As governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney blocked Venezuela from accessing $1 billion of its own gold after coordinated pressure from Washington and the far-right Venezuelan opposition, directly aiding a US-led regime change effort and worsening a humanitarian crisis.

Weak. Sauce. Perhaps the most tone deaf response I’ve seen thus far.

Reports: Jays reach deal with INF Kazuma Okamoto reut.rs/4bhbpGW

Looks like recent events have even got George Washington rolling in his grave, err, well at least his simulacrum going into spasms…

But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?

We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.

"It isn't just in distant galaxies that strange, unreasonable things are happening. Unreason has crept up on us so insidiously that we've hardly been aware of it. But think of the things going on in our country which you wouldn't have believed possible only a few years ago." A Wind in the Door

In a single press conference, the US has also explicitly threatened Cuba, Colombia and Mexico.

Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

Following a white man to war because you disliked the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the dumbest acts of self-sabotage ever.

Btw, the big story overhanging all of this is that US government is deadly serious in its stated plans to dominate and control the western hemisphere. Take the threats against Greenland very seriously indeed.

The members who did the "don't follow illegal orders" video absolutely need to immediately do a "hey these were the illegal orders we were talking about and participating in them can expect to face consequences to the fullest extent of the law" video

Would like to see some JAG officers on the news talking about whether these military strikes are technically legal and, if not, what sort of liability commanders have incurred by carrying them out.

Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them

Near as I can tell, American press are still claiming that it’s unclear what’s causing these explosions. Meanwhile BBC is calling it out. You have to know by now, our press is shit. I put stock in the BBC before CNN or WA PO or <insert major US news outlet here> www.bbc.com/news/article...

The reputation and prestige of the FIFA peace prize is now in shambles

"The Constitution vests the power of declaring War with Congress, therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject, and authorised such a measure." George Washington

Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂 💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹 Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

in retrospect, this event perfectly set the tone for 2025

Hey, if you’re reading this, you made it. This wasn’t an easy year, but we survived. And we’re gonna get through the next one. Hang in there.

Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.

Winnipeg's Yvonne Brill changed humanity's future in space when she invented the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster. Her invention keeps satellites and spacecraft in orbit. She also worked on the Apollo program and the Space Shuttles. This is her story. 🧵 1/10

Tonight, tune in for a special conversation between Rachel Maddow and guests of her most recent podcast “Burn Order” from a live community event in Los Angeles. They’ll discuss the fight against race-based incarceration during World War II and what lessons we can apply today.

It’s been a Ho-Ho-Hot Holiday Season here!

Just remember, anyone suggesting invading Canada or that it’s the 51st state will be (permanently) added to the Naughty List. 🎅🇨🇦

So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions

Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit

All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now

And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV. There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.

🇨🇦 Bill C-3 is now in force, fixing decades-old citizenship gaps and restoring status to thousands of Canadians born abroad 🇨🇦 Check out full details on these new Canadian citizenship rules effective December 15, 2025 👇 immigrationnewscanada.ca/new-canada-c...

Colorado power outages disrupt atomic clock in Boulder trib.al/LoAEFzi

This is the first "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Fire Weather Warning ever issued anywhere in the state of Colorado. #COwx

🎉 Mark your calendars! The 4th Annual Rocky Mountain RepRap Festival is April 18–19, 2026 at The Ranch in Loveland, CO. Two full days of 3D printers, projects, giant builds, live demos, and awesome community vibes. Admission is FREE — tickets available now 👉 rmrrf.com 🎟️

NEW: 6th Cir upholds the fed law barring undocumented immigrants from having guns. What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵 www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...

Officially downgrading the odds of a White Christmas in Denver this year to nil. I am fun at bars #COwx

👇There’s always a link to Hitler…

When Scalia rewrote the Second Amendment in Heller, I warned that he would have “blood on his hands” from the carnage he was enabling. The Second Amendment protects a “militia” right, which was the understanding of the courts for 200 years. The “individual right” rewrite is a suicide pact.

We shouldn’t have to live like this. I’m not THAT old, and I remember we *didn’t* live like this. Powerful segments of society have made a choice that the regular scene of dead bodies in classrooms is an acceptable cost of doing business, and we shouldn’t have to accept that. I’m sad and I’m angry.

I got myself tested and my MMR had COMPLETELY worn off, as is common if you're my age. I've got an appointment in a few days to get a new one. I do not wanna fuck around and lose my entire immune system, which is what measles does.

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

Reactionary centrists don't believe in anything except staking out the "higher ground." They're really just unserious assholes who treat politics like it's debate team and not something that imperils and impacts millions of people every day

I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.

Pueblo museum featuring Leonardo da Vinci inventions will be the first of its kind in North America | The Colorado Sun coloradosun.com/2025/03/20/l... Sun App

Had a wonderful visit to the construction site for the new Leonardo DaVinci Museum of North America, opening Spring 2026. This first-of-its-kind museum in the U.S. will showcase immersive experiences and sixty interactive machines based on Da Vinci’s original designs. https://davincisteam.org/

So, fun fact: licensors are notoriously protective of their brands, and will take literal months at times to ensure that every single aspect of a title is being presented properly. You can't even SNEEZE without telling the licensor. To have Kadokawa come out and say this directly is amazing

Oh my

So since this timeline keeps taking the darkest path (so far)… After penalty is enforceable, gov’t seizes Ancestry.com & Mormon databases to ferret out unknowing citizens by decent (esp. Canadians since recent Bill C-3 will result in MANY people automatically becoming citizens from birth).