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But John Ross *knows* he’s in no danger from the vehicle because it’s curving away from him. If he thought he was in any danger all he had to do was move back from the car, which he doesn’t. He draws his weapon, plants his back foot, leans *forward* and then fires.
January 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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#Toronto - the last day to sign Clean Indoor Air Toronto's petition for Toronto Public Health to adopt Health Canada’s latest air quality guidance is this Monday! cleanindoorairto.ca
Another good reason to sign CIATO’s petition calling on the Toronto Board of Health to direct Toronto Public Health to adopt Health Canada’s latest indoor air quality guidance. cleanindoorairto.ca
Clean Indoor Air Toronto
cleanindoorairto.ca
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
For anyone else blocked on getting to the actual petition by the click tracker on the "sign the petition" button, here's the direct link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Toronto Board of Health Advocacy-CIATO
We have over 800 signatures, help us get to our next goal of 900! Join Clean Indoor Air Toronto in sending a clear message to the City of Toronto that you want a city that’s healthier, more accessib...
docs.google.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
John Ross was 100% in control of his safety; he shot defending his ego.
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Trump’s real base of support — billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech, crypto, defense contractors, & Wall Street — know that the midterms may limit what they and Trump can get away with moving forward.

2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.

Be warned.
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
A quick search on their site didn't reveal similar stats for all-cause mortality. Are any numbers available on how that's doing? (The number of people who are long-term disabled in one form or another would also be interesting to know.)
December 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The problem with having to send a computer in for service is it’s not really possible to be without it for a week+. A tip if you wind up buying new (and then selling the old one when it’s back): refurb store is discounted enough to pay for extended applecare for years. www.apple.com/ca/shop/prod...
Refurbished 13-inch MacBook Air Apple M4 chip with 10‑Core CPU and 8‑Core GPU - Sky Blue
Originally released March 2025 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone¹ 
12MP Center Stage camera 16GB unified memory 256GB SSD² Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID MagSafe 3 charging port Two...
www.apple.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
(The judgment did not use someone's spoken land acknowledgement as evidence for the ruling.)
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
He seems to be getting the cause/effect backwards. Both the judge's decision and the land acknowledgment are based on the existing (heretofore broken) treaties/titles.

"The fee-simple titles were established on the lands claimed by the Cowichan between 1871 and 1914"
December 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Tedros seemed to know. (Yes he later said he was using the military term "airborne" as if this made any sense in this context.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3yM...
Dr.Tedros February 11 2020, COVID-19 is airborne.
YouTube video by Jan Sjöholm
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Look at this chart and remember:

1) the COVID immune damage claim is that after a COVID infection, influenza gets worse

vs

2) the "immunity debt" claim is that after a bad influenza season, influenza gets better

Now look at how 2022-23 compares to previous years, and ask "Which claim was right?"
Why not both? Bad flu strain and population-level immune dysfunction from mass, repeat COVID infection.

#MaskUp and get vaxxed indeed!

P.S. We are at 29,099 cases already this year as of Dec 19.

P.P.S. Chart also shows spreading flu is a choice 🤬
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Fact | You can't write something predicated in the utterly ludicrous assumption that white men are being excluded from publishing unless you are racist.
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Supremacy wants to gain all the benefits of society without paying any natural costs, like fair competition.

This response to even the slightest leveling of the playing field demonstrates how committed to the supremacist notion we white folk still are.

Imagine if we ever experienced true equality.
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Non-Fiction:
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad
The Experience Machine - Andy Clark
Supercommunicators - Charles Duhigg

Fiction:
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
The Witch’s Heart - Genevieve Gornichec
December 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Slowing down your rate of consumption will inevitably change what you want to consume."
www.raptitude.com/2025/12/mayb...
Maybe the Default Settings Are Too High
I’ve been reading Lord of the Rings for two months and I’m just at the end of the first part. It’s not because I’m not enjoying it. It’s one of the most ...
www.raptitude.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Hmm... Maybe having an actual burning cross will scare away the normies."

"Hey ChatGPT: Can you just make the cross glow and put the fire *near* the cross?"

"Now it looks like it's the people that are burning."

"Meh, go with it."
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I didn't mean to suggest *you* made that choice. But the reporting (everywhere) consistently chooses a past-tense framing. (Which is particularly odd because even gov't official stats has it as a present concern, but that info is never promoted.)

I totally appreciate any fight won on any front! :-)
December 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
*Sigh* Always phrased like the damage was done then, but it's now gone. It would be nice to see:

“As COVID-19 continues to re-infect the population, an increasing number of people are having to live with weakened immune systems...”

(But yes: Thanks for fighting for clean air, esp. in schools!)
December 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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This is the sweetest thing and I hope they keep hanging out periodically
December 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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My latest. Moscow’s effort to suborn Trump is the most successful covert influence campaign in decades.

tomorrowsaffairs.com/a-tempting-m...
A tempting mark—why is Trump behaving in ways that benefit Moscow?
Moscow appears to have used these vulnerabilities to influence Donald Trump, and, unfortunately, has done so with considerable success
tomorrowsaffairs.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Artisanal. (Art is what, now?)
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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UN resolution to establish an international day against colonialism in all its forms.

Voted against: USA, Israel

Abstained: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, basically all of Europe, Japan, etc.
December 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM