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drakakis@thecanadian.social
<p>โ๐ผ Wi๐ฬถzened, grey, mesomorph, INFP<br />Montreal born @ 314 ppm COโ</p><p>โ๏ธ Retired healthcare executive, counsellor, social worker, oil patch worker, journalist, photographer, union organizer, civil servant, musician, songwriter โ non-concurrently</p><p>๐ฃ Rational leftist with anarchist tendencies and a slightly sentimental conservative streak</p><p>๐ John Abbott College, Montreal<br />โค <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/McGill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>McGill</span></a> University, Montreal<br />โค <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/Carleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Carleton</span></a> University, Ottawa.</p><p>Fediversary โ 10 Nov, 2022</p>
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Post #3844550
You'd be forgiven for thinking that this story describes how cyclists can now submit official complaints regarding motor vehicles and businesses violating the bike lane laws, or about dangerous maintenance issues. But you'd be wrong, because ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/07/15/alberta-bike-lane-complaint-line/
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Post #3701453
In a legal filing submitted Tuesday, Trumpโs attorneys asked Judge Lewis Kaplan not to release some of the funds he owes to the beleaguered columnist on the basis that the presidentโs petition for a new hearing was still pending before the Supreme Court. The only hiccup: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ . https://newrepublic.com/post/212836/donald-trump-lies-supreme-court-e-jean-carroll โThis is the end of the line,โ Kaplan wrote in a June 30 filing. โIt is time for him to...
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Post #3496484
RE: https://mstdn.social/@pravda/116840550935648514 Canada better hurry and make up its mind before they're all sold out!
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Post #3432186
๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐, call upon the Government to: 1. Cease all incentives, subsidies, and permit accelerations for AI data centres; 2. Revoke permits and supports for AI data centre projects that have not been rigorously and transparently vetted by the local community; โฆ 4. Require that all AI infrastructure projects be initiated โฆ by local communities, and be put through a transparent and democratic approval process; and โฆ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petiti...
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Post #3430613
Doug Ford: For The People "uh, which people, Doug?" #OnPoli
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Post #2851101
&quot;We call on Russia to immediately cease these strikes and end this illegal war of aggression. They prolong human suffering and ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ.&quot; ๐ฅ
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Post #2851100
https://theintercept.com/2026/05/21/ice-dhs-social-media-white-supremacist-violence/ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก-๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐โ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐คโ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ , ๐๐๐-๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐โ. ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐, ๐ค๐๐กโ โฆ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฟ๐๐ค ๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ท๐ป๐ โ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ...
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Post #2851099
Strange days, indeed
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Post #2801031
Fourteen Liberal MPs sent a letter to the prime minister at the end of April, before the agreement with the Alberta government was even signed, to offer some recommendations โ but also to express their unease with the situation. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-mp-react-alberta-deal-carney-9.7208157?cmp=rss &quot;We remain deeply concerned; the government&#39;s credibility will be seriously compromised,&quot; said the letter, which was obtained by Radio-Canada. The 14 MPs...
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Post #2801030
&quot;Ms. Smithโs effort to push Alberta into a dangerous, divisive and economically harmful separation referendum campaign stem(s) from her delusional view of the constitution. https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/05/danielle-smith-promotes-delusional-history-of-u-s-and-canadian-constitutions-to-promote-separation-referendum/ &quot;(That) she is ignorant of both the U.S. and Canadian constitutions would be amusing were she not a premier promoting โฆ constitutional change in Canada with the...
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Post #2801029
&quot;Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.&quot; ~ Matt Groening OMGโผ๏ธ Not the ice weaselsโผ๏ธ
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Post #2801028
CANADIAN&#39;S GIVE TRUMP ZERO FUCKS: VISITS TO US CITIES HAVE COLLAPSED 42% https://ifloz.substack.com/p/canadians-give-trump-zero-fucks-visits &quot;Canadians are, without a single word of exaggeration, the friendliest, most decent bastards walking this earth. Us and them, Aussies and Canucks, we are basically the same bloody animal. Same dark humour, same allergy to wankers, same instinct to give a total stranger a hand and then apologise for taking too long doing it. I reckon we go...
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Post #1791608
๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ | ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ง https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/us-ice-hockey-fans-canadian-anthem This week, ahead of a key ice hockey match between two US teams, singer Cami Clune began what has been a tradition for more than half a century: a rendition of the Canadian national anthem. But as Clune began with the opening refrain, her microphone malfunctioned and her voice cut out. A crowd of nearly 20,...