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a man doing an handstand at the south pole. The pole globe is visible as are part of the ring of flags. The image is taken upsidedown so it appears that the sky is on the bottom and the man is holding up the Earth above him.

Fantastic picture of Colin (from his insta account) yesterday at the South Pole.

Even though it perpetuates the notion that the south pole is the one that is upsidedown ..... I will allow it.

www.instagram.com/p/DUwgmJckbl...

For some reason I cannot imagine, I've ended up with something of a reputation for being the radical of our cohort. All I did was offer feedback on a scene about molotov cocktails.

Mary Robinette's guidance was critical in my development as a writer, and our cohort are lifelong friends. Try it!

This is happening tomorrow, Tuesday, February 17. I hope you'll join!

There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.

When I was in Grade 4, an elderly extended family member asked me about ‘violent Somalian gangs’ at my elementary school based on things she heard on Lowell Green’s radio show

I was like “ma’am, I don’t know what your radio is telling you, but we just play pogs and talk about Power Rangers here”

The 5p Solution: How clean air is transforming attendance and learning in one Hampshire school Generations of pupils have learned in stuffy classrooms filled with recycled air, but a Hampshire school is now breathing new life into the way lessons are taught.

21% reduction in staff and student illness in this Hampshire school. The impact of clean air on student learning and well-being is significant. ⁦‪‬⁩
www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...

"Billionaires like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as good and natural. Epstein funneled ~$20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology [and got] to hold forth in formal sessions at Harvard, condemning feeding and caring for the poor as if he were making a scholarly argument."

kitten lying on back on bed Luge cat practices in its sleep

It just happens that back in 2014 I made a bunch of Winter Olympic Lolcats. Let's have a look!

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

The wii alan's hummingbird sticking out her expansive tongue

¡MWAH!
Happy Valentines Day 🪶

"The litmus test of whether the US is an entrenched mafia state has always been Kushner."

Full article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

A male cedar waxwing brings a gift of a choke cherry berry to his mate. She said it was better than chocolate or flowers.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Share the love!

A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. A man shivers in bed while a smiling lady in a red mask shows off her bandage on her arm. Text: Noses are red Ice packs are blue I'm vaxed so miss me with severe symptoms of flu.

A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. Two lady scientists shrug lackadaisically. Text reads: My love for you can't be explained by science. Just like the new federal vaccine guidelines.

A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. Protesters in Minneapolis wear thick clothes and hold signs of support for immigrant neighbors. Text reads: To the health departments in the Twin Cities: Love unites us. Our hearts are with you.

Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).

We need to become a proactive society, not a reactive society and it needs to happen immediately.

I’m also kind of surprised that anyone would expect Arundhati Roy, of all people, to take an ‘apolitical’ stance on…anything

I discovered Israeli government procurement documents showing a Canadian group that's sending right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel was granted funds from Israel's foreign ministry

The funding came through an arm of the ministry focused on managing “public perception of Israel”

Shooting dozens of rounds of tear gas and using pepper spray and their batons, the SPVM violently pushed back more than a thousand people who showed up this afternoon to send a message to GardaWorld over their contracts with ICE at their offices and training center in Ville Saint-Laurent. (thread)

Protest. Protestors hold, in the centre, a banner saying “Borders kill”.

Protest. In the centre is a protestor holding a sign “Personne est illégal sur des terres volées”. Beside is a sign saying “Fuck ICE Garda complice”.

GardaWorld HQ in Montreal.

I organized a protest against ICE and Quebec’s own complicity in profiting off of said agency today.

That protest got brutalized to hell and back by the Montreal police.

Please enjoy our research paper on how Bluesky is the preferred home of academics of all stripes, including professors of rare moths. (Yes, we actually have lots of entomologists here).

academic.oup.com/icb/article-... 🧪

Canada must support Cuba "You cannot ‘live within the lie’ of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”

Mark Carney said that Canada is "considering" sending aid to Cuba.

Before COVID, one million Canadians visited Cuba every year. Their convertavle peso is pegged to the Canadian Dollar. I argue that we need to send fuel and supplies ASAP, regardless of Trump.

noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...

YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic Nature Boy

"Nature Boy," Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrJr...

Curling doesn't necessarily have to be just a winter sport.

I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked

Just got my Public Lending Right money from Canada Council. And for the firs time ever, it's pretty good money ($1500). This is thanks to you taking my books out at the library. Keep doing it! And do it for your favourite authors! Even if you don't read the books!!

Alleged someone allegedly burning a concentration camp in Kansas City.

Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp

YouTube video by Crunchyroll Yuri!!! on ICE Episode 1 | Easy as Pirozhki!! The Grand Prix Final of Tears

If you want to learn about how figure skating works via the medium of incredibly charming gay anime, may I STRONGLY suggest "Yuri on Ice" (which is available free on Youtube)?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6zo...

Hello Kitty designer steps down after 46 years Yuko Yamaguchi oversaw the feline character's rise to to global icon status.

final sentence had me actually laughing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good morning from the baby harbor seal factory!

Production is at full capacity. In the past 48 hours FOUR pups have reached the end of the assembly line, one of which as recently as 5pm last night!

I'm running on 6 hours sleep, so have low expectations, but I'll be threading as I can 🦭 🦑 #SealSky