Brian M 🇺🇦
@bravado1.bsky.social
Some dude that bikes for groceries most days
I'm gonna virtue signal for a bit: today's cold and sunny weather is ideal for easily popping off all the compacted snow on your sidewalk with a little light steel shovel action.
February 1, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I'm gonna virtue signal for a bit: today's cold and sunny weather is ideal for easily popping off all the compacted snow on your sidewalk with a little light steel shovel action.
GM seems to think nobody wants affordable EVs - why are they concerned?
Is it because they’ve genuinely forgotten how to compete?
Is it because they’ve genuinely forgotten how to compete?
Exclusive: A recent deal by Canada to allow tens of thousands of inexpensive Chinese EVs into the country is a risk to North American auto manufacturing, GM’s CEO says.
Canada’s Move to Import Cheap Chinese EVs is ‘Slippery Slope,’ GM CEO Says
Thousands of electric vehicles from Chinese automakers can enter Canada this year at new low tariff rate
on.wsj.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
GM seems to think nobody wants affordable EVs - why are they concerned?
Is it because they’ve genuinely forgotten how to compete?
Is it because they’ve genuinely forgotten how to compete?
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rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
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replace rfk jr with this guy
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 PM
replace rfk jr with this guy
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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Zoning in theory:
You can’t build housing next to the pollution source 😊
Zoning in reality:
You can only build housing next to the pollution source, also daycares are illegal
You can’t build housing next to the pollution source 😊
Zoning in reality:
You can only build housing next to the pollution source, also daycares are illegal
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Zoning in theory:
You can’t build housing next to the pollution source 😊
Zoning in reality:
You can only build housing next to the pollution source, also daycares are illegal
You can’t build housing next to the pollution source 😊
Zoning in reality:
You can only build housing next to the pollution source, also daycares are illegal
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With all the news around the water supply in @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social, has anyone in office commented on ending our limits on land use that saves water and maybe start dis-incentivizing wasteful land use?
Is anyone asking staff why this wasn’t a priority during project approvals for decades?
Is anyone asking staff why this wasn’t a priority during project approvals for decades?
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
With all the news around the water supply in @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social, has anyone in office commented on ending our limits on land use that saves water and maybe start dis-incentivizing wasteful land use?
Is anyone asking staff why this wasn’t a priority during project approvals for decades?
Is anyone asking staff why this wasn’t a priority during project approvals for decades?
Brick and mortar store: giving you “points” but actually creepily tracking every purchase you make
Also the same store: sorry we can’t do returns or warranty stuff without that wee little paper receipt 👉👈
Also the same store: sorry we can’t do returns or warranty stuff without that wee little paper receipt 👉👈
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Brick and mortar store: giving you “points” but actually creepily tracking every purchase you make
Also the same store: sorry we can’t do returns or warranty stuff without that wee little paper receipt 👉👈
Also the same store: sorry we can’t do returns or warranty stuff without that wee little paper receipt 👉👈
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small-government conservatism is when a guy in a mask who won't show you his badge shoots you through the window of your car while you're driving away from him
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
small-government conservatism is when a guy in a mask who won't show you his badge shoots you through the window of your car while you're driving away from him
Yet another porch pirate theft today… I’m starting to see how constant crime stories make people insane and misanthropic. I hate this.
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Yet another porch pirate theft today… I’m starting to see how constant crime stories make people insane and misanthropic. I hate this.
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Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
OTTAWA - This morning, in an unscheduled press statement, the Prime Minister's Office has said that Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned off geolocation services for all his electronic devices "for n...
www.thebeaverton.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
Decided to walk the puppy downtown on a nice sunny holiday - only got halfway before I gave up. The law says you gotta shovel your sidewalk after snowfall - but apparently leaving it as a skating rink is fine.
@cambridge.ca @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
@cambridge.ca @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Decided to walk the puppy downtown on a nice sunny holiday - only got halfway before I gave up. The law says you gotta shovel your sidewalk after snowfall - but apparently leaving it as a skating rink is fine.
@cambridge.ca @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
@cambridge.ca @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
Disclaimer: I know that the stock market is not reality in 2025.
