Absolutely!! 😡 #EatTheRich

⚡️Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai. Ukrainian drones reportedly struck the Tuapse Oil Refinery in southern Russia's Krasnodar Krai during an overnight attack on April 20, as Kyiv continues efforts to disrupt Moscow's war funding.

And remember: Perfect is the enemy of good enough / better. This is not a purity competition 🙂

Seeds started! 6 with strawberries, 6 with hot peppers, all seeds saved from last year.

I've set up a local Ollama AI instance on my gaming PC, which runs Pop! OS Linux with 32GB RAM and a GeForce RTX 4060 (8GB VRAM), with mempalace for local context retention between sessions. Ollama install: docs.ollama.com/linux (also has a Windows install) Ollama API key: ollama.com/settings/keys

it sounds & is bad, but a more accurate heuristic than trusting what elites say about their commitment to trans lives is: is there a risk that truly defending trans people could inconvenience a cis person or cost anyone money? if so, they won't do it. that will be right more often than promises.

Here are the blocklists I currently use. 1, 2 and 4 are MAGA / far right / Trump regime, and 3 is content scrapers / artistic theft. 1. bsky.app/profile/did:... 2. bsky.app/profile/did:... 3. bsky.app/profile/did:... 4. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Another good analysis from House of El on YT: this time on the collapse of demand for the FIFA World Cup from international travellers, with some countries banned or needing a significant bond just to apply for a tourist visa. And then there's the price gouging... www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR2F...

Amazed to see a hedgehog in the woods this morning - the first one I’ve seen in London for about 30 years! #hedgehog #mrstiggywinkle

We are asking boat operators to please stay off the Ottawa River in and around the areas impacted by flooding. Boating close to shore may cause wakes which contribute to additional damage to homes and flood barriers.

FIFA is slotted in as the #13 most vital boycott. The entry is all new, but the blood on their hands is not. open.substack.com/pub/psychope...

Sometymes evil doth seeme so powerful that the heart groweth sick. But ther ys comfort yn the fact that evil ys an aberration. Our default settinge ys lovinge each othir and lookinge out and takinge care. We smyle at children. We give somebodye bus fare. We share advyce. Kyndenesse ys braverye.

The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026

Experts have been restoring one bedroom within the King’s Private Apartments. Crews just placed the very last details replicating precisely what this princely bedroom looked like in #1789 —the very day that the royal family made its final departure from Versailles. news.artnet.com/art-world/ve...

I've now got the EFF's Rayhunter (listener) up and running where I am in Canada (so no Verizon): - Refurb Orbic RC400L from eBay - Install efforg.github.io/rayhunter/in... - De-Verizon gist.github.com/trevormjayme... - Configure its wifi etc. - N. Am. data SIM card, no expiry, from www.keepgo.com

“Why would we, ... in the name of protecting people, create a whole other legal mandate that requires the collection and storage of even more personally identifying information that would be subject to either data thieves or data breaches?” EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social told @nbcnews.com.

In recognition of "420" Day, on Apr 20 I'll join Devon Peacock of CFPL London to discuss Canada's 7+ years with legal cannabis. 📻🥬

For anyone doubting that the GOP / MAGA aspires to be the Christian Nationalist equivalent of the Taliban: According to this article, the proposed Ohio bill would include not just drag artists, but women wearing sports bras, tank tops, etc. without a bra underneath. www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

Flock cameras have useful, modular electronic components in them, including: - Rechargeable lithium iion battery with solar panel - 5G LTE modem - 5MP 16mm camera with IR filter Plus various other components with precious metals that can be harvested for scrap.

“Responsible” development of “AI” is … having refugees annotate data for the US military?? @alexhanna.bsky.social and I take that apart with Niamh McIntyre on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, episode 75: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...

For any runners/walkers out there, be aware the river is just starting to breach its banks behind the Museum of History. By tomorrow I expect at least part of the path will no longer be traversable. You may wish to take advantage of other routes for the next couple of weeks.

Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

Weird that a bunch of call options expire on 4/17 and suddenly the whole Hormuz situation looks better.

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Everything known about the hyper-mutated BA.3.2 variant ("Cicada") of #SARSCoV2. While there's no cause for alarm, continued genome surveillance of this virus is essential. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The new Alexandra Bridge coulda been this too… #Ottawa #OttCity

I wonder if someone pranked RFK2 in the past and told him he had to do a scavanger hunt for a bear pelt, a whale head, and a raccoon penis in order to get invited to Epstein Island.

