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When it's your turn to walk the dragon and you are not into it:
Jennifer Slack
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Republicans choke on defense of Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Could it be shame?
Laffy#Canada Readies #Tariffs on $105 Billion of US Products If #Trump Hits First https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-15/canada-readies-tariffs-on-105-billion-of-us-products-if-trump-hits-first
Canada Readies Tariffs on $105 Billion of US Products If Trump Hits First
Canada has drawn up an initial list of C$150 billion ($105 billion) of US-manufactured items that it would hit with tariffs if President-elect Donald Trump decides to levy tariffs against Canadian goods, according to an official familiar with the matter.
A little light reading. The Jack Smith Report. You can down load it here. https://bsky.app/profile/whodat35.bsky.social/post/3lfolnjy4gc2f
JuneSim63They've drunk the techbros' koolaid. Instead of investing in people, they're going to sink billions into energy & water guzzling AI, thereby ramping up global warming.
Gullible fools.
"The government plan features a potentially controversial scheme to unlock public data to help fuel the growth of AI businesses. This includes anonymised NHS data, which will be available for “researchers and innovators” to train their AI models"
ProjectFearlessnessElon Musk's interventions in U.K. politics has made an impression on the U.K. public, just not in the way he would like to think.
The more we hear about Elon Musk, the less we like him.
Musk's net favourability is now at -51 in the U.K.
MastodonToday Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control. #MastodonNonProfit
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/
The people should own the town square
It is more important than ever that the social web is not controlled by corporations. Today, Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control.
UK journalist Carole Cadwalladr understands the ways journalistic information intersects with political power better than anyone. Thanks to US MAGA voters the situation is quickly getting worse.
This piece is alarming, but every point she makes tracks to what we (US UK +) are experiencing. I highly recommend reading.
https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/total-information-collapse?r=2nsl7&utm_medium=ios
OpenCage 👉🌍We originally had a different topic planned for this week's #geoweirdness thread, but the global discussion has turned to Greenland 🇬🇱, so let's go with it.
Join us as we consider the geographic oddities of the world's northernmost territory.
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