The UCP’s “won’t anyone think of the children” book ban of sexual content from public and school libraries is a policy built fo 1956, not 2026 when many kids carry internet-accessing mobile phones with them every day. This is a culture war fabricated crisis.
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Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.
The only good April Fools joke was when a library posted a headline saying “Study Shows Literacy Problems BC People Reply To Articles They Didn’t Read” When you clicked the link “lol April Fools there is no article. Tell no one” Then people who had not clicked the link argued about literacy all day.
Open Letter: Defunding of all Supervised Consumption Sites in Ontario
“Effective law and policy must be grounded in evidence, and shifting funding from SCS elsewhere is not supported by evidence or the public at large.”
#onpoli #cdnpoli
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Imagine claiming to be a Star Trek fan while expressing disdain for at least 90% of what Star Trek is (and always has been)
Sometimes, the system works.
Coop from Interstellar piloting a spaceship and saying "This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years"
your grandparents voting for reagan
A weaponized TMZ could break politics
Tardigrade
She has no kings
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today's March Madness newsletter examines two unique late-game strategies from last night's games:
—subbing out your starting center for a player who immediately gives up the game-losing rebound
—subbing out your starting center for literally nobody, simply not putting in a player to replace him
“The athletes who’ll actually be barred are cis women who’ve never heard of the SRY gene.”
LOUDER
In her letter to lawmakers, Thompson asked for help to close the facility and transfer its ownership from the federal government to the village for redevelopment as a museum. The “Broadview Justice Corridor,” as she called the project, would turn the ICE facility into a “national center dedicated to immigration history, civil rights education, civic leadership, and cultural tourism. “This transformation would convert a site associated with fear, protest, and division into one that promotes education, reconciliation, and national dialogue,” Thompson wrote in the letter, estimating the proposal would draw up to 250,000 visitors annually and generate up to $31 million in economic activity.
This is a legitimately great idea. Turn every ICE concentration camp into a museum of their crimes and the people who fought against them.
lmao
Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement
Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement theonion.com/insecure-frustrated-bull...
Station Eleven hive LET’S GOOOO!
Goldman Sachs reports that 300 million full-time jobs could be replaced by AI by 2030. Labor turnover is high and hiring has slowed. 71% of Americans worry that AI will cause permanent job loss. As young people about to enter the workforce for the first time, the fear of unemployment is understandable, but we cannot save ourselves with the very tool that is putting us at risk. The irony is that as Penn pours endless money and energy into AI advancement in its attempt to get ahead, the University is only quickening its own demise. AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it. As technology advances and workers are replaced by machines, schools are some of the only places we have left to explore and wrestle with human thought. With our own university leading the charge, AI is now corrupting those few sacred spaces and leaving us with nowhere to engage in true scholarship. Editorials represent the majority view of members of The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board who meet regularly to discuss issues relevant to the Penn community. This body is led by Editorial Board Chair Jack Lakis and is entirely separate from the newsroom. Questions or comments should be directed to letters@thedp.com.
An unaccounted for part of the economy is how much young people virulently hate AI, despite how aggressively it's being forced on them. They realize it's making their friends dumber and ruining the world and they want nothing to do with it.
From the Penn student paper:
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Y’all this is insane
The last generation of VC investing has been underscored by the fact that venture money circles are filed to the brim with very wealthy people that are completely inconsolable that they missed the boat on Instagram/Amazon/Facebook/etc.
So, they're susceptible to snake oil labeled The Next Big Thing
Stable genius.
engagement bait prompt: what's your favorite Onion article? I think mine has to be this one theonion.com/new-subway-p...
An ICE agent inside an airport, leaning against a pole and fucking around on his phone. He's next to a window, which looks out at a huge line of people waiting to even get inside the terminal to stand in a security line.
picture, thousan words, etc etc
the World Cup is special because not only do they go heavy on the in-game shots of fans in the crowd, but also, the entire world is watching the same broadcast feed. so hundreds of millions of people are seeing the same upset fan faces at the same time
This really is an encapsulation of what being an American is: experiencing something needlessly cruel and profoundly stupid while propaganda you can’t turn off blares about how free and lucky you are
It’s cool that the highest level of our government is basically a Make-A-Wish program for middle-aged losers
@speedy-marie.bsky.social
a youtube thumbnail of the Florida-Iowa upset, featuring a blonde woman holding her head with both hands and looking at the sky in frustration
same woman, different youtube thumbnail, this time looking directly at the camera in frustration
same woman, slightly different thumbnail again, this time a comically muscular man to her right is glancing up in frustration with her
is there any sporting event on earth that goes harder on the "making one random fan who happened to be on camera at the wrong time the face of their team's humiliating loss" than the NCAA Tournament
We analyzed the locations of 38 data centre campuses proposed in Alberta.
Three quarters of them are in regions under high or extremely high water stress. Only three have been planned in low water stress regions, which comprise the majority of Alberta’s land mass.
ME: (chastising myself) Careful. We can't just paint every billionaire as an evil NPC with no inner life. They're just people, and we need to understand that if we're ever going to improve society
BILLIONAIRE: I'm an empty shell, man. No thoughts up here. I'm essentially a void made to suck up money