Guys, I'm so sorry to send this warning out again, but once more #Apple has decided to force #AppleIntelligence on anyone taking the latest update patch. This now marks the *fourth* time I've had to turn off this bullcrap.
Call Apple Support. File complaints. Remind them that *you're* the customer and *your* decision is final, not theirs.
‘We will welcome you’: B.C. to fast-track hiring of U.S. doctors and nurses | Globalnews.ca
‘We will welcome you’: B.C. to fast-track hiring of U.S. doctors and nurses
That's the message B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne delivered Tuesday, as she said the province will fast-track the recognition of American health-care workers' credentials.Simon Little (Global News)
Rare reddish-orange snowy owl in Huron County, Michigan, captivates birdwatchers.
@Rainmaker1973 #birds #owls #birdwatching
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Spotify rips off artists, pays Joe Rogan to produce his propaganda, and distributes Andrew Tate lessons on how to traffic women.
Are you supporting this? I'm not paying them to do this.
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Today I sent an email to my nonprofit clients reminding them to start getting their program accomplishments narratives ready for efiling their 990s.
I also told them if at all possible to revise their mission & program descriptions to avoid using any of the words this administration doesn't like.
I presume the efiles will be scanned for the "offensive" keywords, same as other docs from other agencies. And many nonprofits will have their status revoked.
#Nonprofit #Coup #ChristianNationalism
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What's the best format for archiving vintage Mac floppies? Disk Copy 4.2? Disk Copy 6? ShrinkWrap? Something else?
I'm hoping to start archiving my software collection soon. Ideally once the 6500 is fixed so I can start installing things on it - but I could do it from the SE or IIfx as well as they've both got working floppy drives now.
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This week, the Trump administration cancelled all grant programs under the Violence Against Women Act. These grants fund most court protective order programs.
At the same time, Trump declares you are a domestic terrorist if you deface a Tesla.
Literally, a swasticar has more legal protection than a woman now.
fortune.com/2025/03/12/preside…
Vandalize Tesla property and the White House will prosecute you as a domestic terrorist, Trump pledges
The White House could bring the full force of the U.S. government to bear on anti–Elon Musk protesters found to have destroyed his carmaker’s assets.Christiaan Hetzner (Fortune)
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This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
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Hey, folks? Social Security and Medicare are called "entitlements" BECAUSE you've paid into them your whole life. You're *entitled* to them. They belong to you. You hold *title* to them.
"Entitlement" ≠ "welfare." But over the last half-century, Republican propagandists have succeeded in changing the meaning of the word.
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I like that Firefox doing bullshit things has brought more attention to the Floorp browser, it's been my go to on Linux for some time now.
But we still have a problem. Everything based on Firefox is still basically Firefox under the skin, same for everything based on Chrome. So we still effectively have 2 browsers, and a whole bunch that are just one of those two with a fake nose and glasses.
And with the massive dominance of Chrome, It's only a matter of time before we only have one.
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Let's go country
I wasn't aware of this cover until one of Johnny Cash's American albums, and I think I like his better than Lefty Frizzell's original
Hey you. Yes you.
Planning on visiting the U.S.? Maybe think again.
Try googling “tourist detained by ICE”.
The risk is not being refused entry, the risk is being locked up for weeks and not allowed to return home.
Links:
10news.com/news/local-news/nev…
cnn.com/2025/03/04/world/germa…
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…
British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue
Backpacker Rebecca Burke was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Washington stateHannah Al-Othman (The Guardian)
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Wonder how long before we have stories about Canadian snowbirds being locked up
The slide into fascism/authoritarianism is going scary fast.
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US to require Canadians who are in the country for longer than 30 days to register with government
It comes as an escalating tensions with Canada.Luke Barr (ABC News)
B.C. woman detained at U.S. border, sent to Arizona detention facility in chains
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B.C. woman detained at U.S. border, sent to Arizona detention facility in chains
Her mother says 35-year-old Jasmine Mooney has been detained in inhumane conditions since March 3David Carrigg , Cheryl Chan (Yahoo News)
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Appeals Court: ‘Plain View” Also Includes Using iPhone Camera Options To See Through Tinted Car Windows
As tech advances, the law mutates. In some cases (Riley, Carpenter) we get more protections. In other cases, we get fewer protections. This case dates back to 2022. Christopher Poller was a suspect…Techdirt
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CNBC is calling the recent stock market drop the Tesla Chainsaw Massacre
#TeslaChainsawMassacre #politics #StockMarketCrash #FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #Nazis #fElonMusk #AdolphTitler #ApartheidClyde
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⚠️ 🇨🇦 ⚠️ Canadian Sovereignty is under threat. 🇨🇦 ⚠️
Federal Election at any time this year
Expect information to be weaponized.
These publications are owned by Post Media,
which is 66% owned by an American media conglomerate with close ties
to the Republican Party. Check to see whether YOUR local paper is on the list.
