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Never on the bird site, but when I heard about Mastodon I thought it would be for old fossils like me, so I joined. Happy to be here as it is a very #Canadian […] [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@Bwacton on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Hi there is only one good response to the Trump ‘meeting” today. That is to give money to the Ukrainian government. I know there won’t be tax receipts for this but it’s the right thing to do. https://u24.gov.ua/

The more I dig into this budget the more I'm pissed off. $8.7 billion deficit, slight tax kickback in personal income tax, huge increase in education property tax, a sweetheart deal with OEG, and 800 peace officers for Daniellezebub's Alberta Provincial Police. Great they're finally restoring […]

Let's de-Musk social media. Posted in the centre of Berlin. Thanks to #savesocial @bjoernsta and @hnnng More at https://savesocial.eu/en/

You seriously won't believe what my mom just send to me 😆 She gets it!

Leaving #Facebook? Here’s a link about how to download all those great memories before you go. https://www.techlicious.com/how-to/how-to-download-all-your-facebook-data/

Americans planning travel to Europe are enrolling in a crash course to learn Canadian accents, a Canadian accent instructor revealed. “I’m only accepting clients willing to put in the work,” he said. “If you think you can speak 🍁 just by ending every sentence w/ ‘eh,’ you’re wasting your time.” 🤣

I'm still waiting to see a movement to make it legal to jailbreak US tech in response to US tariffs, as @pluralistic has been recommending. Are there signs our gov is listening? Ursula Franklin Lecture: With Great Power Came No Responsibility, 2025-Feb-24 […]

Congratulations to Desirae Ridenour of Cowichan Bay for winning the triathalon World Cup race at the season-opener in Ahuriri, New Zealand yesterday! #Canada #Triathalon https://www.triathloncanada.com/canadian-desirae-ridenour-storms-to-first-career-world-triathlon-cup-victory/

Ok everyone has been saying we should update the term for #Quisling so someone who really knows mastodon could you do a poll for how to Name a Canadian Quisling. I nominate #Oleary, #poilieevre Let’s get a few names and get a new #Canadian term into our language. #poilievre #canpoli

Bwahahahahaha!!! I love it. More #FAFO

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm scared shitless. I wish I'd emigrated to Canada back when I actually could have.

Honestly EU, it's long overdue for states to block and thus shut down X. The US is actively interfering in elections in plain sight. Shut the offending platform(s) down whilst you still can.

Hey #EU #UK and #Canada, here’s an article on starlink competitions, the way to counter musk is to kill his revenue and his ability to threaten the Ukraine and others. https://starlinkinsider.com/starlink-competitors/

Hey #Canadians let lobby for a made in #Canada solution rather than #Starlink. As the US doesn’t respect contracts let’s rip up the starlink contract and get #Telesat it competes with SpaceX and Starlink in a variety of different domains. It not only provide satellite internet services across a […]

It is very hard to accept, but it is no longer safe to move EU governments & societies to US clouds. Not only is it dangerous to do so, it is also likely flat out illegal in the near feature. We're trading convenience for utter dependence on a mad king. It should stop […]

1. Guarantee a right to repair for appliances by requiring manufacturers to provide manuals and replacement parts; 2. Establish a 15% tax credit for appliance repairs, up to a maximum of $500 per year; 3. Inform consumers about the environmental impacts of household appliances so that they can […]

Good news, everyone - this week, we applied to incorporate as a federal non-profit organization. This is the first step to becoming a charitable organization. It wasn't cheap, and it will result in overhead in accounting costs, but many have been demanding it for years. Doing this right […]

Hey #UK and #EU we don’t need formal trade agreements to start helping each other fight back against the #US trade war on #canada You can support us like we sported you through WW1 and WW2. Buy Canadian now. Here is a list of some Canadian service you can substitiute for American ones. Looking […]

Hey #USA just because #Trump is abandoning #ukraine you don’t have to. Please fight back by donating at https://u24.gov.ua/ Please if you want to protect democracy here’s a way you can do it. It will wreaking the leverage #Trump has over #Ukraine

This just went down: 1. US has spent 114.2 billion on aid to Ukraine — far less than European countries. 2. Trump pulls the imaginary number 500 billion out of a hat, and demands Ukraine pay this sum back to the US by letting the US take control of mines in Ukraine. 3. Zelenskyy says no […]

Idea for the Government of Canada and maybe also @cira All Canadian Government communications should be handled on sovereign servers and with sovereign systems. Let's drop X and Bluesky (and whatever else) and create a service (web app, iOS, Android) that leverages ActivityPub to allow […]

BDS the US. Canada's boycott of US products. #3E #EndImpunity #EndOligarchy #EndAutoGenocide #BDSUS #CdnPoli

There's still a really long way to go to baby goat time on my farm (about 6 weeks until the first due dates). But the world (and me) needs some cute baby goat pictures right now, so please enjoy this ridiculously cute picture from last year.

So a thing happened today…

Hey #canada, if you get a marketing email from #koodo or #telus promoting a bundle of US streaming service, send them a note not to be tone deaf. Tell they you want a value add #Canadian product offering. Here’s the connection to the form […]

This sign just radiates fun. (It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.) #Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Signs #Signspotting #FunnySigns #Funny_Signs

Alberta political web series that investigated massive corruption in healthcare contracts has been censored by court injunction. #abpoli https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-political-web-series-temporarily-shut-down-by-court-order/

One of us wanted breakfast One of us wanted dessert #BritishColumbia #coffee

You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all. We don't want to be on any list. And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]

Remember that the NAACP is calling for a massive boycott of Walmart, McDonald's and Meta because of their about face on DEI under pressure from the vague notions of the US president and his friends. I would appreciate it you participated in this boycott too. It seems like it's pretty big […]

Hey #canada, if you get a marketing email from #koodo or #telus promoting a bundle of US streaming service, send them a note not to be tone deaf. If you click through the feedback you can get an escalate to management form. Tell they you want a value add #Canadian product offering.