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@dhumbert.bsky.social
A Canadian from NS who loves Wales and Denmark. Hostile to American domination, the broligarchy, the malign effects of AI, and the knuckle-draggers who deny vaccines, climate change, and the need for the Oxford comma. The Maple Leaf . . . forever.
Pinned
Canada remains “Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified.” (Milton, Paradise Lost)
Former Canadian military are speaking out against the partial cancellation of the American F35 contract with Canada. The article below pimps the F35 as best for NA defence, but does not mention a possible invasion of this country by the US. Kill switch, anyone?
Opinion: The idea of a mixed fleet of Canadian fighter jets should not take flight — The Globe and Mail
Mixing the U.S.-built F-35 jets with a Swedish-made Gripen aircraft right now would be a mistake in operational, logistical and financial terms
apple.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Former Canadian military are speaking out against the partial cancellation of the American F35 contract with Canada. The article below pimps the F35 as best for NA defence, but does not mention a possible invasion of this country by the US. Kill switch, anyone?
There are elements in the Canadian military that favour technological integration with American forces while the Canadian public overwhelmingly does not. Might there be a need to remove those from the military who are in thrall to the charisma of American technology?
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Deadline comes and goes with no release of DND F-35 report — Ottawa Citizen
Defence Minister David McGuinty silent about what comes next.
apple.news
September 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There are elements in the Canadian military that favour technological integration with American forces while the Canadian public overwhelmingly does not. Might there be a need to remove those from the military who are in thrall to the charisma of American technology?
apple.news/A_nwLLfvGR3K...
apple.news/A_nwLLfvGR3K...
It appears that a stable digital currency is vitally necessary to preserve Canadian sovereignty in the digital age:
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Opinion: Is Canada handing the future of payments to the United States? — The Globe and Mail
We must treat stablecoins like a payment tool or risk handing the future of digital money to other countries
apple.news
August 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It appears that a stable digital currency is vitally necessary to preserve Canadian sovereignty in the digital age:
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From Laurel and Hardy’s Sons of the Desert:
Hardy: Why did you call a veterinarian?
Laurel: Well I didn’t think his religion would matter.
Hardy: Why did you call a veterinarian?
Laurel: Well I didn’t think his religion would matter.
June 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
From Laurel and Hardy’s Sons of the Desert:
Hardy: Why did you call a veterinarian?
Laurel: Well I didn’t think his religion would matter.
Hardy: Why did you call a veterinarian?
Laurel: Well I didn’t think his religion would matter.
What’s with all the Blue Jays fans showing up at American road games? Haven’t they heard about travel boycotts? Wake up, Blue Jays fans — our country’s at risk, for crying out loud!
#BlueJays
#BlueJays
June 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What’s with all the Blue Jays fans showing up at American road games? Haven’t they heard about travel boycotts? Wake up, Blue Jays fans — our country’s at risk, for crying out loud!
#BlueJays
#BlueJays
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CARNEY: "Aristotle once taught that virtue is like a muscle that grows with exercise. We become just by doing just acts, brave by doing brave acts, empathetic when we show empathy, when we are kind, kindness grows. When we are Canadian, Canada grows. Pride. Is. Canadian."
#cdnpoli #pride
#cdnpoli #pride
June 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Most definitely, yes.
🔥 "The idea of Canada joining the European Union is ambitious, but it follows a certain logic.
Canada meets the Copenhagen criteria (rule of law, democracy, market economy) and shares the fundamental values of the EU."
Canada meets the Copenhagen criteria (rule of law, democracy, market economy) and shares the fundamental values of the EU."
Does Canada’s future lie with Europe?
Amid political uncertainty and in a changing world, Canada would benefit from strengthening its ties with the European Union.
theconversation.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Most definitely, yes.
“Under this deal, it will now be cheaper to import a UK vehicle with very little U.S. content than a USMCA compliant vehicle from Mexico or Canada that is half American parts,"
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What Trump's agreement with the U.K. suggests about trade talks with Canada — The Canadian Press
U.S. President Donald Trump's preliminary trade agreement with the United Kin
apple.news
May 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Under this deal, it will now be cheaper to import a UK vehicle with very little U.S. content than a USMCA compliant vehicle from Mexico or Canada that is half American parts,"
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Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith wants to start an unprovoked sovereignty and separation fight with Canada at the same time as Canada’s sovereignty and economic health is being attacked by Donald Trump.
Despicable.
She claims she “doesn’t want Alberta to separate.” I think that’s an obvious lie.
Despicable.
