Hamilton cast doing their thing: youtu.be/ayWiE_gL9mU

2026: Time for the Midterms

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It's well worth reading or listening to this entire speech, not just the excerpts quoted in news stories. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Read Mark Carney's full speech to the European Parliament | CBC News

Read Prime Minister Mark Carney's remarks to the European Parliament on Thursday.

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🚨 The U.S. military nearly launched an operation against a Chinese ship after an AI-assisted intelligence report falsely claimed it was carrying components for a nuclear weapons program. Aircraft were reportedly already in the air before officials caught the error and called off the mission.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch has obtained new images showing severe destruction at a U.S. base in Kuwait following an Iranian attack. See the images and our full report:

EXCLUSIVE: Images Show Severe Destruction at US Base in Kuwait

MeidasTouch has obtained exclusive images this afternoon showing the aftermath of an Iranian attack on a US base in Kuwait, and based on what we've reviewed,

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WORDLESS SCREAMS OF RAGE *** www.independent.co.uk/news/donald-...

Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species

Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act

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Canadians! Sign the official parliament petition for regulating Data Centers in Canada www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

BREAKING: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become the bloc’s first associate member. She told Prime Minister Mark Carney she wants to deepen their economic and security ties as Canada faces mounting trade tensions with Trump

Hooray! This month's Patron Q&A video is up now. Join my Patreon at any level from $1.99/month to watch me answer questions about the supernatural creatures in the Lady & Lord Riven series, my favorite cats in fiction, and how I came to Wales. (Also, Pebbles joined in with an extended cameo! 🐈 )

NEWS: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads to Israel, with the weapons to be purchased using U.S. taxpayer dollars through the Foreign Military Financing program

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

If they are accessing state official voter registration websites, they can easily alter data like addresses as well by posing as registered voters that hadn't yet created an account. They have all the personal details to do so thank to DOGE bros collecting are our info.

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Check address as well. Check every week until your vote shows up as counted. Many southerners showed up to polls in 2024 only to learn that someone had completely changed their address weeks before. Early voters were at least able to get to Secretary of state offices to correct issue.

I'm reading a Harlequin romance from 1972 and I'd forgotten how consent is a new thing. He kisses her when he feels like it and she pines silently. She's excellent at her job but he's brilliant and gives orders and shelters and controls her. Hell no.

My friend and excellent fantasy & SF writer, Katherine Kitt Kerr, urgently needs help with overdue taxes and a chair that will enable her to continue working. Please consider a donation. gofund.me/0eb4f191c

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According to a new report, Atlantic Industrial Coatings found that workers failed to apply enough primer in some areas and that two materials used in the liner system were incompatible. So no, the damage didn’t “happen because of vandalism.” It was the result of a botched renovation!

Contractor blames its own repairs, not vandals, for Reflecting Pool failure

Documents, which have not previously been reported, make clear that the contractor found problems in the design and the execution of the renovation.

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The CRTC Just Changed How Internet Plans Are Sold in Canada The CRTC is bringing in new rules that should make it easier for Canadians to compare internet plans and understand what they are… https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/09/10/the-crtc-just-changed-how-internet-plans-are-sold-in-canada/

The CRTC Just Changed How Internet Plans Are Sold in Canada

The CRTC is bringing in new rules that should make it easier for Canadians to compare internet plans and understand what they are actually paying for. The regulator said Thursday that internet providers will need to give customers clearer and more consistent information when advertising their plans. That includes showing the internet speeds customers can expect during the busiest times of day, instead of only advertising speeds listed as “up to.” How many times have you seen the "up to" speed, only to see your speed at home far slower than advertised?

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Barnes and Noble is running a pre-order special on SAVED BY THE SPELL (contemporary/AU fantasy standalone) over the 9th to the 11th of September. (Because I have a tenuous grasp on the date, I totally forgot to mention this yesterday.)

🚨 LG smart TVs have been caught collecting data even while offline or in standby mode. An investigation found models could scan nearby Wi-Fi devices, track what you’re watching, and even store microphone audio while disconnected, then upload that data once the TV reconnects to the internet.

They really are just openly trying to buy votes now. Trump says every adult American will get a $5,000 “Trump dividend”, but only if Republicans win both the House and Senate in November.

Major Update: Elon Musk launches "voter registration" website that is a front to collect your information, including your location and IP address. And many people are being duped. Trump blocks 5 Epstein investigations. Trump's family calls him a liar. RNC convention is empty. Subscribe to support:

NEWS: Trump Blocks International Epstein Investigations, Musk's Vote Website Is Secretly Stealing Your Data, Trump's Family Calls Him a Liar

Good evening.

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"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking

...And better yet, from today through Friday, you can order the gorgeous North American trade paperback edition for 25% off at Barnes & Noble with the code PREORDER25! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/melting-th...

I have received news of a perfectly named cafe located on the waterfront of Nova Scotia's capital, if you know what I mean

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

Anthropic settlement authors--I'd like to hear from any children's authors who are seeing 25% claims from the WFH illustrators who did interior illustrations for their books. beware@sfwa.org Probably another error to add to the cavalcade, but I'm trying to determine how widespread this is. Thanks!

NEWS: Iceland has summoned the U.S. ambassador after Trump posted a map depicting Iceland, Canada, Greenland and other countries and territories under the American flag.

Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador After Trump Posts Image of the Nation as Part of the U.S.

Official diplomatic summons is the first step towards the dissolving of relations

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I don’t remember whose insight this is, but it blew my mind when I first read that to understand American history you have to get that race law was designed to increase the number of enslavable people (one-drop rule) and decrease the number of claimants to indigenous land (blood quantum)

About that GoFundMe, I have severe chronic arthritis. It's difficult and painful for me to get out of a regular chair, even a recliner. I'll be 82 in a month, so I'm not likely to get better or have surgery. All help much appreciated!

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.