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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 2h

Americans & PRs aren't stupid, they can see in real time that their healthcare premiums shot up many-folds. Money talks. Also, Americans are demanding the #Epstein files to be release, swear in that newly elected representative. It's time that #USpoli all go wi/o paycheques until the shutdown ends

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 2h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykQM... #USpoli #fascism #authoritarian #censorship #FreedomOfSpeech #PressFreedom #press

Maddow and Nicolle Wallace react as reporters walk out of Pentagon amid Hegseth’s press crackdown

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 6h

I visited SF in Mar/Apr 2024. SF had a LOT of homeless people in rough part of d/t (drug addicts, mentally ill, very dirty streets), non-white people, migrant that cops stopped @ a subway station d/t (they couldn't arrest him) but I do NOT believe the military is the solution, sorry not sorry

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 6h

Trump has lied that Canada imports a lot of fentanyl to illegally hit Canada with tariffs in the guise of "national security". MAGAts are eating up his blatant lies, the worse at the police and border control.

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 8h

The #USpoli #Republicans just want to keep the government shut down so that they don't have to give Obamacare to poor Americans and don't want to swear in the new politician that would vote to disclose the #Epstein files.

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 9h

#Stellantis should pay back taxpayers for the grants and loans we provided them. #ONpoli #cdnpoli

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 10h

www.globalnews.ca/news/1147900... #USpoli

‘All in this together’: Robert De Niro calls on Americans to protest - National | Globalnews.ca

'We're rising up again, this time non-violently raising our voices to declare, 'No Kings,'' Robert De Niro said.

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 10h

www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... #USpoli

Judge temporarily blocks Trump from firing workers during shutdown | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered on Wednesday.

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 11h

ICE attacked women, priests, elderly, disabled, and children. ICE crossed the line a very long time ago. #fascism #USpoli #Republicans

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 15h

Finally www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1GG... #ONpoli #education #strike

Strike over at Ont. colleges after tentative deal reached

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 17h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBG5...

NYU's 2022 Commencement Speaker Taylor Swift

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 17h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5iE...

Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift during the VMA Awards (Miss Americana Clip)

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 18h

globalnews.ca/news/1147821... #scam #fraud #taxi #DebitCard

Police bust alleged Ontario taxi scam artists as they attempt to snatch man’s debit card - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

Police said they thought there could be other victims of the taxi scam, which involved a passenger pretending to need help paying their fare.

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 19h

Damn www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

False hope, fabricated data: No public notice after UBC uncovered serious misconduct in medical study | CBC News

A celebrated Vancouver researcher used fabricated data and hid evidence of infected wounds to falsely claim his patented skin treatment could heal years-old bed sores in a matter of weeks, according t...

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 19h

Excellent song www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRJ... #USpoli #Epstein #farewell #ThankYou

"Did You Ever Know That You're My Frodo?" - Bette Midler Serenades Stephen Colbert

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

So Israel is breaking the ceasefire deal. That was fast.

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

Westray law can lead to bosses being prosecuted but it's an uphill battle. Employers treat employees' death as "part of doing business" instead of focus on health & safety & saving lives www.cbc.ca/news/busines... #HealthAndSafety #SavingLives #LifeSaving #WorkplaceSafety #safety #ONpoli #cdnpoli

Liam Johnston died on the job at 27. His loved ones want to see change and accountability | CBC News

The family of a 27-year-old who died on a plumbing job in Calgary say they want to see the company he worked for charged criminally. Advocates have been asking for more prosecutions in workplace death...

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

99.9% of the time people never ever ask white people "Where are you (really) from?" It's a racist question. #racism

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

#Racism exhibits in many forms. It's not just overt or hate. It can be "polite", covert, subtle. Systemic racism, structural racism, institutional racism, covert racism, inter-racial racism, intra-racial racism, internalized racism, racial profiling, racial microaggressions, colourism, etc.

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

Fox is not news.

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

#USpoli #facism #censorship

Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

INCORRECT HEADLINE: Reporters refuse to sign Pentagon’s new press rules

CORRECT HEADLINE: Pentagon launches sweeping effort to censor the news, kicks out major media outlets

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

#racism When non-Asian people think that 1) Asians are a monolith 2) Chinese people are a monolith. It's like think Germans, Russians, etc are the same as Australians, New Zealanders, Brits, French, Irish, Swiss, Ukrainians, Americans, Canadians, etc. are the same. Anglophone countries the same.

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

When ignorant people think that SPOKEN Chinese dialects of Mandarin and Cantonese are written Chinese. WRITTEN Chinese = Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. #racism #CulturalCompetence

Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most common #racism is people look @ someone's skin colour & assume their language proficiency based on that race they think they are. So, my Mandarin & Cantonese Chinese are elementary while my French is intermediate - I always got pulled to translate Korean but never French or Spanish

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 1d

Well, the 3 yrs of legal education + 1 yr of lawyer training to write the industry's certification exam, is why lawyers are paid the big bucks, no AI can replace a trained human in jurisprudence. The judge needed to end this saga that spans 6 yrs, 3 continents globalnews.ca/news/1147818...

Quebec judge fines man $5,000 for improper use of artificial intelligence in court - Montreal | Globalnews.ca

Jean Laprade was ordered to pay the fine after he was found to have cited expert quotes and jurisprudence that don't exist.

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