Smittyatlarge
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Interesting read on Carney’s climate long game.
Some climate advocates have sounded surprised by Mark Carney's decision to prioritize the industrial carbon price -- and set aside regulations in favour of markets and capitalism.
They probably should have followed his work more closely. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/o...
They probably should have followed his work more closely. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/o...
Mark Carney’s grand bargain on climate shouldn’t be a surprise
The prime minister seems determined to pick better political battles on climate policy than his predecessor. Time will tell whether they produce better results.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Interesting read on Carney’s climate long game.
Something for the football fan in your life. Guaranteed to elicit a reaction.
It's Black Friday. Boo. There are no discounts on our wonky football shop. We have however not raised our prices in 6 years, which feels like a long time when [gestures at everything]
So yeah, ignore Amazon and buy something weird from somewhere small. Like us! Or someone else!
🛒 noscoredraws.com
So yeah, ignore Amazon and buy something weird from somewhere small. Like us! Or someone else!
🛒 noscoredraws.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Something for the football fan in your life. Guaranteed to elicit a reaction.
For anyone wanting to better understand the demise of Valour FC, this is pretty accurate by my experience.
This shouldn’t be the story of Valour FC.
But Wade Miller and WFC didn’t care, they let the club spiral without giving even half a look.
Valour’s sad demise should be attributed to nobody but Miller and Co.
My op-ed:
canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/22/h...
But Wade Miller and WFC didn’t care, they let the club spiral without giving even half a look.
Valour’s sad demise should be attributed to nobody but Miller and Co.
My op-ed:
canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/22/h...
Hewitt: Valour FC’s CPL demise falls on disinterested ownership
Read more…
canadiansoccerdaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For anyone wanting to better understand the demise of Valour FC, this is pretty accurate by my experience.
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Ernest, Albert (Tich) and Wal. My Great Uncles In WW1. Queen‘s Westminster Rifles, Army Medical Corps and Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division. Their younger brother, my Grandfather, would die from a bomb explosion in the Blitz 30/10/1940 while serving with the City of London Police.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Ernest, Albert (Tich) and Wal. My Great Uncles In WW1. Queen‘s Westminster Rifles, Army Medical Corps and Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division. Their younger brother, my Grandfather, would die from a bomb explosion in the Blitz 30/10/1940 while serving with the City of London Police.
CPL final right now is one for the ages.
Classic Canadiana.
Classic Canadiana.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
CPL final right now is one for the ages.
Classic Canadiana.
Classic Canadiana.
Something to inspire.
God I am listening to @aoc.bsky.social unapologetically celebrating cities -- urbanity, diversity, creativity, decency -- and it is giving me life.
Nothing but respect for *my* president.
Nothing but respect for *my* president.
"We Are NOT the Crazy Ones, NYC" — AOC Fires Up Queens Rally for Zohran Mamdani | APT
YouTube video by APT
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October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Something to inspire.
If you’re not following Carole Cadwalladr, you should be. Brave journalism.
NEW: The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print.
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print
Want to understand how deeply weird the British press is on the subject of Russian interference? I have a bikini shot to show you...
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you’re not following Carole Cadwalladr, you should be. Brave journalism.
Seven kids struck by vehicles in one month. “Treat every school zone like your own family is there.” We should treat every residential street like "your own family is there" because they are. 30 kph should the limit wherever families live and play. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social t.ly/vrO4Z
Distracted, impatient drivers put school bus passengers at risk: Manitoba Public Insurance
Manitoba children have been hit by vehicles 36 times this year. Seven of them were in September, as kids made their way back to school after the summer break. Manitoba Public Insurance’s latest analys...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Another good bit of music writing on the lamentable passing of Mr. Ball.
"Ball wasn’t just a bloke from Blackpool – he, too, was a radical, as bold and as forward-thinking as any of his contemporaries." Thanks to @paddyclarke.bsky.social for this lovely tribute to Dave Ball of Soft Cell and The Grid
thequietus.com/news/remembe...
thequietus.com/news/remembe...
Remembering Dave Ball, by Patrick Clarke
In a moving tribute to his late Soft Cell bandmate Dave Ball, who died this week at the age of 66, Marc Almond remarked that the two were “chalk and cheese”. When I interviewed several dozen of the mu...
thequietus.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Another good bit of music writing on the lamentable passing of Mr. Ball.
Good music writing. If all you know is “Tainted Love” it’s worth a read.
Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound
Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound
Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Good music writing. If all you know is “Tainted Love” it’s worth a read.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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After Winnipeg’s last election, and now this, I am beginning to believe municipal elections should look at ranked ballots - at least for the position of mayor.
Just over a quarter of the popular vote is no mandate for the most important role in city government.
