The Lazy Viking

My wife and I met a couple from Minneapolis touring Killarney Provincial Park this summer. When we told them how much we liked Minnesota, they asked what was so good about it in a dejected tone. I wish I’d had the presence of mind to tell them “Alex Pretti.” Minnesotans’ resistance gave me hope.

🇨🇦 A Nova Scotia meadery had an $11,300 order for a New Brunswick fair. Provincial liquor rules pushed it to roughly $25,000, forcing the fair to slash the purchase. If Canada wants less dependence on the U.S., maybe making it easier for Canadians to trade with Canadians is a good place to start.

“Trans children are perfect.”

Christ on a bike, this is brilliant. And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10

die-hard | adjective | strongly or fanatically determined or devoted Die Hard | noun | a Christmas movie

a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes a day in an american life

Is the time ripe for a perfectly-executed moonwalk to bring peace to the world once again?

Me: Son, do you still play the ukulele? Son: A little.

Greta Thunberg #GretaThunberg youtube.com/shorts/IMxGC...

The news media call Zohran Mamdani a "democratic socialist." That's not his party affiliation – that's his ideology. So why don't the media focus on the ideology of MAGA Republicans and call them "fascists"?

JD Vance said DOGEbro Marko Elez shouldn't have his life "ruin[ed]" b/c of racist tweets. But "Elez's life had not been 'ruined,'" as @jvl.bsky.social notes. He just lost a govt job he'd briefly had. And if losing a govt job is a life-ruining event, just think how many lives DOGE/Musk have ruined.

A bunch of Democratic politicians and influential “moderate” commentators is hyperfocused on demanding the Democratic Party “move right” on trans rights just as the state is ramping up the persecution of this small, extremely vulnerable group of people. It is vile, disgusting, disqualifying.

Doug Ford, the time is now. Cancel Starlink for Ontario.

LOL!!! Classy! Boston anthem singer butchers the Canadian anthem, breaks the pace up so people can't sing along. Then they bring out an orchestra and an anthem singer for the American anthem.

I posted a copy of the 3 minute version of my speech from yesterday (with citations) if anyone is interested. Feel free to steal from it if you want! (also, this is literally less than half of the Nazi shit they're currently pulling)

Donald Trump is threatening our democratic right and values. The boycott grows and goes international. Everyone can play their part.

This NHL tournament replacing the all-star competition is turning into a new 72 Summit Series. I don't think these millionaire players and coaches understand how seriously Canadians take Trump's menace.

I heard on CBC that all leaders answered questions from reporters after both debates except Doug Ford. He knows there will be hard questions about his record over the last 7 years as well as his recent comments about supporting Trump & "sparky". No accountability with this guy. #ONpoli #VoteFordOut

Vote in the Ontario provincial election! Vote against the Conservative candidate! Stop watching Doug Ford strip away your services and your money as he enriches his friends. smartvoting.ca

55% of Ontarians polled want Ford gone. The OLP & the NDP will once again ensure that that doesn't happen. #Stiles #Crombie New #onpoli Toronto Star / Abacus Data poll: 🔵PC 41 🔴OLP 28 🟠NDP 21 🟢GPC 6 Details: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Doug Ford has repealed renter protection after renter protection, he has decimated the Landlord and Tenant Board. He has appointed loyalists and made it an eviction machine. I practiced before and after Ford at the board and he has destroyed it #onpoli

Bonnie Crombie’s got the right idea to charge Doug with being an incompetent, lying boob. But c’mon, when Stiles asked her to disavow influence by private health care interests, she totally balked. What’s up, Bonnie? @bonniecrombie.bsky.social

If there were any racist masks at all, they have now been removed. The GOP, with Trump and Musk at the helm, has now gone completely racist….

Does anyone speak dolphin interpretive dance?

It’s always been about race. To Trump. To Elon. To their voters.

Pierre Poilievre on CPAC right now making it clear that he's on Trump's side, making up a scatter-shot cacophony of lies on the spot to justify Trump's tariffs on Canada and somehow blame Trudeau. This man is not a leader, he's a viper. He doesn't have your back.

“Buy Canadian” means cancelling your National Post and Toronto SUN subscriptions. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. I’m for Canada. I am Canadian. 🇨🇦

The Ontario election is about simple questions: do you want free healthcare, free education for your children, affordable housing? Or not…

do take the time to read the incredible Facebook post by Philip Low eviscerating his ex-close friend Elon Musk 🔥

"I need a mandate from the people." The Doug Ford Hierarchy of Values. #OnPoli

youtu.be/4s5fMiLdBsY?... Jesse, let's have a beer sometime.

So basically my takeaway here is that X has credit card numbers and other info that could help identify people who are engaged in widespread fraud and apparent foreign political interference, but of course isn’t doing anything to stop it

Senators home arena playing some Simple Minds waiting for a faceoff. It would be nice if they went full Gen X line the Canucks do.

I realize now that I have a “trade deficit” with the store across the street. I walked over and bought a jug of milk. The store is abusing me and I’m tired of subsidizing it by buying something at a fair price that I want. I’m going to apply a tariff that will raise the future price of milk for me.

I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike

🧵- (1/5) Council approved moving forward with a renoviction bylaw today, but these councillors all voted no: ❌ David Hill ❌ Matthew Luloff ❌ Steve Desroches ❌ David Brown ❌ Wilson Lo ❌ George Darouze