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Canadian lawyer; I enjoy history, nitpicking and animals.

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To be fair, the only way the two corner spaces can get out is through the third, so while it's an irregular parking job it's not actually harming anyone.

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They only get humour when they're sober. Otherwise they'll kneecap you.

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Although the United Wives of Elon movement has grown up characterizing it as an argument about Billionaires' Rights.

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Wait, the idea that Elon musk is *not* a pedophile was debunked?

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I find that usually happens with people who don't actually understand what they are talking about. If they deviate from the script they become confused.

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The argument that "If presidents are subject to liability for their criminal acts in office they will just pardon themselves, so we should not make them liable for their criminal acts" is at best specious.

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To be fair, he's felt like he's drowning lately

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Macarons predate Oreos, so it would be more accurate to say that Oreos are degenerate macarons.

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David Fisman. The other guy is a turnip.'s avatar David Fisman. The other guy is a turnip. @dfisman.bsky.social
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This Canadian Sherman tank ("Holy Roller") landed at Juno Beach 80 years ago, and was 1 of only 2 Canadian tanks that landed on D-Day and survived to VE Day. First Canadian Hussars, London, Ont. Take a moment today to remember the absolute badasses who showed the world how you deal with Nazis.

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Complete badass, although one could question the effectiveness of his spiking of the guns if they were immediately put back into use.

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Saw this for the first time today. Seems legit.

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Do you have a link to the news story on the HK arrests? I'd like to read more.

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yesterday at an event I learned that fascists in Argentina in the 70s were so threatened by math and logic they at one point banned venn diagrams

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What makes it better than boiling eggs in a pan? Is it faster?

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I was assuming it tied to witchcraft somehow

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The one good thing he contributed to public discourse. Covfefe.

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[whispering to Justice Merchan] four more years

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Next week’s cover of The New Yorker just dropped.

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Graduating from "felon" to "convicted felon" is like an angel getting its wings.

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Wear what makes you happy, and the people who like what you wear will make you happy too.

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❀°。der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆'s avatar ❀°。der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social
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It sure would be comical if Samuel Alito had recently published an opinion in which he expressed strong feelings about flags and wrote that passersby viewing a flag flying over a building would naturally assume the flag conveys some message on the owner's behalf

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21p...

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Great Washington Post nostalgia study. Adults think U.S. society was historically nicest and comfiest—most moral and close-knit, families happiest—whenever they happened to be little kids, and culture (music, movies, TV, fashion, sports, food) best whenever they were adolescents. wapo.st/3WXd9xS

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis's avatar Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.bsky.social
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Rereading this and I'm going to bed to cry:

"Ernest Hemingway was paid $1 a word in 1936. That's more than $21 per word in today's dollars. The maximum I was ever paid to write for a glossy magazine in print was $2/word, in 2021."

defector.com/the-money-is...

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel)'s avatar Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com
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Established in 1970, Glad Day is the world’s oldest 2SLGBTQ bookstore. It has been at the heart of Canadian struggles for sexual liberation, free speech and creativity. Glad Day is in crisis & needs to raise $100,000 by the end of June in order to continue. Please donate, please share. More info:

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A lot of restaurants in my neighbourhood do this as well - it's wonderful.

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Donbas Area Situation Report: May 21-22 The frontline remains dynamic despite appearing static. Ukrainian forces reinforced Kharkiv to halt the Russian advance. The situation is still risky considering the thinned defenses. 🧵Thread Before proceeding, please like and share

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My grandfather, were he alive, would feel vindicated by the resurgence of anti polish racism.

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Technically, "No. Different." means the opposite of "No different.", i.e., "different". I wish there was a rule to dismiss for ungrammatical pleading.

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After looking at a deluge of "Be your authentic self at work" crap, I was tempted to write "Shut up and get back to work", a book about how work is about, well, work.

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Few years back I wrote a fan comic Scooby-Doo/John Constantine short thing. Art fell through, except the last bonus page that @lartist.bsky.social drew. It's never been anywhere I think, so here it is, for you guys.

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I tell anecdotes because it amuses me to bore and confuse people. Is that bad?

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During the Second World War, she became the first Chinese-Canadian female pilot officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force Reserves. She enrolled at the University of British Columbia and in 1953 became the first Chinese-Canadian woman to graduate with a law degree from U of BC. 2/

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Overnight, Russian infantry, backed by armored vehicles, entered Kharkiv oblast from Belgorod area, using small tactical units. Frontelligence Insight had previously cautioned about this scenario. Here's what we know about it🧵: (Before proceeding, please like and share)

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And people waving the gadsden flag get drafted into the Continental Navy?

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Our team has prepared a summarized situational report about frontline changes.

It details recent frontline developments, focusing on Chasiv Yar, the Avdiivka area, and the potential for a renewed Russian offensive in Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts

frontelligence.substack.com/p/situation-...

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