Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@optimisticskeptic.bsky.social
Life-long photographer. Living on Vancouver Island BC
Appreciative of journalists who know what W5 means.
I believe in the social safety net even if it costs me more in taxes.
I try not to be rude when I disagree.
Appreciative of journalists who know what W5 means.
I believe in the social safety net even if it costs me more in taxes.
I try not to be rude when I disagree.
Pinned
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"Them was the good old days?"
There are many valuable lessons in this clip if you want to lose weight.
Think about them as you call your food delivery service.
"Them was the good old days?"
There are many valuable lessons in this clip if you want to lose weight.
Think about them as you call your food delivery service.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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"Them was the good old days?"
There are many valuable lessons in this clip if you want to lose weight.
Think about them as you call your food delivery service.
"Them was the good old days?"
There are many valuable lessons in this clip if you want to lose weight.
Think about them as you call your food delivery service.
Maybe this will change thing?
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November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Maybe this will change thing?
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Sure beats "dine n' Dash!"
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Sure beats "dine n' Dash!"
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
This is the road to hell! (apologies to Chris Rea)
@cnn.com
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This is the road to hell! (apologies to Chris Rea)
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Senate advances deal to end government shutdown as air traffic control staffing worsens - live updates | CNN Politics
The Senate has voted 60-40 on a key step toward reopening the government. Follow for live updates
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November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
This is the road to hell! (apologies to Chris Rea)
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
This is the road to hell! (apologies to Chris Rea)
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
@spencerch.bsky.social
Those things that give quality to life are usually the first to end up on the chopping block of government budgets.
Name any place where visitors can find calm and beauty and not be expected to pay to pay.
Support should be a given.
#bcpoli
Those things that give quality to life are usually the first to end up on the chopping block of government budgets.
Name any place where visitors can find calm and beauty and not be expected to pay to pay.
Support should be a given.
#bcpoli
Non-profit Art Galleries like this one, which operate with no govt. funding, and no paid Board or staff are a real service to the community. This Duncan, BC, gallery survives on donations and memberships. Can you help?
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Apparently not. Check out this post.
"Mueller, She Wrote
@muellershewrote.com
· 1h
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal."
As they say, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings!"
"Mueller, She Wrote
@muellershewrote.com
· 1h
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal."
As they say, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings!"
Too late, I think. They sold out. It's done.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Apparently not. Check out this post.
"Mueller, She Wrote
@muellershewrote.com
· 1h
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal."
As they say, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings!"
"Mueller, She Wrote
@muellershewrote.com
· 1h
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal."
As they say, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings!"
Few times in a politician's career does a vote carry so many health implications and dangers to life itself as this decision does.
Opening the government does not trump the lives of your constituents!
Re-think!
Opening the government does not trump the lives of your constituents!
Re-think!
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Few times in a politician's career does a vote carry so many health implications and dangers to life itself as this decision does.
Opening the government does not trump the lives of your constituents!
Re-think!
Opening the government does not trump the lives of your constituents!
Re-think!
@spencerch.bsky.social
Those things that give quality to life are usually the first to end up on the chopping block of government budgets.
Name any place where visitors can find calm and beauty and not be expected to pay to pay.
Support should be a given.
#bcpoli
Those things that give quality to life are usually the first to end up on the chopping block of government budgets.
Name any place where visitors can find calm and beauty and not be expected to pay to pay.
Support should be a given.
#bcpoli
Non-profit Art Galleries like this one, which operate with no govt. funding, and no paid Board or staff are a real service to the community. This Duncan, BC, gallery survives on donations and memberships. Can you help?
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@spencerch.bsky.social
Those things that give quality to life are usually the first to end up on the chopping block of government budgets.
Name any place where visitors can find calm and beauty and not be expected to pay to pay.
Support should be a given.
#bcpoli
Those things that give quality to life are usually the first to end up on the chopping block of government budgets.
Name any place where visitors can find calm and beauty and not be expected to pay to pay.
Support should be a given.
#bcpoli
Reposted by Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
Non-profit Art Galleries like this one, which operate with no govt. funding, and no paid Board or staff are a real service to the community. This Duncan, BC, gallery survives on donations and memberships. Can you help?
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Non-profit Art Galleries like this one, which operate with no govt. funding, and no paid Board or staff are a real service to the community. This Duncan, BC, gallery survives on donations and memberships. Can you help?
