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Toronto, ON. Originally from Cork with stops in Glasgow and Limerick. IT Manager. Dad to a boy living with autism. Interested in urban development, mass transit, science fiction, politics.
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Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

close enough, lads, close enough

Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.

In order to eliminate any inconvenience to cars, we’ve made it illegal for children to be children

I can't believe any Democrat would THINK of allying with Elon Musk. I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.

Pam Bondi is thug scum. The Attorney General making these comments about a defendant in a federal criminal case is lawless. This administration’s unethical hacks continue to demonstrate that they want to be deposits.

One thing I’d say about ranked choice voting in NYC is that you don’t have to do complex calculations of viability. You should rank in order of *who you want to be mayor* and if you *don’t* want someone to be mayor, you shouldn’t rank them!

WOW. Breaking news from ABC that has the potential to cast serious doubts on today’s indictment of Mr. Abrego Garcia.

incredible day for the haters and the poasters. this place has the juice

BREAKING: SCOTUS conservatives block discovery relating to DOGE as part of a lawsuit over public records requests into the entity. The action was taken over the objections of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson.

Carney limits G7 guests to one assassination each

I feel like @dublininquirer.com could do a great story on whatever stroke is being pulled here.

"Wearing a navy suit, crisp blue shirt and a Timex with a red canvas band, Vaughan seemed largely at home in the corporate aerie of Therme’s office at the TD Centre. But what emerged in our interview was Vaughan the politician: hectoring, blustering, filibustering. And, in this case, selling smoke."

Chief Justice John Roberts: “We’re giving Big Balls the benefit of the doubt… for now”

BREAKING: SCOTUS conservatives give DOGE access to Social Security records, overruling lower courts. All three Democratic appointees would reject the Trump administration’s request.

Our approach to climate change summed up in one photo from @mprnews.org . 🫠

We're up to *19* emergency applications at #SCOTUS from the Trump administration — in 19.5 weeks. Eight of the 19 are currently outstanding, along with the remaining 26 decisions on the "merits" docket (cases argued earlier this term). It's going to be a rather hectic next 3.5 weeks at the Court.

Fuck off, that is never his name

Some people took this dude seriously

So is Bondi still treating protests outside Tesla showrooms as terrorism or is that off now?

Exceptional deconstruction of NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon. A disaster waiting to happen, if it ever actually gets under way. idlewords.com/2024/5/the_l...

Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face the constant threat of malaria and rocket attacks from nearby Yemen, according to a federal court filing issued Thursday.

Worth putting these sanctions against ICC judges in the context of the Trump administration's attacks on US judges and broader assault on the rule of law.

Anyone happen to recognise the (blurry!) logo on the hi viz? Or the person? Near the Windy Arbour Luas stop

the tech right suddenly discovers due process

Horrific footage of Russian strikes on Lutsk&Ternopil last night. ▪️ According to preliminary information,Russia launched 15 drones,6 missiles at Lutsk.It’s known about 15 injured. The State Emergency Service reported that rescuers&police evacuated people from the damaged 9-story building⤵️

New: A DOGE staffer developed an AI tool to review Veterans Affairs contracts. But there was a slight hitch. It hallucinated the size of those deals. For example, it concluded that more than a thousand contracts were each worth $34M, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

Germany would surely welcome any fleeing American rocket scientists associated with the former regime

The primary policy objective of the centrist political pundit is to keep making six to seven figures

Ukrainians watching this big beautiful beef unfold:⚡️ Zelensky promised to end the war between Trump and Musk within 24 hours.

Things which can be true at once: A) It's entertaining B) It's deeply dysfunctional which the Trump court always was/was always going to be C) This happens when a political project is about vibes/personality cults rather than actual convergent beliefs D) It's pathetic E) They could make up

Trump can threaten SpaceX and Musk. But US government needs SpaceX almost more than SpaceX needs US government. DOD is addicted to SpaceX, as is NASA. Starlink is surging in profits anyway faster than SpaceX launch. Yes, Musk gets massive fed contracts. But DOD needs to get to space. So does NASA

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

The Polish foreign minister, a writer and journalist who covered the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, clearly knows a thing or two about a patiently-timed response.