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Secretly Lois Lane (shhhhhh).
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I disagree. We need to recognize that in our system we elect individual representatives, not captives to a party cult. They should be free to decide how to represent their riding, and can be turfed at the next election if we don't like what they do.
Floor crossing is one of the more egregious behaviours our "democratic" system allows. Utterly self-serving. Anyone wishing to cross the floor should be subject to an immediate by-election. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/p...
Liberals welcome former Tory d'Entremont into caucus, roll out welcome mat for more
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his fellow Liberal MPs said the party is open to talking to any other opposition MPs interested in joining their team, a day after Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont quit ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I disagree. We need to recognize that in our system we elect individual representatives, not captives to a party cult. They should be free to decide how to represent their riding, and can be turfed at the next election if we don't like what they do.
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On a mission to get subscribers to my free newsletter up to an arbitrary number. If you're interested in the workings of a historical fantasy novelist's career, you can read the archives here. Stuff like what my editing process looks like, what I'm reading, craft/career things I'm working through.
Kate Heartfield's Newsletter
I'm Kate Heartfield, a writer of historical fantasy novels and other things. My newsletter is a way to let you know what I'm up to, and to talk about books and ideas. It comes out every second Friday.
buttondown.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
On a mission to get subscribers to my free newsletter up to an arbitrary number. If you're interested in the workings of a historical fantasy novelist's career, you can read the archives here. Stuff like what my editing process looks like, what I'm reading, craft/career things I'm working through.
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I love ❤️ this so much.
October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I love ❤️ this so much.
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Remember our mantra:
Don't Engage, Just Block.
Don't Engage, Just Block.
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Remember our mantra:
Don't Engage, Just Block.
Don't Engage, Just Block.
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An abridged version of my letter appears in the Provincial paper today, the Chronicle Herald. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Opinion: Cabot gets a bogey for another attempt to turn West Mabou Beach park into golf course
It looks like Cabot has been working with the government behind closed doors, since going through the community didn’t work last time, writes Kate Beaton.
www.saltwire.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
An abridged version of my letter appears in the Provincial paper today, the Chronicle Herald. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Spot on.
New post (en français): Quebec's Bill 1 and its proposed provincial constitution is epically incoherent and incompatible with the Canadian constitutional framework into which it purports to fit.
Ceci n’est pas une constitution
Le projet de constitution québécoise n’est pas sérieux
doubleaspect.blog
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Spot on.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Vladimir Guerrero Sr & Jr are the only father/son duo in MLB history to each hit a postseason grand slam
October 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Vladimir Guerrero Sr & Jr are the only father/son duo in MLB history to each hit a postseason grand slam
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Exceptional Doctorow piece on the solar rollout, why it's unstoppable, & why many old downsides of solar aren't factors anymore. The entire material mining needed 4 a global solar transition = only 17% of the fossil fuel mining we do every year! & then we're done! doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Decarbonization at a distance
A post-American century that runs on sunshine.
doctorow.medium.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Exceptional Doctorow piece on the solar rollout, why it's unstoppable, & why many old downsides of solar aren't factors anymore. The entire material mining needed 4 a global solar transition = only 17% of the fossil fuel mining we do every year! & then we're done! doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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Hey youths
Get the fuck off TikTok because Trump just told you factually they’re gonna fuck the algorithm to turn you all into loyal Hitler Youth.
And you won’t notice til you find out your personal demographic Need Not Apply.
Get the fuck off TikTok because Trump just told you factually they’re gonna fuck the algorithm to turn you all into loyal Hitler Youth.
And you won’t notice til you find out your personal demographic Need Not Apply.
September 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hey youths
Get the fuck off TikTok because Trump just told you factually they’re gonna fuck the algorithm to turn you all into loyal Hitler Youth.
And you won’t notice til you find out your personal demographic Need Not Apply.
Get the fuck off TikTok because Trump just told you factually they’re gonna fuck the algorithm to turn you all into loyal Hitler Youth.
And you won’t notice til you find out your personal demographic Need Not Apply.
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The space elevator project was founded by the world's billionaires, who were offered exclusive luxury tickets on the first ride up into space.
After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.
After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.
September 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The space elevator project was founded by the world's billionaires, who were offered exclusive luxury tickets on the first ride up into space.
After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.
After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.
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Instead of the media’s lazy posthumous takes, I am in favor of Kirk’s actual words being spread far and wide.
September 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Instead of the media’s lazy posthumous takes, I am in favor of Kirk’s actual words being spread far and wide.
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You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
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Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
September 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
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“On June 15, 1992, [Dan] Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error.” — @wikipedia.org
Trump: You know, we've cut drug prices by 1200, 1300, 1400, 1,500%. I don't mean 50%. I mean 1400, 1,500%
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“On June 15, 1992, [Dan] Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error.” — @wikipedia.org
The smaller the thought, the louder the voice.
August 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The smaller the thought, the louder the voice.
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Yes. Somebody, for some reason, forged a perfect Trump drawing and signature 20 years ago to politically damage a guy who was not in politics. Makes perfect sense.
REPORTER: Do you maintain that you did not write a letter for Jeffrey Epstein's birthday?
TRUMP: Somebody could've written a letter and used my name
TRUMP: Somebody could've written a letter and used my name
July 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yes. Somebody, for some reason, forged a perfect Trump drawing and signature 20 years ago to politically damage a guy who was not in politics. Makes perfect sense.
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REPORTER: Can we expect any more trade deals before next week?
TRUMP: My inclination is to send a letter out and say what tariff they're gonna be paying. It's just much easier ... 'you're gonna pay a 20%, or 25, or 30% tariff.' We're gonna be sending some letters out starting probably tomorrow.
TRUMP: My inclination is to send a letter out and say what tariff they're gonna be paying. It's just much easier ... 'you're gonna pay a 20%, or 25, or 30% tariff.' We're gonna be sending some letters out starting probably tomorrow.
July 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
REPORTER: Can we expect any more trade deals before next week?
TRUMP: My inclination is to send a letter out and say what tariff they're gonna be paying. It's just much easier ... 'you're gonna pay a 20%, or 25, or 30% tariff.' We're gonna be sending some letters out starting probably tomorrow.
TRUMP: My inclination is to send a letter out and say what tariff they're gonna be paying. It's just much easier ... 'you're gonna pay a 20%, or 25, or 30% tariff.' We're gonna be sending some letters out starting probably tomorrow.
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
June 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
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there are worse things
Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
June 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
there are worse things
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Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets?
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets?
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.
I mourn the loss of the neighborhood play.
June 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I mourn the loss of the neighborhood play.
Springer Flipper!!
June 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Springer Flipper!!