Dan 🇨🇦
@veloveritas.bsky.social
Retired executive with 🇨🇦's federal public service. Full-time cyclist. Here on Bluesky looking for sensible perspectives on the existential threats facing us all.
Ottawa. 🏳️🌈 ally always. ✌️
Ottawa. 🏳️🌈 ally always. ✌️
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Dan 🇨🇦
@veloveritas.bsky.social
· Nov 18
An introduction: I grew up in Hamilton, not far from the steel mills. My dad provided for a family of four working three shifts at International Harvester before the company offshored its manufacturing. My opportunity to find work as a labourer evaporated when conservative neo-liberalism… 1/8
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They also elected a president convicted on 34 counts of business fraud. They don't care about fraud.
December 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
They also elected a president convicted on 34 counts of business fraud. They don't care about fraud.
For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry," Schlossberg wrote.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F Kennedy, dies aged 35
She shared her cancer diagnosis in an essay last month, writing that she had less than a year to live.
www.bbc.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry," Schlossberg wrote.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump wants to tariff the shit out of Canada.
Okay, then.
Okay, then.
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump wants to tariff the shit out of Canada.
Okay, then.
Okay, then.
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And what does our PM do @mark-carney.bsky.social build another pipeline and kiss to the curb the env. #shame
December 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And what does our PM do @mark-carney.bsky.social build another pipeline and kiss to the curb the env. #shame
The mournful look of a girl who would rather be outdoors if not for the -25 degrees Celsius.
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The mournful look of a girl who would rather be outdoors if not for the -25 degrees Celsius.
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
Those who know, know.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Those who know, know.
Truth Social AI, is Trump respected as POTUS?
Answer:
Answer:
December 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Truth Social AI, is Trump respected as POTUS?
Answer:
Answer:
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Lowest ratings ever for a CBS broadcast.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lowest ratings ever for a CBS broadcast.
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Who's fucking whom?
December 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Who's fucking whom?
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says US "violated" CUSMA; trade talks at "negotiations about negotiations" stage #Canada
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPF...
Carney says US "violated" CUSMA; trade talks at "negotiations about negotiations" stage
YouTube video by Global News
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney says US "violated" CUSMA; trade talks at "negotiations about negotiations" stage #Canada
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPF...
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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Neighbour down the road's got a field bluff of 16-foot saplings all bent over at the middle, looking terribly sad, and ready to snap, for the weight of all the ice, and from now on we're going to call the road he lives on Poilievre 2025 Lane.
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Neighbour down the road's got a field bluff of 16-foot saplings all bent over at the middle, looking terribly sad, and ready to snap, for the weight of all the ice, and from now on we're going to call the road he lives on Poilievre 2025 Lane.
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Dear Elon,
Please direct all future letters of complaint about Alberta healthcare to the appropriate regional manager.
Not yours,
Canada
Please direct all future letters of complaint about Alberta healthcare to the appropriate regional manager.
Not yours,
Canada
December 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Dear Elon,
Please direct all future letters of complaint about Alberta healthcare to the appropriate regional manager.
Not yours,
Canada
Please direct all future letters of complaint about Alberta healthcare to the appropriate regional manager.
Not yours,
Canada
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ERIKA KIRK HAS A HEARTFELT MESSAGE OF HEALING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON — "BUY MY BOOK!" — BECAUSE THE GRIFT NEVER ENDS. I COVER THAT AND ALL THE OTHER DUMBFUCKERY FROM THE PAST SEVEN DAYS IN MY "THIS WEEK IN STUPID" — THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO READING IT. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4p9LfJv
December 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
ERIKA KIRK HAS A HEARTFELT MESSAGE OF HEALING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON — "BUY MY BOOK!" — BECAUSE THE GRIFT NEVER ENDS. I COVER THAT AND ALL THE OTHER DUMBFUCKERY FROM THE PAST SEVEN DAYS IN MY "THIS WEEK IN STUPID" — THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO READING IT. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4p9LfJv
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We can but hope that people realize that like #LiarJohnson he is a minor Trump, with all the greed, lies and false power.
YouGov data shows Reform’s poll lead has HALVED in a week
Has Reform's Christmas goose already been cooked? Another poll from YouGov has shown a noticeable decline in their support
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lat...
Has Reform's Christmas goose already been cooked? Another poll from YouGov has shown a noticeable decline in their support
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lat...
YouGov data shows Reform's poll lead has HALVED in a week
Has Reform's Christmas goose already been cooked? Another poll from YouGov has shown a noticeable decline in their support.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We can but hope that people realize that like #LiarJohnson he is a minor Trump, with all the greed, lies and false power.
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The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 f24.my/BdgZ.BS
The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65
The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte has died aged 65, the legendary British dark rock band announced on Friday.
f24.my
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 f24.my/BdgZ.BS
Rue the day these bastards turn their junk science into actionable policies.
AI and Race Science: How plans for “racial hierarchy”, “genetic optimisation” and “population culling” are circulating inside the billionaire Epstein and Big Tech networks
How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite
The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles
bylinetimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Rue the day these bastards turn their junk science into actionable policies.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM