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PICARD: Mr. Data, we need to discuss these anomalies in your latest reports DATA: Respectfully sir, the odds I would make a mistake in my work are 43,650,000 to- PICARD: On this map of the alpha quadrant you've labeled Klingon "Krisphon" and Vulcan "Vuvutrishpo" GEORDI: Captain, be reasonable! He's not supposed to be good at that. Just ask him to write another poem about cats

The Ontario Health Coalition called a major protest in cities across Ontario on Sept. 25, 2023, against privatizing public hospitals' core services. A thousand health care workers, union members and supporters came out to Queen's Park. Richard Lautens/Toronto Star Richard Lautens/ Toronto Star

Our lucrative public health sector is beyond Trump's reach https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/public-health-care-is-a-vital-domestic-industry-and-its-beyond-trumps-reach-strengthening-it/article_b369f32e-26df-432d-9948-cf6289669ff5.html

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“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

Feds need to ‘rethink’ industrial benefits policy and refocus on defence capabilities, say former senior officials: it ‘needs to evolve’

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Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

YouTube video by mrcoggy Mitchell and Webb's Kitchen Nightmares

m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Nf... "im not as good as you, stephen"

UK plans to recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes action British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his cabinet that Israel needs to reach a ceasefire, make clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commit to a long-term peace process including a two-state solution.

Struck by the idea of recognizing a Palestinian state as a kind of punishment, as opposed to the geopolitically right thing to do. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

Oh wow. Under an "unprecedented" new visa program, 280 Tuvaluans selected by ballot will be allowed to resettle in Australia every year before the whole country is submerged by rising water levels caused by climate change.
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monday morning from 9am to 10am sets the tenor for the entire week based on how much of my job i can re-learn from either first principles or draw from muscle memory

“I had to come back for the insurance, because they informed me this year that I’m on COBRA,” said Venus Williams in a post-match interview at the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open.

Williams, 45, became the oldest woman to win on the Women’s Tennis Association tour since 2004.

Learn more about COBRA.⤵️

an NYT game called HEADLINES where you have to change a phrase to passive voice while hitting a specific character count

YouTube video by IRPP What is “mission-driven” government, and can it work in Canada

What is mission-driven govt and could it work in 🇨🇦?

In our recent webinar, Sarah Doyle, @jackpannell.bsky.social & @danhonig.bsky.social joined @jenditchburn.bsky.social to unpack the idea and lessons from the U.K.

Missed it? Watch or listen here:
💻: youtu.be/lwRH6kObgzg
🎧: shorturl.at/enS9R

Nestor's TARG shirt is the cherry on top

I needed this today

There is tech innovation and there is tech "innovation"

A crisis foretold: 3 decades of warnings on N.B.'s aging population | CBC News Governments have known for decades the province’s population was aging and they would have to cope with an ever-growing number of seniors needing care. The waiting list for a nursing home bed is more ...

A crisis foretold: 3 decades of warnings on N.B.'s aging population. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is an important conversation on a pressing issue, featuring Dr. Kwame McKenzie.

What’s Value in Health Care? Powerful Companies Make It Hard To Know Powerful health care companies shape the informational environments around their products. As part of this playbook, companies avoid or thwart the generation and dissemination of accurate information…

Today, @cmorten.bsky.social illuminates one major reason that Americans spend too much on health care with dubious or even negative value: powerful companies control and distort the informational environments around their products.

dude I love The National because it all sounds like a man whose greatest goal is living in Neil McCauleys house from Heat with no furniture

How Canada Can Say No to Donald Trump By substantively rebuilding its national sovereignty, Canada can de-link itself from US economic and political domination.

By substantively rebuilding its national sovereignty, Canada can de-link itself from US economic and political domination.

it is magnificent!

It's "extremely, extremely unfortunate that USAID is no longer there," says U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk, who notes that some U.N. programs have already been scaled back because of the loss of funding. www.democracynow.org/2025/7/11/vo...

caveats:
- chose only 1 The National album, could have picked at least 3
- pretended Kanye simply doesn't exist
- no Radiohead because that is spirtually 90s to me

Bones of What You Believe- Chvrches
Tigers Blood- Waxahatchee

no particular order:
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco
High Violet- The National
Channel Orange- Frank Ocean
Left & Leaving- Weakerthans
Post-Nothing- Japandroids
I'm Wide Awake It's Morning- Bright Eyes
Stay Positive- The Hold Steady
'59 Sound- The Gaslight Anthem
Stankonia- Outkast

you could also probably find some savings by phasing out current Kafkaesque means-testing systems people have to navigate to get discounted fares.

Zohran Mamdani Has Some Good Ideas for NYC Transit. His Biggest Promise Isn’t One of Them. Riders don't want buses to be free. They want something else.

I, for one, think you can probably make a public service more affordable and accessible while at the same time improving it. Call me a dreamer. slate.com/business/202...

David Roth @david_j_roth Skyrockets in flight/Borat voice 'My Wife'

What to Know About the Collapse of the F.D.A.

this will have severe consequences well beyond U.S. borders. Canada needs to double down on EU regulatory collaboration. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/m...