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A big problem for me was the transition from text to audio and/or video. I feel like that's substantial hurt my ability to grapple with substantial written content.

How does the media continue to applaud Iran's restraint while simultaneously implying that they would act differently were they to acquire nuclear weapons?Unless their enemies put them on death ground, which would be unlikely if they were a nuclear power, I cannot see them every deploying them.

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding.

Trump bombing Iran without congressional approval was illegal and against international law, and this is what Carney has to say about it? Absolute pandering bullshit. Just embarrassing stuff.

My bare minimum expectation from the Liberals is to keep us out of America's messes. I will never vote for those fucks again if we get dragged in.

Over a million people died because of the Iraq War and subsequent American occupation. We haven't learned a goddamn thing.

We need to completely abandon the idea that the U.S. is somehow a force of good in the world. That was a dubious claim to begin with, and Americans have jettisoned even their tepid commitment to that under Trump.

Not a single Canadian soldier should be obliged to risk their lives to assist American in this mess. They can lie in it without us.

After years of advocacy, applications for the $200/month Canada Disability Benefit opened today. But the only provincial govt in Canada that will keep its citizens with disabilities from actually benefiting from it is the UCP. They are the only ones clawing it back. It’s cruel & shameful.

This is the simplest way to understand Israel's approach to conflicts it is engaging in. There is effectively no frame for peace on any front, but rather a continued pursuit of degradation of threats—a managed security situation in perpetuity.

basically yeah. my theory is that "knowing things" basically peaked in perceived coolness somewhere around 1970 and has been steadily declining ever since. being a nerd is definitionally about your relationship to trivia but trivia isn't actually the same as expertise

I don't think Trump fully understands how precarious the path he's walking can become.

I don't think we're prepared to face how enormously expensive managing forest fires will be in the future.

Stoked about vast regions of Canada already being on fire before June. I hate starting every fire season like this.

"We love you Canadians! So come down and take your chances with our new Gestapo!" Every single one of them can get F-ed. It's beyond having offended Canadians, it's no longer SAFE to go travel and they ALL know that. F-ing sociopaths. #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli

AI is total trash.

I shouldn't, but I still find it wild that MAGA is cheering on the destruction of the very things that made America exemplary and capable of being more than their sordid history and glaring flaws. I will constantly go to bat for quality public education in an attempt to preclude this insanity.

The expectation from certain corners of Alberta that the federal Environment Minister should be pro O&G looks like a collective delusion from my vantage point. The entire country isn't ensorcelled by that particular industry. That's just an embarrassingly large portion of Alberta.

I need to stress the importance of avoiding situations where you're at the mercy of the arbitrary whims of a border agent in a country that's rapidly descended into fascism. Stay away if you have that privilege.

The most annoying thing about Smith's demands for mass legislation repeal is that it completely ignores the other stakeholders in the equation. No legislation is explicitly about screwing a place or people. Maybe we should try to understand why some Canadians want the legislation we find limiting.

Do you think Smith opening the door to separation is going to make it more or less likely that we will see movement on interprovincial infrastructure to benefit Alberta? We're going to be seen as a weak link during a crisis.

I think we're all paying for the ballot protest right now.

The Liberals were in the toilet. MPs bailed on Trudeau left, right & centre. Pierre Poilievre was going to be PM w/ 200+ seats. And Bruce Fanjoy rolled his sleeves up in spite of all of that & fought the darnedest grassroots campaign. Goes to show there's still value in doorstep politics. #cdnpoli

The might be the biggest missed layup in the history of Canadian politics. All they had to do was pivot.

My Dad was mentioning that there was once an unspoken understanding to refrain from coming hard after another leader's seat. The times they are a-changin'.

This is probably a very good outcome if Carney can get along with the NDP.

Imagine being PP now.

The next Parliament might be unstable, but I'm pretty sure every party emptied their bag on this one, so I doubt we will see an election in the near future.

Americans already suck at understanding the rest of the world. This will make it worse.

How are the Conservatives of all parties the last to release a costed platform? They've been in campaign mode for at least a year.

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

I feel like we need to be extremely careful about mandatory treatment. Besides the dubious prospects of success for something like this, it can be hugely problematic to essentially imprison someone for a health problem. I'm also concerned about proper oversight, especially over new operators.

I'll never really understand why you trade a Top 5 player in the world after a near title run in a sport that revolves around having 2-3 elite players.

Rather Trump like.

I don't see how our current housing crisis can be addressed without public housing options. There will always be a threshold where there are strong discentives for private industry to build more. That point is always going to be before we reach a sufficient stock of affordable housing.

Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.

Private equity is basically the reason we need affordable housing that's not available for them to pillage.

Putting Scheer in a political ad is pretty sad.

All the hits for Poilievre are falling flat because their too Trumpy. Does he get his base going at rallies? Absolutely. Does it do anything to help his cause with the broader electorate, particularly women? Absolutely not.

Trump has made it absolutely reckless for any manufacturing company to home shore. It's bad enough to have instability from term to term, but he's implanting substantial policies and then reversing them in mere weeks.

It's hard to stress enough how hard this fucks those who rely on dollar stores and Walmart.

Advisors: We need to distinguish you from Trump. PP: I'm going to talk about my yuge rallies. Advisors: ...

Events can obviously still overtake the Liberals, as they have the Conservatives. That said, we're now less than two weeks away from early voting, so the odds of any sort or dramatic shift in sentiment are increasingly long.

CBC/Radio-Canada is a pillar of our Canadian identity.    We’re going to strengthen our public broadcaster with more long-term funding, and a modernized mandate — to deliver more local news and keep Canadians better informed during emergencies.

A peaceful and prosperous future cannot be constructed with those who are selfish and stupid. How can you negotiate with those who cannot understand let alone act in a way that furthers their own interest? The absence of predictability creates chaos.

Smith banging the separatist drum in anticipation of an election result she's not going to like while we're dealing with almost unprecedented aggression from the Americans is some bullshit. I've rarely been more embarrassed and enraged as an Albertan.

It's absolutely insane how quickly America has dismantled the very systems that allowed them to obtain global hegemony in the first place.