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BIG ups 🏆🙌👏👏 youtu.be/GobGmgFhF1A?...

Once again spent nearly the entire day on I-81, and could not believe the number of deer roadkill I saw plus one bear on I-87

...breaking into garages and homes. Tearing doors off. Why? Because in southern BC, the salmon aren’t in the streams. Why? Because water levels are too low. Why? Weak snowpack and not enough rain. Why? We all know why.

I have glimpsed hell and it’s whatever’s happening in this photo

@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/bloc...

Drivers have blocked a bike lane by the main post office for years — despite free parking nearby. buff.ly/uH0ra6O

Frank Zappa released "Chunga's Revenge" #OTD 1970 on Bizarre/Reprise Records.

i’m at a dachshund-only halloween costume parade

Sheep, details later. 🐑

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. From the ProPublica archives:

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

Happy Pythagorean Day!

when in doubt: Stereolab "French Disko" youtu.be/Ttq4RLTszWg?...

New: Nonprofits and government entities that rely on Facebook pages have been notified they are no longer able to share links on their own pages unless they sign up for a Meta One subscription. Additional linking privileges start at $50/month (for 8 links). www.engadget.com/2295422/meta...

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

One of my students is studying what the body does during free fall. We got some real-time data at the Bolton ropes course, measuring our heart rates before and after this Giant Swing element. My resting heart rate was 63. My free fall heart rate was 151 😵‍💫❤️🤣

Rapid response groups are sharing hotlines and free Know Your Rights workshops as ICE activity increases in California. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5p9hz ✍️ Alejandra Molina and Jessica Perez | Boyle Heights Beat

The violence experienced by our colleague, barriers to reaching medical care and growing restrictions imposed on Palestinian communities are not coincidental. Read our statement: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...

Five African grey parrots were removed from public view at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in the UK after repeatedly swearing at visitors and laughing together. The parrots—Billy, Eric, Tyson, Jade, and Elsie—were donated by different owners but quickly bonded. Original post

researching the state of mental health care in the US in the 1980s for a script and you would not believe my shock when I discovered virtually every system was gutted by - you guessed it - ronald fucking reagan

Where can I buy your hat?! @brooklynspoke.bsky.social

good morning, Burlington! We're back!! #btv 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

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Any day now… since 1992.⏳

Today's walk around the 'hood #btv Hill Section

Do folks know the story of Ian Gillian being a badass and a mensch here? He recorded his part as Jesus in 3 hrs, then sang an entire deep purple concert! then when they asked him to play Jesus in the movie he said only if the studio would pay his band for missing tour dates.

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Dad Calling    Just To Say He Loves King Crimson https://theonion.com/dad-calling-just-to-say-he-loves-king-crimson/

Just appreciating the flagrance of these honey locust trees in our campus courtyard. Like, who do they think they are?!?!

Ex-Loretto Hospital executive Anosh Ahmed and his contractor pal Sameer Suhail — who fled the U.S. amid accusations they stole millions of dollars from the hospital — reportedly celebrated New Year’s Eve last year alongside Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general. buff.ly/FdB9eRT

Shut down all these thieving “A.i.” companies.

Meta rolled out Muse, which it's marketing as a cute and cuddly new AI personal assistant. It has a much darker reality. This AI agent is building a backlog of files on you that Meta can access. You're opening the door for your data to potentially get stolen.

Character.AI, which was valued at more than $1b in 2023, is bankrupt. CAI's founders once argued that they were building superintelligence. The startup went on to face wrongful death lawsuits, safety concerns, financial struggles, and user-hated platform changes: futurism.com/artificial-i...

I'm building an ark

Ms Rachel from the top ropes

It’s that time of year when my 2022 prodigal meme-son returns. Welcome back.

No Jacket Required

My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...