Breaking news: Charlie Brown sets up secret Football task force

My wife briefly confused Lisa Frank with Anne Frank and let me tell you, I’m planning to ride this mistake into 2027.

Danielle Smith thinks it's okay to partner with Zuckerberg to build Canada's biggest data centre in Alberta. This is who she endorses. www.wired.com/story/meta-r... #abpoli #cdnpoli

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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He’s so good at this.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

The lack of self-awareness is off the charts.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 39m ago

JD Vance: "If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer"

“trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran.” wapo.st/4hQVTF0

Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns

At a Camp David summit this weekend, President Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over extreme munitions shortages.

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Tyler King@tyleraking.com · yesterday

The Army has used “virtually all” of its surface-to-surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) during Iran war so far.

Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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I love this “as the world’s leading mission capability integrator” oh did you win the world mission capability integrator championship? is there an international mission capability integrator league? do you score touchdowns in mission capability integration or is it free throws

hey man uh quick question what, um, what kind of threats are we looking at here, exactly

Alberta's Propaganda Push to Sell the Public on Data Centres via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Alberta’s Propaganda Push to Sell the Public on Data Centres | The Tyee

Don’t worry, folks. Just think of them as ‘digital refineries.’

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Always funny to see the pain on his face when someone else is talking.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

Lombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."

Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI

I take this to mean it’s open season on UCP MLA’s constituency offices. #GoodTrouble

Victor L. McConought@vic4alberta.bsky.social · 1h ago

Free Speech must be protected unless you write it in chalk in front of our offices. Then it's as bad as armed robbery. #AbPoli

JUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.

NEW: Meta reviewed, approved, and ran more than 50 ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads. They ran for nine months. Some were live this week. After WIRED asked about them, researchers found ~30 more

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

wired.com

Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Temu, Tavern, Walmart, Marketplace, Wayfair, Segway, Deepower, Wilson’s E-Bikes and several dozen other online retailers will receive cease and desist notices demanding they stop selling devices that don't meet the city's legal standards for e-bikes or e-scooters.

Mamdani Targets Online Illegal E-Moto Retailers - Streetsblog New York City

Mayor Mamdani sent cease-and-desist letter to more than three dozen online retailers who sell illegal e-motos to New Yorkers.

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Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

lol eat shit

It didn’t take the media this long to treat Nixon as the criminal he was during Watergate.

When people show you that they’re shit, believe them.

Holly Hoye 🇨🇦@hollyhoye.bsky.social · 23h ago

“In a Tuesday social post on X, Smith said Alberta’s police service should be focused on addressing violent crimes, theft, illegal drugs and vandalism — not people’s free speech.” Yeah, and maybe your government should focus on delivering healthcare and education instead of pandering to loons.

“In a Tuesday social post on X, Smith said Alberta’s police service should be focused on addressing violent crimes, theft, illegal drugs and vandalism — not people’s free speech.” Yeah, and maybe your government should focus on delivering healthcare and education instead of pandering to loons.

Premier Danielle Smith criticizes Edmonton police for video on hate reporting

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says police should be focused on addressing violent crime not policing free speech.

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Hey friends — a group of Edmontonians (incl. my wife) has just launched a petition to show the Northern Super League that we want a women's pro team here. Read, sign, and share ☺️! Edmonton is Built for This — bring professional women's soccer home! nsledmonton.base44.app?is_new_user=... #yeg

Run that on a loop in the TikTok feeds.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h ago

Trump: "I think we should be given an A+ on the economy"

Hey, folks. There's a @gofundme.com set up for artist Andy Fish, who is going through a very tough fight with two forms of cancer. He and his wife, cartoonist Veronica Fish (my Blackwood series cohorts) could use some help during this very tough time. I'm donating, hope you can. tinyurl.com/4wa86a6c

Donate to Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers, organized by Gina Gabianelli

Help Andy’s Fight Against Two Cancers Meet my cousin Andy Fish, father … Gina Gabianelli needs your support for Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers

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Government of Canada establishes foreign influence registry www.canada.ca/en/public-sa... #Canada #cdnpoli

Alberta works, provided you know the premier or share her conspiratorial beliefs.

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · yesterday

Want to get your AISH issues addressed? Just have a family member who runs a far right podcast, invoke vaccines and the right hand man to the premier of Alberta will address it personally and directly. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

The Alberta government is ending an online mandatory Indigenous training course for new lawyers and those transferring from out of province. To speak more on the matter, Dennis Ward was joined by Melinda Moch, Secretary of the Indigenous Bar Association.

Alberta ends mandatory Indigenous training course for new lawyers | APTN News

The Alberta government is ending an online mandatory Indigenous training course for new lawyers and those transferring from out of province. To speak more on the matter, Dennis Ward was joined by…

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