🇨🇦The Urban Hermit
@greyjaybird.bsky.social
No dress rehearsal, this is our life🇨🇦!
Friend to the dog, gardener, trust in scientific method, I’ve met all my neighbors, suffering Maple Leafs fan, lived a good life thus far...
Friend to the dog, gardener, trust in scientific method, I’ve met all my neighbors, suffering Maple Leafs fan, lived a good life thus far...
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🇨🇦 legend Gordon Lightfoot forever commemorated the wreck of the #EdmundFitzgerald on Lake Superior that took the lives of all 29 crew members 50 yrs ago on Nov 10, 1975.
Still remains one of the most emotional and haunting songs I've ever heard
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
Still remains one of the most emotional and haunting songs I've ever heard
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (HD w/ Lyrics)
YouTube video by Zeezy
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🇨🇦 legend Gordon Lightfoot forever commemorated the wreck of the #EdmundFitzgerald on Lake Superior that took the lives of all 29 crew members 50 yrs ago on Nov 10, 1975.
Still remains one of the most emotional and haunting songs I've ever heard
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
Still remains one of the most emotional and haunting songs I've ever heard
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
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"Canadians do not live in a pretend world. They know there is no tax on food. They know which party always votes against affordability. Against dental care, pharmacare, childcare, basically anything with the word "care" in it." - Caroline Desrochers. #cdnpoli
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"Canadians do not live in a pretend world. They know there is no tax on food. They know which party always votes against affordability. Against dental care, pharmacare, childcare, basically anything with the word "care" in it." - Caroline Desrochers. #cdnpoli
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Canada is creating a task force to monitor the safety of U.S. food imports after RFK Jr. cut 3,500 FDA staff. Weaker U.S. standards require increased monitoring and diligence for Canada, generating trade barriers and consumer distrust, resulting in economic damage for U.S. producers and farmers.
CFIA monitoring U.S. move away from science-based decision making, documents show
The ‘U.S. Risk Task Team’ will keep an eye on the impact of regulatory changes on food imports
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Canada is creating a task force to monitor the safety of U.S. food imports after RFK Jr. cut 3,500 FDA staff. Weaker U.S. standards require increased monitoring and diligence for Canada, generating trade barriers and consumer distrust, resulting in economic damage for U.S. producers and farmers.
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#TruthWarriors ... we're on our own as far as world leaders speaking up for us.
but that doesn't stop ppl of the world showing their support & solidarity ... as they've do on our #NoKings days!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, WORLD!
WE ARE WITH YOU! AS YOU ARE WITH US!
#WWResistance #WWRevolution
but that doesn't stop ppl of the world showing their support & solidarity ... as they've do on our #NoKings days!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, WORLD!
WE ARE WITH YOU! AS YOU ARE WITH US!
#WWResistance #WWRevolution
That's not really possible. That would be interference in what was once a free system. You have to save yourselves and the system from within. You have to prove that they are NOT your nature.
November 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
#TruthWarriors ... we're on our own as far as world leaders speaking up for us.
but that doesn't stop ppl of the world showing their support & solidarity ... as they've do on our #NoKings days!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, WORLD!
WE ARE WITH YOU! AS YOU ARE WITH US!
#WWResistance #WWRevolution
but that doesn't stop ppl of the world showing their support & solidarity ... as they've do on our #NoKings days!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, WORLD!
WE ARE WITH YOU! AS YOU ARE WITH US!
#WWResistance #WWRevolution
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“A majority of Canadians agree that Pierre Poilievre’s rhetoric reminds them of Trump. It’s not surprising considering the Conservatives read from the same rage-based, authoritarian-loving MAGA playbook. Canadians see Poilievre as arrogant and insincere.”
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“A majority of Canadians agree that Pierre Poilievre’s rhetoric reminds them of Trump. It’s not surprising considering the Conservatives read from the same rage-based, authoritarian-loving MAGA playbook. Canadians see Poilievre as arrogant and insincere.”
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Maud Lewis was one of our greatest and most celebrated artists. She spent her life painting wonderful art that brought joy to many people.
While she didn't receive recognition until near the end of her life, today she is beloved.
youtu.be/Vk52RRmcp7g
While she didn't receive recognition until near the end of her life, today she is beloved.
youtu.be/Vk52RRmcp7g
The Story of Maud Lewis
YouTube video by Canadian History Ehx
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Maud Lewis was one of our greatest and most celebrated artists. She spent her life painting wonderful art that brought joy to many people.