This article is for men. In just the past few weeks: a wife murdered. A community leader killed. Multiple women alleging assault from another congressman. A survivor died by suicide. "Rape Academy" has 140 million visits in two months. The pattern is horrifying, and the solution starts with us.

The application has remained stable since approximately 9 PM PDT, April 16 despite ongoing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. We have not seen any evidence of unauthorized access to private user data. We will provide a further update by end of day.

big news, the FAA has gotten rid of criminal penalties for flying drones near ICE vehicles

dogfights are back baby!

For Canadians looking for an alternative to US protein / snack bars, we tried 3 Made With Local bars and 1 of their cookies. The cookies have higher protein. We liked all, and none had that fake medicinal aftertaste, even to my super-taster husband. Organic, GF. #cdnpoli www.madewithlocal.com

A rare class of meteorites called angrites likely come from a strange protoplanet that was catastrophically destroyed in the early solar system, leaving only fragmentary remnants.

🔭 M82: Starburst Galaxy with a Superwind Image Credit & Copyright: Arnaud Malleval ap260417

We have a new monthly series at @climatecentral.org highlighting the latest state of the climate, including guest speakers, attribution, and current extremes. Also includes a report summary and interactive graphics to explore/download the data. Learn more at www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... 🧪

A few hedgehog videos from last night. We've still got a mouse visiting which is remarkable because there are lots of cats in the area. #mywildlifegarden #hedgehog #hedgehogsofyoutube #uknature #ukwildlife #wildlifegardening youtu.be/tiM_xgCwy-U

Russia is also upping its use of 'double tap' strikes to kill first responders. Two medics and a cop were injured yesterday in Kyiv.

The new guide is coming. This one is from January. The new one will go out in parts because it’s big and needs assembled but will be filled with info about how to protect our elections. You can subscribe through this article to get the new one while it’s in progress. substack.com/@spencersonl...

📣 A review of our NEW study Substantial amount of medical information provided by popular chatbots inaccurate and incomplete bmjgroup.com/substantial-... by @bmj.com Bottom line: Half of answers to evidence based questions “somewhat” or “highly” problematic.

Last week, we at @citizenlab.ca and @vsquare.bsky.social exposed Hungarian intelligence’s use of Webloc, an ad-based surveillance system that relies on mobile app data. Update: The Hungarian GDPR regulator told @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social it has launched an ex officio investigation into the matter.

Speaking as a Canadian veteran, this is appalling if accurate. You absolutely CANNOT sustain operations with hungry service members. I mean I would still be hungry after this, and I'm no longer burning thousands of calories a day. "An army marches on its stomach." www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-military-...

PP attacking PM Carney's economic creds is like me challenging Arnie (even at whatever age he is now) to a bench press competition. Or, as others have said, like Vance attacking Pope Leo's theology creds. The stupid, it burns. But you do you, PP, keep on digging that hole.

Very sus that a liked and respected reporter for CityNews (Rogers ownership) was suddenly fired shortly after two of her stories sharply criticized the Ford government, and the stories mysteriously disappeared from CityNews' website. #onpoli #cdnpoli nowtoronto.com/news/citynew...

JD Vance wondering if he’s proved his loyalty enough to be allowed to have sex with Oval Office couch

NDP Leader Avi Lewis calls for a ban on algorithmic / surveillance pricing #cdnpoli Le NPD veut interdire la « tarification basée sur la surveillance » www.lapresse.ca/actualites/p...

“It’s not simply an immigration enforcement measure; it’s something different,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @elpais.com. “They are conducting an investigation—or trying to obtain authorization—to bring federal criminal charges against someone, someone whose identity we don’t know.”

Astronomers have discovered two supermassive black holes that seem headed for an imminent collision. These two black holes are so close that they could merge in just 100 years. And their radiation & jets changed dramatically over the course of a few days. 🧪🔭 www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressrelease...

A new paper I'm on is out today! Led by Stanley Somogyi, we suggest that ancestrally variable characters stabilized independently in different bird lineages, causing distantly related groups to retain similar traits and creating headaches for bird systematists. www.cell.com/current-biol... 🪶🧪

New from JAX: Dozens of previously overlooked genes are strongly linked to type 2 diabetes. 🧪🧬 Using a high-resolution atlas of pancreatic cells, researchers found changes tied to beta cell death and vitamin A metabolism—pointing to new therapeutic directions. #T2D #Diabetes #Genomics #OpenScience

If current cuts to the Federal Science Budget proposed by the White House are approved by Congress, that will far-and-away be the largest cut to science since the United States began funding it. Republicans & Democrats alike know there’s no surer path to Making America Not-Great.