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The Ontario Science Centre has
laid off 30 workers
-- including the entire science department
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/ontario-science-centre-laying-off-entire-science-depa…

Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science department
The Ontario Science Centre has laid off 30 workers including the entire science department, The Canadian Press has learned. Science centre CEO Paul Kortenaar told employees at a meeting Thursday that the organization is being restructured.

Surprise, surprise - chambers of commerce, large-scale manufacturers, and tech bros don't lobby for humanities and arts programs. There are reasons universities need a certain amount of political independence.
Ontario is offering universities and colleges 40,000 new spots. Here's how they were allocated - thestar.com

How Ontario's 40,000 new post-secondary spots were allocated
Schools collaborated with the business community to determine local needs, the first time consultations were required.

Just saw in a #JoshJohnson YT clip that #Ontario is gonna rename #LakeHuron to Lake Obama. Anybody in Ontario wanna confirm that? I think they should. See how fast google and apple follow suit. And they wi…

The AP advises its reporters and others who follow AP style to refer to Lake Ontario by its original name, noting Trump's EO only dictates US government usage (Amy B Wang/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026

AP says it will refer to Lake Ontario by its original name, despite Trump’s order
The Associated Press’s guidance says President Donald Trump’s executive order affects only how the U.S. government refers to the lake, not Canada or other countries.

Uw wekelijkse Sheila: Jarenlang hebben we moeten lijden onder het appeltje van Rutte, nu hebben we de AI-berichten van Jetten | de Volkskrant
https://archive.ph/1nAjH

Ik bedacht me vanochtend: als je rijdt en je bijrijder bemoeit zich de hele tijd met de rijstijl, dan is dat natuurlijk ook 'rijden onder invloed'

“He’s been there, done that, seen it all,” Bryan Lee, his spokesman, said.
That is to say, he was jaded.
Yet there is jaded, and then there is a man of means willing to empty his wallet for the momentary thrill of dousing hundreds of strangers with expensive wine.
The final cost for the liquid alone
(125 bottles of Perrier Jouet Grand Brut,
50 bottles of Dom Pérignon Brut Luminus
and five bottles of Dos Hombres Blanco tequila)
amounted to $226,000 an…

She Makes the Impossible Happen for Her Ultrarich Clients
Olivia Ferney grew up a child of schoolteachers in Ontario. Now she’s an expert in private jets, luxury cabanas and champagne-soaked revels.

Column | Zijn klimaatwetenschappers naïef over de invloed van hun onderzoek?
https://ww…

Ik ben geen gedupeerde aandeelhouder, maar een bedonderde gebruiker. Ik hoef al helemaal nergens op te rekenen. Maar ik leef nog en heb geen hoofdpijn en toch wel binnen drie jaar een nieuw apparaat. Rechter ziet geen reden voor onderzoek naar slaapapneu-affaire Philips | de Volkskrant
https://archive.ph/MdrHS

Rondje op de #trike langs de rand van Nationaal Park Het Nieuwe Land. Twee minuten voor de foto, genomen schuilend onder de luifel van de uitspanning Oostvaardersplassen stond ik nog even stil om van de zon te genieten, maar toen ik vertrok begon het te gieten. 😃🌧️ #regel17