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Quite aside from the illiteracy of "requesting to understand what they got done," who is going to read 2.4M emails? AI, that's who. It's mass-firings purge by Grok.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.

I made this years ago, and we’re still here.

JAMES BOND: do you expect me to talk? GOLDFINGER: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to Prime JAMES BOND: to what? GOLDFINGER: um to die. I expect you to die JAMES BOND: GOLDFINGER: [whispering] when you learn about the perks of an Amazon Prime membership DIRECTOR: CUT

#Trump is at CPAC right now (on @cnn.com) and as usual he's just lying his ass off. He claims Europe has provided $100B to #Ukraine while the U.S. has funded $300B. In fact, the U.S. has funded $175B (per Council for Foreign Relations) while the #EU has funded $145B (per EU External Action).

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

If George Lucas were writing Star Wars today, one of the droids would be called H5N1. #birdflu #StarWars

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Feb 22 otd b. 1749 – Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist, theorist (d. 1818) b. 1819 – James Russell Lowell, American poet, critic (d. 1891) b. 1886 – Hugo Ball, German author, poet (d. 1927) /2

He nails it.

the only thing Canadians like more than beating Russia in hockey is beating the US in hockey. the general sentiment this morning is that last night we got to do both.

F. Scott Fitzgerald summed up in two narrative how the wealthy truly believe and behave. Quotes from “The Rich Boy” and “The Great Gatsby.”

In a new ad from Ont. Liberals, Bonnie Crombie says "we're going to cut low income taxes." Um. So you're going to eliminate low taxes? Leave only the high ones? Pretty sure what she meant to say is "we're going to cut taxes for low-income people." At least, I HOPE that's what she meant to say.

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As it was foretold in the Second Book of Debacles.

I have never doubted for one second that Trump is a rapist. The way he talks about Ukraine really confirms it. Ukraine sure as fuck wasn’t asking to be invaded.

DOGE = Delusional Oligarchs Getting Even

"Where are his shining moments? Where is the signature legislation bearing his name? Where are the tearful thanks of a grateful nation, or even a single grateful citizen? Where are the heartfelt tributes? There are none. There will be none.” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/farewell-t...

What’s the difference between Putin and poutine? Some people actually like *poutine. .* french fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy

I dunno lads, I have no specific affection for Bond, am just so tired of every aging film series being hoovered up by a giant conglomerate to be shat out at a rate of knots as lifeless cynical product

Shopping in a small store, pretty sure the Muzak was a reggae(ish) version of Brubeck's Take Five -- but in 4/4. Very square dance.

Canadians on here actually being like "I can't believe how bad things are getting in the US" without acknowledging Alberta just passed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws and are about to vote Doug Ford back into power. Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building

The Pentagon is now pausing their mass firing of civilian employees in order to evaluate potential impacts on military readiness. I’m just spitballing here, but maybe a readiness assessment should have been the first step. 🤦‍♂️

You know it’s bad when this is the post’s cover

Normally I don't pay much attention to hockey (or sports in general). But I think I've never been happier for a Team Canada win.

Chia seeds are the glitter of the bulk food world.

Remember when America had friends? Like a month ago?

If your pickup has truck nuts that weren't installed at the factory but you added them later, what you have yourself there, buddy, is a transgender truck. Sorry, but rules are rules.

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - Ronald Reagan, 1987 "Mr. Putin, tear down my balls!" - Donald Trump, 2025

Feb 21 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue. b. 1791 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist, composer (d. 1857) b. 1836 – Léo Delibes, French pianist, composer (d. 1891) b. 1844 – Charles-Marie Widor, French organist, composer (d. 1937) b. 1893 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987) /2