various parts of my timeline are losing their minds over college football and various other parts are losing their minds over Oscar Isaac and I maintain that this place can be incredibly fun when we are not all losing our minds over the state of the world

New Mexico Health Department order aims to make COVID-19 vaccine more accessible The order comes after the FDA only approved new vaccines for people ages 65 and older and younger people with health conditions.

In the wake of new federal guidelines limiting the groups for whom new COVID-19 vaccines are approved, the New Mexico Department of Health plans to take action to remove "barriers to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine."

This is why it has been so important for @MarkJCarney not to jump the gun and sign a deal that would legitimize the @realDonaldTrump #Tariffs

Just a bit longer. #skpoli #canpoli

Major update: As of this morning, CVS says it's decided it can offer the vax in 13 of the 16 states IF you get a prescription. Still a big new barrier for many people, but a change from its "no vaccines at all in these states" position yesterday.

The three remaining absolute-nos are MA, NV and NM.

Sounds wonderful @everetthindley except #Sask per student spending is the second lowest in #Canada

Spending less and diverting more to brick and mortar and speciality programs do not make up for staffing and overall quality of #education in the province.

Do better. #skpoli

The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...

Alberta…..really? Danni is out of control….such a Trumpy move. Perhaps the education minister should read all of these books and put forth a detailed report justifying why he is attacking Canadian icons.

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Macron and Merz urge easing of EU pollution laws to revive ailing industry France and Germany are sending a strong message to Brussels to push ahead with its drive to cut red tape.

The leaders of France and Germany issued a joint call today for cuts to EU water pollution and chemical safety rules, in a bid to help European industry.

Sask. premier heading to China in early September to talk trade amid canola fight | CBC News Scott Moe's office says the six-day trip, starting Sept. 6, will be the first time in six years that a Canadian premier has led a trade mission to China.

More travel on the public dime.

No wonder the @PremierScottMoe gov can't balance a budget.

Perhaps stay home, save some $$ that isn't yours, and learn how to balance a budget.

#skpoli #Sask #deviningSK

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This is spot on.

We're reaching the end of Boomer nostalgia content business. There will be no more 8-hour Beatles documentaries.

But the nostalgia content business for Gen X is just getting started, and AI slop is making it cheap.

A tilted tree reflected off the surface of Otter Lake, on a foggy morning.

Otter Lake, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. September, 2019.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
🎞 16 mm – 1/3″ – f/16 – ISO 160
🏷️ #Landscapes #Photography

Your reminder again that Ms. Sheahan has effectively no law enforcement background. She's a 28-year-old who was a close personal aide to Kristi Noem in South Dakota, then parlayed her connections into getting appointed as head of the Louisiana Fish & Wildlife Service at 26.

The #Sask North on fire with beleaguered residents considering filing lawsuits (image 1) ;

Air quality so bad that severe warnings are issued almost daily (image 2), and;

@PremierScottMoe decides to focus on forcing treatment on addicts (image 3). Way to punch down, Mr. Premier. #skpoli

THIS THIS THIS 👇

🚨 BREAKING: French prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into X over allegations that the company owned by billionaire Elon Musk manipulated its algorithms for the purposes of “foreign interference.”

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Bright pinkish orange coneflowers

Show offs.

Patenting a workout program called Cat Fitness, where I loan you my giant cat and you get muscles from picking him up a lot

Want a more inclusive democracy in #Sask ?

It starts with political finance reform. Eliminate these donations:

Secret numbered and non-Sask based Corps (image 1)
Unlimited (image 2)
"Anonymous" (image 3-4)

Time for a complete overhaul, right @ElectionsSask ?

#skpoli

It’s been five days since floods in Texas killed at least 111 people and FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson still hasn’t made a single public or internal statement.

Two lab-coated scientists walk past a noticeboard labelled: Biology Department notices. A very large yellow poster has been stuck up which reads: Larval Progeny Infestation period Commences at 9am. One of the scientists says to the other: Do you get the feeling that the professor is less than thrilled about 'bring your child to work day'?

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

p.s. You can preorder my new book of science cartoons here: www.tomgauld.com

https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/with-an-eye-to-saskatchewans-growing-debt-expert-sees-stormy-weather-ahead?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=6867ed3cf683890001674d0f

“Are we getting access to better services? Are our health-care wait times dropping? Are the roads improved? Are we seeing access to better services in terms of teacher contracts?”

Debt with no benefit. The legacy of the @PremierScottMoe gov.

#skpoli #Sask #DebtCrisis

As an aside, I'm told multiple major outlets were not interested in this story and passed on covering it. Mind-boggling.

This is getting lost. When Stephen Miller shrieks orders for 3000 daily arrests, they HAVE TO go after noncriminals. It's the only way to juice the numbers. So Miller is shifting resources away from serious crimes toward that.

@vermontgmg.bsky.social and me on this:

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Scott Moe pauses Saskatchewan carbon tax, promises balanced budget despite $431.5M revenue loss Saskatchewan is pausing its provincial carbon tax on industrial emitters, Premier Scott Moe announced Thursday.

Wrong again, Mr. Premier, wrong again.

#skpoli #Sask @PremierScottMoe

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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

"Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

that's the main glimmer of hope for me: each "backlash" only adds to Zohran's momentum because New Yorkers can spot the bullshit from a mile away

Just a failure at all levels. Sad.

700 people stranded in northern Sask. community after wildfire blocks road | CBC News Seven hundred people in the northern hamlet of Patuanak, Sask., lost their only road out of the community this week after a wildfire blocked Highway 918. However, the hamlet is not directly threatened...

At some point the Minister in charge, Tim McLeod, is going to have to take some responsibility for the totally inadequate response to this years' wildfires.

Cutting $500 cheques to those displaced is simply not enough. #skpoli #Sask

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Von der Leyen welcomes US senators’ bid to pile sanctions pressure on Putin European Commission chief meets key Republican foreign policy hawk Lindsey Graham.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today said she was pleased with two key US senators’ plan to ramp up pressure on Russia with new sanctions.