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FWIW, I vividly remember this cover. And his 'really bad day.'

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

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The Washington Post Accused Me of “Gross Misconduct.” Here's My Response. This fight isn’t just about my job — it’s about who gets punished for telling the truth, and who gets protected for spreading hate and violence.

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post.

I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing.

Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner.

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Trump again floats Canada joining the U.S. as the 51st state | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he again told some unnamed Canadian official that the country should consider joining the U.S. as the 51st state — returning to the annexationist rhetoric he u...

Hoekstra last week: "You know, I've got no direction to, you know, continue a dialogue on the 51st state. It hasn't been in play for months."

Today: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Reid Hoffman, the billionaire founder of LinkedIn, funded E. Jean Carroll's litigation against Trump.

Karen Attiah Says Firing by Washington Post Violated Labor Agreement The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

From the BBC: "A spokesperson for Sir Sadiq said of Trump's comments: 'We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.'"

A troubling development in Canadian political "journalism." Good on @lukelebrun.ca for delving into this.

Michael Eisner @Michael_Eisner Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The “suspending indefinitely” of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.” By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

Interesting

From @zacklabe.com: "New record low (due to its low winter ice) - As we are moving into the freeze season now, it's the end of another year on my accumulation graph of total sea ice extent anomalies (i.e. newly open water relative to the 1981-2010 average)..."

What ‘They’ have done In 2020, They stole the presidential election. How They did this has never been explained clearly. At first, it was alleged that They did so through fraud, by stuffing ballot boxes or submitting fake ...

I wrote about Them. www.pbump.net/o/what-they-...

Absolutely fucking insane

Alex will be on CBC Radio's Day 6 tomorrow talking about his new dark comedy Adulthood (I was hooked) and about Waiting for Godot on Broadway, which starts previews tomorrow night. It was a great chat!

Global is a really important part of BC’s news ecosystem

Just to name one example, they were able to break a series of important stories about the Noelle O’Soup case globalnews.ca/news/9032414...

Anti-racism group warned Hamilton police about officer's extremist ties 8 months before they suspended him | CBC News In August, Hamilton police suspended an officer while they investigated “disturbing” social media posts. Meanwhile, a local anti-racism group says it informed police last year of a person with extremi...

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"Given this history, the choice to include Primo in the story (especially given the reasons most people were actually at the rally for) is curious, as is omitting the context of this person's very public history and affiliations. "

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired.

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Congratulations! And I'm happy to see Cigarette and Cocktail in the track list. Love that one.

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.

Important thread.

“My brother has gone missing. There’s no other word for it,” Alexander Peña said on Tuesday morning. “We don’t know if he’s been kidnapped, we don’t know if he’s been in an accident, we don’t know if he’s alive. At this time, we know nothing from him.”

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Given those significant salary differences, how many teachers move from California or NY to Oklahoma?

The average a salary for a teacher in California is approximately $92K. In New York, it's $76K. In Oklahoma, it's $54K.

Oklahoma Proposes ‘America First Test’ for Teachers From New York and California The test is meant to filter out teachers who hold views “antithetical” to Oklahoma values.

Oklahoma will require teachers coming from New York and California to pass a test to combat what it calls “woke indoctrination” before being hired, according to the state's public schools superintendent.

Oh wow! Happy Belated!

Is it your birthday or something? Because that sounds like a gift.

Traffic in the GTHA is terrible. Congestion is terrible. Climate change is a huge part of our lives this summer with wildfires and fire bans across the province. Is having more people commuting the best thing for the planet and our well-being right now?

And what will the impact be on already clogged GTHA roadways?