Color photograph of the Peterborough Lift Lock showing the massive concrete and steel structure from ground level. The elevated lock chamber is supported by tall concrete towers and steel framing. A cylindrical hydraulic ram is visible beneath the structure. A Canadian flag flies atop a small tower on the right. In the foreground are paved ground, a railing with a few people walking, a planter with greenery, and a small red-and-white booth. Trees with green foliage line the left side under a clear blue sky.

At a time when most lift locks rose two metres, the Peterborough Lift Lock was a marvel of engineering.
Capable of moving boats 20 metres in the air, it remains in use to this day as a vital link on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
So, let's learn more about it!

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James Doohan as Scotty sits at a control console aboard the USS Enterprise, wearing a red Starfleet uniform with a black collar and a delta insignia on his chest. He leans slightly forward with one hand resting on the console, his dark hair neatly combed to the side. Behind him are colorful control panels and futuristic set walls characteristic of the original Star Trek series bridge.

James Doohan wasn’t just Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, he was also a Canadian who served his country and landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Then he turned to acting, was trained by Lorne Greene and even helped develop the Klingon language.
This is his story.

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YouTube video by The Young Turks Thomas Massie Goes NUCLEAR On The Epstein Class

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ0M...

I'll be satisfied whomever wins among the democratic choices.

I'm not saying their equal, but either is way better than a texas republican.

ps I failed to capitalize the T purposefully, to trigger texas republicans

Impeach and Incarcerate Noem

THE BIG BOOK OF BIGOTRY The Bible

The Buybull

Impeach and Incarcerate Trump

Ohh that's RICH
@ohhthatsrich.bsky.social

Pike explains that Earth's descent into ruin began with a "fight for freedoms" called the Second Civil War.

Aaron Parnas
@aaronparnas.bsky.social

RAJU: You'll concede this is war?

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: We haven't declared war. They declared war on us

RAJU: The president called it war and Secretary Hegseth called it war

REPORTER: When you walked up just now, you called it war

MULLIN: Okay. That was a misspoke.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor If Mojtaba Khamenei is chosen by Iran’s senior clerics, it may signal a victory for hard-liners, an analyst said.

The senior clerics responsible for selecting Iran’s next supreme leader met on Tuesday to deliberate, and the son of the slain former leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, emerged as the clear front-runner, according to Iranian officials familiar with the deliberations.

A reporter asked Mayor Mamdani about being called a cockroach and Mamdani replied: "I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of my faith. I am not ashamed of being the first Muslim mayor in the history of our city. And there’s no amount of racism that will change the way in which I lead."

Sad 😔 Times in America🇺🇸
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“.. A handout picture released by the Iranian foreign media department of graves getting dug for the victims of a strike on an elementary school.”

@reuters.com

We haven't started yet but we're already five years ahead of schedule, folks!

Priorities.

The denial of germs, or at least the idea that not washing hands is good for you because it helps natural immunity, is all very much an unquestioned if not normal part of the Christian nationalist community that seeks to bring about the end times www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

In Cuba, relentless US pressure tells in human suffering Trump’s oil blockade has driven the island’s long-standing humanitarian crisis to a new level. Cubans are running short of coping strategies.

The US blockade on oil shipments to Cuba is collective punishment; creating a full-blown humanitarian collapse. Healthcare, food systems, electricity, and public services are deteriorating rapidly and simultaneously. It’s the elderly and children suffering. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...

Flailing.

Poilievre touts 'free trade' between 'free nations' in speech on first foreign trip | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre touted the importance of "free trade" between "free nations" in a speech that referenced the likes of Adam Smith, Winston Churchill and even the mythic Robin Hood.

PP desperately trying to become relevant.

He’s still PP.

He still refuses to get a security clearance.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Social media post: kipkelly For anyone confused by the math, there is a 0% chance Trump has any idea what to do next and a 100% chance we will pay for it.

America first isn't all it's cracked up to be.

This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal discusses her new book, ‘Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.’

Kathleen DuVal explains the significance of her book’s title below.

Full episode: https://ow.ly/UCc650XToTG

Today in Iran…

Your reminder that Trump withdrew U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 because - Obama.

Sen. Tim Kaine yesterday: “Is he too mentally incapacitated to realize that we had a diplomatic agreement with Iran that was keeping its nuclear program in check, until he ripped it up during his first term?”