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Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! I pray The Great Spirit be with you 🙏 🌅

I'm kind of getting started late this morning. I was feeling better than I did yesterday, but I still have that sluggish, weary feeling. I prefer 'weird' to 'weary' any day. Being weird, I'm accustomed to, so I'm on a different wavelength than most others out there. If you're an empath, you'd better not be looking for a job of picking the fly shit out of the rice—kind of hard to tell apart, especially when the rice is turning brown. You know what I mean. If not, I'm talking the wrong Martian dialect again. 🟠 👽

Anyway, after my cereal, I went out to my green space to sit for a bit, sip my coffee, and just relax for a few. Not hard to do when you're pushing 80. I don't have a way to track # of viewers in my Blue Sky account. I wish they did. I don't go to the chat, and when I do, they've already left town. I had to leave a note on how they can better contact me through my Tree House News blog on Bluesky. Kind of the same message I passed on here.

Anyway, that is about all I have for today to report from the Newsroom. Next on the agenda is today's discussion. Thank you for reading the T.H.N. News. 🏡 - 😉 "eh" 🍁

GOOD NEWS

~BREAKING!~

News Release

Province Making it Easier for American Doctors and Nurses to Work in Ontario

Government cutting red tape to strengthen Ontario’s health-care workforce

TORONTO — The Ontario government is taking significant steps to strengthen its health-care workforce by making it easier for U.S.-licensed nurses and board-certified physicians to move to and practise in Ontario. The change is part of the government’s plan to protect and strengthen Ontario’s health-care system by increasing the number of health-care professionals working in the province.

"By cutting the red tape that is delaying highly trained U.S.-licensed doctors and nurses from being able to live and work in Ontario, we are making bold strides to ensure Ontario patients receive timely and accessible care," said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health.

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BREAKING NEWS:

Mountains are among the planet’s most beautiful places. They’re also becoming the deadliest

Jan Beutel was half-watching a live stream of Kleines Nesthorn, a mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, when he realized its cacophony of creaks and rumbles was getting louder. He dropped his work, turned up the sound and found himself unable to look away.

“The whole screen exploded,” he said.

Beutel, a computer engineer specializing in mountain monitoring, had just witnessed a glacier collapse. On May 28, an avalanche of millions of tons of ice and rock barreled down the slope, burying Blatten, a centuries-old village nestled in the valley below.

Local authorities had already evacuated the village after parts of the mountain had crumbled onto the glacier; a 64-year old man believed to have stayed remains missing.

Updated 4 hr ago

• Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned to the United States to face criminal charges
• President Trump is on billboards all over Syria’s capital city 2:50
• Former Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison has been recaptured, sheriff’s office says
• A ‘detox’ after Covid vaccination? Experts say it’s nonsense
• AI is already disrupting the job market. Hear this expert’s advice for new workers 1:31
• ‘Never quit the lunar quest’ was this moon mission’s motto. Here’s its tragic tale

How a Supreme Court decision backing the NRA is thwarting Trump’s retribution campaign

As Harvard University, elite law firms and perceived political enemies of President Donald Trump fight back against his efforts to use government power to punish them, they’re winning thanks in part to the National Rifle Association.

Last May, the Supreme Court unanimously sided with the gun rights group in a First Amendment case concerning a New York official’s alleged efforts to pressure insurance companies in the state to sever ties with the group following the deadly 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

A government official, liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for the nine, “cannot … use the power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression.”

Speak of the devil in detail!

Musk was just the dentures that the orange Grinch stuck his tiny, greedy little hand in the glass, trying to steal his grandmother's dentures, and got bit. 😂 🤣

So Goes The Insanity of June 7, 2025 on the - CNN News -

Now, it's Time to check out the Canadian News.

He can't quit him — easily. Why SpaceX could complicate the Trump-Musk split

U.S. president could put regulatory squeeze on former ally's companies

Billions of dollars lost in government contracts. A slew of regulatory headaches. These are just some of the ramifications Elon Musk could face over his fallout with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The two men may have personally split, at least for now. But if Trump is seeking to retaliate against the tech billionaire, severing the relationship between Musk's many companies and the U.S. government could prove difficult, analysts say.

