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Language matters. Words matter. Every single word matters.

Journalists, please do not describe what happened at the White House today as a "spat", "heated exchange" or as Zelensky-Trump "going at each other". Zelensky was ambushed by Vance while very calmly explaining why Ukraine needs security guarantees and doesn't trust a ceasefire...

Rest in peace sweet girl. I hope the monster who did this is caught.

President Macron: We all know the situation. The aggressor is Russia. Ukraine are a nation under attack. I think we were all right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago, and to continue to do so.

The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.

Then. How. Does. That. Make. Us. Alarmists. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...

Hé ben "Skype is finally being shut down by Microsoft in May." Va se concentrer sur Teams... Et l'emmerdifier encore plus sans doute. www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-ki...

JUST VOTE

Les États-Unis boudés par les Québécois qui annulent leurs voyages pour 2025

« Si tu tues un piéton, reste sur place, dis que tu ne l’as pas vu et tout va être correct », lance avec ironie Catherine Ricard, mère de Jules Boutin, heurté à mort par une conductrice d’autobus scolaire alors qu’il traversait à un passage piétonnier. www.ledevoir.com/societe/tran...

A la mode to nowhere

Macron being like “actually, no” and fact-checking Trump on live TV is extremely satisfying after watching sycophants suck up to him for weeks edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

Fair Or Not, Churchill’s “Never Surrender” Rhetoric Is Angering Hitler. Is His Style Hurting Britain?

«On se croirait au McDo»: tandis que les urgences montréalaises débordent, des infirmières reçoivent des étoiles de récompense si elles parviennent à réorienter des patients avec des problèmes non urgents. À voir:

This twist ending is delightful.

#Sudan: Doctors Without Borders is forced to suspend all activities in Zamzam camp, including our field hospital. The escalation of attacks is making it impossible for our teams to continue providing medical assistance in such dangerous conditions. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-msf-fo...

Colleagues, please stop this kind of reporting. It’s as offensive as “Who would be the local governor in Russian-ruled Ukraine?”

after i called out the @nytimes.com on bluesky and in my story for @dailykos.com the ny times has FINALLY added a correction. we caught them in the act. they tried to hide it. then we exposed them more. and now they've reacted again.

EXCLUSIVE (by me, heh) New York Times caught passing off GOP flack as average Black voter www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Pour ceux qui étaient accaparés par le match de hockey hier soir, vous devez écouter en rattrapage ce reportage d'Enquête sur les décès par fentanyl. Très actuel avec la crise de l'itinérance qui frappe Montréal et particulièrement son métro. ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/enquete...

Today's 🇨🇦ian Hero Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyrics to O 🇨🇦 at the 4 Nations Face-Off against 🇺🇸on Thurs to sing "that only us command" instead of "in all of us command." A rep confirmed that the switch was intentional in response to the annexation rhetoric coming from🇺🇸 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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You are doing the best you can.

He grew up in Ontario, lives in Australia, but comes back to Quebec to ref in a hockey tournament.

100% of BC pediatricians "say that childhood vaccines are safe, effective, and their benefits outweigh any risks." #VaccinesWork! Learn to spot Vaccine Misinformation: healthqualitybc.ca/wp-content/u... via @clarityfoundation.bsky.social et al. 🙏

I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

“I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights,” he said. “I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”

A BBC study just found that generative AI can't even generate news story synopses with any consistent accuracy, and here we are happily pretending it's a symmetrical replacement for education and experience

“Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the Trump administration's approach to regulation could be a "breath of fresh air.” Bastian said the industry has seen a "level of overreach" over the past four years.”

Good goes around. Keep climbing. "The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he calls government “overreach” under President Joe Biden." apnews.com/article/delt...

Europe live: Ukraine will not accept US-Russia talks outcome if it is not involved, says Zelenskyy

IPA Elvis Gratton

Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity. It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated). 30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.

Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.