When it's your turn to walk the dragon and you are not into it:

#Dragon

@GottaLaff

Video is here, for anyone who hasn't seen it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q6j3CN1EdZM

#Canada Readies #Tariffs on $105 Billion of US Products If #Trump Hits First https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-15/canada-readies-tariffs-on-105-billion-of-us-products-if-trump-hits-first

@GottaLaff Warren was spot on amazing. All the women Dems were amazing.

I’ve never been so alarmed for the US. Ever. The Christo-fascism, the blatant racism and bigotry of #Hegseth hearing is beyond anything I can even express here. Sickening. Despicable. And this is only the beginning.

@GottaLaff Duckworth absolutely roasted Hegseth!

@GottaLaff that was almost unbelievably juvenile. Especially given the women with military expertise on the committee challenging Hegseth.

A little light reading. The Jack Smith Report. You can down load it here. https://bsky.app/profile/whodat35.bsky.social/post/3lfolnjy4gc2f

They've drunk the techbros' koolaid. Instead of investing in people, they're going to sink billions into energy & water guzzling AI, thereby ramping up global warming.

Gullible fools.

"The government plan features a potentially controversial scheme to unlock public data to help fuel the growth of AI businesses. This includes anonymised NHS data, which will be available for “researchers and innovators” to train their AI models"

#AI #NHS #UKPolitics #Labour

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks-veins-labour-announces-huge-public-rollout-of-ai?CMP=firstedition_email

Elon Musk's interventions in U.K. politics has made an impression on the U.K. public, just not in the way he would like to think.

The more we hear about Elon Musk, the less we like him.

Musk's net favourability is now at -51 in the U.K.

Today Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control. #MastodonNonProfit

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/

UK journalist Carole Cadwalladr understands the ways journalistic information intersects with political power better than anyone. Thanks to US MAGA voters the situation is quickly getting worse.

This piece is alarming, but every point she makes tracks to what we (US UK +) are experiencing. I highly recommend reading.

https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/total-information-collapse?r=2nsl7&utm_medium=ios

@GottaLaff
Including newest democratic senator from Michigan., Elissa Slotkin. What a disappointment.

We originally had a different topic planned for this week's #geoweirdness thread, but the global discussion has turned to Greenland 🇬🇱, so let's go with it.

Join us as we consider the geographic oddities of the world's northernmost territory.

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@profdc9
This is sad but true.

Trump's talk of retaking Panama Canal becomes a GOP bill (Andrew Solender/Axios)

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/trump-panama-canal-house-republican-bill
http://www.memeorandum.com/250109/p105#a250109p105

I highly recommend watching Canada's Green P arty Leader Elizabeth May roasting Donald Trump - which he definitely deserves for suggesting Canada become just another state of the United States .
https://youtube.com/live/SQu5IsRcXZg?si=PquKPEa-G2q5xwgz

Q1 Update from Our Leadership Team by Sarah Cooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTiz-fd2wWQ

#youtube #comedy

The Bulwark explains what's going on in Canada in response to Trudeau's announcement that he will resign.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=h5uyx11CZK4&si=CvYr5zLK_ViPB585

A mind blowing account from inside the militia. Read or listen. Wow.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole