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Hours after trying to assassinate the EU Commission president, Russia tried to assassinate Germany’s military's inspector general, Carsten Breue, the highest-ranking general in the Bundeswehr. His plane was also jammed once over the Baltic Sea and once over Lithuania.
We had an Australian Cattle Dog & he was always counting to make sure all of us were there and would make sure to come back to get us if we got off track. ❤️
The National Guardners
Keir Starmer just appointed Tim Allan, a board member of the anti trans hate group, Sex Matters, to be his new communications director.
Today's quick update [Aug 31]: - Fierce clashes between SAF and RSF continued in Elfashir, North Darfur. - Sudan Doctors Network: 7 civilians killed and 71 injured by RSF shelling on the city yesterday. #KeepEyesOnSudan
Revel in the wins!!
That’s gorgeous!!
You guys see where this is going? Right?
My grandmother was a nurse who came of age in the nightmare years of whooping cough, measles, polio. She understood the power of vaccines to save children's lives. Now the anti-vaxx right wing conspiracy mob have laid out the welcome mat to these killers. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
I hear you. When there’s no realistic alternative it’s frustrating & sometimes you’ve just gotta make a choice and focus on other things where you can make a strong impact.
I’m glad it wasn’t just me! 😅
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a good while. The energy & enthusiasm you can hear in those young voices? 🥹🥰 Miss D is clearly one amazing teacher!! ❤️
… and then the next day we see the headlines of the S&R teams who have to go rescue someone or go in to recover their remains. 😑 #HiddenGems
pov: you trespassed to a site in golden ears park that was closed off because people kept dying or getting seriously injured but your narcissism and desire for a mediocre influencer career led you to this
🎁 article. If I were an alien just landing on earth, I would assume the USA was at war with its children.
Yves was the best option until they weren’t. They chose not do anything to continue innovating AND they moved to the US, so I haven’t bought anything from them this year. Beyond products? Makes me sad but they’re also only made in the US. Overton Window shifting right + 🇨🇦 boycotts is my guess?
🏳️🌈 Before hashtags, before parades, before the world had language for who we are. we existed. In quiet glances across crowded rooms. In love letters hidden in drawers. In the way two hands found each other despite everything. Let the photos speak and our history continue to breathe. #LGBTQ+
Alt text: “Canadian here. Your neighbour with cold winters and sensible gun laws. Did you know we’ve had 11 school death shootings? Not this month or this year, but total, in history. And absolutely no deaths in elementary schools. Why? Because gun laws save lives. Listen. It’s the guns.”
Woah - that is SUPER hot! Have been noticing pretty intense temp fluctuations here as well but wow… that’s intense. 😳
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
I’m so sorry for your loss… and also what a precious memory encapsulated there! 💔❤️🩹❤️
I’ve been reading Manufacturing Consent this week and OOF does it ever validate so much of what I experienced during my years spent working in national mainstream media! The model is painfully accurate, and I’d argue it’s been exacerbated today by digital adtech monopolies and mass layoffs.
Instead of fishing and foraging for berries like all other bears, Paul had wisely been investing the money he took from people he had mauled.
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Wow that one plays sort of visual tricks in the centre, doesn’t it? Very cool!
Not just firefighters fighting an active fire (which is horrific enough as is) but previous/other reporting also includes that 3 of those detained were *Indigenous* firefighters. So that would be *ICE* detaining Indigenous American firefighters while they were in the middle of an active fire.
I swear this is also our ferrets every time they want soupies. They go from dead sleep to crawling all over me & bouncing off the walls in 3 seconds flat. 😉🤣
🤣🤣🤣 Lake Superior - you have a superior sense of humour… and that’s part of what I appreciates about you. 😉
Fascinating title for the article… as though Lake Superior isn’t bisected by an international border. 😏
Awww… our RES turtle Moe loves to bask too but I’ve never seen such a cool basking pose! It looks like yoga & like the happiest turtle! 🐢 ☺️
Canadian here - I had no clue that Jarritos made a cola! Great to know… I’ll keep an eye out for it!
They’re painting the US side. This is the most nonsensical nonsense that ever had no sense!!!
Do folks know that there are teams of people out in DC EVERY NIGHT until all hours to record what ICE. DHS, MPD etc are doing? I don't think those outside DC know that. They think people are passive or in support. Total lie. There's so much going on here. Hope other cities take tactical note.
