RE: https://wandering.shop/@ScottEdelman/116293145810639706
This. And also, don't bring the TSA back when this is all gone, let's stop pretending any of this ritual dehumanization and abuse would have prevented 9/11.
Denmark holds early elections spurred by Trump's threats to take Greenland
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I also have to point out that the most expensive space telescope (JWST) cost about $500 million/year. We spent 1000x that much on AI development in 2025.
Data collection is essential for discovery...and it's remarkably cheap compared to many other things we do routinely.
If I am reading a news article and I see a headline that says, “Why It Matters”, I close it immediately.
This kind of infantilising garbage started in the 2010s, I think, probably with Vox.
I am so tired of the present-day media that tries so hard to “reach” me “where I’m at”. I like reading newspaper articles from 40 years ago, not because their editorial positions were necessarily right and defensible, but because they were written under a shared expectation of sufficient culture and assumed intrinsic will-to-knowledge — the virtues of a ‘Citizen’.

A local constituent has initiated a petition calling for a Kingston stop in the Alto high-speed rail project. 🚆 This petition highlights the importance of ensuring our community is included while also considering a route that reduces environmental impact. 👉 https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7257