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Tabatha Southey is a freelance writer who is based, in Toronto. She/Her. Bylines Globe and Mail, Macleans, Foreign Policy, Elle Magazine, National Post, Toronto Life, Explore Magazine and more, author of three books. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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I’ll send…well, you know.

09.03.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, worst case for them they golf and do the Sunday shows til the very end.

09.03.2026 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well played, sir.

09.03.2026 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My paternal grandfather fought and lost his brother in the Things Like This II. My mum’s dad served in the Great Things Like This.

09.03.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't understand daylight savings. I don't know why we do it, can never remember when to do it, nor can I perform the necessary adjustments to my appliances to make it happen. The truth is that for six months of the year I have to go out to my car to check what time it is.

09.03.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

Sunk cost fallacy, but you’re charging it to someone else’s card.

08.03.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Broadway, Burgers, The Beach Boys, Route 66, the Statue of Liberty and It’s a Wonderful Life recede. This is the American brand now.

08.03.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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On Politics: The Rearmament Consensus β€˜We must build our hard power because that is the currency of the age,’ Keir Starmer declared to the Munich Security Conference earlier this month. It’s a sentiment shared across Europe, where…

Another very worthwhile @lrb.co.uk podcast. I appreciate a London Review of Books format that doesn’t require me to sit still.

07.03.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Done.

07.03.2026 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are 92 million Iranians in Iran.

07.03.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wise child.

07.03.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feeling really good about having all my money invested in a bag of sumo mandarins right now.

07.03.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
ArQuives Job Alert

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06.03.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was lucky enough to attend just such an event and it was a good time, bring your daughter if you’re lucky enough to have one.

06.03.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DOW moves to distance itself from Pam Bondi.

06.03.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to Blue Sky (fellow SEED en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEED_Al... alumnus) @doctorow.pluralistic.net.

06.03.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Aerial view of five rows of graves being prepared by people and digging equipment, with vehicles on the left side.

Aerial view of five rows of graves being prepared by people and digging equipment, with vehicles on the left side.

Once you see this image as a grim American flag you cannot unsee it.

06.03.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 377    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 13

I can’t see myself ever forgiving America. Watching the people protesting in Minneapolis
and the new Muppet Show I thought there might be a way back for the country, but now I’m drawing a blank.

06.03.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Adds β€œtakes up serpents” to resume.

06.03.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Pinball machine with internal components exposed.

Pinball machine with internal components exposed.

Work is progressing on the pinball machines in the YorkU engineering machine shop.

Students are working hard modernizing the 1960s and 70s era machines with ESP32 and Arduino micros.

06.03.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

"No stupid rules of engagement." β€” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, March 2, 2026

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East." β€” Reuters, March 5, 2026

06.03.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 720    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 18

Damn, I cannot believe the Nazi Club was full of Nazis.

05.03.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only one who could ever reach me /

Was the son of a…

06.03.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2422    πŸ” 451    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 0

they double bombed an elementary school for girls

05.03.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 844    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 11
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South African President Talks Trump, Racism and That Oval Office β€˜Ambush’

Remembering during apartheid when white South Africans I knew told me they were β€œtoo ashamed” to travel outside of their country and wondering if Americans are going to get some of that.

05.03.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
The Diameter Of The Bomb
The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters
and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters,
with four dead and eleven wounded.
And around these, in a larger circle
of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered
and one graveyard. But the young woman
who was buried in the city she came from,
at a distance of more than a hundred kilometers,
enlarges the circle considerably,
and the solitary man mourning her death
at the distant shores of a country far across the sea
includes the entire world in the circle.
And I won’t even mention the crying of orphans
that reaches up to the throne of God and
beyond, making a circle with no end and no God.

The Diameter Of The Bomb The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded. And around these, in a larger circle of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered and one graveyard. But the young woman who was buried in the city she came from, at a distance of more than a hundred kilometers, enlarges the circle considerably, and the solitary man mourning her death at the distant shores of a country far across the sea includes the entire world in the circle. And I won’t even mention the crying of orphans that reaches up to the throne of God and beyond, making a circle with no end and no God.

amichai.

05.03.2026 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 505    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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CARNEY: "Of course, we are both nations still in the making. The important work of reconciliation with indigenous peoples is ongoing. We continue to strive so that everyone has equal opportunities, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, or starting point in their lives."

05.03.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Who is primarying him and what’s the maximum I can donate?

04.03.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
(1) After each engagement, Parties to the conflict shall, without delay, take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled.
(2) Whenever circumstances permit, the Parties to the conflict shall conclude local arrangements for the removal of the wounded and sick by sea from a besieged or encircled area and for the passage of medical and religious personnel and equipment on their way to that area.

(1) After each engagement, Parties to the conflict shall, without delay, take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled. (2) Whenever circumstances permit, the Parties to the conflict shall conclude local arrangements for the removal of the wounded and sick by sea from a besieged or encircled area and for the passage of medical and religious personnel and equipment on their way to that area.

As I've addressed this issue in a few interviews today, here's Article 18 of the Second Geneva Convention which bears on the duties to search for and collect the shipwrecked following engagements at seaβ€”such as the sinking of the Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.

04.03.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting

Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom.

Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry.

By Isaac Chotiner
March 4, 2026

Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom. Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry. By Isaac Chotiner March 4, 2026

Excuse me.

Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me.

I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are.

Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

Excuse me. Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me. I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are. Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train.

I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train. I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015?

If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015? If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.

04.03.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2475    πŸ” 499    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 14