Canadians Doing Things Right, Part I: The youngest elected official in Vancouver’s history is moving to change the city’s park bathrooms to unisex because “the model of separate men’s and ladies’ rooms doesn’t suit many in the transgender and gender-variant communities.”
Canadians Doing Things Right, Part II: Quebec will cede 300 hectares of land back to the Mohawks, an indigenous group. Some small-town mayors are upset, and one even called the area “our territory.” “Observers noted the irony of a non-aboriginal politician complaining about losing land to an aboriginal reserve.”
Happy Mother’s Day, Part I: A Sea-Tac woman says some asshole broke in and stole the pink heart-shaped object with her mother’s ashes inside.
Happy Mother’s Day, Part II: Get hip to the origins of Mother’s Day, y’all.
Today in the Surveillance State, Part I: The FBI and Department of Justice don’t bother with search warrants when they want to rummage through Americans’ “e-mails, Facebook chats, Twitter direct messages, and other private files,” documents obtained by the ACLU show.
Today in the Surveillance State, Part II: I’m all for immigration reform, but not like this. Tucked in the 800-page bill is the innocuously named “photo tool,” a massive new database with photos and information on every American.
As the World Burns, Part I: Writer George Monbiot calls hitting the 400ppm level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere “a moment of significance on the road to idiocy.”
As the World Burns, Part II: Countries the world over are blazing new roads to idiocy as they rush to claim control over the thawing Arctic.
It’s Been a Year Since the Cafe Racer Shooting: The theme of the cafe’s recovery from the tragedy? “Racer love.”
Holy shit. The locust plague is happening: