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Tries to be helpful. Maker/Thinker. Qualia-tative methods/Research-Creation theories. He/They. Tiohtià:ke(Montréal, QC)
Av Me, heavily processed. Title banner: Cherry tomatoes which I grew.

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Trump faces backlash over Truth Social video referencing a ‘unified Reich’ | The Independent

“Remains up on Truth Social at the time this article was posted”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unified-reich-nazi-video-truth-social-b2548569.html

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Ron DeSantis Makes “Climate Change Isn’t Real” Official Florida Law

😆😭😡🤣
(went for emojis as lost for words!)

https://newrepublic.com/post/181622/ron-desantis-climate-change-florida-law

adamvs1,
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@nic @pvonhellermannn “Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws.” King Cnut reminding everyone that leaders are not gods, and need humility before the forces of nature.

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India rebukes Canada for allowing Sikh rally with float showing Modi in jail | The Independent

If you assassinate duel citizens on other’s territory, you shouldn’t expect freedom of expression rights to be questioned, let alone abrogated.

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-canada-pro-khalistan-rally-b2541403.html

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Oh no, it’s over, NYPD found proof that it was trained terrorists behind the protests and showing the manual they found when raiding Columbia university

adamvs1,
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@SloanStudio @thomasfuchs LOL. During Quebec’s FLQ October Crisis, in 1970, several hundred people were arrested, mostly because they were critical of the government. The cops found a book on Cubism in someone’s home and tried to use it to claim the owner was in cahoots with Fidel Castro. SMDH.

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Trump just admitted his intent to lead the insurrection

Confirming Cassidy Hutchenson’s testimony

Confirming secret service agent accounts

How is this man still the leading Republican presidential candidate?

Video of Trump saying yeah I did more crimes but also I slept with my daughter. Ok the second part wasn’t out loud but come on.

adamvs1,
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@flexghost How is he able to string coherent sentences together.

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“Do I ghost her again?” Québec government sends wrong email to journalist enquiries about housing as a human right.

Every Québec government reaches the hear/speak-no-evil & vacuous policies stage just before the electorate kick them to the curb. The CAQ’s uppance on housing has come, with that of language, education, and immigration in hot pursuit.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-housing-minister-1.7187126

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Daily Inspiration: "Retirement? It's no longer a number, it's a phase!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Years ago - many years ago, it seems - I wrote this into an article:

"Are you ready for a world in which the concept of "retirement' has come to an end? If not, you'd better be, as this is likely to rapidly emerge as the most significant issue for every organization through the next ten years. That's because right now, we have a "perfect storm" brewing that involves three succinct but interrelated trends that will see the ongoing involvement in the workforce of people well past the age of 65."

In that context, yesterday was a pretty big and important milestone day for me!

According to the rules and norms of the 'olden days,' I should be fully retired as of this moment - after all, that's what you were expected to do! But retirement? That's not going to happen! Things have changed much in the past years, with the fact being that many seniors are of a mindset to keep on going with what they enjoy doing. Many are instead deciding to perhaps slowly wind down for a time rather than fitting into some hard, specific date.

With that in mind, here's the article I wrote back in 2004. It makes even more sense today!

The End of Retirement
by Futurist Jim Carroll
CSAE Association Agenda,
May 3, 2004

Read on:

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2024/04/daily-inspiration-workforce-trends-retirement-its-no-longer-a-number-its-a-phase/

adamvs1,
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@jimcarroll I’ve been thinking about this since my 30’s. I don’t want to do a job where the objective is to make enough money to quit. By and large, I have done that. This means, however, that I have to keep working until I leave this mortal coil. But I have fun!

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    @DrALJONES Romeo Dallaire, the commander of the UN forces has a rather damning perspective.

    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-edition-for-april-7-2019-1.5086008/my-soul-is-still-in-rwanda-25-years-after-the-genocide-roméo-dallaire-still-grapples-with-guilt-1.5086075

    unfinishedsymphony, to random

    Jill Stein:
    Just say no to Genocide Joe.

    adamvs1,
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    @unfinishedsymphony @benroyce Electing a politician, or a party, is like choosing a bus. You take the one that gets you closest to your destination (and petition the transit organization to move the bus lines closer to where people want/need to go).

    gemelliz, to Canada

    Back in 2005, rookie MP Pierre Poilievre petitioned Queen Elizabeth to compel her to reject Michaëlle Jean's appointment as Governor General of Canada.
    The Queen dismissed his request.

