stepanouk 

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle..."

- Rev John Watson/pen name Ian Maclaren (Quote also attributed to Plato or Philo of Alexandria)

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

Ah!

But, no...

This is definitely something I need (as well as want) :)

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

:)
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"George Carlin Has the Time (.) Again!l (1978)
Official George Carlin
7Feb2026
(.)from George Carlin's 2nd HBO special,he takes apart the language we use2describe, explain+quantify time(.)Performing at the CelebrityStarTheater in Phoenix on 23July1978"

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

Another clear signal Israel(who HAS the nuclear bomb)has been rogue for a while.
Sure it was supposedly the eyes+ears4US/West in the MidEast,but they also said if their projects fail,they will take down the ENTIRE world/west w/them(INCL Jewish ppl who don't agree w/their agenda).

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Israel won't withdraw from land seized in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, its defense minister says, hours after an interim Iran-U.S. deal was announced. Israel Katz's remarks are the first official Israeli comments since the announcement. https://t.co/KdVpD2iaxq

[Deanna @DeannaIndiana]

“Over the past 2 1/2 years, Israel has taken control of areas in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria amounting to 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of territory — an area that is slightly smaller than New York City.”

How is this any different than what Russia is doing to Ukraine…stealing sovereign land through military means?

The only reason Israel is getting away with this barbarism is because of the nuclear bombs they possess. It’s no damned wonder Iran, and every other country, wants a nuclear program. It’s a way to protect themselves from Israel.

Israel must be stopped by more powerful nations, or they will continue this genocidal push until the entire Middle East, and world turns against them for good.

Netanyahu did this.

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

Yah,well+who is surprised that MrNetanyahu, MrBen-Gvir+their far-right coalition gov along w/IDF+Israeli(likeminded w/DanielleWeiss)Settlers would NOT accept ceasefire now that their bloodlust is normalized,but tell US, incl MrTrump,to just shut-up and continue2supply $$+weapons?

[AutokratDaily @AutokratDaily]

@AP Iran tied the entire deal to Israel halting attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel's defense minister just said they're staying "indefinitely" in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. The deal was announced this morning. It's not Friday yet. It's a long time till Friday.

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

Yah,well+who is surprised that MrNetanyahu, MrBen-Gvir+their far-right coalition gov along w/IDF+Israeli(likeminded w/DanielleWeiss)Settlers would NOT accept ceasefire now that their bloodlust is normalized,but tell US, incl MrTrump,to just shut-up and continue2supply $$+weapons?

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Israel won't withdraw from land seized in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, its defense minister says, hours after an interim Iran-U.S. deal was announced. Israel Katz's remarks are the first official Israeli comments since the announcement. https://t.co/KdVpD2iaxq

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

Yah,well+who is surprised that MrNetanyahu, MrBen-Gvir+their far-right coalition gov along w/IDF+Israeli(likeminded w/DanielleWeiss)Settlers would NOT accept ceasefire now that their bloodlust is normalized,but tell US, incl MrTrump,to just shut-up and continue2supply $$+weapons?

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

Americans realizing they spend $80B to bomb Iran only to pay Iran $300B more to undo the damage

[Saganism @Saganismm]

"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."

— James Baldwin

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Patriquin: Peter Armstrong had a really good piece this week about the difference going from Ambassador [bridge] to Gordie Howe and the incredible time savings and the millions of dollars that U.S. truckers will save as a result. Once again, by doing this, Donald Trump is hurting American workers.

[La Presse @LP_LaPresse]

Allégations de liens avec le crime organisé | Le PLQ met en demeure Paul St-Pierre Plamondon https://t.co/hEojlGKBI3

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

?!!

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

🚨 ISRAELI SETTLERS BURN PALESTINIAN VILLAGES IN REVENGE FOR TRUMP-IRAN PEACE DEAL.

Israeli settlers just torched multiple villages in the West Bank.

This is how they act when diplomacy and peace threatens their blood-thirst wars.

[Frank @FrankVeri]

🍁 🍁🍁🍁🍁
Monsanto wanted its growth hormone in every glass of Canadian milk. One government scientist stood in the way and his own bosses spent 14 years trying to destroy him for it.

