Christopher Dornan

You can launch killer drones from a ship in the Irish Sea but can't track the target plane in real time, relying instead on its scheduled time of arrival? Something hinky about this story.

He’s not succeeded in *any* of his disruption visions since when he was sitting in his dorm room rating women at Harvard.

But he’s ace at surveillance capitalism and privacy gutting and making billions doing so.

Immediately thought of the family member who exited a Costco with fries in one hand, hotdog in the other.

Set the fries on the roof of his car so he could unlock the door, and it was game over.

Gull swooped in, knocked the tray to the ground in a scene that would have made Hitchcock proud.

Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...

Downed RAF and USAF pilots captured in Occupied Europe would certainly have resumed their attacks on Germany had they been able to return to Allied territory. But not even the Nazis killed them to make sure they couldn't.

Space debris poses growing threat, but new study suggests cleanup is feasible High up in Earth's orbit, millions of human-made objects large and small are flying at speeds of over 15,000 miles per hour. The objects, which range from inactive satellites to fragments of equipment...

"We will need some agency to create an incentive for the debris remediators"

I snorted. Because, well "not having your expensive shit in orbit destroyed by debris" is one hell of an incentive that has been collectively ignored already.

phys.org/news/2025-12...

I also got to read for the first-ever @sciam.bsky.social best nonfiction 2025--check out the winners here: 📚💙 www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... (Not exclusively 🧪 but lots of nerdery to be had!)

As of this moment, no one knows who won the presidential election in Honduras and no one knows who is the leader of the British Columbia Conservative party.

Liberal AI legislation won't address copyright questions, says Solomon A government report published earlier this year identified several outstanding isssues related to generative AI and copyright law, including how Ottawa should approach data mining used to train large-...

“Our guiding principle is AI for all," the Minister said. “We need to build on a foundation of trust so we can have the economy of the future." Right-o. Keen to see where this plays out.

From the Pulitzer Prize website, the 2010 winner for History, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, by LIaquat Ahamed, which documents how the Central Banks of Britain, France, Germany and the USA made the wrong decisions that led to the Great Depression.

Listing from a Google search of one news outlet after another filing stories on Trump's claim that trillions of dollars are coming into US coffers from import tariffs, and that dividend cheques of $2,000 would soon be issued to Americans.

The causes of the Great Depression remain inexplicable to most of us. We need a Pulitzer Prize-winning history to explain what went wrong. No great mystery, though, in what's happening today. The Trump Global Tariff Measures hobble the US economy and so the world economy.

Confusion surrounds B.C. Conservatives leadership after John Rustad rejects party’s bid to remove him | CBC

The drama of the BC case is rare -- a leader who refuses to leave after a caucus revolt & Board removal.

But the Rustad saga shows what besets a party that relies on expulsion to quell dissent.

We cover these tensions in our book, "No I in Team" (partyloyalty.ca).

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It would be a damn shame if ICE, descending on Minneapolis, searched the streets and couldn't find a single person from Somalia. Then, a few weeks later, once ICE withdraws empty-handed, the Minneapolis Somali community can return to their homes from their vacation hosted by the City of Winnipeg.

Mom?

ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb...

America ramping up its Cold Civil War looks to be very profitable for the military-policing-of-civilian-populations industry.

I hope ICE pays huge tariffs to get these too!

ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb...

We should definitely put a clandestine remote-controlled kill switch in these.

Watched on TCM "Roughly Speaking," a 1945 Rosalind Russell/Jack Carson vehicle about a family's trials in America (see I Remember Mama, etc.). In 1939, the family lives just outside the grounds of the New York World's Fair. One night the lights at the Polish pavilion go out. That still lands.

LinkedIn is jammed with old acquaintances boasting of new titles like “AI Development Officer” and shit so I’m feeling this 👇🏼

Maverick Alexander to Pete Hegseth on Twitter/X on 11/28/25: "We might need some literature to explain to the adult babies why this is smart. I propose:" The post includes an image of Franklin the Turtle with the text "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists."

Pete Hegseth on Twitter/X on 11/30/25: "For your Christmas wish list…" The post includes an image of Franklin the Turtle with the text "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists."

Maverick Alexander on Twitter/X on 11/30/25: "Additional Franklin titles. Appreciate the repost @PeteHegseth 🎷" The post includes other images featuring Franklin the Turtle.

Maverick Alexander on Twitter/X on 12/1/25: "Franklin has been causing a lot of problems for the establishment." The post includes an image of Franklin the Turtle with the text "Franklin Questions the Official Story of 9/11" and has the text "Steel Beams" and "WTC 7" on books.

The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.

Same argument. Why don't they just buy it? Or buy the rights to mine it? The US needs potash and doesn't have any of its own, but this is not a problem because Canada sells it to them.

I don’t understand the argument that Trump/Venezuela is about controlling the oil. The oil is already sold internationally at market rates. Even if Exxon Mobil owned Venezuela’s reserves, they’d still sell it to Americans for as much as they could. So what’s to be gained by militarist adventurism?

The U.S. defence secretary is being schooled by a fictional Canadian turtle for gross misuse of his image and the fact that this describes the current statecraft of America is both wild and predictable.

How does America come back from this?

Since Trump has spent some $71 million in US taxpayer funded costs since January just to play golf, this is a real bargain.

We did it in Canada. You can too, America.

Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

I’m afraid it is.

Post on X from Pete Hegseth showing a fake cover for a fake Franklin the Turtle children's book titled "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists," depicting Franklin in a military helmet on a Vietnam-era Huey helicopter firing a rocket propelled grenade at one of three drug-laden boats just offshore from jungle foliage.

The creator of the Franklin the Turtle children's books is Canadian author (and Carleton University Journalism graduate) Paulette Bourgeois. She may wish to rev up her copyright infringement lawyers just for starters.

Absolutely.

I might also point out that the aesthetic of this image, particularly the Huey helicopter, is very Vietnam-era, which didn't turn out that well for the US. Also, if Franklin were to fire an RPG like that, the backblast would kill everyone inside the helicopter and therefore Franklin himself.

Post on X from Pete Hegseth showing a fake cover for a fake Franklin the Turtle children's book titled "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists," depicting Franklin in a military helmet on a Vietnam-era Huey helicopter firing a rocket propelled grenade at one of three drug-laden boats just offshore from jungle foliage.

The creator of the Franklin the Turtle children's books is Canadian author (and Carleton University Journalism graduate) Paulette Bourgeois. She may wish to rev up her copyright infringement lawyers just for starters.

The Pope on an airplane brandishing a baseball bat.

Please vote for next world leader you would like to see visit Donald Trump in the Oval Office.