While she didn't receive recognition until near the end of her life, today she is beloved.
youtu.be/Vk52RRmcp7g
While she didn't receive recognition until near the end of her life, today she is beloved.
youtu.be/Vk52RRmcp7g
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Montreal’s mayoral candidates can learn a lot from Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in NYC
“Consider the mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani, who’s proposed a city-wide rent freeze, fare-free buses, free childcare, city-owned grocery stores and a crackdown on slumlords.”
#polmtl
“Consider the mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani, who’s proposed a city-wide rent freeze, fare-free buses, free childcare, city-owned grocery stores and a crackdown on slumlords.”
#polmtl
Montreal's mayoral candidates can learn a lot from Zohran Mamdani's campaign in NYC
The mayoral candidates in the Montreal municipal election can learn a lot from the Zohran Mamdani campaign in NYC.
cultmtl.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Montreal’s mayoral candidates can learn a lot from Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in NYC
“Consider the mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani, who’s proposed a city-wide rent freeze, fare-free buses, free childcare, city-owned grocery stores and a crackdown on slumlords.”
#polmtl
“Consider the mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani, who’s proposed a city-wide rent freeze, fare-free buses, free childcare, city-owned grocery stores and a crackdown on slumlords.”
#polmtl
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Reform UK could win a majority government with only 30 percent of the vote.
That is how distorted UK democracy has become under first past the post. Canada should take note.
Proportional representation means real majority rule. It is time to demand change
That is how distorted UK democracy has become under first past the post. Canada should take note.
Proportional representation means real majority rule. It is time to demand change
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reform UK could win a majority government with only 30 percent of the vote.
That is how distorted UK democracy has become under first past the post. Canada should take note.
Proportional representation means real majority rule. It is time to demand change
That is how distorted UK democracy has become under first past the post. Canada should take note.
Proportional representation means real majority rule. It is time to demand change
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Investing in adaptation now saves costs in the future by protecting health, homes and livelihoods.
We were happy to contribute to this @climatecouncils.bsky.social's report profiling cost-effective adaptation policies from around the world, incl. 🇨🇦🔽 www.climatecouncils.org/iccn-work/th...
We were happy to contribute to this @climatecouncils.bsky.social's report profiling cost-effective adaptation policies from around the world, incl. 🇨🇦🔽 www.climatecouncils.org/iccn-work/th...
The Climate Council Case for Investing in Adaptation Now - International Climate Councils Network (ICCN)
Adaptation Working Group Report A joint call from climate councils urging governments to invest in adaptation now to reduce future… More →
www.climatecouncils.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Investing in adaptation now saves costs in the future by protecting health, homes and livelihoods.
We were happy to contribute to this @climatecouncils.bsky.social's report profiling cost-effective adaptation policies from around the world, incl. 🇨🇦🔽 www.climatecouncils.org/iccn-work/th...
We were happy to contribute to this @climatecouncils.bsky.social's report profiling cost-effective adaptation policies from around the world, incl. 🇨🇦🔽 www.climatecouncils.org/iccn-work/th...
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I tried to cobble together a narrative of the industrial-scale corruption of the Trump state, and to think about why it's not breaking through.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
A Guide To Donald Trump's Kleptocracy
Donald Trump is getting richer. That's a threat to democracy.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I tried to cobble together a narrative of the industrial-scale corruption of the Trump state, and to think about why it's not breaking through.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
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you'll note that the tech companies on this list are making ungodly piles of money, beating earnings expectations, and seeing their stock go through the roof
the 2025 economy, everyone: fuck you, give us the whole pie
the 2025 economy, everyone: fuck you, give us the whole pie
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
you'll note that the tech companies on this list are making ungodly piles of money, beating earnings expectations, and seeing their stock go through the roof
the 2025 economy, everyone: fuck you, give us the whole pie
the 2025 economy, everyone: fuck you, give us the whole pie
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I came to Bluesky in January leaving 34,000 followers at X.
I started with zero followers here & ten months later 21,400.
The only thing I do different is post recipes daily.
I appreciate every one here.
Just a question.
What makes U want to follow anyone?
For me it’s like minded people
I started with zero followers here & ten months later 21,400.
The only thing I do different is post recipes daily.
I appreciate every one here.
Just a question.
What makes U want to follow anyone?
For me it’s like minded people
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I came to Bluesky in January leaving 34,000 followers at X.
