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Bachman–Turner Overdrive to receive designated street in Winnipeg in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is it in a taking care of business section of town?

China could sink all US carriers in 20 minutes, Pentagon chief warns in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Rule 1. When you're having political problems at home, create a foreign enemy to distract the population.

Watch: JD Vance drops college football trophy at White House ceremony in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is this a metaphor for something?

Khanna believes manufacturing ‘isn’t going to come here’ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

If he introduced a policy and stuck with it, it might have had some impact, but with his on again, off again tactics, I can't see anyone investing millions knowing that the tarrifs might disappear the next day.

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Woman with world's largest mouth can eat a 10-patty burger (boingboing.net)
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Mar Piccolo being decontaminated by land plants (www.bbc.com)
 

Heavily polluted by nearby industries, scientists are using plants to decontaminate the soil around the sea.

What's the worst way to use statistics? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

96.3 % of all statistics are misleading.

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TIL about 1 million liters of urine is spilled onto the bathroom floor every day in the U.S. (www.livescience.com)
 

Researchers have come up with two new urinal designs to prevent the spillage of "ill-aimed pee."

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Scientists overcome major hurdle in the ability to regrow teeth (www.bbc.com)
 

Scientists have taught cell to communicate with each other, allowing them to leave instruction to become a tooth cell. This is seen as a major step in the effort to regrow teeth.

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Chatgpt tells CBC how to create fake images of politicians (www.cbc.ca)
 

Chatgpt suggests workarounds for the restrictions image generator has placed on images of politicians.

Woman has child without knowing she was pregnant. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

It's inconceivable.

Woman has child without knowing she was pregnant. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a little scary.

TIL B.F. Skinner invented an air crib. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think people were a bit freaked out when he raised his first child with human contact, using his theories on behaviour modification on him.

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TIL B.F. Skinner invented an air crib. (media.pluto.psy.uconn.edu)
 

Psychologist B. F. Skinner create a "baby in a box" crib that was designed to make the mother's role easier. It would probably have prevented a lot of SIDS death, but because of its association with Skinner, it never caught on.

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The European towns that give away free chickens (www.bbc.com)
 

French and Belgium towns are giving away free chickens in order to reduce the amount of food that is thrown away. People tend to give their food scraps to their chickens. The program has met with moderate success.

U.S. tourists welcome in Canada in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it'll be interesting to see if there's an increase or decrease.

I would like to find an illustrator for a book I've written. How do I do that without resorting to Reddit or Facebook? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Try Fiverr.

Montreal homeowners successfully kill affordable housing project. They feared losing their parking spots. in c/[email protected]
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Tillsonburg company buys Espanola Mill (www.cbc.ca)
 

Waiting for approval, but BMI from Tillsonburg is looking to acquire the mill and retool it. It has done the same thing with St. Mary's mill in the Sue.

US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' JD Vance in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Hey, thanks. I've gotta give that a watch.

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TIL Canada is building a space port in Nova Scotia (www.maritimelaunch.com)
 

Construction began in 2022. It plans to launch satellites.

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US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' JD Vance (www.bbc.com)
 

The commander of the base wrote, "I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice-President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base." in an email and was thus dismissed. In dismissing her, the Pentagon stated this reason. "Actions [that] undermine the chain of command or to subvert President [Donald] Trump's agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense."

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Rally attendance claims differ from reality for both major parties (www.cbc.ca)
 

Actual head counts differ greatly from the claims of the parties. Conservatives claimed 15 000 at Edmonton but it was actually 1558. Liberals claimed 2 000 in Richmond but it was actually 800.

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Quebec trans woman convicted of triple homicide to serve time in men's prison (www.cbc.ca)
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