Have always assumed that this kind of thing happened in Ohio.

This week, ASEEES joined the American Council of Learned Societies to #TalkAboutHumanities and #TalkAboutSocialSciences and highlight SEEES, which spans culture and language, politics and society, history and literature across Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

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(Now we wait and see how long it takes for Israel to sabotage the ceasefire.)

The backlash has arrived

Young pope Leo, undated but he appears to be in his teens or early 20’s

young pope leo looks like a ska scene regular who goes by Upbeat but no one knows his real name

Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million

We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.

We need more taxing of the rich everywhere!

As Canadian pundits react to the NDP's new leader, an anti-Zionist Jew, now is great time to learn more about CIJA, the organization that claims to represent Canadian Jews but primarily serves as an unofficial Israeli lobby.

The "Russian soul" is a dangerous fiction.

Joint Press Release: The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Joint Press ReleaseThe Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Holy City of JerusalemPalm Sunday, 29 March 2026 This morning, the Israe

“This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land…from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass.”

Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation.

But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times.

Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.”

Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.

30 years ago today, the people of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu elected Lee Teng-hui in Taiwan’s first democratic presidential election.

Still excellent!

Haha, excellent!

Shot, chaser.
Predicted and predictable, because this is what happens when you automate with AI. The cost of Mark Carney’s AI rollout will be measured in ruined lives. Expect similar outcomes at scale across the entire government.

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www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

We’ve not been here before. A war initiated by an American President who lies as he breathes. You really don’t know how the war is going bcuz you can’t believe a word he says. Not a single word. Iranian state media is more trustworthy than what comes out of Trump’s mouth. Scary.

Cosi Fan Tutte!

May he be humiliated electorally and then imprisoned for the rest of his life to bring a fraction of justice to those he has killed.

Text on a black page COMMUNITY: CAN WE HAVE A SAFE ROUTE FOR OUR KIDS TO WALK/BIKE/ROLL TO SCHOOL? CITY: NO, A DRIVER MIGHT GET MAD. THAT'S THE ENTIRETY OF THE DISCUSSION ROVÉLO CREATIVE

The Discussion

A Northern Hero Remembered Spain has shown the world how to stand firm in the face of authoritarian threat.

This past week Spain commemorated the memory of a great Canadian anti-fascist fighter. Niilo Makela was from my hometown. At 21 he gave his life fighting for the liberty of the Spanish people.
The fascists are on the move again. We need to know our history.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-northern...

Being in the USA is dangerous for everyone.

I genuinely think moving to a suburb, especially one with an HOA, breaks your brain

Children shaped clay 15,000 years ago, long before pottery or farming, archaeologists find Long before pottery, before agriculture, when the first villages took shape, people in the Levant were already molding clay with their hands, carefully, deliberately, and sometimes playfully. Some of ...

I love that we are learning about this but also... kids playing in the mud...news at 11.

Children shaped clay 15,000 years ago, long before pottery or farming, archaeologists find phys.org/news/2026-03...

Remember Google Search? Damn. That was actually pretty useful.

Summary This paper compares the job creation claims of developers planning hyperscale data centres in Scotland with data gathered from actual figures from data centres globally and a new analysis of a data set from Virginia (USA) relating to job creation across various sectors in their economy. It includes a review of the job creation claims of proposed data centres in Scotland. In our analysis of a long term data set of Virginia (USA) we found that it took $33 million of investment into data centres to create one job, around 400 times the cost of a job from IT investment that did not go into data centres. Data centre investment has astronomically poor value, in terms of jobs creation, compared to all other sectors, even Utilities, which was the next most expensive sector for investment per job created at $2.2 million per job. Our survey of evidence for employment levels in data centres in operation showed that most data centres have between 20 and 50 direct employees once operational. Those reports that define the types of jobs onsite at data centres report the employment opportunities being mainly security and technicians. There is more employment during construction - with 1000-2000 construction jobs on average supported during the build out of data centres, although it is not made clear whether these jobs are for the whole of the build and fit out or just for specific periods. We found that predicted job figures are hugely inflated when compared to real case scenarios. For the developers who have provided estimates of job creation the mean number of jobs created is 4146 per data centre. Job estimates made by Scottish data centre developers do not cite sources or methodologies in the figures they have produced so it is difficult to scrutinise the claims, however, even when construction, indirect and induced jobs are taken into account, the figures seem extremely high compared to known examples of actual jobs created by data centres. In addition to employing extre…

"In our analysis of a long term data set of Virginia (USA) we found that it took $33 million of investment into data centres to create one job, around 400 times the cost of a job from IT investment that did not go into data centres"

aprs.scot/resources/em...

NYT is obsessed, but their line of attack is strange. "Hey, you know this charming politician that everybody likes? He's also extremely effective and tough." They must think they are making him look bad, but it's not working.

no but nothing else would have been better on the grounds of politics which the objectors are articulating; something else among them probably would have been better aesthetically! but that needs to be asserted.

Simple truths

Netanyahu: “These achievements are increasing the status of Israel as a superpower… We will reach the kingdom. We will make it to the return of the Messiah.” (Grok confirms👇🏽)

This is what your tax dollars are paying for.