Karen Walton
@karenwalton.bsky.social
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Screen and television writer. Human rights & clean water fan. Made in Canada.
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been reading a lot of medieval English history recently and it's instructive as to why the Anglo political tradition evolved away from monarchy. every 4th king or so would turn out to be a murderous lunatic, people got sick of it
it is kind of interesting how not only do they openly yearn for monarchy, but they also want a system of monarchy more absolute than almost any of the historical reference points where the president can tax, spend, declare war, even suspend habeas corpus at will
A major outage of Amazon Web Services servers affecting multiple websites this morning prompted immediate calls for Europe to boost its tech sovereignty.
AWS outage fuels call for Europe to limit reliance on US tech
Monday’s disruption comes as EU leaders prepare to address digital sovereignty at a gathering this week.
www.politico.eu
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Toronto Star
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A ‘jaw-dropper’ poll showed surging support for an Alberta separatist party. Turns out the polling firm and the party weren’t so separate
The Alberta Republican Party leader previously had an ownership stake in the same polling company that reported support for his new party was surging.
www.thestar.com
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Toronto Star
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Government secrecy clouds $237 million in funding to groups that endorsed Doug Ford
Seventeen trade unions and industry groups that endorsed Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives in the February election received $237 million from the government’s controversial Skills Develop...
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Johnson doubles down on his criticisms of the “No Kings” rallies, decrying the widely peaceful demonstrations as evidence of “a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”
Speaker Johnson doubles down on ‘No Kings’ criticism following demonstrations nationwide
He alleged the protests indicate “a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”
www.politico.com
A terf breaks through the wall like the kool aid man
"I DEMAND TO KNOW HOW ALL THE POKEMAN FUCK"
"I DEMAND TO KNOW HOW ALL THE POKEMAN FUCK"
TERFs pretending to freak out about the “transgender propaganda” of “unknown gender” in pokemon that was in the series since gen 2 released in 1999
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@bradlander.bsky.social at #NoKings #Manhattan
I think this might be the eighth or ninth time I've photographed Lander in NYC? Dude shows up!
I think this might be the eighth or ninth time I've photographed Lander in NYC? Dude shows up!
Across all the major outlets — NYT, WSJ, WaPo, LAT, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, NPR, Bloomberg — the only outlet without a No Kings story on its home page is CBS News.
For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"
For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"
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