Bernie (the Canadian one)
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She always brings a tear to my eye. So much burden to carry on her shoulders. I hope Carney can live up to his promise to her to meet the Paris targets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
She always brings a tear to my eye. So much burden to carry on her shoulders. I hope Carney can live up to his promise to her to meet the Paris targets.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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*laughs derisively*
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
*laughs derisively*
Ladies and gentlemen, Scarlett Fae
Scarlett Fae - 'til the wheels (Iive)
YouTube video by Scarlett Fae
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November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Scarlett Fae
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Greater Victoria residents are being encouraged to shop close to home as Think Local Week returns Nov. 17-22, shining a spotlight on the small, independent businesses that help define the region's character.
Think Local Week returns with giveaways, events and a push to support Greater Victoria businesses
Greater Victoria residents are being encouraged to shop close to home as Think Local Week returns Nov. 17-22, shining a spotlight on the small, independent businesses that help define the region's character.
cheknews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Greater Victoria residents are being encouraged to shop close to home as Think Local Week returns Nov. 17-22, shining a spotlight on the small, independent businesses that help define the region's character.
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I would hope more outsiders like me are waking up to the fact that the UK is actively evil and has been for some time.*
*Beyond the whole colonial/empire thing.
*Beyond the whole colonial/empire thing.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I would hope more outsiders like me are waking up to the fact that the UK is actively evil and has been for some time.*
*Beyond the whole colonial/empire thing.
*Beyond the whole colonial/empire thing.
"Music matters? Bollocks. Not like our people matter."
Music does matter. Not as much as people, but it matters. Which is why I am disappointed when I see a follower count of 127K for www.youtube.com/@billryan1 or 44K for www.youtube.com/@HermanBeeft... producing original new music.
Music does matter. Not as much as people, but it matters. Which is why I am disappointed when I see a follower count of 127K for www.youtube.com/@billryan1 or 44K for www.youtube.com/@HermanBeeft... producing original new music.
Bill Ryan
Videos of all my music projects: GVSU New Music Ensemble, Free Play concert series, Open Ears concert series, my own compositions, and the occasional oddity.
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Music matters? Bollocks. Not like our people matter."
Music does matter. Not as much as people, but it matters. Which is why I am disappointed when I see a follower count of 127K for www.youtube.com/@billryan1 or 44K for www.youtube.com/@HermanBeeft... producing original new music.
Music does matter. Not as much as people, but it matters. Which is why I am disappointed when I see a follower count of 127K for www.youtube.com/@billryan1 or 44K for www.youtube.com/@HermanBeeft... producing original new music.
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If you have not noticed yet, Ford has already taken control of several areas, Education, Healthcare, Municipalities, now real estate, he is consolidating power??? #FordMustBeRemoved #FordisCorrupt #Ontario
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario weighs taking control of real estate regulator | CBC News
The Ontario government is considering taking control of the province's real estate regulator after an audit into its handling of what it describes as iPro Realty's "misappropriation" of funds.
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If you have not noticed yet, Ford has already taken control of several areas, Education, Healthcare, Municipalities, now real estate, he is consolidating power??? #FordMustBeRemoved #FordisCorrupt #Ontario
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
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NEW: OMG. Halligan shit the bed in her grand jury presentation in the Comey case. She violated the constitution 9 ways to Sunday. Adam Klasfeld and I will discuss LIVE on substack in about 25 minutes. Muellershewrote.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you're in BC like me, send an email to your MLA. No more selling BC to the US.
The U.S.-based National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) says it has dramatically scaled back its plans for sea kayaking operations in British Columbia.
U.S. outdoor group says it’s no longer pursuing Inside Passage kayak trips as B.C. awaits revised application
The U.S.-based National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) says it has dramatically scaled back its plans for sea kayaking operations in British Columbia.
cheknews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you're in BC like me, send an email to your MLA. No more selling BC to the US.
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Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the animals.
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species
Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the animals.
cheknews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the animals.
Holy excrement-smeared statue face, Batman! Seriously though, a considered and elegant take-down of a past hockey hero.
Thanks but no thanks, your history is now tainted. In my mind you were only ever a hockey player who happened to have some talent & at one time represented Canada. I never put you on a pedestal so you didn’t fall off but you’re definitely tarnished & ethically 🇺🇸
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VIDEO: Wayne Gretzky Proves Once Again Why Canada Has Turned Our Backs To Wayne Gretzky
Canadian for Life? Wayne Gretzky, Donald Trump and the Myth of Being “Not Political”
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November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Holy excrement-smeared statue face, Batman! Seriously though, a considered and elegant take-down of a past hockey hero.
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More guts than 75% of ‘MEricans!!!
MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
More guts than 75% of ‘MEricans!!!
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this is excellent and utterly outrageous and further confirmation we are living through a period of extreme decadence and corruption by a relatively small clique that i think it’s fair to describe as leading members of the ruling class
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
this is excellent and utterly outrageous and further confirmation we are living through a period of extreme decadence and corruption by a relatively small clique that i think it’s fair to describe as leading members of the ruling class
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Pedos gathered in their masses
Repugs, Richfucks and fat Fascists
Evil Oligarchs plot our destruction
All for spite and tax reductions
In Ukraine the cities burning
As the Orc disinfo keeps on churning
Death for Gazans of all kinds
Hatred for all in brainwashed minds
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#FroggleRock
War Pigsish
Repugs, Richfucks and fat Fascists
Evil Oligarchs plot our destruction
All for spite and tax reductions
In Ukraine the cities burning
As the Orc disinfo keeps on churning
Death for Gazans of all kinds
Hatred for all in brainwashed minds
🤘🐸🤘
#FroggleRock
War Pigsish
kermit the frog is playing drums in a band with a woman with pink hair .
