FIFA peace prize

Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment

Disabled isn't a dirty word, and it's fine to work through internalized ableism if you were raised thinking so. We live in an ableist world.

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a polar bear facing forwards standing on sloped ice under a swirling blue sky and full moon

Raxhel Wright, artist who works with textiles, free machine embroidery over cut and pieced fabrics #WomensArt

Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.

Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.

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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.”

Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

YouTube video by NPR Music David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert

Need a joy infusion?

Try this.

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So the guy selling COVID supplies to the government was hoping for more intense COVID waves, a direct outcome of policy decisions by a government he influenced through dozens of channels.

‘We didn’t ask for change’: Alberta gov’t draws ire with tabling of AISH overhaul Key changes to Alberta’s disability support system are drawing sharp criticism from recipients, economists and anti-poverty advocates after the provincial government embedded an overhaul of the AISH p...

People couldn't afford the fees involved in appealing the decision anyway so the point is moot. Moot & cruel.
"Bill 12 also bars appeals of the decision to move existing AISH clients onto ADAP and gives the minister power to decide which other benefit decisions can be appealed."

Photo of a black bird with red wing facing right while perched amongst small twigs with beak open and with whisps of golden breath leaving trails in the cold morning air

Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt

I second the motion to adopt this term.

Can someone show the White House Press Corpse a montage of the reporters who covered previous administrations, the ones who weren't complete cowards?

Circulating on facebook. Might as well circulate here too.

Not my content.

It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff!

If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!

Colleen Jones has died.
One of the greatest curlers in Canadian history, she appeared at the Scotties 21 times, winning six championships. She also won two World Championships. Jones was also a broadcaster on CBC for four decades before she retired.

Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
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Holy f@$k!

“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”

This whole video is jaw-dropping.

Common virus jab could be key in fight against multiple sclerosis The vaccine will be trialled in patients recently diagnosed with MS

An mRNA vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) will be tested in an early-stage Phase 2 trial in 180 people recently diagnosis with MS. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Here are my top 10 Labrador Retrievers of all time!

The Alberta Government is normalizing the use of the notwithstanding clause in an attempt to ignore the rule of law.

Use your voice. Protect the Charter. Stand up for human rights. Democracy depends on it.

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...

URGENT: Stop Alberta's Premier From Overriding Charter Rights of Trans Youth Healthcare is a right, protected by evidence, compassion, and core Canadian values.

Alberta's planned use of the NWC Nov 17th to ban trans care sets a dangerous precedent that undermines the rule of law. When government uses a "loophole" to deliberately override Charter-protected equality rights, it weakens democracy & puts all marginalized groups at risk.
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Why Is It So Hard to Fix a Wheelchair in BC? | The Tyee Disabled people say companies are struggling to service their equipment, which can trap them in bed or at home.

British Columbians who use manual and power wheelchairs say they’re tearing their hair out trying to get local businesses to service and maintain their wheelchairs. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.

As the church bell sounded the last deep toll of the eleven, the wet, mizzling rain suddenly stopped and in the silence, a blackbird began to sing in the apple orchard by the memorial. Standing in his old great coat, still flecked with mud, the Doctor remembered another little blackbird calling in a wood where bodies lay. These were songs of God, he thought, longing for a cigarette, of a God who fell in strips of light in cottage parlours when the telegrams were read in trembling hands, in the piping larks who rose above the shelling, of the sudden singing of the Welshmen along the trench, rich and dark and as holy as Christmas night.

In the age of selfishness, let’s rediscover our sense of shared sacrifice Remembrance Day is a reminder of what we were willing to fight for in the past — and how much it mattered that we fought together.

COVID-19 should have brought us together. Instead, it accelerated our turn towards toxic hyper-individualism.

On Remembrance Day, let's rediscover the importance of values like shared sacrifice and mutual interest -- and remember why it mattered.

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At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We Will Remember Them.

#WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget

‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’

We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.

My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.

Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.