New York Times reporter Steven Lee Myers, who covers “misinformation and disinformation” and is a social media censorship supporter and First Amendment non-fan, is back with a story posted on Thursday, relaying the sad news that the Trump administration is against self-styled invariably leftist misinformation “experts” – i.e. social media censors: “Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation.”
But who determines what counts as “misinformation”?
Toronto police say they’re investigating after a group of teenage boys set off fireworks onboard a TTC bus on Thursday.
The incident took place on a Kingston 12 bus around 2:54 p.m., the TTC says, when the bus was full of passengers.
Related …
Man goes on rant after seeing someone with a better phone than him begging on the TTC
Calls for a 51st & more white people pic.twitter.com/ELI4fGgf1z
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) May 17, 2025
Malia Obama, the daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama, is facing allegations of plagiarism over her recent Nike ad—the first commercial she’s directed. Indie filmmaker Natalie Jasmine Harris, 27, claims the one-minute spot includes scenes that bear a “shockingly similar” resemblance to her 2024 short film “Grace.”
PARIS—There is a brisk and growing trade between Canada and Europe, and it has nothing to do with American tariffs or Donald Trump.
Canadian cannabis is increasingly washing up on the shores of this continent, landing in its airports and being sold on its streets. It is part of an illegal-smuggling trend that authorities believe is tied to Canada’s 2018 decision to legalize the sale and consumption of marijuana.
That law made Canada a leader — the first among industrialized nations to permit recreational cannabis use. Now, Canada has developed an international black eye as a top source nation for the drug, which remains illegal in much of the world.
Trudeau pushed legalization. I’m betting because China wanted it.
CANNES, France (AP) — Cannes is a short trip from Bono’s seaside villa in Eze-sur-Mer. He bought it with The Edge in 1993, and considers himself grateful to a coastline that, he says, gave him a “delayed adolescence.”
“I can tell you I’ve slept on beaches close to here,” Bono says with a grin. “I’ve woken up in the sun.”
There is no bottom to Bono.
My five-year-old son and I were walking the dog when we heard honking behind us on the sidewalk. It was a small car, about the width of the sidewalk, coming surprisingly fast. We were between a fence and the busy street so we couldn’t get off the sidewalk and out of its way. The driver kept honking and finally drove onto the street without looking, making a car slam on its brakes. After he passed us, he rolled down his window and said he had the right of way because he’s a senior in a mobility scooter.
Earlier this week, The Onion ran a piece headlined “Sean Combs Asks for Quick Trial So He Can Get to Part Where Trump Pardons Him.”
It may be on to something.
Combs, who was charged last September, is currently on trial in the Southern District of New York on sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. But starting after Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, close associates of the mogul got to work on cozying up to Trumpland.
h/t Mauser.
When the boss promotes you, trusts you with a new, important file, it’s a good idea to stay on message. Reinforce the mandate. Show people why you deserved the nod.
Those are the dictates of received wisdom.
But then there is the inconvenience of reality.
Weapon used: “Sword stick” -Many seriously injured, two people in critical condition – Flammable liquid and weapons in the perpetrator’s backpack
Attack on peacefully celebrating young people in Bielefeld – horrific scenes must have unfolded! On Sunday night, a Syrian attacked several people with a knife outside a popular student bar in the city center, seriously injuring some. Two people are still in critical condition! Police are searching for the perpetrator, who fled immediately after the attack.
According to initial findings, around 4:20 a.m., a group of people were celebrating Arminia Bielefeld’s promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in front of the “Cutie” bar in the city center. The attacker, according to NIUS information, is 35-year-old Mahmoud M., a resident of Harsewinkel. He allegedly approached the group and then suddenly stabbed them indiscriminately. In his backpack, which police later found, additional weapons and a gasoline-scented liquid in a PET bottle were found, suggesting an attack scenario.
5 injured, two seriously, perp still on the loose, apparently resides in a nearby Asylum seekers hostel.
Note post is a Google translate.
Dear @MarkJCarney, the EU-Canada story is one of friendship, trust and standing side by side.
I look forward to writing its next chapter with deeper cooperation on trade, investment and defence.
See you in Canada for the G7 Summit and welcome you later in June in Brussels ↓ pic.twitter.com/ZFMtEjgcA9
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) May 17, 2025
h/t Mauser
ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed Canada’s “steadfast and unwavering support” for Ukraine in his first meeting with the country’s president on Saturday in Rome.
His meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy was one of several sitdowns with world leaders taking place in the Italian capital, where Carney — a devout Catholic — has travelled to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV. The Prime Minister is making a concerted effort to meet with other G7 leaders ahead of the global summit Canada is hosting in Kananaskis, Alta., next month.
One person was killed Saturday and four people were injured when a bomb exploded outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, in what local officials called an “intentional act of terrorism.”
The blast may have come from a car parked outside American Reproductive Centers, Mayor Ron DeHarte told The Post.
“The blast appears to be an intentional act of violence,” Palm Springs Fire Chief Paul Alvarado said in a statement. “The blast field extends for blocks with several buildings damaged, some severely.”
Perp is a real progressive piece of work.
BOMBING: The bomber of the Palm Springs fertility clinic was a Democrat named Guy Edward Bartkus, a member of a anti-natalist cult who believes that it’s wrong to have more children. He’s also an abolitionist vegan and an atheist who prefers satan. pic.twitter.com/xiQbI3bT0T
— @amuse (@amuse) May 18, 2025
h/t patthedog
After the Conservatives’ federal election loss, some Albertans frustrated with Liberal government policies are rallying for separation from Canada. Recently, hundreds of separatists held a rally at the Alberta legislature, angered at the province’s place within confederation.
It’s not the first time Albertans have pushed for sovereignty. There were upswings in separatist sentiment during the National Energy Program in the 1980s. More recently, separatist agitators gained steam in the dying years of the 2010s, angered over Liberal legislation that targeted the energy sector and a general downturn in the petro-province’s economic fortunes. This culminated with the now-defunct Wexit movement.
Storm systems sweeping across the midwestern US have left more than 25 dead in Missouri and Kentucky.
Kentucky’s governor, Andy Beshear, said at a briefing in London, Kentucky, that “at least 18” of the deaths were in his state. At least nine of those were reported after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in south-eastern Kentucky.
The storms were part of a weather system on Friday that killed seven people in Missouri and spawned more than two dozen tornadoes in Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, left several hundred thousand customers without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a punishing heatwave to Texas.
Only 20 mins away …. The town next to me here in Kentucky got leveled by a tornado last night ️
If you wouldn’t mind taking a few seconds…. These people could use a prayer or two pic.twitter.com/6nIMwfNlNK
— Distinguished Hillbilly ™️ (@Feral_Socrates) May 17, 2025
Terrifying tornado. Prayers for Kentucky. pic.twitter.com/DtgLJg8tJg
— PNW Conservative (@UnderWashington) May 17, 2025
Toronto police are investigating after a fatal crash killed three children in Etobicoke early Sunday morning.
In a post to social media, officers say a vehicle struck a stopped car carrying six occupants shortly after 12:30 a.m. on the eastbound Renforth Drive off-ramp.
Two children were pronounced dead at the scene. A third child was rushed to hospital and later died from their injuries. A fourth child and two adults were also taken to hospital.