I started with zero followers here & ten months later 21,400.
The only thing I do different is post recipes daily.
I appreciate every one here.
Just a question.
What makes U want to follow anyone?
For me it’s like minded people
I started with zero followers here & ten months later 21,400.
The only thing I do different is post recipes daily.
I appreciate every one here.
Just a question.
What makes U want to follow anyone?
For me it’s like minded people
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7 basic science discoveries that changed the world 🧪
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world 🧪
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
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DT Calgary
Students gathered in support of their teachers, in protest of Bill 2.
Students gathered in support of their teachers, in protest of Bill 2.
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
DT Calgary
Students gathered in support of their teachers, in protest of Bill 2.
Students gathered in support of their teachers, in protest of Bill 2.
This is the way!
Working brothers and sisters, friends and families unite!
Stop the UCP madness!
You are many and D Smith and Co are few.
Working brothers and sisters, friends and families unite!
Stop the UCP madness!
You are many and D Smith and Co are few.
Calgary students join provincewide walkout backing teachers
Alberta teachers' strike: Calgary students to walk out of class
Thousands of Alberta students, including many in Calgary, will walk out of class Thursday morning to show support for teachers who were legislated back to work earlier this week under the province’s Back to School Act.
www.cp24.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is the way!
Working brothers and sisters, friends and families unite!
Stop the UCP madness!
You are many and D Smith and Co are few.
Working brothers and sisters, friends and families unite!
Stop the UCP madness!
You are many and D Smith and Co are few.
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The first of the Canadian Coast Guard’s Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships, the CCGS Donjek Glacier, is coming together at the Irving Module Hall at Halifax Shipyard.
If you look closely there are a few people standing in front of the module in the building.
More about the ships👇
If you look closely there are a few people standing in front of the module in the building.
More about the ships👇
October 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The first of the Canadian Coast Guard’s Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships, the CCGS Donjek Glacier, is coming together at the Irving Module Hall at Halifax Shipyard.
If you look closely there are a few people standing in front of the module in the building.
More about the ships👇
If you look closely there are a few people standing in front of the module in the building.
More about the ships👇
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Pierre Poilievre warns of “overspending” — while running a 74-member Shadow Cabinet nearly twice the size of the government’s.
Big talk for a big payroll.
CBC’s got the facts, not the spin 👇
🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #Poilievre #FederalBudget #Accountability
Big talk for a big payroll.
CBC’s got the facts, not the spin 👇
🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #Poilievre #FederalBudget #Accountability
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Pierre Poilievre warns of “overspending” — while running a 74-member Shadow Cabinet nearly twice the size of the government’s.
Big talk for a big payroll.
CBC’s got the facts, not the spin 👇
🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #Poilievre #FederalBudget #Accountability
Big talk for a big payroll.
CBC’s got the facts, not the spin 👇
🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #Poilievre #FederalBudget #Accountability
Seems fair as all is broken in the blue house of opinion.
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Seems fair as all is broken in the blue house of opinion.
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Let's show these fuckers how loud we can be!
#AbPoli #AbEd #IStandWithTeachers #FIRETHEUCP #RECALLNicolaides
#AbPoli #AbEd #IStandWithTeachers #FIRETHEUCP #RECALLNicolaides
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Let's show these fuckers how loud we can be!
#AbPoli #AbEd #IStandWithTeachers #FIRETHEUCP #RECALLNicolaides
#AbPoli #AbEd #IStandWithTeachers #FIRETHEUCP #RECALLNicolaides
Andrew Scheer on CBC P&P today sure seems to be playing a two sided trumpet.
The only budget support by PP would come from some sort decimated government, removal of all taxes and regulations.
Forbid any investment in Canada and let the libertarians rule. /s
So glad the Cons are not in charge.
The only budget support by PP would come from some sort decimated government, removal of all taxes and regulations.
Forbid any investment in Canada and let the libertarians rule. /s
So glad the Cons are not in charge.
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Andrew Scheer on CBC P&P today sure seems to be playing a two sided trumpet.
The only budget support by PP would come from some sort decimated government, removal of all taxes and regulations.
Forbid any investment in Canada and let the libertarians rule. /s
So glad the Cons are not in charge.
The only budget support by PP would come from some sort decimated government, removal of all taxes and regulations.
Forbid any investment in Canada and let the libertarians rule. /s
So glad the Cons are not in charge.