Lucy

It was an android double. It was an imposter wearing a sophisticated Bond face. It was a simulation. I believe in you, Anthony.

Canada loses measles elimination status | CBC

Mortifying and completely preventable.

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Well. I shovelled snow.

"I decided to go out for a walk
And do nothing except
Look everybody I see in the eyes
And not be the first to avert my eyes
And I didn’t return for two years...
By which time I was the heavyweight champion of the world
And the expectant father of sixteen children"
—Dan Bern, "True Revolutionaries"

Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds "You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.

New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱

Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January

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Yes! Hard to choose our next project. So much left to ruin. Perhaps: public space.

Women are so powerful

I don't think the NYT is okay.

Screenshot from the federal budget, text reads "To provide relief to the aviation and boating industries and increase the overall efficiency of the luxury tax framework, Budget 2025 announces the government’s intention to end the luxury tax on aircraft and vessels as of the day after Budget Day."

Good news everyone, your private jets and yachts are about to become cheaper!

Six Dead in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Pasta

Six people died from eating pasta. Everything is more dangerous under the Trump regime.

CFIA creates team to monitor U.S. move ‘away from science-based decision making,’ documents show The ‘US Risk Task Team’ will keep an eye on the impact of regulatory changes on food imports

It is very good news that the CFIA is fully aware that Canada’s food safety regime is being compromised by the US abandonment of science.

It is very bad news that Carney’s austerity cuts will make it impossible for CFIA to beef up Canadian regulatory oversight and enforcement in response.

How long is the time of monsters supposed to last?

The baseball torment nexus

peak baseball is indistinguishable from the feeling of hitting your head against a cement wall

My little heart can't take it

Impossible not to love Ernie Clement

My girlfriend is worried for me Graham Isador Reporter No clue what to do with my hands at any point during the fifth. When the benches cleared, I started shadowboxing. My girlfriend noted the rest of the time I’ve been “wringing my hands like a wife waiting for her husband to return from sea.”

Been hugely enjoying the live coverage put out by the Globe and Mail team for the Jays games this weeked. This update from @grahamisador.bsky.social made me laugh:

YES YES YES

as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism

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Baseball is a fun time

For about five seconds, I did extra work. One time on set between takes, a seasoned extra said to me "We are all but shadows."

Going to fix my baseball hangover with more baseball. Hair of the dog

I'm gonna be up soon

Need an emergency stat holiday

This game is like a tariff against the eastern half of Canada’s economy tomorrow.

I should be in bed

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