Ever looked at the White House and thought: “You know what that needs? Gold cherubs.” Donald Trump sure did when he started his second term as U.S. president. Our @CultureDesk shared this Wall Street Journal story on how Trump’s gilty conscience is changing 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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12/15
Mount Kenya is one of only a few mountains in Africa to have glaciers, the largest of which is Lewis Glacier. This has lost over 90% of its mass since 1934 as a result of climate change. @thecontinent shares photos from Luis Tato of the mountain, an extinct volcano that sits in the middle of Mount Kenya National Park. It’s home to delicate ecosystems that are now under threat as a result of the glacier’s decline.
https://continent.substack.com/p/photo-essay-breaking-the-ice
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13/15
A U.S. federal judge has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt of court over its failure to halt deportation flights to El Salvador. Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University, explains to @TheConversationUS what it all means.
“It’s not too late for the government to comply. One option for the government is called “purging the contempt,” meaning the administration complies with the court order and brings the individuals who were sent to El Salvador back into U.S. custody,” Burke Robertson says. “If the administration does that, there will not be any further contempt proceedings. Normally, that would be attractive to the government in this position.”
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14/15
Lastly, the Canadian federal election is on April 28. @thetyee’s John MacLachlan Gray writes about wannabe Prime Minister Pierre Poilievre, aka Skippy.
“Politics may have nothing to do with morals, but even Machiavelli thinks that there comes a time in a country’s history when politics are not enough: when a leader is called upon to exemplify what it means to be — in this instance — a Canadian. And frankly I don’t think Skippy has given this much thought.”
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/04/17/Skippy-Wants-Shatter-CBC/
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