China just got a heliostat plant – a concentrated solar power (CSP) station using a large field of computer-controlled mirrors, [heliostats], to reflect the sun on to a tall central tower – to power 170k homes a year and save 130k tons of CO2. The US is getting a ballroom.
Speculative Financial Capitalism is always part of the equation.
Jon Stewart on MAGA’s deranged Olympic victory lap after Team USA beat Canada
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose. Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.
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Ontario election candidates from the PC party are being muzzled and skipping out on local all-candidates debates in droves like TRAINED SEALS. Is this the kind of leadership we want from our future MPPs? UNACCEPTABLE. Ensure your voice is heard at the polls. www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
Independence? Political control limits election debate
The increasing control over political candidates' public engagements in Ontario raises concerns about transparency and democracy, reflecting a shift toward meticulous message management at the cost of...
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Oh, so this is one thing Trump wants. Canada’s banking independence and regulations saved us from the mortgage crisis that ripped through the US. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Trump wants U.S. banks in Canada, he says after speaking with Trudeau
U.S. President says second call with Prime Minister planned for this afternoon
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It struck me today that every work of dystopian fiction I've ever read involves a future without books. Maybe that's all it takes.
This is a no-brainer: a Granny who wants to volunteer at a school lunch program has to get a security clearance. And yet Pierre Poilievre who lives in a 19-room mansion funded by the taxpayer refuses or can't get a security clearance. Something stinks here. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Pierre Poilievre will no longer receive security briefing from top spy agency
The Conservative leader has argued that he won't be muzzled by secrecy constraints that accompany security clearances.
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"Canada is facing an existential threat. Democracy is undermined in a way that is has never been before. Parliament has been dumb at times but there is a level of viciousness as people chase the rage algorithm that will destroy democracy." www.youtube.com/shorts/4nrq8...
Is Canada's Democracy Being Undermined?
YouTube video by TVO Today
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
