Karen

I have membership cards going out this week! raise your hand if you need one?

Sounds like he should have been cutting back on his substance use, not our federal government.

'Absolute nonsense': Columnist slams GOP over bill to ban 'playing dress-up' in schools Texas Republicans are pushing a bill that would prohibit "non-human behaviors" in school — and it would effectively create a regime prohibiting kids from playing dress-up or just pretending in ways ki...

'Absolute nonsense': Columnist slams GOP over bill to ban 'playing dress-up' in schools

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Margaret Atwood says she cannot remember another time ‘when words themselves have felt under such threat’ - The Guardian💙✋🌊

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It isn’t possible for him to ask anything difficult - he’s dumber than a sack of hammers. He needs to STFU and go back to eating bugs.

Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal Netanyahu wants Hamas to allow for release of hostages without troop withdrawal, in plan Israel says came from US Israel has cut off humanitarian supplies to Gaza in an effort to pressure Hamas into accepting a change in the ceasefire agreement to allow…

Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal

#BoycottWashingtonPost
#BoycottAmazon

9 myths and facts about unions

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Not wrong!!!

House Republicans push plan to hand Trump their budgetary power Several House Republicans went on the record to explain how they want to shift control over the federal budget from Congress to the president.

Dear MSM,

Want to know who knows what trump is doing is illegal?

The repubs trying to change the law to make it legal.

@joyannreid.bsky.social knows. #Impoundment #ProjectHell2025

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How American Institutions Failed to Meet the Moment The Constitution provides tools with which to defend against a demagogue. But political elites have refused to use them.

It's happening here. "How American Institutions Failed to Meet the Moment" www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
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a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and asking what is happening ? ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and asking what is happening ?

Good lord, I’m actually missing Jason Kenney!! 😩

#abpoli #albertasky #notoucp

Kennedy is making good on his promise

FACT SHEET: RFK Jr.’s Plans To Defund, Slash Jobs and Undermine the National Institutes of Health Would Be Disastrous For Americans — Protect Our Care RFK Jr. Has Vowed to Fire and Prosecute Hundreds of NIH And FDA Employees and Pause All Research On Drug Development And Infectious Disease It’s no secret Donald Trump’s nomination...

Here is the source www.protectourcare.org/fact-sheet-r...

I’m listening to the audiobook now - your review is on the money. I am really enjoying the added depth to the characters (or original depth). Erivo’s take on Elphie is the closest to the original, imho, although Maguire’s Elphaba holds far more bitterness/anger from the outset in the novel.

Google Trends in the past 7 days. Blue is Mark Carney, red is Poilievre, and yellow is Freeland.

Not polling data but useful to gauge public interest.

Told ya. They're going after veterans' benefits.

Smith runs interference for Trump, undermining Canada's tariff deterrence Premier Smith is seeking a side-deal with Trump in which he excludes oil from tariffs in exchange for her weakening Canada’s threat of retaliation.

Danielle Smith is throwing the rest of Canada under the bus.
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Transgender Albertan says tribunal ruling will lead to justice for LGBTQ+ community EDMONTON - Alberta's human rights tribunal has dismissed a gender discrimination complaint against an Edmonton 911 operator, but the LGBTQ+ advocate who lodged it expects the ruling will lead to

“The tribunal's decision, published last week, found the actions of the 911 operator were hurtful and seemed to "callously" disregard and minimize Panas's concerns.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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What The Hell Is Danielle Smith Doing? YouTube video by Steve Boots

Nothin’ good and even less for Albertans and Canadians.

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Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against it

Watch this space.

Laws that make polluters pay for climate disasters are taking off worldwide.

In California, I hope policymakers see the damage wrought by climate change, understand the role of oil and gas + proceed accordingly.

@cape-acme.bsky.social

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Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a

Let's Gooo!
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What is RedNote? The TikTok alternative that doesn't allow showing skin or LGBTQ+ content With heavy censorship of bodies and LGBTQ+ topics, RedNote might not be everything TikTok refugees are seeking.

Then there’s this…don’t think I’ll be supporting them anytime soon.

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Well, well, well - butter my TimBit and block the bridges, it’s time to whip out the half-baked manifestos and maple syrup covered tailgates and have ourselves another FreEduMB lovin’ reckoning on karaoke night! Yeeehaaawww!!

#ConvoyCowboyClinkers

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Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation. When the company announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its fact-checking partnerships, the company also instructed teams responsible for ranking content in the company’s apps to stop penalizing misinformation, according to sources and an internal document obtained by Platformer. The result is that the sort of viral hoaxes that ran roughshod over the platform during the 2016 US presidential election — “Pope Francis endorses Trump,” Pizzagate, and all the rest — are now just as eligible for free amplification on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as true stories.

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...