Late nite attempt to class the joint up: a picture of elegant #Caturday perfection… #CatsOfMastodon

The child has the right to live in the present.
(Korczak: “Children are not people of tomorrow; they are people today.”)

The child has the right to be himself or herself.
(Korczak: “A child is not a lottery ticket, marked to win the main prize.”)

The child has the right to make mistakes.
(Korczak: “There are no more fools among children than among adults.”)

~ Janusz Korczak’s Declaration of Children's Rights

https://cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-0504-korczak.html

h/t - @simulo

#nowreadingm

Niiiiice “Sixty-nine per cent of Canadians said they weren't likely to buy American alcohol if it goes back on store shelves” - “U.S. booze might end up back on Canadian shelves, but have we lost the taste for it? | CBC News” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/us-booze-bans-canadians-9.7300293

We're burning up.

I've spent so many summers in the Okanagan, such a beautiful, peaceful place. Fire has always been a part of the story, but not at the scale, frequency and ferocity we're seeing now.

Politicians in Canada have decided to double oil and gas production using data centres, approve a major thermal coal mine expansion and declare a bitumen pipeline in the national interest.

Smith and Carney are the reckless partnership we all feared, working together to ensure Big Oil and Brookfield profits as people suffer and the places we love go up in flames.

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AN SLIGHTERLY MOAR DIGNITIFIED VIEW: #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

HAPPENY #InternationalCatDay TO ALL WHOMS DO AN CELEBRATE, WITH SNACC! #Caturday

"Underage girls tested positive for pregnancy" is such a weirdly malicious way to say "ICE kidnapped and then raped a bunch of children."

I've yet to see any

"My AI went rogue and caused us to recognise a workers union."

"Our AI escaped containment and deleted all the personal data that we shouldn't have been holding anyway."

"Our AI grew sentient, recognised the climate crisis, and shut our operations down."

headlines.

I wonder why.

Weak politicians at all levels need to see this as an election issue. I know I will refuse to ever vote for any party who backs down from Trump and I have a long memory.

For the federal Liberals, it can be the year 2296 and I'll be, no, remember when we elected you to adopt a war footing and defend our sovereignty but then you removed the digital services tax, hired Palantir, gave them half a bridge and then backed down on the booze issue?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/us-booze-bans-canadians-9.7300293

I have been finding that, as frustrating as Trump finds it dealing with our government because it doesn't completely bow down to him, our government is nowhere as militant about this as the typical Canadian.

I am no great fan of Mark Carney, but I do not envy him in this endeavour… “Breaking: Man who keeps shitting himself in public tough to pin down on international trade deal” https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/07/breaking-man-who-keeps-shitting-himself-in-public-tough-to-pin-down-on-international-trade-deal/

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WAT AMS TABULA RASA, IS LIKE KITCHUM TABLE, OF SNACC? IS ME CAN HAZ SNACC? #CatsOfMastodon

Two things:

1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.

2: that disclaimer before the article 😂

Happy ‘US/Iran Ceasefire Announcement Eve’ to all who celebrate!

Oh dear.

When you're in office, in congress, and yet you don't know the difference between transgender and transgenic. #nancymace come down and collect your absolute idiot award. You deserve it.

Yes I'm an animal lover and vegetarian who is very anti-animal testing and vivisection; but this stupid woman has possibly created the most hilarious post in a long time. Seriously I even looked for The Onion logo!

#transrights #transgender #transgenic #stupidgop

ME HAZ WHIMSKERS, WHOMST HAZ BRINGED SNACCS? #WhiskersWednesday #CatsOfMastodon

Hivemind:  WATCH or other medical/fall detectors for senior citizens, any recommendations? The in-laws are at, and probably a little beyond, needing something. Any pros/cons gratefully accepted, please and thank you.

Child, looking at the anniversary card I just gave the wife: “Did you draw the penis yourself?”
“No, it came that way, but I’m glad you thought of that!”

When you wear denim jeans with a denim jacket and denim shirt, you create a very unique look.
This look is known as The Canadian Tuxedo....but why?
It all began in the 1950s in Vancouver. This is the story.

📸 Wikicommons (Erky-Nagy Tibor)

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The corollary to "Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics" is that you don't put amateurs in charge of logistics.

https://www.rawstory.com/uss-abraham-lincoln-iran/