All I hear is doom and gloom about Canada and how we can't do anything right economically.
Why have my Canadian equity ETFs kept up with the American ones all year - and even over the last 3 years?
All I hear is doom and gloom about Canada and how we can't do anything right economically.
Why have my Canadian equity ETFs kept up with the American ones all year - and even over the last 3 years?
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Disclaimer: I know that the stock market is not reality in 2025.
All I hear is doom and gloom about Canada and how we can't do anything right economically.
Why have my Canadian equity ETFs kept up with the American ones all year - and even over the last 3 years?
All I hear is doom and gloom about Canada and how we can't do anything right economically.
Why have my Canadian equity ETFs kept up with the American ones all year - and even over the last 3 years?
One of the busiest routes in town, completely impassable for me to walk 5 mins to the hardware store.
Local leadership ignores the poor. They ignore children. They ignore the disabled. This is not radical - it is the default policy of council.
@cambridge.ca @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
Local leadership ignores the poor. They ignore children. They ignore the disabled. This is not radical - it is the default policy of council.
@cambridge.ca @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One of the busiest routes in town, completely impassable for me to walk 5 mins to the hardware store.
Local leadership ignores the poor. They ignore children. They ignore the disabled. This is not radical - it is the default policy of council.
@cambridge.ca @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
Local leadership ignores the poor. They ignore children. They ignore the disabled. This is not radical - it is the default policy of council.
@cambridge.ca @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
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Living on a busy Regional Road gives me the luxury of sidewalk plow priority when I want to be a lazy homeowner.
Where are they this morning?
Where are they this morning?
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Living on a busy Regional Road gives me the luxury of sidewalk plow priority when I want to be a lazy homeowner.
Where are they this morning?
Where are they this morning?
Average voter: Now that my number in my stocks app is red, I have very serious thoughts about Epstein that I did not have yesterday on a green number day
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Average voter: Now that my number in my stocks app is red, I have very serious thoughts about Epstein that I did not have yesterday on a green number day
I had no idea I could give a shit about baseball and here I am in 2025 having a heck of a time
(Not cardiologically though)
(Not cardiologically though)
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I had no idea I could give a shit about baseball and here I am in 2025 having a heck of a time
(Not cardiologically though)
(Not cardiologically though)
Simple question: Why aren't the democrats running this Reagan ad, if it makes him so angry?
If he does stupid things when angered, why aren't they running 30 ads just like this 24/7? What are all those donations for?
If he does stupid things when angered, why aren't they running 30 ads just like this 24/7? What are all those donations for?
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Simple question: Why aren't the democrats running this Reagan ad, if it makes him so angry?
If he does stupid things when angered, why aren't they running 30 ads just like this 24/7? What are all those donations for?
If he does stupid things when angered, why aren't they running 30 ads just like this 24/7? What are all those donations for?
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Carney: "We can't control the trade policy of the US. We recognize it has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, & it's a situation where US has tariffs against every trading partner... what we we can control is developing new partnerships, including w/econ giants of Asia"
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Carney: "We can't control the trade policy of the US. We recognize it has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, & it's a situation where US has tariffs against every trading partner... what we we can control is developing new partnerships, including w/econ giants of Asia"
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Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
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Nothing about the current collpase in housing starts is shocking to me
For years people warned cities not to cook the golden goose with high DCs and onerous application processes because they needed the eggs not the meat!
All the meat is eaten, the feast is over, and now we suffer empty stomaches
For years people warned cities not to cook the golden goose with high DCs and onerous application processes because they needed the eggs not the meat!
All the meat is eaten, the feast is over, and now we suffer empty stomaches
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Nothing about the current collpase in housing starts is shocking to me
For years people warned cities not to cook the golden goose with high DCs and onerous application processes because they needed the eggs not the meat!
All the meat is eaten, the feast is over, and now we suffer empty stomaches
For years people warned cities not to cook the golden goose with high DCs and onerous application processes because they needed the eggs not the meat!
All the meat is eaten, the feast is over, and now we suffer empty stomaches
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the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)