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
Non-profit Art Galleries like this one, which operate with no govt. funding, and no paid Board or staff are a real service to the community. This Duncan, BC, gallery survives on donations and memberships. Can you help?
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Non-profit Art Galleries like this one, which operate with no govt. funding, and no paid Board or staff are a real service to the community. This Duncan, BC, gallery survives on donations and memberships. Can you help?
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
cowichangallery.ca/donation/
A 267 sq, foot apartment/condo is not a living space. It's a storage unit!
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‘A literal shoe box’: Why some Toronto renters are avoiding new builds | CBC News
Some Torontonians are opting out of moving into new builds — for reasons ranging from a lack of rent control to poor layouts — at a time tenants are increasingly gaining leverage in the market.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A 267 sq, foot apartment/condo is not a living space. It's a storage unit!
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The good thing about the Trump "Batch Pardons" is that the public finds out very quickly who the political crooks and scumbags are!
#USA @cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
#USA @cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election, pardon attorney says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Jus...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The good thing about the Trump "Batch Pardons" is that the public finds out very quickly who the political crooks and scumbags are!
#USA @cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
#USA @cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Reposted by Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
Woooooooooooo....
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Woooooooooooo....
"Our lives are packed with things. But what happens to those things when they’re broken, worn out, or not needed anymore?"
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www.ifixit.com/News/33384/t...
Meet the Woman Behind the Repair Café Movement
Martine Postma was the first to run a Repair Café in Amsterdam. In 2019, Repair Cafés are celebrating their 10th anniversary. We talked to the woman behind the movement.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Our lives are packed with things. But what happens to those things when they’re broken, worn out, or not needed anymore?"
www.ifixit.com/News/33384/t...
www.ifixit.com/News/33384/t...
This is a great idea, but I have not heard of a lot in Canada.
Local organisers/repair nerds across the country have a challenge.
This organisation supports local groups worldwide in starting and running their own Repair Cafés.
Website: repaircafe.org
#cdnpoli
Local organisers/repair nerds across the country have a challenge.
This organisation supports local groups worldwide in starting and running their own Repair Cafés.
Website: repaircafe.org
#cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a great idea, but I have not heard of a lot in Canada.
Local organisers/repair nerds across the country have a challenge.
This organisation supports local groups worldwide in starting and running their own Repair Cafés.
Website: repaircafe.org
#cdnpoli
Local organisers/repair nerds across the country have a challenge.
This organisation supports local groups worldwide in starting and running their own Repair Cafés.
Website: repaircafe.org
#cdnpoli
Reposted by Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
Reposted by Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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We will be getting the flu vaccine no matter what!
But, since there has never been a guarantee, the word to the wise is always "wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Masking up in crowds is still a good idea.
#cdnpoli
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We will be getting the flu vaccine no matter what!
But, since there has never been a guarantee, the word to the wise is always "wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Masking up in crowds is still a good idea.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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We will be getting the flu vaccine no matter what!
But, since there has never been a guarantee, the word to the wise is always "wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Masking up in crowds is still a good idea.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
We will be getting the flu vaccine no matter what!
But, since there has never been a guarantee, the word to the wise is always "wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Masking up in crowds is still a good idea.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
It would be good if party leaders allowed their members to vote according to their conscience. (although many would question if politicians have a conscience 😏)
#cdnpoli
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#cdnpoli
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November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It would be good if party leaders allowed their members to vote according to their conscience. (although many would question if politicians have a conscience 😏)
#cdnpoli
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#cdnpoli
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This is a great YouTube pair. Always interesting. Check out their past episodes also.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2vz...
7 Times Canada QUIETLY CHANGED the World 🇨🇦
YouTube video by Make That Change
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November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is a great YouTube pair. Always interesting. Check out their past episodes also.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2vz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2vz...
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
First, Canada's people turned inward and seriously curtailed travelling and buying US products.
Second, CDN government started making deals with other countries for products we used to buy from the US.
It's hard, but it's working!
#cdnpoli
Second, CDN government started making deals with other countries for products we used to buy from the US.
It's hard, but it's working!
#cdnpoli
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
First, Canada's people turned inward and seriously curtailed travelling and buying US products.
Second, CDN government started making deals with other countries for products we used to buy from the US.
It's hard, but it's working!
#cdnpoli
Second, CDN government started making deals with other countries for products we used to buy from the US.
It's hard, but it's working!
#cdnpoli