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• Post #4446754

  Deb Anderson can't remember the last time she bought a product from the United States. Like many Canadians, the 65 year old from Prospect, N.S., said she's been alarmed by U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats against Canada — and she's been boycotting American goods in protest. So when she read on Friday that Canada was prepared to lift a ban on American alcohol sales as part of its trade negotiations with the Trump administration, Anderson says she felt disappointed....

• Post #4446035

  Entire Community of Summerland ordered to evacuate due to fast-moving wildfire. The Bald Range wildfire grew rapidly to 50 square kilometres in size within hours. Jacqueline Gelineau · CBC News · (Aug 07, 2026) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/summerland-bc-wildfire-aug-7-9.7300528 #WildFire #Summerland #BC #Canada

• Post #4444239

  A Federal Judge in Washington has temporarily halted an order requiring trump to hand over financial records about his businesses to the BBC, as the broadcaster defends an ongoing defamation lawsuit over its documentary about his January 6, 2021, speech. The pause is temporary, however, and does not resolve the central dispute over whether the BBC's documentary amounted to defamation or whether trump's businesses suffered legally recognisable harm. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/judge-halts-...

• Post #4419803

  Uefa says Infantino apology 'changes nothing' & World Cup Boycott may still go ahead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cq141pvn27evt #Football #FIFA boycott #Infantino 🚽 #UK

• Post #4419457

  A US Senate committee has voted to hold former top health official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer questions during a hearing focused on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m18158my9o #Vaccines #Fauci ❤️ #USA #maha #maga #asshats #trump 🚽

• Post #4419029

  Florida is aiming to become the first US state to cancel all of its vaccine mandates, many of which require children to get jabs against diseases like polio in order to attend public schools. The state's top health official, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, likened the mandates to "slavery", in announcing the plans. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body?" he said. "I don't have that right. Your body is a gift from God." https...

• Post #4180900

  Anthony Fauci: Trump Administration needs to stop ‘public harassment’ of Fauci and other scientists, open letter says. Letter, published before Anthony Fauci will appear before Congress, accuses Republicans of ‘waging a war on individual scientists.’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/trump-administration-fauci-scientists #Science #Fauci #USA #Covid

• Post #4168845

  France and Spain race to control wildfires as fresh heatwave hits, as UN warns ‘the climate alarm is blaring’ – Europe live. Spanish PM also says the fires serve as a reminder to plan for the ‘worsening’ climate emergency. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/28/europe-wildfires-fires-heatwave-bordeaux-france-spain-latest-news-updates #ClimateChange #EU #Spain #France #HeatWave

• Post #4012791

  The world’s biggest ultra-processed food companies have filed scores of lawsuits challenging government policies that tackle junk diets, the Guardian can reveal. Ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to global health. Worldwide consumption is rising and UPF now makes up as much as half the average diet in many countries, including the UK, the US and Australia. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/22/process...

• Post #3950206

  Norway has opened a new memorial for the 77 victims of the country's deadliest terror attack in peacetime, days before its 15th anniversary. On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi Anders Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo and shot dead another 69 - mostly teenagers - at a youth camp on Utoeya island. Hundreds more were injured in Norway's worst atrocity in recent history. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07r9m22gyyo #terror #Norway #Memorial #22.07.2011 #violence #BBC

• Post #3471301

  A wave of voter anger over massive data center projects is beginning to reshape U.S. politics, with local officials and senior lawmakers losing elections after backing controversial developments tied to the artificial intelligence boom. https://www.newsweek.com/cost-me-the-election-data-centers-trigger-voter-backlash-12118327 #AI #DataCenters #Environment

• Post #3135678

  OTD 1943, Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable passengers. [Wikipedia] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Howard

• Post #3135677

  An 18-year-old man has been charged with four misdemeanors after allegedly pulling down a trans woman’s skirt and underwear in the middle of Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park on Tuesday evening. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/man-tased-after-he-allegedly-pantsed-a-trans-woman-in-front-of-children-at-an-amusement-park/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

• Post #3135676

  Happy Pride Month to all. 🎉