Miss Havisham

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May be pretending to be an agoraphobic Victorian literary trope. Intrigued and slightly irascible. Pandemic-ing at the disco.

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UK writers: if you're signed up to ALCS, you should have received an email about a survey on AI as it affects you. I urge you to fill it in: it is clear, short and to the point.

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Here’s the letter to which Radley alludes demanding investigation of a journalist for an op-ed. Trump never had much of a mask, if any, but a Vance pick is a mask-off moment, in the sense that it’s saying “you’re goddamned right we want fascism.” www.vance.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

Trump’s VP pick … — demanded the DOJ open a criminal investigation of a journalist for “insurrection” over an op-ed critical of Trump — spouted replacement theory garbage — called for criminal prosecutions of other Trump critics — blamed Biden for Trump shooting — called for Biden’s prosecution

www.vance.senate.gov

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It’s all 100% masks off at this point, lads.

Judge Cannon went and did it. She has dismissed the stolen documents case against Trump on Clarence Thomas’s (nonsense) appointments clause rationale.

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I try not to be an alarmist . . . but . . . f**k. We are doomed as a nation. wapo.st/3Y3xB0B

Trump’s classified documents case dismissed by Judge Aileen Cannonwapo.st Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Donald Trump.

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Just going to note, regarding "political violence" that three and a half years ago, Trump was encouraging a mob of people who wanted to hang his own VP.

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My personal experience at bluesky has been fantastic, much of the good of pre-Musk Twitter and none of the bad. Yet I’ve never felt as pessimistic about the future of this app as I do right now, watching another important Black voice get run off the platform. Seriously, what the fuck, people?

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NATO paid for travel for 16 social media influencers to cover its summit, and the US Defense and State departments invited 10; combined audiences reach ~40M (Laura Dhillon Kane/Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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"It was definitely, definitely frustrating to see the police really dragging their feet on naming what the community knew right away," says Lalonde. "If the police are not even willing to name that reality, they're reinforcing this idea that there's absolutely nothing we can do."

Advocates criticize time it took to confirm Harrow, Ont., mom, 2 kids died from intimate partner violence | CBC Newswww.cbc.ca Advocates working to raise awareness about domestic abuse say they're devastated to learn the deaths of the Walsh family in their Harrow, Ont., home last month is a case of intimate partner violence. A women's rights advocate in Ottawa says it was "long overdue" for police to publicly release that information.

This.

News companies are scrambling for ways to integrate AI. Mostly b/c they’re run by the same shortsighted ppl who last went all-in on Facebook, signing clearly faustian deals that crippled the industry. Of all the ideas that must’ve been pitched, it’s wild this is the one that got the green light.

What would it be like if Doug Ford had his govt put as much effort into detailing access to medical care as he does to having us pay for booze… … in a way which shall further undermine paying for ON’s health care. More, If said map also detailed ongoing ER/hospital closures across the province.

“the chaos in the beverage industry is entirely the Ford government’s doing — and now Ontarians are the ones paying for it.” #LCBOStrike #FordFailedOurWorkers #FordFailedOntario #onpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Doug Ford reveals new road map around the LCBO strikewww.thestar.com Ford unveiled a new searchable online map designed to help consumers find their favourite beer, wine, cider and spirits.

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Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces in the province's deal with the federal government, the provincial government says. #onpoli

Is the cap on for-profit centres hampering growth of $10-a-day child care in Ontario? | TVO Todayamp.tvo.org The province is asking Ottawa to lift the cap on for-profit spaces — but critics says Ontario should look to its own funding model first.

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Doug Ford: stealing from children. "The Ontario Science Centre says it has processed refunds for the cancelled summer camp programs following its sudden closure last month, though it may take up to seven days for the refund to be reflected on credit card statements." #OnPoli

Ontario Science Centre says refunds for cancelled summer camps have been processedwww.thestar.com A free “summer camp experience for families” previously registered for the Science Centre camps will be offered instead at a nearby school.

