Gregg McLennan
@strayarc.bsky.social
Union guy, politics guy, welding guy, wife guy. #Cdnpoli #BCpoli labor activist, pompous ass, pretty good cook, pretty good shitposter, animal lover, coffee morning noon and night, Team Orange.
When in doubt, just outwork everyone.
When in doubt, just outwork everyone.
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TL/DR:
- Canadians are pretty sweet about showing gratitude
&
- we have reallllllllly nice Christmas trees
&
- we don't forget
- Canadians are pretty sweet about showing gratitude
&
- we have reallllllllly nice Christmas trees
&
- we don't forget
We made US news for a good reason.
From my home town to yours, with gratitude.
#Halifax #explosion #1917
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/w...
From my home town to yours, with gratitude.
#Halifax #explosion #1917
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/w...
Wu travels to Nova Scotia to attend Boston's Christmas tree-cutting in person
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will be spending the next few days out of the country as she personally receives the city Christmas tree in Nova Scotia.
www.nbcboston.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
TL/DR:
- Canadians are pretty sweet about showing gratitude
&
- we have reallllllllly nice Christmas trees
&
- we don't forget
- Canadians are pretty sweet about showing gratitude
&
- we have reallllllllly nice Christmas trees
&
- we don't forget
Alberta, once again covering itself in glory.
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Alberta, once again covering itself in glory.
The legend lives on…
Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery | CBC News
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The legend lives on…
I made this today and it’s a huge amount of work. Fun work. The flavor is unbeatable but my beans didn’t soften properly.
The Best Chili Ever Recipe
The best beef chili combines puréed chiles, short ribs, tender kidney beans, and an array of umami-boosting ingredients.
www.seriouseats.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I made this today and it’s a huge amount of work. Fun work. The flavor is unbeatable but my beans didn’t soften properly.
This lady rocks!
cheknews.ca/settlement-r...
cheknews.ca/settlement-r...
Settlement reached in case of drone that was surveilling a Union Bay company
A company involved in shipbreaking in Union Bay has settled a lawsuit regarding a drone that had been surveilling the company's operations
cheknews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This lady rocks!
cheknews.ca/settlement-r...
cheknews.ca/settlement-r...
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CANADA: May correctly calls out Poilievre for stealing from the Trump/Project 2025 playbook again.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
Elizabeth May slams Poilievre on Project 2025! #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
CANADA: May correctly calls out Poilievre for stealing from the Trump/Project 2025 playbook again.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
I ordered ten kilos of coffee beans from Costco yesterday and it was $60 more than when I bought ten kilos in August.
I don't blame Costco who is faultless in most things but jeez.
I don't blame Costco who is faultless in most things but jeez.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I ordered ten kilos of coffee beans from Costco yesterday and it was $60 more than when I bought ten kilos in August.
I don't blame Costco who is faultless in most things but jeez.
I don't blame Costco who is faultless in most things but jeez.
Drunk at 7:30 am
12 times the Polish legal BAC for driving
WWII artillery shell
This story has it all.
people.com/men-injured-...
12 times the Polish legal BAC for driving
WWII artillery shell
This story has it all.
people.com/men-injured-...
2 Men Injured After Playing with WWII Artillery Shell While Allegedly Drunk
Two men were injured when a WWII artillery shell exploded in an apartment building in Poland on Oct. 21. According to Głubczyce police, a property owner brought the object home after finding it in the...
people.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Drunk at 7:30 am
12 times the Polish legal BAC for driving
WWII artillery shell
This story has it all.
people.com/men-injured-...
12 times the Polish legal BAC for driving
WWII artillery shell
This story has it all.
people.com/men-injured-...
Mamdani is going to implement Cherenkov Law. We're all going to have an eerie blue glow.
(I got here late, I'll delete if it's been done)
(I got here late, I'll delete if it's been done)
Mamdani is going to implement Cherry law. We’re all going to be virgins again.
Mamdani is going to implement Cher law. Everyone is going to have to turn back time…
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Cherenkov Law. We're all going to have an eerie blue glow.
(I got here late, I'll delete if it's been done)
(I got here late, I'll delete if it's been done)
Please tell me I didn’t just see an ad for a collaboration between Gain laundry detergent and some upcoming Wizard of Oz type production. Because that would be stupid enough to make me harm my television.
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Please tell me I didn’t just see an ad for a collaboration between Gain laundry detergent and some upcoming Wizard of Oz type production. Because that would be stupid enough to make me harm my television.
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's a good day.
How the woman who wasn't allowed to play built a future for Canadian hockey | CBC News
Danièle Sauvageau, the girl who grew up in Deux-Montanges, Que., and wasn’t allowed to play on an organized hockey team because she wasn’t a boy, is now the first woman 'Builder' inducted into the Hoc...
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's a good day.
I stan a queen!
I used to name characters in The Sims after disliked entities and murder them there.
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I stan a queen!
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”tell me youre a fuck you god wealthy kid who’s been around a bunch of overdoses, without telling me”
I am crying I was trying to remember what the RFK fleeing scene reminded me of and
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
”tell me youre a fuck you god wealthy kid who’s been around a bunch of overdoses, without telling me”
The twenty year US-Afghan cultural exchange program continues to bear fruit.
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The twenty year US-Afghan cultural exchange program continues to bear fruit.
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Calm down hardware store I don’t need to walk through an Enchanted Christmas Wonderland to get to the socket wrenches
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Calm down hardware store I don’t need to walk through an Enchanted Christmas Wonderland to get to the socket wrenches
And we're right back in the shitter. Lot of idiots out there tonight.
I look forward to a slightly more positive shift in the vibes around this place.
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
And we're right back in the shitter. Lot of idiots out there tonight.
This lady democracies!
Called both my senators (Hassan and Shaheen) and spoke with actual staffers! Told them to stand firm and not give in to R demands. Took less than 5 minutes total and the staff members were very polite.
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This lady democracies!
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All things made by man, no matter how ubiquitous, no matter how cheap to produce by the piece, no matter how insignificant, is the product of human labor and ingenuity.
Everything has a cost, and that cost must be borne by someone, or a group of people. It's an iron law that no creation is free.
Everything has a cost, and that cost must be borne by someone, or a group of people. It's an iron law that no creation is free.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
All things made by man, no matter how ubiquitous, no matter how cheap to produce by the piece, no matter how insignificant, is the product of human labor and ingenuity.
Everything has a cost, and that cost must be borne by someone, or a group of people. It's an iron law that no creation is free.
Everything has a cost, and that cost must be borne by someone, or a group of people. It's an iron law that no creation is free.
I love this podcast, @worstpossible.world and this is a terrific first episode to get into it. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
155 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (feat. Mattie Lubchansky)
Podcast Episode · The Worst of All Possible Worlds · 2024-09-11 · 2h 31m
podcasts.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I love this podcast, @worstpossible.world and this is a terrific first episode to get into it. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Skeet of the day
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Skeet of the day
Can he be charged for that combover?
Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Can he be charged for that combover?