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Christian. Freelance editor. Gardener, knitter, dreamer, nerd. Sustainability and environmentalism. Toronto. Turn toward love, always.

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They weren't in Iran. They were in bases elsewhere in the Middle East that were attacked by Iran.

09.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Admitting to war crimes because "they are fun."

09.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, but I want to see numbers, not intuitions or hunches.

09.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump wanted regime change in Iran and he got it. The new one is even worse.

Be careful what you wish for.

09.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 307 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 1

Particularly among menβ€”I'd be curious to see the numbers broken down by both gender and party, to see what the CPC bros think of him.

09.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
09.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Our church takes over a Laundromat once a month... washing drying clothes for free

providing detergent ... just about anything we can do to help

09.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 340 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 11

"U.S. soldiers leave Iran"? There are no ground troops in Iran (yet). It's been an air operation so far.

09.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

After the renaming of the Department of Defense seems odd that the GOP would be so coy about using the word

09.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I suspect you could replace "India" with almost any other country in the world and this observation would still hold true

09.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love this time of year when sunrise races northward along the horizon

09.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lectionary readings today are about water. In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer we pray today for the Episcopal Churches of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

Juxtaposed with the unfathomable evil of attacks on water plants.

08.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

β€œPete Hegseth is a very dangerous person. He’s a white Christian nationalist and has the arsenal of the United States government at his disposal and a permission slip from President Trump to deploy carnage wherever he wishes against whomever he wishes.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

08.03.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

When I see people arguing that the problem with the war is that gas will be more expensive, or that Johnny Public doesn't like it, then I feel like they don't understand what the problem is with this war.

07.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Right, because sound is what happens in our brains when waves hit our ears. The waves themselves are not sounds.

08.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When will Americans who still know right from wrong rise up to end this madness?

08.03.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

08.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 17740 πŸ” 4782 πŸ’¬ 616 πŸ“Œ 249
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Lucifer has a point

07.03.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 10985 πŸ” 3190 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 111

These are not just places on a map. Innocent people, including children, are being injured and killed, their homes and neighbourhoods are being destroyed.

07.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not about the tariffs. We are boycotting US products and travel because of the threats to our sovereignty.

06.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things.

06.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 1670 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 6

So you're at the acceptance stage of grief

05.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What to know before asking an AI chatbot for health advice Tech companies are pushing new health chatbots, but experts say you still need to talk to your doctor.

What to know before asking an AI chatbot for health advice apnews.com/article/chat...

"If you’re having worrisome symptoms, skip AI"

"...approach AI programs with 'a degree of healthy skepticism.'"

Chatbots "often stumble when interacting with humans."

05.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, but the possibility remains that Canada would be called upon to defend a treaty ally. And thus we can't say that Canada would never under any circumstances become involved.

05.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I won't quibble about probabilities, as neither Middle East politics nor statistics is my specialty. But the point is, future Canadian involvement can't be categorically ruled out given our treaty obligations (among other considerations), so it's pointless to ask the PM to say never.

05.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw the title before reading the post and thought it was about golf.

05.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I question your "in all likelihood" β€” there are other plausible scenarios involving Turkey that don't require US complicity.

05.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What if, for example, Turkey, a NATO ally, is attacked and invokes Article 5?

05.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Just thinking about what we could do with a billion dollars a day that doesn’t include bombing people.

05.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 7768 πŸ” 2236 πŸ’¬ 291 πŸ“Œ 99