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I am sorry I have to make such a sad appeal to you all. Please, if you enjoy the work, repost it. Each year it’s a mystery whether the COTW continues. Only through page views does it avoid the axe. Thank you.

🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org

Dear America: PLEASE WATCH

Eligible Canadians will find a bit more cash in their bank accounts starting today as quarterly payments begin for the federal Liberals’ boosted affordability benefit. globalnews.ca/news/1195142...

For years, data centers have strained local water supplies. The AI boom has made this issue much worse (from May 2025)

You can see the full clip here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

U.S. pals: Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army. There are better charities out there. Much better.

New from me: Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

A primer on vaccine preventable illnesses from me, a pediatrician. Because we are about to find out some things.

Yes, it should. However, that would require an effective mainstream media in America — which we don’t currently have.

PLEASE REPOST 🥺🙏 The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes. www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...

For too long, our government stopped vigorously enforcing laws that keep Corporate America in check. Corporations got more powerful while our basic economic freedoms went unprotected. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

Truth.

June treasury data came in today, and Americans paid a record $27B in tariffs & related DHS excise taxes this month—for an annualized pace of more than $300B/year The graph of intense pain & suffering keeps getting worse

About two years ago, I saw a tweet from @mcuban.bsky.social A man in his late forties had just lost his job, and he was desperate for help. Cuban responded: “Start learning large language models (LLMs). Right now!” That moment stuck with me. open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...

Take note.

Noem posted this only a year ago:

Measles 101: What every parent needs to know My interview with Dr Zahid Butt, @uwaterloo.ca. #canada #ABleg #quebec #ontario youtu.be/t9-EJZ0ABjY

Own your democracy! Go vote! Advance polls are open all weekend! From April 18 to 21, advance polls are open daily from 9AM to 9PM. Visit elections.ca to find your polling location or check your voter card.

@canadiens.com just one more goal to get into the playoffs!!!

It’s aspirational 😊

Elections Canada has a website called ElectoFacts to help people figure out if what they see online about 🇨🇦 federal elections is accurate. #cdnpoli #CanadaSky #Education #2025Election #Never51 #ElbowsUp #Alberta #CanadaVotes2025 #Liberal #CPC #NDP #Green electionsanddemocracy.ca/news/electio...

Why are there no posts about the roof falling in on the club in the Dominican Republic? 27+ people dead with 160+ injured

#canadavotes. Getting educated to work in the voting booths. So important for all Canadians to get out and vote in the federal election

"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

First sighting of robins in Toronto. Spring is coming.

This message needs to be heard widely.

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

Why is there nothing about South Korea and the imposition of martial law? Not on any US news channel either.

Rachel Homan wins the Kioti Grand Slam of Curling. Now we wait for the Jacobs vs Mouat final later today from St John’s, NF

No mother “accidentally” tells her son he’s a piece of shit when it comes to women.