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
Moderna’s latest COVID-19 vaccine is both approved and ‘made in Canada’
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
With a straight face.
And the worst part is that the MAGA regime will use this solely as further justification for blatant racism against the PEOPLE from Central American countries & ramp up the racist hatred instead of… idk… funding & supporting those who could actually DO something about the *actual* issue.
Farewell, Overton Window. Did we ever know you? 💔😢
It may be a regional thing re age but hey - I’ll ask again! I *never* want to go through that again and I always recommend getting it to others!
It may depend on where you’re located for when you’re eligible for it. I haven’t asked in a few years! Just wanted to say 😢 about the multiple shingles infections post-COVID. I’m so sorry. Glad to hear the vaccine helped!
Thanks that’s awesome!
As someone who got shingle at 25 and then had it for 5 weeks 😖 I can tell you that I am *so* looking forward to the day I’m old enough to get the shingles vaccine! That & I *strongly* rec the chicken pox vaxx to those who haven’t had it yet! If you’ve never had cpox, you’ll never get shingles!
🤣🤣🤣 That’s hilarious & so true to reality!
Dark. And even darker: It’s called “Fort Bliss” www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae. Credit: Sinclair Stammers
They are seriously so cute!! 😍🥰
Too cute!! 🍌🍩❤️
Happy Anniversary!! 🥳❤️
Cool - thanks! I’ve been worried about soap & water making the oil coagulate and get weird… but now I’m not even sure why because what you’re doing makes perfect sense! 😊
I’ve been using oil spray bottles for years as well & love them! My one challenge with them is that they seem to get clogged at the spray point and either spray oddly or not at all. Have you had this problem? If so, how do you clean/unclog yours?
“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” ~Omar el Akkad
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🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.
The UN has declared famine in Gaza, the first officially recognized famine in the Middle East. This is not a tragedy of nature. It is a deliberate, man-made crime. Israel is starving Gaza, intentionally and without remorse, while the world watches.
I agree that he’s an awesome voice here & that this is a great platform to continue the excellent work he’s been doing. That said, I think MT has been doing good work down there too… and that they’ve been one of the few decent voice being accurate about Canada! An excellent partnership.
Thanks for sharing this!! Commenting to make sure others are aware of the critical work this org does! ❤️❤️🩹❤️
It is so understandable for our trans friends down south to flee here as they are some of the most vulnerable in the US right now. ❤️🩹 I hope we see those people who DO have privilege, $$ & the ability to speak up and fight against what’s happening there will stay and do so. They’re needed THERE! 💪🏼
Canadian org/businesses will be required to port their data storage, emails, etc to other providers which can and will meet those standards in order to maintain the expectation of protection of personal information! EU-based providers will still be OK, as will 🇨🇦 ones but this is HUGE!! 😳😬 3/3
Major corps like Microsoft & Google *used to* be two reliable ones which followed those Safe Harbor guidelines, which had them meet the same “substantively similar” standards, but if they aren’t anymore?? That’s going to be HUGE because our legislation hasn’t & won’t change! 🇨🇦 2/3
What’s wild about privacy of info is that under our existing legislation (PIPEDA / PIPA Acts, etc.) Canadian orgs/businesses are already required to use either 🇨🇦 servers, EU ones (substantively similar privacy leg there so they’re safe) or US *companies* which abide by “Safe Harbor” laws. 1/3
The erasing of history through removing buildings, art, artifacts, books, etc. is all textbook authoritarianism. We’ve seen it around the globe, throughout history & we’re seeing it today in other places as well. 🍉 I hope & pray that these artifacts are being preserved & protected somehow. 💔
Totally agree!! Excellent news - I’m excited for this!!
Fantastic news!! The more reliable, independent journalistic voices we have the better. Meidas Touch has *absolutely* shown itself to be an excellent resource from the US & having Charlie Angus at the helm of a Canadian division of MT is a great, natural expansion of that excellent work! 🥳
We elected MPs. The most MPs were from the LPC, of which he’s the Leader. We didn’t “elect Carney.” That’s US terminology & exactly the kind of issue that we’re facing with the influx of US media, content & propaganda… and just another reason to have a 🇨🇦 version of Meidas Touch!
Are you not familiar with their content?? Meidas Touch has been pro-🇨🇦 & sharing 🇨🇦 voices and 🇨🇦 perspectives for a long time now; this is expanding & empowering that further. I mean it’s Charlie Angus!! With trust in even 🇨🇦 MSM declining, indie journalism has become more & more critical.
