The idiots accept the blatant lie anyway.

So, a quick story. I have been at @comicpalooza.bsky.social, been swamped with long lines almost the entire weekend so far, and there was this very nice gentleman named Jin (not sure of the spelling). He came the first day and said he was bringing books the next day to get signed. 1/

File this under Fuck right off Jeff.

Real question: the fuck do you guys think the word meant before

“.. American officials did not learn of the outbreak until Thursday, nine days after the World Health Organization did, and almost a month after the first person died.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/h...

Can we bring Canada Post back in as a government agency rather than a crown corp yet? It was a bad idea to privatize it in the first place but it is just going to keep getting worse if we expect it to break even while providing a truly essential service.

I think we may be missing the boat by not touting the health benefits - mental and physical - of UBI. The savings to the healthcare system would probably cover a fair chunk of a true UBI in Canada, but just knowing that citizen health would be substantially improved should help get people on board.

New Rule: Any politician who votes in favour of or abstains in a vote regarding a war of aggression MUST serve their first 3 recesses from whatever chamber they represent on the front lines, up to and including executive leadership. ON the line, not in a base hundreds of kilometres back.

Why did Trump pardon drug trafficker and Honduran president Juan Hernández? According to leaked audio tapes, it was an initial payment in part of a agreement between Trump, Bibi, and others to take down Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum. english.elpais.com/internationa...

"A universal basic income would also put a small dent in the deficit created by the mountain of uncompensated labor done mostly by women — mostly by moms. This Mother’s Day, my wish for all mothers is a universal basic income."

Oh this is ABSOLUTELY true. IME Every. Single. Job. is harder and more complicated than it looks from the outside. When you find yourself saying "but this thing I assume about this job is obviously common sense" STOP and think again.

Your occasional reminder that "AI" is shit: Every assertion in this "AI Overview" of the question "What coffee does John Scalzi drink" is wrong. I don't regularly drink coffee (and never black) I've never had black sesame jasmine cream tea, and I don't hang in coffee shops. Don't trust "AI" ever!

Most car accidents aren't "accidents." They're caused by morons doing moronic things. Just like our current gas prices, inflation, national debt.

There are 10 Canadians who may have been affected by a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship — including four still on board. None of them have been tested for the virus because there is no testing available for asymptomatic individuals.

I am glad David Attenborough did not pull a Betty White on us. When she did it, iconic. We can't be losing another hero so soon after though.

The Washington Post is just so profoundly embarrassing now

Reminders: 1. You get no credit from me by praising me while simultaneously running down another author 2. I know rather a lot of authors, particularly in science fiction and fantasy, so there's an excellent chance that when you're dissing that other author you're insulting a friend of mine

“If you say something that the president or this administration does not like, they’re going to come after you. The president is trying to silence us, and I can’t think of anything more un-American.” -Sen. Mark Kelly

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I'm posting a bunch right now as random thoughts pass through while I drink my second (excessively large) coffee. Coffee is good, coffee while on social media may be less good. But coffee is definitely good. I'm going to go brew another pot.

Spirit Airlines is shut down, they made a statement explicitly pointing to jet fuel crisis caused by Trump, and the White House and cronies are trying to blame Biden. Sounds about right. The party of no accountability, law, or order.

Math reminder: If you reduce a price by 100% it is free. To reduce a price further you have to pay someone. A 600% price reduction on something means paying someone five times what they were previously charged for it. This is pretty basic stuff, my daughter thoroughly understood this by 5th grade.

As a Canadian born in the 80s I'm somehow completely un-shocked by the fact that yet again the USA is pushing the world into another economic crisis. They will always find a way, they just cannot handle the possibility of a hint of prosperity.

In case you’re wondering, this is a real post.

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Spirit specifically cited why they couldn’t stay in business: skyrocketing fuel costs due to Trump’s war. And the Trump admin is still trying to blame Biden for everything?! It’s May 2026. Trump was the “I’ll make everything cheaper on day 1” guy. The “no new wars” guy. Own your actions.

I just tried out dontwordle.com (Don't Wordle) and managed to lose on my second turn... It was fun, but brief. Check it out for a fun change of pace if word games are your thing!

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From CBC News: Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he's an 'indefinite' prisoner, has no idea when he'll get out. 58 Canadians are being held by ICE. Avoid all nonessential travel to the United States.

This is insanity on full display.

For 21 years we have given 50 Head Start kids a personalized bookcase and a starter set of books their parents can read to them. Bookcases 1001 through 1050 are in good hands. Tiny curious hands.

There’s something mentally wrong with the President of the United States.

"Trump lied today" is a sentence that's true on any day you choose to say it.

It’s the guns. The U.S. sees more gun violence and death than any other peer nation because of the 2nd Amendment and, more specifically, America’s lack of reasonable gun laws.

So JD Vance is saying that the United States is knowingly engaging in economic terrorist against the entire world? Cool, cool.

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To all those men asking why these women didn’t file police reports, I direct you to the Epstein files as an example. Despite police reports, in some cases depositions under oath and NO justice has been dispensed from a court of law. The women are re-traumatized and the men are free.

So killing their spiritual leader, bombing an elementary school, threatening to wipe out their civilization, referring to it as a Christian holy war, and sending Mr. Personality Vance to negotiate didn’t get things resolved?

Carney: "The days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to the United States are over." *thunderous applause*

As far as I know there is literally no reason for this, it is just an incredibly lucky coincidence that we get to enjoy for free

A Decisive Victory — A cartoon by Michael de Adder https://www.contrariannews.org/p/a-decisive-victory

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Does he even hear himself?

HOW DO YOU HAVE A MISUNDERSTANDING OVER A DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENT? HOW DO BOTH SIDES NOT AGREE TO TERMS WRITTEN ON THE SAME PIECE OF PAPER? I'M LOSING MY MIND.

He said the quiet part out loud. You work for us, not him, Blanche.