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Interests include Shin-hanga (新版画) + Sosaku-hanga (創作版画), art movements during the Taisho + Showa eras of 20th century Japan. Canadian topics too. 🍁 Threads - https://www.threads.net/@atomicker Mastodon - https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker
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In the first Trump admin, Americans used “I didn’t vote for this” as a shield We should be clear: that’s gone now We’re near the event horizon of something really bad—and this time every American should be ready to own the death toll & despair. Unless we stop it www.greatpower.us/p/america-ne...

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Same goes for Canada. The SAAB Gripen is looking better by the day. bsky.app/profile/manm...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

For national security, Europe and UK MUST NOT buy American weapons that the US has the ability to “turn off” if they don’t agree with policy decisions. This is JOB NUMBER ONE of a government. Keep your citizens safe from belligerent nations even if they may have been benign in the past.

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

The very first decoupling from America we should do is not allow Canadian media to be majority owned by Americans anymore, it would change a lot.

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

This is the 'Tylenot' stuff that 'increased the risk of a life-threatening illness in neonatal patients' & was pulled in 2023. Now Smith wants to send it to Ukraine? Hasn't #Ukraine suffered enough already? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #Alberta #ABPoli #UCPFail

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

"If they don't pay, I'm not going to defend them." Looks like Trump may be lining up an attack on #Japan once he finds a window in his packed schedule of attacks on #Canada, #Mexico, #Europe, etc etc... www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #USPoli #UnitedStates

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Title: Five Egrets Descending in Snow (1920) Artist: Ohara Koson english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/03... #ShinHanga #Art #Taisho #OharaKoson #Winter #Snow #Egrets #Japan

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The land of innovation, optimism, and getting ‘er done.’ 🇨🇦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...

submitted 3 days ago • 82 comments

Karina Gould is right to request an extension of the verification process. Liberal voters need more time to overcome the obstacles placed in their way by party officials. www.thestar.com/politics/fed... #Canada #CDNpoli

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

The Trump administration is 'catastrophically incompetent' and 'seems intent on not only a trade war but starting a recession': www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/... #Canada #CDNPoli #UnitedStates #USPoli

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

'... when the bully in the schoolyard gives you a black eye, you don’t punch back, you go burn down his house'. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco... #Canada #CDNPoli #UnitedStates #USPoli

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

JT is fresh outta fucks and I'm living for it tbh 😆 #PrimeMinister #NOTGovernor #JustinTrudeau #Canada #Canadian #NeverThe51stState #CDNPoli #Politics #TradeWar #Trump #Tariffs ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️

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Title: Snow at Shinkawabata, Handa, Bishu (1935) Artist: Hasui Kawase www.asahi.com/ajw/articles... #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #Aichi #Japan

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Title: Snow at Zojoji Temple (1953) Artist: Hasui Kawase www.asahi.com/ajw/articles... #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #Tokyo #Japan

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Canada didn’t ask for this fight. But in a trade war – much like in hockey – we will win.

submitted 4 days ago • 118 comments

“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.“ —Mahatma Gandhi

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

'Where is the backlash from the American people? The silence is deafening.' www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0... #Canada #CDNPoli #UnitedStates #USPoli

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Title: Bonfire (1959) Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2... #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #KasamatsuShiro #Winter #Wildfire #ForestFire #ClimateCrisis #Japan #Mood

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