@jpturcotte
Healthcare worker // B.A. in International Studies // Film Studies dropout (Japanese animation history) // Also, international news and Canada-Québec politics. Je publie en français et en anglais, surtout sur Mastodon : https://mastodon.social/@jpturcotte
Tweet by Adam Kinzinger responding to a post about the U.S. using low-cost interceptors against Iranian drones, suggesting Ukraine provided the technology. The image shows Donald Trump speaking at a podium during a White House event.
My my, how it’s come full circle.
I understand that people on tiktok want to talk about topics without worrying about censorship. At the same time, if a platform makes you self-censor your words, then it’s most likely not a good platform imo
The latest poll shows that only 22% of registered voters in the US said they have a "great deal" or "quite a bit" of confidence in the high court. Another 40% said they had "some" confidence, while 38% said they had "very little" or "no" confidence.
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"Do you want to want for the party that wants to return to transgender mutilation surgery for children? These are the choices" -- with the economy reeling, Mike Johnson is leaning hard back into culture war issues
BREAKING: U.S. launches investigations into top trading partners like the E.U., China and Mexico, a process that is expected to lead to new tariffs.
Gotta say that this is some extremely creepy language. And the argument basically is... that if the prevent people from treating gender dysphoria (adults, in this case), that they'll just... stop having it? That's not at all how any of this works.
BOMBSHELL: Trump Accuser Got Payoff from Jeffrey Epstein Estate! Today Epstein's former accountant Richard Kahn testified under oath to Congress that a Trump accuser “was given a settlement” by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. So Epstein helped Trump cover up crimes! www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...
(Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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Dude doesn’t even know what DEI is or how to define it.
This is former DOGE staff member Justin Fox, put in charge of terminating NEH grants. I’m glad there is a lawsuit against DOGE.
This is unacceptable.
@404media.co
#Pinks
This is why even in non-written media, you see people having a difficult time perceiving subtext, context, the idea that the writer is writing for a specific audience with a specific idea in mind, etc.
Because becoming functionally literate is *how* you learn to perceive all that stuff.
Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level.
You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext*
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
Iran will likely increasingly pressure Iranian Canadians in 2026:
"Women activists are particularly vulnerable, with pressure tactics including brutal gender-based threats. Individuals from Iran’s ethnic minorities, such as Kurds, Baluch, and Arabs, are also acutely vulnerable"
EXCLUSIVE | Transgender Chili’s manager fired because ‘personal values and lifestyle did not align’ with chain’s, lawsuit says
Another word you might use for it is "looting".
"This appears to be the first administration to take such widespread advantage of taxpayer-funded military housing to accommodate political appointees who do not have a direct connection to the military..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
Stand for Campus Freedom is launching this urgent petition from alumni to university presidents to reject ICE cooperation agreements and defend campus freedom. Please sign and share: alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/re...
Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.
A New Hampshire Republican state representative from Hillsborough is refusing to apologize after using the term "Final Solution" to disparage an event being put on by a Jewish colleague.
🚨BREAKING: As the FBI probes the 2020 election in Maricopa County, senior Arizona officials are warning that the bureau may try to use the investigation as a way to short-circuit an ongoing lawsuit and obtain the state’s full unredacted voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The expansion of America’s conflicts in Latin America comes as the U.S. is heavily engaged in fighting a new war in Iran.
don't sleep on #People magazine - out in front, doing #journalism, and filling some of the spaces where our news mags and daily newspapers used to be...
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“.. a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans.”
@washingtonpost.com
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Susan Riley: Carney’s response to war in the Middle East has so far seemed hasty, morally queasy, intellectually convoluted and—attempts at clarification, notwithstanding—continues to be deeply disappointing to many Canadians.
By @susan_p_riley #cdnpoli
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Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield, the director general, in 2021, when they were leading New Zealand's Covid response.
New Zealand Covid response among world's best but 'scars' remain, inquiry finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/new-zealand-covid-response-inquiry-royal-commission-findings @evacorlett.bsky.social @theguardian.com
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On the left: a photo of a soldier climbing onto a boat with the ocean in the background. On the right: text that reads “America is bombing drug boats, killing dozens. Ottawa won’t clarify its role. Inside the legal grey zone of Canada–US military co-operation.”
The US has killed more than 150 people in the so-called counter-narco-terrorism campaign known as Operation Southern Spear. Canada is involved—but Ottawa isn’t sharing to what degree. Journalist Christy Somos investigates: https://ow.ly/WT8Z50YrzMM
“A majority of Canadians see Pierre Poilievre as a threat to national unity, and just 22% believe he's the best choice for prime minister. Instead of embracing a more likeable party leader, the Conservatives are doubling down on rage-bait and division.”
Hey Sen. Husted, it is the "real world". It's a world engineered by the wealthy to keep the financially poor forever under their boot heels.
I may not know who the masked ICE agents are, but I can damn well make choices to challenge the technologists I know that are working directly or indirectly on the deportation and rendition machine, and who advertise as much on their LinkedIn pages.
Matt Welsh Head of AI Systems at Palantir 4h Returning from an overseas deployment supporting advanced technology development for the armed forces (and, yes, being somewhat vague), I'm reflecting on how my work at Palantir may be the most meaningful thing I've done in my career. If you like solving hard problems and building things that really matter, we're hiring -- drop me a line and let's chat. likesupport 19 1 comment Liz Fong-Jones Field CTO @ honeycomb.io 1s Matt, I don't understand how to reconcile the thoughtful and empathetic engineering leader I knew when we worked together at Google, and you choosing to work at Palantir under the Trump administration, with Palantir assisting in carrying out some of the worst human rights abuses enacted by DHS, and openly embracing the lawless, white supremacist agenda of President Trump.
I just... can't any more.
I feel like someone should do The Animatrix but have it be half a dozen different Mad Max short stories
