If I were to put on my culture studies hat I'd point out that this era dominated by childish forms of mass media (superheroes, video games, Star Wars) has also produced a politics of infantile regression. Just a thought

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I'm on the list! Blocked! I'm with the cool kids now!! lol, lmao even!

Also, this lede from @isaaccallan.bsky.social is a thing of beauty.

"There are currently six Ontario inmates on the run, according to Premier Doug Ford, who says his solicitor general is doing a “great job” despite the dozens of people being mistakenly released from jails."

Well I guess I know what my call today will be about!

Who could blame her? I'd for sure fall for it.

It's somehow very telling that the English language doesn't have an expression that fully translate the French expression "politique volontariste (de l'État)".

It reflects how much policy-making in the anglosphere, especially in urban planning matters, is reactive rather than proactive.

The sudden rise of Dubai Chocolate was a deliberate plan to flood search engines with the word Dubai so that the horrific human rights record would be harder to find.

Also, people are being fooooooled by oligarchs if they think Canada Post is what's tanking Canada's economy. Truly, congrats on getting scammed by propaganda, my guys.

PM Goldman Sachs' election campaign was a bait and switch.

a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag Alt: A gif of the cartoon character Lucy pulling the football from Charlie Brown.

I'll let you guess which one I think I am. I'm done falling for this crap.

Ew

Viral tweet from Twitter user @dril: "and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.”

The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.

U.S. book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, with ‘Sold’ topping the list Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, according to the American Library Association. And efforts to have titles removed have never been more coordinated or politicized.

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Cover of W. Somerset Maugham's 'The Razor's Edge'

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Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

I'd like this as a lawn sign, maybe with options on speed limits?

Oh I loved it. Definitely recommend.

A cover of Shelby Van Pelt's 'Remarkably bright creature.'

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The cost of a jet is trivial compared with the financial transactions a government could hide without freedoms of information requests.

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Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c. 1590–1595, oil, circle of P. Bruegel the Elder. In this image a man plows a field in the foreground overlooking a bay with many ships in it. The only part of Icarus is his legs as he falls into the bay. Dedalus is visible flying towards the top of the image. This image has been edited to include a Bombardier Challenger jet set vertically above Icarus' legs, as if it's falling to the ground. Dedalus' head has been replaced with the head of close Ford advisor Kory Teneycke.

Landscape with the Fall of Ford.

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

Gas prices to rise 9 cents on Saturday, says affordable energy president Dan McTeague, president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, says fuel is expected to rise on Saturday.

Like day following night, the minute the government gives you a break on taxes, in swoops Big oil to take the profit back for themselves. There is no winning with this kind of vulture capitalism.

And right on cue, Conservatives will blame the Liberals.

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Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c. 1590–1595, oil, circle of P. Bruegel the Elder. In this image a man plows a field in the foreground overlooking a bay with many ships in it. The only part of Icarus is his legs as he falls into the bay. Dedalus is visible flying towards the top of the image. This image has been edited to include a Bombardier Challenger jet set vertically above Icarus' legs, as if it's falling to the ground. Dedalus' head has been replaced with the head of close Ford advisor Kory Teneycke.

Landscape with the Fall of Ford.

It's exhausting and deflating and maddening all at the same time. It's hard not to be sharp sometimes about it.

You need a memory quilt made from t-shirts.