Grant Bowen
@bowenarrow.bsky.social
No unrequested DMs.
Retired beer lover. Travel for culture. Uber Driver sometimes. Liberal.
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Retired beer lover. Travel for culture. Uber Driver sometimes. Liberal.
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We need more than just the ev industry
September 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We need more than just the ev industry
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What a ridiculous person.
August 31, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What a ridiculous person.
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“This victory isn’t a noteworthy accomplishment, nor does it indicate a comeback for the Conservatives. Rather, success here was the bare minimum; the start of a much longer journey back to prominence for the Conservatives.”
#abpoli #canpoli
#abpoli #canpoli
Pierre Poilievre’s Big Challenges Are Still Ahead | The Tyee
Winning the byelection is just a first step in his fight to stay as Conservative leader.
thetyee.ca
August 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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“The road to success is never a straight line,” Poilievre said in a victory speech Monday night in Camrose, Alberta.
As if he’d know.
More than 20 years in politics and not a single achievement to show for it. Not one. Just a trail of anger & falsehoods.
#poilievre
#mendacity
#cdnpoli
As if he’d know.
More than 20 years in politics and not a single achievement to show for it. Not one. Just a trail of anger & falsehoods.
#poilievre
#mendacity
#cdnpoli
August 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“The road to success is never a straight line,” Poilievre said in a victory speech Monday night in Camrose, Alberta.
As if he’d know.
More than 20 years in politics and not a single achievement to show for it. Not one. Just a trail of anger & falsehoods.
#poilievre
#mendacity
#cdnpoli
As if he’d know.
More than 20 years in politics and not a single achievement to show for it. Not one. Just a trail of anger & falsehoods.
#poilievre
#mendacity
#cdnpoli
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It is possible to disagree with the handling of the Air Canada strike and also believe that Carney and the Liberals are still 1000x better than the Poilievre alternative. #cdnpoli
August 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
It is possible to disagree with the handling of the Air Canada strike and also believe that Carney and the Liberals are still 1000x better than the Poilievre alternative. #cdnpoli
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5 ways to reuse your “Fuck Trudeau” flags
5 ways to reuse your “Fuck Trudeau” flags
Listen up, Canadian patriots: the day you've been waiting for has finally come. That's right, Justin Trudeau, the guy you've been threatening to fuck for the last several years like the common sense C...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
5 ways to reuse your “Fuck Trudeau” flags
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Watering my gardening to the sweet sounds of 21st century digital boy by Bad Religion playing at the K Days concert tonight.
July 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Watering my gardening to the sweet sounds of 21st century digital boy by Bad Religion playing at the K Days concert tonight.
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Climate arsonist demands apology from town that burned in climate disaster 🤦 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #wildfire #climatesky
Alberta premier demands apology from fire-stricken town of Jasper | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is demanding the fire-stricken town of Jasper apologize and retract a report criticizing her government for its role in last summer's devastating blaze.
www.cbc.ca
July 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Climate arsonist demands apology from town that burned in climate disaster 🤦 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #wildfire #climatesky
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Funny enough, one trick to having more kids in your province is not also having a higher measles rate than the entire United States pressprogress.ca/alberta-prem...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Floats Tax Discounts to Motivate Women to Produce More Babies
Danielle Smith tells Sherwood Park town hall that Hungarian far-right leader Viktor Orbán has an 'interesting' idea to reduce immigration
pressprogress.ca
July 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Funny enough, one trick to having more kids in your province is not also having a higher measles rate than the entire United States pressprogress.ca/alberta-prem...
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz just toured “Alligator Alcatraz” and came out shaking: “It’s 34 people per cage. They drink, brush, and defecate in the same tiny unit. The photos don’t come close to the stench of it.”
We’re packing human beings into kennel conditions, then calling it justice. #cdnpoli
We’re packing human beings into kennel conditions, then calling it justice. #cdnpoli
July 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz just toured “Alligator Alcatraz” and came out shaking: “It’s 34 people per cage. They drink, brush, and defecate in the same tiny unit. The photos don’t come close to the stench of it.”
We’re packing human beings into kennel conditions, then calling it justice. #cdnpoli
We’re packing human beings into kennel conditions, then calling it justice. #cdnpoli
NO.
GRANT, YOU CLEARLY ARE ON THE INSIDE TRACK. CAN YOU BREAK IT DOWN FOR US PLeAsE??
