Alex Handyside 🌈 🇨🇦/🇬🇧⚽
@arachnius.bsky.social
just a regular, semi-retired, double-decker drivin', cancer-survivin', volunteerin', leftie-leanin', radio-broadcastin', philanthropin', feministo, RCAF/RN Veteran, bi, pagan, Rotarian, LFC Red, man-about-world, Crim-head, husband & Dad. YNWA in Halifax NS
Winnipeg, eh? Maybe they didn't buy enough Jim Beam....
U.S. to close consulates in Canada, other countries, Reuters sources say
The U.S. State Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five foreign missions in a rare downsizing of America’s global diplomatic footprint, according to people familiar with the notice...
ctvnews.ca
Hey Hali-Peeps, I thought this was a useful graphic - so you can complain to the *correct* politician or civil servant! #HaliSky #NovaScotia
Black kids protecting their Latino neighbors from ICE
That's my club!!!! (That's me on the left) I was one of the hosts for our SA visitors. And happy to do so, because we were SO well looked after when we had our RFE in S Africa in '24. Interested? Ask me!! #ServiceAboveSelf #NovaScotia #Rotary #District7815 #HaliSky
Rotary Halifax Harbour, NS, d7815@rotaryhfxharbour.bsky.social · 2w agoWe've been honoured this past week to have a South African Rotary Friendship Exchange team of 9 visit us! They've had a blast! This was payback for the RFE trip 9 Rotarians from our district made 2.5 years ago. (And boy were we looked after! 🤩) RFEs are one of the many bonuses of being in #Rotary.
That's my club....!!!!!! . (And yes, that's me in the orange pants on the left)
Rotary Halifax Harbour, NS, d7815@rotaryhfxharbour.bsky.social · 3w agoWe were the first Rotary club *in the world!* to march in a Pride Parade! This is our 11th year of showing Pride in our Community! Thank you for your support! #HalifaxPride #RotaryInternational #HaliSky #ServiceAboveSelf
All puppets, lackeys & brown-nosers! According to our wonderful (& 🇨🇦), Michael @deadder.bsky.social ...!
That's our wonderful Nova Scotia Premier, eh? Always looking out for his rich friends/donors! (And for his next cushy job, of course!) #HaliSky #nspolitics Well said, Danny Cavanagh.
MARCO RUBIO: “Let me explain this in simple English: Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.’ IRAN: “Let me explain this in simple English: The United States is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”
In heavily booze-regulated England, this is a Big Thing. The govt has exhibited an uncommon amount of common sense about the issue, now & for future football games. #ThreeLions #WorldCup2026 www.bbc.com/news/article...
World Cup: England fans can stay in pub for full Norway game - even if kick-off delayed
The extended hours means fans can watch the entire game, even if the start is delayed.
bbc.com
Misinformed could possibly be excused. But this is totally unhinged and delusional. And hilarious. All because the US lost a football game *after* they were caught cheating!?! #EpsteinFury
Michael @deadder.bsky.social is a very talented Canadian political cartoonist. #fifa #worldcup #corruption
“The United States of America, established to overthrow a mad king, has elected, 250 years later, a mad king of its very own. America is setting itself on fire at its birthday party.” #DefendDemocracy
America is destroying itself. It’s no surprise | Stephen Marche
Scholars will someday wonder how the richest country in history chose to throw it all away. But the crisis has been there since the beginning
theguardian.com
#HaliSky !!!
Electric Autonomy@electricautonomy.com · last mo.A new water taxi service in Halifax promises harbour vistas, a convenient schedule and quick trips. What it can’t offer are exhaust emissions or engine noise, because the vessels operated by FlyteBoat are all-electric. Read more: electricautonomy.ca/automakers/m... #electricboat #EVBOAT
USA = full blown Dystopia! “The Trump administration quietly declared frozen embryos to be children.” “… the Dept of Health & Human Services referred to frozen embryos using the terms “child” & “children”… “…. refers to frozen embryos as “children who already exist & are in need of a family”.”
The Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children | Moira Donegan
A document on an embryo adoption program may be marginal – but it marks an escalation in the pursuit of fetal personhood
theguardian.com
And now the entire world knows the word 'asshole' in Italian....
That's my club!!! #YouthAreOurFuture !
Rotary Halifax Harbour, NS, d7815@rotaryhfxharbour.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are thrilled to announce that 3 youngsters from our community are heading to Europe this summer as participants in #Rotary 's Short-Term #YouthExchange program. Reece to #Germany, while Iris & Jayla are bound for #France. We couldn't be more proud of our trio & everything they represent. #HaliSky
Tru Dat! All the bad stuff is now *designed* to be addictive!
A Letter From a Maritimer@aletterfromamaritimer.substack.com · 2mo agoThe science built to keep gamblers pulling a lever has been installed inside the rest of public life. News that keeps you angry. Politics that keeps you donating. Entertainment that keeps you watching. Feeds that keep you scrolling. But many of them have become something else…
Way to go, Nova Scotia! Thanks, Tim Houston! "Fixed term leases are driving up the cost of housing in [NS] by forcing people to move more often. Rents increased 29% last year for renters who moved into a new apartment. That’s 6x higher than the Houston government’s 5 per cent rent cap" #HaliSky
Nova Scotia highest in Canada for average apartment rental rates
According to a new report, Nova Scotia is the most expensive province when it comes to average asking rents for apartments in the country. Rentals.ca and Urbanation released its June report, which sho...
halifax.citynews.ca
