Larissa
@purlgurly.bsky.social
She/her/elle. Alto, ADHDer. Interested in politics (esp.TOpoli), stories, disability, food, knitting, geekery, cats. Unrepentant leftie in 🇨🇦
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Larissa
@purlgurly.bsky.social
· May 25
Picked up my Snaraness again this weekend, I’ve done 8 of 12 pattern repeats (although I think I’m going to add some additional repeats to make it a bit bigger than the pattern) #KnitSky
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“Another week survived is another week won.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“Another week survived is another week won.”
You wouldn't know my AI tool, she's from Canada.
Heh I just saw a LinkedIn post arguing that we definitely know workplace AI is so much more capable than we think because of COURSE the companies that are having massive productivity gains are keeping details of their AI use under wraps in order to maintain a competitive advantage.
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
You wouldn't know my AI tool, she's from Canada.
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Interesting reality-check here
The hype and reality of Carney’s nation-building wish list | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s list of nation-building projects just got longer — but the federal fast-track isn’t everything it might seem
thenarwhal.ca
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Interesting reality-check here
Has anyone started a lettuce head for Starmer yet?
Ever since starmer took over i think people have internalized his profound cynicism about britain. Nothing can ever get better and everything is making sure someone else gets even less than you. This isnt an immutable part of the british character! Its a response to behaviour from the top!
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Has anyone started a lettuce head for Starmer yet?
This is one of the most corrosive aspects of long-term conservative governance in Canada (money for buddies and austerity for everyone else) - the public comes to believe that better is actually *not* possible.
A lot of people don't demand better I guess. It seems that we have abandoned all standards by which to judge elected officials.
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is one of the most corrosive aspects of long-term conservative governance in Canada (money for buddies and austerity for everyone else) - the public comes to believe that better is actually *not* possible.
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The utter incompetence of Ford just makes me cry. Everything he touches turns to shit.
It's either made worse by active interference or through deliberate neglect.
"The Ford government is ignoring this file" vs. "The Ford government is engaged with this file." It's "Oh FUCK!" either way.
It's either made worse by active interference or through deliberate neglect.
"The Ford government is ignoring this file" vs. "The Ford government is engaged with this file." It's "Oh FUCK!" either way.
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The utter incompetence of Ford just makes me cry. Everything he touches turns to shit.
It's either made worse by active interference or through deliberate neglect.
"The Ford government is ignoring this file" vs. "The Ford government is engaged with this file." It's "Oh FUCK!" either way.
It's either made worse by active interference or through deliberate neglect.
"The Ford government is ignoring this file" vs. "The Ford government is engaged with this file." It's "Oh FUCK!" either way.
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The province created the program, municipalities followed the program, spent the $$$ and signed contracts and the province yanked the program.
It's mind-blowing waste and mismanagement of our public finances by the Ford government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's mind-blowing waste and mismanagement of our public finances by the Ford government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto may have to lay off about 1,000 people because of Ontario's speed camera ban: mayor | CBC News
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city may have to lay off about a thousand workers now that the Ontario government has effectively banned speed cameras in municipalities across the province.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The province created the program, municipalities followed the program, spent the $$$ and signed contracts and the province yanked the program.
It's mind-blowing waste and mismanagement of our public finances by the Ford government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's mind-blowing waste and mismanagement of our public finances by the Ford government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
For those who missed my late-night baking, I celebrated #NationalBundtDay with a new-to-me recipe for a cranberry and rosemary bundt cake (recipe here: hungerthirstplay.com/wprm_print/c...)
Glazed! #NationalBundtDay
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For those who missed my late-night baking, I celebrated #NationalBundtDay with a new-to-me recipe for a cranberry and rosemary bundt cake (recipe here: hungerthirstplay.com/wprm_print/c...)
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Colleagues and I have been promoting the need for a Royal Commission on the future of Canada’s economy for the better part of a year. That many are only now starting to realize that the US *really* isn’t interested in economic cooperation highlights the need for this vital national conversation.
