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Cleaning Up Potomac River Sewer Spill Could Take Months The federal government is now playing a bigger role in river restoration after Trump criticized the local response.

While emergency repairs to DC Water's broken sewer line could be completed by mid-March, there’s *no timeline* for how long it will take to clean up the environmental damage caused by the spill.

My latest @bloomberg.com (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Apple Will Start Building Mac Minis In Houston Later This Year Last year the company announced a $600 million investment in the U.S. in a bid to expand local manufacturing and stave off tariff threats.

Last year the company announced a $600 million investment in the U.S. in a bid to expand local manufacturing and stave off tariff threats.

Do we really need to replace our underwear every six months? | Emma Beddington Doctors say that washing doesn’t get rid of the bacteria, virus and fungal pathogens lurking in the material. It’s a horrifying thought given I’ve got pants dating back to 1995

Do we really need to replace our underwear every six months? | Emma Beddington

What is OAuth? Wherein I [try to] answer a seemingly straightforward question: "WTF is OAuth, anyhow?"

Over on dead-Twitter, @geoffreylitt.com asked the following question last week:

"I desperately need a Matt Levine style explanation of how OAuth works. What is the historical cascade of requirements that got us to this place?"

Here's my attempt at an answer: leaflet.pub/p/did:plc:3v...

Osaka city stunned by anonymous gold bar gift worth $3.6M to fix aging water pipes Osaka has received an anonymous gift of gold bars to repair the Japanese city’s aging water pipes. Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama says the donor gave 21 kilograms of gold worth about $3.6 million.

Osaka has received a hefty gift of gold bars worth $3.6 million from an anonymous donor asking for its specific use: to fix the Japanese city's dilapidated water pipes.

An arts panel made up of Trump appointees approves his White House ballroom proposal A federal panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees has approved his plan to build a massive ballroom on the site of the former White House East Wing.

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of Trump appointees, approved the president's White House ballroom proposal.

Uber has hired a former B.C. government communications director to lobby that very government as it considers changing rules for app-based gig workers.

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Building Canada's digital future The global race for technological leadership is well underway. Canada cannot afford to be a spectator. By supporting and developing world-class digital infrastructure, we can position ourselves at…

Opinion: Building Canada’s digital future

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Mercedes-Benz Recalls Thousands Of EVs For Battery Issue That Could Cause Fires The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is warning owners to park their impacted vehicles outside and away from buildings until they are fixed.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is warning owners to park their impacted vehicles outside and away from buildings until they are fixed.

Is AI Ruining Music? What we can learn from one band’s fight to protect its creative core

Streaming economics, algorithmic discovery, and generative AI are reshaping how music is distributed. Charlie Warzel and Stu Mackenzie discuss whether we’re seeing a normal technological shift—or a move to an era where music is treated as pure commodity.

landed in canada for the first time. instantly confused as to why people don’t choose to live here rather than the us when they immigrate.

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Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.

An August conference call on X’s Spaces heard two leaders of Canadian groups banter about deporting 10 million people.

In the conversation, former OneBC staffer Othman Mekhloufi shared insights from what he claimed were Conservative Party of Canada contacts. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #canpoli

BC Separatists Met in Campbell River. So Did Pro-Canada Protesters | The Tyee ‘People were coming out of the woodwork to say that this is ridiculous.’

“People felt it was insignificant. But ignoring it was what we did when we got a conservative municipal government.” #canpoli #bcpoli #wexit

‘First Nations Would Not Exist Without Canada,’ Rustad Tells Crowd | The Tyee Conservative MLAs held a town hall to criticize DRIPA. Community members and Indigenous leaders pushed back.

John Rustad was accused of fear mongering and spreading misinformation about Indigenous land rights at a town hall-style event he hosted in Smithers last weekend along with two fellow Conservative MLAs.

@amandafollett.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #canpoli

Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network | The Tyee The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.

A conservative Canadian broadcast news network is incorporating propaganda from U.S. dark-money-funded think tanks directly into its regular programming.

Christopher Holcroft writes. #canpoli #CdnMedia #uspoli

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

New York Times headline: Libertarians: We Told You So With an image of a big black boot stomping a snake

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart

1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks

2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

Mark Zuckerberg And Elon Musk Seen At Dinner In Epstein Files Photo Epstein emailed himself the photo, possibly after a dinner with tech moguls.

Epstein emailed himself the photo, possibly after a dinner with tech moguls.

The recording from our #PublicDomainDay virtual event is now available!

🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain & why copyright is more complicated than it looks.

Watch the full recording ➡️ archive.org/details/the-...

#PublicDomain

Scottish Labour leader to call for Starmer to step down Anas Sarwar’s intervention deepens crisis facing UK prime minister

Scottish Labour leader to call for Starmer to step down ft.trib.al/ng2CP3a

French police arrest five over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping Arrests follow discovery on Friday of magistrate and her mother in a garage in south-east of country French authorities have arrested five suspects after a magistrate and her mother were held captive last week for about 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom plot, prosecutors said on Sunday. The arrests of four men and one woman followed the discovery on Friday of the 35-year-old magistrate and her 67-year-old mother, found injured in a garage in the south-eastern Drome department, the Lyon public prosecutor’s office said. Continue reading...

French police arrest five over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping

How the latest Epstein files have revived conspiracy theorists’ attempts to link Mark Carney with the notorious sex offender The prime minister's name comes up dozens of times but the records themselves do not support online claims that Carney and Epstein were linked.

How the latest Epstein files have revived conspiracy theorists’ attempts to link Mark Carney with the notorious sex offender

A schedule of the Gold Medal Events on Feb. 8

From @theathletic.com: These are the gold medal events to watch on Sunday at the Winter Olympics.

Here's the full schedule tracking every competition: nyti.ms/4aoYRv7

Liberal Democratic Party on course for large majority in Japan election Exit polls suggest Sanae Takaichi’s ruling party and its coalition partner could win 366 seats

Liberal Democratic Party on course for large majority in Japan election ft.trib.al/XSUIAT9

Georgia parents were cleared of neglect allegations after letting their 6-year-old ride a scooter unsupervised to a nearby park. NBC News’ Ryan Chandler reports on how the incident sparked a debate over the age at which a child should go out on their own.

Why the government really, really wants you to drink (whole) milk Washington’s obsession with dairy didn’t start with RFK Jr.

Ever wondered how biathlon came to be? Although it’s a popular sport in Europe, the combination of ski racing and rifle shooting strikes many Americans as odd and unfamiliar. But, it turns out, biathlon isn’t a sport that came out of nowhere. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/xdhRny