David
@greatpretender.bsky.social
Books and music. Some politics, religion and sex if humorous enough.
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Happy Transgender Day of Remembrance Danielle Smith and the entire Alberta government - you assholes
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Happy Transgender Day of Remembrance Danielle Smith and the entire Alberta government - you assholes
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This is a welcoming account.
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is a welcoming account.
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Well THERE’S a little known factoid I never knew! 😂
And here’s another Texas Armadillo song for ya!
music.youtube.com/watch?v=YMY3...
And here’s another Texas Armadillo song for ya!
music.youtube.com/watch?v=YMY3...
The Armadillo Jackal
YouTube video by Robert Earl Keen - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Well THERE’S a little known factoid I never knew! 😂
And here’s another Texas Armadillo song for ya!
music.youtube.com/watch?v=YMY3...
And here’s another Texas Armadillo song for ya!
music.youtube.com/watch?v=YMY3...
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Doughnuts to dog shit
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Doughnuts to dog shit
Source: CTV News
search.app/1cZab but did he keep the receipt?
search.app/1cZab but did he keep the receipt?
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Source: CTV News
search.app/1cZab but did he keep the receipt?
search.app/1cZab but did he keep the receipt?
Meeting your Waterloo doesn't have to be bad, it just depends on whether you're Napoleon or Wellington. Best of course is to be Blucher and win just by showing up.
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Meeting your Waterloo doesn't have to be bad, it just depends on whether you're Napoleon or Wellington. Best of course is to be Blucher and win just by showing up.
Source: Ottawa Citizen
search.app/HPPj4 I'm horrified how this ultimately is going increase our property taxes once the developers default.
search.app/HPPj4 I'm horrified how this ultimately is going increase our property taxes once the developers default.
I'm horrified Ottawa may destroy an important piece of public art at Lansdowne | Letters to the Editor
Saturday, Nov. 8: Citizen readers talk back about the federal Budget, Lansdowne 2.0, the loss of speed cameras and pride for Bluejays
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November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Source: Ottawa Citizen
search.app/HPPj4 I'm horrified how this ultimately is going increase our property taxes once the developers default.
search.app/HPPj4 I'm horrified how this ultimately is going increase our property taxes once the developers default.
Interesting connections between Pullman and Proust: Alethiomers and madeleines
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Interesting connections between Pullman and Proust: Alethiomers and madeleines
The dark side of El Hidalgo
this is actually one of the least surprising insane things he's done
Trump basically turned into Don Quixote because they built a wind farm offshore of his Scottish golf resort, this is one of maybe three things he truly cares about (windmills, tariffs, revenge)
of course he told RFK to do this
Trump basically turned into Don Quixote because they built a wind farm offshore of his Scottish golf resort, this is one of maybe three things he truly cares about (windmills, tariffs, revenge)
of course he told RFK to do this
RFK Jr. directs CDC to study alleged harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4hxHgEh
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The dark side of El Hidalgo
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In 1916 Charlie Chow, a recent Chinese immigrant, arrived in the Northern Ontario town of Kirkland Lake.
He opened a cafe/lunch counter that allowed miners to pay in mine shares if they didn't have cash.
By the 1950s he was doing so well that when a storm
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www.communitystories.ca/v2/mile-of-g...
He opened a cafe/lunch counter that allowed miners to pay in mine shares if they didn't have cash.
By the 1950s he was doing so well that when a storm
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www.communitystories.ca/v2/mile-of-g...
Charlie Chow – Hotelier and Hometown Legend | Opportunity on the Mile of Gold: How Diversity Shaped Kirkland Lake
The town still attracted interest in those who saw the potential of the small community. Charlie Chow was one of these people. He arrived as a young man […]
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October 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In 1916 Charlie Chow, a recent Chinese immigrant, arrived in the Northern Ontario town of Kirkland Lake.
He opened a cafe/lunch counter that allowed miners to pay in mine shares if they didn't have cash.
By the 1950s he was doing so well that when a storm
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www.communitystories.ca/v2/mile-of-g...
He opened a cafe/lunch counter that allowed miners to pay in mine shares if they didn't have cash.
By the 1950s he was doing so well that when a storm
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www.communitystories.ca/v2/mile-of-g...
