Adam (he/him) 🇨🇦
@adaminhfx.bsky.social
Warning: May contain trace amounts of sarcasm.
Canadian in Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
Canadian in Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
Trudeau, like him or not, delivered on 87% of his campaign promises. (Going by memory so may be off)
I think Carney, Houston, and Filmore are running at close to 0% at delivering on campaign promises.
I think Carney, Houston, and Filmore are running at close to 0% at delivering on campaign promises.
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trudeau, like him or not, delivered on 87% of his campaign promises. (Going by memory so may be off)
I think Carney, Houston, and Filmore are running at close to 0% at delivering on campaign promises.
I think Carney, Houston, and Filmore are running at close to 0% at delivering on campaign promises.
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Steven Harper's guy is following Harper's former pipeline plans and hopefully he will achieve the same pipeline results as Harper
Indigenous Peoples/rightsholders mentioned 19 times, but no indication Indigenous folks were actually involved in this MOU. Guarantees of "meaningful consultation" and "economic opportunities," but no mention of consent.
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Steven Harper's guy is following Harper's former pipeline plans and hopefully he will achieve the same pipeline results as Harper
1st - any and all new units are needed around the entire province.
2nd - they are building 64 but how many are they closing?
3rd - what % of unhoused are in HRM and is there a matching % of units here?
2nd - they are building 64 but how many are they closing?
3rd - what % of unhoused are in HRM and is there a matching % of units here?
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
1st - any and all new units are needed around the entire province.
2nd - they are building 64 but how many are they closing?
3rd - what % of unhoused are in HRM and is there a matching % of units here?
2nd - they are building 64 but how many are they closing?
3rd - what % of unhoused are in HRM and is there a matching % of units here?
NSP runs to regulators to ensure any fine can be passed on to consumers and is reassured that they will never be held accountable.
Premier blasts N.S. Power’s cyberattack response, weighs fine for utility
Premier blasts N.S. Power’s cyberattack response, weighs fine for utility - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he is disappointed with how the privately owned provincial utility responded to a cyberattack earlier this year.
globalnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NSP runs to regulators to ensure any fine can be passed on to consumers and is reassured that they will never be held accountable.
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Breaking news!!
Carney is a moderate conservative. He always has been.
He campaigned on a moderate conservative platform.
We elected a moderate conservative government
They are following through on their campaign platform.
Why are people SHOCKED that we don't have a far left government???
Carney is a moderate conservative. He always has been.
He campaigned on a moderate conservative platform.
We elected a moderate conservative government
They are following through on their campaign platform.
Why are people SHOCKED that we don't have a far left government???
May 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Breaking news!!
Carney is a moderate conservative. He always has been.
He campaigned on a moderate conservative platform.
We elected a moderate conservative government
They are following through on their campaign platform.
Why are people SHOCKED that we don't have a far left government???
Carney is a moderate conservative. He always has been.
He campaigned on a moderate conservative platform.
We elected a moderate conservative government
They are following through on their campaign platform.
Why are people SHOCKED that we don't have a far left government???
Alberta is getting everything they want and they will still be LIVID that its not enough. Trudeau gave them a pipeline and they hate him for it.
You camt reason with or compromise with narcassists
You camt reason with or compromise with narcassists
The Liberals of Canada have agreed to give Alberta everything it wants and burn the planet to the ground. If you thought climate change was bad before...
This while the Alberta government is attacking LGBTQ+ people domestically and accelerating a separationist movement
This while the Alberta government is attacking LGBTQ+ people domestically and accelerating a separationist movement
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Alberta is getting everything they want and they will still be LIVID that its not enough. Trudeau gave them a pipeline and they hate him for it.
You camt reason with or compromise with narcassists
You camt reason with or compromise with narcassists
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I think people really do not have enough disdain for politicians.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think people really do not have enough disdain for politicians.
I believe it, after all you can see Russia from the White house 😂
UMMM: "CBC News asked ChatGPT whether Newfoundland could be seen from Cape Breton. The answer was "generally no," but the artificial intelligence chatbot said in theory Newfoundland can be "barely visible" under perfect atmospheric conditions from very high points.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Can you see Newfoundland from Cape Breton? Online photo sparks debate | CBC News
An online photo has sparked a passionate debate about whether or not it's possible.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I believe it, after all you can see Russia from the White house 😂
You would think this can't be real. But I personally witnessed this in Halifax. A man stood up and said "I live next door on the 24th floor and anything over 12 stories isn't appropriate for here, nothing in the surrounding area is that tall"
HRM counsel nodding in agreement at those sage words
HRM counsel nodding in agreement at those sage words
Nearly gagged over this zinger of a headline and then this:
"This is not about being a bunch of NIMBYs, because we’re supportive of housing,” said [one] critic... who lives in a 19-storey building nearby."
