© Cyril Cox. 'Late Afternoon Light.' Acrylic on canvas, 2022. 48 × 36 inches.
Jim Hair
@agfreeagent.bsky.social
Retiree from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Dachshund lover.
@wilnerness.bsky.social Loved your column on Bo Bichette this morning! You're so right. Bo leaving the Blue Jays has been bad karma for everybody, himself, Vladdy, the Jays and certainly the Mets. Bring him back!
I'll get an MP to introduce a bill next week to sanction the U.S. and the responsible American government officials for this atrocity.
OSSOFF on Trump Address: At a moment when his war spirals out of control, instead of focusing on the nation's needs, as always, he nurses his grievances and he forces the rest of us to help him process his shame.
AI is viewed as a tool to enrich billionaires and strip people of their jobs. Demonstrate it's benefits, cut Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos, Thiel, etc down to size and you'll get more buy-in.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoGeorge Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
Yesterday, for Mel Brooks' 100th birthday, 7,000 fans gathered in the main square of Bologna, Italy, to sing “Happy Birthday” to him. Mel himself replied with a video message, and then the crowd watched Young Frankenstein together. ❤️ #Filmsky 📽️
It's pretty cool that we live in a world where Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke are still alive.
Do vaccines save lives? Yep! Does antivaxx BS kill? Yep. 👇 Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
The HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday.
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My Scandinavian ancestors went through generations of brutal natural selection so I could enjoy alcohol, gluten, and dairy without issue. I will not turn my back on their sacrifice. 🤟
On this day in 1780, the sky over Eastern Canada darkened to the point that candles were needed from 12 p.m. until the following night. It is believed that smoke from forest fires in the area of present-day Algonquin Provincial Park were the cause.
Extraordinarily acute. On Twitter of all places. 🤷🏼🙏🏻🤷🏼
Suddenly Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumber just can’t stop making big bucks off shrewd investments in companies making a fortune off connections to the government. They are experts in every industry now.
Proportional representation would reduce the need for floor crossings, like the recent defection of former Conservative Marilyn Gladu to the Liberals, and bring a more representative government, argues Julie Simmons. #canpoli
Don’t Like Floor-Crossing MPs? Then Back Electoral Reform | The Tyee
A more representative democracy would empower MPs and encourage co-operation.
thetyee.ca
Lawrence Freedman: The US leads no longer. But is the full extent of the current crisis appreciated? Not just the coming economic hit but also the impact of Trump’s self-destructive behaviour. All allies are adjusting to US incompetence. This makes increased defence spending more urgent.
The US no longer leads
The changing context for UK defence policy
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The Trump administration is deeply corrupt and transactional. Something to remember when conducting trade negotiations.
Hunter Walker@hunterw.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Invitations to the event, which were distributed by Paramount and listed Mr. Ellison as the host, described the evening as 'honoring the Trump White House.'" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/b...
"Traders placed a series of bets worth $430M on a drop in crude prices just 15 minutes before U.S. President Donald Trump said he would extend a ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday." Reminder that the top official at the SEC responsible for investigating insider trading was recently forced out. Hello?
AOC is all sensible Americans right now, Americans who have completely lost patience with the wildly incompetent, lying loons currently running things who undermine our sanity, wealth, and wellbeing.
that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks
President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.
washingtonpost.com
On April 12, 1945, Canadian soldiers Léo Major and Wilfrid Arsenault entered Zwolle to scout German defenses. By the next day, the Germans were gone and the Régiment de la Chaudière liberated the city without firing a shot. This is the story of the Rambo of Quebec. 🧵 1/10
Equal blame belongs to the deplorables who voted for him. He's always been obviously unfit.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 4mo ago"I'm just contemplating the fact that one moron, one psychotic moron, one capricious idiot, has completely bollocksed up the global economy not only to the detriment of his own people, but the detriment of the planet. ... It's like how much more of this can the planet take?"
It seems that she "knew" him pretty well.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 4mo agoReporter: I just got off a call with Trump, who said he had no prior knowledge that Melania Trump would discuss Jeffrey Epstein in her remarks today. Before we hung up, Trump said that Melania didn't know Jeffrey Epstein.
Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with Trump claiming victory, but the US-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an entrenched, radical government with control over the Strait of Hormuz and a powerful lever over global energy markets and Gulf rivals, analysts say reut.rs/4tVGoP9
As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but powerful with leverage over Hormuz
Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with President Donald Trump claiming victory, but the U.S.-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an entrenched, radical government with control ...
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