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""Today, I own six houses, five cars and six boats. ... The Reform leader ... said he did not mean to "boast", asking Greer: "In your Scotland, do you want more people like me, or fewer people like me?"
"Fewer people like you," the Green co-leader replied."
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Reform's Offord says he owns six houses, six boats and five cars
Malcolm Offord was criticised as "entitled" during an STV leaders debate ahead of next week's election.

Uhoh... the beginning of some buyer's remorse perhaps for the folks who thought LNG was going to be the Great New Job Creator and saviour of Terrace BC?
"Mayor Sean Bujtas closed off debate by saying he had a problem with LNG Canada itself.
“LNG Canada boasted the cleanest LNG facility in the world and I don’t really think we’re there today,” he said. “And so the question is why, and when are we getting there? We have an air shed. You can only get it so dirty before it becomes a problem.”
“I’m confident everybody in Kitimat and everybody in Terrace is seeing something they did not expect to see at all,” Bujtas continued.”
Imagine that... a fossil fuel operation that has lied to the community, and is causing orders of magnitude more damage to the community and the global environment than they said on paper.
#BCPoli #BCLNG #EndFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #Environment #Pollution
https://terracestandard.com/2026/04/28/terrace-council-backs-call-for-lng-impact-assessment/

"When a debate gets heated, it effectively hijacks the mental "radar" people rely on to flag suspicious content."
✅ Can you tell a bot from a human online? | TechRadar
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vp…

Can you tell a bot from a human online? Surfshark's new experiment says nearly half of us cannot
Surfshark's "Bot or Not" challenge proves our biggest weakness against AI is our own emotions

A lot of people in my TL are speculating that the shooting was staged, and…I doubt that, but surely the right-wing •reaction• was. That’s why I say the story of the OP deserves attention.
People are saying “doing a Reichstag,” and…there’s a long-running debate, but historical consensus leans pretty strongly toward the Reichstag fire itself being a case of fascist opportunism and not fascist premeditation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire#Dispute_about_Van_der_Lubbe's_role

USC cancels gubernatorial debate amid uproar over candidates of color being excluded (Seema Mehta/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-23/california-leaders-call-to-boycott-debate-if-other-candidates-not-included
http://www.memeorandum.com/260324/p68#a260324p68

I've seen a bunch of "the CA age verification law is the best way to do a bad thing and so we shouldn't oppose compliance" takes, which others are rightly pointing out is a bad stance because it's blindingly obvious that compliance now sets the stage for compliance later and the clearly set up later is mandatory verification of age data. Even if you think that, for example, California's current "progressive" government won't go there, we're all currently seeing just how easy it is for a new government to pick up the oppressive tools the "good" government was using "restraint" with and put them to worse ends.
On the other hand, I'll freely admit that distros *do* need a way to shield themselves from liability right now. The clear (to me; IANAL) correct solution is to say on your website "don't download this OS if you're in a jurisdiction where it's not legal for us to provide it."). Assuming this does put you in the clear liability-wise, it has several positive effects:
- Stops zero people from downloading it.
- Makes it clear that your project will not collaborate with fascists/oppressive regime enjoyers.
- Means that when the next law makes verifying user ages mandatory (and/or explicitly requires using Palantir-adjacent services to do so) you've already got a strategy in place and there's no need for a "debate" in your "community" about compliance.
- Gets users more practice with "the law is malicious/needlessly bureaucratic/oppressive; let's ignore it" which to be honest people in general clearly desperately need at this point.
- Is the most effective political move if you want to resist the way things are going. Forcing the other side to explain why "California bans Linux" is good rhetorical strategy. Make *them* try to explain "well it's actually not so harmful since we let users set it themselves" and answer your follow-up "but what if next year the requirements change; I just refuse to go along with this slippery slope stuff and I'm not bothered if that means you want to *ban* me."
#AgeVerification

"Americans Believe in Science, Just Not Its Findings"
Also over a decade old. I wonder if it will ever change.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/americans-believe-in-science-just-not-its-findings/3…

Raiders' Future QB Fernando Mendoza Facing First Debate of Draft Cycle https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-fernando-mendoza-facing-first-debate-draft-cycle

I will always resent "scroll as zoom", making the scrolling function of the mouse do a zoom. You may disagree, but I'm not looking for a debate.
I remember a conversation with the PM of Google Maps when this was introduced there. I asked for at least an option to turn it off. Not only does it strike me as counterintuitive, its behavior embedded in a scrolling window is unforgivable. His response: "What else would scroll do?"
Gotta love product design.

I'm noticing people treating this as mere dysfunction, but it's not. City Hall is keeping most of the commissions intact because the whole purpose of “commission reform” was to justify an executive power grab, not because anyone seriously thought having too many commissions was a major issue.
And the executive power grab is still happening. 1/

S.F. supes plan to ignore the vast majority of commission streamlining recommendations
Commenters vented on Tuesday as the years-long debate over culling San Francisco's commissions moved towards a resolution

The Vatican and the pope are likely to “keep their distance” from Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist
Rome has been important to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who was a strong opponent of Pope Francis and even courted Jeffrey Epstein in his efforts to “take down” the pontiff.

Peter Thiel’s secret lectures on Antichrist in Rome spark debate
Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has previously argued that the Antichrist is not necessarily a person but could come as a global government system.

