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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 19h

If you’re going to Nola in Winnipeg, get the Brussels sprouts + eggplant with massaman curry number off the vegan menu 🔥 #foodsky #Winnipeg

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

My only dislike for my furnace is that the filter size is a little funny, so they’re not just on a shelf at the hardware store. That site has filters that fit both the furnace and the tiny little final filters for our HRV

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

Monthly is good if you have regular 1 inch filters! Our furnace has a deep-section filter, they’re marked for annual replacement but we do spring and fall

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

Mine are from furnacefilters.ca and they’ve been fine, I ordered a 3 pack a while ago

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

Also I think maybe my tone earlier was more short than I meant it to be. My apologies.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe that’s the gap here in the conversation - I think the folks looking for a foreign EV manufacturer to set up here are absolutely expecting that Ford and/or GM production in Canada will end or be massively reduced, and we ought to be looking to substitute.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

If they collapse as a business, assets will be on sale to someone. Maybe HMG would be interested.

Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

I think that’s a bad read on the dynamics, broadly, and the business model.

Ford’s been building cars in Canada since 1904. Maybe they’re ready to write that off now, but I’d bet they aren’t ready to write off the billions that are invested in plants on this side of the border. Same for Mexico.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

Where I used to live in Hamilton there’s a steel plant that makes huge amount of rolled steel that flows directly to auto plants there. It works for Toyota and Honda in Ontario, don’t see why it couldn’t work for BYD.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

But I don’t think you can justify the assumption we can’t export vehicles. We export millions per year now. Part of the large gamble in this is what a future US administration will do, which is a massive question for everyone in the game.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

The business case would have to assume future EV sales growth, obviously. And you’d probably have to make an exclusive deal with one manufacturer. Or offer significant tax incentives, trade off mining access for critical minerals, remove tariffs on Chinese steel, etc.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

All that said - I’m not sure any of the Chinese EV manufacturers will be interested. They take advantage of significant domestic incentives and a very integrated logistics chain in China. Could maybe ship major components here for final assembly and bodywork.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the same reason that F-35s are “US” fighters with tails made where I live in Winnipeg (in Canada), or why Airbus has a plant in Quebec. We make deals all the time with local work as part of the package. Those things don’t exist here because the domestic market is massive.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

The submarines will be made in either Germany or South Korea, but domestic service and maintenance facilities mean decades of consistent, reliable work for hundreds of people.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

Calling for China to build facilities isn’t about the tariffs, it’s about replacing the current arrangement with something equivalent in terms of Canadian employment, and is pretty standard.

The extent of Canadian economic impact is an explicit part of the current purchase of new submarines.

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

Happy new furnace filter day to those who celebrate

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 2d

👀

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 3d

Classic mould

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to the artisanal bitcoinery and casino

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, he’s not wrong

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 4d

And the dryer is back in service! Much better when the whole pulley surface is in one piece!

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 4d

Working on amateur appliance repair today - is it bad when pieces of the dryer belt pulley can be found scattered around the bottom of the dryer?

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 5d

Fascinating

Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 5d

This is a very fun and creative protest - the absurdity of riot gear on one side and inflatable frog costumes on the other is quite striking

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 5d

I think what most distinctly characterizes the politics of our era is the incredibly small ambitions of everyone involved. It’s not even a good grift.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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