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My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.

And his tariffs on Canadian phosphate.

5-Alarm Fire: A survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) confirms that 70% of responding farmers feel fertilizer prices are so high they cannot afford the necessary supplies for this year's crops.

This is a direct result of Trump's war with Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Approximately one-third (30–33%) of the world's seaborne fertilizer and key fertilizer ingredients pass through the Strait of Hormuz, acting as a vital artery for global agriculture.

It’s infuriating when a woman comes forward about a man raping her in his hotel room after drinking and the response is “Why would she go to his room?” “Why would she drink with him?” This is Mike Pence logic. Women should be allowed to hang out with men without expecting they will be raped.

There’s a large misconception that Canadians can’t be evil. It’s a very large misconception 🫤

Not an expert here but this doesn't sound very Christian to me.

Really pissed off at the retired Delta pilot being interviewed on CBC now. She is blaming the AC pilots for not looking and seeing the truck. She saysshe feels sorry for the controllers. Nothing about the pilots who were killed. Americans find it very difficult to accept responsibility and apologize

Every. Damn. Week.

Two cyclists ride on a separated bike lane bordered by a poured concrete curb.

Physically separating bikeways from vehicular traffic was the most important factor in making cycling in Toronto more welcoming and accessible, with 42% of survey respondents noting that poured concrete or concrete curbs were their preferred types of separation. #cyclingsurvey

The City is running a cargo bike corral pilot program (secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do Please email requests for potential cargo bike parking corral locations to bikelocker@toronto.ca by April 2. Requested locations will be considered for installation in 2026.

A great opportunity to request cargo bike parking "corral" equipment in car parking spots in Toronto. #BikeTO
Email bikelocker@toronto.ca to request!

U.S. Military Bombed Ecuadorian Dairy Farm It Called a Drug Camp A farmer named José Peña hid in the bushes as bombs fell on what he says was a dairy farm; the U.S. and Ecuador called it a drug camp.

Fishing boats, dairy farms, elementary schools. Well at least they are shooting down their own planes with Patriot missiles.

www.prismnews.com/news/us-mili...

OpenAI is planning to discontinue the app for its Sora video platform, a product it released to great fanfare last year that has since fallen from public view, according to the company. The move is one of a number of steps OpenAI is taking to refocus on business and coding functions ahead of a potential initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter of this year. CEO Sam Altman announced the changes to staff on Tuesday, writing that the company would wind down products that use its video models. In addition to the consumer app, OpenAI is also discontinuing a version of Sora for developers and won’t support video functionality inside ChatGPT, either.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has relinquished direct oversight of the company’s safety and security teams so he can focus on raising capital, supply chains and “building datacenters at unprecedented scale,” he told staff on Tuesday. At the same time, he said the company had completed the initial development of its next major AI model, codenamed Spud, and would wind down the Sora AI video mobile app, which employees had complained was a drag on the company’s computing resources during a time of heightened competition with foes such as Anthropic and Google.

Both the Wall Street Journal and The Information confirming that OpenAI is killing Sora - both the app and *access to its video-generating model for developers*. This is a huge move that suggests things are a bit desperate
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...

🚨LEAKED VIDEO: We’ve obtained secretly recorded video of Republican Chip Roy ADMITTING he’s trying to hide concerns his SAVE Act hurts women voters:

“I’m trying not to elevate the issue… my Chief of Staff… had to go through a bunch of hoops… (and) go back to the DMV twice.

Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other proven, routine, preventive care for babies. https://cnn.it/3PuHWAv

Day 1490 of this terrible, needless, war.
Ukraine is into its 5th year of bloodshed and suffering because of timidity and short-sightedness of both previous leaders and some currently in office, potentially even collaboration with an indicted war criminal.

Here's Tuesday's daily thread:

Spring COVID-19 vaccine appointments available to book in N.S. Appointments are now open to book for Nova Scotians at the highest risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

Spring COVID-19 vaccine appointments available to book in N.S. #NovaScotia

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Donald Trump has been President for 2% of America’s history.

He is responsible for 25% of our National debt.

No, in fact it was. Likewise, the Vietnam War was not, despite massive forced displacements, intentional efforts to make the country inhabitable, massacres of civilians, and an enormous death total. This is why the definition is complicated and I, as a nonexpert, prefer to use other strong terms.

We’ve lost all concept of this, but government services are not supposed to be profit making enterprises. government services are not publicly traded corporations. They are, and I can’t stress this enough, government services

Small government!

The "The Jews control the government and tricked us into attacking Iran" narrative is going to be very popular among conspiracy theorists for a long, long time and it's going to make discourse toxic wherever it's tolerated.

Putin in Hiding as Military Coup Rumors Grow YouTube video by Jake Broe

A prominent Kremlin military blogger, Ilya Remeslo, has publicly turned on Putin and called for his removal and criminal prosecution. Zelensky has sent more than 200 Ukrainian drone operators to the Persian Gulf to shoot down Iranian drones.

Europe must not assist the US in its war against Iran:
1. Europe must focus on helping Ukraine defeat Russia.
2. Trump has abandoned Ukraine & gone over to Russia.
3. The Israeli-US war against Iran is a war of choice.
4. Rubio: Israel compelled the US to join. /1

5. The US never consulted Europe before its assault.
6. Trump & Vance have spent the last year insulting & denigrating Europe & its fighting in Afghanistan & Iraq.
7. Trump seems focused on conquering Greenland from a NATO ally.
8. Trump has killed NATO. /2

BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney just chastised the U.S. and Israel on the way they went to war with Iran.

"The United States and Israel have acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting allies, including Canada."

The flu is everywhere. So why aren’t Canadians getting vaccinated for viral illnesses? Despite overwhelming research showing that flu vaccines keep people out of hospital, fewer Canadians are getting vaccinated. Trust isn’t the only factor keeping people from getting the jab.

🧵The flu is everywhere and our hospitals are overwhelmed with viral illness patients.

At the same time, seasonal vaccination rates are declining in Canada.

For The Conversation @amykaler.bsky.social @mmaroto.bsky.social and I wrote about why this is happening and what we need to do differently.