Carl Forde 🇨🇦
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Old School Web Denizen Chilliwack, BC I didn't know I could do it until I decided I was going to do it (he/him)
"Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years." When we fight, we win. This is a huge victory. apnews.com/article/t...
BREAKING: a federal judge has GRANTED limited discovery in a lawsuit to get to the bottom of how DoJ got its hands on a private memo it improperly obtained and used to file a judicial complaint against Judge Boasberg in the AEA case (CECOT). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum Opinion – #43 in Res Ipsa Media, LLC v. Department of Justice (D. Maryland, 1:25-cv-02866) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Adam B Abelson on 9/14/2026. (hmls, Deputy Clerk)
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Alberta exempted $70 billion proposal from environmental impact assessment and, in the oilsands, advised Suncor there’s no need for an environmental review before releasing up to 12 million cubic metres of treated oilsands tailings water into Athabasca River www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/14/o...
What do you do when the world is burning?
In our strange modern cyborg lives, even the most extreme events quickly disappear over the horizon of the infinite scroll. While ordinary people are struggling to understand how to behave in an unfol...
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Dang! Michael J Fox broke me down. My fellow Canadian. See how kindness and caring is the base of our culture. We didn’t start out that way. Europeans came here and slaughtered indigenous people so they could steal land. But somehow generations later we became a good and decent country.
Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her
Now I’m thinking of actors in pulp action and adventure who deserved awards consideration. One of the first ones I thought of is Carrie-Anne Moss in “The Matrix,” tough, gentle, fierce, vulnerable, and able to match Keanu’s reserved matter-of-factness while giving it distinct shading.
Trinity's Urgent Call in The Matrix
Alt: Trinity's Urgent Call in The Matrix
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James Van Fleet@horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 8h agoYou’ve forgotten a lot of Oscar nominated acting turns, but I’d wager you haven’t forgotten Harrison sighing “It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage,” the quiet pride he reveals for his father after Connery startles the birds, or the way he *embodies* simmering righteous fury in this moment.
These #nonalcoholic nerds have been nose to grindstone in chemistry trying to replicate the "burn" of alcohol to replicate the total sensory experience of all our favorite drinks, sans the booze. This could revolutionize the entire segment. We are on the edge of our seats to see if they succeeded.
Monique Hayward@moniquehayward.bsky.social · 8h agoNearly a year of R&D and DRISCOLL Dry has made it onto a bottle. 😊🍸 We have 6 dev samples of our nearly final zero-proof tequila formulation. Four are headed to trusted bartenders/mixologists for candid evaluation. From the lab → to the label → next stop: behind the bar. #ZeroProof #CraftBeverage
A federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. government from implementing a new rule that would limit stays for foreign students, journalists and exchange visitors, one day before it was slated to take effect.
Judge blocks DHS rule limiting foreign students to four-year stays
The court ruling came one day before the new regulation was set to take effect.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Why were so many powerful people in America, a country whose civic culture is steeped in resistance to tyranny, so willing to abase themselves and their institutions?” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.
Opinion | They Could Afford to Stand Up to Trump. Why Didn’t They?
The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.
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Warren to rip Clarity Act on Senate floor ahead of key preliminary vote
Warren to rip Clarity Act on Senate floor ahead of key preliminary vote
Sen. Elizabeth Warren will call the latest Clarity Act ethics proposal blessed by Trump a "weak fig leaf."
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“Our greatest strength is something that can’t be found on any balance sheet, trust.”
Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 15h agoThe world is looking at Canada differently — and we should look at ourselves differently, too.
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
The War on Terror began 25 years ago today, when Congress passed the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force. Only one member of Congress had the courage and foresight to oppose this blank check for forever wars: Barbara Lee.
🚨NEW: They locked migrants in tiny metal cages and called them “calming areas.” Now a federal watchdog is exposing what happened inside “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Federal Watchdog Finds "Alligator Alcatraz" Locked Migrants in Small Metal Cages as So-Called "Calming Areas"
A new report from the Department of Homeland Security's independent inspector general has revealed that the now-shuttered Florida detention center known as
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he did many of cher’s and dolly’s most glamorous gowns but what i will always remember most about bob mackie was this iconic look. and i think he’d be fine with that.
AI advocates say we have no right to stop innovation in the free market. Hogwash. We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or varieties of cocaine or biological pathogens. We protect the public from certain kinds of innovation. We need guardrails on AI before it’s too late.
Statistics Canada thanks Canadians for their exceptional participation in the 2026 Census--The overall response rate for the 2026 Census of population reached 98.4% nationally. #Canada www.canada.ca/en/statistic...
Statistics Canada thanks Canadians for their exceptional participation in the 2026 Census - Canada.ca
Thanks to outstanding participation across the country, the final response rate for the Canadian census is among the highest ever recorded.
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So the working-class have *kids* but the middle-class have *children*?
Peter Whitewood@pwhitewood.bsky.social · yesterdayThe problem is unequal access to opportunities, not middle-class children choosing the wrong ones?
This is even more damning after the release of those 170,000 records detailing how "they" knew about the health affects from that site during that day and the subsequent recovery efforts and cleanup. Those people are ghouls. www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalH...
This happened at the intersection by the Home Depot in Everett, Washington. There was increased activity in Everett through the day today.
10,000+ took to Ireland's capital street yesterday, to tell an oval office rapist that he wasn't welcome to Ireland.
Ossoff: "18 Americans are dead and hundreds wounded. The president calls this 'small potatoes' ... they drained our stockpiles to achieve nothing"
