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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 1d

It really is like some godawful oldies station right now, with the very worst ideas of the 50s (McCarthyism), 60s (attacks on campuses and inner cities), 70s (Nobel Peace Prizes for war criminals) and 80s (Star Wars plus a decrepit blowhard in the White House)

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 1d

(Which is maybe why Canada's making noises about being on-board with the remastered version of SDI?)

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 1d

There's nothing a crowd loves like the classics.

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 1d

OH in the Oval Office: "Who's a guy gotta blow up to win a Nobel Peace Prize around here?"

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 1d

I took this on Kauai a few years ago. These are red-crested cardinals, and I *love* them.

The bird you saw sounds lovely too! Not a dark-eyed junco, I take it?

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 1d

Thank you. And here's your change.

Two red-crested cardinals on a patch of grass, with two zebra doves behind them

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 1d

I realize this is SO FAR from being the most important thing about this post... but how did they link the text "Download PDF" and "View Full Case"? Is this something you need to do from the API, or is there something I'm missing in the web interface or the app?

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 1d

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

Download PDF | View Full Case

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 2d

So basically if you played the first one but not the second

"You have died of dysentery" screen on Oregon Trail game

Terminal screen showing the 1971 Star Trek game

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 2d

"A delightful 2008 stage 3 Cabernet."

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 3d

"Wilson is expected to declare bankruptcy, and the colossal fine is sure to prove a deterrent to his fellow billionaires, observers said." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Billionaire Chip Wilson fined $600 for unauthorized election sign targeting B.C. NDP | CBC News

Elections B.C. says three signs Lululemon founder Chip Wilson put up in front of his Vancouver home during the 2024 provincial election period, including one that called the B.C. NDP "communist," cons...

www.cbc.ca

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 3d

We're going public today with a powerful new tool for researching, following and reporting on local governments across Canada.

It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 3d

This is a superb piece of reporting about the profoundly frustrating, often disturbing and just plain sad situation at Kamloops City Hall.

Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: I teamed up with @castanetkamloops.net to write this long in-depth account of Reid Hamer-Jackson's three years as mayor of Kamloops. I also talked to the unrepentant mayor for two hours.

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops Politics Became Infamous | The Tyee

Car dealer Reid Hamer-Jackson won office with charisma and ideas. Then the wheels came off.

thetyee.ca

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 3d

This is a superb piece of reporting about the profoundly frustrating, often disturbing and just plain sad situation at Kamloops City Hall.

Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: I teamed up with @castanetkamloops.net to write this long in-depth account of Reid Hamer-Jackson's three years as mayor of Kamloops. I also talked to the unrepentant mayor for two hours.

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops Politics Became Infamous | The Tyee

Car dealer Reid Hamer-Jackson won office with charisma and ideas. Then the wheels came off.

thetyee.ca

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 3d

Absolutely smashing piece. Congratulations to both of you on such thorough reporting, untangling the snarl of accusations and counter-accusations that constitute Hamer-Jackson’s record in office.

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 4d

I’m digging the Mamdani-evoking design!

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 4d

I really wonder how many of those accounts are authentic, and how many are part of persona farms. (Or "coordinated inauthentic behaviour," to use the term of art.)

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 4d

Tonight’s top CBS News story: It’s good that Anthony’s bringing in new tariffs. It’s real good. And tomorrow’s gonna be a real good day.

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 4d

In other news, construction has started on a newly expanded cornfield.

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 4d

Tonight’s top CBS News story: It’s good that Anthony’s bringing in new tariffs. It’s real good. And tomorrow’s gonna be a real good day.

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 7d

Nobody has ever died because they tagged the artist who created the image they're posting. So if that's what's stopping you, rest easy.

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 8d

a. and b. And I miss seeing them, but it's going to be a long time before I'm crossing that border again. :(

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 9d

When you leak data, it’s often not just your own privacy you put at risk. It’s anyone whose info can be linked to yours. Here’s how to run a tighter ship for everyone’s sake.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 9d

When you leak data, it’s often not just your own privacy you put at risk. It’s anyone whose info can be linked to yours. Here’s how to run a tighter ship for everyone’s sake.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 9d

But try to keep in mind the murders and human rights violations and slavery.

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 9d

Approach life with the childlike wonder of Bill Burr discovering Saudi Arabia has modern amenities.

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