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Conservative supporters show higher susceptibility to Russian disinformation: survey: Conservative Party supporters in Canada are more likely to believe pro-Kremlin narratives than Liberals and New Democrats, poll suggests

Conservative supporters show higher susceptibility to Russian disinformation: surveywww.theglobeandmail.com Conservative Party supporters in Canada are more likely to believe pro-Kremlin narratives than Liberals and New Democrats, poll suggests

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Doug Ford’s plan to privatize alcohol sales will cost Ontario taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Now it’s forcing LCBO workers to go on strike. Workers say Ford is helping billionaires and big business siphon profits from healthcare, education and public services

Doug Ford's Alcohol Privatization Plan Will Cost Ontario Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. Now It's Forcing LCBO Workers To Go On Strike.pressprogress.ca LCBO workers accuse Ford of working with billionaires and big business to siphon profits from healthcare, education and public services

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Opinion - The demigods of populism: Leaders who claim to have divine missions are leaders who seek to increase their power and extend their rule

The demigods of populismwww.theglobeandmail.com Leaders who claim to have divine missions are leaders who seek to increase their power and extend their rule

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Extremely frustrating to hear legal experts analyzing the SCOTUS ruling on immunity like just another case - it's an inherently normalizing act. People need to stop playing constitutional Calvinball and treat them like political actors.

Guess who forgot to buy rum. Wait. What do Victorian misanthropes drink? Sherry? Forgot to buy Sherry. And absinthe. Looks like the strike begins at midnight.

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Man, if it turns out that the right winger telling NY Times readers that they should follow his example and not vote did in fact vote in the last two elections, the Times should add this to the piece. Better than a retraction, since it illustrates a willful hypocrisy.

He voted in both 2020 and 2022.

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An internal government document, obtained by @emmamci.bsky.social through access to information legislation, shows the Ministry of Transportation has “no commitment to a timeline” for finishing the project or even finalizing its design.

Ontario has ‘no commitment to a timeline’ for Highway 413 | The Narwhalthenarwhal.ca Ontario says it will start building Highway 413 next year, but a document shows the province doesn’t know when it’ll finish designing or building it

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Speaking as a semanticist, it's wild to me that they are phrasing it in terms of whether an *act* is characterized as "official", when what they seem to actually be talking about is whether there exists a *description* of the act that can be characterized as "official".

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There are two elements to the immunity decision that are particularly extreme in a way that many will miss: (1) motive is irrelevant and (2) immune acts are not just excluded from prosecution, they’re excluded from evidence. /1

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I wrote about the Supreme Court’s Trump immunity decision. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

Was Donald Trump, as president, a king? The US supreme court thinks so | Moira Doneganwww.theguardian.com In ruling that Trump enjoys ‘absolute immunity’ for ‘official acts’ as president, the court has set a disturbing precedent

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More evidence that N95 masks stop COVID transmission. 🧪🩺This controlled Lancet study measured actual #s of virus particles from COVID patient breath & found masks reduced escaped particles 98%. Lowered risk of COVID transmission by 20-fold. (Surgical masks did poorly, so why do surgeons wear them?)

Relative efficacy of masks and respirators as source control for viral aerosol shedding from people infected with SARS-CoV-2: a controlled human exhaled breath aerosol experimental studywww.thelancet.com These results suggest that N95 respirators could be the standard of care in nursing homes and healthcare settings when respiratory viral infections are prevalent in the community and healthcare-associ...

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God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Boardwww.inquirer.com Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

What is your favourite black and white movie?

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In the face of mask bans that are entirely intended to intimidate into compliance or drive from public life anyone still masking, please make sure your vaccines are as up to date as possible, as well as engaging in any other non-harmful prophylactic measures you need to in order to be and feel safe.

If you want to contact your politicians about mask ban bills, here's a template. Necessary change points like titles & name of addressees are highlighted yellow, but feel free to adjust as needed. If bills are already introduced in your area, consider including their exact legislative ID if you can.

Mask Ban Bill Letter or Call Templatedocs.google.com

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‘Hospital administration said the closure was a last resort, and that they regret having to take that step’ For the people of #Wingham - for us all- please broadcast widely We all matter or none of us do. #ONpoli #SavePublicHealthcare cknxnewstoday.ca/news/2024/06...

Wingham Hospital ER temporarily closing during Homecomingcknxnewstoday.ca The ER will be closed from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. due to staffing shortages

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The @P_H_S_Official has now switched to weekly reports as it has detected the increase in COVID in wastewater for several weeks, which it said was accompanied by a rise in laboratory-confirmed PCR and self-reported cases. #COVIDIsNotOver news.stv.tv/scotland/sur...

Surge in Covid infections and spike in hospital admissions in Scotlandnews.stv.tv The rise in cases has prompted Public Health Scotland to return to weekly updates.

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This is VERY cool. CSPAN turned the interview I did about the history of government surveillance and turned it into a teachable lesson, with discussion questions, for their Tech Social Studies curricula.

U.S. Government Information Collection and Surveillance | C-SPAN Classroomwww.c-span.org

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Frankly so impressed that a government that has underspent on health by billions of dollars is, nonetheless, so concerned about health and safety that it’ll abruptly close a science center located on prime condo development land #blessed