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BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Elon Musk's dramatic version of cost cutting www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Elon Musk's dramatic version of cost cutting
Bruce MacKinnon's editorial cartoon for April 1, 2025.
www.saltwire.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The Trump economic mindset.
April 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Stop enabling kleptocrats, ethics task force tells lawyers - in @TimesLaw www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Stop enabling kleptocrats, ethics task force tells lawyers
A report says the profession’s reputation is at risk when acting for clients with unexplained wealth and abusive litigators
www.thetimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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April 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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"Adding to the inanity, the government argued in court that the fact that many of these men don’t have criminal records is precisely why they’re dangerous."
Trump’s Deportations Rely on Tattoos—It’s Bullshit.
It turns out tattoos inspired by a reggaeton artist who endorsed Trump are also a marker of gang involvement.
www.thebulwark.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Human Intelligence Sharply Declining
futurism.com/neoscope/hum...
(This explains a lot. #MAGA #Idiocracy)
Human Intelligence Sharply Declining
No, it's not just you — people really are, per a number of surveys, way less intelligent than they used to be.
futurism.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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MAGA already looking to anoint Vance for 2028
www.axios.com/2025/03/18/v...
(No surprises there, then.)
MAGA already looking to anoint Vance for 2028
Many in the MAGA movements see the vice president as the vehicle to lock in Trump's worldview for at least the next decade.
www.axios.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Joseph Mercola: “I’m already whacked out. I’m an anti-vaxxer. Now I’m doing the spiritual stuff. My behaviour suggests I’m a nutcase!”
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/leak...
(Couldn't have said it better myself.)
Leaked footage reveals the 'psychic' behind antivaxxer Joseph Mercola - The Skeptic
Leaked footage shows anti-vaxxer Joseph Mercola calling for people to "march with weapons" against vets, during consultation with ‘psychic’
www.skeptic.org.uk
March 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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U.S. officials cracking down on people trying to bring valuable eggs across the border — Egg interceptions up 116% so far this year, while seizures of fentanyl down 32%
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
(MAGA!)
U.S. officials cracking down on people trying to bring valuable eggs across the border | CBC News
Officials made 3,254 egg-related seizures in January and February 2025, according to new data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That's more than twice as many egg seizures compared...
www.cbc.ca
March 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Trevor Noah: was integration a bad idea?
dailyfriend.co.za/2025/03/19/t...
(My latest column. South African expat comedian questions whether “integration was the right move”.)
Trevor Noah: was integration a bad idea? - Daily Friend
South African expatriate comedian Trevor Noah set the internet on fire in a recent podcast when he questioned whether “integration was the right move”. “That
dailyfriend.co.za
March 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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"We call for it to be ratified as soon as possible, for the urgent release of all hostages and political prisoners, and for an end to the occupation to ensure that this is the last of the wars between the river and the sea."
#palestine
#Israel
#gaza
#ceasefiredeal
#ceasefire
#middleeast
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January 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I'm excited to share the stage with @antonharber.bsky.social and Kurt Ellis as we launch the Creative Writing Alumni Bursary on 24 March.

I will be reading from my MA and discussing access to justice using a criminal case @calsza.bsky.social has been working on since 2019.
March 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Anton Harber and Irwin Manoim.
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Former editors of the South African newspaper the Weekly Mail express solidarity with Haaretz: "The Netanyahu government's sanctions against Haaretz have brought back vivid memories of our own newspaper's struggles against the apartheid government"

www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
In solidarity with Haaretz, an institution Israel ought to take pride in
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www.haaretz.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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One rant
February 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Todays hero
February 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Another spectacular summer sunset! 🌅
January 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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January 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I’m sorry, this might be a great investigation, but “as it was never intended” is obscene. This is precisely how many people specifically and repeatedly told us — warned us — it would be used.
January 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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I've been trying to understand why I feel the particular flavor of distressed that I do right now. I think it's because we can no longer discuss the lessons we should be learning from any kind of disaster without the worst chucklefucks coming out of the woodwork to wreck everything.
January 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Love this photo from ORFC photographer Hugh Warwick. Great to see Simon Fairlie #TheLand (fab magazine!) holding a well dog-eared copy of Tim Deane's Nature Notes. Come and get a copy on our stall to the right of the main stage in the Assembly Rooms. #ORFC25
January 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Early worm gets the bird. strava.app.link/pAZ5InJ3TPb
January 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM