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‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

Weird how this keeps happening! www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

The "meritocracy" exposed: Internal emails reveal how the Trump administration hires legal interns “You MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

1.Internal emails from Liberty University Law School, obtained by Popular Information, reveal how the Trump admin hires interns.

Students were informed about "exciting" legal internships at Labor Department.

“You MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

‘Hands off our education,’ Ontario students protest Ford’s OSAP cuts at Queen’s Park - NOW Toronto Thousands of people arrived at Queen's Park to rally against Doug Ford's recent changes to OSAP and tuition.

Thousands of people arrived at Queen’s Park on Wednesday afternoon to rally against the recent changes to OSAP and tuition. #ONpoli #Ford

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The Coming Invasion of Iran The U.S. and Israel are arming Kurdish groups to stage an incursion. What could go wrong?

2/ "The fear among many Iranians and other observers is that the agendas of the ethnic militias are territorial and separatist and could lead Iran to disintegration or civil war."

By @arashtehran.bsky.social

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Ha! I’m not that weird.

Ooh and here’s one that bugs me: TMS = tetramethylsilane, Me3Si = trimethylsilyl.

I’m so weird about these things. Always MeCN. Always DME, never DCM. Never IPA, always iPrOH. 🤷‍♀️

Loss of $3.7M scholarship program will put a 'massive strain' on Nova Scotia graduate students, says former recipient The loss of graduate scholarships will place a massive financial strain on students, said Melissa Corbett, a recipient of the funding.

Loss of $3.7M scholarship program will put a 'massive strain' on Nova Scotia graduate students, says former recipient
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A child should not suffer or be doomed to painful death because a parent is wilfully stupid or obstinate or loves Trump. And this isn't even about spreading to others. Children are not property. A parent treating them as such is why we're here now.

A Facebook post from Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston with text that reads, “Today we tabled our 2026-27 budget, "Defending Nova Scotia: A Plan for the Long Term". In the face of global uncertainty due to Donald Trump's trade war, this is a plan that controls spending while continuing to invest in healthcare, housing, and growing Nova Scotia's economy.” The text is followed by an image with the headline Budget 2026-27, with two fake book covers with what may be an AI-generated image of a container ship that read “Defending Nova Scotia.”

To the #nspoli comms person running this campaign: I hope the local arts program you’re funding with this terrible day job didn’t get cut, b/c you have skills.

Selling our premier on “defending” knowing literally everyone & anyone could photoshop it to “defunding”? Brilliant.

Appreciate you.

Stan and Ollie

There Is Such A Thing As A Dumb Question | HESA You may have seen a story last week from CBC about the New Brunswick provincial government wanting to slash $35-50M from post-secondary funding this year. The story was actually about four days old wh...

1/ In which I and colleague Maica Murphy explain the deep levels of nuttiness at work in New Brunswick's attempt to slash post-secondary spending.

“Massive” war launched by a man with no plan. Again. Donald Trump is repeating George W. Bush's catastrophic mistakes.

"Trump has no plan for Iran. Just blow shit up, kill some people, and hope for the best. It is the war of a Mad King."

Statement from GOP Congressman Rutherford (FL) actually spelled it “Furry”, twice, in both the title and the body.
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If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

Operation Epstein Fury

Coming from a culture of people that include organ meats as part of their traditional food because we lived in conditions where society enforced poverty on us and it’s all we could afford: this is what you say to people you’re enforcing poverty on.

Some think that because universities are slow to react to changes in the labour market, governments should intervene and make them go faster in specific directions...never pausing to consider that govts in fact know jack shit about labour market change.

I will die on this hill.

Cover of The Lancet:

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It’s Arrested Development with more intrigue

A firm with a reputation for recommending deep cuts and layoffs has been hired as a consultant to review Nova Scotia's universities - Halifax Examiner I don't like that university programs are having to justify themselves merely in terms of the jobs that students get after graduation.

As I reported, here:

N.S. culture minister faces questions about cuts to tourism, arts On Wednesday, Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage Minister Dave Ritcey deferred to staff when asked if stakeholders would be given a reason why certain programs were chosen for funding cuts.

omg this is painful to watch.
The conservative MLAs are useless. Their ridings don't see any advantage because it's Tim's way or no way and they're not brave enough to fight for their constituents. Everyone needs to get loud now, and especially the con ridings.

Good thread.

The push to create a Canadian rival to GPS - The Logic From Ubers to Arctic mineral exploration, GPS is crucial to modern life. It's also owned and operated by the U.S. government. With Trump in power, that's become a problem.

GPS is a wholly U.S.-run system, its design works poorly at far northern latitudes, and it's really easy to disrupt maliciously. Smart people are saying Canada ought to think about how we replace it.

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Hillary Clinton just posted her opening statement to the Comer Committee which she is testifying before today. It's part of the Save Donald from Epstein Investigation. The committee has essentially taken over the town of Chappaqua for the purpose. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social

Wellness influencer picked by Trump for surgeon general grilled by Senate Critics concerned as Casey Means, aligned with RFK Jr on vaccine stance, does not have active medical license

This is obvious, but I'm gonna say it anyway...

The fact that this wellness grifter is being normalized and legitimized by the nomination and (inevitable) appointment is a powerful symbol of how far the U.S. has fallen.

Dark Age 2.0.

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Houston hurt that he’s being criticized while throwing people out of work

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

"the old conferences did not care about diversity. I suggest you not either,” Jeffrey Epstein wrote... “The women are all weak, and a distraction sorry." #WomenInSTEM 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...

I want every single reporter, every pundit, every advocate, every EVERYONE to point out the cost of the bridge toll removal and 1% HST cut. Every time someone asks you about the budget. Every time a politician has a microphone in their face. In the Legislature.