July 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
NO.
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Why am I not surprised that the MSM isn't talking about this at all?
😡
"Alberta and Ontario ask Carney government to ‘refrain’ from reintroducing First Nations clean water bill"...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
#CdnPoli
#OnPoli #AbPoli
#FordFailedThePeople
#NeverVoteConservative
😡
"Alberta and Ontario ask Carney government to ‘refrain’ from reintroducing First Nations clean water bill"...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
#CdnPoli
#OnPoli #AbPoli
#FordFailedThePeople
#NeverVoteConservative
Alberta, Ontario don't want feds to reintroduce First Nations safe drinking water law
Environment ministers in Alberta and Ontario don't want the federal government to reintroduce the safe drinking water law for First Nations.
www.aptnnews.ca
July 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Why am I not surprised that the MSM isn't talking about this at all?
😡
"Alberta and Ontario ask Carney government to ‘refrain’ from reintroducing First Nations clean water bill"...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
#CdnPoli
#OnPoli #AbPoli
#FordFailedThePeople
#NeverVoteConservative
😡
"Alberta and Ontario ask Carney government to ‘refrain’ from reintroducing First Nations clean water bill"...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
#CdnPoli
#OnPoli #AbPoli
#FordFailedThePeople
#NeverVoteConservative
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Consumption tax hikes are surely needed, but here’s a free idea: How about raising the taxable amount of capital gains above $250k from 50 to 66.7%? A solid revenue source that’d only affect a very wealthy few, only to a trivial degree.
Oh, and carbon?
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Oh, and carbon?
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada should consider hiking GST, other taxes to pay for defence-spending boost: analysts
The government faces the choice of running bigger deficits, raising taxes or making major spending cuts to meet its NATO target
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Consumption tax hikes are surely needed, but here’s a free idea: How about raising the taxable amount of capital gains above $250k from 50 to 66.7%? A solid revenue source that’d only affect a very wealthy few, only to a trivial degree.
Oh, and carbon?
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Oh, and carbon?
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Premier Eby calls on the feds to look into the discrepancy in treatment of ferry users in BC and eastern Canada:
“About $300 of subsidy goes to the Atlantic Canadian ferry user, and $1 of subsidy goes to a BC ferry user.” #cdnpoli
“About $300 of subsidy goes to the Atlantic Canadian ferry user, and $1 of subsidy goes to a BC ferry user.” #cdnpoli
July 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Premier Eby calls on the feds to look into the discrepancy in treatment of ferry users in BC and eastern Canada:
“About $300 of subsidy goes to the Atlantic Canadian ferry user, and $1 of subsidy goes to a BC ferry user.” #cdnpoli
“About $300 of subsidy goes to the Atlantic Canadian ferry user, and $1 of subsidy goes to a BC ferry user.” #cdnpoli
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We’ve passed the tipping point; it’s now mitigation and no one is reporting on it.
#ClimateCrisis
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#ClimateCrisis
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Southern Ocean current reverses for first time, signalling risk of climate system collapse
A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what climatologists are calling a ...
www.intellinews.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We’ve passed the tipping point; it’s now mitigation and no one is reporting on it.
#ClimateCrisis
www.intellinews.com/southern-oce...
#ClimateCrisis
www.intellinews.com/southern-oce...
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I may have been impressed by fashion for the first time in my life.
This organza dress from Iris Van Herpen’s couture show yesterday is amazing
Video via Vanessa Friedman at the NYT (Twitter handle VVFriedman)
Video via Vanessa Friedman at the NYT (Twitter handle VVFriedman)
July 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I may have been impressed by fashion for the first time in my life.
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NEW: After the July 4 flood, a Kerr official said “nobody saw this coming." But it seems they did - a 2016 study recommended key flood alert system improvements. The county has been trying to get the state to fund it ever since. W/ @neenareports.bsky.social: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
Inside Kerr County’s quest for a new flood warning system on the Guadalupe River
Kerr County and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority have tried several times to get funding to upgrade flood alerts on the river, dating back to 2016.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NEW: After the July 4 flood, a Kerr official said “nobody saw this coming." But it seems they did - a 2016 study recommended key flood alert system improvements. The county has been trying to get the state to fund it ever since. W/ @neenareports.bsky.social: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
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I need people to get notifications when I don't post, welfare check style
July 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I need people to get notifications when I don't post, welfare check style
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.