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The fact that they reinvented Buy Nothing Day while the original Buy Nothing Day is still happening once a year says a lot about the impact of Buy Nothing Day.

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Canadian Premiers are the luckiest SOBs in the world. Everyone expects the feds to do the governing (Partly because the feds stick their fingers in everything) so the Premiers avoid blame for their many, many failures.

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Watching When Lions Roared tonight thanks to @ardwulf.bsky.social Michael Caine AND John Lithgow?!

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NEW: updated long-run gap in voting between young men and women in Germany: Gender divide continues to widen, but contrary to what is often assumed, young men continue to vote roughly in line with the overall population, while young women have swung sharply left. www.ft.com/content/29fd...

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It is with deep sadness that we confirm the passing of wargaming legend and CSRA Chairman Rodger B. MacGowan, mere weeks after he and his family lost everything in the Palisades fires. Our most profound condolences go out to Steven and Mae. Rodger was, as Steven has said, a river to his people.

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Christ in a Red Robe, by Minerva Teichert, 1945, 📸 by Brian Babineau

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IDF: Remains of Kfir and Ariel Bibas ID’d, but 3rd body sent by Hamas is not their mom Shiri https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-february-21-2025/

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Whatever happens, We have got Connor McDavid, And they have not.

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I clicked on the "Gaza" trending topic yesterday. It was full of shocking photos. I am not exaggerating when I say that every single one of them had been debunked via Community Notes on Twitter.

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Pro CONCACAF tip to fans at the game: bring plastic bags so you don't have to leave your seats to piss. And then, well, do what you will.

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Good to know Canada's national broadcaster is informing Canadians by giving its airtime to a Telecom Oligopolist (for free!) to air the product of an American Cartel instead of covering the hugely consequential news.

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Make Mickey Mouse public domain you cowards.

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Here's a pic American constitutional law profs can use for their separation of powers lectures:

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The announcement was the policy? (America's most Trudeauian politician)

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A first for the Missing Middle! We had a video banned on TikTok. Looks like somebody didn't like me talking about Trump Tariffs. Sadly I expect we'll see more of this censorship going forward.

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In an opinion piece for the Globe and Mail, I argue that Palestinians in Gaza have no future under Hamas, describing how the ceasefire is merely the first step, but without bold action, may become the last & would merely freeze the conflict.

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Of course Terry Fox should be on our money nevermindgenx.substack.com/p/if-i-can-f...

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Love that the meta in Football Manager 2024 is Hit & Grind like it's Eastside Hockey Manager in 2006. www.reddit.com/r/footballma...

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Canadian Politics in Chappell Roan songs 🧵 The Liberal Party of Canada's leadership race: youtu.be/1RKqOmSkGgM?...

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There's no such thing as an Interim or Temporary Prime Minister. The correct term is Pub Quiz Prime Minister.

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Happy Tourtière Day

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"The American authorities often tend to consider us not as a foreign nation at all, but as one of themselves" - Lester B. Pearson in 1942

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New at In Defence of Westminster: Canada isn't in a constitutional crisis. We're dealing with a lack of honour. open.substack.com/pub/lagassep...

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I wrote about a new survey study out that looks at physicians personal preferences for end-of-life decisions and their own clinical practice and considered it in the context of MAiD. open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...

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Good lord, this detail about Trudeau

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Canada doing a politics 🇨🇦

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Civ6, the game, is on Netflix?

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3x Lucky Cats

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Going to be tough for BC United to win seats in the next election when they get hit with a 9-point deduction for going into administration.

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New stadium feels like an absolute shoe-in as the weeks go on. Timely having this discussion in Jan with the window open #nufc

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New release RTT! Come and play Maria online. rally-the-troops.com/maria

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Your blocklist blocks everyone who follows a Suppressive Person. My blocklist blocks everyone within 6 degrees of separation of a Suppressive Person. Do better.

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