Alex
@alexkeenan.bsky.social
Plant lady, long-distance hiker, politics nerd. Haligonian transplanted to Ottawa.
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Canada is facing an existential, geopolitical crisis that only seems to exist when the government needs to pass conservative legislation. When a private corporation stands to make a profit, suddenly everything's fine again and it's business as usual.
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Canada is facing an existential, geopolitical crisis that only seems to exist when the government needs to pass conservative legislation. When a private corporation stands to make a profit, suddenly everything's fine again and it's business as usual.
That the City is acting on "tree equity" is a good sign. The proven benefits of contact with nature are overwhelming, and access to it is too often split along socioeconomic lines.
“8 Ottawa neighbourhoods urgently need more trees. Here's where they are”
And I live right smack in the worse off one.
And I live right smack in the worse off one.
8 Ottawa neighbourhoods urgently need more trees. Here's where they are | CBC News
As part of the inaugural 'tree equity' analysis, city staff have identified eight priority areas across the city where more trees are badly needed.
www.cbc.ca
September 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
That the City is acting on "tree equity" is a good sign. The proven benefits of contact with nature are overwhelming, and access to it is too often split along socioeconomic lines.
Every year, the Government of Canada collects public input to inform its budget priorities.
The survey takes less than 10 minutes, or send in a written submission if you have more to say.
The survey takes less than 10 minutes, or send in a written submission if you have more to say.
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@noncompliant.bsky.social
· Aug 25
If you live in Canada, here’s your last chance to have your say on the next budget. Use it, and please boost.
#CanPoli #CDNpoli
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/consultations/2025/pre-budget-consultations-2025.html
#CanPoli #CDNpoli
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/consultations/2025/pre-budget-consultations-2025.html
August 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Every year, the Government of Canada collects public input to inform its budget priorities.
The survey takes less than 10 minutes, or send in a written submission if you have more to say.
The survey takes less than 10 minutes, or send in a written submission if you have more to say.
What d'you know, people in Ottawa actually want to use transit when it's affordable! I wonder if the City could take a lesson from that..?
Holy moly: July 1 saw the highest-ever single-day ridership for LRT Line 1 in Ottawa, with 246,000 customer trips.
July 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What d'you know, people in Ottawa actually want to use transit when it's affordable! I wonder if the City could take a lesson from that..?
What could possibly go wrong
Must-read by @molszyns.bsky.social on Bill C-5
"A blank check for the Executive branch...effectively immune from legal challenges, the only exception being those that have a constitutional dimension, such as failure to adequately consult and accommodate Indigenous ppls..."
ablawg.ca/2025/06/19/a...
"A blank check for the Executive branch...effectively immune from legal challenges, the only exception being those that have a constitutional dimension, such as failure to adequately consult and accommodate Indigenous ppls..."
ablawg.ca/2025/06/19/a...
A Radical Departure: Remarks on Part II of Bill C-5 (the Building Canada Act) - ABLawg
By: Martin Olszynski Matter Commented On: Part II of Bill C-5 (the Building Canada Act) PDF Version: A Radical Departure: Remarks on Part II of Bill C-5 (the Building Canada Act) On Tuesday, June 17th...
ablawg.ca
June 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
What could possibly go wrong
The CPC gave the Liberals an incredible gift in not turfing Poilievre immediately, but Carney is squandering that with one regressive bill after another. NDP supporters who voted strategically last election won't do it again if this is what the LPC has to offer.
‘“Elbows up” turned into stares of disbelief at the measures posited by Carney’s Liberal government. It’s one of the most profound political reverses on the Canadian public, proving that while Carney charms us in the front, he is stripping our rights behind our backs.’ @wickdchiq.bsky.social
Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill? | Erica Ifill
If it goes ahead we will see the construction of a surveillance state that is in some ways worse than the US, writes political columnist Erica Ifill
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The CPC gave the Liberals an incredible gift in not turfing Poilievre immediately, but Carney is squandering that with one regressive bill after another. NDP supporters who voted strategically last election won't do it again if this is what the LPC has to offer.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
Just spoke with someone who proudly announced that they use ChatGPT as their small business's "legal advisor." As a former lawyer I am BEGGING y'all not to do this. LLMs don't know the law; they only know how to string together sentences that sound plausible. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just spoke with someone who proudly announced that they use ChatGPT as their small business's "legal advisor." As a former lawyer I am BEGGING y'all not to do this. LLMs don't know the law; they only know how to string together sentences that sound plausible. 🧵
I don't miss practicing law, but I do miss reading decisions from sassy judges about small-town drama
Almost every line of this is quotable, so you should just read it yourselves. The District Judge was having a particularly good day, though 🤣
Man calls police after alleged ‘assault’ by geese and duck
A Brookeborough man with an alleged propensity for unnecessarily contacting police has appeared in court after requesting action be taken following…
www.impartialreporter.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I don't miss practicing law, but I do miss reading decisions from sassy judges about small-town drama
I just looked out my window and there's a chipmunk, a cardinal, a robin, a sparrow and a tiny bunny all just hanging out in my backyard
May 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I just looked out my window and there's a chipmunk, a cardinal, a robin, a sparrow and a tiny bunny all just hanging out in my backyard
Funny, the return of company towns was a plot point in Octavia E. Butler's dystopia Parable series (set in 2024 onwards). Ditto for LA burning in 2024 and a Christofascist president getting elected on a promise to "make America great again."
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/s...
Here are the SpaceX employees who were elected to run Musk's new company town of Starbase, Texas
Elon Musk's SpaceX prevailed in an election over the weekend to turn Starbase into a city that's now led by employees.
www.cnbc.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Funny, the return of company towns was a plot point in Octavia E. Butler's dystopia Parable series (set in 2024 onwards). Ditto for LA burning in 2024 and a Christofascist president getting elected on a promise to "make America great again."
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/s...
I used to read @thecoast.ca's print edition religiously, finding out about all the shows my homebody ass was never going to attend, because it felt nice just knowing that I was part of a vibrant community
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I used to read @thecoast.ca's print edition religiously, finding out about all the shows my homebody ass was never going to attend, because it felt nice just knowing that I was part of a vibrant community
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Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Home - Trans Lifeline
Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for
translifeline.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
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he should have done the hip flip
April 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
he should have done the hip flip
Nothing cures a people pleaser faster than dealing with bureaucratic incompetence at the bank
April 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Nothing cures a people pleaser faster than dealing with bureaucratic incompetence at the bank
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A show like "Is It Cake?" but it's "Is It A Box of Danish Butter Cookies?" but it's always sewing supplies, except once in a while it's cake.
April 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A show like "Is It Cake?" but it's "Is It A Box of Danish Butter Cookies?" but it's always sewing supplies, except once in a while it's cake.
@imaginecanada.bsky.social has a guide to (most of) the main federal parties' stances on support for the nonprofit sector. The CPC did not respond to their questions.
#CdnPoli #Canada
imaginecanada.ca/en/360/feder...
#CdnPoli #Canada
imaginecanada.ca/en/360/feder...
Federal election 2025: Parties go on the record on nonprofit issues | Imagine CanadaImagine Logo
On April 28, Canadians will head to the polls and we want to ensure that the thousands of nonprofit sector voters understand where the major political parties stand on key sector priorities.
imaginecanada.ca
April 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@imaginecanada.bsky.social has a guide to (most of) the main federal parties' stances on support for the nonprofit sector. The CPC did not respond to their questions.
#CdnPoli #Canada
imaginecanada.ca/en/360/feder...
#CdnPoli #Canada
imaginecanada.ca/en/360/feder...
A long-time friend who's taken a hard right turn in recent years started an argument with me on Facebook. Two messages in I had to tell him that if he wanted a debate, he could do it respectfully & in good faith or not at all.
It's been two days of crickets, so I guess that's his answer.
It's been two days of crickets, so I guess that's his answer.
April 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A long-time friend who's taken a hard right turn in recent years started an argument with me on Facebook. Two messages in I had to tell him that if he wanted a debate, he could do it respectfully & in good faith or not at all.
It's been two days of crickets, so I guess that's his answer.
It's been two days of crickets, so I guess that's his answer.
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This, from @abenanav.bsky.social is a convincing diagnosis of our political ills, and his prescription — a green transition and wide-scale redistribution — is right on, too. Must read.
There’s a Reason the World Is a Mess, and It’s Not Trump: Global economic stagnation underlies today’s disarray.
(@abenanav.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
(@abenanav.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | There’s a Reason the World Is a Mess, and It’s Not Trump (Gift Article)
Global economic stagnation underlies today’s disarray.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This, from @abenanav.bsky.social is a convincing diagnosis of our political ills, and his prescription — a green transition and wide-scale redistribution — is right on, too. Must read.
There's a mating pair of robins who have chosen my backyard as the place to start their family. The male spends his days patrolling the yard against interlopers, scurrying across the lawn to check out anything that might be suspicious. Great job, little buddy.
April 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There's a mating pair of robins who have chosen my backyard as the place to start their family. The male spends his days patrolling the yard against interlopers, scurrying across the lawn to check out anything that might be suspicious. Great job, little buddy.
I actually think I'd be coping with things better if I could still find caraway rye bread in a grocery store.
April 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I actually think I'd be coping with things better if I could still find caraway rye bread in a grocery store.
Canadian border crossings to the US dropped by 17% in March and the rest were all Danielle Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March as cross-border travel plummets | CBC News
The number of cross-border travellers going from Canada to the U.S. dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...
www.cbc.ca
April 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Canadian border crossings to the US dropped by 17% in March and the rest were all Danielle Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canadian media love to publish pieces about why men have been veering to the political right, but where are the journalists asking women why we're overwhelmingly not?
April 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Canadian media love to publish pieces about why men have been veering to the political right, but where are the journalists asking women why we're overwhelmingly not?
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With Ontario’s legislature back in session today, here’s a look at Premier Doug Ford's cabinet, and who’s making calls on extreme weather response, highways, power generation and the Ring of Fire. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cabi...
Who has power over the environment in Doug Ford’s cabinet? | The Narwhal
With Ontario’s legislature back in session April 14, here’s who’s in charge of the Ring of Fire, power generation and the grid and Highway 413
thenarwhal.ca
April 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
With Ontario’s legislature back in session today, here’s a look at Premier Doug Ford's cabinet, and who’s making calls on extreme weather response, highways, power generation and the Ring of Fire. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cabi...
The Conservative Party, in response to Canadian women finding Poilievre creepy and off-putting:
"OK, so hear me out - what if Andrew Scheer invaded your personal space, called you 'man,' and yelled about meth?"
"OK, so hear me out - what if Andrew Scheer invaded your personal space, called you 'man,' and yelled about meth?"
April 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Conservative Party, in response to Canadian women finding Poilievre creepy and off-putting:
"OK, so hear me out - what if Andrew Scheer invaded your personal space, called you 'man,' and yelled about meth?"
"OK, so hear me out - what if Andrew Scheer invaded your personal space, called you 'man,' and yelled about meth?"