Up to 4% of People Can Hear Colors or Taste Words. Here's Why. Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colors while listening to music? If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia.

More proof we live in such a diverse world that shapes beauty and strength in a multitude of ways.

Source: ScienceAlert
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Mark Carney and the Liberals are projected to secure a majority government in Canada, crossing the 172-seat threshold after key by-election wins—including a commanding victory in University–Rosedale. 🇨🇦

Lofoten Norway 🇳🇴

An empty Eglinton LRT with Mount Dennis as it's destination is seen at Mount Dennis Station

Mount Dennis
Mount Dennis

#Toronto #EglintonLRT #Photography

A passenger walks along the platform at Avenue Station on the Eglinton LRT in Toronto

AVENUE.

#Toronto #EglintonLRT #Signage #Photography

Kaine: "You don't sucker punch somebody in a bar and then blame your buddies when they don't join the fight with you. If the president wanted the support of allies, he should've respected them instead of putting tariffs on their economies and trash talking them."

I’m a teaching assistant at an independent school in London for kids with special needs.

a two panel meme with no text of anakin and padme in star war

So now the strait is open all of the fossil fuel subsidies, fossil tax cuts and weakening of environmental regulations wil be set back to normal, right?

I guess not. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

Rufous-backed Kingfisher (Ceyx rufidorsa): This species of bird is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand in tropical lowland forests near lakeshores and stream-sides. Amazing photo taken by Chong Lip Mun in Malaysia. #kingfisher #wildlifephotography #nature #bird

A Pound of Ground Beef Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage. The cost of a pound of ground beef has hit a major threshold. Depending on where you shop, the grocery staple likely costs more than the federal minimum wage #TrumpEconomics

A 1974 law written specifically because Nixon destroyed records. Passed because Congress said "never again."

Erased by MEMO.

Not a court. Not a vote. A memo. That's the whole story. #resist

The Army Chief of Staff, a combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, asked Pete Hegseth why he was blocking the promotions of two Black officers and two female officers who had earned them.

Hegseth refused to answer. Then he fired him.

First they came for the trans folk. And I applauded, because I was a transphobe.

Then they came for the lesbians and bisexuals. And I applauded, because I was a homophobe.

Then they came for anyone who wasn't white. And I applauded, because I was a racist.

IOC: Shame on you!

It’s a cult.

At some point maybe Congress will be able to do oversight on this admin after we vote out these useless Republican committee chairmen’s majorities.

When Trump couldn’t get Congress to pass the SAVE Act to federalize elections, he just ignored Congress and signed an executive order.

Again.

And now we are back to the courts with more lawsuits.

Again.

Non-stop chaos is his brand.

Kristi Noem rigging the property appraiser’s exam while governor so her daughter could get her license, killing a puppy, and giving her boyfriend a powerful job in govt while cheating on her cross-dressing spouse is not that unusual on the spectrum of Republican politician behavior.

134 years ago this cartoon was drawn, and in 134 years the problem has only gotten worse.

A cartoon showing soldiers sitting in a transport plane with jump door open. One soldier asks "Where are we heading, sarge?". The soldier next to him answers "Not sure. But @DonnieJunior just made a $150M Polymarket bet on Kharg Island beachfront futures. By Wintersart (substack.com@wintersart).

This is all too real. These days, satire is just news but in teaser format.

SMOKEY: Only YOU can prevent FASCIST LIARS!

No Kings is worth attending for the entertaining signs.

I’m a values voter. No kid raping, no bribe taking, due process, rule of law, no immunity based on the title of your office.

The bed areas of these two trucks are roughly the same, but the one on the right will kill more children.

MAGA is spouting nonsense on the SAVE America Act. Here’s the truth Influential right-wing figures and GOP lawmakers are pushing misleading claims and obfuscating facts about the measure.

As the SAVE America Act faces a likely defeat, anti-voting activists are pushing misleading claims in a last-ditch effort to build support.

But their online rhetoric doesn’t match reality.

We break down what they’re saying — and what the bill would actually do if passed.

Don't believe or report as true *anything* coming from Donald J. Trump. He is a liar.