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delayed the payroll train he lent the local bank $250,000 in cash so that everyone could still get paid on time.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
delayed the payroll train he lent the local bank $250,000 in cash so that everyone could still get paid on time.
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apnews.com/article/trum... says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan's views on tariffs. Here are the facts and context.
I've always been partial to the impartial.
I've always been partial to the impartial.
Trump says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan's views on tariffs. Here are the facts and context
President Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada Thursday night, furious over what he called a “fake’’ television ad from Ontario’s provincial government that quoted former U.S.
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October 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
apnews.com/article/trum... says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan's views on tariffs. Here are the facts and context.
I've always been partial to the impartial.
I've always been partial to the impartial.
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Name & shame them.
It is time to do what is best for Canada/Canadians and clean house in the DND.
How much have we overspent on purchases already because of them?
How many bad/wrong purchases?
Every $ they wasted could have gone to our people in the CAF or suppliers in Canada, not the USA.
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It is time to do what is best for Canada/Canadians and clean house in the DND.
How much have we overspent on purchases already because of them?
How many bad/wrong purchases?
Every $ they wasted could have gone to our people in the CAF or suppliers in Canada, not the USA.
3/3
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Name & shame them.
It is time to do what is best for Canada/Canadians and clean house in the DND.
How much have we overspent on purchases already because of them?
How many bad/wrong purchases?
Every $ they wasted could have gone to our people in the CAF or suppliers in Canada, not the USA.
3/3
It is time to do what is best for Canada/Canadians and clean house in the DND.
How much have we overspent on purchases already because of them?
How many bad/wrong purchases?
Every $ they wasted could have gone to our people in the CAF or suppliers in Canada, not the USA.
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Source: CTV News
search.app/xL9PV No we won't. It's already cost us way more than anticipated. This is effectively a bail out. And if the owners default on their loans, we won't be able to afford our propery taxes any longer.
search.app/xL9PV No we won't. It's already cost us way more than anticipated. This is effectively a bail out. And if the owners default on their loans, we won't be able to afford our propery taxes any longer.
Taxpayers will find out today how much proposed Lansdowne 2.0 will cost
Taxpayers will find out today how much a new event centre and north-side stands at TD Place will cost, as Ottawa City Council gets set for the final debate on the Lansdowne 2.0 redevelopment plan.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Source: CTV News
search.app/xL9PV No we won't. It's already cost us way more than anticipated. This is effectively a bail out. And if the owners default on their loans, we won't be able to afford our propery taxes any longer.
search.app/xL9PV No we won't. It's already cost us way more than anticipated. This is effectively a bail out. And if the owners default on their loans, we won't be able to afford our propery taxes any longer.
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www.gocomics.com/boondocks/20.... Certain truths are immortal
The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for October 12, 2025 | GoComics
Read The Boondocks—a comic strip by creator Aaron McGruder—for today, October 12, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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October 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
www.gocomics.com/boondocks/20.... Certain truths are immortal
Un bon mot
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Un bon mot
Gorgeous.
Franklin Carmichael (Canadian, 1890–1945)
"October Gold", 1922.
Oil on Canvas, 119.5 × 98 cm.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"October Gold", 1922.
Oil on Canvas, 119.5 × 98 cm.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
October 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Gorgeous.
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Two years after Hamas’ attack on Israel, we must all condemn the horrors of that day and the horrors we have witnessed in the region since.
It’s long past time for a ceasefire that ensures Israel’s security and that the Palestinian people can realize their self-determination.
It’s long past time for a ceasefire that ensures Israel’s security and that the Palestinian people can realize their self-determination.
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Two years after Hamas’ attack on Israel, we must all condemn the horrors of that day and the horrors we have witnessed in the region since.
It’s long past time for a ceasefire that ensures Israel’s security and that the Palestinian people can realize their self-determination.
It’s long past time for a ceasefire that ensures Israel’s security and that the Palestinian people can realize their self-determination.
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My splendid translator in France, Mikael Cabon, asked me to support an urgent campaign, launching today, opposing AI being used instead of people. I do so willingly, and feel same on behalf of audiobook readers and bookworld artists. I hope readers worldwide will show their agreement.
September 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My splendid translator in France, Mikael Cabon, asked me to support an urgent campaign, launching today, opposing AI being used instead of people. I do so willingly, and feel same on behalf of audiobook readers and bookworld artists. I hope readers worldwide will show their agreement.