"I would say the president has more cards than Musk does, but it doesn't mean that [Musk] doesn't have any," said Peter Hays, a lecturer of space policy and international affairs at George Washington University's Space Policy Institute... Read More:

Posted: Jun 07, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Indigenous business leaders support push to build major projects — but want 'terms that work for us'

Likely to be less opposition if governments talked to First Nations in advance, CEO says

Indigenous business leaders gathered outside Calgary this week for an energy industry conference say they're not opposed to building major projects quickly — in fact, they're all for it.

But as Ontario and B.C. pass bills criticized by First Nations in those provinces for trampling on their rights in the service of fast-tracking infrastructure, they warn that Canada risks backsliding into a more contentious relationship with Indigenous communities that will ultimately delay projects further.

"Broadly speaking, are First Nations or Indigenous communities opposed to development? Absolutely not. Are we opposed to resource projects? Absolutely not. Energy generation? Absolutely not. We want to participate on terms that work for us," said John Rowinski, CEO of the Zhooniya Makak Limited Partnership with Hiawatha First Nation, who is from the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte near Belleville, Ont

"Frankly, they would likely find much less opposition to these projects if they showed a willingness to talk in advance as opposed to after the fact," he said in an interview... Read More:

Posted: Jun 07, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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2 people charged with arson, accused of starting fires in Sask.

Prince Albert RCMP investigate 3rd arson attempt at fire base

While wildfires continue to rage in the province, two Saskatchewan residents accused of deliberately setting separate fires have now been charged with arson.

At Friday's daily media briefing, Premier Scott Moe announced the charges and said that one of them was for starting one of the province's major wildfires.

But in a news release later in the afternoon, the RCMP detailed charges that were laid for two suspicious fires — one that Waskesiu RCMP responded to off Highway 696 on May 30 and one that Nipawin RCMP responded to in a ditch beside the Snowden turnoff on Highway 55 on June 3. Neither of those appear to be related to a major wildfire.

The fire that Moe initially referred to, the Ditch fire, near Weyakwin, was reported on May 26. It has grown to 95,000 hectares and appears to be moving very close to the massive Shoe fire — the largest blaze in the province at more than 470,000 hectares....

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Posted: Jun 06, 2025 2:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 6

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NATURE'S SOUNDS AND MUSIC TO SOOTH THE SOUL:

✨🪐~ Relax, join mind and soul in harmony with Quanta ~🪐✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8htaBCFMhM

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! I pray The Great Spirit be with you 🙏 🌅

I woke up this morning feeling somewhat sluggish, and my stomach felt like I had a critter moving around in it. I made the coffee and had my cereal, then sat on the couch to check my cell, and fell asleep. I was up at around 4:30 am for a nature call, and then I didn't feel sleepy anymore, as my stomach wouldn't let me. I fell asleep on the couch around 6:45 am and didn't wake up until 8:40 am. I must have been really whacked out. I do pray the stomach stays dormant for the rest of the day.

After that nap, I felt much better. I even went out to sweep off the green space and dust the patio furniture. Then I had my usual emotional moment, thinking back to what seems to me to be a time when everything was more real, and the sun shone brightly in a blue sky, everything sparkled a lot brighter, like gems in the sunlight. Nice and sunny and warm out, just still hazy.

I wish it were only the Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OZrNDtRltg

Remember those days of hope, dreams, laughter, and happiness?

How about The Good Ship Lollipop? Shirley Temple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLSqpYyPD8

Good old cartoons on television on Saturdays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NrKjJPAuw

That's the America I remember, and that is the America that most of us Canadians used to look up to.*_

For some reason, I wept over the previous thoughts that came to mind. Unrelated? Coincidence? I guess I was wondering why the human race can't learn from our errors and move on to a better, more constructive way to live in harmony with each other and reach for the stars, which, in my opinion, is why we are here. As starseeds, now that we have matured into fully conscious beings in the organic world, the awakening they keep talking about is that of the consciousness.

We should know so much better than to kneel before a parasitical, sadistic lunatic, maniac who thinks he is a god. That's about it from me for one day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

The Tree Of Life 🌳

I love getting into this kind of quest to solve ancient mysteries, as I call it.

I know that we are somewhere on one of those branches of the Tree of Life stretching out into the infinities. That which came to be is still recorded on the time and space continuum, like a recording in a computer memory bank. Now that brings us to the roots. Where do the roots lead to?

