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Musician, writer, IT analyst, political economist, atheist, humanitarian, Humanist. Not into hate or intolerance, except as directed towards actual haters like misogynists, racists, white supremacists, fascists, Nazis. Basically everyone on the far-Right.
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Economic resistance matters. Go to your local diner, your fave independent watering hole, buy stuff at your local independent business. DO NOT buy anything on Amazon, at Walmart,or from any multinational corporation. If millions of us do it, it will be noticed.

This for real. In Canada we are deeply alarmed by what's happening to our former closest ally. Trump is openly threatening our sovereignty, has aligned himself explicitly with our adversary Putin/Russia, and is dismantling what remains of democracy in the US. We are horrified.

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

"Thou Shalt NOT Be Indifferent." Marian Turski. Auschwitz/Holocaust survivor. Died this day. RIP.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat this morning. m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpl2...

Did you know that Red Pandas use their tails as pillows 🥹

This. Needs. To. Be. Shared. www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01...

Maureen Dowd, as usual, puts some things in perspective and does it in the context of the classical American cultural zeitgeist. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...

Worth a few minutes of your time. I'm of the view that AI development, as it is currently unfolding, poses an existential threat to society and humanity. Now that the genie is out of the bottle, are we already past the point of control? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...