Brian K. Hlady, CPA
@bkhpc.ca
Tax accountant; dad, husband; Ceteris paribus, I'll have a beer. My opinions are endorsed and wholly supported by my employer. (he/him)
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Brian K. Hlady, CPA
@bkhpc.ca
· Nov 7
And just to confirm. I post under my own name and I run an accounting business. I stand by and support everything I post on this account.
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
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This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends
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Every so often a judgment comes along that quietly rewrites the rules while pretending nothing has changed. R. v. Jerlo is one of those decisions...
https://loom.ly/MfPjkp0
https://loom.ly/MfPjkp0
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Every so often a judgment comes along that quietly rewrites the rules while pretending nothing has changed. R. v. Jerlo is one of those decisions...
https://loom.ly/MfPjkp0
https://loom.ly/MfPjkp0
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‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Christianity absolutely requires you to welcome immigrants.
No exceptions.
No “if they follow the law.”
No “if they contribute economically.”
No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.
No exceptions.
No “if they follow the law.”
No “if they contribute economically.”
No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Christianity absolutely requires you to welcome immigrants.
No exceptions.
No “if they follow the law.”
No “if they contribute economically.”
No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.
No exceptions.
No “if they follow the law.”
No “if they contribute economically.”
No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.
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Jean Grey was right.
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Jean Grey was right.
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Motion to extend weekend until Christmas.
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Motion to extend weekend until Christmas.
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I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
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Now ask the police chief if we can reallocate funding from the police budget to whoever should be doing mental health calls instead.
toronto policing is far from perfect but seeing our police chief actively supporting even further pullback of police from mental health calls, god that's a good thing to see
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Now ask the police chief if we can reallocate funding from the police budget to whoever should be doing mental health calls instead.
Them: A figgy pudding is a steamed pudding.
Me: Yes, it's held in very high regard.
Me: Yes, it's held in very high regard.
December 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Them: A figgy pudding is a steamed pudding.
Me: Yes, it's held in very high regard.
Me: Yes, it's held in very high regard.
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If you are having a hard time, make it a priority to: get good sleep, exercise, drink lots of water and eat nutritious food. It will not solve all your problems, but it will make hard times easier to manage.
December 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you are having a hard time, make it a priority to: get good sleep, exercise, drink lots of water and eat nutritious food. It will not solve all your problems, but it will make hard times easier to manage.
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Hear me out: what if we just hired people — humans —to have subject-area expertise, discretion and empathy and we paid them for those skills.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hear me out: what if we just hired people — humans —to have subject-area expertise, discretion and empathy and we paid them for those skills.
Sunset over the rooftops.
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Sunset over the rooftops.
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[bookstore]
customer: can you tell me where the do it yourself section is?
me: you are not off to a good start
customer: can you tell me where the do it yourself section is?
me: you are not off to a good start
August 6, 2023 at 3:51 PM
[bookstore]
customer: can you tell me where the do it yourself section is?
me: you are not off to a good start
customer: can you tell me where the do it yourself section is?
me: you are not off to a good start
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
And $1,200 for a family of three to round trip to Toronto
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
And $1,200 for a family of three to round trip to Toronto
Yeah, definitely not travelling to the US while this regime is in power and for a good while afterwards. Even when/if that happens, the administration of the country is fundamentally broken and it will be a generation before it's sorted out.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Yeah, definitely not travelling to the US while this regime is in power and for a good while afterwards. Even when/if that happens, the administration of the country is fundamentally broken and it will be a generation before it's sorted out.
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Ontario: F
And yet we remain absolutely allergic to holding Fun Uncle Doug to account for anything.
And yet we remain absolutely allergic to holding Fun Uncle Doug to account for anything.
One of the 36 indicators in today's first annual provincial HOMES report card. A high proportion of households in BC and Ontario live in small, cramped housing relative to their family size and composition.
Get the report card here: www.missingmiddleini...
Get the report card here: www.missingmiddleini...
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ontario: F
And yet we remain absolutely allergic to holding Fun Uncle Doug to account for anything.
And yet we remain absolutely allergic to holding Fun Uncle Doug to account for anything.
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A day of #benchslaps.
The uptick in judges questioning the presumption of honest dealing from this Republican admin.’s crony appointees is heartening.
The uptick in judges questioning the presumption of honest dealing from this Republican admin.’s crony appointees is heartening.
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A day of #benchslaps.
The uptick in judges questioning the presumption of honest dealing from this Republican admin.’s crony appointees is heartening.
The uptick in judges questioning the presumption of honest dealing from this Republican admin.’s crony appointees is heartening.
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Mark Carney built a reputation on linking economic instability with climate inaction. Now he’s made a deal with the very industries driving the crisis.
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman
At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mark Carney built a reputation on linking economic instability with climate inaction. Now he’s made a deal with the very industries driving the crisis.
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I need to refer out a client urgently on a sports matter. The appeal deadline is 21 days from last Friday although action may be needed much faster. Please let me know if you are available.
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I need to refer out a client urgently on a sports matter. The appeal deadline is 21 days from last Friday although action may be needed much faster. Please let me know if you are available.
For my councilor: @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social
I used to take the 97 directly downtown (30-45 min) with an 8 minute walk down Kent.
No way I would do the same today.
No way I would do the same today.
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For my councilor: @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social
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![Me: Why do you make applying for disability so difficult for disabled people?
The government:
[dave from dave chapelle show in print shop skit saying 'why? cause, fuck em! that's why!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreihtxklx6xhvc5lyjosbjgy7if5rmzdbor4obk4gz7zv5jgigksnk4@jpeg)