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest
If you had a Canadian grandparent, you may be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship — these are new rules as of December 2025.
You might be surprised how many Americans have Canadian roots somewhere:
We've never seen what it's like for a platform the scale of Facebook to go into full-on decline and eventual demise, but we are starting to, and it's not pretty.
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stage wrestlers, carnival barkers, boardwalk nickels-toss game operators, and men of various flimflam industry all proved this year that they have significantly more backbone than any fortune 500 executive
“System crash”
REJOICE! My first blog post is up for @tryst.link
Read, laugh, share, don’t hold back 😘
tryst.link/blog/how-clo...
Good lord. Digital eugenics.
Unbelievable, this world we’re careening for.
Your FACE characteristics can suggest job success odds? FUCK AI.
“‘The Epstein affair brings to light a much larger problem,’ [Naomi] Oreskes wrote [in 2020]. ‘It undermines the integrity of the research enterprise when individuals can pick and choose lines of inquiry that appeal to them simply because they can pay for them.’”
The Democrats Must Be Purged Of Their Centrists
The only way for the majority to achieve much-needed reform and progress is to cull the Democratic Party and establishment institutions of centrists who are now complicit with the MAGA agenda.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski has threatened that ICE agents could potentially deport attendees at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show.
had another wonderful chat with my friend @bencollins.bsky.social (a.k.a Tim Onion) about The Onion's wonderfully absurd and truly hilarious 20 minute mockumentary, Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile (google the title at your own risk!)
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports travelling to U.S.
Holy heck. Have been absorbed in readwithcindy's latest video "The author who exposed FB got banned for talking about her book..." which has my jaw dropping.