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From the news community on Reddit: The Onion reaches new deal to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars Explore this post and more from the news community

“The Onion reaches new deal to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars”

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Neil Stone • @DrNeilStone • 3h X The 1954 Salk polio vaccine trial involved over 1.8 million children. 220,000 received a saline placebo. It demonstrated the vaccine's effectiveness against polio. RFK Jr says "none of the childhood vaccines have been tested against placebo" Doesn't he know? Or is he a liar?

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Wife of Former Microsoft CEO Gifts NPR One of Its Biggest Donations in History Connie Ballmer, philanthropist and wife of former Microsoft CEO, donated $80 million to National Public Radio

NPR received $113 million in donations after losing federal funding, including $80 million from Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer

"I support NPR because an informed public is the bedrock of our society, & democracy requires strong, independent journalism”

#SheShed

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Question of the day: Who the hell chooses not to investigate their own assassination attempt?

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

Got our solar panels installed this AM. They came at 8:30am and we're gone by 1:30pm. 13 panels and 10kwh battery.

We can't export to the grid yet (the network operator has been flooded with new requests) but we charged our car with the sun this afternoon. Great feeling, strongly recommend.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

Wear an N95 respirator: avoid Covid infections. Clean indoor air. Ventilation needs modernization. Require vaccinations. Research long covid. Establish occupational safety protocols for students and workers indoors. It’s straightforward public health 101. Stop pretending it’s all a mystery.

You need to pay attention to what’s happening in Hawaii right now YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

youtu.be/RftfmmJIXEU?... 🌊🌊🌊👥🌊🌊🌊🌊 #StrongerTogether #NoKings

All of this.

AOC: What law would you want to make?

BirdCast map showing 85.7 million birds in flight early on in the evening at 10:10pm EDT on April 20, 2026.

NEXRAD radar map showing birds and weather.

One more quiet night in the east and then I think tomorrow and especially Wednesday night will really start moving again as a high pressure builds off FL.

Nice movement coming from FL & along the Gulf coast, and central flyway is lighting up tonight.
#birds #spring #migration
#LightsOutForBirds

As Menopause Nears, Be Aware It Can Trigger Depression And Anxiety, Too Women with a history of depression and anxiety are at a higher risk of having a flare-up during the time leading up to menopause. And getting doctors to take the issue seriously can be challenging.

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If you want a jaw dropping exploration of how authoritarian Alberta has become over the last 4 years…

You should check this out.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

takealbertaback.ca

Skaters get rolled as Cowboys Music Festival footprint grows with little community input Cowboys Music Festival is expanding its footprint in 2026, closing a downtown Calgary skatepark amenity, drawing criticism over a lack of community input.

Farkas: "We need to restore the trust that Calgarians have in the planning process." (April 8)

Farkas: F*ck it. Here's another Cowboys tent approved without any public consultation. (April 17)

livewirecalgary.com/2026/04/17/c...

A poll he doesn’t like: “It’s a rigged poll.”

An election he loses: “The election was rigged. It was stolen.”

A court ruling that goes against him: “The entire process was rigged. Judge was unfair to me.”

Media coverage he doesn’t like: “Fake news. I’ll sue em.”

What a weak, pathetic, coward.

Exclusive: ICE Glasses Homeland Security is making “smart glasses” to collect intelligence on Americans

Here's what a senior homeland official told me about their development of ICE smart glasses: "It might be portrayed as seeking to identify illegal aliens...but the reality is that a push in this direction affects all Americans, particularly protesters."
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The person negotiating in the Middle East on behalf of the United States does not technically work for the United States.

With the leak to the NYT of their internal notes to each other, I hope the conservative justices on SCOTUS are currently *very* paranoid about talking to each other. Because at least one of them is (or has staff who is) indiscreet and disloyal.

Keep looking over your shoulders, fascists!

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A water council gets in the way of industry, coal mining, and AI Data Centers. We must let the billionaires make even more billions! Who needs water anyways? We can instead have more billionaires to undermine democracy and increase the festering wealth gap, more coal pollution, and more AI slop!

Carcass of a baby grand piano laying on its side with the workshop in the background

Carcass of a baby grand piano standing against a workbench

I'm turning this baby grand piano into a bookcase. I'm fairly convinced of doing it in landscape (curve to the side), but is there any reason you see for building it in portrait (curve at the top)?

Also, please remember that this piano was totally kaput and I wouldn't normally rip up an instrument.

mRNA vaccines continue to show major promise.

In a small Phase 1 trial led by Dr. Balachandran, some patients with pancreatic cancer (one of the deadliest cancers) reached 6-year survival.

This is why sustained investment in science & research matters.

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Menswear writer here. 👋 Let me tell you why you shouldn't wear an armband like that. 🧵

#WaterNotCoal #StopCoal #ProtectOurWater #SaveOurSlopes #SaveOurMountains #yyc #abpoli bsky.app/profile/bigc...

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

Lytton BC hitting Canada’s 1st 30°C of 2026:
30.0°C Lytton
28.8°C Ashcroft
27.7°C Lillooet
27.6°C Cultus Lk, Pemby
27.3°C Kamloops, Squamish
26.7°C Chilliwack
26.5°C Osoyoos
26.3°C Hope, Merritt
26.0°C Castlegar
25.8°C Warfield
25.6°C Agassiz
25.5°C Campbell R, Pitt Meadows
25.3°C Princeton
#BCstorm

I study racist politicians from the Jim Crow era and this is on par with anything that John Rankin, Theodore Bilbo, or Cotton Ed Smith ever said in public

"When we start rigging maps and gerrymandering, it can only end badly," she said. "Unless the government chooses the majority report, this is not going to be a good outcome for Albertans."

UCP is never a good outcome for Albertans.