Carl Forde 🇨🇦

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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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Just a reminder that Michelle Wolf nailed it at the White House Correspondents Dinner. NYT, I’m looking in your direction especially.

Lilies new and old

Daisies growing next to our house

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The bartender says "sorry, we don't serve faster than light particles here." Two tachyons walk into a bar. The punchline comes before the joke You know what the worst thing about time travel jokes is?

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I saw this was trending and had to google it "The post alleges that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for this year's presidential election, "forced" young girls to "perform lesbian sex acts."

Donald Trump, Katie Johnson allegations: Everything we knowwww.newsweek.com Allegations from a lawsuit that was dismissed in 2016 are circulating on social media.

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“The rabbits got the gun now” coming from a lawyer for a crooked Governor going after a newspaper writer is such a telling comment about how much we’ve let powerful people cast themselves as victims and it goes from this to Elon to Trump and everywhere else

Mississippi is the poorest state in the US. Even though the state gets federal welfare funds, it is difficult to get welfare. The money was all getting stolen, and they got away with it. Now the journalists who exposed the story are facing a lawsuit and jail. www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...

She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.www.nbcnews.com "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

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Overwhelmed by Project 2025? Here's a more accessible guide to Trump and his supporters' authoritarian plans, compiled by Amanda Carpenter and others. www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org

The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org How an authoritarian president will dismantle our democracy and what we can do to protect it

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"The Court’s curious and convoluted majority opinion turns the Constitution’s text and structure inside out and upside down, saying things that are flatly contradicted by the document’s unambiguous letter and obvious spirit."

Something Has Gone Deeply Wrong at the Supreme Courtwww.theatlantic.com Jurists who preach fidelity to the Constitution are making decisions that flatly contradict our founding document’s text and ideals.

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In 2016, Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Wisconsin about the importance of the Supreme Court. She warned that 2016 was "make or break" for the court—and the country. National media—focused on her emails and Trump's antics—barely covered the speech. www.thenation.com/article/arch...

Hillary Clinton Just Delivered the Strongest Speech of Her Campaign—and the Media Barely Noticedwww.thenation.com Nothing sums up the high-drama, low-substance nature of 2016 race coverage more than the underplaying of a serious speech about the Supreme Court.

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A thing to remember: this kind of sovereignty has always existed *over some kinds of people* What some see as a new dystopia has always been a dystopia for others. Dooming and glooming all over the place is to disregard the fight that many have persevered with through the worst parts of history.

Terry Fox Ride of Hope

Welcoming committee wanted as Terry Fox cyclists arrive in Chilliwackwww.theprogress.com Brother Darrell Fox and team to ride 360km in 10th annual Terry Fox Ride of Hope

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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

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Lies. One of my favorite quotes from Timothy Snyder

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"Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised."

Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strainswww.universityofcalifornia.edu Scientists at UC Riverside have devised a vaccine that targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a given virus.

This way up

Promontory, to the Gravel & Mt Thomwww.strava.com Over 10,000m of climbing this month

Some wet daisies

More wet lilies

"It’s true that we are losing money on electric vehicles in the first innings of this transition, largely due to the upfront investment costs. But that too is changing. After all, what major technological leap forward wasn’t challenging and costly at the early stages?"

Confessions from a lifelong Petrol Head. I love electric vehicles and it has nothing to do with politics.www.linkedin.com The rumble of a V-8 feels like the soundtrack of my life. So as a lifelong petrol head, I was surprised as anyone when I fell in love with electric vehicles.

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Canadians with disabilities remain locked in ‘legislated poverty,’ and many want to die #disabilities #Canada #MAID #poverty ricochet.media/justice/heal...

Canadians with disabilities remain locked in ‘legislated poverty,’ and many want to diericochet.media MAiD’s expansion to include mental health may be on indefinite hold, but the government has still done nothing to help people live

Canada vs. Peru at Copa America 2024

Canada vs. Peru FULL HIGHLIGHTS | Copa America 2024www.youtube.com Canada takes on Peru in their second match of round robin action at 2024 Copa America.

Some lilies looking fabulous

My shovel is NFG (Not Functioning Good)

Lily after the rain

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Can you afford kids? It’s not just a money question - it depends on your lifestyle and priorities: No matter what financial analysis we do, there are many unknowns to consider. How will your career progress? Will your child have expensive needs?

Can you afford kids? It’s not just a money question - it depends on your lifestyle and prioritieswww.theglobeandmail.com No matter what financial analysis we do, there are many unknowns to consider. How will your career progress? Will your child have expensive needs?

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There's an interesting problem in digital preservation, which is that preservation only exists actively. Only the things you actively move to new formats, survives. Community is probably the same way: it has to be actively maintained in order to outlive whatever spot it's currently in.

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All of this stuff, including the technology itself is Cargo Cult Thinking. They believe that if they can recreate the surface details, the interior will magically grow itself to fill in the gaps. We can't code our way backwards into conscious intelligence when we don't even know how ours works yet.

Uncle Wiggly's Hot Shoes Blues Band- Long Way To Fall

Uncle Wiggly's Hot Shoes Blues Band- Long Way To Fallwww.youtube.com Uncle Wiggly's Hot Shoes Blues Band

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