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urban planner, midnight dancer we had no chance to survive, we made our time

Willy Wonka meme: So, repairing the Prime Minister’s official residence isn’t a priority? Tell me more about how you (Poilievre) refused to vacate Stornoway when you lost your seat in Parliament.
"The modern totalitarian state relies on secrecy for the regime, but high surveillance and disclosure for all other groups." "The democratic society relies on publicity as a control over government, and on privacy as a shield for group and individual life." - Alan F. Westin, Privacy and Freedom
A still from Die Hard, showing Hans Gruber dropping to his death from atop Nakatomi Plaza
The necessary commitment he decided to ignore was: “As President I will block weapon shipments if they continue doing so.”
Excerpted text from Axios article: The White House said in a statement that the weapons sales "will support Israel's long-term security by resupplying stocks of critical munitions and investing in long-term upgrades in capability." Between the lines: For the White House, the deals also help fend off claims from Republicans ahead of the presidential elections that the Biden-Harris administration doesn't supply weapons to Israel. On the other hand, it could increase criticism of the administration among progressives who want Vice President Harris to commit to an arms embargo on Israel.
An aerial photograph of downtown Toronto from 1947, centred on Bathurst & Lakeshore, showing the tracks from rail yards combining at Bathurst to avoid Fort York.
Nana Visitor, portraying Kira Nerys, staring across a lit candle
The Epic Handshake meme template. Carl Weathers’ mighty bicep is swole with “Radiation Leaks”, while Arnie’s packing “AI Tools”. Their combined efforts are clasping “Melted faces & 7-fingered hands”.
The Epic Handshake meme template. Carl Weathers’ mighty bicep is swole with “Radiation Leaks”, while Arnie’s packing “AI Tools”. Their combined efforts are clasping “Melted faces & 7-fingered hands”.
A bag of Miss Vickie’s potato chips, in the limited edition “vodka sauce pizza” flavour made in collaboration with Pizzeria Badiali.
A famous diagram used to illustrate survivorship bias, showing a WW2 plane with the location of damage received during a raid as red dots. Counterintuitively, the red dots show where damage can be survived, while the clear areas show where any damage is fatal and improvements are therefore most needed.
An air photo map of the Clarkson GO Station, showing 5 & 10 minute walks as circles, and a proposed major transit station area boundary as a pink line. The MTSA boundary cuts down Clarkson Road and then along the rail corridor, excluding all lands to the northeast of the station, which currently hold low-density neighbourhoods of single-family bungalows. Similarly, low-density bungalow neighbourhoods within a 5 minute walk north of the station’s parking lots are also excluded. Lands southeast of the station, containing apartment towers and townhouses are included within the boundary, as are the station’s parking lots and industrial areas to the southwest.
A photo of the Alberta tar sands taken from the air. There are no trees left anywhere, and the landscape is covered by open air tailings ponds full of toxic waste and access driveways running between them. The surface of the moon would be more hospitable.
Text excerpt from article: “The use of official residences is already stupidly over-politicized in Ottawa. One result is that the Carneys have been holed up for months behind layers of temporary traffic barriers on a corner of the Rideau Hall grounds, because 24 Sussex is uninhabitable and Rideau Cottage needed more modest renovations after the Trudeaus used it. One way to cool the whole official-residence file down is to answer any question about the Poilievres and Stornoway with: It could not possibly matter less. Whatever.”
Wilhelmina the Sea Witch and her familiar, from the Mighty Hercules. Although does it really count as animated when it’s just two frames flipped back and forth?
An excerpt from Section 37.0.1 of Ontario’s Election Finances Act, as amended by Bill 307: Considerations regarding political advertising No combination to exceed limit (3) No third party shall circumvent, or attempt to circumvent, a limit set out in this section in any manner, including by, (a) acting in collusion with another third party so that their combined political advertising expenses exceed the applicable limit; (b) splitting itself into two or more third parties; (c) colluding with, including sharing information with, a registered party, registered constituency association, registered candidate, registered leadership contestant, or registered nomination contestant or any of their agents or employees for the purpose of circumventing the limit; (d) sharing a common vendor with one or more third parties that share a common advocacy, cause or goal; (e) sharing a common set of political contributors or donors with one or more third parties that share a common advocacy, cause or goal; (f) sharing information with one or more third parties that share a common advocacy, cause or goal; or (g) using funds obtained from a foreign source prior to the issue of a writ for an election.
CMHC Fourplex main floor plan for Ontario. One door is on the front of the building, three are on the side, and each unit has a different layout.
Excerpted text from linked article: Feldman claims this definition applies to this situation. “This is selective. This was one-sided. They didn’t mention anything about Israel,” she said. “They’re misleading people in suggesting that Palestine is all about peace, when in fact ... it’s a terrorist organization in Gaza that’s caused this. “It’s antisemitic,” Feldman added.
A Macintosh SE, with built-in 20MB hard drive! Technically my second computer, but it’s the one I recall fondly.
Celebrating 10 million users 2282964 Joined December 1, 2023
“Four lights” meme showing LLM repeating its claim that there are two “r”s in the word strawberry, and thanking the user for its persistence in helping it “provide accurate information”, while Captain Picard yells “there are three r’s!”
Illustrated shields with silhouetted women taking part in athletic track events. https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/illustration/track-and-field-girls-icons-banners-royalty-free-illustration/452256239
Source: Globe and Mail chart of the day for April 17, 2024