mecandes.bsky.social
@mecandes.bsky.social
I'm a child of the 80s computer geek — in my off hours I follow tech, science & political news, play board and video games, and like to get oot and aboot. :)
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I completed the game Card Storm Idle, via @trueachievements.com
Card Storm Idle Achievements | TrueAchievements
Full list of all 15 Card Storm Idle achievements worth 2,000 gamerscore. It takes around 0-0.5 hours to unlock all of the achievements in the base game.
www.trueachievements.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I completed the game Card Storm Idle, via @trueachievements.com
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Check out Mecandes' lifetime Xbox stats
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November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Canadian employers have been ordering workers back to in-person work through blanket return-to-office policies.
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
Back-to-Office Orders Are Destructive and Unnecessary | The Tyee
For no reason, employers are risking a disease surge, hurting parents and setting back equity.
thetyee.ca
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Canadian employers have been ordering workers back to in-person work through blanket return-to-office policies.
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates has told the Daily Beast.
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.
trib.al
August 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates has told the Daily Beast.
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Social media users wondered what the good parts of slavery were.
Trump Attacks Smithsonian For Focus On 'How Bad Slavery Was' And, Boy, The Responses
Social media users wondered what the good parts of slavery were.
www.huffpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Social media users wondered what the good parts of slavery were.
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Karoline Leavitt calling out that New York Times reporter during today's press conference?
Classic case of Trumpese, a dialect used by government spokespeople, who provide absurdly aggressive (and often comically untrue) responses.
Classic case of Trumpese, a dialect used by government spokespeople, who provide absurdly aggressive (and often comically untrue) responses.
The hyper-aggressive, comically loyal government flacks who talk like Trump
Spokespeople are defending the administration in a language pioneered by the president.
www.motherjones.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Karoline Leavitt calling out that New York Times reporter during today's press conference?
Classic case of Trumpese, a dialect used by government spokespeople, who provide absurdly aggressive (and often comically untrue) responses.
Classic case of Trumpese, a dialect used by government spokespeople, who provide absurdly aggressive (and often comically untrue) responses.
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"Trump also seeks political control over agencies that have long operated at arm’s length from the White House, like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve. That, too, has echoes of China where the bureaucracy is fully subordinate to the ruling party..."
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
August 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Trump also seeks political control over agencies that have long operated at arm’s length from the White House, like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve. That, too, has echoes of China where the bureaucracy is fully subordinate to the ruling party..."
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
I completed the game Idle Wizard, via @trueachievements.com
Idle Wizard Achievements | TrueAchievements
Full list of all 15 Idle Wizard achievements worth 2,000 gamerscore. It takes around 1-2 hours to unlock all of the achievements in the base game.
www.trueachievements.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I completed the game Idle Wizard, via @trueachievements.com
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If something can be destroyed by the truth, then let it - be it a person, a government, or an empire built on lies.
July 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If something can be destroyed by the truth, then let it - be it a person, a government, or an empire built on lies.
"The British now lead the world in prostrating themselves before Trump for no noticeable gain."
As a Canadian, I can see the fatal flaw in Keir Starmer’s deal with Trump
As Donald Trump and the British prime minister declare victory after agreeing on a trade deal, Canadian author and commentator Stephen Marche says the brutal truth is that it leaves Britain more vulne...
www.independent.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"The British now lead the world in prostrating themselves before Trump for no noticeable gain."
"How Did America Not See This Apocalypse Coming? -- Trump is doing what he promised on the campaign trail: wreaking economic havoc on America and destroying the rules-based international order. More than half of voters chose him anyway."
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
March 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"How Did America Not See This Apocalypse Coming? -- Trump is doing what he promised on the campaign trail: wreaking economic havoc on America and destroying the rules-based international order. More than half of voters chose him anyway."
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
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HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
March 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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The first scientist's guide to truth — Alhazen (who lived in a world without clocks, calculus, or democracy) on critical thinking
The First Scientist’s Guide to Truth: Alhazen on Critical Thinking
Born into a world with no clocks, telescopes, microscopes, or democracy, Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965–c. 1040), known in the West as Alhazen, began his life studying religion, but grew quickl…
www.themarginalian.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The first scientist's guide to truth — Alhazen (who lived in a world without clocks, calculus, or democracy) on critical thinking
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Jan 6 must be fully & conclusively adjudicated in a court of law if this country is to ever move forward.
They can't just wish it away unless we let them.
They can't just wish it away unless we let them.
Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Jan 6 must be fully & conclusively adjudicated in a court of law if this country is to ever move forward.
They can't just wish it away unless we let them.
They can't just wish it away unless we let them.