James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

“ohhh but you don’t want a revolution! that’s how you get stalin! haven’t you heard of stalin?? revolutions kill people! change hurts! that’s why you should just fucking give up on realizing any kind of kinder world. first you fight for compassion, and then stalin kills you! doesn’t sound so fun anymore huh?” - very serious people

Suddenly, Trump’s Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance

https://newrepublic.com/article/189054/trump-immigration-threats-republican-resistance

Via #JoJoFromJerz @ 7:30pm ET on Dec 03, 2024

Overheard at the gym…

Bro A: we need to stop helping other countries. Let them figure that shit out.

Bro B: But then no one will help us if we get attacked.

A: No one would ever attack us.

B: China?

A: Nah. Not after we dropped those A bombs on them.

Send. Help.

🥇Streak over. After 27 consecutive November days with maximum temperature ≥3°C in #Ottawa, the maximum temperature was only 2.3°C yesterday. We broke the all time record before the run ended. #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx

When Trump guts EPA protections, all your livestock will be free to die! Congratulations, Texas!

TX farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with 'forever chemicals' killed their livestock
https://www.alternet.org/texas-farmers-say-sewage-based-fertilizer-tainted-with-forever-chemicals-poisoned-their-land-and-killed-their-livestock/

#Texas #EPA #Poison

There's a lot of nuance, detail and history in here 🤯 Huh, it's almost like rage farming oversimplified narratives is pretty much all that matters anymore 🤔

Changes to farmers’ inheritance tax are fair and could even help them in the long run – expert view
https://theconversation.com/changes-to-farmers-inheritance-tax-are-fair-and-could-even-help-them-in-the-long-run-expert-view-244958

We all know where the Big Apple is but does anyone know where the Minneapolis?

Flat Earthers are not allowed to eat Mounds or Almond Joy candy bars, because they don't believe in 3 dimensions.
Them's the rules.
#FuckMAGA

"What you do have to do is make it affordable for ordinary mortals..." -- Juri Maier, Back on Track Germany.
In Canada's future long distance train designs, we should aim to serve both tourists and local passengers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-night-trains-1.7392322

Just saying.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential.

This mural is popping up all over Europe

This is great.

https://www.skeletonclaw.com/

Heck yes I’d LOVE to apply for your store’s credit card. Let’s go through the entire process now, while the shoppers in line behind me fantasize about my brutal murder.

Who would have thought that a hacker who goes by "Waifu" would be hoisted on the petard of his own misogyny? This is my most shocked face.

My dude, you could have just not threatened a woman who runs her own security research company.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/accused-kitchener-hacker-unmasked-after-threatening-woman-online/article_3501ea8b-1514-5524-8de6-f52e92c3e103.html