She claims she “doesn’t want Alberta to separate.” I think that’s an obvious lie.
May 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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🔴Bearly Newsworthy: Standing Up to Trump
UK politicians could learn a lot from Canada's newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney about guts and grounded, grown-up leadership, argues @bearlypolitics.co.uk
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/bearly-new...
UK politicians could learn a lot from Canada's newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney about guts and grounded, grown-up leadership, argues @bearlypolitics.co.uk
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/bearly-new...
Bearly Newsworthy: Standing Up to Trump
UK politicians could learn a lot from Canada's newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney about guts and grounded, grown-up leadership, argues The Bear.
www.bylinesupplement.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🔴Bearly Newsworthy: Standing Up to Trump
UK politicians could learn a lot from Canada's newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney about guts and grounded, grown-up leadership, argues @bearlypolitics.co.uk
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/bearly-new...
UK politicians could learn a lot from Canada's newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney about guts and grounded, grown-up leadership, argues @bearlypolitics.co.uk
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/bearly-new...
Happy international dance day 🍷
April 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Happy international dance day 🍷
My companion for tonight’s nail-biter of an election:
April 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My companion for tonight’s nail-biter of an election:
There is no better symbol of the links between Poilievre and Trumpist politics than the plastic straw. We need an AI mock-up of Trump and Pp on either end of a plastic straw. Caption: For Canada — vote Liberal.
Another Trump policy being used by Poilievre, Canada if you don’t see what he is doing, you are sleep walking - vote for our country, this guy would destroy us #NeverConservative
#WeWontGoBack #ClimateChange #Renewables
#WeWontGoBack #ClimateChange #Renewables
April 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There is no better symbol of the links between Poilievre and Trumpist politics than the plastic straw. We need an AI mock-up of Trump and Pp on either end of a plastic straw. Caption: For Canada — vote Liberal.
Sure it’s a relief that Trump has relented on some tariffs. But such hijinks will be replaced by others. As Francis Bacon once said, “Hope is a good breakfast, but an ill supper.”
April 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Sure it’s a relief that Trump has relented on some tariffs. But such hijinks will be replaced by others. As Francis Bacon once said, “Hope is a good breakfast, but an ill supper.”
We forget that Russians then and now are past masters of deportations. The Americans, however, are learning fast.
OTD in 1949 Soviets issued orders for deportations from Moldova to begin. Over 30,000 people were forcibly moved, after we had "liberated them from fascism" in Great Patriotic War.
Imagine this kind of thing happening today. Oh. Wait. My bad.
Imagine this kind of thing happening today. Oh. Wait. My bad.
April 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We forget that Russians then and now are past masters of deportations. The Americans, however, are learning fast.
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In the US democratic institutions are being erased by a technique of power. Which is more or less the definition of fascism.
Trump is seeking world domination. That is what his tariffs are all about. We have to accede to his worldview, or be punished. When will our politicians wake up and smell the coffee? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
The world needs to realise that we are at war with a fascist tyrant in the USA
As Heather Cox Richardson has noted in her Letter from an American this morning:
The plan, as Vice President J.D. Vance explained in a 2021 interview, is to destroy the current government, business, e...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
April 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
In the US democratic institutions are being erased by a technique of power. Which is more or less the definition of fascism.
The infiltration of Western governments by people corrupted by Russian disinformation techniques is a serious problem. Best book on this subject: *Russia’s War against Everybody* by Keir Giles.
April 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The infiltration of Western governments by people corrupted by Russian disinformation techniques is a serious problem. Best book on this subject: *Russia’s War against Everybody* by Keir Giles.
“The association also criticized Poilievre’s pledge in a statement this week, saying it’s worrisome that a party leader would aim to dictate how research funds are granted. “This kind of American-style culture war has no place in Canada”
Read more at: www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...
Read more at: www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...
‘Woke ideology’: Quebec professors denounce Poilievre’s pledge to end certain university research funding
Campaign promise is an “intrusion on university autonomy and academic freedom.”
www.montrealgazette.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“The association also criticized Poilievre’s pledge in a statement this week, saying it’s worrisome that a party leader would aim to dictate how research funds are granted. “This kind of American-style culture war has no place in Canada”
Read more at: www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...
Read more at: www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...
That’s the spirit!
April 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
That’s the spirit!
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The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
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Guess who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler.
More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:
More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:
The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla’s Defense
After weeks of “Tesla Takedown” protests, the Proud Boys and other far-right extremist groups are showing up to back Elon Musk's beleaguered car company.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Guess who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler.
More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:
More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here: