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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 34m

Bankrupt Marineland says its 30 belugas shouldn't go to ‘unsafe’ Nova Scotia's Whale Sanctuary Project or for free - they need to sell the whales or get funds to pay their creditors […]

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 38m

“Mark Allen Peterson, a professor emeritus at Brigham Young Univ, will receive one of the highest honors for his exceptional contributions to the #korean language & the global spread of traditional Korean literature.

…the Bogwan Order of Cultural Merit is #Korea’s third-highest medal in culture […]

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 54m

#quebec asks schools, daycares to stop using app putting children's personal information at risk

“HopHop app lets parents notify schools when they’re on their way to pick up their children.”

#montreal […]

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 54m

‘No wonder they don’t like speed cameras’: #toronto mayor Olivia Chow comments on Ford cabinet vehicles fines

“Documents previously obtained by Global News show vehicles assigned to Ford’s cabinet ministers racked up 23 speed camera tickets in the past three years, totalling more than $3,300 in […]

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 55m

‘Race against time’ for small dog that’s already had 853 porcupine quills removed: SPCA - #halifax #novascotia

https://globalnews.ca/news/11469846/dog-porcupine-quills-ns-spca/

‘Race against time’ for dog that’s already had 853 porcupine quills removed: NS SPCA - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

Fern, an American Staffordshire terrier mix, was found with more than 850 porcupine quills in her face. She is slowly recovering but still has some quills to remove.

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 59m

Controversial Lululemon Billionaire Chip Wilson gets $600 fine for breaking #bc election rules by sticking a big sign saying ‘BC Conservatives not far right. NDP are communists.’ #bcpoli

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/news/billionaire-chip-wilson-gets-600-fine-breaking-election-rules

Billionaire Chip Wilson gets $600 fine for breaking election rules

A letter to Wilson from Elections BC says three signs the Lululemon founder put up in front of his home during the provincial election period a year ago constituted third-party advertising that required him to register under the Elections Act.

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

The Nobel Prize is about character, not headlines

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-nobel-prize-is-about-character

The Nobel Prize is about character, not headlines

Trump’s Peace Prize fixation reveals more about him than about peace.

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

With five provinces demanding he withdraw his submission, #Canada’s justice minister rules out a backdown on federal quest to limit use of issues that can trigger use of Constitutional notwithstanding clause […]

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

How wartime trek of #China’s Palace Museum treasures binds national heritage

“Overnight, in October 1925, the Forbidden City became the Palace Museum.

Today, there are four Palace Museums: the original in #beijing, the National Palace Museum in #taipei, a Southern branch in Chiayi opened in […]

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Audrey Nuna realizes reach of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ on trip to Korea when she saw an elderly man singing their song ‘golden’ on the street. #kpop #kdrama

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20251009/audrey-nuna-realizes-reach-of-kpop-demon-hunters-on-trip-to-korea

Audrey Nuna realizes reach of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ on trip to Korea - The Korea Times

NEW YORK — Audrey Nuna didn’t realize how far “KPop Demon Hunters” had traveled until she visited Korea. “I went to Korea a few weeks after the fil...

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

#gold shatters $4,000 milestone as investors rush to its relative safety

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20251009/gold-shatters-4000-milestone-as-investors-rush-to-safety

Gold shatters $4,000 milestone as investors rush to safety - The Korea Times

Gold surged past the $4,000 an ounce level for the first time on Wednesday, building on a record-breaking rally as broader geopolitical and economi...

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

#chemistry Nobel honors discovery to trap CO₂, bring water to deserts

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20251009/chemistry-nobel-honors-discovery-to-trap-co-bring-water-to-deserts

Chemistry Nobel honors discovery to trap CO₂, bring water to deserts - The Korea Times

STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quanti...

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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Is there an #ai bubble? Financial institutions sound a warning

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20251009/is-there-an-ai-bubble-financial-institutions-sound-a-warning

Is there an AI bubble? Financial institutions sound a warning - The Korea Times

LONDON (AP) — Lingering doubts about the economic promise of artificial intelligence technology are starting to get the attention of financial inst...

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10h

This is all bullshit, by the way. There is no imminent risk of rotting crops, according to experts and farmworker unions. It's a ploy to cut wages (even below state minimum wages) for foreign workers, which will eventually hit U.S. workers too.
So much for America First!

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 10h

I do actually think making Miller more and more salient is a good thing, as he’s an unpleasant, sweaty little fascist rat and i find it hard to imagine the public will be charmed

🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 10h

As increasing attention focuses on Stephen Miller's unhinged rants, he risks making himself—like Elon Musk—a toxic figure w/o the loyal fan base his boss enjoys.

While 47 blames the left for violence (statistically false), one wonders how long he will let Miller stomp all over his messaging.

Stephen Miller is the Poster Boy for the Rabid MAGA Movement

The more voters see of him, the more repulsed they’ll be

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 2h

This is a story about Terradot, a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) company that is spreading crushed basalt rock over farmland in Brazil with the goal of accelerating the natural process of rock weathering.

These stories need to strike a balance between hope and realism. CDR is not a current […]

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10h

I mean read this, the Trump administration in an official document is saying that Americans won't ever pick crops and America won't have enough food to eat because of ICE raids!
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As a result, employers are facing significant economic harms, the filing claims. And incredibly, given the administration’s unceasing rhetoric to the contrary, the Labor Department definitively rejects the idea of Americans replacing the missing workers. “The Department does not believe American workers currently unemployed or marginally employed will make themselves readily available in sufficient numbers to replace large numbers of aliens,” the filing states, adding that agricultural work involves “a distinct set of skills and is among the most physically demanding and hazardous occupations in the U.S. labor market.” (For what it’s worth, nearly half of all agricultural workers are native-born, and significantly more than half are U.S. citizens, according to Department of Agriculture data.)

The Labor Department even claims that broadly advertising agricultural jobs, which is required under the H2-A rules, has not led to a boost in applications from U.S. workers. This is a bit of a fiction; workers who apply often do not receive jobs, and nobody is really checking to see if applications are coming in. “The system isn’t set up to prove that there’s a labor shortage of U.S. workers,” said Costa, of EPI.

In the end, the Labor Department concludes, the only way to protect agricultural employers from disaster and consumers from rising prices and food shortages is to slash wages in the H-2A program to make it more viable to bring in workers. This is an odd response to a workforce crisis, since cutting wages across the sector will likely drive existing workers to look elsewhere for jobs. In fact, farm employers in Florida fear that H-2A foreign workers won’t apply for these jobs anymore because the wages are so low. (There were 384,900 H-2A applications last year.)

But the filing states, “Without swift action, agricultural employers will be unable to maintain operations, and the nation's food supply will be at risk.”

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 5h

RE: exchange/@vxdb/115338982793901975" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://infosec.exchange/@vxdb/115338982793901975

I've been trying to get the cybercrime journalist @vxdb to abandon their seat at the Nazi Bar, or at least to also post here. So please join me in giving them a follow and a friendly hello.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

TRUMP: federal workers not guaranteed back pay

IRS: actually yes they are

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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Update. I'm happy to see that #mastodon will launch its own #fediverse flavored version of #bluesky #starterpacks.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/

This is smart. It will greatly help new users find and follow people with common interests. Hence it will make it […]

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Wokebloke for Democracy @dougiec3.libretooth.gr.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Bagley!
#ics #fascism #violence #protest #democracy #trump&Epstein #epstein&Trump

cartoon with 2 panels-
the first shows a Jan 6 rioter wielding a baton and abot to strike a Capitol policeman
the second show the same rioter with ICE ID wielding the baton and about to strike Lady Liberty

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 4h

🤣🤣 seems legit!

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Natalie Davis @nataliedavis.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Germany joins EU nations with plans to shoot down unknown drones https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/10/08/Germany-drone-police-shoot-bundestag-Merz/5501759941462/

Germany joins EU nations with plans to shoot down unknown drones - UPI.com

German authorities were granted permission to shoot down drones following a series of recent disruptions of unknown drone spotting near Munich.

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Ron Dyck @dyckron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 6h

Inuit-led solution aims to avoid killing of Marineland’s 30 belugas
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/inuit-led-solution-aims-to-avoid-killing-of-marinelands-30-belugas/

Inuit-led solution aims to avoid killing of Marineland’s 30 belugas

A Nunavik man says Inuit leaders should step in to provide habitat to 30 beluga whales at Marineland that are at risk of being euthanized because the amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont. can’t afford to keep them.

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Whoa

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers have had a romantic #artificialintelligence relationship, or they know someone who has. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used #ai for #companionship.

That's according to new research from the Center for […]

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