Parking meter has expired! Time to find a new parking space lol (thanks Jim!)

The forecast for the week doesn’t look too bad except for the unseasonably cold temps!! What’s the cause of that, Jim?

Inside Saint Mary’s Basilica

Suzuki school of music spring concert

The circle of death is:

Cut faculty (or non-replace) so you offer fewer classes so fewer people enroll so you cut faculty so you offer fewer classes so fewer people enroll so then the market has spoken.

UGh….I’m getting ‘that time the monarchy visited Hilter’ vibes

…silver lining..

Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

Explain to me how this is a 2026 headline? (Asking rhetorically, of course)

I think it may be a first, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Trump is the first President of the United States who is mentally ill.

Tuesday is coming…

NEW - (Un)Making mess at Europe's data borders: Order, control, critique, by Claudia Aradau, Lucrezia Canzutti and Sarah Perret www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Laughing-not-laughing…

I’m thinking those astronauts might want to hang out in space a little
longer…

Christopher Penn wrote: Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.

A different perspective.
Always helpful.

US Senator points out the absolute insanity of spending 2 billion dollars a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz when it was already open before Trump started the war.

They created a global crisis out of nothing.

Source?

Why would it come north en route to Iran?

Full article: The migration map trap. On the invasion arrows in the cartography of migration

Demonstrators denouncing US President Donald Trump's policies took over streets across the US on Saturday, for the third ‘No Kings’ rally.

More than 3,200 events were planned in all 50 states against what protesters see as an authoritarian form of governance.

A dozen years ago my departing flight from Newark had a near take-off collision with a landing flight… I assume that it was an ATC error. I closed my eyes and braced for impact that by shear luck we barely escaped. When today happens I realize how lucky I was.

@bsky.app thanks, Republicans. You wouldn’t put a brake on him and now look at the mess we’re in.

He threatens the world with tariffs and takeovers (Canadian here) and the. Expects us to stand shoulder to shoulder with his self inflicted tyranny. Fuck off.

Maybe condemn the reckless sad excuse of an American president for starting this madness without any idea what would happen after it started…zero plan.

My flight from Newark to Halifax had a near collision a few years ago as our plane was taking off on the same runway another 747 was landing on. I expect this happens more often that we hear about.

Trump just learned where this was two weeks ago.

Putting the fiscal cost of the Iran war in context. $200 billion > $194.9 billion, which means that Trump is planning on spending more on the Iran war than he took in with his tariffs which raised tons of revenue. I wasn't sure this could be right, so I drew a graph, and it is.

Seven heavens away by Ashraf Zaghal

Seven Heavens Away by Ashraf Zaghal… sooo good…

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs - National | Globalnews.ca While 40 departments will collectively spend $23 billion more next year, another 85 departments will spend $31 billion less in 2026-27.

I think we all sorta knew that the MAGA-Trump-DOGE thing was racism and such, but then Nova Scotia did the same budget slashing thing and now the Carney Liberals, so it's pretty clear the rich and powerful are just looting every damn thing because they can and fuck you.

The whole world is going to hell - Halifax Examiner Don't wait for the uplifting part of the essay.

The whole world is going to hell

Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

Maybe after he’s done with Iran, Greenland, Cuba, Venezuela, Canada…….if there’s time left he’ll deal wit school principals