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The scandal-hit baroness was elevated for years by the party now backtracking over the PPE firm linked to her that won millions in pandemic contracts

Here at Time, we find it incredibly important to update you on any changes, updates, irregularities, and goings on. However, the purpose of this particular letter is celebratory. We would like to formally congratulate you on making it to 2023, which will officially be the final year.

We’ve seen many years over the years: 1789. 105. 1453. 280. 1066. 476. 2020.

Year 33 was particularly influential—not to mention the seemingly endless years before. But now we’ve reached the final year, and we couldn’t be more proud that you’re here for it.

So: what should you expect in the final year? Well, don’t get too excited—99 percent of all years have been forgotten by most everyone except keen historians. Luckily, this year won’t have that problem because there won’t be any more years after this one, and since it will always be this year, nobody will ever manage to forget about it. Isn’t that wonderful?

So, Canada has done two interesting things in the last couple years to deal with the effects of Covid. The first is let in a lot more immigrants:

Canada added more than 431,000 new permanent residents last year, the largest annual increase in its history, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeks to ease the country’s labor shortages.

The new admissions met the 2022 target set by Trudeau’s government and exceeded the prior year’s record of about 401,000 newcomers, according to a release from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on Tuesday.

No response from union to questions about claim Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has published a tweet in which she claimed credit for an increase in strike pay that predated her taking up the role by several months. Ms Graham claimed that she ‘upped the daily strike rates to £70 when I became general secretary: […]

On 9 December 2022, The Wales Cross Party Group on Digital Rights and Democracy, of which Open Rights Group is the secretariat, held its second session, this time held on data sharing and migrant women reporting domestic abuse. The session, chaired by Sarah Murphy, Member of the Senedd for Bridgend and Porthcawl, heard representations from […]

Bees like to roll little wooden balls as a form of play, study finds (Thanks to pharmaross)

In 1961, hundreds of thousands of Australians lined the streets of Melbourne to give a tearful farewell to the motorcade passing them by. The Australian test cricket team had just won the home series two to one, but the crowd wasn’t cheering for them. The motorcade contained the West Indies cricket team under its first […]

As Covid vaccines underperform and for some groups, present risks, an article in a prominent metical ethics journal calls for mandates to end.

A Black artist grapples with the paradox of success in the white art world that wants his paintings, but not his message

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The effects of being bullied can linger for decades, but it’s never too late to heal and reclaim your place in the world

- by Stacee Reicherzer

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Travels might be over.

A new analysis finds our inflation comes first from Covid/sanctions supply shocks and second, spending by the rich, not government spending.

I shared this Twitter thread on that site this morning and will be discussing it on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 at
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Yesterday's post on anger was quite popular, and that is c continuing this morning. These are the page views, and since it was the only
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Many of the St. Louis Fed’s most widely read posts sought to answer questions, either topical or practical. Which of these top posts made your reading list?

I shared this thread on Twitter this morning: I wrote a blog post yesterday that was surprisingly popular. Based on observation of behaviour witnessed during
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A piece about NATO's recent noises re Ukraine sadly reveals how supposedly non-captured, well-meaning activists have lost the plot.

A pauta dos direitos humanos não pode ser a manutenção do núcleo familiar, muitas vezes espaço de violência doméstica e sexual contra mulheres, crianças e adolescentes.

The post É urgente tirar a família do foco dos ministérios das Mulheres e dos Direitos Humanos appeared first on The Intercept.

I'm starting to wonder if Kromm the Mighty should really have all that stuff!

I am aware that there are problems with the way this site is working this morning. We are on the problem. Apologies…… UPDATE Problem solved
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A winter storm, labor, shortages, and outdated computer systems caused Southwest Airlines to cancel thousands of flights over the winter holidays. Travelers reported that other airlines, instead of helping out, raised their prices to take advantage of the situation.

The post Perhaps You Were Unclear on the Meaning of the Term first appeared on Ted Rall's Rallblog.

Our 2023 will be a continued hangover from 2020, 2021, and 2023.