IMHO: the ad is just a little too low-budget amateur to graduate fully from 'massive cringe' (my overriding reaction lol) to socially disruptive 'parody' but OK, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt I guess?
Aside: what i take away from this is that car salespeople of all genders are incapable of not being creepy or cringy-af. lol
#ad #mysogynism #carsalesman

Absolutely fascinating on the philosophy, past, present and future of nuclear deterrence in Europe.
Much I had not previously thought about.
Also, brilliant name for a podcast on European security
#MildlyAlarmed #Deterrence #Russia #EU #security #nuclear
Mildly Alarmed: Inside Europe's debate about nukes
Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mildly-alarmed/episodes/Inside-Europes-debate-about-nukes-e3joh7h
Media file: https://anchor.fm/s/111aff124/podcast/play/120390321/https://d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net/staging/2026-4-22/424693918-44100-2-d995403c2e093.mp3

Joining #NATO does not change our stance on #nuclear proliferation, they said. There's no need to join #TPNW now because we can always support it later from inside NATO, they said. Yes we're joining NATO exercises involvi…

Finland considers lifting restrictions on nuclear weapons transit
With France signalling plans to expand its nuclear stockpile, debate has surfaced in Finland on easing restrictions on the transit of nuclear weapons.

A deep dive into the debate about Claude Mythos Preview, the model's capabilities, attempts to refute Anthropic's claims, and what it means for the future of AI (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/claude-mythos-2-cybersecurity…

Claude Mythos #2: Cybersecurity and Project Glasswing
Anthropic is not going to release its new most capable model, Claude Mythos, to the public any time soon.

Raiders Make Move With Fernando Mendoza Ahead of NFL Draft https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/fernando-mendoza-visit-draft-rumors/

Casar calls Cornyn out for pretending to support TSA after voting not to fund them.
Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Greg Casar debate DHS funding at Austin airport https://www.kxan.com/video/sen-john-cornyn-and-rep-greg-casar-debate-dhs-funding-at-austin-airport/11611627/

The Senate's marathon elections debate is dividing Republicans, not Democrats (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/18/save-america-act-senate-debate-00833526
http://www.memeorandum.com/260318/p4#a260318p4

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers again on Tuesday that congressional authorization is not required for the military operation against Iran, arguing that President Trump has sufficient executive authority to take whatever action he chooses."
Pete Hegseth: No congressional nod needed for Iran operation
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5874674-congress-debate-iran-war-hegseth/

So, something from my car's buildlog made it into Google's AI summary (yes, it links my buildlog as the source and and only source for this)...
Problem for me isn't that Google uses it (that debate can go on for ages, not worth my time), the problem is that this "fix", isn't actually a fix.
It was a band-aid fix to make something work "alright-ish" for me to get certain usable data but isn't actually a proper fix.
It's incorrect in…

In other words, we as a campus community have an active debate about which debates are even worth having — and we have room to exercise judgement about which voices we as a community choose to amplify.
Amplifying all voices is not a route to free society; it’s a route to total noise. Flooding the zone is just as effective a means of censorship as silencing all opposition. As people trying to foster useful discussion, we have an obligation to choose choose wisely our topics of discussion and the voices we elevate.
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love it.
#newJersey

Why the Cowboys believe one superstar like Micah Parsons was not worth more than several key contributors https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-micah-parsons-value-key-contributors-debate…

Pope Leo XIV says 'not in my interest at all' to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace (Nicole Winfield/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/pope-leo-trump-war-iran-peace-f9980c81d36fad024cce788c915c16eb
http://www.memeorandum.com/260418/p26#a260418p26

Not April Fool: okay, I think that clinches my vote for Chakrabarti over Chan unless there are major surprises. You can't be mealy-mouthed on enabling a genocidal regime. (Of course, Wiener is much worse on this issue, and I will vote for Chan in the general if it's those two who advance.)
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Trump describes Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer whose 2024 Paris Olympics match became a flashpoint in the transgender athlete debate, as a man who transitioned to womanhood.
-- She was not.
Khelif is a woman who was assigned female at birth. The entire anecdote, used to justify policy, rests on a lie.
Similarly, Trump claims that Somali-Americans in Minnesota have 94% unemployment.
-- The actual labor force participation rate for that community is approximately 70% …

Ahead of a lengthy Senate debate on the Save America act, Donald Trump took to social media to rally lawmakers to get the legislation passed.
A reminder that the president has threatened to not sign any further bills under the sweeping voter ID bill makes its way to his desk.
A short while ago Trump insisted that the Save America act is “one of the most IMPORTANT & CONSEQUENTIAL pieces of legislation in the history of Congress” in a post on Truth Social.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/17/us-senate-voter-id-donald-trump-iran-hormuz-latest-news-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump privately told donors about one of his favorite negotiating tactics,
recounting at a New York fundraiser in May how he would deter Chinese or Russian aggression
by threatening to bomb Beijing or Moscow.

“He thought I was crazy,”
Trump said of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s response.
“He didn’t believe me, except 10 percent.
And 10 percent is all you need.”

The story, which has not been confirmed by R…

Trump’s Iran brinkmanship reaches truce, escalates backlash at home
The president’s ultimatum drew condemnation across the political spectrum and intensified open debate about his credibility, morality and sanity.

If you are perhaps not from Canada and want to get a taste of the complexity of the 'national unity' debate in Canada, I'd recommend these comments from Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois in the House of Commons.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #Québec #Alberta #Monarchy