ALT: kermit the frog is playing drums in a band with a woman with pink hair .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Pedos gathered in their masses
Repugs, Richfucks and fat Fascists
Evil Oligarchs plot our destruction
All for spite and tax reductions
In Ukraine the cities burning
As the Orc disinfo keeps on churning
Death for Gazans of all kinds
Hatred for all in brainwashed minds
🤘🐸🤘
#FroggleRock
War Pigsish
Repugs, Richfucks and fat Fascists
Evil Oligarchs plot our destruction
All for spite and tax reductions
In Ukraine the cities burning
As the Orc disinfo keeps on churning
Death for Gazans of all kinds
Hatred for all in brainwashed minds
🤘🐸🤘
#FroggleRock
War Pigsish
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As AI assimilates us, we will be left with less and less water. But it's for "a good cause". For the oligarchs.
We better start fighting. We're losing.
We better start fighting. We're losing.
Time to look Due South - Cities of Tucson & Marana under severe pressure from 'Project Blue', aka Amazon, to provide water and power in excess of all now used by those cities, to provide perhaps 400 jobs. tucson.com/news/local/g...
Project Blue now says it will match power use with clean energy
Developers of Project Blue now say they are "committing to match 100%" of the massive data-center complex's energy use with renewable energy.
tucson.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As AI assimilates us, we will be left with less and less water. But it's for "a good cause". For the oligarchs.
We better start fighting. We're losing.
We better start fighting. We're losing.
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In 1889 a judge called Toby “pestilential” and jailed its editor. But the East End Watch-Dog – a Victorian citizen journalism newspaper – had already done something remarkable: it showed working people *they* could challenge power in print. Read its story ⬇️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Rise and silencing of the East End’s pioneering paper
“That’s the way to do it!” Toby, a paper named after Punch’s dog bit back at power – until satire, scandal and love brought it to heel
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In 1889 a judge called Toby “pestilential” and jailed its editor. But the East End Watch-Dog – a Victorian citizen journalism newspaper – had already done something remarkable: it showed working people *they* could challenge power in print. Read its story ⬇️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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“I cannot talk. I can only paint.”
Mary Riter Hamilton painted the battlefields after the First World War as a testament to its devastating cost. She would suffer mental and physical illnesses in the process of creating her paintings. 📷2835996 1/5
Mary Riter Hamilton painted the battlefields after the First World War as a testament to its devastating cost. She would suffer mental and physical illnesses in the process of creating her paintings. 📷2835996 1/5
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“I cannot talk. I can only paint.”
Mary Riter Hamilton painted the battlefields after the First World War as a testament to its devastating cost. She would suffer mental and physical illnesses in the process of creating her paintings. 📷2835996 1/5
Mary Riter Hamilton painted the battlefields after the First World War as a testament to its devastating cost. She would suffer mental and physical illnesses in the process of creating her paintings. 📷2835996 1/5
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“It very well could be a good start, but my concern is that it’s not going to scale up fast enough. The fiscal commitment is pretty weak … it’s not what I would think of as a generational investment," says CCPA senior economist
@marclee.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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Federal budget falls short on housing affordability, experts say
Academics and builders’ associations say the Liberal government has watered down its election pledges
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“It very well could be a good start, but my concern is that it’s not going to scale up fast enough. The fiscal commitment is pretty weak … it’s not what I would think of as a generational investment," says CCPA senior economist
@marclee.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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@marclee.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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On November 18, we’re happy to welcome the Hon. Sergio Marchi at 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, to launch his new book, “Pursuing a Public Life: How to Succeed in the Political Arena.” https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/services/public/events/events/2025/book-launch-pursuing-public-life.html
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
On November 18, we’re happy to welcome the Hon. Sergio Marchi at 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, to launch his new book, “Pursuing a Public Life: How to Succeed in the Political Arena.” https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/services/public/events/events/2025/book-launch-pursuing-public-life.html
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Some more background. breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-co...
Controversial B.C. RCMP unit to police opposition to fast-tracked resource projects ⋆ The Breach
A widely-criticized police unit is participating in provincial committees coordinating surveillance and policing of protest against major resource projects—including those fast-tracked under new legis...
breachmedia.ca
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Some more background. breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-co...
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David Eby's militia (AKA C-IRG now CRU) works with CSIS. It's certainly not for British Columbians benefit. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
David Eby's militia (AKA C-IRG now CRU) works with CSIS. It's certainly not for British Columbians benefit. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
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I love writing about science in books that are accessible.
Real scientists are doing original, important work. Meanwhile I get to write little books to be read by just about anyone.
At paulajohanson.blogspot.com are my backlist books on science & more. At books2read.com/paula, my new ones.
Real scientists are doing original, important work. Meanwhile I get to write little books to be read by just about anyone.
At paulajohanson.blogspot.com are my backlist books on science & more. At books2read.com/paula, my new ones.
Paula Johanson Books
the author's website with links to her books of nonfiction and fiction
paulajohanson.blogspot.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I love writing about science in books that are accessible.
Real scientists are doing original, important work. Meanwhile I get to write little books to be read by just about anyone.
At paulajohanson.blogspot.com are my backlist books on science & more. At books2read.com/paula, my new ones.
Real scientists are doing original, important work. Meanwhile I get to write little books to be read by just about anyone.
At paulajohanson.blogspot.com are my backlist books on science & more. At books2read.com/paula, my new ones.
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We have little earthquakes all the time here on the coast. We KNOW we're overdue for a big one. A prediction is gonna have to be extremely precise to get anyone's attention.
Fellow seismologists, we're going to get a lot of mileage out of the latest @xkcd.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We have little earthquakes all the time here on the coast. We KNOW we're overdue for a big one. A prediction is gonna have to be extremely precise to get anyone's attention.