Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@optimisticskeptic.bsky.social
Life-long photographer. Living on Vancouver Island BC
Appreciative of journalists who know what W5 means.
I believe in the social safety net even if it costs me more in taxes.
I try not to be rude when I disagree.
Appreciative of journalists who know what W5 means.
I believe in the social safety net even if it costs me more in taxes.
I try not to be rude when I disagree.
Pinned
.
It's official.
According to Internet memes, four out of three people struggle with math!
It's official.
According to Internet memes, four out of three people struggle with math!
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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It's official.
According to Internet memes, four out of three people struggle with math!
It's official.
According to Internet memes, four out of three people struggle with math!
The US Supreme Court used to comprise of multiple justices. It now has few justices and many executioners. Executioners thàt are there to execute Trump's orders and wishes.
#USA
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
#USA
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The US Supreme Court used to comprise of multiple justices. It now has few justices and many executioners. Executioners thàt are there to execute Trump's orders and wishes.
#USA
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
#USA
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Trump almost told the truth when he renamed the Department of Defence.
Department of War has a nice, aggressive ring to it for the inept bully Hegseth, but they should have more truth in the name.
For accuracy, it should be called The Department of Murder.
Department of War has a nice, aggressive ring to it for the inept bully Hegseth, but they should have more truth in the name.
For accuracy, it should be called The Department of Murder.
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Trump almost told the truth when he renamed the Department of Defence.
Department of War has a nice, aggressive ring to it for the inept bully Hegseth, but they should have more truth in the name.
For accuracy, it should be called The Department of Murder.
Department of War has a nice, aggressive ring to it for the inept bully Hegseth, but they should have more truth in the name.
For accuracy, it should be called The Department of Murder.
The true test for who is to blame for the lack of "affordability".
Look in your wallet, then ask
"Has a Democrat touched my wallet lately?"
Look in your wallet, then ask
"Has a Democrat touched my wallet lately?"
Millions of people are living paycheck to paycheck. They're struggling with the cost of food, housing, and other basic necessities. 70% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is dead.
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The true test for who is to blame for the lack of "affordability".
Look in your wallet, then ask
"Has a Democrat touched my wallet lately?"
Look in your wallet, then ask
"Has a Democrat touched my wallet lately?"
"Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome"
Grt familiar with this term if you smoke a lot of funny cigarettes.
Grt familiar with this term if you smoke a lot of funny cigarettes.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome"
Grt familiar with this term if you smoke a lot of funny cigarettes.
Grt familiar with this term if you smoke a lot of funny cigarettes.
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No guarantee a sandwich would stop hunger pains, stomach told.
No guarantee a basic income would wipe out poverty, committee told
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
No guarantee a basic income would wipe out poverty, committee told - Halifax Examiner
Deputy minister for Nova Scotia’s Department of Opportunities and Social Development says the government is not considering possibility of a guaranteed basic income right now.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
No guarantee a sandwich would stop hunger pains, stomach told.
Here is a shameless plug for my granddaughter, who, as you can see, is heavily into ceramics.
You want presents . . . she's got presents!
www.instagram.com/danyamaycera...
You want presents . . . she's got presents!
www.instagram.com/danyamaycera...
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Here is a shameless plug for my granddaughter, who, as you can see, is heavily into ceramics.
You want presents . . . she's got presents!
www.instagram.com/danyamaycera...
You want presents . . . she's got presents!
www.instagram.com/danyamaycera...
As God is my witness, I thought beavers could fly. 
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Bitter cold from Canada" screams one of the headlines in the Midwest US.
. . .maybe they should put tariffs on it! 😵💫
. . .maybe they should put tariffs on it! 😵💫
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Bitter cold from Canada" screams one of the headlines in the Midwest US.
. . .maybe they should put tariffs on it! 😵💫
. . .maybe they should put tariffs on it! 😵💫
Canada is not a white country; it's a country.
Our citizens are citizens, not hyphenated citizens.
Our immigrants work hard for a better life.
Neo-Nazis are wrong!
Our citizens are citizens, not hyphenated citizens.
Our immigrants work hard for a better life.
Neo-Nazis are wrong!
www.chch.com/chch-news/ha...
Screaming that Canada is a “white country” & calling for mass deportation!
Screaming that Canada is a “white country” & calling for mass deportation!
Hamilton police seek public help after neo-Nazi group holds masked rally at Gore Park
Hamilton police are asking for the public's help, while it investigates a hate incident at Gore park over the weekend.
www.chch.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Canada is not a white country; it's a country.
Our citizens are citizens, not hyphenated citizens.
Our immigrants work hard for a better life.
Neo-Nazis are wrong!
Our citizens are citizens, not hyphenated citizens.
Our immigrants work hard for a better life.
Neo-Nazis are wrong!
