Mike
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The last word of every sentence is in italics here, the better to imagine the Beastie Boys rapping about quicklime.
January 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
The last word of every sentence is in italics here, the better to imagine the Beastie Boys rapping about quicklime.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
April 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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Free trade, free movement, vaccines work.
April 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Free trade, free movement, vaccines work.
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How does water get from the water main in the street to the top of super high-rise buildings like these? The solution tends to be fairly similar everywhere, whether in Shanghai, Dubai, London, or NYC.
March 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
How does water get from the water main in the street to the top of super high-rise buildings like these? The solution tends to be fairly similar everywhere, whether in Shanghai, Dubai, London, or NYC.
Heard this on the way to work the other day, you're going to love it.
Billianne - That Don't Impress Me Much (Shania Twain cover)
YouTube video by CBC Music
youtu.be
March 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Heard this on the way to work the other day, you're going to love it.
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Can Corner Stores Mount A Comeback?
“Toderian champions a finely grained retail model he calls ‘corner convenience’: a small market, cafe/restaurant or service that ideally would be legal on every street corner across cities & suburbs.”
A no-brainer for better, more walkable cities & communities.
“Toderian champions a finely grained retail model he calls ‘corner convenience’: a small market, cafe/restaurant or service that ideally would be legal on every street corner across cities & suburbs.”
A no-brainer for better, more walkable cities & communities.
The Corner Store Comeback
Small-scale neighborhood retail is staging a post-Covid revival in many cities, thanks to a mix of zoning reforms, shopping trends and local incentives.
www.bloomberg.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Can Corner Stores Mount A Comeback?
“Toderian champions a finely grained retail model he calls ‘corner convenience’: a small market, cafe/restaurant or service that ideally would be legal on every street corner across cities & suburbs.”
A no-brainer for better, more walkable cities & communities.
“Toderian champions a finely grained retail model he calls ‘corner convenience’: a small market, cafe/restaurant or service that ideally would be legal on every street corner across cities & suburbs.”
A no-brainer for better, more walkable cities & communities.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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“People get very complacent driving cars, because it’s easy, and you are very protected and you’re very isolated inside your car.
It’s easy to forget that there’s a huge amount of energy inside a car, even when it’s only going 20 or 30mph."
It’s easy to forget that there’s a huge amount of energy inside a car, even when it’s only going 20 or 30mph."
Cars don't belong in cities, says Top Gear's James May
TV star has idea for Hammersmith bridge - and calls anti-cycling council ‘tw*ts’
www.standard.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“People get very complacent driving cars, because it’s easy, and you are very protected and you’re very isolated inside your car.
It’s easy to forget that there’s a huge amount of energy inside a car, even when it’s only going 20 or 30mph."
It’s easy to forget that there’s a huge amount of energy inside a car, even when it’s only going 20 or 30mph."
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these are almost identical to the talking points Putin used to gobble up parts of Ukraine in 2014 btw
Trump: "We are dealing with a lot of people from Greenland that would like to see something happen with respect to being properly protected and properly taken care of. They're calling us, we're not calling them."
March 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
these are almost identical to the talking points Putin used to gobble up parts of Ukraine in 2014 btw
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"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
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"The response to authoritarianism isn't acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing and one thing only: a punch in the face." - @govpritzker.illinois.gov
March 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"The response to authoritarianism isn't acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing and one thing only: a punch in the face." - @govpritzker.illinois.gov
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This story is fucking bonkers
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This story is fucking bonkers
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There should be stations here and yet Metrolinx continues to shoot future Metrolinx in the foot
March 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
There should be stations here and yet Metrolinx continues to shoot future Metrolinx in the foot
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I just don't get why the default - unfortunately often boosted by the media is to assume things can't be done and we should accept the status quo. I suppose thats why Toronto is in it's housing crisis, transit crisis, congestion crisis . . . a lot of people saying "no" and not a lot of solutions.
February 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I just don't get why the default - unfortunately often boosted by the media is to assume things can't be done and we should accept the status quo. I suppose thats why Toronto is in it's housing crisis, transit crisis, congestion crisis . . . a lot of people saying "no" and not a lot of solutions.
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Platform screen doors on the subway? Too Expensive. Faster streetcars? We need to follow historic approaches. Congestion pricing? I don't want to pay! Slab apartment buildings? Shadows!
All while the fundamental quality of life and functioning of the city deteriorates.
All while the fundamental quality of life and functioning of the city deteriorates.
February 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Platform screen doors on the subway? Too Expensive. Faster streetcars? We need to follow historic approaches. Congestion pricing? I don't want to pay! Slab apartment buildings? Shadows!
All while the fundamental quality of life and functioning of the city deteriorates.
All while the fundamental quality of life and functioning of the city deteriorates.
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This is the clearest photo ever taken of Venus.
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February 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is the clearest photo ever taken of Venus.
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Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
February 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
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what your plumbing tells you when you flush wipes
February 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
what your plumbing tells you when you flush wipes
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Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that…
tcrn.ch
January 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
It's almost fat bear week go vote! explore.org/fat-bear-week
Fat Bear Week 2024 | VOTE
Choose the fattest bear of the year! Some of the largest brown bears on Earth make their home at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Brown bears get fat to survive and Fat Bear Week is an an...
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September 24, 2024 at 8:10 PM
It's almost fat bear week go vote! explore.org/fat-bear-week
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Thanks, General. 🥹
June 24, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Thanks, General. 🥹