Marlene Spatuk 🇨🇦

Marlene Spatuk 🇨🇦

@mspatuk.bsky.social

Childless, catless and happily jobless.

644 followers1.8K following328 posts

Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.

Unusual Whales@unusualwhales.bsky.social

BREAKING: Donald Trump executed 3,642 securities transactions during the first quarter, averaging nearly 58 trades for every U.S. trading day. This translates to roughly nine trades every hour or about one trade every seven minutes during market hours, per YF

Sure, why not build energy-intensive infrastructure in a province that mostly uses *coal* for electricity?

Simon Enoch@simonenoch.bsky.social

Scott Moe, Feb 24th: “A traditional data centre will employ four people: two electricians and two janitors … I’ll take a potash mine every day of the week.” Scott Moe March 6th, "This data centre is an economic boon to the province." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

They didn’t want their baby back, baby back, baby back?

Did orcas start the fire?

BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More@bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social

SIDNEY, B.C. - “A fire that broke out at a Vancouver Island marina Sunday morning destroyed and ultimately sank three luxury yachts, according to officials.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... - @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social #BCNews #Sidney #VancouverIsland

Marlene Spatuk 🇨🇦 reposted

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Yay, six-day speed pass!

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD@mbonsma.bsky.social

This makes me feel crazy. Being aware of the speed limit is like step 1 for driving! "Stealing is illegal, sure, but how are people supposed to know which stores they can steal from without getting caught if the camera ones don't have giant 'NO STEALING' signs??" www.thestar.com/news/gta/20-...

Americans better fall in love with tofu.

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better." Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better. Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand. We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

Of course it’s the one that makes Viagra.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Pfizer "secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals" and in return will "sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx" looks like state capitalism to me www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Canada doesn’t know her.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump to generals: "Canada called me a couple weeks ago. They want to be a part of it. To which I said, 'Well, why don't you just join our country. Become the 51st state. And you get it for free!' So I don't know if that made a big impact but it does make a lot of sense."