What a great article on the challenges of social media in these unpredictable times. I routinely think about logging off, and then someone shares something completely useful or thoughtful and I stay. I stay because *currently* there is still enough good and useful content to keep me sane ❤️

Funny how she’s a nationalist when it’s someone else’s province. #cdnpoli #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy Caturday…May your day be as satisfying as these chin scritches.

Monarch butterflies symbolize transformation, rebirth, and hope…an auspicious visitor on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Auntie Em made it through another Caturday…so did I.

So few media calling it what it was - extrajudicial killing. Instead, it’s a “boat strike”. @reuters.com do better.

The resistance shows up everywhere!

Asked of those who say Canada should counter tariff: "What if the US increases their tariffs further?" Use counter-tariffs: 95% Don't use them: 5% "What if it causes financial suffering to Canadians?" Use counter-tariffs: 76% Don't use them: 24% Angus Reid / Aug 1, 2025 / n=887 / Online

Happy Caturday from our catio crew!

Caturday is almost over…Faye Susan has slept through most of it.

As promised, in light of the WaPo report of Everglades camp detainees being swarmed by mosquitoes in the shower and unable to sleep at night due to being bitten, I want to briefly address concentration camp history and mosquitoes. I won't be comprehensive but will give a few examples. [1/17]

Want to know what I learned from reading Animal Farm all those years ago? That nowadays lots of folks insist on getting their “-isms” confused.

If the article is TLDR, the hot take is that he’s chronically insufficient.

There really is no negotiating with an administration that keeps moving the goal posts. They can’t be trusted.

I miss that Internet too - it worked so much better than the manipulated and monetized to death version we live with now.

As heatwaves get more frequent and severe out water sources are increasingly important. Wars have been waged over oil but wars over water are not just likely but inevitable if we don't act to preserve world water security

Happy Canada Day - true North, strong and free 🇨🇦❤️ Are we perfect? Nope! We’ve got work to do. Is our unique identity worth fighting for on the global stage and right here at home? Absolutely! Together we are strong and we can - together - work our way towards an even better country.

Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up. Powerful video…

I certainly hope there’s sound strategy behind this flip flop, but I’m not as confident as Tod Maffin. I’m very concerned Carney is acquiescing to the Mango Autocrat in ways that reduces our strength not builds it.

Harvard’s Canada campus 🤔 Seems like a great idea! As Trump, Harvard fight in court, U of T may host the Ivy League school's international students - CBC News apple.news/AXDVPwrMHRDa...

Maybe Frodo vould live again 🤔 sitarasgarden.substack.com/p/gandalf-fo...

“Industrial Revolutionary makes the case that today’s unprecedented developments in AI will drive a new era of global innovation and economic growth, comparable to the transformative shifts brought by the steam engine, electricity, and the microchip.” policywonks.ca/industrial-r...

Was reading @theguardian.com and practically cringed myself right out of my skin when I read that NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, said about Trump’s use of profanity when commenting on the Israel-Iran war, “Daddy sometimes has to use strong language.” 🤢 www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

The truth is far more frightening…

Now we essentially have state-sanctioned murder in the US…I wonder what the tipping point for revolution will actually be? So far, blatant disregard for the constitution, the legal system, and a lack of simple human decency hasn’t been enough.

Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far: A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

American democracy is already gone, folks just don’t want to admit it. George Washington said, "The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness." The experiment has failed. They can try again, or live under a dictatorship. Their choice 🤷‍♀️

Paisley Pooh is rapidly losing her faith in human kind…I’m not sure I disagree with her. I think I prefer cats 😳😕

What’s that old saying 🤔 Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity. 🤦‍♀️😕

Colour me unsurprised: Premier Tim Houston sends reprimand to municipal council that asked for pause on uranium licences www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...

And who they didn't approve of

His brain hasn’t even finished developing into adulthood…this should be interest.

The age of Trusk…or is it Mump 🤔…is over. May their bromance flame out in the most humiliating way possible for them both.

But…but…but…her email. 🤦‍♀️🙄

If the first quote of an individual interviewed for an article is a lie (or worse, an example of his incompetence) then the rest of what is said by that person can be disregarded as far as I’m concerned.

Ahhhh Caturday with a couple of my gals 🥰

Sunday vibe at our house…the third is somewhere else under the blankets 🥰

Regardless of political stripe, I hope this galvanizes the voters in these ridings to step up and vote each and every time.

Watching a fantastic interview with @jay.bsky.team on BBC. I appreciate the sliver of sanity this platform provides amongst the current social network offerings.

Timeline cleanse with these sweet old gals having a cuddle.

All kidding aside, the biggest reason to keep Poilievre out of Parliament is to change the tone. We can't operate as a civil nation when one party leader exists only to attack the other. Civil debates and factual discussions, not personal attacks and three-word slogans, please.

Beltaine, also known as May Day (1st May), marks the beginning of summer in pagan & Gaelic calendars. It's marked with Maypole dancing, bonfires, fertility rituals (👀) & by making posies & leaving them at the doors of those you love. Merry May Day 🌿-some May posies my daughters made 8 years ago:

With Poilievre losing his seat in the HOC, the CPC now has to appoint an interim Leader of the Opposition, this person must be an elected official from the Federal Election on Monday. This person will be in place until either a new leader with a seat is elected via a leadership race OR another /1

And this election in Canada is why I support @fairvote.ca - doesn’t matter if you loved or hated the election results, we need electoral reform before we decline further into a two-party system like the US.

It’s 2:06AM in Nova Scotia and I’m still watching election results…hoping that “Getting Fanjoyed” becomes part of the lexicon of Canada after today🤞

The CPC supporters must be so threatened, they’re attacking the messenger 🤦‍♀️