Mark Balmer
@n1njaznutz.bsky.social
Dog-lover. Carer. Currently developing my Second Brain. Husband to a disabled person.
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If you're Canadian and buying Teslas or posting on X, you're helping an enemy of your country
This is the same language Putin and russian propagandists used before invading Ukraine.
February 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you're Canadian and buying Teslas or posting on X, you're helping an enemy of your country
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"Many of us think that journaling is the same as when we wrote in a diary as children, but it is an adult version of the simple yet powerful act.
Journaling isn’t just about productivity but it’s also a powerful tool to promote mental health improvement, creativity and personal growth."
Journaling isn’t just about productivity but it’s also a powerful tool to promote mental health improvement, creativity and personal growth."
Journaling – a powerful mental health aid for adults
Journaling can help organise your thoughts, work through events and feelings, and generally improve mental health
northwestbylines.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"Many of us think that journaling is the same as when we wrote in a diary as children, but it is an adult version of the simple yet powerful act.
Journaling isn’t just about productivity but it’s also a powerful tool to promote mental health improvement, creativity and personal growth."
Journaling isn’t just about productivity but it’s also a powerful tool to promote mental health improvement, creativity and personal growth."
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Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...
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Finally deleted all 3 of my Twitter accounts yesterday. Been over there for 15 years. Felt good.
February 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Finally deleted all 3 of my Twitter accounts yesterday. Been over there for 15 years. Felt good.
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That’s how you write a headline, people.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
That’s how you write a headline, people.
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Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Gangsters.
The US government is no ally of Europe.
We should fight Russia off ourselves and give the US nothing.
The US government is no ally of Europe.
We should fight Russia off ourselves and give the US nothing.
February 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Gangsters.
The US government is no ally of Europe.
We should fight Russia off ourselves and give the US nothing.
The US government is no ally of Europe.
We should fight Russia off ourselves and give the US nothing.
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
February 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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Fuck off, colonisers
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes to erase the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the two countries.
Here’s what it would take to transform Canada from a nation to a state.
Here’s what it would take to transform Canada from a nation to a state.
Trump’s remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questions
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state, effectively erasing the massive border the two nations share.
buff.ly
February 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Fuck off, colonisers
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"We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security and the entire free world, all while cynically waving the American flag."
This speech by Ronald Reagan is worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1T...
This speech by Ronald Reagan is worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1T...
President Reagan's Radio Address on Canadian Elections and Free Trade on November 26, 1988
YouTube video by Reagan Library
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security and the entire free world, all while cynically waving the American flag."
This speech by Ronald Reagan is worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1T...
This speech by Ronald Reagan is worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1T...
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JUDGE: “NO SUPPORT For Trump & Musk’s USAID fraud claims”: www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/08/t...
FACT-CHECK: “They highlighted 4 projects - only only one was funded by USAID”: www.factcheck.org/2025/02/sort...
PSA: Not liking something doesn’t make it fraud.
FACT-CHECK: “They highlighted 4 projects - only only one was funded by USAID”: www.factcheck.org/2025/02/sort...
PSA: Not liking something doesn’t make it fraud.
February 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
JUDGE: “NO SUPPORT For Trump & Musk’s USAID fraud claims”: www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/08/t...
FACT-CHECK: “They highlighted 4 projects - only only one was funded by USAID”: www.factcheck.org/2025/02/sort...
PSA: Not liking something doesn’t make it fraud.
FACT-CHECK: “They highlighted 4 projects - only only one was funded by USAID”: www.factcheck.org/2025/02/sort...
PSA: Not liking something doesn’t make it fraud.
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52 of 150 gambling sites tested shared data with Meta without consent. FB then bombarded the user with gambling ads, including from firms that weren't caught sharing data.
Superb investigation into how UK gambling firms & Meta profit from systematic data misuse:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Superb investigation into how UK gambling firms & Meta profit from systematic data misuse:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission
Betting companies secretly track visitors to their sites before sending data to parent company Meta
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
52 of 150 gambling sites tested shared data with Meta without consent. FB then bombarded the user with gambling ads, including from firms that weren't caught sharing data.
Superb investigation into how UK gambling firms & Meta profit from systematic data misuse:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Superb investigation into how UK gambling firms & Meta profit from systematic data misuse:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Oh God, American Zhdanovism.
Wiki: Zhdanovism was a Soviet cultural doctrine developed by Central Committee secretary Andrei Zhdanov in 1946. Under this policy artists who failed to comply with the government's wishes risked persecution...Part of Zhdanovism was a campaign against 'cosmopolitanism'.
Wiki: Zhdanovism was a Soviet cultural doctrine developed by Central Committee secretary Andrei Zhdanov in 1946. Under this policy artists who failed to comply with the government's wishes risked persecution...Part of Zhdanovism was a campaign against 'cosmopolitanism'.
February 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Oh God, American Zhdanovism.
Wiki: Zhdanovism was a Soviet cultural doctrine developed by Central Committee secretary Andrei Zhdanov in 1946. Under this policy artists who failed to comply with the government's wishes risked persecution...Part of Zhdanovism was a campaign against 'cosmopolitanism'.
Wiki: Zhdanovism was a Soviet cultural doctrine developed by Central Committee secretary Andrei Zhdanov in 1946. Under this policy artists who failed to comply with the government's wishes risked persecution...Part of Zhdanovism was a campaign against 'cosmopolitanism'.
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Resource for Canadian friends: A grocery guide for buying food products made in Canada madeinca.ca/grocery-stor...
Made in Canada Grocery Store Guide | Made in CA
Find Canadian-made grocery products in-stores easily with our Made in Canada Grocery Guide. Support local brands & discover quality foods produced right here in Canada!
madeinca.ca
February 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Resource for Canadian friends: A grocery guide for buying food products made in Canada madeinca.ca/grocery-stor...
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feels like it's time to break this out again
February 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
feels like it's time to break this out again
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Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
February 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
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As I keep saying, we need to make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform on the planet, we need to do it with urgency & we need to send Elon Musk packing
The number of BlueSky users tonight stands at 29,477,992.
WE CAN DO THIS!
The number of BlueSky users tonight stands at 29,477,992.
WE CAN DO THIS!
January 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
As I keep saying, we need to make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform on the planet, we need to do it with urgency & we need to send Elon Musk packing
The number of BlueSky users tonight stands at 29,477,992.
WE CAN DO THIS!
The number of BlueSky users tonight stands at 29,477,992.
WE CAN DO THIS!
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best president France never had 💔
January 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
best president France never had 💔
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American teens are flocking to a new video app
January 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
American teens are flocking to a new video app
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?