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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Found something for @fat4all.bsky.social

February 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

I'm not great with movies. My partner made me watch #Gremlins for the first time. What a silly and fun movie it was! Even Arnie was watching it with us! I didn't manage to grab a pic of that, but here's Jupiter sleeping on me with Arnie in the background.
#sighthounds
#greyhound
#whippet

Jupiter asleep stretched out on the couch with Arnie in the background. Also asleep, but hidden by blankets.

November 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Managed to get a great picture of Arnie perching on the couch while we had our first snow!
#sighthound
#whippet

Arnie the white whippet perching on a couch and looking outside at the snow covered balcony.

November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Read this article today while reading this month's issue of @macleans.bsky.social. I especially enjoyed it's closing! Posting some images of my choice section! The article shows how the can has been kicked so far down the road allowing capitalism to throw everyone deeper into debt.

In September, Ontario Premier Doug Ford weighed in on his province’s youth employment crisis: “It drives me nuts when I see young, healthy people, and they call me saying, ‘I can’t find a job.’ I assure you, if you work hard enough, it may be fast food or something else, but you’ll find a job,” Ford said, like a walking, talking “okay boomer” meme. It’s a position that feels at odds with the hundreds of accounts on social media where Gen Zers describe the countless resumés they’ve sent out with no response.

Politicians blame young people because it’s a lot easier than holding themselves responsible, says Paul Kershaw, a public policy professor at the University of British Columbia. Thirteen years ago, Kershaw founded Generation Squeeze, a think tank focused on generational economic unfairness. At the time, the screwed-youth demographic in question was millennials up against the challenging economic headwinds of the mid-aughts recession. Now Gen Z faces considerably direr straits, but policymakers are making the same deflections. “With millennials it was, ‘Look at all of the avocado toast they’re eating,’ ” Kershaw says. “Now it’s excessive lifestyle spending, but it’s the same thing: after decades of failure to address systemic strains and their predictable outcomes, governments want to frame this as a problem of individual consumer habits.”

Because, of course, concerts and rent aren’t the only things young people are shelling out for. Barely into their earning years, and Gen Z has already done an extraordinary amount of spending to support the health and wealth of older Canadians—and at price tags that make Coachella tickets look cheap. When boomers were entering adulthood, only 10 per cent of the federal budget went to supporting Old Age Security, versus over 15 per cent today. Our current model offers plentiful tax cuts and benefits to seniors; it’s far less generous on education, housing and benefits to support young families. This gap will only widen as the rest of the boomers stop working, leaving fewer young people to carry the burden. Thanks to population declines over the last 50 years, the number of working Canadians supporting every senior will have shrunk from nearly eight in 1976 to three by 2027. If Gen Z goes over a financial cliff, they’re bringing everyone else with them.

November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Arnie is exhausted after doing #dogtherapy for #CirqueDuSoleil in #Montreal

A sleepy #whippet is the most adorable!

#sighthound

Arnie, a white whippet, asleep with his paws curled up at his face.

July 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

I took a nap in a dog bed

May 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

That's some nice doggo ASMR! I always let Arnie and Jupiter finish the Greek yoghurt. It saves me from having to clean it before recycling.

#whippet
#greyhound
#sighthounds

May 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

The hounds were exhausted by the sun today and had to nap away from the window because of the heat!

#whippet
#greyhound
#sighthounds

Arnie and Jupiter lounging in a livingroom.

May 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Went for a drive today to get Arnie sized for his dog therapy vest. We should be getting it in a few weeks. Continuing to #volunteer for #dogtherapy is the first thing we're doing to bring joy to our #community. We're in tough times, but we'll help get everyone through it.

#whippet
#sighthound

Arnie and Jupiter laying on each other in the back seat of the car.

March 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

When nature imitates human politics!

#canada
#tradewar
#fucktrump
#buycanadian
#boycottamerica

A Canadian goose fighting off a bald eagle.

March 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

The boys laying in the sun!

#whippet
#greyhound
#sighthounds
#dogsofbluesky

Arnie and Jupiter catching some sun in the living room.

March 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

My dream is to one day be as comfortable as Arnie looks.

#whippet
#roaching
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky

Arnie the white whippet roaching on a fluffy couch with a blanket over it.

February 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Anxiety cleanse of your timeline.

I love the sounds Arnie makes when he wants to play. Especially when they're muffled because he has a toy in his mouth!

#whippet
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky

February 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

#dogsofbluesky get your beautiful doggos painted! Michelle did Arnie the #whippet so well!

A beautiful watercolour portrait of Arnie the whippet!

February 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Arnie and I are dooming a bit too much tonight about how America wants to annex us in Canada. We don't want to be American!

I should probably just go to bed...

#fuck51
#dogsagainstfacism
#whippet
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky

I'm lying on a pillow leaning against Arnie and his head is on it too.

February 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Jupiter laying at the foot of the bed shows how much he prefers @cnhart.bsky.social over myself. Arnie snoozing comfortably still.
#whippet
#greyhound
#sighthounds
#dogsofbluesky

February 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Eventually, Arnie and I joined jupiter in his naps.

#greyhound
#whippet
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky
#cuddlecollective

Arnie, Jupiter and I are all cuddling and asleep on a couch.

February 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

A little position change for the snoozey boy

#greyhound
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky

February 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

He's still asleep. His tongue hanging out of his mouth is killing me. Show me pictures of your dog(s) sleeping in peaceful bliss!

#greyhound
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky

Jupiter asleep on a human (clothed) thigh with his tongue hanging out of his mouth.

February 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Now we're back home. This is more exercise than Jupes normally wants to do in a month so he's completely knocked out.

#greyhound
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky

Jupiter snoozing. He's completely asleep.

February 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

We went to a dog park on the way and got Jupiter to gallop in the snow a little. He looks so floppy because his boots are barely staying on, lol.

#montreal
#dogpark
#greyhound
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky

February 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

I got an update about how Arnie was doing while we were away. He was just napping at a favourite spot!

#whippet
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky

Arnie laying on a couch completely asleep.

February 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM

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@jetrivisonno.bsky.social

Okay, we're back so it's time for a bit of hound happiness! Jupiter was a little angel on the metro! Yes, they have to wear muzzles on the metro and no he doesn't mind at all. He's just happy to be there!
#montreal
#stm
#greyhound
#sighthound
#dogsofbluesky