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Al Kay
Al Kay
@high5s.bsky.social
Canadian former writer and optimist, current soul-crushing tech consultant. Enjoy the outdoors, travel and exploration, cooking, and culture. Guard down, elbows up.
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Poilievre is simply saying what his Western base wants to hear: the only reason we don't have more pipelines is that the feds won't allow it. Now that C-5 is calling their bluff, he's doubling down to keep everyone angry. That's the strategy: division and anger.
Poilievre said this in his recent interview with Paul Wells, and received *zero* pushback. It sure would be nice if the folks interviewing him had some modicum of interest (and expertise) in the details around energy markets and policy. (You'll note Poilievre is *still* blaming Canada here)
Fuck I didn't even realize this was The Onion Too realistic, do better guys
“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
I mean, I sure hope he's pledging his commitment to execute his duties on the book he actually follows. And the symbolism of using Qurans with personal significance to his family shows that his commitment is unwavering. This guy means it.
Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim New York City mayor, will also be the first mayor to use the Quran at his swearing in. For his ceremony at City Hall, he will use his grandfather’s and at least one other family Quran.
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It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
Democrats continuing to demonstrate how to bring a spoon to a gun fight
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
Overall I'm liking what I'm seeing from Carney so far, but I wish we could have some more legitimate criticism and debate of this government's policy rather than the current dichotomy of superfans and shitposters and the constant reminder of how awful the other guy is
Toronto Harbourfront Centre is a space where people come together to share stories, create art, and build community. Budget 2025 is building strong communities, and investing to build more places like this that bring us together and strengthen the bonds we share as Canadians.
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Not only do we need to do everything we can to help Ukraine, we need to do it as part of a coalition of countries also doing everything they can. We need to send a message that we and our allies are united against both Russian and MAGA aggression.
“Putin meeting Trump? We’re on a precipice here! They’re using the rhetoric with Canada that Putin did pre-invasion of Ukraine! We should be doing everything to help Ukraine if we want to stop it from happening to our country!” #Alaska #CanadaSky #Ukraine #Cndpoli 🇨🇦🇺🇦 youtu.be/mAXaVMLVfp0?...
CBC doing a great both-sides job on the wilful destruction of American democracy and its symbols. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has released a draft standard requiring masks (like N95s) in health care settings to stop airborne infections. There is a strong attempt to push back against this, so need your public comments to get this through: publicreview.csa.ca/Home/View/22...
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This is *WILD*...Security researchers hacked Google Gemini using a poisoned Google Calendar invitation, causing the AI system to turn on a variety of smart home devices.
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we didn't get an end of history so much as a private equity leveraged buyout of history that resulted in drastic costs cutting on the core product
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
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Replying to @jentaub.bsky.social
Ready for tomorrow’s livestream www.youtube.com/live/wuhmJkv...
The weird thing here is that he claims both that energy is consumed as required (saying it's impossible to store grid energy) while also denying that energy is consumed as required (as there is a reasonably strong correlation between the sun being out and people using electricity). FFS
Thiessen: Just so people understand wind and solar only work when there is wind and sun. We don't have technology to store the energy from wind and solar…
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Colbert did not obey in advance.
Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience. We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced.
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