2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal.
But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
(I love miéville but the writing ain't exactly thin)
Long day of think-work? Relax with this book by China Miéville!
*brain spontaneously severs optic nerves and then enters a coma just to sure*
Well, on public health grounds, we might need to start asking about vaccines, but the areas of our country most inclined to Fox News have preventable disease problems, too...
Hell, Trump's the one putting tariffs on potash... he's inflicting the pain for us.
Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.”
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published Dec. 2025)
Halifax Council debated the future of the Halifax Forum during budget committee after Fillmore brought forward a motion to defer funding for the over $120 million project.
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"Your steadfast commitment to our strategic mission, despite the multiple tramplings, maulings, and other encounters we shall henceforth refer to as 'terminal networking opportunities' has not gone unnoticed."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-m...
In a world in flames, archives might seem inconsequential, yet they represent our collective memory, and their erasure also is a political act.
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Another win for #AI!
In the course of a typically incoherent post, Trump refers to Mark Carney as the future Governor of Canada.
Summon the US ambassador to explain this disrespect for our sovereignty.
It's not meaningless or a joke. It needs to be addressed.
If he keeps it up, Canada should hold off on CUSMA negotiations.
How much is your President's rude abuse of a former ally worth, Americans?
Heartbeat Hot Sauce blueberry habanero sauce from Thunder Bay, Ontario
I am at the #museum today and brought yummy lunch condiment:
Fun hot sauce from a Thunder Bay fermenter, www.heartbeathotsauce.com
Recommended!
First Order Fresnel lens.
This beautiful First Order Fresnel lens was rescued from the scrap heap by Niels Jannasch, founding director of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. It comes from the Sambro Island lighthouse at the entrance to Halifax Harbour – the oldest surviving lighthouse in North America.
Who is paying for this?
Premier Tim Houston has called a 10:45 am news conference today related to the budget.
Canadian Coast Guard captain fired for 'willfully' ignoring distress call: labour board
One of the deckhands also testified that Callaghan either turned off the radio or turned down its volume so he would not have to listen to the calls.
Wild story
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Do you see how an act is not, as young men think, like a rock that one picks up and throws, and it hits or misses, and that's the end of it. When that rock is lifted, the earth is lighter; the hand that bears it heavier.
If only there were some way to both gently discourage people from using these bridge-chokepoints and to help fund their ongoing maintenance...
Today we're revealing the cuts plans for our immigration system from Budget 2025. TLDR: These aren't efficiency savings they are major services cuts and cost downloads to cities poised to wreck our immigration system. @policyalternatives.ca 1/x
Nostalgia: narrating the past via sentiment
History: narrating the past via critical analysis
Guess what we have here...
#ReadSeveralBooks
A very handsome mackerel tabby sits beside a brown basket.
#cat in basket update:
Almost?
The national infrastructure project that would really improve quality of life for so many people...
We deserve better trains
If we're about to have another 1970s oil crisis, at least Tesla has already built the Pinto 2.0 for us so we can really embrace the moment.
s/ another luxury street project to be used by a minority of residents /s
CBC just promised a look into why gas prices are going up, coming after the news.
Please allow me to summarize:
It is a day ending in y, so the US or its surrogates have started another pointless war over oil.
The only words I'm interested in hearing from Tony Blair will be delivered from the dock in The Hague.
