herid @herid@qoto.org

Notice how when Republicans do crazy shit like "expel members of the Tennessee legislature for protesting school shootings" there's no hand wringing in the media about how this will change norms and open the GOP up to retaliation from the Dems the same way there is with Trump being prosecuted.

Good Morning Canada!
It's International Beaver Day so obviously a huge day of celebration for Canadians. How cool is it that our national animal is the largest rodent in North America and a true symbol of our industriousness. Busy like a beaver.
If you run into any beavers today give them some wood as a special treat.

#Canada #CanadaIsAwesome #Beavers
https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/animal-facts-beaver/

Taking away masks from medical settings when 1/10 people who get Covid in hospital are dying? Yep. That's a crime against humanity. That's not negligence. It's murder. Those of us who survive this era must not rest until the perps in government are made accountable for their crimes. #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #cdnpoli

Watching Putin get no applause from the ambassadors this year is a bookmarkable moment of zen.
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RT @adagamov
Про Путина и аплодисменты послов: как это было в 2021 году и как в этом, 2023-м.
https://twitter.com/adagamov/status/1644295044931674117

@NissanUK @NissanEurope @NissanUKPR I am speechless🤦‍♂️this advert is appalling.E-Power is NOT an electric car,it is 100% powered by fossil fuels. Why the ridiculous Anti-EV photos of an exploding power line & curb full huge sparking cables,so sad.
Nissan you are better than this🤷‍♂️

I don't think I've ever tapped on an unsubscribe link faster. Also don't think I've ever been less surprised that the unsubscribe link was broken.

Torontonian here. Why should the feds bailout the John Tory and Co.'s reckless mismanagement of the budget? They could cancel the Gardiner, cancel "SmartTrack", reverse the police budget's increase, and increase property taxes on multimillion dollar mansions in Rosedale. Billions right there. 12 years of the conservative low-tax city mantra created for this crisis. #Toronto #TOpoli #AusterityTO #LowTaxCity #Budget

Nominations for the inaugural Elias Stein Prize for New Perspectives in Analysis are now open until June 30. (I will be serving as one of the prize committee members.) I made a brief blog post on this prize at

https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2023/04/04/elias-m-stein-prize-for-new-perspectives-in-analysis/

and the official page for the prize is at

https://community.ams.org/prizes-awards/paview.cgi?parent_id=54

COVID minimizers saying that we don't need to do anything more to mitigate #COVID because humans have always lived with viruses, is the equivalent to climate deniers saying that we don't need to slow #climatechange because the Earth's climate has always been changing.

⚠️ Via Sherrilyn Ifill:

This is a VERY SERIOUS situation unfolding in #Nashville. Reps who stood w/their constituents who came to state house to demand #guns safety are facing expulsion from the House. Their Member ID badges have already been turned off. This is how #democracy ends.

Olivia Julianna:

...The Tenn. legis is planning to expel lawmakers who stood w gun control advocates today.

They've been stripped from committee assignments & their member ID’s shut off

THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY.

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"The idea that Bragg..would bring a weak case against a man who was not only the leader of the free world but who is a career criminal who has been walking around in a suit of armor made out of impunity since 1973 is beyond absurd."

The Weaponization of Hypocrisy - by Mary L Trump https://marytrump.substack.com/p/the-weaponization-of-hypocrisy

OMG I love this https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/128i2hm/how_did_magic_the_gathering_influence_napoleons/ #AprilFools #MagicTheGathering #history

Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, fell for one of the greatest hoaxes of the 20th century when he became convinced that the "fairy photographs", taken by two girls from Yorkshire in the 1920s, were real. Mary Losure explores: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/sir-arthur-and-the-fairies #AprilFools #hoax #photography #fairies

here’s your visual explainer on the Fox v. Dominion decision

elements of the Defamation Per Se—

Teal: Proven as to FNN and FC
Purple: Proven as to FNN only
Yellow: Sent to the jury

also note Fox can’t invoke fair or neutral report privileges

if you open up the 130-page opinion above, you'll note that about 1/2 is a walk through each of the defamatory statements and the judge's comments on whether they are statements of opinion or fact. 🥲

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RT @AP
Mark Hamill is lending his Luke Skywalker voice to an app that warns Ukrainians of potential incoming attacks.

When the alert is over, Hamill closes with: "May the force be with you." https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-star-wars-luke-hamill-app-08ec03bf1a2c9c0378857090079f00f9?taid=6422ef5fcb00fe0001d8b82a&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1640711602306535424

The far right fanatics wearing and glorifying #AR15 pins in the halls of Congress should spare us their empty thoughts and prayers for the innocent young children killed in the horrific #Nashville school shooting.

The assault weapons used at the horrific school shooting in #Nashville were bought LEGALLY by the shooter while she was under care for an emotional disorder, according to the Nashville PD.

The #NRA and those promoting #Ar15s have the blood of innocent children on their hands.

The assault weapons ban must be reinstated — the greed of gun manufacturers be damned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-lives-of-our-children-or-the