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QUARAN:

In the Quran, the "tree of immortality" or "tree of life" is a symbol of paradise and eternal life, representing the abundant blessings and rewards awaiting the righteous in the afterlife. Unlike the biblical account, the Quran mentions only one such tree in Jannah (paradise), which God forbade Adam and Hawa (Eve) to eat from. This tree signifies the exceptional nature of paradise and its contrast with earthly existence, reinforcing the importance of faith and righteous conduct.

The Tree of Life in Islam - Ann Kingstone

Mar 18, 2019 — The Tree of Immortality (Arabic: شجرة الخلود Shajarat al-Kholoud) is the tree of life motif as it appears in the Quran...

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Unlike the biblical account, the Quran mentions only one tree in Eden, also called " the tree of immortality and power that never ...

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TORAH:

The "Tree of Life" is a significant symbol in Jewish tradition, with the Torah, or the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, often referred to as "Eitz Chaim," meaning "Tree of Life". This connection highlights the Torah's role as a source of life, guidance, and wisdom for the Jewish people.

KABBALAH:

The Tree of Life in Kabbalah is a symbolic representation of the universe and God's relationship with creation, consisting of 10 interconnected nodes called Sefirot and 22 paths connecting them. The Sefirot represent different aspects of divine power and energy, while the paths symbolize the relationships and pathways between these aspects.

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Sefirot:

The 10 nodes represent different aspects of divine energy, often interpreted as manifestations of God, powers of the soul, or structural forces of nature.

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The 22 paths connect the Sefirot, representing the flow of divine energy and the relationships between different aspects of creation.

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Now is the time for the News:

BREAKING NEWS:

The latest on the feud between Trump and Musk

What we're covering

• Trump-Musk rift: President Donald Trump told CNN he’s “not even thinking about” Elon Musk after they explosively sparred on social media, adding that he won’t be speaking with Musk for “a while.” Yesterday, the president floated the idea of cutting the tech billionaire’s government contracts, and Musk claimed Trump’s name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Here’s our blow-by-blow of the fight.

• Agenda bill:

• Harvard latest:

China-US trade meeting will take place within the next week, White House adviser says

White House adviser Peter Navarro said a meeting on trade between Trump administration and Chinese officials is expected to happen within seven days.

“There was a clear mandate between, an understanding between two presidents,” Navarro said today, referring to a 90-minute telephone call between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping yesterday.

After Trump’s call with Xi, the US president said he was encouraged that ongoing trade tensions could soon be resolved. Trump deemed the conversation as “very good,” and said followup talks would occur “soon” between the countries’ economic teams.

Navarro told reporters at the White House that he, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Trade Representative Jamieson Greer or the president himself would announce when the meeting between US and Chinese officials was officially scheduled. Those four members of Trump’s economic team are expected to participate in the upcoming talks as well.

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State Department issues guidance to diplomatic posts on how to handle Trump's new travel ban

Russian officials poke fun at Trump-Musk rift

Updated 11:35 AM EDT, Fri June 6, 2025 - CNN -

A West Virginia prosecutor is warning women that a miscarriage could lead to criminal charges

Amid a constantly changing reproductive landscape, one West Virginia prosecutor is warning people who have miscarriages in his state that they could get in trouble with the law.

Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Truman says that although he personally wouldn’t prosecute someone for a miscarriage, he made the suggestion out of an abundance of caution after hearing from other prosecutors.

Truman even suggests people might want to let local law enforcement know if they’ve had a miscarriage. Several reproductive law experts say people around the country have, indeed, faced charges related to miscarriages — but they still wouldn’t recommend reaching out to law enforcement.

Updated June 6, 2025, 5 hr ago - CNN -

"The Orange Pus Bag Hitler and Stalin Nazism penis envy cockroach!"

Army preparing for largest military parade on the capital’s streets in decades, featuring 7 million pounds of hardware

Millions of pounds of military hardware are expected to roll down the US capital’s streets in less than two weeks, fulfilling a dream of President Donald Trump but also sparking concerns about how the roads of Washington, DC, will fare under the literal weight of heavy tanks and fighting vehicles.

The largest military parade the city has seen in decades is expected to bring seven million pounds of vehicles and weaponry as well as a price tag potentially in the tens of millions of dollars, and this week the US Army has started reinforcing the roads that will carry the hardware downtown and along the parade route.

