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Salty posts from a salty island.
Salty posts from a salty island.
Wait what happened to Steve Boots?! I remember he quit his job to go full time in May, but then 🤷
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Wait what happened to Steve Boots?! I remember he quit his job to go full time in May, but then 🤷
I thought we already invented social media years ago 🥁
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I thought we already invented social media years ago 🥁
Holy shit Beaverton 👏😂
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Holy shit Beaverton 👏😂
He knows his supporters just need something to grasp on to and repeat. Facts... no so important.
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
He knows his supporters just need something to grasp on to and repeat. Facts... no so important.
What problem is this solving exactly? And let me guess, he proposes no cap on the credit...
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
What problem is this solving exactly? And let me guess, he proposes no cap on the credit...
One of the reasons I only ever use my own mains charger. I have a USB condom but I found that often things just won't charge if using it (which is a sign not to try without it lol but yeah, I'll just find a wall plug.)
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
One of the reasons I only ever use my own mains charger. I have a USB condom but I found that often things just won't charge if using it (which is a sign not to try without it lol but yeah, I'll just find a wall plug.)
This could be a contender for the Accidental Renaissance subreddit. 😍
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This could be a contender for the Accidental Renaissance subreddit. 😍
We need the NDP. We need a revitalized, fighting NDP. An NDP that represents the opposite of the neoliberal received wisdom. That stops ceding ground to the Conservatives on basics like, ffs, affordability?! I dunno. It feels a little bit hopeless.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We need the NDP. We need a revitalized, fighting NDP. An NDP that represents the opposite of the neoliberal received wisdom. That stops ceding ground to the Conservatives on basics like, ffs, affordability?! I dunno. It feels a little bit hopeless.
Ahah the most amazingly cat-hair-depositing-friendly outfit and you won't let her share?! (Also, love me a nice corduroy pant! Wide wale, narrow wale, either way.)
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Ahah the most amazingly cat-hair-depositing-friendly outfit and you won't let her share?! (Also, love me a nice corduroy pant! Wide wale, narrow wale, either way.)
Not to mention hardscapes and lawns make flooding worse and water reclamation hard -- in the coming years when droughts and sudden massive weather events will become more the norm it's a recipe for disaster.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Not to mention hardscapes and lawns make flooding worse and water reclamation hard -- in the coming years when droughts and sudden massive weather events will become more the norm it's a recipe for disaster.
Psyches, not patches lol. My phone just doesn't get me.
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Psyches, not patches lol. My phone just doesn't get me.
When necessary. But it shouldn't be necessary for many things -- American urban sprawl is truly unique and truly messes people's patches up. Not to mention their bodies: being in a car for hours a day vs walking is extremely bad for one's life expectancy.
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When necessary. But it shouldn't be necessary for many things -- American urban sprawl is truly unique and truly messes people's patches up. Not to mention their bodies: being in a car for hours a day vs walking is extremely bad for one's life expectancy.
Same with seatbelts. Hell, same with unleaded gas. There are few legislators with courage who recognize part of their job is to explain and represent these decisions to their constituents. Not just be popular and do what they want.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Same with seatbelts. Hell, same with unleaded gas. There are few legislators with courage who recognize part of their job is to explain and represent these decisions to their constituents. Not just be popular and do what they want.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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He also did an amazing job with Nine Inch Nails's Hurt.
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
He also did an amazing job with Nine Inch Nails's Hurt.
Do the children not learn OPSEC in the schools?!
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Do the children not learn OPSEC in the schools?!
And yet, none of that addresses the points raised in the article, which you still haven't read.
I've read Carney's book, btw: it's absolutely FULL of a deep-seated belief in neoliberal solutions. But since we're not having a conversation, I'm just going to mute you now 👍
I've read Carney's book, btw: it's absolutely FULL of a deep-seated belief in neoliberal solutions. But since we're not having a conversation, I'm just going to mute you now 👍
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
And yet, none of that addresses the points raised in the article, which you still haven't read.
I've read Carney's book, btw: it's absolutely FULL of a deep-seated belief in neoliberal solutions. But since we're not having a conversation, I'm just going to mute you now 👍
I've read Carney's book, btw: it's absolutely FULL of a deep-seated belief in neoliberal solutions. But since we're not having a conversation, I'm just going to mute you now 👍
Car culture is deeply engrained in the US, and the suburbs are particularly bleak, so when they think "15 mins" that's usually a gigantic highway and miles of parking lots, so it's easy to imagine the horror of being possibly trapped there. Proponents might as well be speaking a different language.
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Car culture is deeply engrained in the US, and the suburbs are particularly bleak, so when they think "15 mins" that's usually a gigantic highway and miles of parking lots, so it's easy to imagine the horror of being possibly trapped there. Proponents might as well be speaking a different language.
Apologies I didn't realize I was having a conversation with an auto-reply-generator, my bad.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Apologies I didn't realize I was having a conversation with an auto-reply-generator, my bad.
Except Carbon Capture is a bunch of vapourware (pun intended) at this point soooo
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Except Carbon Capture is a bunch of vapourware (pun intended) at this point soooo
So you think he does understand the problem, despite all the points Dale raised in the article you definitely read?
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So you think he does understand the problem, despite all the points Dale raised in the article you definitely read?
I don't doubt he's a loyal Canadian, and I don't buy into "he's working for Brookfield's profits!" conspiracy thing, it's more that I'm not sure how creative a thinker he is viz the status quo received neoliberal wisdom ('wisdom', but, you know.)
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I don't doubt he's a loyal Canadian, and I don't buy into "he's working for Brookfield's profits!" conspiracy thing, it's more that I'm not sure how creative a thinker he is viz the status quo received neoliberal wisdom ('wisdom', but, you know.)
His corporate experience has been with Goldman and Brookfield, who have typically been champions the extract-and-run thing. The question is can he even recognize that this is bad? And is he willing to flip the script from where he sat before, and recognize a company's best interest isn't Canada's?
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
His corporate experience has been with Goldman and Brookfield, who have typically been champions the extract-and-run thing. The question is can he even recognize that this is bad? And is he willing to flip the script from where he sat before, and recognize a company's best interest isn't Canada's?