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'PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.' - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26

Jason Kenney keeps telling us about his racism, and yet the commentariat in this country keeps trying to turn him into an elder statesman.

🇨🇦🎶FREE UNITY CONCERT🎶🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian proudly presents @jannarden on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2-7 PM at The Confluence, Calgary. Mark your calendars. Ready your Canadian flags. Stay tuned for more details. (Maybe Jan will let me play my cow bell 😃). #ableg #cdnpoli #Yyc

techno-optimists befuddled by declining popular support for “the robot that tells you to kill yourself”, “the pervert glasses“, and “the camera network that stalks you”

On the other hand, Usain Bolt can also stop on his own

At Least One Minnesota UU Church Secretly Surveilled by Federal Government, Court Records Reveal First Universalist Church was among the community groups targeted in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security undercover operation. bit.ly/4hLLoTr

“True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.” ~Clarence Darrow. Image: Chicago History Museum/Getty Images.

it's slavery, and it's unconstitutional ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

From United Humanists: 1.The Indiana ruling is part of a growing multi-state legal strategy in which Jewish, Unitarian, Buddhist, Episcopal, and other faith plaintiffs are challenging abortion bans in Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Utah, Wyoming, and Florida on the grounds that those bans impose a

From Smith’s new datacentre infomercial… The language has changed… It used to be “they have to bring 100% of their own power”. Then, Meta didn’t. Now? They just don’t get discounts on power. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/

The Canadian government should copy Minnesota’s lead Create a law targeting apps and websites allowing non-consensual deepfake nude generation, carrying penalties of up to $500,000 per violation. Like satanic Nazi Elon Musk’s Grok pedophile AI on X. #cdnpoli

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Very few people know things like this. When in doubt, share.

🕯️Manifesting 🕯️

You think an AI company would do that? Steal intellectual property?

Canada Day extreme weather brought to you by climate change, which Carney announced yesterday we can’t afford to properly fight 🤗

The UUA decries today's U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., which uphold state laws restricting transgender student athletes. We remain steadfast in affirming the inherent worthiness and dignity of trans people. Full statement at https://bit.ly/4wgs04V #UU

Crazy headline that's actually real: What the federal government calls a "North Texas Antifa cell" receives a half-millenium prison sentence: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/450-years-...

Coral Cafe in Calgary has an axolotl as well as many other lovely fish in their aquariums

More than a decade ago, a group of young, internet-connected Belarusian dissidents launched a series of increasingly high-stakes, increasingly surreal confrontations with the corrupt, authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenka, a man who is often called "the last Soviet dictator." 1/

Alberta refuses to treat Water Not Coal petition like the ten other referenda #abpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

The Alberta government is allowing rich tech giants to build AI data centres in our backyard with zero regulations and consultations. Tell Minister Hunter: Stop the mega AI data centres! share.nwmd.social/s/WBmFYwGp

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A Unitarian Universalist is granted work exemption on using AI on religious grounds. Pope also mentioned.

I don't care who you are, there will always be times when hell is other people. Not because other people are horrible - quite the opposite! Other people are *wonderful*, but boy are they ever *stubborn*. 1/

This Week's Editorial Cartoon: Calves and Have-Nots

I just wrote a @leadnowca.bsky.social letter: Federal MPs: Protect Pharmacare for all!. Write one here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/ph...

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

I Need Assistance With Legal Fees to Fight a SLAPP Suit! "My name is Brad Celmainis. I am a small business owner in Calgary." www.gofundme.com/f/bradcelmai... #Calgary #yyc #yyccc

There’s definite plausibility to the idea that the critical thinking which can come from the humanities is in higher demand as AI gets better www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

In a world where news outlets cared about journalism and informing the populace, this poll would cause long dark nights of the soul. But, those outlets are more interested in serving shareholders by selling ads, and the job falls to incredible individuals like @molly.wiki

Julia Ward Howe, mother, poet, author, Unitarian, abolitionist, and women’s suffragist, wrote the original pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation in 1870. As a Unitarian, I’m proud of our history and contributions to make a better world. peacealliance.org/history-of-m... #UUA #Mothers’Day

No. We’re not doing Balls Discourse. I refuse. Al Gore did not invent the internet for this level of perversion.

Because the world is not as it should be, various Al Gore rhythms have chosen to expose my beautiful and charming book promo posts to the heathen eyes of loser transphobes Help me counter their rancid vibes with a reskeet? books2read.com/SOR1

💥🤠👀 Back to the drawing board! UCP scrapping Alberta boundaries commission and appointing MLA committee to draw new electoral map Every day is a new round of chaos in Alberta politics: daveberta.substack.com/p/back-to-th...