Scott Akenhead

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The United States is broken. Canada is not, in spite of what Pierre Poilievre says. The Conservatives in Canada are broken.

There are straightforward algorithms to draw boundary lines on maps to create voting districts with equal numbers of people. With zero regard to politics. Say, spread by travel time from town centres or post offices.

bloody aliens.
always “trying to communicate“ and it’s always just gibberish.

Ooh, ooh, get AI to translate it!

The insect chart below is for 2008-2018. We lost half of all insects in 10 years. Everything has only accelerated since 2018.

The UK lost 63% of ALL insects in just 3 years. The US lost 80% of all bees in just 8 MONTHS.

Below the viewpoint of people in the city.

Left: 2008 | Right: 2025

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have WASHINGTON—Describing the shift as a troubling indicator for the health of the nation’s system of governance, watchdog group Freedom House published a report Wednesday downgrading the United States from a democracy to whatever political system lobsters have. “Persistent executive overreach and erosion of civil liberties mean that America now looks less like a traditional federal […]

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...

Something to ponder this fine Sunday morning. So, #FFS grab yourself another brew and ponder away 😁

Hmm… and who has ultimate control of US military?

Possibility: Trump suddenly and mysteriously dies. Stephen Miller declares “state of emergency” thus martial law, which never ends and completely suppresses resistance, he becomes president for life.

Impossible, or 1% chance?
10%?

horrors upon horrors upon horrors

So either rename genus Pan to Homo, or …
Hello, I’m a Pan sapiens!
wait…
oh.
Pan horribilus.

This evening!

My sister introduced me to the acronym FOCUS:

“Fuck Off ‘Cause U’re Stupid”

Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister

As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.

🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣

Epstein, schmepstein. I want to see the kompromat Putin holds to control Trump.
It must be horrific in the extreme.

GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff Putting the AI in Charge

Astounding. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/gpt-5-it-j....

You can’t get anything past Grok #MAGACultMorons

Every time Grok tells the truth, Elon’s heart skips a beat.

New Contribution Limits for 2024 | Elections BC In accordance with the Election Act, Recall and Initiative Act and Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Elections BC has calculated and adjusted contribution limits for 2024. *The provincial politi...

Please notice British Columbia, Canada:
• Zero corporate political donations.
• Max personal political donation is $1,400 per year.

Because democracy, that’s why.

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dun dun duhhhh!

Rank higher for “freedom” than USA.

My personal fact checker tells me that the world would benefit from more empathy and far less sympathy.

Did we know that there was a difference?

How can we turn Earth into Mars, you ask? No problem, a bit more #progress and we should get there soon.