Renée Salhany 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
@rlaffsal.bsky.social
wife to the amazing W | historian | writer | homebrewer & whisky aficionado | amateur moon watcher | excellent with swears | surprised to know I'm into bird watching
Crud. It's only December 7th, and already.... #Whamageddon
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Crud. It's only December 7th, and already.... #Whamageddon
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Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
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It's amazing to me that one man can do this. Well, he can't. He's being empowered by people who are less crazy, but more amoral and craven.
Well, Senators Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis, you wanted RFK Jr. to “go wild” at HHS.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's amazing to me that one man can do this. Well, he can't. He's being empowered by people who are less crazy, but more amoral and craven.
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this makes me smile every time i see it www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0A...
Tubthumping - They Might Be Giants & The AV Club Chorus
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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December 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
this makes me smile every time i see it www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0A...
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And to honour the day, every Canadian gets a month off work and an all-expenses-paid trip to Ottawa.
B.C. MLA wants statutory holiday to honour Freedom Convoy
A B.C. legislator who previously argued Truth and Reconciliation Day should not be recognized as a statutory holiday is proposing a new one that would celebrate the self-described “Freedom Convoy.”
www.ctvnews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
And to honour the day, every Canadian gets a month off work and an all-expenses-paid trip to Ottawa.
@profgabriele.com @lollardfish.bsky.social spotted in the wilds of Ottawa today (in hardcover and paperback!) - one of my favourite books of 2025.
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... might have taken the hardcopy & used it to cover an obnoxious autobiography of a certain journalist whose name rhymes with Boozy.
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... might have taken the hardcopy & used it to cover an obnoxious autobiography of a certain journalist whose name rhymes with Boozy.
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@profgabriele.com @lollardfish.bsky.social spotted in the wilds of Ottawa today (in hardcover and paperback!) - one of my favourite books of 2025.
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... might have taken the hardcopy & used it to cover an obnoxious autobiography of a certain journalist whose name rhymes with Boozy.
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... might have taken the hardcopy & used it to cover an obnoxious autobiography of a certain journalist whose name rhymes with Boozy.
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“if Trump is taken seriously”
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America, I think I may have figured out your problem
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America, I think I may have figured out your problem
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“if Trump is taken seriously”
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America, I think I may have figured out your problem
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America, I think I may have figured out your problem
An excellent thread for the morning coffee-read...
I have a ~two mile drive every morning (I bike in the summer, but have to make my kid to school the rest of the year). In the space of that two mile drive, if I see fewer than six people driving on the wrong side of the road it is a slow day.
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
An excellent thread for the morning coffee-read...
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America, It's Not You, It's...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
America, It's Not You, It's...
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world's first direct quantum observation of a bench
A little girl peeks inside a tuba during the National Band Festival at Crystal Palace, London, 1923
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
world's first direct quantum observation of a bench
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Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
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need something fun to watch? how about this: THREE MEN IN A BOAT (1975), dramatized by Tom fuckin' Stoppard and starring Tim Curry and Michael Palin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
"THREE MEN IN A BOAT" (1975 Jerome K. Jerome TV Adaptation-starring Tim Curry, Michael Palin)
YouTube video by Archive Media Vault
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November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
need something fun to watch? how about this: THREE MEN IN A BOAT (1975), dramatized by Tom fuckin' Stoppard and starring Tim Curry and Michael Palin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
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"The register is the latest step in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to incorporate [magic beans] into federal government operations, which he has claimed will make the public service more efficient."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Ottawa launches AI register showing how the tech is being used within federal departments | CBC News
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali announced Friday morning the federal government has launched its first public AI register that outlines how artificial intelligence is being used or tested within ...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"The register is the latest step in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to incorporate [magic beans] into federal government operations, which he has claimed will make the public service more efficient."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Abortion Rights in Canada are Under Attack
Forced-birth groups are testing their strategy
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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No one should gloss over how appalling this is. A president who feels this comfortable demeaning women, and so many others, is nothing short of embarrassing and shameful.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
No one should gloss over how appalling this is. A president who feels this comfortable demeaning women, and so many others, is nothing short of embarrassing and shameful.
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PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
Can confirm that you don't need to be an American author in the US. My Canadian book was on the list with a US copyright number. It took me all of 5 minutes to file!
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Can confirm that you don't need to be an American author in the US. My Canadian book was on the list with a US copyright number. It took me all of 5 minutes to file!
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In the NFL the quarterback signals the start of play by shouting “Hut. Hut!” and in the CFL the quarterback signals the start of play by shouting “Hout. Hout!”
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November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In the NFL the quarterback signals the start of play by shouting “Hut. Hut!” and in the CFL the quarterback signals the start of play by shouting “Hout. Hout!”
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If an NFL quarterback wants his receivers to go all out for a deep pass he will tell them to “Go long!” and in the CFL if the quarterback wants their receivers to go long for the pass he shouts “Hurry hard!”
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November 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If an NFL quarterback wants his receivers to go all out for a deep pass he will tell them to “Go long!” and in the CFL if the quarterback wants their receivers to go long for the pass he shouts “Hurry hard!”
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Falk is a prominent human rights expert who turned 95 on the day he was detained.
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Falk is a prominent human rights expert who turned 95 on the day he was detained.
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...