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>But now science reporters face a similar problem, relating to the Sun. The main difference this time is it isn’t made up. And unlike the fake covid crisis, they aren’t using scare words to describe what’s happening this time, because for whatever reason, whenever there is a real threat, they always underplay the dangers and act like giggly middle schoolers trying to keep a secret. But whenever there is no legitimate threat, they panic like a pack of distressed Minions and break the glass, or at least try to, since there’s no glass left anymore to break.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/impactful-saturday-august-17-2024
Ottawa Funded the China Ferry Deal—Then Pretended to Oppose It
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen
Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........
