It was profoundly depressing when the movie was first announced and a professional media critic admitted he had never heard of the Odyssey, but what I found even more upsetting was how a bunch of his followers posted, “How did Nolan even learn about this obscure text?”
What a stupid take...
Imagine mocking a country because people don't go bankrupt for getting sick.
I've never gone bankrupt because I needed medical care.
In the U.S., illness and medical debt contribute to over 500,000 bankruptcies every year.
Canada isn't perfect, but universal health care means an unexpected diagnosis doesn't become a financial crisis.
Vancouver was also ranked the #1 FIFA host city by independent rankings, so there's that too.
The Portland Press Herald has identified the ICE agent who fatally shot Joan Sebastian Guerrero as David Brouillete.
Brouillette, 37, was identified by an ex-wife, who said he called her and asked her to lie on his behalf https://t.co/I462LiHuFj
Jeffrey Rath in big trouble.
Nice reporting by @CTVJKanygin on underreported parts of this story: a court-ordered investigative receiver to trace the funds removed from the trust, and Rath required to put up $15 million security.
@orlaghokelly@Mitchell_AB
Harrison Smith says the right must "no longer be bound by the strictures of the Constitution so that we can save the Constitution, otherwise people who genuinely hate the Constitution are going to destroy it forever."
“I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any.”
“By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” 👇🏼
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Sorry, folks. You can’t fully grasp the Odyssey by seeing a film version! You also can’t comprehend it by reading it in a book. You have to hear it sung by a bard in dactylic hexameter while in such an ecstatic state of drunkenness, you channel the Muse and add your own lines.
“And what I think is important to know is a lot of the increase in rape also comes from an expanded definition of what counts as rape, as well as survivors coming forward for acts that took place years prior,” Mamdani said. “And we are thankful for them coming forward, the courage and the bravery it takes, but just to provide New Yorkers with that context.”
In 2024 New York instituted a new law that, per the NYPost, "classifies rape as nonconsensual or forcibly compelled sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct after previously defining rape as only nonconsensual or forcibly compelled vaginal penetration by a penis."
So... New York (rightly!) expanded the definition of what counts as rape. More survivors (thankfully!) came forward. As a result, official rates of rape increased. So Mamdani was... right and everyone is just yelling about this in bad faith?
Very rapidly approaching the point where terrorism is defined as anything other than letting the obscenely rich do whatever the fuck they want, laws and rights be damned.
Thanks to every media outlet except the Globe and Mail for sweeping the blatant corruption of the Smith/Anderson Government under the rug.
If this had happened under Klein, Stelmach or Redford, it would have been front fold of every paper, and on the news nightly.
Do your fucking jobs.
RFK MAY HAVE SAID ONE OF THE DUMBEST THINGS I HAVE EVER HEARD 🙄 "INFERTILITY IS GENETIC, IF YOUR PARENTS COULDN'T HAVE KIDS THEN YOU WONT EITHER" 🤦 AND HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICAS HEALTHCARE 🙄