Ash
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While Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues, the Israeli government paves the way for a ‘Gazafication’ of the West Bank.
Bearing Witness and Finding Place: Kathy Kelly Seeking a World Beyond War - World BEYOND War
While Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues, the Israeli government paves the way for a ‘Gazafication’ of the West Bank. #WorldBEYONDWar
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
While Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues, the Israeli government paves the way for a ‘Gazafication’ of the West Bank.
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Sadly, ME and Long Covid have taken another bright light.
Megan was creative, spunky, intelligent, kind, and beautiful. In the end, she was barely able to exist because of severe ME and Long Covid.
Please don’t let anyone convince you that viruses are harmless
#RIPMegan🕊️
Megan was creative, spunky, intelligent, kind, and beautiful. In the end, she was barely able to exist because of severe ME and Long Covid.
Please don’t let anyone convince you that viruses are harmless
#RIPMegan🕊️
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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After months of threats, Iranian authorities have rearrested human rights defender, writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.
Mohammadi was detained by plain clothed security forces after giving a speech at a memorial service for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi:
pen.org/press-releas...
Mohammadi was detained by plain clothed security forces after giving a speech at a memorial service for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi:
pen.org/press-releas...
Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, alongside other human rights defenders and journalists, one year after her temporary liberation
After months of threats, Iranian authorities have re-arrested writer, journalist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.
pen.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
After months of threats, Iranian authorities have rearrested human rights defender, writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.
Mohammadi was detained by plain clothed security forces after giving a speech at a memorial service for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi:
pen.org/press-releas...
Mohammadi was detained by plain clothed security forces after giving a speech at a memorial service for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi:
pen.org/press-releas...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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"'Many of the general themes and specific theses often seemed drawn straight from Build Canada memos or principles, and we were delighted to see friend and memo author of Build Canada, Eliot Pence, quoted directly and footnoted in the speech,' the organization stated...in a post on its Substack."
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"'Many of the general themes and specific theses often seemed drawn straight from Build Canada memos or principles, and we were delighted to see friend and memo author of Build Canada, Eliot Pence, quoted directly and footnoted in the speech,' the organization stated...in a post on its Substack."
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On Wednesday, December 10, a delegation of Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, crossed through Jackson, Mississippi, on a 2,300-mile sojourn to Washington, D.C.
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Photos: Buddhist Monks On Nationwide Walk For Peace Pass Through Jackson
A group of Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, traveled through Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
On Wednesday, December 10, a delegation of Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, crossed through Jackson, Mississippi, on a 2,300-mile sojourn to Washington, D.C.
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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Greetings and good morning it’s the Friday farm rush hour with our donkeys, sheep and toast
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Greetings and good morning it’s the Friday farm rush hour with our donkeys, sheep and toast
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Antonio Felle shows two inscriptions from 3rd-cent. catacomb. Latin was used for daughter and Greek for her mother. Language choice interpreted as related to Greek as main language of Scripture at this time rather than geographical origin. Learning a lot at conference on Rome and the Others
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Antonio Felle shows two inscriptions from 3rd-cent. catacomb. Latin was used for daughter and Greek for her mother. Language choice interpreted as related to Greek as main language of Scripture at this time rather than geographical origin. Learning a lot at conference on Rome and the Others
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A paved pathway was built through a wetland in Severn, outside of Orillia, surprising the community and council. Across Ontario, flood-mitigating wetlands are losing protections - sometimes because developers pay experts that redraw protection maps, which the province just .. accepts?
When a developer carved a path through a wetland, the extent caught neighbours and Severn Township by surprise — but there was little anyone could do. Wetlands are disappearing across Ontario, along with the rules meant to protect them. thenarwhal.ca/severn-ontar...
Ontario is losing wetlands: Severn's is an example | The Narwhal
A developer built a trail through a wetland near Orillia, catching neighbours and the township by surprise. Across Ontario, wetlands are getting harder and harder to protect
thenarwhal.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A paved pathway was built through a wetland in Severn, outside of Orillia, surprising the community and council. Across Ontario, flood-mitigating wetlands are losing protections - sometimes because developers pay experts that redraw protection maps, which the province just .. accepts?
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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>"Rather than removing any vehicle lanes, the City of Toronto is instead planning to narrow them to accommodate bikes"
Heh.