The parade on June 14 will feature dozens of M1-A1 Abrams tanks and Bradley and Stryker fighting vehicles rolling through the streets of DC, as well as Howitzers and other artillery pieces, officials said. Nearly 7,000 soldiers are set to participate.

Updated 9:38 AM EDT, Fri June 6, 2025 - CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

As wildfires rage across the country, how can Canadians help evacuees?

Residents across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have been asked to evacuate

It can be a helpless feeling viewing the footage of people fleeing their homes, or watching communities burn, beneath red, hazy skies.

Canada is once again grappling with raging wildfires, with some 209 active fires — half of them out of control — burning through nearly every province and territory in the country as of Friday.

Central and Western Canada in particular are under siege, with 68 wildfires burning in B.C., 55 in Alberta, 18 in Saskatchewan and 27 in Manitoba, according to the most recent data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).

Posted: Jun 06, 2025 10:41 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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~THE COOK'S GALLEY 🌭 UNDER THE COCONUT TREE🌴~

 TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! I pray The Great Spirit be with you 🙏 🌅

Well, here at the Newsroom 📰 this morning, it's again grey skies but still reasonably warm out, enough so I could enjoy my coffee out in my green space this morning. It was nice just to sit back and watch it get brighter and the bird commence their orchestration for the day.

Odd that is! It seems like we have more birds than usual this year, or at least different species that are not common to this area. But then I also had an encounter with a June bug the other night, and last night, a large furry moth flew into the screen door. I haven't seen anything like that since I lived up north. Now I can't wait for the crickets and Katydids, I love it! 🦗 ☺️ It gets me wondering if it has anything to do with the fires to the northeast of us, more specifically in the north of Ontario. Migrating insects?

Is it possible that forest fires are also causing larger than usual animal migration to southern Ontario?

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Yes, it's possible that forest fires in Canada, including those in Southern Ontario in 2024 and 2025, could be contributing to increased insect populations. While not the sole cause...

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Yes, it's highly possible that forest fires, particularly those in Northern Ontario and beyond, are causing increased animal migration to Southern Ontario in 2024 and 2025. The combination of wildfires displacing animals from their homes and the resulting smoke and air quality issues can lead animals to seek refuge in areas like Southern Ontario.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

My Opinion, ABOUT LIBERTY?:

In the meantime, the fat old orange slime bag doesn't give a pile of 💩 💩 💩 about democracy, the Constitution, law, let alone any respect for the environment, nor the annoying little bugs they call "We, the people." What's left will make good little slaves. Piece of 💩 🎃 🤡 👺 WHAT FREEDOM IS THERE LEFT NOW? when you have to hide in a hole in the ground so the Gestapo don't get you. 😝

America. The Land of the Free and The Home of the Brave. For about 235 years, it was the Greatest Nation On Earth, and people from everywhere wanted to come to America. A statue in New York Harbor held aloft a torch at what was called The Golden Door to a better life in America.

Our Nation remains, hollowed out by a regime that is making the Republic America has been since 1789 into a fascist oligarchy ruled by a person trampling the Constitution. They won't make a policy and process to welcome immigrants to America. Instead, raids by masked secret police arrest undocumented immigrants regardless of the place they have attained in society.

I can see in my mind, the fascist regime, The Orange Lying, Sadistic Sack of 💩 dropping a large black veil over Lady Liberty. But her torch still burns bright under the black veil.

Never give up on our Republic. If we keep our faith, we can fix the damage. THINK ABOUT IT MAN! ☮️ eh? 🍁

BREAKING NEWS:

America’s skies may soon open up to supersonic travel. But there’s still a big problem

The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — for the first time ever, they could be allowed to do it over American soil.

Even during the days of Concorde, the supersonic plane that retired in 2003, commercial flying at speeds above Mach 1 over mainland US was strictly forbidden, largely due to concerns over noise pollution from sonic booms.

Now moves are afoot to lift that restriction with a bill recently introduced in the Senate, and a similar measure in the House of Representatives. That means if the long-awaited “Son of Concorde” ever gets here, it will have more potential supersonic routes than its predecessor... Read More:

Published 6:36 AM EDT, Thu June 5, 2025 - CNN -

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Hooters abruptly closes dozens of restaurants

Hooters has abruptly closed dozens of locations just a few months after the chicken wing chain filed for bankruptcy and proclaimed it wasn’t “going anywhere.”

