Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 16h

*Results not guaranteed. Income inequality may cause side-effects. Consult your developmental economist if you experience loss in quality of life or living standards.

4

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 1d

That's why the PRC has such strict rules for pictures and video of their state leaders in their media. You cannot knowingly or unknowingly put the leader in a bad light. Even when you try to kiss ass you can inadvertently mess up, so everyone knows and follow certain rules.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 3d

Well, we got lucky someone thought the same way. We might not always be that lucky.
bsky.app/profile/rike...

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 18d

Happy Stanislav Petrov day! Sometimes, questioning what the computer tells you, is the way to go.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

Me, a Jays fan:

mr. burns from the simpsons is making a funny face and says excellent .

Alt: GIF of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons saying "Excellent" with his signature finger tent motion.

media.tenor.com

1

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

It's at least a 5 hour flight to Toronto, they lose another 3 hours for the time change. They might as well forfeit to save some arms.

1 1

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

bsky.app/profile/dana...

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 4d

You
Can
Not
Be
Hit
By
Pitch
While
Offering
At
A
Pitch

Besides, it hit the fucking bat!

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

So this is an old issue that was more or less successfully beaten back, but now that these cranks are actually in charge, they are rehashing it, trying to make it a thing.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

IIRC this is an old "controversy" where the HPV shot would somehow make women more promiscuous. (It's crazy) But it got play in GOP states but a funny thing happened with TX & then gov Perry. He sided with "big pharma", apparently a donor, & kept the vax. TX cervical cancer rate dropped ever since.

1

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 5d

The thing about Norway is that they have a sovereign wealth fund worth about 1.9 trillion - with a T. If they decide to throw that around for sovereignty reasons, watch out.

1

Reposted by Yee

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 5d

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 5d

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

49 1.1K 4.1K

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 5d

bsky.app/profile/this...

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 5d

I wonder how many Hail Marys this will cost them.

2

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 5d

I wonder how many Hail Marys this will cost them.

1 62

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 5d

Let him cook, then use it to threaten Hungary.

1

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 5d

👀
@nuclearkatie.com
@funranium.bsky.social

1 2

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 6d

Well, that's my Halloween costume sorted.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6d

had never before considered that the inflatable costumes offer pepper ball protection

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 9d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 6d

Our defensive substitutions are actually secretly offensive.

Reposted by Yee

Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 7d

The comments on this post are … something. The lack of empathy, political imagination, and strategic thinking is troubling. C’mon folks. Ben points out a vulnerability and lever (the NG troops who could become allies against these deployments) and the replies are like, “Nope. Eff that. Eff them.”

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 7d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

27 28 120

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 7d

I dunno about this. Beyond the effects on folks in Ottawa, that the civil case you mentioned might cover/get redress, this was a direct attack on our democracy & rule of law. It contributed to the atmosphere that led to Coutts & damaged our int'l trade. Not enough deterrence & denunciation I feel.

1

Reposted by Yee

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 7d

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

12 480 1.9K

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 7d

Gonna be hard to attract and retain folks with a brain when they're only interested in promoting folks that want to cosplay with them.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 7d

In some future conflict, some "out of shape" geeks with a drone swam are going to annihilate these cosplay dummies like they are the VDV.

1

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 7d

Practically though, I suppose you'd take a deposit upfront and/or as per the legislation, goods you could seize.

1

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 7d

Inn Keepers' / Hotel Keepers' Acts or similar. The following is from 1936 and long repealed. Every jurisdiction is likely different but later general debtor/creditor legislation probably superseded the hotel specific acts in respect of debt collection.
www.canlii.org/en/sk/laws/a...

www.canlii.org

1 5

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 8d

bsky.app/profile/jour...

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 8d

They would only wear those a couple of times a year at most—for a Speech from the Throne, or if they were inducting a new member to the Court.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 8d

RETVRN!

Amicus, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) mascot in the form of an anthropomorphized owl, wearing the previous version of the SCC judges' robes. These robes can be accurately described as "Santa costumes". The image has Amicus inside the SCC court room, and they are standing at the lectern used to deliver oral submissions to the SCC bench. Amicus is playing for the camera in an amusing pose.

Image source: https://x.com/SCC_eng/status/1086358923362344961/photo/2

2 3 23