    #canada #poilievre #BaloneyFactory #cdnpoli

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    @gemelliz @CanadianCrone Everytime I think I’ve heard ‘Peak Poilievre’ something even more petty, unserious, and yet grandstanding arrives. He is a truly miserable little git.

    adamvs1, to random
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    A guaranteed basic livable income provides an equitable foundation for people to flourish. It is one part of creating a sustainable, dignified society.
    If you live in Canada, consider contacting your federal MP:

    https://nwmd.social/s/copylink/4AOGaFuRfeTLxg==/b

    adamvs1, to random
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    What I would like is a durable, long-battery-life version of the flip-phone, physical key pad, no “apps” but capable of acting as a wifi/bluetooth accessible data hub. I use my iPad for virtually everything else, save voice calls & sms. Mostly, my phone sits in my pocket, doing nada except routing data when no wifi is available.
    Hhhmmm, to be continued…

    adamvs1,
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    @clive Now all we need are a couple of engineers to get on it😀

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    One-fifth of troop fatalities in due to friendly fire or accidents, reports

    Buried at the end of the article:
    “Casualties fell as a result of friendly fire on October 7, but the IDF believes that beyond the operational investigations of the events, it would not be morally sound to investigate these incidents due to the immense and complex quantity of them that took place in the kibbutzim and southern Israeli communities”

    https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkjqoobip

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    For Sustainable Batteries, Just Add a Pinch of Salt - IEEE Spectrum

    Why do we need built-in batteries in EVs, anyway? You might own your car, but you rent your battery, rather like a bottle deposit system. Service stations switch out a depleted battery for a freshly charged one. And batteries that are nearing end-of-service-life can be recycled by battery companies, the rare metals reprocessed, rather than discarded.

    https://spectrum.ieee.org/lithium-ion-battery-2665763170

    DrALJONES, to Israel
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    @DrALJONES Ultimately some people simply regard other people…as insects, to be eradicated at a whim. Gov. Hochul is an exhibit of such a person.

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    @DrALJONES
    Here is a (sorry, low-res)screenshot of the article, for those who can’t get past the paywall:

    jeffowski, to random
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    LMAO, regardless of how you side on the Israel-Hamas conflict/war/genocide, and how that may sway you to be with or against the Houthi Yemeni Rebels and whether it is ok to randomly attack "unaffiliated"/innocent commercial shipping, everyone seems to have forgotten one major thing.

    The US's first international intervention was the Barbary Wars. It was why the US even has a Navy. It is why we have the US Marines.

    The US will keep continuing to bust shit up until the Houthis relent. FULL STOP.

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    @jeffowski Nicaragua, Viet Nam, Somalia, Afghanistan, & Iraq indicate it is not so obvious who will relent first. No US citizen would think their nation would surrender to similar attacks—why would anyone assume that other peoples & nations are any different?

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    The UN’s Office for Human Rights reports “Israel working to expel civilian population of Gaza”. This is ethnic cleansing.

    https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/12/israel-working-expel-civilian-population-gaza-un-expert-warns

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    @DrALJONES
    Is this true? I can’t find the original document on the UN site.
    It is entirely plausible— but if later shown to be false, it can be used to discredit reports of other atrocities in Gaza (which are well documented).

    https://www.ohchr.org/en/countries/palestine

    adamvs1,
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    @DrALJONES
    Thanks, I was able to clarify:)
    Here’s Al Jazeera’s article which also links back to the original, UN-sponsored document.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/21/idf-executed-palestinian-men-in-front-of-their-families-un-confirms

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    As the Biden Admin prepares to potentially ban or restrict asylum, a reminder that asylum is legal immigration.

    There's no "port of entry" requirement.
    There's no "visa" requirement.
    There's no "first country" requirement.
    You enter the United States, and you apply for asylum.
    Because asylum is legal immigration. Period.

    Period.

    I opposed Trump's asylum ban. And I will oppose a Biden asylum ban. Because my standard is justice, not political expediency. Asylum Is A Human Right. Period.

    adamvs1,
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    @PadreWil @QasimRashid A substantial number of asylum seekers are fleeing situations(esp Middle East, Latin America, & Africa) that are a direct result of US/Western foreign policy. Propping up dictatorships, imposing various economic hardships, and now climate change.

    See for example Musalo, Karen. "El Salvador: Root Causes and Just Asylum Policy Responses." Hastings Race & Poverty LJ 18 (2021): 178.

    More info:

    https://www.unhcr.org/global-trends

    adamvs1, to random
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    Pierre Under Fire After Video Surfaces of and Speech

    He ”Stands by his comments”.

    https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilievre-under-fire-after-video-surfaces-of-homophobic-and-transphobic-speech/

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    America's car culture is broken -- cyclists and pedestrians know this.

    But what's not acknowledged often enough is just how broken it is for drivers

    Our roads are deadlier than they have been at any point in the past ~20 years.

    And the average price of a new car now exceeds $40,000.

    It doesn't have to be this way!

    Pretty much the rest of the world is embracing micro- and mini-mobility.

    Here's what that looks like.

    (gift link)

    🧵/1

    https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/evs-electric-vehicles-micromobility-smart-car-ultracompact-4b6a6e6b?st=mz0640r6cedjnr1&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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    @lauren @mimsical
    The work needs to be done, anyway.
    North Americans(US & Can) have been neglecting infrastructure for over 40 years. Now, we have to fix roads, bridges, water & sewers, electrical grid, etc. Why not improve them?
    We have the money/wealth/resources. It is a choice to live with poor infrastructure.

    adamvs1,
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    @mimsical @lauren Well, there’s your problem. You don’t want to pay for the minimum structures your society requires, and somehow, you don’t have access to the resources.
    Hmmmmmm. So, who got hold of your money/wealth/resources?

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