Open letter to the next prime minister: We need a royal commission on Canada’s future
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November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Colleagues and I have been promoting the need for a Royal Commission on the future of Canada’s economy for the better part of a year. That many are only now starting to realize that the US *really* isn’t interested in economic cooperation highlights the need for this vital national conversation.
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It would lead to a very serious, incredibly difficult conversation about the future of the auto sector, and long-term planning for an economy that doesn’t look like it does today.
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It would lead to a very serious, incredibly difficult conversation about the future of the auto sector, and long-term planning for an economy that doesn’t look like it does today.
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Starting with the assumption that the “North American” market is gone, and that Can-US relations is now based on dominance, not mutually beneficial cooperation, would lead to much different policies than those Carney is implementing. Strengthening and not slashing the public service, for one.
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Starting with the assumption that the “North American” market is gone, and that Can-US relations is now based on dominance, not mutually beneficial cooperation, would lead to much different policies than those Carney is implementing. Strengthening and not slashing the public service, for one.
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A comprehensive trade and security deal with the US was never, ever possible: an ongoing series.
It is frustrating that this basic point is only now starting to become the conventional wisdom, a full year (actually, seven years) after governments had all the facts necessary to reach this conclusion.
It is frustrating that this basic point is only now starting to become the conventional wisdom, a full year (actually, seven years) after governments had all the facts necessary to reach this conclusion.
Opinion: U.S. use of poison pills in Asian trade deals signals trouble for Canada in USMCA renegotiations
Restrictive provisions are intended to give Washington an economic edge against Beijing
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A comprehensive trade and security deal with the US was never, ever possible: an ongoing series.
It is frustrating that this basic point is only now starting to become the conventional wisdom, a full year (actually, seven years) after governments had all the facts necessary to reach this conclusion.
It is frustrating that this basic point is only now starting to become the conventional wisdom, a full year (actually, seven years) after governments had all the facts necessary to reach this conclusion.
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When you write the whole piece around the idea of “MeToo” as an adequate description of what caused specific men to lose specific positions, and when you do this incredibly weird cutesy business to avoid *mentioning what happened*, you do a disservice to readers.
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When you write the whole piece around the idea of “MeToo” as an adequate description of what caused specific men to lose specific positions, and when you do this incredibly weird cutesy business to avoid *mentioning what happened*, you do a disservice to readers.
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This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
Forbidden charcuterie:
I'm sorry, but I need you to see this rock that looks like a sandwich that I just found on Instagram.
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Forbidden charcuterie:
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Baby formula recalled in Canada over potential presence of dangerous bacteria
Baby formula recall: Canada flags ByHeart product for botulism risk
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public about a recalled baby formula that’s been linked to cases of botulism in the U.S.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Baby formula recalled in Canada over potential presence of dangerous bacteria
Bundt is out of the oven to cool before glazing! It *looks* good and smells tasty. I also just realized that it is #NationalBundtDay 🎉
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Bundt is out of the oven to cool before glazing! It *looks* good and smells tasty. I also just realized that it is #NationalBundtDay 🎉
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
I'm trying a new-to-me recipe tonight for a rosemary and cranberry bundt cake (the rosemary is infused into the milk and then removed before adding the milk to the batter). You know you're an adult when this flavour combo sounds like an excellent idea for a cake. 😆
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I'm trying a new-to-me recipe tonight for a rosemary and cranberry bundt cake (the rosemary is infused into the milk and then removed before adding the milk to the batter). You know you're an adult when this flavour combo sounds like an excellent idea for a cake. 😆
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The one time that Canada did the right thing in biting the bullet and just doing it.
(Will we do it with other crumbling buildings like 24 Sussex? Sadly, no. But we did it with Parliament Hill).
(Will we do it with other crumbling buildings like 24 Sussex? Sadly, no. But we did it with Parliament Hill).
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Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The one time that Canada did the right thing in biting the bullet and just doing it.
(Will we do it with other crumbling buildings like 24 Sussex? Sadly, no. But we did it with Parliament Hill).
(Will we do it with other crumbling buildings like 24 Sussex? Sadly, no. But we did it with Parliament Hill).
Post your favourite Star Trek character(s). Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Post your favourite Star Trek character(s). Wrong answers only.
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do