bastage42
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Dad, musician, sysadmin, Star Citizen, hockey 🇨🇦
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Doug Ford *falsely claiming* he has the power to audit his enemies when he doesn’t actually have that power is still a news story
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
It would have been nice if someone asked Doug Ford to explain how he plans to order these charity audits given charities are overseen federally by Canada Revenue Agency
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Doug Ford *falsely claiming* he has the power to audit his enemies when he doesn’t actually have that power is still a news story
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
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Circulating on facebook. Might as well circulate here too.
Not my content.
Not my content.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Circulating on facebook. Might as well circulate here too.
Not my content.
Not my content.
YES, can someone *please* ask these mob-lite populists some real questions? And which left-wing radical groups are we talking about?
It would have been nice if someone asked Doug Ford to explain how he plans to order these charity audits given charities are overseen federally by Canada Revenue Agency
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
YES, can someone *please* ask these mob-lite populists some real questions? And which left-wing radical groups are we talking about?
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
@avery.needs.monster I saw you were in-game last night so I tried to hail you just to say hello, but you seemed to have lost your head
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@avery.needs.monster I saw you were in-game last night so I tried to hail you just to say hello, but you seemed to have lost your head
Took a rented Clipper on a quick mission, it was fine though I think I’d sink some effort into upgrading the components. I think the benefits of it aren’t so much in ship-to-ship combat but I didn’t have time to really explore them. Seems really useful but the San’tok.Yai was much more fun to fly.
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Took a rented Clipper on a quick mission, it was fine though I think I’d sink some effort into upgrading the components. I think the benefits of it aren’t so much in ship-to-ship combat but I didn’t have time to really explore them. Seems really useful but the San’tok.Yai was much more fun to fly.
Obligatory “that’s not supposed to happen” #StarCitizen screenshot from under the hangar floor
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Obligatory “that’s not supposed to happen” #StarCitizen screenshot from under the hangar floor
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Rented a couple ships and … oh, wow, okay … I could def get used to a San’tok Yai #StarCitizen
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Rented a couple ships and … oh, wow, okay … I could def get used to a San’tok Yai #StarCitizen
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Doug Ford and his cronies are crooks. By 2030 Ontario will be bankrupt. Not him. Us. #fordgovernment #corrupt #onpoli
The 'Sunshine List' shows salaries in the Premier's Office cost taxpayers at least $7M. PC gov docs show a cost of only $2M.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Doug Ford and his cronies are crooks. By 2030 Ontario will be bankrupt. Not him. Us. #fordgovernment #corrupt #onpoli
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Asteroid 2022 RD₂ may become a mini-moon not once, but three times in 2043–2044. This may not exactly look like an orbit, But during each capture, if the Sun suddenly vanished, RD₂ would remain gravitationally bound to Earth indefinitely. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Asteroid 2022 RD₂ may become a mini-moon not once, but three times in 2043–2044. This may not exactly look like an orbit, But during each capture, if the Sun suddenly vanished, RD₂ would remain gravitationally bound to Earth indefinitely. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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There will be a moment of silence for Colleen Jones ahead of tonight's women's draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There will be a moment of silence for Colleen Jones ahead of tonight's women's draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
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Colleen Jones has died.
One of the greatest curlers in Canadian history, she appeared at the Scotties 21 times, winning six championships. She also won two World Championships. Jones was also a broadcaster on CBC for four decades before she retired.
One of the greatest curlers in Canadian history, she appeared at the Scotties 21 times, winning six championships. She also won two World Championships. Jones was also a broadcaster on CBC for four decades before she retired.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Colleen Jones has died.
One of the greatest curlers in Canadian history, she appeared at the Scotties 21 times, winning six championships. She also won two World Championships. Jones was also a broadcaster on CBC for four decades before she retired.
One of the greatest curlers in Canadian history, she appeared at the Scotties 21 times, winning six championships. She also won two World Championships. Jones was also a broadcaster on CBC for four decades before she retired.
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This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
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recipes are a canary in the coal mine for every negative trend on the web
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
recipes are a canary in the coal mine for every negative trend on the web
The capacity for AI to royally fuck everything up is essentially limited only by our electricity supply (which AI is also fucking up)
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The capacity for AI to royally fuck everything up is essentially limited only by our electricity supply (which AI is also fucking up)
what have they done
The brands have it now. Soon it will die
(or do young people like brands? Who even knows anymore)
(or do young people like brands? Who even knows anymore)
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
what have they done
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New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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The question "soldiers should obey illegal orders" ultimately boils down to "should soldiers shoot and kill opponents of the regime when the pretend dictator commands them to do so?"
Whether they realize it or not, these people are arguing the regime should be allowed to kill political opponents.
Whether they realize it or not, these people are arguing the regime should be allowed to kill political opponents.
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The question "soldiers should obey illegal orders" ultimately boils down to "should soldiers shoot and kill opponents of the regime when the pretend dictator commands them to do so?"
Whether they realize it or not, these people are arguing the regime should be allowed to kill political opponents.
Whether they realize it or not, these people are arguing the regime should be allowed to kill political opponents.
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Late-stage capitalism is death by a thousand cuts. Cuts to our food safety, air and water quality, overall health and well-being so greedy corporations can make even more money. If you die, you die.
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Late-stage capitalism is death by a thousand cuts. Cuts to our food safety, air and water quality, overall health and well-being so greedy corporations can make even more money. If you die, you die.
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Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
Might have to check out the Drake Clipper before it disappears from free fly.
But I’m kinda feeling like the notion is from peer pressure as much as it is from useful ship design! #StarCitizen
But I’m kinda feeling like the notion is from peer pressure as much as it is from useful ship design! #StarCitizen
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Might have to check out the Drake Clipper before it disappears from free fly.
But I’m kinda feeling like the notion is from peer pressure as much as it is from useful ship design! #StarCitizen
But I’m kinda feeling like the notion is from peer pressure as much as it is from useful ship design! #StarCitizen
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Disinformation regenerates... New forms, new platforms, new tricks.
This #DoctorWhoDay, travel through the history of propaganda with a course that explores how persuasion and deception evolves... and regenerate your knowledge to stay one step ahead (no TARDIS required).
This #DoctorWhoDay, travel through the history of propaganda with a course that explores how persuasion and deception evolves... and regenerate your knowledge to stay one step ahead (no TARDIS required).
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Disinformation regenerates... New forms, new platforms, new tricks.
This #DoctorWhoDay, travel through the history of propaganda with a course that explores how persuasion and deception evolves... and regenerate your knowledge to stay one step ahead (no TARDIS required).
This #DoctorWhoDay, travel through the history of propaganda with a course that explores how persuasion and deception evolves... and regenerate your knowledge to stay one step ahead (no TARDIS required).