craig westcott

Editor & Publisher of The Shoreline News, Irish Loop Post, The Pearl & The Business Post.

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🇨🇦Immigrant in Montreal hurls misogynistic insults at a female police officer:” Disgusting whore, shut your mouth, repulsive whore, dog-faced. If I want to, I'll buy you and turn you into my slave."

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Max Tegmark, physicist and chairman of the Future of Life Institute, argues that sentiment across the political spectrum is turning against a "race to replace" humans at work, in relationships and in decision-making. He explains to Alex Hern, The Economist's AI writer, what he thinks is driving the shift, and why politicians are listening: https://t.co/6xVB8iIxxd

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Toronto police officer dies in raid tied to U.S. Consulate shooting - Global News https://t.co/UcOiNsKWW7

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Source: Live Science https://t.co/wMtwRX0Hi7

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

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Rejected by Immigration, but we’re still paying their tab - Winnipeg Sun https://t.co/2EmV6yXRCF

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

A herring is a fish.

When a herring is preserved by salting and smoking, it turns red and smells.

It's so pungent that it's a great diversion to distract hunting dogs from their trail.

Now, a ‘red herring’ refers to anything that diverts attention from the issue at hand.

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Conservative MP says Liberals' free spending on foreign workers 'unconscionable' https://t.co/3RNAqkqwLK

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Vladimir Putin is warned that cost of Ukraine war is 'unsustainable' https://t.co/Th3NnpcwaM

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Father of Sikh killer hides face as he and son appear in court charged with owning weapons arsenal https://t.co/C6rn3HHFXv

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[Roy Rogers Happy Trails Music Shop  @RoyRogers_HTMS]

Linda Ronstadt performing “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” with her backing band… who just happened to be The Eagles before they were famous!
This is pure early ‘70s California magic — that voice, that band, that chemistry. What a moment in music history! 🔥

[Orla Moylan Hegarty BMath, MASc @ohegarty]

I'd be doing same but screaming like a girl

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

Laughter is contagious. I’m laughing now.

[Sara Wahedi @SaraWahedi]

Made it my life’s mission to become the Taliban’s worst nightmare:

A highly educated Afghan woman.

First, Columbia University at the top of my class, and now Oxford University.

Give Afghan girls one chance and see what they can achieve.