Iva Cheung

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Yes, yes, the renewed accusations that the president is a serial rapist and was an active participant in Epstein's pedophilia and sex trafficking would seem alarming, but it doesn't involve the Cheesecake Factory so ...

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Not only can you be a flu watcher, you can do it for everyone in your household. I’ve signed up.

Yeah, don't let that "Antrhopic founders giving most of their money away" BS fool you: By @alexjn.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Hrm. Because BriefCatch bought WordRake, I think all the guest articles I wrote for WordRake are now gone? Maybe I'll have to repost them on my personal blog?

Oh, man, he's so close to getting it.

One concrete lesson from Serbia that is applicable to America is - young people, fucking vote!!!! You must be sick of seeing your country run like this - fucking vote!!! If you don’t it will be more of this billionaire Epstein kushner shit, no progress, no justice. Just Fucking Vote. Please.

🤔"A convicted murderer who argued in an Australian court that disallowing him access to the yeast-based spread Vegemite was a violation of his human rights has lost a legal battle seeking permission to consume the delicacy from prison." globalnews.ca/news/1212135...

That's just not true. AI companies and sloppers love forcing women to be a part of the AI push, from using AI to turn images of women into non-consensual porn, to straight up stealing all of the work of every female artist.

While pundits on national television applauded Lorne Doerkson for running a campaign supposedly laser-focused on the economy, it appears white nationalists were paying attention when his campaign manager posted "fuck Islam" and when his relentlessly attacked Indigenous rights. Total media failure.

The morning after the provincial election, a white supremacist group stood in front of the BC legislature. Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson condemned their actions and pledged to fight hate. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #BCPoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...

I have fulfilled my democratic obligations Please vote for the correct Chow!!!!

You can help Canadian public health officials track respiratory infection rates by signing up to be a #FluWatcher! You get an email once a week asking if you've had any symptoms like fever or cough. It takes 30 seconds, and the info you give is so valuable: cnphi.canada.ca/fluWatcher/r...

it is my deepest and most fervent wish that the tech oligarchs suffer consequences for openly allying with fascism the world over maybe we can extradite zuck in 2029

After seeing Serbia & Brazil, BC non-voters should feel fucking disgusted with themselves.

BC’s new Conservative majority government vows to end safe supply prescribing (already limited by BCNDP) and hire a ton of new cops and prosecutors. Then you shall have more corpses. conservativebc.ca/safe-streets...

I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.

A decade after its introduction, South Africa's successful school-based HPV vaccination program is delivering measurable population-level benefits and providing a model for other countries seeking to prevent one of the world’s most avoidable cancers. theconversation.com/south-africa...

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

Does anyone around Boston want/need a transport wheelchair? I got a powerchair so I don't use it anymore. It might as well help someone instead of just sitting in the basement.

i’ve heard there have been quality issues recently. make sure to sample a few bags. for safety!

<whispers>Any of my pedantic editor friends point out the lack of parallelism yet?</whispers>

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

Lula won in part by banning online gambling

Annual quality-assurance check of our Halloween Cheezies. Gotta make sure the kids will be getting a good batch, see. [*Wipes crumbs from mouth*]

looks like this BC election had the most dismal turnout in provincial history — preliminary results are around 48%, compared to the last low of 54% in 2020. elections.bc.ca/resources/re...

David Eby's legacy will be going from someone who wrote a book on your civil rights while being arrested to overseeing the raids on Wet'suwet'en territory as attorney general to centre right neoliberalism that led to conservatives winning for the first time in over a century

Premier: you capitulated to the right, campaigned on locking up my community-who you used to represent when I knew you at Pivot. You gave us a con majority that’ll bring still more death & misery. In this Mamdani moment you stood for capital. -lifelong NDP voter who voted Green

yup. not a single load bearing part of society is functioning.

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a sad takeaway here is that even if no one likes their MLA enough to vote for them — an incumbent coming in fifth place is pretty incredible! — it's still hard to motivate constituents to remove them. overall, we have a very disengaged electorate.