Graham Greene has passed away at the age of 73
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Graham Greene has passed away at the age of 73
That is fantastic!!!
School starts tomorrow for many. Approximately 1 in 74 people in Ontario currently has COVID. If those were the odds for a lottery, I’d be buying several tickets, but this isn’t a lottery worth winning. Masks work, insist on open windows & filtering the air/HEPAs.
I freaking hope so…what on earth America?
Right??? I get sent the damned things by everyone.
Can I get more jokes if you promise not to send the Tote Bag?
Anyway, my friends at Bluesky proper should start marketing this place with these kinds of quotes. It makes this website seem like the fucking Thunderdome when in reality it's a place where I post pictures of Viscous Brown Food-Like Substance On A Plate solely to unnerve people.
Truth….years ago if you tried to say the @theonion.com would sell a high circulation newspaper you’d have been accused of writing an Onion article. Life is wild.
Bluesky has been critical to Democracy Docket's growth and reach. Nate Silver is an idiot.
I admit, she knocks the socks off me everytime
Yayyy!!!!
Does this woman realize she can still buy her bland enriched flour white bread if she wants? More to that matter, does she realize that the bread she thinks is some kind of tradition is itself a very modern invention in historical context?
Yeah. I kept my X account but never use it
He also has Instagram but not much activity really
I Googled and can’t find one, only Facebook and Twitter seem active. Very few Conservatives seem to be on here?
Goodman is widely described in previous news stories as Rudy's spokesman.
The police version of the crash, as relayed by a local Manchester reporter, is unsurprisingly quite different from what Giuliani's spokesman says. The whole thing is even more murky now, however. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
"The lunatics are running the asylum."
Good Ali, now here’s hoping your other media compatriots also do the same. And keep it up
For everyone screaming at Velshi, he or his team did see my full thread. They are interested in discussing further. Please stop calling him out on my behalf. I will let you know if this becomes anything. I really really hope it does.
I would be more than willing to be part of a segment where you highlight some of our fighters people aren’t paying attention to. You have one of the loudest voices in the world. Please use it to change the conversation. 12/12
I’m sure you’re just gonna see me as another person complaining and that’s fine but I needed to get this off my chest and if you would like to have me on my show to talk more about this, 11/
I really appreciate your work. I think you’re doing incredible work but this segment was shortsighted. This segment just affirmed what people were already feeling and what they were feeling is something I have been fighting against for six months. You did not help with that. 10/
In this piece, you said that you don’t know what happens behind closed doors and you’re not listening to people in Washington, but maybe you need to a bit because the people you named are the same people that everyone already knows. 9/
To amplify all the fighters. Do what you do with the banned book club. Have a segment where you amplify one democrat a week who is doing it right. Choose people no one else is talking about. You have the power to do that. 8/
We have the best chance at saving the world when we praise those doing the work not just the top five that everyone can name off the top of their heads. You have one of the biggest platforms in the world. You could use it to talk about those that no one else is talking about. 7/
I’m tired. I’m tired of posting about this day in and day out and having people who have a lot less than a lot larger audience than me saying the same damn thing. Maybe our Dems aren’t doing everything humanly possible but they are doing a hell of a lot more than you’re giving them credit for. 8/
You could’ve mentioned @jimmcgovernma.bsky.social who is the best ranking member we will ever have on the rules committee. I mean the fact that he found a loophole because the Republicans filed the rule wrong so he was able to have every Democrat ask for unanimous consent. That deserves praise. 7/
You could’ve mentioned @gomez.house.gov who went back to Roybal in downtown LA more than once a week for the last two months till ice let him in and is still going back because he’s not satisfied by what he saw 6/
For instance, you could’ve named @vanhollen.senate.gov who is in Israel as we speak, trying to get them to end the war to stop the famine. And who is the main reason that El Salvador is no longer housing American abductees 5/
You talked about the same names that everyone else talks about. You have a huge platform why can’t you name other people? Why can’t you prove that it’s more than just those people doing the work? 4/
Or the fact that the house Dems were 100% united against the CR and against the big ugly bill and against the rescission package. There are so many different voices in the Democratic Party to get all of them to do the same thing is a huge lift. You know this because you said it in your piece. 5/
You didn’t acknowledge how Jefferies created the rapid response task force and litigation working group and they are doing some incredible work I mean, did you even acknowledge the amicus briefs? Congress doesn’t normally get involved in cases like that. 4/
You also talked about Iowa, but you didn’t talk about the fact Ken Martin sent 30,000 volunteers there. In fact, every time we have won one of these elections, the DNC has been there. Every single one of these local wins the DNC has been there asking the campaign: hoe can we help? 3/
Or how hard the Senators worked to get the worst of the worst out of the big ugly bill and yeah, Schumer played a huge role in making that happen. You didn’t acknowledge how the DNC has organized 138 town halls in Republican district that our democratic lawmakers have hosted 2/
Yeah, I did watch it. For starters you didn’t acknowledge that Wall Street Journal wrote an article about how successful Schumer is with blocking Trump’s judicial nominees. 1/
This is a Fantastic thread about the things the Democrats are REALLY doing and any news media who give a damn about publishing facts, should reprint it as an article.
