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Canadian Green Party leader Elizabeth May trolls Donald Trump regarding Canada becoming the 51st state.

You may recall Khaleel Seivwright, who during the pandemic built tiny homes for Toronto's unhoused. He was charged by the city and forced to cease construction. The city claimed it was their land and the structures were fire hazards.

Inspired by Seivwright, Ryan Donais is constructing Tiny Tiny Homes to solve the same issue. He's incorporated smoke detectors and put the structures on three wheels, therefore qualifying as bicycles under Toronto law.

You can get involved or donate to Tiny Tiny Homes on their website.

These untitled oil paintings are all by Brazilian artist Lucas Arruda. They're from his Deserto-Modelo series. If I showed these to my mother, she'd say, "Those aren't paintings. They're moods." She'd mean it as a compliment.

More here.

Kimmo Metsaranta writes about their series, Notes On A Place:

The pictures in the series are reconstructed observations of my surroundings. I change the spatiality and the condition of the buildings, so that their function changes or disappears completely, and they are not tied to a specific time or place.

I don't know exactly what that means, but I love the pictures.

If you like these, you might also like my own series, Orange Grove Tool Sheds & Utility Boxes of Oliva, Spain.

More on Metsaranta's site. These are also available in book form.

Alberto Ortego builds 3D models and then does 2D paintings of the sets. They're set in the 50s but I get a strong Raymond Carver vibe from them, especially High Noon (above).

Here's Ortega with one of his models:

More on Ortega's site.

Photographer Christophe Jacrot takes great photos of cold / wet environments. These are some from his collection, White Iceland.

Finally, some good news:

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a vulnerability in drug-resistant bacteria: zinc—or a lack thereof. Depriving bacteria of certain nutrients can cause important physiological changes, rendering them vulnerable to antibiotics, including those they once resisted. This new study revealed that zinc plays a vital role in how some of the most dangerous bacteria resist antibiotics. It opens the door to new clinical utility for old drugs, while also cementing nutrient stress as a viable path to new treatment options for drug-resistant bacteria.

Full article: New Achilles Heel Exposed In Antibiotioc Resistance.

WaPo's got a piece on the original 7-Minute Workout, along with a follow-along animation/timer. Those of you with resolutions that bend this way may find it useful. Scroll down a bit and click Try the Workout.

Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

I've been posting a lot of longform articles this week. Here's another, which, like most, you can listen to if you prefer: The Anti-Social Century by Derek Thompson.