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After 144 years, Barcelona's Sagrada Família one big step closer to completion Crews placed the cross atop Sagrada Família's "Tower of Jesus Christ" today, marking a significant step in completing the mammoth basilica. The post After 144 years, Barcelona's Sagrada Família one bi...

Oh yeah - there's actually a thing that started construction before the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and isn't finished yet!

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Today is also the anniversary of FDR's signing of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast.

February 19—not a great day in American history!

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces fall referendum on immigration, constitutional questions | CBC News Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on measures to limit immigration to Alberta and changes she believes would give the province more rights under the Constitution.

“Smith blamed what she called the ‘disastrous open-border immigration policies’ of former prime minister Justin Trudeau for straining Alberta’s health care, education and social services programs. Smith did not mention her government’s ‘Alberta is Calling’ campaign.”

lmao

Closing tomorrow! Get yer vintage typewriters, Canadian art, coins, stamps, hi-fi equipment, antique silver and gently used Ikea bed frames here! Something for everyone! (Terms and conditions apply, buyer must pick up in Cabbagetown.)

Where am I???

rip cia world facebook, library touchstone

I was wrong. It brightened up. Through the smog.

Today in weather app news: it is “mostly sunny” in New Delhi. Cough. Cough. No, it is not.

During the day I thought I had beaten jet lag. I associate with exhaustion. Now that I am awake at 4 am, I see it was just too easy. Today will be a killer.

Note to self: don’t drink decaf cappuccino at 10:30 pm. Will most likely mess up fight against jet lag.

Not sure what was going on with the weather app today? It described the weather in New Delhi as “dreary” - and it is.

A young Fred Korematsu

A photo of Fred Korematsu in his later years

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu

Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners

Solar provided 59% of electricity in the Australian national (east coast) grid between 9am and 6pm over the past week. It was 30% of total generation.

Life moves pretty fast etc.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

McMaster researchers are looking for South Asian women living in Canada who've received gynecological care to share their experiences in this survey study: gynecologiccaresurvey.mcmaster.ca/surveys/?s=E...

#ParticipateInResearch

And finally, the Margaret Meehan Super-Cut. Her facial expressions alone are a master-class, and then we had 40-45 years of brilliant comedy (and occasional drama) after that.

Yesterday, I clicked on a tiny blue box that appeared in my Word doc and then my characters changed to Bengali for the entire computer! Made it hard to send work emails! Eventually fixed it with a little help. How I don’t click on phishing emails is beyond me! 😂

Billy Bragg - City Of Heroes Listen to City Of Heroes by Billy Bragg.

My song of resistance for the people of Minneapolis - St Paul is now available to stream on these platforms

bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes

Thanks. We will definitely have to fix the wall now.

Sigh. Water is leaking into the house because of the snow pack on the roof. The inside wall is warping. Had to call snow removal folks.

Hello fellow eastenders!

As if anyone can believe what Bessant says.

C’est moi.

Timeline cleanse in Toronto.

Snow buried church

Stepped out on to the street to take this photo and the snow was up to my knees. And I'm 6 feet tall.

I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.

For the record, the small example I chose:

My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

I know! Too funny!

Ok, I really did laugh out loud. But then I thought about the wind chill.

Ontario Liberal caucus names John Fraser as pick for interim leader | CBC News The Ontario Liberal caucus has named John Fraser as their pick for interim leader, a role he is poised to hold for a third time.

Groundhog Day, but Bill Murray's character keeps waking up to discover that he's once again interim leader of the Ontario Liberal party.

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