"This is not about being a bunch of NIMBYs, because we’re supportive of housing,” said [one] critic... who lives in a 19-storey building nearby."
In Waterloo’s downtown, residents in tall towers fight a plan for even taller towers
Disagreements over height, heritage and density have led some neighbours to oppose twin towers that would be the tallest in the city.
www.therecord.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You would think this can't be real. But I personally witnessed this in Halifax. A man stood up and said "I live next door on the 24th floor and anything over 12 stories isn't appropriate for here, nothing in the surrounding area is that tall"
HRM counsel nodding in agreement at those sage words
HRM counsel nodding in agreement at those sage words
Here's the thing. Peak oil is forecast as 2028, after which global demand for oil will start reducing. With a global reduction in demand we will have a surplus of supply and oil buyers will have more choice in what they buy.
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Will the Canada-Alberta 'Grand Bargain' oil pipeline deal lead to more emissions?
Will the Canada-Alberta 'Grand Bargain' oil pipeline deal lead to more emissions? | CBC News
A historic oil pipeline deal between the federal and Alberta governments — set to be announced on Thursday — could lead to more production in the oilsands, cementing Canada’s position as one of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers while pushing its climate targets even further out of reach.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Here's the thing. Peak oil is forecast as 2028, after which global demand for oil will start reducing. With a global reduction in demand we will have a surplus of supply and oil buyers will have more choice in what they buy.
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This could be Canada.
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for 3 hours per day.
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Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
techcrunch.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This could be Canada.
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we really need to get past our collective fear of moral hazard and just build subsidized supportive housing. a lot of it. and then some more.
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
we really need to get past our collective fear of moral hazard and just build subsidized supportive housing. a lot of it. and then some more.
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“You were using language of emotion rather than showing the math” is infuriating to my colleagues at @breakfastculture.bsky.social who’ve been showing *hard data* on how DEI improves profits and productivity since 2017. The inclusion backlash was never about math or a lack of workable solutions 😡
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“You were using language of emotion rather than showing the math” is infuriating to my colleagues at @breakfastculture.bsky.social who’ve been showing *hard data* on how DEI improves profits and productivity since 2017. The inclusion backlash was never about math or a lack of workable solutions 😡
My office at work was painted yesterday. Everything is *almost* back in place, but a few inches off.
It feels so strange 😂
It feels so strange 😂
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My office at work was painted yesterday. Everything is *almost* back in place, but a few inches off.
It feels so strange 😂
It feels so strange 😂
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"This has created a system where it makes financial sense for people from the entire world to specifically target Americans with highly engaging, divisive content. It pays more. "
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America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"This has created a system where it makes financial sense for people from the entire world to specifically target Americans with highly engaging, divisive content. It pays more. "
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
Is there a way to remove myself from a list that I was added to?
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Is there a way to remove myself from a list that I was added to?
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
How is it midnight already?
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
How is it midnight already?
Can you imagine how LIVID the conservatives will be if Carney spends as much on travel as Jeff does?
"Mr. Speaker, this may come as a surprise to a party whose leader has never had a job outside of this house." 🔥
"Their side continues with this bizarre line of questioning about the Prime Minister's travel." - LPC MP Wayne Long 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
"Their side continues with this bizarre line of questioning about the Prime Minister's travel." - LPC MP Wayne Long 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Can you imagine how LIVID the conservatives will be if Carney spends as much on travel as Jeff does?
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Comparing residential property tax rates across different municipalities in Canada has been enlightening.
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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They should take a page from Houston and just not ever release any information or audits and exclude everything from FOIP requests..... and call it "accountability and transparency"
The Dynalife report is out.
"The auditor general’s report into the Dynalife testing fiasco is devastating for the UCP government."
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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"The auditor general’s report into the Dynalife testing fiasco is devastating for the UCP government."
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Braid: Auditor general finds stalling, bad planning, big losses in Dynalife report
Auditor General Doug Wylie finds faulting planing, denied evidence, big losses in Dynalife scandal.
calgaryherald.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
They should take a page from Houston and just not ever release any information or audits and exclude everything from FOIP requests..... and call it "accountability and transparency"