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• Post #4449517

  Ontario PR supporters: here is a concrete action. If you support proportional representation and are eligible to join the Ontario Liberal Party, join through the official OLP page: https://action.ontarioliberal.ca/f/join Then contact EVERY leadership candidate. Tell them you joined and that support for PR and cross-party cooperation will influence your leadership vote. 2/3 Eric Lombardi https://ericforolp.ca team@ericlombardi.ca Dylan Marando https://votefordylan.ca info@votefordylan.ca L...

• Post #4449451

  English word of the day: invidious ⚖️ Unfair, offensive, or likely to provoke resentment Example: The policy made an invidious distinction between “valued staff” and everyone who actually did the work. 🇫🇷 : injuste 🇪🇸 : odioso 🇵🇹 : ingrato 🇮🇹 : spiacevole #English #Vocabulary

• Post #4379391

  English word of the day: élan ✨ A distinctive blend of confidence, energy, and style; especially useful when competence is still en route. Example: He entered the meeting with great élan and absolutely no agenda. 🇫🇷 élan 🇪🇸 brío 🇵🇹 garbo 🇮🇹 slancio #English #EnglishLanguage #Vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/04/

• Post #4379119

  Mot français du jour : flinguer 🔫 Tirer sur quelqu’un… ou démolir une idée avec tant d’enthousiasme qu’on prétend ensuite avoir « simplement donné son avis ». 🇬🇧 : to shoot / wreck 🇪🇸 : disparar / arruinar 🇵🇹 : atirar / estragar 🇮🇹 : sparare / rovinare #français #vocabulaire

• Post #4378776

  Palavra portuguesa do dia: criptomoeda A moeda que consegue subir 20%, cair 30% e ainda convencer alguém de que “está tudo dentro do plano.” 📈📉 Ex.: Comprei criptomoeda para enriquecer; agora sou rico… em lições de humildade. 🇬🇧: cryptocurrency 🇫🇷: cryptomonnaie 🇪🇸: criptomoneda 🇮🇹: criptovaluta #português #vocabulário #Portuguese #AprenderPortuguês #LínguaPortuguesa

• Post #4375928

  Parola italiana del giorno: pletorico 🗣️ Usare cinquanta parole dove cinque avrebbero già fatto gli straordinari. 😏 🇬🇧: verbose; long-winded; bombastic 🇫🇷: verbeux; ampoulé 🇪🇸: verboso; ampuloso 🇵🇹: verboso; prolixo #italiano #linguaitaliana #vocabolario

• Post #4348825

  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP for North Cotswolds Won with only 34.7% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

• Post #4344751

  A tree full of origami beauty #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideSeason

• Post #4342337

  English word of the day: highfalutin 🎩 Pompous, pretentious, and dressed in vocabulary several sizes too large. Example: He called lunch “a midday culinary symposium”; it was a ham sandwich. 🇫🇷 prétentieux·euse 🇪🇸 rimbombante 🇵🇹 pretensioso/a 🇮🇹 altisonante #English #EnglishLanguage #vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/02/

• Post #4323448

  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Tony Vaughan MP for Folkestone and Hythe Won with only 34.7% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

• Post #4280643

  Fun with AI headshots, vol. 24… The hills are alive with the sound of me becoming everyone’s problem. Dressed for battle, ceremony, or an aggressively emotional municipal parade. Somewhere in the Highlands, a sheep has filed a noise complaint.

• Post #4278366

  English word of the day: comely ✨ Attractive in a pleasing, slightly old-fashioned way—as though beauty required references. Example: He was comely, according to an aunt who also called trousers “slacks.” 🇫🇷 avenant.e 🇪🇸 bonito/a 🇵🇹 formoso/a 🇮🇹 avvenente #English #EnglishLanguage #vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/07/31/

• Post #4271022

  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: John Whitby MP for Derbyshire Dales Won with only 34.6% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

• Post #4254421

  Happy International Day of Friendship to the people who know our best stories, tolerate our worst jokes, and still answer the group chat eventually. Life is kinder, funnier and far less sensible with good friends in it. 💛 #FriendshipDay #InternationalDayOfFriendship

• Post #4244121

  Para Transpo riders, families and support persons: 6 drop-in talk sessions are being run Aug. 4–13 across Ottawa. Meet OC Transpo staff, ask questions and share what needs fixing...whether you ride daily or rarely. Email parlons_paratranspo_talk@ottawa.ca #Ottawa #ParaTranspo #Accessibility

• Post #4241968

  Palavra portuguesa do dia: morosidade 🐌 Morosidade é a lentidão excessiva de um processo — sobretudo daquele que exigia urgência desde o mês passado. 😏 Exemplo: “A morosidade foi tanta que a solução chegou já com valor histórico.” 🇬🇧: slowness 🇫🇷: lenteur 🇪🇸: lentitud 🇮🇹: lentezza #Português #Vocabulário #PalavraDoDia #LínguaPortuguesa

• Post #4239501

  Parola italiana del giorno: malocchio 🧿 Il malocchio non è sempre una maledizione. A volte è solo il vicino che ti guarda montare un mobile IKEA senza imprecare. 😏 Esempio: “Da quando ho detto che tutto andava troppo bene, temo di avermi tirato il malocchio.” 🇬🇧: evil eye 🇫🇷: mauvais œil 🇪🇸: mal de ojo 🇵🇹: mau-olhado #italiano #linguaitaliana #vocabolario #ParolaDelGiorno #ImparareLItaliano https://unaparolaalgiorno.it/significato/malocchio

• Post #4236989

  English word of the day: sultry ☀️ Hot, humid, and mysteriously convinced it looks glamorous. Example: The evening was sultry; my hair interpreted that as a declaration of war. 🇫🇷 torride 🇪🇸 bochornoso 🇵🇹 abafado 🇮🇹 afoso #English #EnglishLanguage #Vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/07/30/

• Post #4232730

  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Jim Dickson MP for Dartford Won with only 34.6% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

• Post #4211440

  Ottawa residents affected by the July 1 storm can get free general legal guidance tomorrow (July 30) on insurance claims, flooding and recovery. 📍 Ben Franklin Place, 2nd floor (101 Centrepointe Dr) 🕑 2–6 p.m. City staff and the Red Cross will also be there. #Ottawa #StormRecovery #LegalHelp

• Post #4206894

  English word of the day: inveigle 🪄 To win someone over through charm, flattery, or strategic snacks. Example: She inveigled me onto the committee with “just one quick meeting.” 🇫🇷 amadouer 🇪🇸 engatusar 🇵🇹 engabelar 🇮🇹 irretire #English #EnglishLanguage #Vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/07/29/

• Post #4205198

  My fellow Ottawa transit riders: OC Transpo is holding public sessions Aug. 11–25 on reliability, fall service increases and its Customer-First plan. Bring your questions...and receipts. Register: https://engage.ottawa.ca/embeds/projects/53074/survey-tools/60117 #Ottawa #OCTranspo

• Post #4202964

  A step in the right direction, but body cams work only if officers can’t control the record. We all need automatic activation, routine & rigorous audits, permanent Canadian-based cloud storage for all footage, and full FOI access with necessary redactions. https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ottawa-police-to-equip-200-additional-officers-with-body-worn-cameras-this-fall #Ottawa

• Post #4200595

  Fun with AI headshots, vol. 23… Painted for posterity, accessorized for ambiguity. A pearl earring, a blue shirt, and several centuries’ worth of quiet judgment. Noble bearing, practical shirt, suspiciously excellent lighting.

• Post #4188406

  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Charlie Dewhirst MP for Bridlington and The Wolds Won with only 34.6% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

• Post #4162586

  English word of the day: kludge 💻🛠️ A kludge is a clumsy, improvised digital fix that somehow works…right up until someone asks, “Who built this?” Example: “The software patch ran flawlessly, provided nobody touched the kludge holding it together.” 🇫🇷: bidouillage 🇪🇸: parche 🇵🇹: gambiarra 🇮🇹: soluzione grossolana #English #Vocabulary #WordOfTheDay https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/07/28/

• Post #4158138

  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Jonathan Hinder MP for Pendle and Clitheroe Won with only 34.5% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

• Post #4153606

  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ United Kingdom—England Edition 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Jesse Norman MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire Won with only 32.6% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree!

• Post #4152537

  Canada doesn't need every home chilled to walk-in-cooler temps It does need to stop treating extreme heat as something people are expected to handle quietly, alone New piece: practical cooling tips, heat pumps, protections, and what a real heat policy looks like https://open.substack.com/pub/blakeamhamilton/p/canada-already-likes-acnow-lets-take?r=4lxgue&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

• Post #4144470

  Good news, Ottawa: a fantasy bookstore is planned for this fall. More indie bookshops, more community...and more shelves full of dragons, magic and suspiciously detailed maps. My TBR pile has sensed danger. https://ottawacitizen.com/life/new-fantasy-bookstore-ottawa #Ottawa #FantasyBooks #ShopLocal