After months of the Israeli government manufacturing a starvation crisis in Gaza, famine has officially set in.
For @teenvogue.com, I wrote about America’s favorite bipartisan pastime: starving people at home and abroad. As officials confirm what we already know, that there is a famine in Gaza, I hope we can all remember that none of this is unavoidable. It is a choice.
"Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are also sliding glass doors, & readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author....
People need to start understanding that cruelty is the point. They aren't even satisfied with LGBTQ+ being killed, they have to erase any solidarity the world might have with the victims
So sweet! Hello Shiro-kun! 💞
This is me finding out that Dobson died!!!
You don’t get a citizenship interview unless you hold a green card and have done everything exactly right. There is absolutely no fig leaf of legality for ICE to hide behind here. This was a legal immigrant and veteran.
Excellent article - thank you!
Air Canada flight attendants were perfectly positioned to publicly challenge the federal government's back-to-work order. I spoke to labour experts and workers on the picket line to better understand why this woman-dominated workforce was able to do what others couldn't.
The DOJ subpoenas to providers of gender affirming care wanted the therapy notes, social security numbers, and addresses of patients. This is an unprecedented and disgusting violation of medical privacy. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Saw this the other day & can’t stop thinking about it. Credit to jenresisted for the original.
That’s so cool!!!! 🤩
Just to be clear: these rising rates have nothing to do w RFK nixing boosters (though that's very bad), they're because both Democrats and Republicans have dismantled public health and no one is masking and taking airborne disease precautions. Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
So cute that Mythra has so much to say and just wants to express it! ☺️
Hahah! Ours do this too often. It’s adorable until you’re working on something on your laptop & they walk across it and delete a huge section 😭😭😭 The irony that I can’t type on my phone with gloves but their little feet can type whole rants lol!
This cartoon is titled, Mama or Papa Bear, and it celebrates those who protect and care for the LGBTQ community. The real and chosen mothers, fathers, and allies who don't let any harm come to their queer loved ones. 🌈 💜
🚨 Norway’s $1.9 trillion sovereign wealth fund has divested from 11 Israeli companies and is terminating all contracts with external managers in Israel. This is quite significant.
“That's all they took out of their luggage…every single container of formula feed was taken away.” British Surgeon Dr. Nick Maynard who recently volunteered in Gaza discusses Israeli border guards taking away baby formula that they desperately needed for dying babies. zeteo.com/p/doctors-ga...
I mean this is the first time I’m seeing this connection but based on some of the recent headlines out of the Atlantic, it’s in no way surprising… at all.
Wow, wild. Anyway, here's a photo of Atlantic Owner Laurene Powell Jobs having a nice time with Ghislaine Maxwell.
Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
Can anyone on BlueSky direct me on where to look to connect with people who know things about #antique #wallpaper #crafts & how to repair/care for them? This room divider was made by my great grandmother. IDK the exact year but I would assume late 1800s based on what I know. Any recs? TYSM! 😊
'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party."
PS: usually I would also include the same url in the comment as well
More accurately I’m thinking of examples such as the chart I’m attaching below. This chart includes so much data and in ways I would do a disservice to attempt to summarize it myself. Here (in the alt text of this image) is an example of what I’ve been doing & what I meant by sharing a url.
Just looking at this picture made my shoulders relax. 😌 Wish we saw more of this! 😷
Leopards Eating Faces PartIES. Once I started realizing the pattern of scapegoating other, more marginalized/vulnerable groups in order to keep oneself “safe” (albeit temporarily because leopards are gonna eat faces…) you recognize that pattern everywhere. 💔
I’ve been working on improving my alt texts. For a screenshot of a website page with detailed and/or multiple graphs or charts I don’t believe there’s a realistic way I can properly communicate the detail of the content in an effective way. Is it better to simply include a url in those times?
Israel has killed 240+ journalists. People who'd cover a strike that killed their kids and go on to cover the next strike, in the pursuit of convincing the world to act, of the hope of tomorrow being different. How many more murders will it take for the mainstream media's cowardly fever to break?
“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks Prem Thakker, in the wake of Israel’s killing of Anas al Sharif.
I loved that version of Much Ado About Nothing so much. The song version of “Sigh No More” in that movie still sticks with me to this day. ❤️