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I'll never get over how the best line in all of noir – "I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon" – doesn't come from Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, but Calvin and Hobbes

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💥 Ukraine has destroyed what it handed over 29 years ago! On June 1, 1996, under international deals and U.S. pressure, Ukraine gave Russia its nuclear arsenal. Today, Ukrainian strikes on Russian airfields rewrite history — boldly and powerfully. 💙💛

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Stunning details now emerging: this was an operation planned a year and a half in advance, involved smuggling drones into Russia, placing them in containers on top of trucks, arranging for them all to open simultaneously and to strike.

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Puffins are social, so to attract them to Maine's rocky islands, National Audubon's Seabird Restoration Program put out decoys to attract real birds. This puffin is trying to fit in with his new friend by standing on one leg. Seabird peer-pressure can be intense. (📷: Robert F. Bukaty)

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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

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What's next? An 'emergency' appeal to his Supreme Court and, if that fails (a pretty big if, given its behavior this year), his Congress. This is good news, but it is far from over.

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best star trek crew, wrong answers only

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Today my Kyiv turns 1543 years old and no amount of russian flying garbage will ever make it less beautiful or magical to me

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The amount of naivety in the West is staggering, when it comes to dealing with Russia. The majority of Russians live their whole life by pushing others. It starts from childhood, permeates in every aspect of their lives and never ends. If you don’t push back, they will push you all eternity.

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Four-year-old Mark lost his mother and was gravely injured during a massive Russian drone attack on the Kyiv region. He now faces multiple surgeries and a long, painful road to recovery. His father is urgently raising funds to save his son’s life. (1/3)

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

My new t-shirt has arrived! (the rounded bottom is where it drapes over the edge of the table) #nemik #andor #teepublic

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This is well worth reading.

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An interview with Amy Bell of CBC Radio's "On the Coast" about my latest book, "Play Ball!," an anecdotal history of pro baseball in Vancouver. shorturl.at/NrEkQ

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My wife is wondering what we should name the new goldfish. Secretly I have been calling it Mickey 18, but I haven't told her that.

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller May 19,1948

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In May 1944, Stalin deported 238500 Crimean Tatars to Central Asia. Forced into cattle cars, 30000 died en route. By 1947, nearly half were gone. They returned decades later, but after Russia’s 2014 invasion, repression returned. The Sürgünlik must never be forgotten. Art: Rustem Eminov

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Justin Trudeau spent $34 billion Cdn tax dollars expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline for Alberta. Acknowledgement? Appreciation? If a separatist referendum goes forward, we shouldn't ask what Alberta wants, but what Alberta owes.

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Today is the birthday of French artist Jean Giraud, aka Mœbius (May 8, 1938-March 10, 2012).

submitted 29 days ago • 22 comments

I know we are all so tired, but we cannot give up

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Picked this up and its... phenomenal! (Yeah, I went there. It was right there!) 1/2

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Captain America model sheet, c. 1941, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby

submitted 32 days ago • 7 comments

If Carney is going to be able to keep his defense spending promises, this is the sort of thing we are going to have to take seriously. #cdnpoli

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Five Canadian teams in the first round. Three in the second! #nhl

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I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan. (thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

submitted 35 days ago • 141 comments

The US feared giving Ukraine enough weapons to win, says ex-CIA chief Ralph Goff in a blunt interview with The Times. “We gave Ukraine enough weapons to bleed, not to win.” Goff says Biden & allies delayed critical arms, intimidated by Putin’s nuclear threats. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

submitted 34 days ago • 36 comments

Really, he never had an argument. He's a multimillionaire. He can just pay for his own security. Afraid of al-Qaeda? They've killed a lot more people in the US than the UK, and he's happy to live there.

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What To Know About ‘Sinners’ theonion.com/what-to...

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Just finished #Netflix’s new adaptation of the Argentine comic strip #Eternauts. #Fantagraphics produced a prestige, English language, collected edition ten years ago, which I have, and is wonderful, but I think they missed the boat in not getting an edition out in anticipation of the new show. /1

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Timeline cleanse: do you want to see one of the best fossil animations I have EVER seen? @kiabugboy.bsky.social you are literally a master of the form. BBC or Discovery (whoever pays more) should hire you immediately 🧪🦑⚒️

submitted 35 days ago • 14 comments

This graph gives both the number of seats and the percentage of the vote for each party. Using rounded numbers, the Conservatives and the Bloc each got a number of seats that reflected their votes. The Conservatives got 41% of the vote and 42% of the seats (144/343). The Bloc... /1

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Both Ukraine and Russia closely guard their numbers as state secrets, leaving an information void that others have tried to fill. The true death toll is a matter of intense debate, but experts have tried to calculate how many Ukrainian and Russian troops have died throughout the war.

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🤣🦅🤣

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