Former Washington Post contributing columnist here — let’s help the Onion smash the Washington Post!

There is something a bit Wes Anderson about this scene hey? (not a critique!)

If you could go back to any time in your life—when would it be and why?

everyone who works at openAI should be tried as an accomplice

I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.

Cracker’s The Golden Age is one of the best albums. Ever. Go listen to it. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Gross

Like cinema? Check out the European Film Festival online starting December 1st watch.eventive.org/euffonline2025

It's almost that time!!!

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

The volume of water needed to cool the servers in data centers has become a nationwide resource issue. Volume isn’t the most pressing problem in Morrow County, however. The issue is pollution, which Amazon’s data centers have exacerbated since its arrival. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Mood: 🤡😤😡🤬

DOGE shuts down having not found trillions of dollars of waste or saved any money. They compromised the security of government systems, fired federal workers and oversaw the dismantling of USAID which has killed 600,000. By 2030 approx 14 million people will have died. That’s their legacy

Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.

Watching the #Expos documentary on Netflix and crying inside.

There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.

DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.

Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK? Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries. The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare ...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

I will keep this simple: Fuck off doofus. sincerely,Canada www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

This 👇 is a huge mistake. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Not Just Aliens is the SETI Institute’s weekly series featuring scientists exploring astrobiology, heliophysics, planetary science, and more — expanding the search for life beyond Earth. And sometimes, we feature scientists looking for technosignatures!

Corb Lund: “I was at the town hall June 11, when the premier said, ‘If you guys don’t want to have coal, you should start a citizens initiative.’” So, he dropped off a citizen initiative application for a #referendum petition seeking permanent protection of the #EasternSlopes from coal mining. 💪🙌

Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches

This guy can get fucked

Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000. Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Red alert 🚨

‘This is the Alberta government saying that the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.’ By @melwoods.me thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Reversing the Reversal?: Government Puts Privacy Invasive Lawful Access Back on the Agenda www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/reve...

Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk. please donate if you can! fund.blender.org

Seems like a steal e.givesmart.com/events/LYw/i...

As @lastweektonight.com covered tonight, local public media stations across the country are in crisis. You can help out by going to adoptastation.org

Love this (and for context, see novascotia.ca/treeforboston/) www.reddit.com/r/halifax/s/... #Halifax #Boston

97 years ago today, Steamboat Willie paddled onto the screen. In 2024, this iconic cartoon entered the public domain, opening new possibilities for sharing, remixing & reimagining. Follow us for Public Domain Day 2026 announcements! 👀 Full cartoon ➡️ archive.org/details/stea... #OTD #PublicDomain

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I'm not minimizing any of the countless other reasons he should be drafting his resignation. It's that he said this to a woman. In her workplace. In front of her colleagues. While she does her job. It's a disgrace. He owes her an apology, and so do all of his voters, frankly.

I feel seen. “Welcome to what I call the Great Unfuckening—that point in midlife when your capacity to pretend, perform, and please others starts shorting out like an electrical system that’s finally had enough.”

I don’t want to live in a world where people believe that others are incapable of change. What does that say about our own capacity for positive change? That’s it’s a lie? A fantasy?

Is it Friday yet?

NIXON_R1.BMF

Okay, this is kinda cool. #Surfrajettes #HockeyNightInCanada www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4tS...

Ah yes, in Germany they called this "lebensraum" But one thing that's important to note: this was their policy back during the campaign too even as people believed for some reason that they would only deport crininals

Conifer Hill Kurt Swinghammer 2022

Umm al Kheir is at imminent risk of forced displacement after mass demolition orders from Israel civil administration. MSF calls on Israel to end coercive measures aimed towards annexation including settler violence, often carried out under army protection and home demolitions.

We get questioned a lot on why aren't hacking X, Y or Z. We've done that. In an era of lies, it doesn't seem to concern them as much. Your raised fist does! We don't need to hack sh*t for you to know that your fist should be raised. Raise it high and bring these f*cks to the justice they deserve!

#aurora ribbons from cockpit of a flight heading to Fort MacMurray #alberta as major solar storm hits earth.

Just watched John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness and then looked up the WH official website to verify the Door Dash stat reference and, folks, I felt like I was still watching that movie. That is not normal.

D is making sours—one with the dregs of our Wild Turkey and one with the excellent Okanagan Spirits Distillery's BRBN. I love me a good sour and blame-er-thank @janis.bsky.social for the introduction to this excellent cocktail.

Read, "Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it" published on the Conversation and written by ICPSR's director Margaret Levenstein and John Kubale at: myumi.ch/P3ND4. #ICPSR #Data