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NPR: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote

You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?

Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.

www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...

Ricochet condemns Israel’s targeted assassination of journalists in Gaza Journalists and media workers must speak out

STATEMENT: We strongly condemn Israel’s targeted assassination of journalists in Gaza.

And we call on our media colleagues everywhere to join us in speaking out.

ricochet.media/media/statem...

"If the U.S. can't get its greenhouse emissions under control, they need to face real consequences" said the rest of the world.

CivicBand - Open Collective Opening up local government data for everyone.

We're working on all of this. We think we can get it done. We need your help.

opencollective.com/civicband

thanks for reading, boosts appreciated ✨

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In 2022, a local #alamtg activist named Rasheed Shabazz was asking around on twitter about digitizing meeting minutes and monthly reports from local organizations as part of his ongoing research into the racial history of Alameda.

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Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up theonion.com/austral...

Screenshot of ottwatch's traffic camera map page, showing each traffic camera location on an OpenStreetMap canvas. Each map location brings up a pop-up of the camera's live view

Fun, added a MAP view of the traffic cameras! ottwatch.ca/traffic_came...

New Consultation: Proposed New Parkette At 320 Mcrae Avenue (Proposed New Parkette At 320 Mcrae Avenue) https://engage.ottawa.ca/proposed-new-parkette-at-320-mcrae-avenue

Other People's Cottages
PeaceLoveCanada.ca

screenshot of kevinodotnet's github commit count for 2025 to date, showing a significant increase starting in July 2025

new job; more code

Increasing service hours is the number one way to increase ridership (& therefore revenue).

Adult in car with child: $0 user fee per trip

Adult in car with 11 year old: $9 there, $9 back.

OC should be free

It’s critical that OC Transpo not encourage people to establish the transit habit when they’re young, lest they grow up into transit-dependent adults.

“Carney needs my vote but it will have to be palatable to my neighbours: It is my voice but it is their words!”

This is why Albertans are excited about bonniecritchley.bsky.social challenging Poilievre in Battleriver-Crowfoot. She’s real

#Cdnpoli #ABleg 🇨🇦 #BRC

OShow 🔗 youtu.be/Xuk_zIVax8g?si…

"Israel's control of aid distribution must be replaced by comprehensive provision of humanitarian assistance led by international organizations…This denial of humanitarian aid is a violation of international law.”

Carney’s statement as Israel blocks aid delivery to starving civilians. Time to act.

Venn diagram showing you can’t achieve stable services, low density and low taxes at the same time.

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.

Any questions?

Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath

The Metro clearly failed to make eye contact

Email planningcirculations@ottawa.ca about this and tell them to require QR codes on development application signs! The URL should go directly to the application info

Seed what I did there!

No deal on tariffs
Withdraws digital services tax
Massive spending on defence
Massive public sector cuts and layoffs
Cuts funding to CBC and VIA Rail

Not sure this was the mandate voters thought they were giving Mark Carney

I love animals! 😊 #bluesky #dog #dogday

They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.

Prince of Wales Drive temporary bike lanes.

Trump announces 35% tariffs on Canada starting Aug. 1 U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that starting Aug. 1, the U.S. will charge a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian products sent into the country.

Thank goodness we’ve done everything he’s asked and still gotten nothing

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

oh man so glad we cancelled that digital sales tax

Me: look, these tweets about how IDIOCRACY is a documentary are really stretching things, we're not —

Here's an easy way to read a random page from the Truth and Reconciliation report app.kevino.ca/trc/?mode=sa...

Doctors don't get much menopause training. State lawmakers are trying to change that The California legislature wants doctors to get more educated about menopause symptoms and treatment. It's one of a number of states passing menopause-related legislation.

The California legislature wants doctors to get more educated about menopause symptoms and treatment. It's one of a number of states passing menopause-related legislation.

This sentence, typed in her dissent, should scare the living fuck out of everyone in this country.

"This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law."

– Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Nation Feels Like It Hasn’t Seen Justin Timberlake In Years

Nation Feels Like It Hasn’t Seen Justin Timberlake In Years
theonion.com/nation-...