His name was Dr. Shiv Chopra.

Born in India, 1934. Came to Canada in the 1960s. PhD in microbiology. Senior scientist at Health Canada's Bureau of Veterinary Drugs. 35 years reviewing drug applications. Approve the safe ones. Reject the unsafe ones. Protect the public.

For 20 years he did it quietly.

Then Monsanto came knocking.

A new drug. Bovine growth hormone. Brand name Posilac. Inject it into dairy cows, get 10-15% more milk. Bigger profits for the industry. Far bigger profits for Monsanto. The FDA had rubber-stamped it in 1993. Monsanto expected Canada to follow.

The file landed on Chopra's desk.

He started reading the science. He started finding holes.

The data was thin. Long-term safety studies were missing. The cow studies that did exist showed lameness, mastitis, reproductive failure, shortened lifespans.

If it was doing that to the cow, what was it doing to the milk?

His recommendation: reject it. Demand real safety data.

His managers had a different idea.

Approve it. The Americans approved it. Why are you holding it up? Just sign off.

He refused.

So the pressure started. Closed-door meetings. Attempts to pull the file and hand it to someone friendlier. Gag orders don't talk to the media, don't talk to anyone. Suspensions. Reprimands. Demotions. Dead-end reassignments.

He kept refusing.

Two other scientists refused with him. Dr. Margaret Haydon. Dr. Gérard Lambert. Same data. Same alarm. Same answer.

In 1998 the Canadian Senate launched an investigation into what was happening inside Health Canada.

Chopra and his colleagues did something almost nobody does. They walked into the Senate and testified under oath. Said managers were pressuring them to approve unsafe drugs. Said industry was running the regulator. Said the system was broken.

It made headlines around the world.

In 1999, Health Canada rejected Monsanto's application. rBGH would not be approved. Europe banned it next. Then most of the developed world.

Sit with that. One immigrant scientist in Ottawa beat one of the largest chemical corporations on Earth — and won.

Then his own government fired him for winning.

July 14, 2004. After 35 years of service, Health Canada fired Chopra, Haydon, and Lambert on the same day. Official reason: insubordination. Real reason: he embarrassed them in front of the country.

The same year, the Prime Minister mailed him a gold watch for "illustrious service." While they were firing him. He called it comedy.

He sued to clear his name. The fight took 13 years. He lost appeal after appeal. The final ruling came down in 2017. Three months later, in January 2018, he died. 83 years old. Never reinstated. Never given his pension back. Never owed an apology by anyone.

But here is what they could never take back.

rBGH is still banned in Canada today. Every glass of Canadian milk is still hormone-free — because one man refused to sign.

And the United States? Never banned it. It's still legal there. Right now.

He kept it out of Canada and they fired him. The system he fought is still pouring it into glasses across the border.

So tell me below was Shiv Chopra a hero, or just a troublemaker who got what was coming to him? Pick a side. Because someone in those meetings is still telling scientists to "just sign off."

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

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Sorry, that video on grief was Stephen Colbert's interview with Anderson Cooper as the guest, not the other way around, ie:

https://t.co/uiAanPgXYp

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

I listened2this lecture some yrs after my own Father's passing+, along w/the AndersonCooper/StephenColbert video abt death+dying which came much later,these two remain bookends4all other videos+books on grief+stories ppl had of ones they loved+lost that I devoured at the time.
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[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

A genuine apology has three parts:

1. What I did was wrong.
2. I am sorry that I hurt you.
3. How do I make it better?

—Professor Randy Pausch (the "Last Lecture" delivered on September 2007, just one month after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, was not about dying, but rather about how to truly live.)

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

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[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

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"Luce Dufault - Soirs de scotch
Luce Dufault
Feb 3, 2010"

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

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"Bring Me Some Water
Melissa Etheridge
Jul 23, 2018"

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

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"Like The Way I Do
Melissa Etheridge

Jul 23, 2018"

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

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"Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason (Official Music Video)
Tracy Chapman
Nov 13, 2015"

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

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(Fabienne Thibeault)

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Nov 8, 2019"

[stepanouk  @stepanouk]

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"Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas (Official Lyric Video)
Jacques Brel
Nov 30, 2021"