“If he’s willing to send the army against Portland why wouldn’t he send it against Calgary?”

The Europe-built multilayered confinement building completed in 2019 was designed to contain the radiation coming from the melted-down nuclear fuel. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/SmoR

Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.

Apple Warns All iPhone Users—Do Not Use Chrome Or Google App

Here’s the thing about these “takes”. 🧵 It’s not just about “attraction” any more than your marriage to your wife is just about “you thought she was hot when you first met”. It’s about intimacy. Connection. Growing together. And expressing all of that physically in different ways… /1

8/ The “struggle” has never been with our feelings. It has ALWAYS been with the fear, shame, threats and bigotry that people like this guy, and the political and religious groups they represent, force others to live with. You also have a choice. And you give in to the temptation to be hateful.

Impossible to understand the tech leader zeal for humanoid robots unless you realize their homes are filled with human staff whose presence makes them, in a basic way, uncomfortable. They want servants without the trace of subjectivity.

The most compelling parts of Celine Song’s new film lie not in a classic love triangle, but in a poignant observation of modern dating culture.

The fact that life has been sh*t so far has zero to do w/ what life will be like going forward. I know that's hard to wrap your head around, but it's true. Do not let your bullies & abusers convince you you have nothing left to give or receive. Your real life hasn't even started.

MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours° Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"

I find this deeply alarming -- Grok is giving stalkers extremely detailed information about how to locate targets, install spyware on their devices, leverage revenge porn against them, and way more ultra-creepy advice futurism.com/artificial-i...

35 years ago today, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality

Autism-specific police training launched after death of Surrey teen

Carney’s entire strategy assumes that Canada’s problem is economic: tariffs and a capricious US. He’s wrong. The real problem is that the US has embraced dominance as its governance strategy. As a result, Carney’s policies simply aren’t suited to preserving Canadian independence.

Canadians have to make a choice: Independence or the United States. Vassal or sovereign. Those are the choices we need to discuss. Our leaders have already wasted a year missing the point. We need to get serious.

Eby seeks exemption from wind tower tariff that threatens B.C.'s electricity supply

‘“If these cuts proceed, we’ll have just four forest pathologists left, and ONLY ONE LEFT TO MONITOR THE ENTIRE FORESTRY SYSTEM EAST OF THE ROCKIES,” O’Reilly warned.‘ I guess if your focus is burning oil, you don’t care about the forests that provide the oxygen we need to breathe.

JUST IN... End of an era. After 133 years, Hastings Racecourse's use for horse racing has permanently shut down. #PNE #vancre #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/ho...

“Silence is political. You are not actually avoiding the difficult terrain of politics by not saying anything. Refusing to speak simply becomes tacit approval of the status quo.” Jemar Tisby

While reading "Better Ways to Read the Bible" by @zachwlambert.bsky.social, I was reminded of this quote by Jordan Harrell. I am not a "little bible", I am a "little Christ"/Christian... I follow Jesus. Be wary of those who quote the Bible but do not follow Jesus' way.

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

Pets? Or overlords? I'm pretty sure they have a plan.

Almost everyone who touts the benefit of private healthcare is hoping to profit from private healthcare.

B.C. winery named among world's 50 best vancouversun.com/entertainmen...

my husband and i have been married for 23 years. we have conflict, but we don't fight when shit comes up we talk to and listen to each other and resolve the issue. then we have wild healthy-conflict-resolution sex 🔥 i highly recommend marrying an emotionally healthy man and NOT an asshole man-baby

'Most heartwarming thing': B.C. family gets standing ovation in House of Commons as bill gets support

Link to "lost generation" research for reference... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

“For all that preparation, the fear remains because some parts of love don’t scale.”

"Since the April election, federal officials have recorded more than 220 meetings with oil and gas lobbyists — more meetings than days. The immense lobbying push was reflected in the federal budget, and continues to shape federal priorities."

Very cool radioactive fungus news From @chelleraiser.bsky.social www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

A🧵 This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds. The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful. THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die. 1/n

All humans experience dysregulation and distress. Many humans experience dysregulation and distress for long enough that they reach a point of shutdown... and then burnout...

Our pretend facts are just as good as the real thing. If not better.

America, It's Not You, It's...

The Netflix megahit "Adolescence" is an incredible show about the online radicalization of kids—but it also missed something crucially important

There's a reason our perception of time changes as we age — but there are ways to make it feel slower.

4/4 AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it www.kpbs.org/news/science...

Gaslighting is psychological manipulation that makes you question your own reality. Lies, denial, twisting words, and constant blame are all tactics abusers use to maintain control. Understanding these signs is the first step toward reclaiming your power. shadowsofcontrol.substack.c...

Gillian Tett: Trump went to war with Brazil's Lula, and in the end, Lula got everything he wanted, while Trump gained nothing whatsoever. This is not a unique case. Trump's trade wars are going spectacularly badly for the United States.

Multiple women came forward and their complaints were ignored. This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster. He doesn’t want women to be safe. He won’t let them come forward anonymously. Rape culture is alive and well. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

I wrote a bit about this many years ago on Twitter-that-was: the algorithm has gradually eroded "here's what you want to see" by replacing it with "here's what we'd like you to want to see." It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.

Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

📚 A new book, Goliath’s Curse, will reset everything you thought you knew about the rise and fall of civilisations – with worrying implications for our world now.

It is starting to piss me off when folks say “I’m just not into politics” or “I’m just not political”. Well, you better start feeling some kind of way about politics because you may be adversely affected because of politics. People forgot about voting rights….

Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”

Woman seeking Canada Disability Benefit frustrated after being sent to costly AI-integrated service

Sadly true. What does that say about our democracy that it is a willing hostage to the fossil industry?

An increasing number of bookstores in Japan are leasing out their shelves to book lovers to allow them to sell the works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such “shelf owners.” 👉 ebx.sh/CY9y2V

I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.