“After careful consideration of what is needed to best position our company for the future, Hooters made the difficult decision to close certain company-owned locations,” a company spokesperson said in a statement to -CNN-.

These chains typically cater to lower and middle-income families looking for a sit-down meal, but diners are abandoning these companies as their disposable income shrinks because of inflation...

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Published 7:34 AM EDT, Thu June 5, 2025 - CNN -

‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting

A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced enclosure to get food.

More than a dozen eyewitnesses, including those wounded in the attack, said Israeli troops shot at crowds in volleys of gunfire that occurred sporadically through the early hours of Sunday morning. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US and Israeli-backed aid initiative that runs the site, said that Israeli forces were operating in the area during the same period.

Multiple videos geolocated by CNN place the gunfire near a roundabout where hundreds of Palestinians had gathered about half a mile (800 meters) away from the militarized aid site in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah. The designated route to the site along the coast, Al-Rasheed Street, is in an area under the Israeli military’s control and Israeli troops operate at a base nearby.

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Updated 1:28 AM EDT, Thu June 5, 2025 - CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

April's $7.1B merchandise trade deficit was the largest on record

Overall exports fell 10.8 per cent in April to the lowest level since June 2023

Overall exports fell 10.8 per cent in April to the lowest level since June 2023

Canada posted its largest merchandise trade deficit on record in April — at $7.1 billion — as exports fell sharply in the face of U.S. tariffs.

Statistics Canada said Thursday the result for April followed a deficit of $2.3 billion in March.

Overall exports fell 10.8 per cent in April to $60.4 billion, their lowest level since June 2023, as exports of motor vehicles and parts dropped 17.4 per cent...

Exports of consumer goods also fell 15.4 per cent, while exports of energy products dropped 7.9 per cent.

Meanwhile, total imports fell 3.5 per cent in April to $67.6 billion as imports of motor vehicles and parts lost 17.7 per cent and industrial machinery, equipment and parts dropped 9.5 per cent.

In real or volume terms, total exports fell 9.1 per cent in April, while imports fell 2.9 per cent that month...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2025 10:59 AM EDT | Last Updated: 29 minutes ago

- CBC -

NEW:

• Jun 05, 2025, 13 minutes ago:*
• Bank of Canada must get comfortable with the unknown as long as Trump is in charge
• As Bank of Canada holds rates, experts say a cut alone won't stop an economic slowdown.

'There's a lot I wish I would have taken': Denare Beach residents in shock after wildfire

Parts of northern Sask. village destroyed by fire that moved in faster than expected

When Rebecca McCrimmon evacuated with her family from Denare Beach last week, it was out of concern that access to the northeast Saskatchewan community, not far from the Manitoba border, would be cut off by the Club fire burning to the north.

She packed some clothes and mementoes, thinking she would be able to return home after the danger passed. But then on Monday, the Wolf fire suddenly moved in from the west. She watched via a video feed as the flames went down the street in front of her house. Then the feed went dark...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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NATURE'S SOUNDS AND MUSIC TO SOOTH THE SOUL:

🍃~Awaken and enter into the inner light, in harmony with the Oneness~ 🍃

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR0Ys-CEOZc

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! I pray The Great Spirit be with you 🙏 🌅

Another hazy kind of a yellowish sun in what looks like a thick haze, 🌫 smoke to be sure. Let me check that out with Accuweather:

Current Air Quality

Today:

6/4

59

AQI

Poor

The air has reached a high level of pollution, making it unhealthy for sensitive groups. Reduce time spent outside if you are feeling symptoms such as difficulty breathing or throat irritation.

_*It doesn't appear to be very conducive to being the best of days to spend much time outdoors. Now that the sagging scrotum has moved on, we find that we just traded one pain in the arse for another. 😵 💩

It's warmer, but either way, not much sun, I guess that's why pale face👤 stays pale. Me sooner be pale face than wear baby sh-t for make up like our dear OLD CHIEF BABY SHIT FACE IN CHARGE.🎃

That's enough of that topic this morning, I don't want to upset my stomach, not worth having an upset stomach over a lousy bunch of cockroaches. 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

LIGHT & THOUGH = 'C'

Regarding the post I just made about the 'clean energy' challenge, I was thinking idly about the progression from the chimpanzee to the Ardipithecus to mining the Moon for helium-3, which could be used to make isotopes that could power fusion reactors with no radiation and no pollution. Now, add moondust, the smartphone or supercomputer, the speed of light, and the stopping of light (EIT), as well as Bose-Einstein condensates. We've traded sweat for swipes, yet our gaze remains fixed on the same short horizon.

