As I’ve been trying to explain to the “I didn’t vote for him” crowd.

Chuckling at the people in the U.S. who consistently shit on people who live in "red" states... Well according to others in the world, the entire US is now a "red" state. Not so easy to overthrow authoritarians, is it?

Text of PM Mark Carney’s full speech at Davos #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Globe & Mail reporting on Canadian military's modelling of how an extended insurgency against a US invasion would play out: In short, we'd take cues from the mujahideen. "The aim of such tactics would be to impose mass casualties on U.S. occupying forces..."

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

List of Estée Lauder brands: www.elcompanies.com/en/our-brands

Some people, such as the US president, think that everything can be bought because they cannot fathom that anything could be valued more highly than money.

I should not be this overheated working out in my living room in *January* 🥵

If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help. The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later: thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/

This is an absolute banger of a thread from the Member of Parliament for Victoria, BC., who happens to have a PhD on political science with special interests in Canada/US affairs, climate change, & Arctic security

This is why Canada stands with our Nordic and NATO allies against American aggression toward Greenland. The President’s claims are based on transparent falsehoods, and if we allow the lies about Greenland to pass, the next lies will be about Canada. Together, we must deter the US from its course.

I just want to live my little life and have some occasional fun without the world descending into fascism and madness, is that so much

We remember the Luddites as people who hated machines. This is a lie we tell ourselves to avoid their actual complaint.

Remember, people can be contagious with measles for a while without showing symptoms (4 days before, 4 days after the acute), and if you’re getting on a plane you’re sucking in exhaled air from who knows where spreading who knows what. Wear a well fitting n95 to help stay well and stop the spread.

#DailyWalk #PortMoody (16,026 steps; 10.76 km)

View from my balcony

#NowPlaying FINGERPRINTZ - Close Circuit Connection (1979) youtu.be/7rpEcV27nLo

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If it turns out that the secret to a decent night’s sleep is simply to not look at your phone before you go to sleep or when you wake up during the night, I will be quite annoyed

Photos from my #DailyWalk in #NewWest (13,259 steps; 8.93 km)

Top of the charts at my house today

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Foggy morning #NewWest

Just a little fascism summary. Must read: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Shane, how could you!

I think my partner really loves me cuz he bought me 2 jars of Dundee orange marmalade 🍊

You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.

Already had them blocked because I subscribe to a US government blocklist, but you might want to block these 🤬ers as well.

Today’s #DailyWalk - UBC campus again

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Can the Nobel Committee revoke prizes?

This headline is incredible

🎯 I still have my "I like it long!" protest sticker from when Harper tried to eliminate the long form census. People galvanized very quickly, and the government did not anticipate the level of pushback they got. Governments who want less data want to make policy based on vibes and not facts.

They shouldn't allow videos of podcasts. That content should get taken down

These people were slow rolling around town waving their Canadian flags everywhere 5 years ago. It’s fucking wild.

Since when have blood oranges been renamed “raspberry oranges”?

The most unrealistic part of Heated Rivalry is when they’re sitting by a lake in Ontario and nobody’s slapping mosquitoes

Beautiful crisp, sunny day for my #DailyWalk on the #UBC campus

THREAD. A collection of random dogs I have met on my adventures in the British countryside. You will find the captions to the photos in the alt text.

If the problem was really “public drug use,” the obvious public health response would have been drug consumption spaces

Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash. Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.

There should be NO non-medical exemptions for vaccinations. We live in a society.

There is no virus that “only” causes serious harm in people who are high-risk. And even if there were, it would still be important to protect yourself and others. Please take steps to prevent getting and spreading illness in order to protect your own health and the health of others.

Found out my kid’s friend’s bf is friends with Hudson Williams. For non-Canadians, this is a typical Canadian experience. Pretty much every Canadian went to school with a famous Canadian or is related to or knows someone who knows a famous Canadian or whatever. It’s a small country in that way.

“Fuck AI, fuck it so hard in the . . . just, fuck it to death.” - Hudson Williams That’s our boy!

Among other things, UN headquarters should be moved out of the US.

Alan L. Hart (1890-1962) was a US physician, radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, writer, and novelist. He pioneered the use of X-ray photography in tuberculosis detection. Circa 1917, he became one of the first trans men in the US to undergo a hysterectomy. 🏳️‍⚧️

Actually the solution for mass homelessness is social housing everywhere