Ford, consider this….we have plenty, let everyone get shots asap. No waiting. Hell…radical concept, tell everyone to vaccinate babies, kids and teens (who get 100% hearty vaccine response) so they won’t get mild cases and then silently infect the weak. #onpoli #cdnpoli
Neither do I…it just seems like a very strange statement. Wonder what the police will say?
Huh?
Did you ever wonder why MAGA is so into WASP Evangelicalism? From The West Wing: “Catholics don’t believe man is saved through faith alone. Catholics believe faith has to be joined with good works.” Thoughts and prayers are supposed to inspire actions. Not just hang there
For other trials on more common types of tumours and diseases, we can absolutely do amazing research and should. It would create jobs and establish reputations. Enhance universities. But…we seem to think infrastructure is only machines and buildings, roads…. #onpoli #cdnpoli
Hopefully we have copies of all the data and can at least continue with our patients…but the problem is that with rare diseases, we need larger populations to test on…and partnering with the US helped us get access to larger groups of patients with rare pediatric cancers. #onpoli #cdnpoli
And the worst part is that a Canadian pediatric hospital @sickkidsto.bsky.social was partners in this study, and cancelling it means Canadian kids with cancer will die now. It’s not charity…we contributed money and expertise as well. And now OUR kids suffer. #cdnpoli #onpoli
Of course it is….
On a different subject: I just found this house for #FridayNightZillow and the staging is umm… www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
Seriously, Kamala Harris or Megan Duchess of Sussex or or reality TV stars or crime victims…but going on current political office or “exactly 6 months” or whatever is not justice and not justified. Eg. Many politicians are facing death threats right now in Canada. City councillors, average folk
I just can’t with this. WTF do we discuss this in terms of time limits and not in proportion to actual threat levels? For anyone…any public figure or average person even should be protected when facing credible or extreme levels of threats. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
This CANNOT be fixed in 4 years. Clinical trials are METICULOUS. Certain people at certain disease stages at certain ages with certain criteria and certain preparations done. It can be so absolutely difficult finding these people. ESPECIALLY children. We’re DONE scientifically as a country
This makes me smile
Someone recently messaged they appreciated my troubleshooting series over the years and wish I'd compile them. Telling the story of how you develop from incapacity. All the time you DON'T waste by failing, becoming a professional. Because at the fringes, knowing how to fail – is what others don't.
Being the person they have to call when the LLM hits its limit and they're running in circles is already the position I and some of my peers are already in. The problem here is the pipeline. You don't get to my capability, by replacing younger less experienced me with an LLM. This is gonna be bad.
Oof, the sycophancy problem in LLM's + triggering on any irrelevant details you feed them, recently led a P2 problem call down the wrong pathing for hours. The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal. This is your moat. It's mine.
Trump's tariffs causes SSENSE to file for bankruptcy protection. Devastating to small designers, as SSENSE is an important retailer for them.
I absolutely do stand with all the postal workers!
Canada Post: *makes really shitty "final" offer* Postal Union: How about no? Canada Post: They're being unreasonable! If we pay them decently and keep them safe at work, we'll go under! Me: That really sounds like Mark Carney's problem.
It’s summer…this happens every year to every adult social network. The kids and teens go on to the next cool thing. And adults go on vacation. Audiences shrink—but school is back next week. Numbers will climb back through the fall.
These are research trials…research for rare tumours, the US hospitals listed are the places where the wealthy take their kids. Wiping out this data means the whole word loses these treatments and cures #cdnpoli
This is the website listing the institutions losing the money. #cdnpoli #onpoli www.pbtc.org/institutions...
Hey #cdnpoli #onpoli one of these hospitals is #SickKids @sickkidsvs.bsky.social and this also cuts off pediatric cancer trials for Canada. We do joint US/Canada trials because these are rare tumours and we have a small population. So Trump is killing Canadian kids with Cancer now
“Choice” and “Freedom” Spin • Industry propaganda often emphasizes that adults should have the “freedom” to choose a “safer” alternative. This reframes a deadly addiction as a lifestyle preference. • By ranking pouches and vapes, RFK essentially gives them a government-backed stamp of legitimacy.
White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director - The Washington Post “Like Monarez, O’Neill is not a physician.” - Washington Post Phillips is a tech bro and acolyte of Peter Theil; Monarez was a PhD in vet medicine and did postdoc medical research - in other words, a scientist.
Everyone at the CDC is getting fired or resigning. RFK Jr. wants to ban all vaccines. His idiocy will get millions of people killed.
Anyone who assaults a police officer in DC will be charged with a felony. Especially if they do so during our forthcoming military funeral for Ashli Babbitt. by Jeanine Pirro
They usually find whatever is bugging you…and in good news that was the easiest operation/procedure I ever had done. Bar none.
Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: “I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
Of course, some collections are fairly benign. Like Tom Brown, an Appalachian man who collects rare apples.
There's a real disconnect between the heroic image that industries prop up for marketing purposes and the sad reality of their consumers. Kyoichi Tsuzuki's book "Happy Victims" shows the real lives of people who buy high-end designer clothes. I see a similar issue with guns.
IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction
YEESS
You're boned six ways to Sunday, might as well do something cool. "Recommitting to tallow fries" isn't gonna get it done. You gotta woke your way out of this one. Announce you're changing the logo again but just make the font one point smaller, no other changes. Do this again nine days later.
If I'm on the 379th crisis PR Zoom at Cracker Barrel today, I legit pitch Gay Woke Cracker Barrel. Just go all in. Cracker Barrels are exclusive 9-seat diners in 10 cities now. Two-year waitlist. Existing Cracker Barrels are now called Bad Old Cracker Barrel. Sell an NFT with it I don't give a shit.
He's gonna make kids go to work camps because he can atmospherically deduce chakra misalignment.
Half asleep, I accidentally took my night time medication (BP meds, melatonin, sleep stuff) at 4:30 pm. Ooof
Mmmmmm
Someone please rent a billboard and copy and paste this ridiculous thing onto it. These GOP boneheads need to be thrown out of office.
If only we had a book saying what Jesus would do if kids were killed in Churches because politicians take NRA money…. John 2:15 “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.”
Your law students/law firm coworkers should never have used this tool; Open AI has been clear that they would disclose information to law enforcement this entire time But since APPARENTLY this has to be said several THOUSAND times before people digest it, DO NOT f***ing use this, lawyers
There are a lot of us…not enough of us, but we exist. We get a lot done outside the US…then again, we don’t have to compete with billionaire donors in other countries.
people love bringing up japan when it comes to deporting immigrants/ creating a homogenous society, but if you bring up japan's anti-gun laws it's "woah woah woah"
That is literally the giant gap. Lots of pro-tech but pro-cautious folks exist, and could give solid legal and financial advice to companies and politicians and the public. Without that? They don’t know if you are a competitor or a promoter or a Luddite. Or just trying to be a nice helpful guy
It’s because there is no concept of 3rd party assessment or regulation for Tech in Govt, unlike the FDA or CDC NIH TSA or CPSC. Those agencies gather info and research and help politicians understand all the impacts. (Along with the OEB etc) Without those 3rd parties, they don’t know
YUP
Yup
It is a tribute to our dysfunctional information environment that right-wingers can basically commit 99% of the domestic terrorism, for *decades*, and that simple fact never penetrates to the public. They pay zero political price.
I see people joining new political movements all the time, and we always make space for them…even when whatever it is is confusing. But again, we expect a normal path of products, tested and regulated, instead we get, Run fast and break it. Sigh
Yeah….just gross, awful
And the people I know DO care very much but the tech industry CEOs seem extremely hostile to anyone subjecting them to the exact same laws, taxes, accounting and safety regs that everything and everyone else has been subjected too. Seriously, your CEOs are predators
It’s not willful ignorance when people have no way to figure it out. Transportation safety, like planes and cars and say, pharma and food safety are comparable. No one person can know how all planes, trains, cars, drugs, food, and tech work—we need experts to help protect us.
Apparently polling consistently shows that very high numbers of Americans would welcome more common sense gun laws and waiting periods and more restrictions for young people obtaining them. Biden passed a lot of regs on gun safety/storage, etc and Trump repealed it all.
A friend who lives in the States posted how horrible it is that children are growing up in a world where school shootings are a regular thing. I had to bite my tongue not to reply "a regular thing... in the U.S."
Today I told my kid about the Dunblane massacre (Scotland, 1996) and the Port Arthur massacre (Australia, 1996). The salient point being that both these incidents led to significant changes in gun laws in their respective countries.
Sounds really gross to be honest.
Full service AI. Not only did it identify the targets and write the code to hack them... it also suggested how much to try to extort them for and even helpfully wrote the ransom notes.
Canada’s privacy commissioner says citizens have a right to have some information removed from search engines. In another example of US tech companies flouting rules in other countries, Google is refusing to comply. There should be serious consequences when companies do this.
And we expect companies and investors to show awareness that they’ll get sued into bankruptcy if they release a dangerous product without any precautions…which usually has held businesses back. And yet….here we are.
Hard agree here because I’m a Canadian watching the US careen off into extreme RW chaos and accept so many awful things, while every individual American I know is kind and decent. Most worldwide don’t have education to understand tech like this, but we expect our Governments to take precautions.
The internet is a utility pole with tattered flyers stapled on it
Yup….and also @anildash.com and @dburghart.bsky.social fyi the shooter could never have obtained or bought (legally or illegally) that many guns or those kind of guns that cheaply or easily in any other nation on earth. Racists exist everywhere, but NOT THOSE GUNS
None of this is EVER inevitable. It can be rare, or common…but so much of what we see these days is utterly 100% preventable and fucking hell people.