Papal Bull "Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime."

we can all agree, i think even rusty, that today in tabs is great but a @lopatto.bsky.social tabs is special www.todayintabs.com/p/papal-bull

What the hell.

#caturday

Stop subsidizing sprawl! If you want a big fully detached house with a private yard, you should have to pay what that actually costs. It’s outrageous that we’ve artificially made suburbia cheaper than the city in North America.

Doug Ford’s office defends purchase of $28.9M jet that critics call his ‘gravy plane’ With widespread criticism of the jet purchase, his spokesperson noted "as part of the job of being premier of Ontario, there is extensive travel within Ontario, a province twice the

Not only is "gravy plane" perfect, it's well deserved karma for the Fords after Rob's "gravy train" crap.

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One of the things I love most about NYC, and something I cherish, is walking, biking and taking the subway. It’s actually superior to being in a car whenever you have the choice.

WTF, I just can't with Doug Ford, he has got to be removed.

Energy companies interested in exploring for onshore methane in Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner Deadline for bids was April 15, and seven companies have told the province they are interested.

Energy companies interested in exploring for onshore methane in Nova Scotia
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social

Tonda MacCharles: Pierre Poilievre called you badly educated in economics

Mark Carney: Did he? Wow.

hooked rug..three woman in a row boat arms clasped above in victory.

Bravo Hungary!

I did appreciate the Russian doll with Orbán on the outside and Putin inside at the Tisza party 😀

France starts moving government systems from Windows to Linux Linuxiac reports that France's Inter-ministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM) has revealed a roadmap for shifting the country's government systems away from non-European software. This includes switchi...

France starts moving government systems from Windows to Linux
France is ditching US software for homegrown alternatives of Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Zoom, and Telegram

Libre Office is very good.

www.techspot.com/news/112032-...

There's a reason I highlighted Texas A&M in my column series on the Red Scares. Yet, they remain a member of the AAU in good standing.

Sharing with the text of the resignation letter in the alt

Hawaii Has a Bold Idea to Make Big Oil Pay for Disasters Hawaii may seem like Eden to those of us living in, say, New Jersey. But lately the only thing biblical about it has been the scale of the punishment it’s taking from nature. In the process, it’s also...

As insurance becomes less affordable, states lose tax revenue, & capital is sacrificed to the disaster-industrial complex, something’s got to give. The industry that eagerly led us to this pass is a fair target

Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com

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I wish I thought Professor Saunders was overstating the situation in this thread.

She’s not.

31 March 2026 HRM Council Meeting: WSE, NSP Taxes and Budget Ratification - Laura White, Councillor for District 7 Our sixth council meeting of 2026 was held on Tuesday, 31 March 2026.

laurawhite.ca/31-march-202...

Restore Community Five reforms to restore local residents' say over decisions in their streets and neighbourhoods.

Thank you to all the councillors for their hard work on the budget. There was a lot of constructive engagement from councillors and city staff. Some interesting ideas here.

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Trump insane Easter post

Mamdani warm and gracious easter greetings

One of these political leaders has been repeatedly portrayed as an untrustworthy radical hostile to others because of his religious beliefs. You’’ll never guess which one!

If you worked hard on something and want people to know about, you've got to speak up.

There's like a three-week window when a new book comes out where you get a lot of attention and there is no shame in basking in every bit of it. You earned it.

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ...

Amidst everything else, the Trump regime has quietly killed off the U.S. Forest Service 🌲

“One hundred and ninety-three million acres of your national forests… just handed, on a silver platter, to the people who’ve spent their entire careers trying to destroy it.”

www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...

Justin Ling: Danielle Smith should be pitching Canadian unity. Instead she’s playing to a crowd of separatists and conspiracy theorists The Alberta premier did little to contradict some outlandish claims.

The Premier of Alberta, who helped usher in a vote to declare independence from Canada, talked up Ivermectin at a Forum obsessed with thinly-veiled antisemitic conspiracy theories about international bankers. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

The SOH was open until they started bombing Iran, without consulting their allies or congress. They own this. Now the Iranians know they can charge a hefty toll to get through. Nice work.

On point ⤵️

US directs American embassies to wage campaign against foreign ‘hostility’ - The Guardian

We have universal Medicare, imperfect as it is, and a fairly robust social safety net; he wasn’t arguing against any of that. That might have something to do with it. The US is not in the same position. He can afford to focus on the economy.

Clyde is exhausted from marching for democracy. #NoKings

I’m driving less. I don’t want to see the world through a driver’s eyes any more Before I began driving less, I had long had a melancholic sense that the city lifestyle I lived was cut off from the seasons and nature

This is lovely

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

I can’t help noticing that he never rides the buses, never talks to transit users often left standing in the snow or rain late for work because the bus just passed them too full to take in more passengers.

You know things are dire when I finally break down and make a podcast.
More episodes coming in the next few days as I speak with Nova Scotians about what’s at stake in this ruinous proposed provincial budget. #cultureiscritical