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NEW VIDEO: In a blockbuster decision a federal judge has BLOCKED Donald Trump's effort to freeze federal spending and loans. Paige and I discuss the impact of this big victory! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPTJ...

submitted 20 days ago • 170 comments

Okay, pals. Time for action this month. We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities. These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.

submitted 20 days ago • 6 comments

The news is so stressful, maybe I’ll try to take my mind off it with my favorite candy — AW FUCK

submitted 20 days ago • 755 comments

This is in Moscow. It will come to America. Thanks for voting the tyrannical, White Nationalist party into power MAGAts!🖕🤡 Keep your lgbtqia friends safe. #SheShed #Voices4Victory

submitted 20 days ago • 45 comments

Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”

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"Jetting off to Washington to pray with the political leaders who are enabling Trump through their inaction is as tone-deaf as a trip to Hawaii in the middle of a pandemic." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

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With Trump we aren't seeing a return to gunboat diplomacy. It's more like Al Capone in his syphilis phase. Here's my latest piece on dealing with the gangster president, Colombia and the value of roses. Let's stand together against the politics of intimidation. open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

submitted 27 days ago • 42 comments

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

submitted 31 days ago • 2540 comments

Our media insists on presenting trump as if he's playing 4D chess, but the reality is that his babysitters are just trying to keep him from eating the game pieces. We can't lose sight of the fact that he is nothing more than a bully and a dishonest know-nothing incompetent buffoon. #DemVoice1

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

You know how the nicest person you know is infinitely patient but when they’ve had enough and been pushed too far they go scorched earth? That’s Canada.

submitted 29 days ago • 9 comments

Be a drip. A steady drip.

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Pete Hegseth has promised to bring warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. “Warriors are people who exult in killing” and “who obsess about honor,” @eliotacohen.bsky.social writes. “Soldiers are different. They are servants of the state. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 33 days ago • 110 comments

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

submitted 30 days ago • 55 comments

Pierre doing what Pierre does - deflect, deflect, deflect. #pierrepoilievre #neverpoilievre #2SLGBT Full video on TT - link ⬆️

submitted 31 days ago • 20 comments

When stalking escalates to murder, a traumatized ex-Mountie must expose an old secret to save her best friend. books2read.com/FloodFalls #CrimeFiction #friendship

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Canadians! Put Pierre Poliviere under the MAGAnifying glass! 🧐

submitted 31 days ago • 6 comments

What an exhausting day. So much trauma out there in the world, in our people. Sending love ♥️

submitted 31 days ago • 298 comments

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

submitted 35 days ago • 868 comments

President Biden just issued preemptive pardons for Mark Milley, Dr. Fauci, the Members of Congress and staff who served on the Jan 6 Cmte, and U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metro police officers who testified. Good.

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Seems, sadly, timely #SeamusHeaney

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

"Masculine Energy"

submitted 35 days ago • 291 comments

Germany is warning us about a “redefinition of the First Amendment,” as a product of the merger of political and technological influence. Germany. That's the one who kind of knows this stuff.

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Two snowy owls found dead in Toronto park infected with bird flu: TRCA www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

submitted 36 days ago • 16 comments

Ever notice how often your characters shrug, nod their heads, or look at things? These generic gestures don’t bring them to life. Let’s dig into how to write gestures and beats that are fresh, meaningful, and layered with character. A writerly 🧵 #writingcommunity #amediting

submitted 40 days ago • 15 comments

~Conservatives are going to hate him! Anyone concerned with climate change should vote for him as he is the best chance of it being addressed in a way that works with the economy.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

~True! Slogan that Jeff!

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

Many of us are driven to use our writing skills to make a difference. But where to start? This Federation of BC Writers intensive can offer inspiration. January 20 to 24, online. Details: www.bcwriters.ca/event-5963936 #WritingCommunity

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Hang on here, wasn't this the whole premise behind building the TMX in the first place, new markets? #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Voting CONservative has CONsequences. I guess they can consume on the streets and overdose there for everyone to see.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Never forget Canada. Stephen Harper had to hire a Liberal to manage Canada's economy and clean up his screwups. #cdnpoli #peipoli

submitted 36 days ago • 18 comments

For some reason I've been thinking about the most conspicuous contribution by Kevin Hassett, soon to be Trump's top economist, to Trump 1.0: a model predicting that Covid deaths would drop to zero by May 15, 2020 www.vox.com/2020/5/8/212...

submitted 40 days ago • 32 comments

If CBC is going to put O’Leary on Power & Politics & pretend he’s a politician with relevance, they should be required to point out for transparency & duty to disclose that he’s never held elected office, never been a political staffer & whether he ever paid off his leadership bid debts. #cdnpoli

submitted 40 days ago • 43 comments

A high-powered lawyer representing Meta in a copyright case said he was dropping the company as a client due to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity.”

submitted 40 days ago • 782 comments

Traffic in Manhattan's central business district fell by 7.5% last week and 273,000 fewer cars entered the borough's central business district after the first congestion pricing fee in the US took effect on Jan. 5, New York City transit officials said reut.rs/3WhYvQB

submitted 41 days ago • 24 comments

The List of Suspicious Things is the nation’s favourite book right now. We’ve got author @jenniegauthor.bsky.social visiting us on 6th March March and she and @nikkimaywriter.bsky.social will be talking about their books. Book your ticket bertsbooks.co.uk/product/6th-...

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Helped by a psychic’s tips & haunted by traumatic memories of Christmas Past, an ex-Mountie investigates murder at an exclusive ski resort. books2read.com/IceFalls

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Hello! Consider this your personal invite to the TWUC Zoom Reading 'North/West Passages' on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 pm MT. Pre-register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... This month, we feature Jayne Barnard, Katherine Koller, Rhona McAdam.

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"Lexical retrieval difficulties in post-COVID-19 syndrome: Insights from verbal fluency and naming tasks" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Image is from the Science for ME latest update #LongCovid #NeuroPASC #CovidBrain #PASC

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

I hope these two and every single R who goes along with this choke on chicken bones.

submitted 42 days ago • 5 comments