Heh.
This is REALLY important in Ontario, where a really bad Premier has been attacking cities in many ways, including blocking smart bike infrastructure: “Rather than contravening the Ontario govt by removing vehicle lanes, the City of Toronto is instead planning to narrow them to accommodate bikes.”
'It's a win-win': How Toronto is planning 20km of new bike lanes without defying Ford
The City of Toronto is also planning $30-million worth of infrastructure upgrades, including bike lanes, cycle tracks, and trails.
toronto.citynews.ca
December 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
>"Rather than removing any vehicle lanes, the City of Toronto is instead planning to narrow them to accommodate bikes"
Heh.
Heh.
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Bot hands on misery to man
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don’t use chatGPT yourself
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don’t use chatGPT yourself
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Bot hands on misery to man
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don’t use chatGPT yourself
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don’t use chatGPT yourself
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December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This article argues that Canadian banking regulations are too tight because Canadian banks are safe, and since we haven't had a bank collapse in 40 years, we should just go ahead and loosen regulations.
GEE, I WONDER WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD A BANK COLLAPSE IN 40 YEARS!
GEE, I WONDER WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD A BANK COLLAPSE IN 40 YEARS!
Business Brief: Canada is holding back its banks
An obsession with stability is hurting both the economy and Canadians
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This article argues that Canadian banking regulations are too tight because Canadian banks are safe, and since we haven't had a bank collapse in 40 years, we should just go ahead and loosen regulations.
GEE, I WONDER WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD A BANK COLLAPSE IN 40 YEARS!
GEE, I WONDER WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD A BANK COLLAPSE IN 40 YEARS!
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Counting up the work I've done this year, and feeling pretty good about it! In 2025, I've drawn:
146 maps
17 figures
4 pieces of commissioned artwork
Fantasy subway maps
c. 50k words worth of patreon writing
Lots of non-commissioned artwork
That's a lot to draw by hand! Here are some favorites:
146 maps
17 figures
4 pieces of commissioned artwork
Fantasy subway maps
c. 50k words worth of patreon writing
Lots of non-commissioned artwork
That's a lot to draw by hand! Here are some favorites:
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Counting up the work I've done this year, and feeling pretty good about it! In 2025, I've drawn:
146 maps
17 figures
4 pieces of commissioned artwork
Fantasy subway maps
c. 50k words worth of patreon writing
Lots of non-commissioned artwork
That's a lot to draw by hand! Here are some favorites:
146 maps
17 figures
4 pieces of commissioned artwork
Fantasy subway maps
c. 50k words worth of patreon writing
Lots of non-commissioned artwork
That's a lot to draw by hand! Here are some favorites:
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Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."
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When you have a better day, and you're scared to do anything with the energy/clarity because you know how fast you can lose it and it just feels so good to *feel* more alive, you're happy just thinking and feeling. You truly know how sacred life is, and how relentless ME/CFS is.
#MECFS
#MECFS
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
When you have a better day, and you're scared to do anything with the energy/clarity because you know how fast you can lose it and it just feels so good to *feel* more alive, you're happy just thinking and feeling. You truly know how sacred life is, and how relentless ME/CFS is.
#MECFS
#MECFS
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Foot in mouth disease - in conjunction with ME/CFS
Yesterday I offended someone here, who then blocked me, due to crossed wires. When I'm crashed, I find it hard to communicate - nuance, tone, clarity. I hate this and do all I can to avoid it.
So, my apologies in advance, it's always accidental!
Yesterday I offended someone here, who then blocked me, due to crossed wires. When I'm crashed, I find it hard to communicate - nuance, tone, clarity. I hate this and do all I can to avoid it.
So, my apologies in advance, it's always accidental!
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Foot in mouth disease - in conjunction with ME/CFS
Yesterday I offended someone here, who then blocked me, due to crossed wires. When I'm crashed, I find it hard to communicate - nuance, tone, clarity. I hate this and do all I can to avoid it.
So, my apologies in advance, it's always accidental!
Yesterday I offended someone here, who then blocked me, due to crossed wires. When I'm crashed, I find it hard to communicate - nuance, tone, clarity. I hate this and do all I can to avoid it.
So, my apologies in advance, it's always accidental!
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...