Reposted by Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
There is a lot of noise over a non-existent pipeline. Near as I can tell, it is nothing but a twinkle in the eye of Daniel Smith.
No proposal, no route, no corporate backing, no money.
Can we, at the very least, wait until there is something to complain about?
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
No proposal, no route, no corporate backing, no money.
Can we, at the very least, wait until there is something to complain about?
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Alberta Metis eyeing ownership stake in proposed oil pipeline | CBC Climate Change News
The Metis Settlements of Alberta say they’re interested in purchasing a stake in a proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast and want to work with First Nations in British Columbia who oppose the projec...
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There is a lot of noise over a non-existent pipeline. Near as I can tell, it is nothing but a twinkle in the eye of Daniel Smith.
No proposal, no route, no corporate backing, no money.
Can we, at the very least, wait until there is something to complain about?
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
No proposal, no route, no corporate backing, no money.
Can we, at the very least, wait until there is something to complain about?
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Time Magazine can be forgiven for falling for that joke. Trump and his administration have been so wildly erratic and stupid, any outrageous statement can be believed to be real.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Time Magazine can be forgiven for falling for that joke. Trump and his administration have been so wildly erratic and stupid, any outrageous statement can be believed to be real.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
Dynamic pricing is just another term for the robbery of customers who have the misfortune of shopping at the wrong time of day.
If I walk into a store and that store has digital price tags on the shelves, I will turn around and walk out, never to return.
Because fuck “dynamic” (surge)
pricing.
Not today, capitalist Satan.
Because fuck “dynamic” (surge)
pricing.
Not today, capitalist Satan.
a woman wearing glasses is reading a book and says " nuh uh " at the bottom
ALT: a woman wearing glasses is reading a book and says " nuh uh " at the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dynamic pricing is just another term for the robbery of customers who have the misfortune of shopping at the wrong time of day.
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I just want to know how $much$ Trump charged for this one!
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I just want to know how $much$ Trump charged for this one!
When humour meets truth!
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When humour meets truth!
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🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada will join EU's Security Action for Europe programme-unlocking billions in defence opportunities for Canadian businesses. Canada becomes the only non-European country with preferential access to EU's $244B defence procurement initiative. #CdnPoli 🇨🇦🇪🇺
Prime Minister Carney secures Canada’s participation in the European Union’s SAFE initiative
As EU countries strengthen their defence capabilities through SAFE, Canadian participation will give our defence industry expanded access to the European market, attract new reliable suppliers for the...
www.pm.gc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada will join EU's Security Action for Europe programme-unlocking billions in defence opportunities for Canadian businesses. Canada becomes the only non-European country with preferential access to EU's $244B defence procurement initiative. #CdnPoli 🇨🇦🇪🇺
I would think that, given its bilingual nature, politicians in Canada would have opted to learn French from the beginning.
Everything in Ottawa has a French component, so learning is much easier. All one needs is the commitment to try.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Everything in Ottawa has a French component, so learning is much easier. All one needs is the commitment to try.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The NDP’s leadership candidates aren’t fluent in French. Will that hurt the party’s future? | CBC News
Having a leader who can't communicate with the 22 per cent of Canadians whose first official language is French could hurt the New Democrats' credibility as a national party, a concern shared by two f...
www.cbc.ca
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I would think that, given its bilingual nature, politicians in Canada would have opted to learn French from the beginning.
Everything in Ottawa has a French component, so learning is much easier. All one needs is the commitment to try.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Everything in Ottawa has a French component, so learning is much easier. All one needs is the commitment to try.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This begs the question, "Is it the landlord's responsibility to fix the housing crisis?"
In this case, the tenant gets notice, money and adequate warning. Landlords get their property back.
The burden of fixing the housing crisis belongs to the government.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In this case, the tenant gets notice, money and adequate warning. Landlords get their property back.
The burden of fixing the housing crisis belongs to the government.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘Cash for keys’ offers are making people homeless, say housing advocates in northern Ontario | CBC News
Housing advocates in the northern Ontario city of Sudbury say “cash for keys” agreements are making people homeless over the long term.
www.cbc.ca
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This begs the question, "Is it the landlord's responsibility to fix the housing crisis?"
In this case, the tenant gets notice, money and adequate warning. Landlords get their property back.
The burden of fixing the housing crisis belongs to the government.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In this case, the tenant gets notice, money and adequate warning. Landlords get their property back.
The burden of fixing the housing crisis belongs to the government.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I'm sure that Trump has a document titled "The Worst of the Worst", subtitled "Pending Mass Pardons" from which he plans to exercise his Godly duties!
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to grant a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a move that would erase a major US drug-trafficking conviction ...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'm sure that Trump has a document titled "The Worst of the Worst", subtitled "Pending Mass Pardons" from which he plans to exercise his Godly duties!
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM