Please circulate -- U of Regina has stepped up to host displaced female Afghan students, with a safe place so they can complete their degrees and not be sent back to Afghanistan from school in Qatar. (Lost funding due to destruction of USAID.) Hoping to raise $500k. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I have to admit, I wondered if it might be an obituary! After all -- Elon Musk almost killed both of them back in the 90s, doing stunts in his fancy sports car. And I was wondering if some Final Destination stuff might happen.
They've decimated the CDC. RFK Jr––along with his enabling fascist allies Makary, Prasad, Oz etc––should be deposed and prosecuted. They are already responsible for tens of thousands of international deaths. Thousands at home and millions more abroad will soon be on their hands.
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
"I want to go to heaven when I die ... " -- from the spiritual Roll Jordan Roll. I first heard it on the BBC Crusades miniseries (don't know if Terry Jones picked it out, but it was perfect). www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTXn...
It's been quite a wild ride! Besides the obvious covid-related crimes like faulty or nonexistent PPE being sold, I found a robbery that was probably inspired (unattended workplace cleared out by thieves) and a homicide that may have been triggered by lockdown.
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
I still have a decades-old Mac WallStreet, which can read most kinds of 3.5" floppies. Still not sure what to do about the 5.25" ones, though I only have a couple of those and they don't have my MSc stuff on them (since I had my Mac Plus by the time I started grad school in 1989).
Fascinating! I'm currently writing a book about the covid era (with different chapters linked to topics in human and physical geography), and I want to do a section on crime. This will be a great case study!
Link to page with more about the project (to rescue female Afghan students stranded in Qatar after their funding was cut off by Trump and Musk). Otherwise they'd have to return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan where they'd be at risk. U of R has offered to host them while they finish their degrees.
Some good news from @uregina.bsky.social ! “We have surpassed our initial $500,000 goal. This incredible momentum means we will be able to support even more students [...] -- we are continuing to fundraise so that we can extend this opportunity to more Afghan women who remain at risk"
Some good news from @uregina.bsky.social ! “We have surpassed our initial $500,000 goal. This incredible momentum means we will be able to support even more students [...] -- we are continuing to fundraise so that we can extend this opportunity to more Afghan women who remain at risk"
Great news: The Canada Strong Pass is back for the holidays and summer 2026!
This is part of our plan to lower costs for families, alongside making the School Food Program permanent & launching automatic federal benefits for 5.5M Canadians.
It's unfortunate -- ending the de minimis exemption has created such a mess re: shipping that some countries' post offices have just stopped sending packages to the US. I suspect it's going to end up being more costly to Americans in terms of sheer inconvenience.
