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POPE LEO XIV on Christmas Day Gives a Powerful Homily! WATCH www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCD...
POPE LEO XIV on Christmas Day Gives a Powerful Homily!
YouTube video by Catholic News World
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December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
POPE LEO XIV on Christmas Day Gives a Powerful Homily! WATCH www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCD...
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Storms battered California, triggering mudslides, severe flooding and multiple evacuations. https://to.pbs.org/3MR0D00
Torrential rains drench Southern California with more storms on the way
A powerful storm continues to batter California, triggering mudslides, severe flooding and multiple evacuations. It’s a record-setting Christmas Day for rain and officials are warning travelers to rec...
to.pbs.org
December 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Storms battered California, triggering mudslides, severe flooding and multiple evacuations. https://to.pbs.org/3MR0D00
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It’s been said that nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless they've had a dog. Billy Collins agrees, and he recently released his 12th volume of poetry, called “Dog Show." https://to.pbs.org/4qlm9sj
Poet Billy Collins explores love, loss and life in 'Dog Show'
It’s been said that nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless they've had a dog. Billy Collins agrees, and he recently released his 12th volume of poetry, called “Dog Show." Senior arts c...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It’s been said that nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless they've had a dog. Billy Collins agrees, and he recently released his 12th volume of poetry, called “Dog Show." https://to.pbs.org/4qlm9sj
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The White House's new National Security Strategy justifies isolationism, lacks attentions on nuclear risk, mentions climate change once, and addresses disruptive technologies mostly in terms of competition.
Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj
Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj
December 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The White House's new National Security Strategy justifies isolationism, lacks attentions on nuclear risk, mentions climate change once, and addresses disruptive technologies mostly in terms of competition.
Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj
Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj
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The development of AI is being driven by some of the most powerful companies on Earth.
There has never been a greater need for independent voices on AI's science, risks, and governance, writes Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh.
This is a role that the Bulletin is positioned to play.
There has never been a greater need for independent voices on AI's science, risks, and governance, writes Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh.
This is a role that the Bulletin is positioned to play.
Stopping the Clock on catastrophic AI risk
AI is already sufficiently robust that it introduces new global risks and exacerbates existing threats. Its development is being driven by some of the most powerful companies on Earth, and the…
thebulletin.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The development of AI is being driven by some of the most powerful companies on Earth.
There has never been a greater need for independent voices on AI's science, risks, and governance, writes Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh.
This is a role that the Bulletin is positioned to play.
There has never been a greater need for independent voices on AI's science, risks, and governance, writes Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh.
This is a role that the Bulletin is positioned to play.
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The introduction to the Bulletin's 80th anniversary magazine issues features an interview between Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin and former Executive Director and Publisher Kennette Benedict.
The interview shares an inside view of the Bulletin’s recent history and possible future: buff.ly/jTxBmF0
The interview shares an inside view of the Bulletin’s recent history and possible future: buff.ly/jTxBmF0
!["People sometime make fun of the [Doomsday] Clock, they say all sorts of things about it, but they pay attention to it, and that's the main thing, to be able to keep these issues in front of the public." - Kennette Benedict, Former Executive Director and Publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4crytqwvj4ehonipglqe5ctf/bafkreiesck7jykadt2pmfrctfnbfwwtnazvotajovted6p6c6fz3leslyu@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The introduction to the Bulletin's 80th anniversary magazine issues features an interview between Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin and former Executive Director and Publisher Kennette Benedict.
The interview shares an inside view of the Bulletin’s recent history and possible future: buff.ly/jTxBmF0
The interview shares an inside view of the Bulletin’s recent history and possible future: buff.ly/jTxBmF0
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The sad reality is that those jobs were already slated to be cut.
With Algoma switching to much cleaner electric furnaces the blast furnace and coke oven operations are no longer needed.
The Federal government is working with Algoma to diversify and create new jobs.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
With Algoma switching to much cleaner electric furnaces the blast furnace and coke oven operations are no longer needed.
The Federal government is working with Algoma to diversify and create new jobs.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Algoma Steel CEO: Feds knew about plans for layoffs before giving $400M loan
The head of Algoma Steel says the federal government and Government of Ontario knew the company’s business plan included a re-tooling of its Sault Ste. Marie plant that would result in layoffs before ...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The sad reality is that those jobs were already slated to be cut.
With Algoma switching to much cleaner electric furnaces the blast furnace and coke oven operations are no longer needed.
The Federal government is working with Algoma to diversify and create new jobs.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
With Algoma switching to much cleaner electric furnaces the blast furnace and coke oven operations are no longer needed.
The Federal government is working with Algoma to diversify and create new jobs.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Here’s what former President Jimmy Carter told Nora O’Donnell in 2018 about how he wants to be remembered. Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. A great humanitarian.
December 30, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Here’s what former President Jimmy Carter told Nora O’Donnell in 2018 about how he wants to be remembered. Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. A great humanitarian.
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The death of Jimmy Carter is incredibly difficult to process because deep down we all feel his passing represents the end of something wonderful about America that may be lost forever.
Thank you for your service.
Rest in peace.
Thank you for your service.
Rest in peace.
December 30, 2024 at 1:11 AM
The death of Jimmy Carter is incredibly difficult to process because deep down we all feel his passing represents the end of something wonderful about America that may be lost forever.
Thank you for your service.
Rest in peace.
Thank you for your service.
Rest in peace.
