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<p>โœŒ๐Ÿผ Wi๐šœฬถzened, grey, mesomorph, INFP<br />:Habs: Montreal born, Ottawa&#39;s burden :Sens: </p><p>โš’๏ธ Retired healthcare executive, counsellor, social worker, oil patch worker, journalist, photographer, union organizer, civil servant, musician, songwriter โ€” non-concurrently</p><p>๐Ÿ“ฃ Rational leftist with anarchist tendencies and a slightly sentimental conservative streak</p><p>๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธ Manifest geezer. Came of age within a crucible, melding hippie soul with a nerdish mind.</p><p>๐ŸŽŠ Fediversary 2022-11-10</p>

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    ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ต๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ , ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐ธ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘…๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘…๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘ . https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/agent-krasnov-hosts-a-wedding

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    You&#39;d be forgiven for thinking that this story describes how cyclists can now submit official complaints regarding motor vehicles and businesses violating the bike lane laws, or about dangerous maintenance issues. But you&#39;d be wrong, because ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐€๐‹๐๐„๐‘๐“๐€ https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/07/15/alberta-bike-lane-complaint-line/

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    In a legal filing submitted Tuesday, Trumpโ€™s attorneys asked Judge Lewis Kaplan not to release some of the funds he owes to the beleaguered columnist on the basis that the presidentโ€™s petition for a new hearing was still pending before the Supreme Court. The only hiccup: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ . https://newrepublic.com/post/212836/donald-trump-lies-supreme-court-e-jean-carroll โ€œThis is the end of the line,โ€ Kaplan wrote in a June 30 filing. โ€œIt is time for him to...

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    RE: https://mstdn.social/@pravda/116840550935648514 Canada better hurry and make up its mind before they&#39;re all sold out!

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    ๐–๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐, ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š, call upon the Government to: 1. Cease all incentives, subsidies, and permit accelerations for AI data centres; 2. Revoke permits and supports for AI data centre projects that have not been rigorously and transparently vetted by the local community; โ€ฆ 4. Require that all AI infrastructure projects be initiated โ€ฆ by local communities, and be put through a transparent and democratic approval process; and โ€ฆ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petiti...

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    Doug Ford: For The People &quot;uh, which people, Doug?&quot; #OnPoli

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    &amp;quot;We call on Russia to immediately cease these strikes and end this illegal war of aggression. They prolong human suffering and ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ.&amp;quot; ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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    https://theintercept.com/2026/05/21/ice-dhs-social-media-white-supremacist-violence/ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก-๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘, ๐‘™๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘œ-๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘”๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š, ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ€ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ท๐ป๐‘† โ€œ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ ...

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    Strange days, indeed

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    Fourteen Liberal MPs sent a letter to the prime minister at the end of April, before the agreement with the Alberta government was even signed, to offer some recommendations โ€” but also to express their unease with the situation. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-mp-react-alberta-deal-carney-9.7208157?cmp=rss &amp;quot;We remain deeply concerned; the government&amp;#39;s credibility will be seriously compromised,&amp;quot; said the letter, which was obtained by Radio-Canada. The 14 MPs...

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    &amp;quot;Ms. Smithโ€™s effort to push Alberta into a dangerous, divisive and economically harmful separation referendum campaign stem(s) from her delusional view of the constitution. https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/05/danielle-smith-promotes-delusional-history-of-u-s-and-canadian-constitutions-to-promote-separation-referendum/ &amp;quot;(That) she is ignorant of both the U.S. and Canadian constitutions would be amusing were she not a premier promoting โ€ฆ constitutional change in Canada with the...

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    &amp;quot;Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.&amp;quot; ~ Matt Groening OMGโ€ผ๏ธ Not the ice weaselsโ€ผ๏ธ

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    CANADIAN&amp;#39;S GIVE TRUMP ZERO FUCKS: VISITS TO US CITIES HAVE COLLAPSED 42% https://ifloz.substack.com/p/canadians-give-trump-zero-fucks-visits &amp;quot;Canadians are, without a single word of exaggeration, the friendliest, most decent bastards walking this earth. Us and them, Aussies and Canucks, we are basically the same bloody animal. Same dark humour, same allergy to wankers, same instinct to give a total stranger a hand and then apologise for taking too long doing it. I reckon we go...

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    ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐’ ๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ | ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐š๐ง https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/us-ice-hockey-fans-canadian-anthem This week, ahead of a key ice hockey match between two US teams, singer Cami Clune began what has been a tradition for more than half a century: a rendition of the Canadian national anthem. But as Clune began with the opening refrain, her microphone malfunctioned and her voice cut out. A crowd of nearly 20,...