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Hewer of word, drawer of (bath) water Aging (aged?) & useless poet, recovering politico, decency practitioner Ottawa, Canada
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Yes. Canadian here to say "we can longer count on the security arrangements that have been made."

Trump/MAGA's 1st concentration camp opening.

We in Europe remember that Canadians died to liberate our continent. In the face of Trump's madness, EU stands with Canada now! There is no reason why EU membership should be off the table. 🇪🇺🇨🇦

I have consumed 15 minutes worth of current events. Send help.

hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

The feeble, unfocused, poorly organized and poorly articulated response by Dem leadership to tyranny, oligarchy and destruction, has been notable. It has been shocking and discouraging to both progressives, allies and pro-democracy anti-authoritarians the world over. I hope for better in Canada.

Please purchase from an independent bookstore. Amazon is awful and Bezos does not need your money nor does he deserve it. Amazon workers in Quebec won the right to form a union and he just shut down the entire operation. Threw 2000 workers out on the street. #NeverAmazon

Attended a book event for the great Carol Off tonight. Superb, if sobering (despite my delicious, 7% craft beer,) conversation on our precarious moment. While no accurate assessment can spare the gloom, I came away inspired to read this book and renew the effort to reclaim civility. Word by word!

Most large galaxies have at their center a cluster of black holes, with a supermassive black hole (SBH) at the cluster’s core. The Milky Way’s SBH is called Sagittarius A*. At noon on Monday, our nation’s capital will have at its core a cluster of moral black holes that we should call Cluster B*.

Let's aim for a reset. Because it's actually, really our only choice.

Y’all, if you’re still focused in 2025 on follower count, you’re lost. Popularity, fame - it doesn’t matter. At all. What matters is what you stand for and how you treat people. A whole lot of popular, famous ppl out there don’t treat people well or stand for shit

What does not get discussed enough IMHO, is the fact that Pierre Poilievre is a deeply psychologically imbalanced person who should be getting treatment for his problems. As opposed to vying to be Prime Minister.

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

To all of those who've been asking just what I was up to on Wednesday, Oct 16, midday.... Who had glaring at the google-mobile on their bingo card?

Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...

The kind of optimism I'm open to right now....

A right wing car maker who bought a media outlet in order to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories is advocating for a far right German party that promises to expel a disfavored minority? You don’t say.

It starts with our first lie: "hey, it's not really all that cold outside!"

This is the real story of the destruction of American democracy.

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." Thomas Mann