#Humanist #Pagan #Geek #Nerd #Chrohnie
Fan of #TheExpanse, #Dominion #TheSandmanNetflix
The #Disabled have rights too! #SlavaUkraini
More than just a ghost in the machine.
Ukraine Gains Ground in 3 Regions While Russian Forces Fail to Advance, ISW
πΊπ¦ Troops advanced or maintained positions in northern #Kharkiv region, moved forward east of Slovyansk in #Donetsk region, & gained ground near Novopavlivka in #Dnipropetrovsk region
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βIf you are under the delusion that Hegsethβs purges are about competence more than loyalty β a welcome corrective to the excesses of D.E.I. programs β well then, as we say in the South, bless your heart.β
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...
russia has been sending abducted Ukrainian children to a summer camp in North Korea, according to a European Union document seen by RFE/RL outlining a new round of planned sanctions.
The document lists people and entities to be included in new #EU sanctions on russia
www.rferl.org/a/russia-abd...
Ukraineβs Tuman Special Purpose Unit of the 1st Azov Corps targeting Russian logistics on the Donetsk bypass, striking targets 50 km and more behind the frontline.
If you kill one person, the CIA will hunt you down across the globe. But if you kill hundreds of thousands, the U.S. Special Representative will come to greet you.
If you kill one person, the CIA will hunt you down across the globe. But if you kill hundreds of thousands, the U.S. Special Representative will come to greet you.
It never ceases to amaze me how many times I look up the background of a famous writer, comedian, artist or actor and think "Maybe this one will be different and come from an ordinary background?" then find out "Nope, yet another one from Oxford or Cambridge university and a private school".
For a long time, my background (UK provincial, no A-levels or degree, parents from council estates), which is outside the norm for an author, made me view myself as an imposter underling employee of agents and publishers. When I realised this wasn't true, it freed me. I started writing better books.
Drones hit the Ryazan oil refinery on Sep 6. It's a big one, #3 on Russiaβs top-5 list. Overall, 4/5 of the biggest refineries have been attacked recently:
Aug 26 β Kstovo (#4)
Aug 28 β Yaroslavl (#5)
Aug 30 β Kirishi (#2)
Sep 6 β Ryazan (#3)
#1 Omsk is farther away, but was hit in early July.
In #Alberta. π Obvs, the #farmers couldn't use all of it. Fields were drowning. But if they had created #waterconservation systems,they could hold on to some of that water, & use it to protect themselves against dry periods or even #droughts. Or just use it to cut down on their water bills. π€¦π2
I canβt believe Galliano got cancelled just because he is an insane drunken drug addict monster. Iβm moving to Austin to do unfunny standup.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/s...
the press has gotten completely habituated to the ugly and hateful behavior of the people in this government so i will be surprised if anyone ever asks hegseth why he thinks it is appropriate to mock children for wanting to learn, grow and maybe serve their country
This is a picture of two women from the Vernon Cadet Training Centre, which holds summer programming for 12-18 year olds to develop skills on the way to adulthood. Unlike Secretary Hegseth, they do not deserve contempt or ridicule.
Elon Musk is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney suggests he may also be the most dangerous.
THRβs Steven Zeitchik sits down with Gibney in the editing suite as he finishes βMusk,β the four-hour documentary: bit.ly/4qPYQrL
"I said, 'Can you tell me when an ambulance is coming?' He said, 'No, we can't.'"
It took an hour and a half for an ambulance to arrive. A woman lost her life and a family lost a loved one.
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"'Trump wants to control the Fed, which would also mean controlling the German gold reserves in the U.S.,' a representative of Germanyβs Taxpayers Federation said. 'Itβs our money, it should be brought back.'"
Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist.
But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage."
Is that it?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Inside the arena during the Fever/Liberty game, people were handing out signs that read βTrans People Belong in Sports.β This action was organized by two season-ticket holders who felt that βsomeone should do something,β only to realize that they were that βsomeone.β xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
We are allowing 5 year old children to be enrolled in football even though we *know* that every 2.6 years of participation doubles the chances of contracting CTE.
This is tantamount to child abuse.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
I don't think it's transitory. Large segment of US politics & society now has a reality-shielded entrenched worldview which needs enemies and villains, and rewards hate mongering & performative cruelty. Unless that structure's completely disassembled & deprogrammed (how?) it'll continue indefinitely
Quebec no longer offering free flu shots to entire population, a year after it ended no cost COVID-19 vaccinations. Other provinces are maintaining universal flu shot coverage, by @tuthanhha.bsky.social@alannasmith.bsky.socialwww.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
The more I learn about the AfD, the more parallels I see with the Freedom Convoy-wing of the Canadian conservative movement
That might be unsurprising given AfD politicians have toured Canada alongside convoy leaders
And in 2023, the same AfD politician controversially met with 3 Conservative MPs
Former KY governor (R) jailed 60 days for refusing child support for boy he adopted from Ethiopia at age 5. π₯
βThe sad reality is that adoption is supposed to be forever. And this makes it clear that my parents havenβt felt that kind of love for me in a long time.β
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Trump tariffs: Canadian wool and yarn producers walk away from U.S. customers www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...#knitsky#knit π¨π¦π§Ά
Great article here - we need to increase CDN wool
Processing and buy Canadian wool!
I am kind of amazed that news articles are finally reporting this for what it was. State sanctioned theft of children, to help pedophiles, rapists, and men committing incest get away with their crimes.
Same as Canada, US, EU.
#adoptionwww.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
21 states, led by Attorney General Bonta, are suing the federal government to block a medicaid ban for those under 19 from taking effect.
The new rule is slated to go into effect in six weeks.
They raise novel legal issues, and have been successful before.
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