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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Relevancy in Canada being the owner of indigo book chain Heather Reisman is listed as one of the 12 billionaires who were onboard the plot to spy on Americans.

A Canadian billionaire, acting with a foreign government intelligence service/military, to subvert free speech and spy on Americans.

Are we cool with that?

I might be having fun but it’s still scary

Three Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday.

https://archive.is/ym4H9

EU-based companies continue to export thousands of tonnes of banned pesticides to Kenya and other countries, even though the food it helps produce is often exported back to the EU, new research has confirmed.

A report published on Thursday (6 November) by Swedwatch, a Swedish NGO, and the Kenya Organic Agriculture Network (Koan) found that over 120,000 tonnes of pesticides that are banned in the EU are sold abroad.

It documents the effects of these pesticides, many of which contain known carcinogens, on Kenyan farm workers and communities, including breathing problems, fatal poisonings and rising cancer rates in agricultural regions.

Archive link, https://megalodon.jp/2025-1107-0645-35/https://www.404media.co:443/fbi-tries-to-unmask-owner-of-infamous-archive-is-site/

These Ukrainian counterattacks are existential, as the Russians are concentrating the bulk of their manpower and resources on this sector, attempting to crush the defenders by sheer numbers.

Both Ukrainian and Russian sources confirm that the Russian command has reduced the intensity of fighting in other directions, redeploying forces to focus entirely on the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad axis.

Typically, when a person connects to an online service like Netflix, the ISP connects to the network hosting the service, and the data flows freely. As traffic increases, the ISP and the host work together to increase capacity, so every user gets the same fast connection.

However, citing customer service complaints and first-hand accounts, the NGOs allege that, instead of increasing traffic capacity for free, Deutsche Telekom will ask the host network to pay them a fee to increase capacity, which is against the industry standard of free data exchanges — but not unheard of.

Six out of ten of the young people had ADHD either diagnosed or suspected. Three of those diagnosed were unmedicated. Other learning difficulties among the cohort also included auditory processing challenges for example.

Mental health issues were noted for several young people including difficulty regulating emotions, anxiety, suicidality and PTSD. Almost all had substance abuse noted in their assessments.

Particulary, I'm intrested in those that are also:

• Have a weird love-hate dynamic, e.g. parents/siblings/caretakers alternate between love and hate
• East Asian (Because I feel like those are more relatable, since I'm ethnic Chinese)
• Face bullying in school
• Struggle with depression/anxiety/PTSD/CPTSD

I want to use these as a sort of "guide" to navigate life.

Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City has thrust the US democratic socialist movement into the national spotlight. If Mamdani’s triumphant affordability platform—which includes plans to provide universal childcare by increasing taxes on high-income earners—is implemented, it could lead to a significant transfer of wealth from the wealthy elite to the working class and provide a blueprint for socialist leaders across the country. Equally, if Mamdani’s mission is stymied, the forces banking on his failure will use it as a weapon to try and banish the left everywhere. In other words, the stakes of a Mamdani mayoralty could not be higher. That’s why it’s so crucial for the left and progressive movements to adopt a mass politics orientation during Mamdani’s tenure, the 2026 midterms, and beyond.

Mamdani’s rise is partly due to the corporate elite’s failure to defend working-class New Yorkers against the city’s cost-of-living crisis. It’s also because corporate Democrats lacked a strategy to counter Mamdani’s left-wing populist economic message, which resonated with many New Yorkers who came to see themselves as renters and working people struggling with affordability because of the billionaire class.

Now, the movement behind Mamdani’s election is poised to stand up against the chaos fueled by Donald Trump’s policies, particularly those that have exacerbated economic inequality. The same strategy and message that worked so well for Mamdani can be used to challenge corporate Democrats in the midterms, holding them accountable for their inaction on the cost-of-living crisis and their failure to build a diverse coalition against authoritarianism.

Yes, I lost the original power supply and no, I don't want to talk about it.

See the link for the interactive graphs

TLDR:

• Most Americans trust Canada is negotiating in good faith
• A majority of Americans view Canada as an ally and partner
• Most Americans Still Believe [the overall relationship is] Good
• Carney mostly unknown, but viewed positively by Americans