Uh-oh. A tweet from Toronto notes that weirdly, there are 4 cop cars outside #hacklabto as they are having a party for #freebyron. HackLabTo is the Kensington Market hackerspace that Byron Sonne (who was acquitted yesterday on all counts related to his emperor-wears-no-clothesery of the Toronto G20 summit in 2010) is affiliated with. Update: they're gone now.
Police loom over Byron Sonne's victory party
Murder case abandoned after prosecutors' racist emails exposed
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Uluru "removed" from Google Street View
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Libertarian Party Supreme Court shortlist includes Alan Dershowitz
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Lumen5 Video Maker's AI brain practically makes your social media videos for you
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Vocabulary Quest is an action-adventure game that also happens to teach you advanced vocab words
Studying for vocabulary tests in grade school was always the worst. Just you, a list of words, a sheet of paper and a pencil…and endless, endless, endless repetition. It was always the equivalent of an educational death march. But the importance of an extensive vocabulary is undeniable. The disparity in vocabulary from 3-year-olds in rich… READ THE REST
From oil to gummies to pre-rolls, this CBD package has you completely covered
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