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• Post #4503015

  Meanwhile, this, from another social media . . . “A Russian embassy worker in Canada is forced to spend his days popping Ukrainian flag balloons that mysteriously keep appearing outside. Investigative journalist Christo Grozev says it's 34-year-old diplomat Ivan Danilenkov, who methodically destroys them with a needle.”

• Post #4503014

  Cartoon from Michael de Adder

• Post #4503013

  Crank your cute meter to maximum. (I’d credit this but the video was anonymous. )

• Post #4503012

  There’s no hint that the cyclosporiasis outbreak in the US traced to Taylor Farms produce has reached Canada (there have been a few Canadian cases but they’ve been traced to travellers who recently visited Mexico). However, it may be useful to know that Taylor Farms does distribute in Canada to retail grocers and restaurants. Among their brand names: Earthbound Farm Marketside (Walmart) Simple Truth / Private Selection Kirkland Signature (Costco) Good & Gather / Market Pantry Great...

• Post #4503011

  No CUSMA No boozema! - Wab Kinew

• Post #4314810

  Here in Ontario most of us call next Monday the ‘August Civic Holiday’—how boring is that?—but its official name is actually ‘Simcoe Day’. Much much better. Especially when we realize that John Graves Simcoe was the first leader in the entire British Empire to condemn and limit slavery. He was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (now Ontario). The story goes that Simcoe received word of a slave owner violently abusing his slave, a girl by the name of Chloe Clooey, as he was transp...

• Post #4314809

  Whew! Dodged a bullet there. #ottawa https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/former-mpp-lisa-macleod-says-she-won-t-run-for-ottawa-mayor-9.7291875

• Post #4314808

  Meech Lake, Twilight, MacDonald Bay Artist: Bob Donnelly #art #canada

• Post #4220468

  Give us this day our daily dough conditioners, sugars, preservative architectures, unpronounceable chemicals, and misleading labelling. The trouble with most Canadian grocery breads, and those that are worth a space on your counter. #food https://youtu.be/9-9A-M3l-JE?si=_ttNoRfZiWrpUkEE

• Post #4140287

  We need a label for guys like this. Climate criminal will do. “Then came Doug Ford. On its arrival in June 2018, the Ford government moved immediately to dismantle the previous government’s climate plan, including participation in the Québec-California emissions cap-and-trade system. All of the programs, including public transit expansion, building energy efficiency retrofits, and support for the adoption of electric vehicles that would have been funded through the $1 billion per year generate...

• Post #4095443

  “There’s an old-fashioned word for that. And that word is treason.” - David Eby, BC Premier #alberta #cdnpoli

• Post #4068441

  So the latest ‘excuse’ for raising tariffs against Canada is that Canada isn’t doing enough to crack down on goods produced by forced labour. I would direct the reader’s attention to the following: “Prison labor in the U.S. generates significant economic output. Incarcerated workers provide services valued at $9 billion annually and produce over $2 billion in goods.” #trade #tariffs #canada #cdnpoli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States

• Post #4036723

  This will surely make it to the next edition of Great Canadian Quotes.

• Post #3923382

  AQI has just ticked up again. It was 2 earlier today. #ottawa #wildfires

• Post #3914141

  Waking up this morning to a heady bouquet of ozone, methane, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, fine particulate matter, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. #canada #wildfires #ClimateCrisis #climate

• Post #3863015

  Just for fun, what if we juxtaposed a map of current wildfires with the route of Canada’s proposed eastern pipeline from Alberta to Sarnia? #wildfires #canada #pipelines #fossilfuels

• Post #3450991

  First world problem

• Post #3439810

  Can’t decide whether this sign in the US near Ogdensburg, NY is ironic, sardonic, satire, or just plain mockery.

• Post #2526925

  Be honest. Absurdism is your favourite. #philosophy

• Post #2480739

  Why are Canadians so bad at public transport? Here’s why. #urban #transit https://rabble.ca/columnists/public-transit-in-canada-urgently-needs-an-upgrade/

• Post #2480738

  Don’t waste your time with that phoney behind the curtain. For a real wizard, stick with Tolkien. #DisclaimersForBooksOrMovies #HashTagGames

• Post #2480737

  Umm. Something’s amiss with this strategy. Can’t quite put my finger on it. #food #food https://zpravobot.news/@Rainmaker1973/116561234076074072

• Post #2250362

  Hand-crafting blunders then walking them back has become a recognizable Doug Ford trait. (Greenbelt, wind farms, jet planes . . . ) #onpoli #ontario #dougford https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/doug-ford-jet-sell-9.7169704

• Post #2224865

  #ottawa Waiting for the bus? Corner of Bronson Avenue and Colonel By (Echo) Drive. Circa 1922 (NCC Archives)

• Post #1863690

  The Canada Pension Plan is investing in companies linked to ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) “That means our pension funds are being used to profit off the violence ICE is unleashing in the US — kidnapping people off the street, separating families and ripping children out of their parents, arms, and violations of due process. These are our retirement savings, and they should not support systemic human rights violations anywhere.” 🟥 Here’s a petition to try to stop it. https://l...

• Post #1681711

  Yipee!! One down. A few more to go. “Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat in Sunday's Hungarian election, ending his 16 years in power.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-election-viktor-orban-9.7160781

• Post #1289333

  So there’s this little tidbit in the Toronto Star’s news digest email this morning. #ontario #onpoli #dougford

• Post #1119585

  Sometimes we need a voice from the past to realize how much has been lost. #ottawa #transit

• Post #1101249

  The famous “What have the Romans ever done for us?” sketch in Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian” is in hopelessly out of date. So here’s a revised, contemporary version. ———- What have the tech bros ever done for us? The AI. What? The AI. Oh, yeah, yeah. They did give us that. And the crypto. Oh, yeah, the crypto. Remember, Reg, what filthy cash used to be like? Yeah, I'll grant you, the AI and the crypto are two things the tech bros have done. And the mass surveillan...

• Post #1005048

  Le Hibou coffee house, Sussex Drive, Ottawa. Circa 1970