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«There are two kinds of humor. One makes us chuckle about our foibles and shared humanity. The other holds people up to public ridicule.»

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deBeauxOs @debeauxos1.bsky.social · Nov 17
Gotta keep the momentum moving, the camaraderie growing and the small inroads building up.

Let the *good* hormones flow.
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dawnymock.bsky.social
And now for something silly….
dawnymock cartoon of merry Christmas message in cut-out letters… bad Secret Santa ideas
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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newjukeboxcafe.bsky.social
Opinion

It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens—the Social Security that over 70 million Americans rely on today—would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity.

www.commondreams.org/opinion/sist...
Why We Must Save the 'Sistine Chapel of the New Deal' From Trump Destruction | Common Dreams
It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens—the Social Security that over 70 million Americans rely on today—would be sold to the highest b...
www.commondreams.org
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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newjukeboxcafe.bsky.social
With Trump Support, Netanyahu Requests Pardon for Corruption Charges
“There is no such thing as a pardon request without an admission of guilt and without resignation,” said one journalist. “This is a demand for the surrender of the rule of law in Israel.”

www.commondreams.org/news/netanya...
With Trump Support, Netanyahu Requests Pardon for Corruption Charges | Common Dreams
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally requested a pardon for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust charges, claiming it's in the country's best interest. Critics argue he must admit gui...
www.commondreams.org
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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ianboudreau.com
Need a list of local Wawas where the tire air pressure hoses have NOT been chewed on by goblins
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
This is infuriating on so many levels, but partly because it ignores Congressional intent to penalize immigrants who followed the rules. And partly because these are people who have done nothing wrong beyond trying to negotiate a broken system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
Green-card applicants’ temporary visas often lapse while their “adjustment-of-status” proceeds over several months or longer. An immigration statute passed by Congress in 1986 allows a spouse who entered the country lawfully to be eligible for a green card through marriage even if the person’s visa has expired. “Congress was unambiguous — these people are eligible for green cards,” said Doug Rand, who was a senior official at Citizenship and Immigration Services during the Biden administration. While federal law does not prohibit spouses with expired visas from being detained and placed in deportation proceedings, in the past they have rarely been detained while applying for green cards. The Trump administration is carrying out such detentions without having announced any change in policy.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
“Tom was super excited to become a U.S. resident, so much so that he had insisted on a cowboy-themed wedding.” But then the German robotic engineer was arrested for a visa overstay based on a policy he had no way of knowing existed. Completely Kafkaesque. "We feel like we were tricked.”
At the interview, they brought requisite evidence that their marriage was legitimate — photos of a vacation to Hawaii with his parents; leases, bank statements and utility bills in both names; and other records. The officer asked routine questions. But the last one, according to Ms. Hestmark, was whether her husband had ever overstayed his visa. He responded truthfully and cited their lawyer’s assurance that this was a nonissue. “Suddenly, we were ambushed by three masked men in bulletproof vests with guns who told Tom they had a warrant for his arrest, that he is here unlawfully,” Ms. Hestmark recalled. The agents handcuffed her husband, gave her a card with a QR code for the ICE website and took him away. She did not hear from him again until the next morning. He has been bounced between a basement in downtown San Diego and an immigration detention center, where he remains. “I’m a U.S. citizen,” Ms. Hestmark said. “Tom is the love of my life, who happens to be born in Germany. We feel like we were tricked.”
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
At the end of the first Trump administration @pamherd.bsky.social and I wrote about the weaponization of burdens to target immigrants. It has gotten so much worse since then.
academic.oup.com/ppmg/article...
Kafka’s Bureaucracy: Immigration Administrative Burdens in the Trump Era
Abstract. What does a government do when it decides to make a public service as burdensome as possible? We consider this question in the context of immigra
academic.oup.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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martinrayner.bsky.social
Interesting discussion about the cagey politics behind Carney’s pipeline MOU between the federal government and the province of Alberta in an uncertain world of future oil prices and global energy transition.
#CdnPoli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXqH...
Is Mark Carney Crazy Like a Fox? Max Fawcett Thinks He Is
YouTube video by Energi Media
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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joshuaeaton.bsky.social
There have long been rumors that the Skull and Bones fraternity house in New Haven contains the skull of Apache leader Geronimo.

A researcher unearthed a letter in 2006 that seemed to corroborate that claim.