Lost in a limbo of thoughts, I suddenly hit the brakes; I had a bingo! I thought to myself, it's no short horizon where I just came from; it's an endless landscape of pathways leading outward to yet more pathways leading outward. Yes! Carl Sagan once reflected, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself".

What goes faster than all of those, as mentioned earlier? In my opinion, I would say *THOUGHT IS COMPARABLE, IF NOT SURPASSING, THE BARRIER OF TIME & SPACE*. The speed of light is only a barrier because we don't know what's beyond the speed of light, except that time begins going backwards. In imagination, a thought, and you are in Alpha Centauri. Scientists can even measure Alpha Centauri's elements purely by inference. How long does it take light to get to Alpha Centauri from Earth?

WELL, ya bunch of Taco arse kissers, in the land of potentialities, I would hate to think of what doors you have opened in your own future potentialities. In quantum physics, all things are possible, or should we say one potential in the infinite potentialities, what goes around comes around, Karma, and that also stands for the law of gravity, you throw a brick straight up, and if you don't move... You know what I mean.

That's not just my opinion, it's the law of physics.

BREAKING NEWS:

The Trump administration just doubled the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Here’s what that means

US tariffs on steel and aluminum doubled to 50% as of 12:01 am ET on Wednesday, a move cheered by the beleaguered American steel industry but worrisome to sectors that heavily use the metals, from car makers to can manufacturers.

The jump in import taxes is the latest salvo in President Donald Trump’s trade war, part of a broad range of tariffs he’s levied since February. But the steel tariffs are especially significant to him and his political base, a symbol of once-iconic US manufacturing that has since fallen on hard times.

The leap in tariffs likely won’t hit American pocketbooks immediately – but experts say that higher prices on construction projects, car lots, appliances and elsewhere are all but inevitable from the higher duties. And while the tariffs could protect steel manufacturing jobs, they could hurt employment in much larger industries.

But the administration said the tariffs are crucial to national security and the economy.

“Domestic steel and aluminum production is imperative for our defense-industrial base,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement to -CNN-.

• Trump calls dealmaking with Xi ‘extremely hard’
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• For Subscribers Coal miners backed Trump. Then his administration went after their protections

Published 12:01 AM EDT, Wed June 4, 2025 - CNN -

In China, AI-powered satire and propaganda fuel criticism of Trump tariffs

VIDEO Included:

As President Trump imposed tariffs on China, AI-powered satire and propaganda videos have flooded Chinese social media platforms. Largely untouched by censors – and at times backed by state media – these clips mock Trump as a tariff-wielding figure and blame US trade policies for global instability. The message from Beijing: China’s economy is resilient, and its global influence is expanding. CNN's Will Ripley has more.

June 4, 2025 - 02:42 - Source: - CNN -

Trump administration takes hundreds of migrant children out of their homes, into government custody

The Trump administration is taking hundreds of migrant children already residing in the United States out of their homes and into government custody, at times separating them from their families and making it more difficult for them to be released, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump and his top aides have repeatedly cited the influx of children who arrived at the US southern border under the Biden administration without a parent or guardian as a critique of his predecessor and his handling of border security. Trump officials argue that hundreds of thousands of those children went unaccounted for — and are in potentially dangerous situations.

While former Biden officials contend that the surge of kids in 2021 placed tremendous pressure on the federal system, they and several experts in the field refute claims that there are large numbers of children missing from the system.

Published 6:00 AM EDT, Wed June 4, 2025 - CNN -

"Damned if I wasn't right a year and a half ago, Hittler and Gestapo!"

In the battle between Harvard and the Trump administration, the goalposts keep moving

When the president of Harvard University gave his charge to this year’s graduating class, he spoke from experience.

“My hope for you, members of the class of 2025, is that you stay comfortable being uncomfortable,” Alan Garber said last week.

