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But without Oasis, which would have cool…

one would think Amor de Cosmos must have had some dudeness going on, at some point…

And the missives as “BS’s”

Crudité, surely

Incomplete; training, education, and assessment are functions to expand access to social capital and employment, see everything since the enlightenment, but yeah, ai doubleplus ungood

In my riding an NDP vote is the best choice to avoid the vote-splitting that would help our mini-trump gain power, but yes many people I know are in your mom’s situation!

Hey Norm, am I right in saying that you , Neil, Marshall McLuhan (and my kids!) all went to the same high school? Go Clippers!

The Conservative Party put out a policy/fundraiser attacking Trudeau and trying tie him to small business grant given to an edible insect startup. Its making the rounds today. I’m not sure when it was first issued

YouTube video by Dropkick Murphys Dropkick Murphys SIRENS (Official Music Video)

what Robert said… but with a bouncy C

youtu.be/RMSxewKxb5c?...

this is where I live

What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.

I hear you! what could possibly interest them in a political program that disparages any concerted community actions that protect people from emissions, spills, GHG-driven climate crises…? It’s a poser

The decoding the gurus lads do a granular assessment of his métier; spoiler- it’s not pretty…
@guruspod.bsky.social

Europeans on democracy’s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europe’s fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutions

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

From a long-time US correspondant and one of the best hands on the subject

Sea shanties

Swin cracked wise re 51st state, then received a vast rebuke from coast to coast to coast…he’s grudgingly being kept in line…

Ah! Very cool, thx

sublime…first heard him on the rough trade sampler out here in the hinterland, foundational!

Also, often wondered about the keyboard, is it a Mellotron?

OMG - all pop music is three songs reiterated over and over again… And DEVO

This is not a question that can be answered by a polity, because to participate would negate its existence…

There was a contest a while ago to find the Canadian equivalent for “as American as apple pie” and the winning entry was as “Canadian as… possible under the circumstances”

I can