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I decided long ago to opt-out of all e-commerce. If I need something, I bike to a trusted bricks and mortar store like it's the 1990s. This is how I choose to roll.

I swear to almighty

Bruce Arthur: Inside the race of the century, where Summer McIntosh tried to conquer 800 ‘master’ Katie Ledecky, but fell just short The 800-metre freestyle was an all-time race, but McIntosh faded at the end to take bronze. Five world swimming championship golds will have to wait.

“Just a master. Like the van Gogh of painting. Just in control from the first stroke to the last.” Summer McIntosh tried to conquer the greatest female swimmer ever, and the result was the best distance race ever swam, a Katie Ledecky gold, and a hard, hard lesson. www.thestar.com/sports/amate...

DOGE Has Wasted Billions Paying People Not To Work, Report Finds Democrats did the math on DOGE's "war on waste." It's costing Americans $21.7 billion, they concluded.

DOGE Has Wasted $21.7 Billion Paying People Not To Work, Report Finds
flip.it/UV-9ZM and that doesn’t include the years lawsuits for breaking contracts that will follow for decades—that taxpayers are of course on the hook for!

The Financial Fantasy: How Cities Pretend They Can Afford What They Can't A deep dive into Winnipeg's infrastructure crisis and the small-scale solutions that actually work, and lessons for La Plata/Charles County.

This is a really fun re-working of the latest Dear Winnipeg post!

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Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.

Piece by piece, cranes lift 84 prefabricated rentals into place in downtown Calgary | CBC News Along a busy street on the west end of downtown, another new rental building is going up — but instead of being built from scratch, prefabricated units are being craned into place, piece by piece.

Really proud of what AHC is doing in #yyc Figuring out new ways of delivering the affordable housing we need. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

From above everything looks grey or black. Smoke is seen rising from building ga at the top of the photo. In the foreground many buildings have collapsed entirely. Photo credit to Heidi Levine taken for the Washington Post.

Photo of the Day.

Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.

This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.

Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.

Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers | CNN Business President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.”

Trump didn't like the fact that the US jobs report showed the weakest pace of hiring for any three-month period since the pandemic recession in 2020.
So he fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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I'm not sure if it's a fit, but the submission link for Great Plains Press is: share.google/IixZDgDEzzL8...

SEE IT! Small Japanese Pickup Truck Shows Bigger is Definitely Not Better - Streetsblog New York City One Brooklyn business has seen the future of safe streets and heavy lugging — and it's going to be O-KEI!

Kei trucks are smaller, but they pack as much punch as a bigger pickup truck — while obviously being far safer on the roads — in the same way cargo bikes are also reducing the number of heavy, dangerous trucks on New York City's traffic-clogged streets.

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

This happened last night in a European capital, city of 3 million. Unacceptable.

“I think one of the things that we’re looking at is, would it make sense to do a private-public partnership … where everyone, multiple organizations, share in the risk of delivering a piece of infrastructure.” Share in the "risk" of building another road that we cannot afford.

I particularly like how the threat of the project to the city is compared to a person having "a major stroke".

#wpgpoli #mbpoli #cdnpoli @bencarrwpg.bsky.social @sherrirollins.bsky.social

The guy who stole people was my very good close friend until he stole one of my own personal people and then I said to him, I said, hey, listen,

The mosquito population has been asked to weigh in on how best to apply bug spray

It's not your imagination: Winnipeg summers are smokier than they used to be | CBC News If it seems like there's been more smoke in Winnipeg's air in recent summers, that's not just your memory playing tricks on you. The past several summers have been some of the smokiest on record, as w...

"For decades, 1961 stood out as the only year that saw more than 100 total smoke hours in Winnipeg during wildfire season (May to September).

More recently, however, that amount of smoke has become the norm. Four of the past five years have seen 100 smoke hours or more."

The High Cost of Transportation in the United States What does the average American pay to get around every day in 2024? What portion of their income is devoted to transportation? Is that cost typical across developed countries? Unfortunately, the porti...

Cars are expensive. Really expensive.

And we usually don’t fully account for all the costs, let alone the externalities. Including the cost of parking all our cars at home.

In 2021, while 90% of Americans had at least one car, nearly a quarter of the US population had three or more vehicles.

His name is Mohammad Al-Motawaq. He is 18 months old. And he is starving in Gaza Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.

Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.

We are sold out for Saturday, but still have a few tickets Sunday!!

#winnipeg #wpgtheatre #wpgFringe

It's likely to be hot that day and restricting the community's access to the splash pad in that small park is not conducive to their health and safety. Purely on that basis, he should not be allowed to hold one of his crappy little hate rallies there.

Atlantic headline: "ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship"

mindless engagement chasing at impossible scale by opportunistic sociopaths + the complete obliteration of all federal consumer protection = bad outcomes

Sean Feucht concert - Winnipeg, Central Park, Aug 20, 2025, 6:00 PM 🎤 Sean Feucht is playing in Winnipeg on Aug 20, 2025, 6:00 PM at Central Park. Buy tickets, find concert information, and get ready for Sean Feucht's show! 🎵🎵🎵

Is this still on in #winnipeg?!

Gross.

Sean Feucht concert - Winnipeg, Central Park, Aug 20, 2025, 6:00 PM 🎤 share.google/wRRHZ3SkLZhq...

According to three people familiar with the command, Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of SpaceX to cut Starlink coverage in areas including Kherson, a strategic region Ukraine was trying to reclaim during a pivotal counteroffensive reut.rs/45mrXK8

If the king of Belgium can speak the truth about Gaza, why can’t Europe’s cowardly politicians? | David Van Reybrouck EU leaders should have said what Philippe did months ago. He has highlighted their complicity, says philosopher David Van Reybrouck

If the king of Belgium can speak the truth about Gaza, why can’t Europe’s cowardly politicians? | David Van Reybrouck

Amazing! So glad to hear. It's quite the script and Chris and Chase are killing it!

Patricia, chase and Chris hold a sign saying SOLD OUT. They are smiling!!

Delighted to say that FIJI continues to sell out, but you can get tickets to our shows on Saturday and Sunday.

Don't miss it!

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#winnipeg #wpgtheatre #wpgFringe

A graphic showing "How to Water a Tree" Young Trees: water at least twice every week (about 5 gallons of water) Mature Trees: Water within the drop line at least once every week Exposed trees: Water either in the early morning of after the sun has set Apply mulch to decrease soil temperature and minimize water evaporation In times of drought, provide water directly using a hose or a 5-gallon bucket. Water slowly to enable soil absorption and prevent run-off Conserve and recycle water

Important info from our friends at Trees Winnipeg:

"An urgent appeal to water your trees!

Winnipeg has received about one-third of the precipitation that it normally does at this point in the year, and there is no significant rainfall in the forecast as we head into the hottest weeks. ..."

CNIB also has one.