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Simon Little 🍁
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East Vancouver caricature, cat dad, Canucks fan and avid walker.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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[interrogation room]

good cop: *sets coffee and smokes on table* here you go

suspect: thank you

cat cop: *slowly pushes coffee and smokes off table*
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
How fake history is threatening Remembrance Day — with endless YouTube videos glamorizing Nazis

www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
How fake history is threatening Remembrance Day — with endless YouTube videos glamorizing Nazis
A search for any historical topic is sure to be met with a torrent of fake AI-generated garbage — at real cost to our history.
www.thestar.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Trump admits he didn’t have to tear down East Wing for ballroom but just wanted to
Trump admits he didn’t have to tear down East Wing for ballroom but just wanted to
Trump admits he didn’t have to tear down East Wing for ballroom but just wanted to
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I need a phenomenologist to walk me through the meaning and implications of AI losing the Kardashians.

“The reality star…noted that ChatGPT constantly feeds her faulty information, which leads to poor performances on exams.”

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Kim Kardashian blames ChatGPT for failing her law exams: 'I'll get mad and I'll yell at it'
Kim Kardashian blames ChatGPT for making her fail law exams: 'I'll get mad and I'll yell at it and be like, 'You made me fail! Why did you do this?'
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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We’re a small team of seven journalists who investigate stories wealthy and powerful people don’t want Canadians to know about

Now we need your help to defend our journalism and continue shining a light on information politicians want to keep secret

Help us out 👉 JournalismDefence.ca
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"What's the point of standards" really does sort of define our moment
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"The businesswoman recently blamed her exam failures on ChatGPT during a Vanity Fair lie detector test.

'When I need to know the answer to a question, I’ll take a picture and snap it and put it in there,' she said, admitting her 'frenemy' was often wrong."
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge.
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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This is incredible
June 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Watching x files in 2025 is crazy because the entire premise of the show is just “what if the us government was competent”
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is one of the few lies you can't make stick. People know that gas, food, ect cost more, they are constantly confronted with it
INGRAHAM: Is affordability a voter perception issue of the economy, or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans?

TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Today on FB Marketplace in Kamloops: A guy is selling his homemade trebuchet to help pay for university
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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PWHL’s Vancouver Goldeneyes gather for first-ever training camp
PWHL’s Vancouver Goldeneyes gather for first-ever training camp
Jenn Gardiner has been waiting for this moment.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Expensive therapist makes higher quality “mmmm” sounds
Expensive therapist makes higher quality “mmmm” sounds
“No matter how dark and personal I got, she’d say ‘mmmm’ in a way that sounded so understanding. Those fifty minutes were worth every penny of the $1750 she charged.”
www.thebeaverton.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:

- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Approval of the Carney government has dipped to 44%, its lowest since the election.

The budget did not reverse the downward trend, suggesting Canadians are waiting to see results.

More from our latest poll: abacusdata.ca/abacus-data...
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Canada stripped of measles elimination status, an accomplishment it held for 27 years, @alannasmith.bsky.social and @kkirkup.bsky.social report:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Canada officially loses its measles elimination status
The return of measles in the country has been largely attributed to lower childhood vaccination rates
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Fresh logo, fresh ice 🥶

The Vancouver Goldeneyes have unveiled their new logo at center ice - catch it all season at PNE!
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM