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@chrystalchandelier.bsky.social
Alarmed by this global political shift. Danger alert for #canpoli so trying to raise my voice. Climate.
Small business owner. Pluviophile. #BC #bcpoli #canadasky
Small business owner. Pluviophile. #BC #bcpoli #canadasky
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The BC Conservative Party just announced they have removed John Rustad as their party leader.
Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The BC Conservative Party just announced they have removed John Rustad as their party leader.
Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
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Things are swell until Merriam’s French, know-it-all, boyfriend, Roget, shows up to win her back and ask that they get engaged (or, if you prefer, betrothed, affianced, or perhaps, intended).
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Things are swell until Merriam’s French, know-it-all, boyfriend, Roget, shows up to win her back and ask that they get engaged (or, if you prefer, betrothed, affianced, or perhaps, intended).
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8/8 Smith is walking a tightrope.
She is beholden to a base with fixations that diverge wildly from the daily reality of her citizens.
With progressives finally fired up, the disconnect spells trouble ahead.
By Kathy Kerr, The Globe and Mail.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
She is beholden to a base with fixations that diverge wildly from the daily reality of her citizens.
With progressives finally fired up, the disconnect spells trouble ahead.
By Kathy Kerr, The Globe and Mail.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The UCP is a party with concerns wildly divergent from those of Albertans at large
Province has often taken inspiration from party policies to develop government legislation
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
8/8 Smith is walking a tightrope.
She is beholden to a base with fixations that diverge wildly from the daily reality of her citizens.
With progressives finally fired up, the disconnect spells trouble ahead.
By Kathy Kerr, The Globe and Mail.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
She is beholden to a base with fixations that diverge wildly from the daily reality of her citizens.
With progressives finally fired up, the disconnect spells trouble ahead.
By Kathy Kerr, The Globe and Mail.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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8/8 Now, the RCMP and Auditor General are investigating. AHS is demanding $49M back.
The fallout has only just begun.
Cardoso, Tait, MacKinnon & Chambers, The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
The fallout has only just begun.
Cardoso, Tait, MacKinnon & Chambers, The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
8/8 Now, the RCMP and Auditor General are investigating. AHS is demanding $49M back.
The fallout has only just begun.
Cardoso, Tait, MacKinnon & Chambers, The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
The fallout has only just begun.
Cardoso, Tait, MacKinnon & Chambers, The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
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This is terrible.
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
Hong Kong fire: At least 36 killed in Hong Kong fire with 279 still missing, authorities say
Hundreds of firefighters have spent hours tackling the blaze, which began in apartment blocks surrounded by bamboo scaffolding.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is terrible.
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
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The death toll from the fire in Hong Kong has risen to 36, and 279 more are missing.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The death toll from the fire in Hong Kong has risen to 36, and 279 more are missing.
How would voice only computer interaction change office design?
Can't see that working in the less expensive open office setting.
Can't see that working in the less expensive open office setting.
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
How would voice only computer interaction change office design?
Can't see that working in the less expensive open office setting.
Can't see that working in the less expensive open office setting.
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It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
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1/10
🇨🇦 SOME CANADIANS ARE RICHER THAN EVER—MANY OTHERS ARE MISERABLE 🇨🇦
On paper, Stocks are up, and household wealth is 50% higher than pre-pandemic levels.
But the "vibecession" is real. Canadians are awash in economic negativity. The reason is simple: sticker shock.
#Economy #Inflation #Canada
🇨🇦 SOME CANADIANS ARE RICHER THAN EVER—MANY OTHERS ARE MISERABLE 🇨🇦
On paper, Stocks are up, and household wealth is 50% higher than pre-pandemic levels.
But the "vibecession" is real. Canadians are awash in economic negativity. The reason is simple: sticker shock.
#Economy #Inflation #Canada
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
1/10
🇨🇦 SOME CANADIANS ARE RICHER THAN EVER—MANY OTHERS ARE MISERABLE 🇨🇦
On paper, Stocks are up, and household wealth is 50% higher than pre-pandemic levels.
But the "vibecession" is real. Canadians are awash in economic negativity. The reason is simple: sticker shock.
#Economy #Inflation #Canada
🇨🇦 SOME CANADIANS ARE RICHER THAN EVER—MANY OTHERS ARE MISERABLE 🇨🇦
On paper, Stocks are up, and household wealth is 50% higher than pre-pandemic levels.
But the "vibecession" is real. Canadians are awash in economic negativity. The reason is simple: sticker shock.
#Economy #Inflation #Canada
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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#NorthVancouverDistrict - District of North Van receives nearly 500 short term rental licence applications in 2025 www.nsnews.com/local-news/d...
District of North Van receives nearly 500 short term rental licence applications in 2025
Council will take a more flexible approach to approving short term rental applications that don’t meet minimum parking requirements
www.nsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#NorthVancouverDistrict - District of North Van receives nearly 500 short term rental licence applications in 2025 www.nsnews.com/local-news/d...
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
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A lot of disinformation is circulating about what Senators/Representatives Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan actually said. Here is the transcript. It contains no accusation that the President issued unlawful orders, no call to disobey lawful orders, and no advocacy of mutiny.
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A lot of disinformation is circulating about what Senators/Representatives Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan actually said. Here is the transcript. It contains no accusation that the President issued unlawful orders, no call to disobey lawful orders, and no advocacy of mutiny.
In light of the Krafton chatgpt legal issues, will people be required to keep all chatgpt records, submit them under subpoena etc.? Seems like an important development. Lawyers?
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In light of the Krafton chatgpt legal issues, will people be required to keep all chatgpt records, submit them under subpoena etc.? Seems like an important development. Lawyers?
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As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
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Where I’m putting my bets: She’s running against Ossoff 2026.
It explains why she’s leaving early. Why she repeated “Georgia” tons of times in her announcement video/letter.
It explains why she’s leaving early. Why she repeated “Georgia” tons of times in her announcement video/letter.
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Where I’m putting my bets: She’s running against Ossoff 2026.
It explains why she’s leaving early. Why she repeated “Georgia” tons of times in her announcement video/letter.
It explains why she’s leaving early. Why she repeated “Georgia” tons of times in her announcement video/letter.
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I’m no fan of Elizabeth May but she’s educating us on proposed projects
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’m no fan of Elizabeth May but she’s educating us on proposed projects