Uncomfortable situations have hung over Garber for much of the year, as the Trump administration has targeted Harvard for special scrutiny – while also sowing doubt the school could ever satisfy its mounting demands.

Since its initial criticism of Harvard as a place where antisemitism was condoned or ignored during last spring’s pro-Palestinian protests, the government’s list of complaints about the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university has grown by the day.

Updated from Jun 3, 2025 - CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 2.75% amid U.S. tariff 'uncertainty'

Rate decision comes as Trump raises steel and aluminum levies to 50%

• Inflation rate drops to 1.7% in April, driven by lower energy prices after carbon tax removal
• Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9% in April, matching a pre-pandemic high
• Bank of Canada officials speak after interest rate announcement

VIDEO Included: Started 15 minutes ago

• U.S. trade war risks Canadian progress on financial stability, says Bank of Canada

Doubled tariffs raise concerns Canadian steel could be shut out of U.S., but some companies say they'll adjust

Industry leaders say federal government also needs to address unfair trade practices — like steel dumping

With U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum now doubled, Canadian steel businesses and industry leaders — already wounded by the initial tax — have mixed reactions about the hike.

Calling the impact of the initial 25 per cent tariffs "devastating," after it resulted in job losses and a drop in shipments to the U.S., one steel industry leader says a 50 per cent tariff will lead to a "dramatic acceleration" of those trends.

"At a 50 per cent tariff, we basically consider the U.S. market closed — completely closed, door slammed shut, if you will — to Canadian steel," said Catherine Cobden, CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association.

Posted: Jun 04, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Mangy, puke-faced, Jaba the Hutt; one-eyed orange slime sloberpuss; creepy hunchback, crawly cockroach, with vampire-like teeth; hairy monster ready to rip human flesh apart. Would someone with a Goofy 🙊 size 20 steel-toe work boot please step on the cockroach? Goofy doesn't need snowshoes. All that's left for us Canadians to do now, after he gets done with the orange pukehead, is to ask Goofy if he's good at stomping out forest fires too.

NATURE'S SOUNDS AND MUSIC TO SOOTH THE SOUL:

🌳~Healing with Earth Connection, in Harmony With the Inner Spirit~🌳

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpqWQjUpero

 

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George Brown College Hosts Historic Congress 2025 Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanities Graduates

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Jun 03, 2025, 14:43 ET

Artificial Intelligence (AI), ethics, and the evolving role of social science and humanities in a tech-driven world take center stage at the landmark academic event

TORONTO, June 3, 2025 /CNW/ - For the first time in its 94-year history, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Canada's largest academic gathering – is being held at a college rather than a university. Toronto's George Brown College (GBC) is the proud host of this year's event, marking a significant milestone in its rise as a hub for innovative education and public scholarship.

The Big Question: Where Do Humanities Graduates Fit in an AI World?

At a workshop held at GBC's Waterfront campus on May 31, the focus turned to one of the most urgent questions facing post-secondary education: What future awaits humanities and social science graduates in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence?

Titled "A.I. Ethics and Disruption – Future of Work for Graduates in Humanities and the Social Sciences," the panel brought together students, academics, and thought leaders for a robust discussion on AI's impact on ethics, employment, and education.

Experts Emphasize the Need for Critical Thinkers in Tech*

"Do We Jump on the Train?": Engaging with AI Responsibly*

Emerging Careers at the Intersection of AI and Humanities*

Gunaratne highlighted several emerging career paths where humanities graduates will be essential in the AI economy:

• Human - AI Collaboration Facilitators
• Algorithm Explainers
• Inclusive Design Specialists
• AI Policy Analysts

Ethics, Advocacy, and Action in Academia and Industry

• Engaging with ethics committees and algorithmic audits
• Participating in policy development and public consultations
• Contributing to industry standards and advisory councils

George Brown College: At the Forefront of AI and Ethical Innovation

As AI continues to transform industries, George Brown College is leading the way in preparing the next generation of tech professionals through its innovative - Applied A.I. Solutions Development program - one of the first of its kind offered by a Canadian college.

About George Brown College

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Yes, George Town College in Toronto welcomes international students, including those from the United States. They offer a wide range of programs, and international students can apply through their dedicated online portal. George Brown has a significant international student population, with nearly 30% of the student body coming from various countries.