It's also remarkable that people think this is some kind of attack on low income people.
The important part of this post is that car dependency is that it prevents the things that really help low income families like good transit & safe bike & pedestrian infrastructure.
Amazing the clocks go ahead . But it feels like 1930's Germany .
That Iranian Navy ship we torpedoed had no ammunition on board because that was a requirement to participate in the MILAN 2026 exercise (organized by the Indian Navy).
The US Navy knew this because IT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE. What a national embarrassment.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...
Screenshot of an excerpt of a Bulwark article by Lt. Gen. (retired) Mark Hertling: *** This is why responsible national leadership requires two qualities at the same time: expertise and, in my view, a level of discomfort and anxiety. Expertise ensures decisions are grounded in strategy—clear thinking about ends, ways, and means. What is the political objective? What military action advances it? How do those individual tactical actions contribute to an operational plan? What risks follow? What happens the day after the strikes end? Discomfort serves as a moral and strategic guardrail. Leaders who feel the weight of ordering teenagers toward hardship, injury, and death are more likely to ask the necessary hard questions. They consult widely, think about escalation, and remember that war is not simply a tool of policy but a human undertaking with irreversible consequences. The paradox is that those who understand force best are rarely eager to use it. They prepare for it. They plan for it. They master it. But they never become comfortable with it. If a president is becoming more knowledgeable about military power, that is a good thing. If he is becoming “comfortable” ordering it, that should give all of us pause—because too much comfort with the desire to use force is rarely a sign of wisdom.
"The paradox is that those who understand force best are rarely eager to use it. They prepare for it. They plan for it. They master it. But they never become comfortable with it."
Really wise piece here from @markhertling.bsky.social.
www.thebulwark.com/i/190103369/...
I’ve told this story before, but I’d personally evicted someone from my life when I found out they had a Nazi tattoo.
They tried every excuse in the book, just like Platner, until they realized I wasn’t buying it.
Strange to me how many people are basically admitting they wouldn’t cut a Nazi out.
We bombed a girls elementary school.
Bellingcat released Turnstone, an open source flight-tracking tool designed to explore historical aircraft movement patterns across time and locations. It allows investigators to establish normal flight baselines and identify unusual activity around major events.
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
Zelensky has done everything he possibly can to satisfy this admin while he fights a war of survival for his people. And the Trump admin has done nothing but repeatedly treat him with disrespect, scorn & ridicule. 2 days ago, Trump called him “PT Barnum.” This is how Z responds.
Amid the Chinese spying ring allegations, we need to talk about the fact that two serving British Lords serve on Hong Kong's highest court.
Hong Kong is now firmly under the thumb of China. Why are UK peers serving a state that has locked up Jimmy Lai and thousands more like him?
The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.
But Biden? Don't you ever listen to that shite again!!!
Smith on why she's tightening access to the Alberta Seniors Benefit...
Can you guess?
You can guess...
It's the newcomers coming to Alberta to take advantage of our incredible social programs!
(Never mind you have to be a Citizen or Permanent Resident)
Drink!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
That hurts my heart... no one around him even suggested it? It's not a kind administration...
Thread from someone who knowssssssssss:
My Dad was once the U.S. Ambassador to Qatar.
He was there when the bloodless coup occurred that put the Crowned Prince Hamad Al Thani in power in 1995.
He helped establish the U.S. relationship with the new regime, right when Qatar’s massive gas reserves were being explored & Qatar was becoming a
Riley on TechLinked just called the CEO of openAI "Scam Altman"
So that's official now.
60 Million dollars. That’s how much it is going to cost to advance an anti-immigration and racist agenda through referendum questions in Alberta this year.
That money would pay for 250 jobs paying $80,000 each in education or healthcare.
Think about it. What would you rather have?
No. Just the camo green cdn flag
So we’re just going to forget all about this and never ask Trump, Leavitt or Hegseth about it again after the first day because this is totally normal so who cares.
Looks like what I wore back in the day 🤷
And 165 non-artificial schoolchildren were blown up by all this advanced and precise targeting. Congrats to everyone involved on achieving this brave new world.
Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.
They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.
Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.
Watch how they vote this week.
The Government of Canada Treasury Board released a Minimum Viable Product of an AI Register that "collects information about AI systems that are or have been in use within the GC." GC is now asking for feedback on the dataset.
open.canada.ca/data/en/data...
The willingness of major European states such as Britain and France to send their military forces to actively defend counties in the Middle East but not to defend Ukraine shows how Europe has a distorted sense of its own interests.
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How about this question for Republicans:
What is a war?
It's like the GOP just wants people to think voting is an ordeal or something.
Who else remembers flying standby?
Or buying/selling the return leg of a plane ticket back when you could do it?
Or those messages in the campus newspapers whereby you could hitch a ride to another city, or drive someone else’s car to another city for them?
I have been locked out of my bluesky account for hours today because this site's dumb age verification service was bugged as fuck. Why the fuck do I have to verify my age when I have a verified account??
