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drmarkbourrie.bsky.social
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Trump is an ingrate. Of course.

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(HT Prof. Amy Salyzyn, U Ottawa) Canada's Federal Court catches fake cases in factum, generated by AI, after lawyers can't produce the case law they (or their AI) used in their argument: www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/do...

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(HT Prof. Amy Salyzyn) Canadian court catches fake cases in factum, generated by AI: www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/do...

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submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

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submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Anyone wanting to understand Trump should read a biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The inattention, indecisiveness, bullheaded ignorance, craving for adoration... it's all there. #mommyissues

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Is Pierre Poilievre’s unwillingness to let go of controversial allies a weakness? Loyalty may be a virtue, but writer Mark Bourrie cautions that it “becomes a liability when a politician clings to those who aren’t up to the job.” thewalrus.ca/pierre-poilievre...

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

Today in Melissa Lantsmann bullshit. The Liberals are not going to ban your car.

submitted 21 hours ago • 48 comments

When you live in a political environment so dangerous that even your cat needs armour:

submitted 22 hours ago • 27 comments

Gasoline? Electric? Hybrid? The car debate is hardly new, though no one seems to be pushing steamers anymore: www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Best to not do everthing you're told.

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I think Green Day summed it up well.

submitted 1 day ago • 338 comments

If I had a few million dollars... Fossil snail from Columbia. Live volcanic steam deposited emerald into the cavity left by the decayed animal and its shell. I believe only one of these has been found, and I doubt the owner would part with it.

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@amirattaran.bsky.social Trump is ignorant of military history. He demands Iran's unconditional surrender. Grant demanded it from Lee and didn't get it, even when Lee faced overwhelming force at Appomatox. Germany wouldn't submit until Hitler was dead and the Soviet flag flew on the Reichstag.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This is what fascism looks like.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments