Democracy dies w/o critical thinking - and it gets buried early.
A large majority of our schools...still...value compliance over critical thinking...still...
I suspect this structural disrespect for thinking in the U.S. has fluctuated depending upon how authoritarian leaders are. NOW, tho, WHEW!
Carney government looks at new pipeline along Trans Mountain corridor
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
Torn between "I've been drinking way too much lately" and "the world is on fucking fire who cares if I drink on a Tuesday"
are we supposed to open these
Muslim guy on the bus, in full Islamic dress, watching hockey on his phone. #MyCanada
From the look on her face in the second photo...I'm guessing he buys his audacity in bulk
Alberta's 17th Premier @rachelnotley.bsky.social published an excellent op-ed in the Globe and Mail about how the UCP is putting democracy at risk with their attempt to rig the election.
It is well worth the read:
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura at the Enterprise communications station for the first time. According to Gooding, she was not aware the character she was auditioning for was Uhura: "Honestly, I don't know if I would have booked it if I knew, because I would have probably over-committed to an Uhura we already know. I would have done the smart actor thing and studied the character, but I would have had a difficult time knowing her future and leaving her outside of the audition space – because Uhura, as a character, doesn't know what her future looks like. It was genius, to sort of hoodwink me a little bit. It was for the benefit of everyone involved that I didn't know. I would have probably gotten a little too into it and hindered myself from being able to share with the showrunners what I could bring to this role."
Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura in "Strange New Worlds", STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS (2022)
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The Onion won the IP known as InfoWars when it was auctioned off to pay the Sandy Hook families that Alex Jones TERRORIZED after their children were massacred. Alex Jones sued to stop the Onion from taking InfoWars. He lost. 🤣 The NEW InfoWars will be a Satire Site. 😂
The US government is a terrorist organization and must be overthrown so democracy may return one day 🇺🇸
Daily Reminder: Release th Epstein Files👇🏻
THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026
* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
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#WaterNotCoal #StopCoal #ProtectOurWater #SaveOurSlopes #SaveOurMountains #yyc #abpoli thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...
I hope you enjoyed that look at who shot down The Red Baron.
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This painting depicts a dramatic aerial combat scene involving World War I biplanes. The aircraft in the foreground, adorned with roundels, appears to be an Allied plane, likely British or French, engaging with red-painted German triplanes, which are characteristic of the famous Flying Circus led by Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron. The sky is filled with clouds, adding to the dynamic and intense atmosphere of the scene. The landscape below shows a battlefield, indicating the setting is over the Western Front during the war.
Brown had to enter a steep dive to get into the battle, and then climb quickly before hitting the ground. As he descended he shot at The Red Baron, who turned to avoid the attack and then started pursuing May once again over the trenches.
🎨 Frank Wootton
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Very normal stuff.
"Aides kept the president out of the room as they got minute-by-minute updates because they believed his impatience wouldn’t be helpful...
"At one point Trump mused he should award himself the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
" #YouthClimateCorps is a pretty simple concept: invite young people to sign up for 2 years, get trained up & employed in the skills needed to tackle this task of our lives. The support or the polling support for this was super strong across every demographic, province, age, gender & income level."
By the gods I love her. This is what a fighter looks like
This is so cathartic, because this is how I want to talk to that weirdo.
#PierceBrosnan honouring #RobinWilliams who acted together in #MrsDoubtfire,. Pierce said he never felt so comfortable and laughed so much as he did on this Film. This is in Deauville, France. ♥ 📼 #filmsky #moviesky 🔄
Inspiring story of the grit of First Nations/Inuit peoples. Everybody keeps saying they want to invade Canada’s north… not with people made up like this guy around.
#cdnpoli #uspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...
A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.
One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.
Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?
Red Circle Sorcery 6 (1374)
Iranian state-linked media, Tasnim News, asserts: "If the US wants to maintain the shadow of war, it should consider the Strait of Hormuz completely closed."
The Defenders 4 (1375)
Yet again, the thought: how is this not embarrassing to him, to his followers, to everyone? How is this revelation alone not enough to end his career, to make him a universal figure of mockery? How can anyone support, or respect, or fear someone so viscerally *pathetic*?
Perhaps Trump putting an alcoholic sociopath TV host who hates hygiene in charge of the American military was a mistake?
This is a masterpiece 💙💙