Just over a quarter of the popular vote is no mandate for the most important role in city government.
Calgary - Mayoral Election Results:
Farkas: 26.1%
Sharp: 26.0%
Gondek: 20.5%
Davison: 13.6%
Thiessen: 11.6%
Elder: 1%
- 380/380 Polls Reporting -
Farkas: 26.1%
Sharp: 26.0%
Gondek: 20.5%
Davison: 13.6%
Thiessen: 11.6%
Elder: 1%
- 380/380 Polls Reporting -
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After Winnipeg’s last election, and now this, I am beginning to believe municipal elections should look at ranked ballots - at least for the position of mayor.
Just over a quarter of the popular vote is no mandate for the most important role in city government.
Just over a quarter of the popular vote is no mandate for the most important role in city government.
This made me feel sad and sickened. The kid never stood a chance.
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy and powerful men, and how everyone knew what was going on
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This made me feel sad and sickened. The kid never stood a chance.
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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NEW: We need to talk about Russia.
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
NEW: We need to talk about Russia.
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
File under IYKYK. Also, one of the more hilarious two minutes of TV I’ve watched recently.
October 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
File under IYKYK. Also, one of the more hilarious two minutes of TV I’ve watched recently.
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I saw my first Mercedes Econic garbage truck in Newcastle the other day and was so excited! This is the kind of vehicle we should be demanding in Canada to stop the killing of pedestrians and cyclists. Canada has hewed to the USA safety standards, but now is the time to go our own way.
Canada should make side guards on trucks mandatory; the usual excuse no longer works
Now that we are plotting an independent course from the USA, it’s time to develop our own safety strategies and standards.
lloydalter.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I saw my first Mercedes Econic garbage truck in Newcastle the other day and was so excited! This is the kind of vehicle we should be demanding in Canada to stop the killing of pedestrians and cyclists. Canada has hewed to the USA safety standards, but now is the time to go our own way.
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Hey, happy 60th birthday to the Sherbrook Inn! It opened in late summer 1965 as the Westminster Motor Hotel. I have updated a history of the hotel that I wrote wayyyy back in 2012: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2012/09/685-...
685 Westminster Avenue - Sherbrook Inn
UPDATE: Past crimes at the Sherbrook Hotel (see bottom.) Place: Westminster Motor Hotel / Sherbrook Inn Address: 685 Westminster Aven...
winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hey, happy 60th birthday to the Sherbrook Inn! It opened in late summer 1965 as the Westminster Motor Hotel. I have updated a history of the hotel that I wrote wayyyy back in 2012: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2012/09/685-...
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This by @katmabu.bsky.social is the best speech I've heard yet by any politician about what ICE/Trump/Noem is doing and it's not close.
October 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This by @katmabu.bsky.social is the best speech I've heard yet by any politician about what ICE/Trump/Noem is doing and it's not close.
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Don't you forget somebody? Europe is flabbergasted. Compliments for her.
Quebec rider wins women's elite road race at UCI Road World Championships share.google/4uwZJ5x3XIgS...
Quebec rider wins women's elite road race at UCI Road World Championships share.google/4uwZJ5x3XIgS...
Quebec rider wins women’s elite road race at UCI Road World Championships
Canadian Magdeleine Vallieres has won the women’s elite road race at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships
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September 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Don't you forget somebody? Europe is flabbergasted. Compliments for her.
Quebec rider wins women's elite road race at UCI Road World Championships share.google/4uwZJ5x3XIgS...
Quebec rider wins women's elite road race at UCI Road World Championships share.google/4uwZJ5x3XIgS...
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NEW YORK – Prime Minister Mark Carney formally announced that Canada will recognize a Palestinian state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly as the international gathering of world leaders grapples with ongoing unrest in the Middle East.
Carney announces Canada officially recognizes a Palestinian state
NEW YORK – Prime Minister Mark Carney formally announced that Canada will recognize a Palestinian state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly as the international gathering of world leaders grapples with ongoing unrest in the Middle East.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NEW YORK – Prime Minister Mark Carney formally announced that Canada will recognize a Palestinian state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly as the international gathering of world leaders grapples with ongoing unrest in the Middle East.
Great story by @scottbilleck.bsky.social. Governments really need to triple down on this type of work. It’s making a difference.
When two Winnipeg encampments that had more than 30 people living in them were about to be cleared earlier this summer, outreach groups, government officials and housing facilitators sprang into action.
September 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
File under IYKYK. Interesting retrospective on their methods and collaborations.
Our Strange World Of #SaintEtienne article is now accompanied by a curated playlist of 20 essential tracks that define their career
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September 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
File under IYKYK. Interesting retrospective on their methods and collaborations.