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social/affective neuroscientist, herder of cats, lover of cheese, "wild-eyed Marxist", NASTY Canadian "The trouble with normal is it always get worse" B. Cockburn
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When a Liberal MP says his own government’s handling of a bill would “make Harper blush,” it’s time to listen. That's why we've got to talk about Bill C-5. Because in their hurry to ram this bill through Parliament, the government is running roughshod over Indigenous and environmental concerns:

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Happy birthday to Bif Naked, born on this day in 1971! In her career, she has released six studio albums. Her most successful album was I Bificus, which went platinum and included the hit Spaceman. She is a Juno and Canadian Screen Award nominee.

INCREDIBLE !! Here we are... 😱😱😱 After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river... Devastating! 😭 www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...

motherfucker isn't even sorry, that is the face of a guy who is totally gonna do it again

I gotta ask: Who is willing to admit that they eat these things?

people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future

Well done, Miss Feldman.

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there’s something quite poetic about trying understand the birth of the cosmos and accidentally achieving the dreams of the alchemists as a consequence

Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey. They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵

'Quid-pro-crow': Researcher offers insight into relationship between Vancouverites and crows

The Cass Review gets peer reviewed and absolutely shredded Cass is the Wakefield of our time. A scandal in broad daylight

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Rare footage of Mark Zuckerberg putting on his suit in the morning before going out among the humans

in less than a week, two conservative opposition leaders in australia and canada who tried to win their elections on anti-woke platforms (with an air of You Know Who) have not only lost their elections, but lost their *seats* as well. yikes. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Reposting with alt text: People who have to use heavy fucking duty narcotics for chronic pain, like my dad, are about to be fucked over. Drug users in general are about to be fucked over. Fuck this shit.

“My good colleague from the 51st district parked in two spots, including mine, to make sure no one hit his fancy car,” Brixie told The Detroit News earlier this month. “I Saran Wrapped it to give it an extra layer of protection."

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Again, they're trying to take away our vaccines. From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains. His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.

NIH DOGE'd..... Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations 60 Minutes @cbsnews.com w/transcript www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-lay...

It’s only getting much play in the trade/transport niche press. But pretty real product shortages beginning in mid-May or so are already locked in. They’re maybe a thousand miles out in the Pacific Ocean. Modern trade takes place in gargantuan container ships. There are very detailed records …

Hear me out…. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...

Glad to see our president focusing on the kitchen-table issues that matter most to voters

is he gonna teach the warfighters how to draw a cat eye sharp enough to kill a man? www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

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👇 I really think a lot of this could have been avoided if we had compulsory international service for a year after high school - like army style, but “get the fuck out of the country Timmy and eat them apples for a while”

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

NEW: China is switching from American to Canadian oil. Chinese purchases of American oil are down **90%** year on year. Purchases of oil from Canada are up +700%. That equates to a $20 BILLION annual loss for the United States, at current oil prices. Tired of winning yet? 🇨🇳🤝🇨🇦

EGGS! www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...