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As heard on @mikelisa800 today, the City on-goingly plans, designs, undertakes and completes multiple road repair projects across the entire community. Our road repairs employ a risk-based prioritization, meaning they are assessed by the risk they present to our city & commuters.
June 14, 2023 at 3:19 PM
As heard on @mikelisa800 today, the City on-goingly plans, designs, undertakes and completes multiple road repair projects across the entire community. Our road repairs employ a risk-based prioritization, meaning they are assessed by the risk they present to our city & commuters.
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
December 10, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
December 10, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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“Evidence shows that defendants engage in substantial head-to-head competition and the proposed merger would remove that competition.”
Judge hands Biden's FTC major antitrust win on grocery stores
A federal judge delivered a huge win to the departing Biden administration on Tuesday, ruling in favor of the Federal Trade Commission's action against the merger of the Kroger and Albertsons supermar...
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December 10, 2024 at 10:00 PM
“Evidence shows that defendants engage in substantial head-to-head competition and the proposed merger would remove that competition.”
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"Your letter presents no basis for this Office to seek to vacate the final judgment or to dismiss this action."
'Your letter presents no basis': NY AG denies Trump's demand to dismiss $454M civil case
President-elect Donald Trump demanded that his $454 million civil fraud case be nullified after he was elected president, but the New York attorney general has rejected him. Tristan Snell, former pros...
ow.ly
December 10, 2024 at 11:14 PM
"Your letter presents no basis for this Office to seek to vacate the final judgment or to dismiss this action."
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"The water is rough right now and the sea is likely to rage over the next four years, but your children and grandchildren will be proud that you stayed true to the values of your great institution."
'Be like the rock' in 'rough' waters: Ex-FBI head gives impassioned plea amid murky future
Jim Comey, the former head of the FBI whose time was marked by his high-profile investigation of Hillary Clinton, delivered an impassioned message to his old colleagues on Tuesday night — and turned t...
www.rawstory.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:22 PM
"The water is rough right now and the sea is likely to rage over the next four years, but your children and grandchildren will be proud that you stayed true to the values of your great institution."
Judge threatens Rudy Giuliani with 'imprisonment' for repeating 2020 election lies
www.rawstory.com/rudy-giulian...
www.rawstory.com/rudy-giulian...
Judge threatens Rudy Giuliani with 'imprisonment' for repeating 2020 election lies
U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell warned former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani that he could be sent to prison after he allegedly repeated lies claiming that two former Georgia election worker...
www.rawstory.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Judge threatens Rudy Giuliani with 'imprisonment' for repeating 2020 election lies
www.rawstory.com/rudy-giulian...
www.rawstory.com/rudy-giulian...
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Trump’s demonization of asylum-seekers undermines global protections — will Canada be complicit?
Trump’s demonization of asylum-seekers undermines global protections — will Canada be complicit?
Refugee protections, including the right to seek asylum, exist today precisely because states failed refugees and migrants previously, especially Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Trump’s demonization of asylum-seekers undermines global protections — will Canada be complicit?
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Farmers’ markets are a vital but overlooked part of fixing Canada’s struggling food system
Farmers’ markets are a vital but overlooked part of fixing Canada’s struggling food system
Farmers’ markets provide a host of benefits to both consumers and farmers, but are often overlooked when it comes to creating policies geared toward improving the sustainability of food systems.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Farmers’ markets are a vital but overlooked part of fixing Canada’s struggling food system
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Psychoanalysis explains why Donald Trump is taunting Canada and ‘Governor Justin Trudeau’
Psychoanalysis explains why Donald Trump is taunting Canada and ‘Governor Justin Trudeau’
Donald Trump’s heavy-handed populist trade policies are more about irrational desires than sound politics or economics.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Psychoanalysis explains why Donald Trump is taunting Canada and ‘Governor Justin Trudeau’
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Canada’s holiday tax break will have winners and losers — here’s what you need to know
Canada’s holiday tax break will have winners and losers — here’s what you need to know
While the tax break will indeed put more money into consumers’ pockets as the government has claimed, whether it will actually ease inflationary pressure is questionable.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Canada’s holiday tax break will have winners and losers — here’s what you need to know
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Canadian policymakers should avoid handling Trump 2.0 like another pandemic
Canadian policymakers should avoid handling Trump 2.0 like another pandemic
During Donald Trump’s second presidency, both federal and provincial governments should reflect on their recent experiences handling the COVID-19 pandemic and the dangers of being adaptive.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Canadian policymakers should avoid handling Trump 2.0 like another pandemic
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Fun read from @uk.theconversation.com #Santa
When you think back to your first experiences of Christmas, do you really think they would have been improved if your parents had been honest about #Santa? theconversation.com/...
The case for lying to kids about Santa – from a philosopher
A philosopher argues that children benefit both from the Santa fiction and from the eventual realisation that it’s not true.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Fun read from @uk.theconversation.com #Santa
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Large language models: how the AI behind the likes of ChatGPT actually works
Large language models: how the AI behind the likes of ChatGPT actually works
Language models are likely to have an important impact on how we live and work in future, but they’ve also been around longer than many realise.
dlvr.it
December 10, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Large language models: how the AI behind the likes of ChatGPT actually works
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The west is already at war with Russia. And large-scale conflict may not be far off
The west is already at war with Russia. And large-scale conflict may not be far off
Russia went to war with the west, but it didn’t really notice until recently.
dlvr.it
December 10, 2024 at 6:29 PM
The west is already at war with Russia. And large-scale conflict may not be far off