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We’ll be writing every day in support of personal liberties. Here’s why workers aren’t persons. by Jeff Bezos

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Hemoglobin, the molecule that carries oxygen in humans, is damn near exactly the same as chlorophyll, the molecule that plants use for photosynthesis. The main difference is that at the core of hemoglobin is an Iron atom while in chlorophyll there is a Magnesium atom.

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@cbbworld.bsky.social @scottaukerman.bsky.social Feeling nostalgic for the last president, where's Yargo Lemento when you need him? youtu.be/DP3rDP02lE0?...

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On this day in 1926, Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen was born in Regina. Nielsen acted in over 100 films and 1,500 TV episodes. He was best known for his parody films, earning him the title the "Olivier of Spoofs". Let's learn about this great Canadian actor! 🧵1/18

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Feb. 9, 1936: Stompin' Tom Connors was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over his career, his songs became part of the Canadian cultural landscape. He wrote more than 300 songs and released four dozen albums. Learn more 👇

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Lincoln put it best: “Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid…When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”

submitted 23 days ago • 19 comments

Canada's Pacific Coast Border Patrol.

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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal theonion.com/think-t...

submitted 28 days ago • 200 comments

Call to action #E3 #USprotests #endimpunity #5050

submitted 30 days ago • 141 comments

Am I the only one noting that after demonizing China for years, Trump seems to be letting them off lightly, while going full tilt against Canada? Is it Musk's business interests? Have Chinese players been buying Trumpcoin?

submitted 30 days ago • 407 comments

Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump have never been hired for their abilities or on merit. It's always been because they have a rich Daddy, which is also how their own father "qualified" for all of his first jobs.

submitted 31 days ago • 135 comments

Worried about our nation’s descent into fascism? This one pot cacio e pepe will make you feel like you’re in 1920s Italy.

submitted 30 days ago • 91 comments

🧪 If I were Canadian PM I would immediately: 1. Create a new $15B science fund 2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada 3. Immediate permanent residency 4. Citizenship after 2 years Overnight a science superpower

submitted 31 days ago • 1297 comments

Before After Adaptive reuse of a 1980’s office building to create 55 social housing apartments in Paris By Tolila + Gilliland Atelier. A thread 🧵

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Could the last principled person leaving the Pentagon install a breathalyzer test to unlock our missile silos? Please and thank you.

submitted 36 days ago • 449 comments

Want to tackle the housing crisis? Build like this everywhere! 76 social housing apartments in Bagneux, France, by Tolila+Gilliland Yes… this is social housing. A short 🧵

submitted 36 days ago • 6 comments

Democrats: How can we go viral? (a pastor goes mega-viral for calling Trump a bigot to his face) Democrats: What if Tim Kaine made a BLT on Instagram Live

submitted 38 days ago • 217 comments

I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike

submitted 38 days ago • 88 comments

Truly incredible that Trump launches a crypto shitcoin just before taking office as a direct-deposit bribery account, receives tens of billions from individuals (and likely foreign entities)… and all those right wingers who were mad about Hunter Biden are dead silent. Tread on me Daddy, indeed.

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Bordeaux is the latest city to increase parking costs for huge cars, following Montreal, Cologne, and Paris. Parking fees will be 30% higher for ICE vehicles >1,600 kg (3,527 lb) and EV/hybrids >1,900 kg (4,189 lb).

submitted 44 days ago • 7 comments

This is a beautiful tribute.

submitted 46 days ago • 242 comments

We make the impossible, possible. #WorldBollardAssociation

submitted 46 days ago • 30 comments

This is too true

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"if West Virginia were a country, it would in effect be receiving foreign aid equal to more than 20 percent of its GDP" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

submitted 49 days ago • 28 comments

Sharks Pride 2025 jersey. That logo is absolutely elite. Just wish they could wear them on ice. -Taken from official Sharks account.

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According to Pew Research, 86% of Canadians say that rich people having too much political influence leads to economy inequality in the country

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Trump's sentencing today could have a chilling effect on future presidents' ability to use campaign money to bribe porn stars into keeping quiet about the sex you had with them when your wife was home with a baby.

submitted 52 days ago • 48 comments

Meteorologists say the Los Angeles fires were caused by drought and gale-force winds. But a growing mass of X users suspect a different cause: DEI.

submitted 54 days ago • 78 comments

Recently re-watched the John Oliver piece on misinformation, and the part about "Meta spent ~10X as much effort and money tamping down English-language misinfo as they did Spanish-language misinfo" feels to me like it may have explained a lot about voting patterns in the last election.

submitted 55 days ago • 30 comments

Does anyone have a contact for Ann ? Would love to discuss with her the possibility of partnering with her to publish her cartoons exclusively on @bluesky

submitted 57 days ago • 1629 comments

I know that there's a lot of tech industry folks on this here website, and I would just like to remind all of you that the world actually functioned before the computer.

submitted 60 days ago • 224 comments

2025 is a perfect square (45 times 45). We will not see a year that is a perfect square until 2116.

submitted 61 days ago • 5 comments

Meta is in the dangerous addiction business paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-plot-t...

submitted 61 days ago • 36 comments

Americans are ~2.5x more likely to die in a crash than a Canadian, ~3.5x more likely than a Spaniard, and ~5x more likely than a Japanese person. Here are a few of the articles I wrote in 2024 trying to understand why the US is uniquely terrible at road safety. 🧵

submitted 62 days ago • 79 comments

This guy is stark raving mad. Hopefully President Musk will ignore his ravings paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-gre...

submitted 67 days ago • 113 comments

This video on Honey is absolutely wild and worth a watch

submitted 70 days ago • 41 comments

20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital.

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I may have misheard--is it true that every committee in the House and Senate in 2025 will be headed by men? Isn't this macho shit getting a little ridiculous?

submitted 76 days ago • 651 comments