So strand
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Liberal flourishing on Vancouver Island aka the shire. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🌲
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Métis Rose by contemporary artist Kristi Bridgeman & Métis artist Lisa Shepherd. The five-petal rose represents Métis women. Mixed media: sepia ink, watercolour, pastel sgrafitto, Moose hide, glass beads #womensart
July 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Métis Rose by contemporary artist Kristi Bridgeman & Métis artist Lisa Shepherd. The five-petal rose represents Métis women. Mixed media: sepia ink, watercolour, pastel sgrafitto, Moose hide, glass beads #womensart
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Gutfeld: “We need to learn from the blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word word by using it. So from now on it’s: What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?”
Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”
Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”
Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
July 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Open admission
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One year ago today. If you enjoy my work, please subscribe to Noth Things. Link in the comments.
July 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One year ago today. If you enjoy my work, please subscribe to Noth Things. Link in the comments.
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Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
July 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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Colored droplets in corn syrup seemingly blended together can be returned to their original state by reversing the direction of mixing, a form of laminar flow called "Stokes flow".
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
July 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Colored droplets in corn syrup seemingly blended together can be returned to their original state by reversing the direction of mixing, a form of laminar flow called "Stokes flow".
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
Unbelievable.
The acids rising in the back of my throat. This entire reality is gutting me. /
See next post for video description.
See next post for video description.
July 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Unbelievable.
😵💫
The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
July 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
😵💫
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"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God." --U.S. founding father Thomas Jefferson
July 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God." --U.S. founding father Thomas Jefferson
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“Today it’s migrants - and tomorrow it’s you or me, or Rosie O’ Donnell. The federal government of the U.S.A. is essentially being stripped for parts by a gang of hooligans and miscreants pretending to be the good guys.”
July 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“Today it’s migrants - and tomorrow it’s you or me, or Rosie O’ Donnell. The federal government of the U.S.A. is essentially being stripped for parts by a gang of hooligans and miscreants pretending to be the good guys.”
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4 U.S. citizen children, with their mother, held in a detention facility for 2 WEEKS. Denied access to lawyers and even communication with family.
Disappeared. Held Incommunicado. No charges have been filed.
Disappeared. Held Incommunicado. No charges have been filed.
July 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
4 U.S. citizen children, with their mother, held in a detention facility for 2 WEEKS. Denied access to lawyers and even communication with family.
Disappeared. Held Incommunicado. No charges have been filed.
Disappeared. Held Incommunicado. No charges have been filed.
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I think polite reserve is appropriate in normal times. The actions of the US federal government call for outrage and resistance. Trump et al won’t respond to anything else.
I hate this shit. Im gonna start wearing a bowtie AND suspenders. Governments should not talk like this in public releases and by god we gotta get this toothpaste back in the tube somewhere. Its fucking embarrassing. Have some professionalism you absolute honkers
July 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I think polite reserve is appropriate in normal times. The actions of the US federal government call for outrage and resistance. Trump et al won’t respond to anything else.
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Economies of the world unite (against America)! We have nothing to lose but impoverishment. Solidarity is the best option.
🇨🇦🇪🇺🇲🇽🇯🇵🇰🇷🇦🇺
🇨🇦🇪🇺🇲🇽🇯🇵🇰🇷🇦🇺
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Announces 30% Tariffs on E.U. and Mexico
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Economies of the world unite (against America)! We have nothing to lose but impoverishment. Solidarity is the best option.
🇨🇦🇪🇺🇲🇽🇯🇵🇰🇷🇦🇺
🇨🇦🇪🇺🇲🇽🇯🇵🇰🇷🇦🇺
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"This is the kind of thing that anybody in America would look at happening in another country and say, this is clearly the result of some authoritarian regime run amok. They have no insignia. They're not identifying themselves. They're throwing people into trucks, effectively kidnaping them."
July 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"This is the kind of thing that anybody in America would look at happening in another country and say, this is clearly the result of some authoritarian regime run amok. They have no insignia. They're not identifying themselves. They're throwing people into trucks, effectively kidnaping them."
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The floods ripped through Texas on July 4.
On July 5, FEMA received 3000 calls from survivors. 1% were unanswered.
That night, Trump/Noem fired the people who answer the calls.
On July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls. 65% unanswered.
July 7: 85%.
Sick.
On July 5, FEMA received 3000 calls from survivors. 1% were unanswered.
That night, Trump/Noem fired the people who answer the calls.
On July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls. 65% unanswered.
July 7: 85%.
Sick.
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The floods ripped through Texas on July 4.
On July 5, FEMA received 3000 calls from survivors. 1% were unanswered.
That night, Trump/Noem fired the people who answer the calls.
On July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls. 65% unanswered.
July 7: 85%.
Sick.
On July 5, FEMA received 3000 calls from survivors. 1% were unanswered.
That night, Trump/Noem fired the people who answer the calls.
On July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls. 65% unanswered.
July 7: 85%.
Sick.
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
July 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
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Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
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Art of the day
Alexander Calder - Hommage to Mondrian, 1965, gouache and ink on paper, 107.5 × 75 cm
Alexander Calder - Hommage to Mondrian, 1965, gouache and ink on paper, 107.5 × 75 cm
July 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Art of the day
Alexander Calder - Hommage to Mondrian, 1965, gouache and ink on paper, 107.5 × 75 cm
Alexander Calder - Hommage to Mondrian, 1965, gouache and ink on paper, 107.5 × 75 cm
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...and you will not see this anywhere on MSM in the U.S.
July 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
...and you will not see this anywhere on MSM in the U.S.
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Well, this is downright amazing.
A team of scientists have 3D-printed a sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater into clean drinking water using nothing but sunlight, in just a few hours.
scitechdaily.com/this-breakth... (via @kottke.org)
Affordable, *unpowered* desalination? That's huge!
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A team of scientists have 3D-printed a sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater into clean drinking water using nothing but sunlight, in just a few hours.
scitechdaily.com/this-breakth... (via @kottke.org)
Affordable, *unpowered* desalination? That's huge!
1/
This Breakthrough Sponge Could Change How the World Gets Clean Water
Scientists have created a solar-powered sponge that transforms seawater into drinkable water using microscopic channels and sunlight alone. It works efficiently at any size and could revolutionize off...
scitechdaily.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Well, this is downright amazing.
A team of scientists have 3D-printed a sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater into clean drinking water using nothing but sunlight, in just a few hours.
scitechdaily.com/this-breakth... (via @kottke.org)
Affordable, *unpowered* desalination? That's huge!
1/
A team of scientists have 3D-printed a sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater into clean drinking water using nothing but sunlight, in just a few hours.
scitechdaily.com/this-breakth... (via @kottke.org)
Affordable, *unpowered* desalination? That's huge!
1/
Another day, another idiotic missive from Americans.
Canadian wildfire smoke ruining Americans' summer, says letter from Congress members | CBC News
Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, says a letter from six members of Congress to Canada's U.S. ambassador.
www.cbc.ca
July 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another day, another idiotic missive from Americans.
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PAY ATTENTION: L.A. just got a little preview of what’s coming. No arrests. No real “threat.”
Just cops in riot armor playing soldier. Martial law isn’t a conspiracy anymore, it’s a countdown.
Just cops in riot armor playing soldier. Martial law isn’t a conspiracy anymore, it’s a countdown.
July 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
PAY ATTENTION: L.A. just got a little preview of what’s coming. No arrests. No real “threat.”
Just cops in riot armor playing soldier. Martial law isn’t a conspiracy anymore, it’s a countdown.
Just cops in riot armor playing soldier. Martial law isn’t a conspiracy anymore, it’s a countdown.
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