ex-lawyer (best decision ever), 7th generation Canadian 🇨🇦 AI hater, she/her
Fantastic piece by Adam here:
Adam SerwerManosphere grifters have figured out that some men are easily manipulated by making them feel insecure about their masculinity. The GOP has turned this sales pitch into both an ideology and a campaign strategy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Following the lead of our organizers in Michigan, we’ve endorsed Abdul El-Sayed, Donavan McKinney, and William Lawrence for Congress! We’re less than a week away from Election Day and these people-powered campaigns need your help to overcome massive amounts of outside spending. Let’s get to work.
Indivisible for Abdul El-Sayed, William Lawrence, and Donavan McKinney Phonebank Series · IndivisibleJoin Indivisible and National Nurses United as we make calls into Michigan to get voters ready for the upcoming primary election on August 4th and share why we’re supporting Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Se...www.mobilize.us
"The conclusion that nothing can be done is unwarranted and stems from the distortions of the dominant ideology that contends there is no alternative to moving full throttle toward an uninhabitable planet." @johncke.bsky.social on defying despair in the face of climate catastrophe:
Defying despair in the face of climate catastropheThe sense of hopelessness generated by the scale and unimpeded advance of global heating extends to other challenges that we must reckon with. Those orchestrating climate catastrophe are also gutting ...canadiandimension.com
Big Oil is getting sued for heat deaths. It's fighting back with an army of immunity laws. [via @grist.org]
Big Oil Is Getting Sued for Heat Deaths. It's Fighting Back With an Army of Immunity Laws.As lawsuits near trial, oil companies race to win immunity in statehouses and Congress.www.motherjones.comRoger Marshall should have his medical license revoked.
Aaron RuparSen. Roger Marshall: "Who didn't have a friend who took this vaccine and had some time of complication? A stroke, a blood clot, a young man getting some type of heart inflammation. That's what destroyed the trust in the American people for our government."
NEW: When Microsoft reviewed the early results of Anthropic’s new AI model for cybersecurity, it was a sobering scene: Hundreds of bugs were identified, many of them critical. What followed was a “mad dash” to patch them — but many more remain.
Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.Anthropic’s Mythos has flagged bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them. Documents reviewed by ProPublica reveal the tech giant's “mad dash” behind the scenes to patch holes before hackers can find and...www.propublica.org
Josh Turek has plans to make life better for every Iowan. Now, Iowa, the ball is in your court. Let’s work to get @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social to the U.S. Senate. Turek4Iowa.com
Josh TurekGreat game, Mr. President. 🏀 Iowa, you heard President Obama. The ball is in your court. Join our campaign and help us Push For Change: Turek4Iowa.com
This is all a crazy effort to rewrite the past, yes. But what's really terrifying is hearing these people tell us how badly they're going to fuck up the *next* pandemic they're now creating without that nerd Fauci holding them back.
Aaron RuparPeter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."
Glen Hansard, the Frames frontman and 'Once' star who won an Oscar for Best Original Song, has died at 56 following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Glen Hansard, Oscar-Winning 'Once' Musician, Dead at 56Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who achieved international fame in the 2007 drama 'Once,' has died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56.www.rollingstone.com
Important piece by David Pressman and Arne Duncan. "Boards of trustees are composed of people with agency. The foes of government intrusion must demand accountability from people with maximal power, resources and protection. So we address Yale’s trustees directly.” wapo.st/3RW4HPo
Opinion | Yale’s trustees face a decision with profound consequencesA lesson from Hungary: Boards don't capitulate to authoritarians. The people on them do.wapo.st
FA joins criticism of Fifa plan to sell off World Cup stakes to private investors
FA joins criticism of Fifa plan to sell off World Cup stakes to private investors*
FA in talks with other European associations
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Options include boycott and potential breakaway
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Members given 19 September deadline to opt in
The Football Association has joined Uefa in condemning Fifa’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
In a statement released on Wednesday morning the FA said it has yet to see any details of the controversial proposals, and expressed grave concerns over Fifa’a governance. Continue reading...www.theguardian.com
Y’all really need to read this. Immunity is complex, and when pathogens are slippery, by the time you build a library of immunity to it, a lifetime has passed, it may have left other dents and scars, and it’s cousin flu A’s are prowling about waiting to finish the job.
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀"An individual’s protection against infection with a specific strain is determined by their entire infection history" From the @jmccaw.bsky.social group in 2025 -#flu is such a complex beast journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
163. Do not allow individuals with arrest warrants for war crimes to use Canadian airspace. If you said yes, then you are not upholding international law. If you said no or said nothing and they did it anyway, you are not defending our sovereignty. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Israel says it asked Canada for permission for Netanyahu to use Canadian airspace | CBC NewsThe Israeli government has told CBC News that it requested permission for wanted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to overfly Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on Monday en route to a meeting with ...www.cbc.ca
