Acquitted of assault with a breadly weapon.

Democracy and free speech have been on life support in the US for a long time. Today is the day it finally died.

One thing that kinda blows my mind:

I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am.

I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it.

But English-language Canadian media? Crickets.

It’s just so odd!

Even The Onion would struggle to come up with a headline and story as ridiculous as this.

‘They digest externally’: the artist who creates paintings with live flies For over a decade, John Knuth has created art using the regurgitation of flies and after he lost his home in the California wildfires, his work has a new perspective

If you did not already hate flies, you will, after reading the most disgusting sentence I have seen all year.

“When flies eat, they digest externally. They’re in a constant state of regurgitation. They land on a surface, puke up, suck it back in.”

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I have an agony of weather apps on my phone and I get a gazillion notifications every day, but I still get to be surprised by rain when I step outside, like a savage. How come agentic AI is a trillion $ industry, and this is not a solved problem yet?

‘IT’S OVER’: Canada’s Prime Minister Tells Americans The Dark Truth | The Kyle Kulinski Show YouTube video by Secular Talk

(Some) Americans are finally catching on that Trump screwed them out of a very cushy leadership spot in the world.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7si...

TINY LIES: My $55 adventure in internet factchecking spiky Chinese benches YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed

A reminder to take everything you see and read on the Internet with an appropriate dose of salt.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSZ4...

Catholics support republicans / trump overwhelmingly, so this is very fitting. Reap what you sow and all

How To Escape IcePit #shorts YouTube video by DnD_Eng

Having grown up with propaganda about the so-called dangers of quicksand, the comments did not disappoint. I am happy that I survived so long without encountering either quicksand or an ice pit.

www.youtube.com/shorts/h5DiW...

100% of popes who have met JD Vance have died hours later.

#notaconspiracy

United Airlines flight sees engine fire after takeoff due to apparent rabbit strike United Flight 2325 had departed Denver International Airport en route to Edmonton, Canada, on Sunday when the incident occurred.

I feel like the aliens running the simulation are just fucking with us at this point.

abcnews.go.com/US/united-ai...

They are so unimaginably stupid. YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk

"They are so unimaginably stupid"

www.youtube.com/shorts/JEj8d...

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Did you know that owning a crow is a felony in the US. Owning more than one is attempted murder.

Now that the influential bigot who did a Hitler salute publicly claimed that organic protests against his malfeasance are secretly controlled by a list of foreign Jews, some of whom aren’t even alive today, are we allowed to call him a Nazi, or is there something even Nazier we have to wait for?

In China, online forums ban the use of the phrase "Winnie the Pooh". Reddit just started flagging any use of the name "Luigi" as "possible violence". "Land of the free", indeed.

Next up: transatlantic flights.

Trump's war on journalism: Take notice, Canada. Pierre Poilievre has borrowed a lot from Donald Trump's playbook, including his war on fact-checkers and journalism at large.

rabble.ca/politics/can...

If there was any doubt left about these people being as dumb as bags of rocks.

Algorithms are breaking how we think YouTube video by Technology Connections

Watch, learn, and share widely.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...

Worst. Episode. EVER.

Fentanyl Czar per ChatGPT

Now is the time to shop local more than ever. Take a few minutes to figure out where that product you are about to buy originates.

All Canadians should replace US products with Canadian ones. BC residents should buy BC products. Especially avoid products from the traitors in Alberta.