Advertising Postmedia owns newspapers that serve smaller
communities across Canada, including:
The Flyer Force
GolLocal Airdrie Echo (tabloid)
Bow Valley Crag and Canyon (tabloid)
Publishing Brockville Recorder and Times (broadsheet)
Broadsheet dailies and weeklies Chatham This Week (tabloid)
Clinton News-Record (tabloid)
National Post Cochrane Times (Alberta) (tabloid)
Financial Post Cochrane Times-Post (tabloid)
(administratively part of the National Post) Cold Lake Sun (tabloid)
Belleville Intelligencer Drayton Valley Western Review (tabloid)
Brantford Expositor Edson Leader (tabloid)
Calgary Herald Elliot Lake Standard (tabloid)
Cape Breton Post Fort McMurray Today (tabloid)
Chatham Daily News Fort Saskatchewan Record (tabloid)
The Chronicle Herald (Halifax) Goderich Signal-Star (tabloid)
Cornwall Standard Freeholder Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune (tabloid)
Edmonton Journal Hanna Herald (tabloid)
Kenora Daily Miner and News High River Times (tabloid)
Kingston Whig-Standard Hinton Parklander (tabloid)
London Free Press Kincardine News (tabloid)
The Gazette (Montreal) Kingston This Week (tabloid)
North Bay Nugget Lakeshore Advance (Grand Bend; tabloid)
Ottawa Citizen Lloydminster Meridian Booster (tabloid)
Regina Leader-Post Mid-North Monitor (Espanola; tabloid)
The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon) Mayerthorpe Freelancer (tabloid)
Sault Star Nanton News (tabloid)
Sudbury Star Owen Sound Sun Times (broadsheet)
Timmins Daily Press Peace River Record-Gazette (broadsheet)
Vancouver Sun Pincher Creek Echo (tabloid)
Windsor Star Red River Valley Echo (tableid NE
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Markwayne Mullin Admits Trump's Tariffs Are 'A Tax'
mediaite.com/tv/republican-sen…
Republican Senator Admits Trump’s Tariffs Are ‘A Tax and It Will Be Passed on To Consumers’
Sen. Markwayne Mullin made a frank admission on Wednesday, telling CNN that President Donald Trump's tariffs are effectively a tax that consumers will be stuck paying.Michael Luciano (Mediaite)
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We promised one every day
And no eighteen hour work day is going to stop us.
This song's been covered a lot of times, but this is the only one I know of to tweak the list of problems in the world, adding a few 80s items to the list.
I tend to forget this is a cover
Both versions are great, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Five Finger Death Punch, no way I can choose between the two, but this version is particularly special, 5FDP got Brian May, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Brantley Gilbert (?) for it.
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I think we can (and should) do both.
Sure, it's hard to digest if you're grown up with the strong beliefs of armed disputes between nations was a thing from the past. And with a U.S. protection on our back Europe was in a very comfortable zone.
But the world doesn't care what our wishes are. This has nothing to do with fear or with war hawks it's simply accepting the reality.
Still let's keep being critical about this whole development. It must be clear at any time. We want peace.
We must do both if only for the simple reason that we do not have the fossil resources on our continent anyway.
Moss is our friend. If you are #gardening and come across moss, leave it. It is helping to take up CO2.
news.umich.edu/study-modest-mo…
Study: Modest moss supports billions of tons of carbon storage
Plant life plays a crucial role in fighting climate change by absorbing and transforming greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. For instance, over its lifetime, a tree can absorb more than a ton of carbon from the air and store it in wood and roots.University of Michigan News
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The north side of one of my previous house was in perpetual shade due to trees and the house itself, and grass never grew well. I moved a few patches of moss from the wooded area at the back of the yard and it eventually took over the area.
No mowing, no maintenance, and no weeds. Brilliant.
A reminder that all three books in my series are available wide, so if you’re boycotting Amazon and love to read, I’ve got you covered. 😊
books2read.com/FindingHumanity…
#hopepunk #scifi #fantasy #books #sciencefiction #reading #amreading
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Trump Administration Suspends Tribal College USDA Grant Funding — ProPublica
She’s on a Scholarship at a Tribal College in Wisconsin. The Trump Administration Suspended the USDA Grant That Funded It.
Tribal colleges and universities, which ProPublica last year found are perpetually underfunded by Congress, say it’s illegal to withhold financial support from them.ProPublica
I've been using Trello for years, and I always wondered if there was an easier way of adding labels to cards without actually going into them.
And there is... so, the thing is filled with shortcuts. So, tapping “l" when hovering over a card with pop up the label menu, and you can then click on the label you want to add to the card! 🤯
#uspol How are those egg prices looking?
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms | US news | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and SerbiaAnna Betts (The Guardian)
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Life In Russia...
One of the speakers on a Russian channel mentioned that the USSR invaded Finland and divided Poland with Germany in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
In response, another speaker, the Stalinist Yevgeny Spitsyn, threatened to write a denunciation against him for "falsifying the history of World War II" and imprison him for several years.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO
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in reply to Artair Geal :trek: :bearpride: • • •I'm booting to an external SSD. You lose Apple Pay...but...you also lose Apple Intelligence.
I'll take it.