Parker Donham
@kempthead.bsky.social
Father. Grandfather. Cape Bretoner. Retired journo & blogger. Chronic FOIPOP litigator. Serial comma 👍👍. Dual 🇨🇦/🇺🇲 citizen. First car: Model A. Second car: Model T. Current car: Kia Niro EV. I block knaves. ⚾🇺🇦
Rare case of a rat swimming toward a sinking ship
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Rare case of a rat swimming toward a sinking ship
On X (aka Twitter), @pierrepoilievrecpc.bsky.social posted about tighter immigration rules. Then his followers weighed in:
August 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
On X (aka Twitter), @pierrepoilievrecpc.bsky.social posted about tighter immigration rules. Then his followers weighed in:
Disappointing to see @jengerson promoting the right-wing fiction that fire-related woods bans are the thin edge of a totalitarian wedge. Amateur NS historian Chris Gertridge has been posting clips of the 7(!) such bans from the 1950s.
August 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Disappointing to see @jengerson promoting the right-wing fiction that fire-related woods bans are the thin edge of a totalitarian wedge. Amateur NS historian Chris Gertridge has been posting clips of the 7(!) such bans from the 1950s.
WaPo: "Tensions escalate," not, "Republicans double down on gerrymandering."
August 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
WaPo: "Tensions escalate," not, "Republicans double down on gerrymandering."
I would love to see some form of proportional representation in Nova Scotia, but at the moment, that's not the system we have. In the last election, Houston's party (which I personally didn't vote for) won 43 seats to 12 for all other parties combined. An unusually strong majority.
August 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I would love to see some form of proportional representation in Nova Scotia, but at the moment, that's not the system we have. In the last election, Houston's party (which I personally didn't vote for) won 43 seats to 12 for all other parties combined. An unusually strong majority.
After knowing Jim for 60 years, I have finally found an issue on which we stand in opposition.
A dog is a warm friend. A cat is a cold user. To scorn the former and embrace the latter is bizarre.
A dog is a warm friend. A cat is a cold user. To scorn the former and embrace the latter is bizarre.
July 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
After knowing Jim for 60 years, I have finally found an issue on which we stand in opposition.
A dog is a warm friend. A cat is a cold user. To scorn the former and embrace the latter is bizarre.
A dog is a warm friend. A cat is a cold user. To scorn the former and embrace the latter is bizarre.
On top of everything else, he's a food scientist!
July 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
On top of everything else, he's a food scientist!
Happy Canada Day for all who celebrate!
July 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy Canada Day for all who celebrate!
Paul Wells, on Substack, gets this aspect of Carney's demeanor exactly right. People are sick of mealy-mouthed talking points.
June 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Paul Wells, on Substack, gets this aspect of Carney's demeanor exactly right. People are sick of mealy-mouthed talking points.
I'm 79 years old. Please advise how I should make this trip by bicycle. (NB: More than half of Nova Scotians live more than >30K from downtown Halifax where many/most govt. offices, hospitals, & universities are located.
June 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm 79 years old. Please advise how I should make this trip by bicycle. (NB: More than half of Nova Scotians live more than >30K from downtown Halifax where many/most govt. offices, hospitals, & universities are located.
Hey @nspowerinc.bsky.social! When do you plan to open the charging stations at Whycocomagh's Irving Onestop? They were installed May 3. They will fill a big need. Do you have a date for activating them?
May 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hey @nspowerinc.bsky.social! When do you plan to open the charging stations at Whycocomagh's Irving Onestop? They were installed May 3. They will fill a big need. Do you have a date for activating them?
Hey @nytpitchbot.bsky.social, maybe we need a WaPo pitchbot.
May 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Hey @nytpitchbot.bsky.social, maybe we need a WaPo pitchbot.
Sorry, conversation's over. Ken White favors free speech except when people disagree with him.
May 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Sorry, conversation's over. Ken White favors free speech except when people disagree with him.
This is what happens when a "local" Canadian daily is owned by a New York hedge fund. What a disgrace—and deeply embarrassing to the few journalists they still employ.
April 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is what happens when a "local" Canadian daily is owned by a New York hedge fund. What a disgrace—and deeply embarrassing to the few journalists they still employ.
Remember this chart next time you see a poll purporting to show who's going to win a Canadian election 3 months before it happens. Campaigns matter. Most voters don't focus on their decision until an election is called.
April 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember this chart next time you see a poll purporting to show who's going to win a Canadian election 3 months before it happens. Campaigns matter. Most voters don't focus on their decision until an election is called.
Incidentally, my buddy, a chocolate lab, is called Charlie—but alas, not after you.
April 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Incidentally, my buddy, a chocolate lab, is called Charlie—but alas, not after you.
I'm not a fan of celebrity endorsements, but if Neil Young is going to pick a side, I'm glad he's choosing our side, not the party that wants to bring MAGA ideals and policies to Canada.
April 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm not a fan of celebrity endorsements, but if Neil Young is going to pick a side, I'm glad he's choosing our side, not the party that wants to bring MAGA ideals and policies to Canada.
What "different bad trajectory" did Biden put the US on, @mattyglesias.bsky.social?
April 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
What "different bad trajectory" did Biden put the US on, @mattyglesias.bsky.social?
Dear leaders, then and now
March 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Dear leaders, then and now
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Dear @timbousquet.bsky.social: please don't "reach out" to government officials. Call, text, email, write, ask, holler, or send a letter — just please don't reach out.
This is a small quibble with Tim's solid reporting on an important, complicated, and sad story that everyone should read.
Dear @timbousquet.bsky.social: please don't "reach out" to government officials. Call, text, email, write, ask, holler, or send a letter — just please don't reach out.
This is a small quibble with Tim's solid reporting on an important, complicated, and sad story that everyone should read.
March 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Dear @timbousquet.bsky.social: please don't "reach out" to government officials. Call, text, email, write, ask, holler, or send a letter — just please don't reach out.
This is a small quibble with Tim's solid reporting on an important, complicated, and sad story that everyone should read.
Dear @timbousquet.bsky.social: please don't "reach out" to government officials. Call, text, email, write, ask, holler, or send a letter — just please don't reach out.
This is a small quibble with Tim's solid reporting on an important, complicated, and sad story that everyone should read.
MSM logic: If Democrats don't compromise, the shutdown is their fault. If Republicans don't compromise, the shutdown is still the Democrats' fault.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
March 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
MSM logic: If Democrats don't compromise, the shutdown is their fault. If Republicans don't compromise, the shutdown is still the Democrats' fault.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
For the love of God, who writes these weasel worded heds – agentless, passive voiced, always clouding Trump's malevolent role? It's as if these unprecedented events just happened to Zelensky through bad luck or his own bumbling, rather than through the shocking misbehavior of Trump & Vance.
March 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
For the love of God, who writes these weasel worded heds – agentless, passive voiced, always clouding Trump's malevolent role? It's as if these unprecedented events just happened to Zelensky through bad luck or his own bumbling, rather than through the shocking misbehavior of Trump & Vance.
