James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@social.cleverlibre.org

this will never get old

The WhatTheFuckery of the American health "care" system never disappoints.
I have good insurance, can afford copays, have someone who can drive me when required, and I am an experienced advocate for myself and others.
And it fucking sucks.
When I think about what it is like for people who don’t have the advantages that I do, I become enraged.
I am often enraged.

The end of the long dash: CBC stops broadcasting official 1 p.m. time signal

After more than 80 years on the airwaves, CBC has announced it will no longer broadcast the National Research Council's time signal.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/cbc-stops-broadcasting-national-research-council-long-dash-time-signal-1.6988903?cmp=rss
#News #Canada #Ottawa

I feel seen

This is Maru. He can do tongue tricks. They are like party tricks but with his tongue.

until printer learned to love printer

Shoutout to everyone who has exactly two modes:
1) Doing all the things
2) Doing absolutely nothing while recovering from doing all the things

AHA. Heard back from my small local pharmacy, where I've had several of my COVID shots. They are participating - but not in the online sign up system. So check with your usual pharmacy. You may well be able to get the new vaccine there, even if it doesn't pop up on the ASH site. #COVID #AHS #COVID19AB #Alberta #AlbertaHealthServices

I am just a wheelchair user asking you to PICK UP AFTER YOUR DOG IF IT SHITS WHILE YOU'RE OUT ON A WALK

#trickleDownTheory

If Trump revealed nuclear secrets to a random guy at Mar-a-Lago just to impress him, imagine what he shared with foreign agents who were actively trying to obtain secret US intelligence from him

From the Internet (not my words):

The history of Nazis holding rallies in left-wing areas of Weimar Germany, instigating street fights, and then telling the press that only they could save Germany from the "violent communists" seems like an important thing for people to be studying right now.

BREAKING: Trump SURRENDERS to Michael Cohen, withdraws his $500 million lawsuit against Cohen — right before Trump was supposed to testify in a deposition under oath.

He conceded defeat rather than tell the truth and lose.