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Worried Canadian seeking hope for the environment, sane politics, and general civility. Finding happiness in native gardening, good eats, and ... a warm puppy.
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This is good. Real good eh www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...

Following the reactivation of its Psychological Defence Agency, every Swedish household now receives a booklet titled “If Crisis or War Comes,” outlining what to do in an emergency. Canada should be doing the same, writes Peter MacLeod.

At the NATO meeting a loud US republican saw my CDN flag pin on my lapel and reached for it saying, "Hey Canada." I stopped him. "Don't touch the Canadian flag." "Just joking," he said. "You'll die before you touch our flag," I said, "not joking." He scrambled out of there. #notfuckingaround

I am at the NATO meetings in Brussels. Trump and Putin are plunging the world into dark chaos. Here is my dispatch from day one of the meetings. I decided that it was time to go over the boards for Canada. Please read and share. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Fuck off.

U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada 🇨🇦 - Ontario’s College of Physicians and Surgeons has issued this reminder that additional exams and training not required if you are a board certified physician. Nova Scotia has similar program. dialogue.cpso.on.ca/articles/rem...

I think this analysis is wrong for a few reasons - first of which is British Columbia. When the British and Americans first came to BC we Natives vastly outnumbered them. In the 1830s we Salish raised an army likely larger than the entire colonial population. So what happened? Demographics. 1

This is what Trump’s cruelty and chaos has unleashed.

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...

I know we're not really doing starterpacks anymore... 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁. 🖐️ This is a set of (mostly) Canadian journalists new to bluesky. I also threw in a few of my faves. Most on this list need help finding their footing here. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗫'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. go.bsky.app/GaoS6MJ

If you are new to this place/Paul, Headline of the Year is a Christmas highlight you will not want to miss. A true gem

A List of Things People Blamed for World War I 🧵

Also, part of the reason we did bought InfoWars is because people on Bluesky told us it would be funny to buy InfoWars. And those people were right. This is the funniest thing that has ever happened.

I gathered up my reading notes on the deeply fascist new book by Trump's Defense Secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, on my substack, Scenes from a Slow Civil War. I think I may rev that thing up again, too. Please consider subscribing. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-pentag...

You asked, I listened: I created a second starter pack featuring 100+ more journalists in Canada who are on Bluesky right now, including all the new arrivals to this website Follow all these accounts and share widely! go.bsky.app/KZ9uoRS

Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵

I’ve compiled a starter pack featuring every official account for Canadian media outlets that are currently on Bluesky You can follow 30+ Canadian news sources right now: