je_gd

je_gd

@jegd.bsky.social

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I used to worry about getting crabs (never did!) and now I'm middle aged and spending hours pulling out crab grass. Weekends focused on lawn care. What have I become?! (My dad, obvs.)

Sweet burn. Also, I met my bestie in my early 30s and after our first several hangs she told me about this book with "i think you might be a..."(she's a psychotherapist). She saw me, man.

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What a trip watching Mile End Kicks. A few years earlier with less cell and internet, but getting stoned at shows (was that the seripop / aids wolf loft?), crushing on a shaggy haired musician (and pretty much everyone), feeling profoundly alone and so desperate for connection. I miss making out.

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Mary Gillis@marygillis.bsky.social

The fact that he views public assets as belonging to the government is the problem. They don't belong to the government. They belong to the public. They belong to us. Not the Liberals, not Parliament, not him. Us. He's a caretaker, not an owner.

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You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

The Sudbury crowd tonight sang our hearts out, in the glow of a full (?) moon, overlooking Lake Ramsey. Blue Rodeo still bring it!

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We're so starving for consequences we're reading Vatican press releases

hammancheez but spooky@hammancheez.bsky.social

Pope : with mercy and love and deep regret, i must call this a schismatic act Half of bluesky with their shirts off and earrings out ready to brawl outside applebees : GET THEIR ASSES WOOOOO

Doing my evening scroll and, in sequence, two different posters begin their skeets with "Imagine..." and offer alternatives to the corruption and cruelty that people in power continuously choose. And I'm grateful for the reminder of what we're working towards, not just what we're fighting against.

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Imagine what Canada would look like if the kind of people who become MPs all saw themselves as stewards of public assets, rather than their potential auctioneers.

The Tyee@thetyee.ca

The federal government plans to privatize the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre, described as being at the forefront of innovation in the country. Along with it goes control over the centre’s publicly built technology. Christopher Holcroft writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Head of Hamas

Michelle Cohen@docmcohen.medsky.social

The maple leaf and all flag-based Canadiana is Hamas now. We are a serious country and our media prints responsible stories about antisemitism and not inflammatory garbage.

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My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.

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Given that a big part of the role of the RCMP throughout history has been removing Indigenous peoples from their lands and culture, it’s not surprising the federal government is hiring more RCMP just as they plan to ramp up resource extraction on Indigenous lands.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social

Canadians deserve to be safe in their communities. That’s why we’re hiring 1,000 new RCMP personnel — and giving law enforcement the tools and support they need to keep our streets safe.

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Boldness would be decarbonizing as fast as possible, building massive amounts of public housing and introducing a wealth tax and a windfall fossil fuel tax. There's nothing bold about austerity and a focus on extractive industries that are both lifted straight out of the last century.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social

In a crisis, fortune favours the bold.

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Replying to @tryangregory.bsky.social

I'm not making any claim here that things *are* substantially different in this case. I am saying there are factors that are different that *could* be relevant. That is to say: Past outbreaks are not necessarily good indicators of what will happen this time. Therefore: Precautionary principle.

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Hi, spider expert here! Kyle Rittenhouse was bitten by a Brown Recluse (loxosceles reclusa). Unlike widow bites, recluse bites don't affect the nervous system. Instead, they are a cytotoxic venom, destroying local tissues at the site of the bite.. So how bad could this get? Well...

rawstory.comKyle Rittenhouse hospitalizedKyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, was hospitalized on Wednesday after a venomous spider bite. He shared a photo of himself in a hospital ...

What wonderful news!! Diana is a remarkable human. Truly. Former neighbours and Torontonians more broadly: please seize this opportunity for caring, committed, and courageous representation.

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"I only listen to the chorus"

Caelan Conrad@caelan.bsky.social

I do not take booktok seriously and I never will. What the fuck you mean the epilogue and prologue “aren’t part of the book/story”???????

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There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

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Be careful folks, today is April Fool's Day, which means that the internet will be rife with misinformation and posts designed to deceive. Don't worry though, tomorrow we will be back to normal, and the internet will be rife with misinformation and posts designed to deceive.

This war-glamourizing video feels so very un-Canadian. We went from the playfully serious "elbows up" to full on US style military propaganda.

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~60 of us showed to protest Doug Ford and his Cons, and many more honked in support. A family of 5 stopped while walking by so their 6yo could practice reading my handpainted sign. Her mother helped with explanations, noting these were important subjects kiddo needed to understand. Bless that fam 💜

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I simply cannot get over Kash Patel sending in UFC fighters to train the FBI. What's next, the local high school mean girls teaching homeland security interrogation techniques? Angry geese hosting a seminar for the Air Force? actually never mind, that would be dope, you can have that one kash

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Americans talk about how Iran oppresses its women then we bomb them.

Resist 🕎🍉@antizionistjew.bsky.social

The Israeli-US strikes that targeted an elementary school Minab, in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province, have killed at least 40 schoolgirls.