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Newfoundlander. Canadian. Geek. Fly fisher/tyer. I work in a large academic library. Voiceover pro. Backgrounds in public relations, insurance, and history. My opinions are mine - you can't have them.
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If this happened in any country in the world, the strongest concerns would be expressed about human rights and democracy. This should be no exception.

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Need an excuse to buy more books? Now you have one! Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! Show your favorite indie some love.

submitted 23 hours ago • 21 comments

Pierre Poilievre named #1 spreader of disinformation in Canada by ChatGPT

submitted 3 hours ago • 39 comments

Don't just watch this from an American point of view and our handshaking culture. The French shake EVERYONE'S hands. ALWAYS. In contexts where we don't. So for Macron to skip it is wow...

submitted 3 hours ago • 45 comments

A hallmark of fascism is to attack the judiciary.

submitted 15 hours ago • 259 comments

The rule of law is not just for them. It's also for you. "So if there are courts and there are rulings, but there is no way to enforce them, then there is no law. No law that can save Mr. Abrego Garcia, and no law that can save you, either, when it’s your turn." www.joyannreid.com/p/the-daily-...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

It's Independent Bookstore Day! The shop is looking particularly fine, and we've got the sign up on the highway to help you find the turn-off. 15% off, in-store and online. We're open 10-5, with visiting authors, giveaways, draw prizes, and more. www.runningthegoat.com

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

submitted 22 hours ago • 85 comments

84% of Canadians who believe disinfo plan to vote Conservative—95% if you include PPC. This is why CBC matters. It fights lies with facts. If we lose it, truth gets drowned out. Vote smart. Save the CBC. SmartVoting.ca #SaveTheCBC #MediaFreedom #CdnPoli #StopTheSlide

submitted 21 hours ago • 3 comments

Anyway if you are Canadian please vote to stop the Conservatives because I really don't want to get sexually assaulted again

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Remember Pierre telling us the CPC has the best vetting of candidates? So far they've removed at least five candidates and blindsided several nomination races. Vetting SCREENS candidates BEFORE they're a candidate on the ballot. #cdnpoli

submitted 20 days ago • 11 comments

We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1658 comments

If you’re arresting judges who disagree with your lack of due process when dealing with immigrants, you might be a Nazi.

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

Can't make it out to Tors Cove on Saturday? The 15% sale also applies on our website, and will be automatically applied at checkout. www.runningthegoat.com

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

The fact that we are also making lists of Jewish professors proves the harmlessness of our registry of autistic children. by Linda McMahon and RFK Jr.

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Israel shrugged off kidnapping and executing 15 paramedics was as a"professional failure." It's a war crime. They killed 25 people hiding in a school last night. And yet the west loses it mind over a gaelic speaking hip hop band for calling out the genocide at a concert. Protest music matters.

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

Goddamnit. #nlwx

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Help make it happen. Don't split the vote. smartvoting.ca

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One leader believes in Canada. The other calls Canadians “stupid” and wants to kill the CBC. Poilievre isn’t offering patriotism. He’s selling chaos. Vote to protect Canadian voices. Vote to save the CBC. SmartVoting.ca

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Help make it happen. Don't split the vote. smartvoting.ca

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What kind of juice arse steals a 700-pound bronze statue of one of history's most famous aviators?!?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Help make it happen. smartvoting.ca

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Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 411 comments

maga logic should work both ways. Case in point.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Ottawa-Carleton : Please go out and vote because this headline alone added 10 years to my life.

submitted 2 days ago • 36 comments

Heather Rankin says it best: CBC is a lifeline for Canadian artists. No CBC = fewer voices, fewer stories, less Canada. Vote strategically. Save the CBC. #SaveTheCBC #CdnPoli #PublicBroadcasting

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

This trial is a perfect example of why "Just leave it up to the legal system" is a terrible response to rape culture. She is going to be cross examined by several lawyers in front of a jury. Juries are made up of every day citizens. How *we* think of these things clearly matters!

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Help make it happen. smartvoting.ca

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

If you haven't already, you should really explore a different browser of your computer and mobile devices. I'd suggest @firefox.com or a fork of FireFox.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

The US is a failed state.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

To hell with Bryan Adams. The last time he was around he said other artists shouldn't come as a protest of the seal harvest. Our money was good enough to take, but not for anyone else to come. I'm still p/o'd that local radio still plays him and Rod Stewart.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Help make it a reality. smartvoting.ca

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

That’s right we’re hiring two (2) learning & curriculum support librarians. It could be you!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Pierre Poilievre has voted against the environment over 400 times in the last 20 years. Voting Conservative in Canada’s next election puts you on the wrong side of history.

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

Next Saturday is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! We'll be celebrating from 10- 5 with giveaways, a door prize, and visiting authors throughout the day, and a sale. Every book bought from us on the 26th gives you a chance to enter indiebookstores.ca's contest! www.runningthegoat.com

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Pierre Poilievre has accomplished nothing during his 20 years in Parliament “The CPC isn’t as much a political party as it is a ChatGPT-based slogan-generating algorithm speaking through the mouth of everyone’s least favourite muppet.” An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

I am told that, by pushing my way in despite Vatican objections to see a very ill Pope Francis, I have his death on my conscience. That is not true. I have no conscience. by J. D. Vance

submitted 4 days ago • 50 comments

#EJDTD

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Pope Francis came in the the promise of change and changed nothing. He let pedophiles continue to run rampant, did nothing for gay and trans rights, ran one of the greediest cartels out there and pretended like everything was okay. The catholic church needs REAL change.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Oh no the Pope died. Anyway… www.godlessmom.com/post/here-s-...

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

1. Do not enter the United States.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

He is gonna accidentally kill the pope or set fire to the sistine chapel or something

submitted 8 days ago • 266 comments

Reminder that Pope Francis continued the long-standing Roman Catholic tradition of protecting child abusers, harboured his predecessor from authorities, and at one point compared trans people to nuclear weapons.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Reminder that Pope Francis continued the long-standing Roman Catholic tradition of protecting child abusers, harboured his predecessor from authorities, and at one point compared trans people to nuclear weapons.

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Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick

submitted 5 days ago • 176 comments