left-shark politics
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Trying to figure out how to combine my loves for baroque music and hiking
I got your bomb threat right here *points to butt*
Climate is a pattern, and the pattern has changed. = Climate Change
If the Nova Scotia government actually cared about protecting kids, they’d go after the companies selling illegal electric devices and marketing them to minors instead of criminalizing the kids
I was in the grocery store yesterday, buying South African lemons, because I refuse to buy American produce. I vividly remember the days when Canadians boycotted South African fruit and wine, to protest apartheid. Now, the world’s turned upside down.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump: "Canada is nasty. They're nasty."
Something Americans don't realize. Three quarters of Canadians say they are unlikely to buy US liquor even if the provinces return it to the shelves. This is a grass roots boycott - not government-driven. #cdnpoli #USpoli niknanos.substack.com/p/political-...
Political abstinence: Strong majority say they will boycott American alcohol if it returned to store shelves.
CTV/Nanos Survey
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If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
Want to be a Micromobility MVP? Give your citizens safe places to ride e-bikes and e-scooters so that drivers can't kill them.
Halifax Regional Municipality@hfxgov.bsky.social · last wk.Want to be a Micromobility MVP? Ride e-bikes and e-scooters where you’re supposed to (never on a sidewalk), wear a helmet and park responsibly. Learn more at: halifax.ca/SharedMicromobility
Hey young people, please make sure to ride these very convenient devices where you have much more of a chance of being killed or injured. Here’s a helmet! Have fun!
Halifax Regional Municipality@hfxgov.bsky.social · last wk.Want to be a Micromobility MVP? Ride e-bikes and e-scooters where you’re supposed to (never on a sidewalk), wear a helmet and park responsibly. Learn more at: halifax.ca/SharedMicromobility
Today is Venn Day, in celebration of the mathematician John Venn, born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn Diagram.
Watching Star Trek TNG over again, with my 13yr old. I think this show fucked up my generation because it convinced us that villains tend to concede when Picard points out the moral consequences of their plans, and their unforeseen impact on other people’s rights and dignity.
TIL there’s a place in Ontario near North Bay called Commanda
Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · last wk.Due to some changes in my itinerary, I was unable to visit the Commanda General Store Museum in Commanda, Ontario. It is a great museum located in a truly beautiful building. The next time I come through, I will absolutely be visiting it! If you're in the area, check it out!
We ask: Given so many cyclist and pedestrian crashes, also vehicle, happen at our wider intersections, why are we not doing more to prevent crashes with simple but safe tactical deployments? Please ask your Councillor too. www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Senior pedestrian hit by truck on Quinpool Road taken to hospital: Halifax police
A 72-year-old woman was hit by a pickup truck while crossing Quinpool Road at a marked crosswalk near the intersection of Vernon Street on Tuesday afternoon.
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I stopped at a red light on a road with no bike lanes, typical in Honolulu. A driver in a lifted pickup pulled up behind me, leaned out the window, and yelled, "Hey buddy, get the fuck out of my way." I promptly got on the sidewalk and waited for the green light. Cars turn people into sociopaths.
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 2w agoWhich vehicles most endanger the drivers of other cars? Giant pickup trucks — and the Dodge Charger Source: www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Downplay a book or movie: The Day Trip
Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2w agoDownplay a book or movie: "Reasonable Expectations"
Unsatisfied with exploiting gig workers,
The Verge@theverge.com · 2w agoDoorDash is going airborne with new drone delivery division
UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football". tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
Sometimes the fb algorithm is interesting. The Bridgewater United Church is calling on Nova Scotians to take a stand against transphobia and boycott Tim Hortons.
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Robin Wright's Iconic Line in Princess Bride
Alt: Robin Wright's Iconic Line in Princess Bride
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Victoria aka Blaze@burrddoh.bsky.social · 2w agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Sometymes evil doth seeme so powerful that the heart groweth sick. But ther ys comfort yn the fact that evil ys an aberration. Our default settinge ys lovinge each othir and lookinge out and takinge care. We smyle at children. We give somebodye bus fare. We share advyce. Kyndenesse brought us heere.
This would be a great photo for motivational posters featuring Machiavelli quotes. “If an injury has to be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.” “Never attempt to win by force what can be won be deception.” “It is much safer to be feared than loved.”
Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @ SPX 2026@escherbug.art · 2w agoShe loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.