I found two more letters in Yale’s archives, along with more corroborating evidence.
joshuaeaton.bsky.social Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 3h
While we’re on the topic:

Letters I found in Yale archives said Skull and Bones members took Native American remains from a grave in Oklahoma in 1918.

www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
debeauxos1.bsky.social
ah, but the Tech Billionaire Bros believe they're above/ beyond/ invulnerable to the most evident rules of a consumer-based economy.
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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honestcanadian.bsky.social
"‘Choose your friends wisely’: There are 13,000 good reasons why Canada should buy Sweden’s Gripen fighter jet".
Actually a lot more than 13,000.
www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Here's why Canada should pass on buying U.S. F-35s and go for Sweden's Gripen fighter jet
It's been decades since Canada had a defence aerospace industry, writes David Olive, and buying a built-in-Canada Gripen fighter jet dovetails nicely with PM Mark Carney's focus on industrial developm...
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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sarahdorner.bsky.social
Most ridiculous government legislation ever. Here's my simple solution for the folks who don't want to eat kosher food in the hospital: provide seasonings with microcrustaceans. They naturally occur in some municipal tap waters. Sprinkle some on and voilà! the food is no longer kosher. Easy peasy.
"Government-funded institutions — such as hospitals, private schools and daycares — that exclusively offer food catering to religious diets would be required to expand their menus to include other foods as well. For example, the Jewish General Hospital, which currently serves exclusively kosher meals, would be required to offer non-kosher options. Article content “They can serve a kosher meal, but they will have to serve some other food, too, to enlarge the offer,” Roberge said. Article content In practice, it would require an entirely separate kitchen for an establishment to be able to serve both kosher and non-kosher food, as the former has strict preparation requirements."
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
debeauxos1.bsky.social
Où? Au Canada? Dans quel pays?
Est-ce que la pizza que votre famille vous apportait était essentielle pour sauver votre vie?
Il faut légiférer pour s'assurer qu'une personne chrétienne ou athéiste puisse manger sa pizza?

Il faut toujours être vigilant contre l'intégrisme idéologique opportuniste.
kormieh.bsky.social Martin-Guy Cormier @kormieh.bsky.social · 1d
J'ai été hospitalisé un mois dans un tel hôpital à l'été 2024. Ma famille c'est fait interdire l'accès avec de la pizza maison (pour me remonter le moral) par la sécurité. c'était pas cachère, INTERDIT. C'est pour ça qu'il faut légiférer. Il faut toujours être vigilent contre l'intégrisme religieux
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"

Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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misctakes.com
Anyone know of orgs that give free covid tests to libraries? Asking for a librarian.
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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trapdinawrpool.bsky.social
Human Rights Tribunal on RCMP Methods Delays Decision Nearly a Year
Three of six complainants alleging racial bias have died while awaiting an outcome.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Human Rights Tribunal on RCMP Methods Delays Decision Nearly a Year | The Tyee
Three of six complainants alleging racial bias have died while awaiting an outcome.
thetyee.ca
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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robynll.bsky.social
What we see in Gaza has shocked beyond compare, and yet what is happening right now in Sudan, without any where near the eyes on it, are atrocities of the same level.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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trapdinawrpool.bsky.social
As with just about everything Ontario has the lowest per capita funding for post secondary education in Canada
globalnews.ca/news/1154708...
Ontario weighing changes to formula that funds colleges, universities | Globalnews.ca
The province's public colleges and universities have endured two years of cuts and layoffs since a federal cap on the number of international students was introduced.
globalnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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trapdinawrpool.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/world/w...
UN says Israeli forces' killing of 2 Palestinians in Jenin looks like 'summary execution' | CBC News
The United Nations said on Friday the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces as they appeared to be surrendering, unarmed, looked like a "summary execution...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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scottdagostino.ca
Sorry to be That Guy but this is a fair warning: if I see one of these on the sidewalk, I will kick it into the nearest lake. That’s just how it has to be.
adamtranter.bsky.social Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 2d
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:

Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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trapdinawrpool.bsky.social
Flip it l like a turtle
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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trapdinawrpool.bsky.social
Is there anything Ford touches that doesn't turn to shit: She was forced to turn seniors away. Inside Ontario’s ‘rigid’ flu vaccine system that is frustrating pharmacists
archive.ph/LWLK1
archive.ph
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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g--0.bsky.social
In reality, any honest understanding of the financial bubble should point people to the conclusion that AI will not be here for very long at all
caseyexplosion.bsky.social Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 2d
One of the reasons I've never bought into AI doomerism, is that to believe "it's here to stay, get used to it!" you have to buy into the idea that AI generated elements are so hardcoded or integral as to be permanent, when they really aren't.

You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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chesterscoville.bsky.social
The companies sure won’t, but I mean, you can’t uninvent the tech. What happens after the crash, no idea.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM