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The Far Side cartoon from 12/6/1987 depicting a ship full of revelers heedlessly sailing through a body of water with mines bobbing in it, a warship in the background, and a small raft with a couple guys and a gun in the bow. Caption: Through a gross navigational error, the Love Boat steams into the Strait of Hormuz.
today's news dredging up this 1987 Far Side cartoon from my childhood memory
You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.
Not hard to guess whether renters, possessing no ownership stake in this place, are included in the mayor's definition of an HRM "shareholder".
The premier of Nova Scotia’s ENTIRE plan is based on oil and gas extraction. He just said it on air. That is his only plan. Our biggest industry is tourism and he just cut $$ to tourism, arts & conservation (all reasons why people come here).
“Business cases” 🤬 A 👏 GOVERNMENT👏 IS 👏 NOT 👏 A 👏 BUSINESS 👏
We give taxes to governments so they can do what businesses can’t. Provide vital services to everyone, not just those who can pay. Teach kids our history and traditions. Give dignity to seniors. Make this a safe and decent place to live.
In the chaos in Iran, you might have missed the news that Russia's operational momentum has slowed, even reversed, on the frontlines in Ukraine.
If local governments want to provide relief from high gas prices RIGHT NOW:
1. Quick build bike and scooter lanes that are languishing as plans. Call it temporary, just cut the process theatre and make it happen. Get staff to scope more.
2. Flex general funding to run more transit service.
Jello Biafra is hospitalized after a hemorrhagic stroke on Saturday. He's stable. True to form, he joked "I've fallen and I can't get up" mid-stroke.
https://boingboing.net/2026/03/09/dead-kennedys-jello-biafra-hospitalized-after-hemorrhagic-stroke.html
In 1932, two newlyweds packed a folding kayak with:
• hard-boiled eggs
• chocolate
• strawberries
• two bottles of brandy
Then they pushed out into the Black Sea as refugees from the Soviet Union.
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#histsci
Image: George Gamow
Canada ‘will not be participating’ in Iran war, defence minister says
By Sean Boynton via @globalnews.ca
ruh roh
A statement from @cajournalists.bsky.social about the threats against @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
I was working in the House when construction workers stormed it in 1994, and nothing like this was implemented following that.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There's a difference between feeling unsafe and uncomfortable.
MLAs are not unsafe in Province House. Closing down the second floor to the public is a cowardly move. They did it because some of the MLAs feel uncomfortable with the cuts, and won't admit it.
Was only a matter of time, but the cupola has gone.
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer
Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫡
A cartoony style illustration from the 1980s ladybird Children’s Classics version of the tale, showing Mole and Ratty rowing on the river
On this day 8th March 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author of Wind in the Willows, was born in Edinburgh
Artist: Martin Aitchison (1983)
So, this Brandon Blades used the below photo from a story about the "special interests" rally I reported on March 5, 2025 and used it in a Facebook post he wrote last week.
We politely asked him to at least give us credit and then he blocked me.
A painting of a bird beside the text "thankfully some mediocre fuckin' man is here to tell us all how to live"
Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against N.S. arts cuts: ‘The arts are why I live in Nova Scotia’ - The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Two pie charts labelled "School travel models before/after free transit pass." The first pie chart shows that after the pass was implemented that 33.7% of students took transit, while the second shows that before the pass it was only 11.5%
Education Minister Brendan Maguire speaking at a podium. Quote: "It's a 20% increase in usership. That's what it is."
Education Minister Brendan Maguire at a podium. Quote from journalist (off-camera): "It's a 200% increase, Minister."
Education Minister Brendan Maguire at a podium. Quote: "Um, yes, sorry, I'm not the best at numbers."
Nova Scotia's Education Minister, folks. Not exactly making the grade.
Over the years security at Province House has been beefed up considerably. There are security cameras throughout the building and outside the legislature. The place even has its own police force now. This is clearly an attempt to shield government members from being questioned or criticized.
I sense twice as many Gen Z dudes will not be getting anywhere near a woman anytime soon
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Was this about the plane and the blankey.
Please let it be about the plane and the blankey.
Thread. (TLDR: the House of Lords DCC report on AI came down hard on the correct side of the debate, rather than siding with industry lobbyists.)
