Universal healthcare is a socialist policy so if that’s what you are most proud of as part of your Canadian identity, congratulations you have just discovered socialism. Its not scary here. On the contrary, it’s nice & equitable. #Canadasky

Vancouver councillor Pete Fry has announced he’s running for mayor. Here’s my interview with him on his candidacy, priorities, and the current state of the race. And we’ve got a BONUS FRIDAY podcast episode with him coming out today as well.

“There’s no topping Premier Kinew” Carney says. Was not familiar with his game!!!!

Flying economy to Calgary: $200? Hiring a digital content agency to announce to Facebook that you’re flying to Calgary in an economy-class seat to “brand” yourself as an everyday working joe: $20,000?

So I think I found a bot. This account is posting screen caps from a threads or twitter account named Willard Tutty. As you can see, the account is @WjtuttyTytty (1/3)

Apparently Vancouver billionaire Jimmy Pattison is selling off some of his US property to ICE for a detention center. www.wric.com/news/local-n...

PSA for Canucks: if you're interested in voting in the federal NDP leadership race, you need to be an active member by January 28 so you have 1 week to sign up. #CDNPoli

This is elite level parody.

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I thought it might be nice to give away my last 2 signed hardbacks of my novel 1983, with two lovely linocut hares by my mum. All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply). The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”. Extract in the replies.

I second this post!

Canadian house party in winter 🥳

This is a blatant lie and distortion of how the not for profit Canadian Healthcare system developed in the provinces. Let me explain thread in a brief summary 🧵:

More than 600 pages of records show Alberta officials delayed a coal mine pollution study — and seemingly stopped the lead scientist from speaking publicly thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

I'm laughing and crying.

Carney just signed a deal with Alberta that lays out conditions for a new oil pipeline. In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois. But uh, here's what he got:

"Canadians are tired — of fighting, of being told to pick sides. That fatigue is dangerous because it leads to disengagement. The next conversation has to be about rebuilding our collective stamina for decency, even when it’s hard." ✅ READ: talentbureau.com/tod...

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

My wife and I are about to renew our car insurance here in BC, with all the discounts based on our good driving records. I'm not sure yet but I think it will be less than last year.

WOW, just wow, look at those rate increases in Alberta! More Alberta Advantage!

WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️

🚨 HEADS UP Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk). The patient is severely ill in hospital. Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited. If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

Beep (circa 1962-2010, 2012-2015): An amalgamated "fruit juice-based beverage" from Canada, that developed a cult following. It was made with a blend of orange, apple, apricot, prune, and pineapple juices, along with canola oil, corn starch, added orange pulp, & caramel coloring

When corporations run monopolies, should the government step in to create competition? #canada #cdnpoli #canadian #canada_life🇨🇦 #frankdomenic🍁

omg. Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.

Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.

Conservative MP thinking of crossing floor wakes up with severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Once again, Canadian Cons wanting so bad to be like the American thugs. Chilling good journalism is just another one of their stunts. Give Luke and Press Progress a bit of help in fighting this frivolous suit. I did.

All these Liberals cooing and drooling over Cons crossing the floor. And with each MP changing colours the Libs move one more seat to the right, losing their Liberal-ness. Carney is Mulroney 2.0

Finally watched Zohran Mamdani's victory speech and I almost fuckin cried. I got real goosebumps. This is what we need. Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other. TURN THE VOLUME UP!

People look like ants lol From Irving Shipbuilding on FB. "Watch the rollout of the future CCGS Donjek in just over a minute. Rollout of AOPS #7 is a key milestone for the first AOPS for the Canadian Coast Guard, achieved by our team of 2,400 shipbuilders who are proudly building ships for Canada."

It's a fine day! A biscuit day!

Wanted to respond to some of the arguments put forward against the idea postal banking.

Remember when they tried to make every Windows PC a touchscreen? Yeah, that went well.

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel “plunged the region into a devastating war.” That’s how an Associated Press article opens – one that some of Canada’s largest news outlets published today. But Oct. 7 wasn’t the day this started. Today, with @cjjpmedia.bsky.social, I'm giving a history lesson:

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It's the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in "Canada." 🧵 If you are unfamiliar with the Calls to Action from the commission, a short pdf is at the bottom of the page here: nctr.ca/publications... If you'd like to donate some of your stat pay to assist efforts across Canada: payyourrent.ca

And @carrietait.bsky.social has unearthed more evidence of procurement irregularities at AHS

NEW: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon are all named in Epstein docs released today by Democrats

Peter Theil’s company sits on @mark-carney.bsky.social ‘s Canada 🇨🇦/ Usa 🇺🇸 council and also one of his men Chair’s the Ontario place spa Doug Ford green-lit. Will Canadians please, for the love of god wake up. www.axios.com/2025/09/26/e...

Have you ever wondered how the far right manage to normalize their ideologies into the mainstream, as we’re now seeing in the United States? Well, let me explain it to you — because they’re trying to do it here in Canada, too, using the term “remigration.” This is important:

This is the funniest thing on the internet today. Change my mind.

Worth watching & sharing 🇺🇸: “These old rich men in charge who want us to slaughter each other are our only enemy….They’re planning for us to turn on each other & make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.”

One thing that kinda blows my mind: I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am. I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it. But English-language Canadian media? Crickets. It’s just so odd!

Still nothing from major Canadian English-language media (that I’ve seen). I feel like this is really odd? Like I’m almost starting to worry it’s…personal from newsroom decisionmakers? I hope it’s not because that would be very upsetting lol