Lorraine Sommerfeld -> 🇨🇦
@lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social
Columnist @Driving.ca, Motherlode columnist @thespec.com, novel A Face in the Window www.afaceinthewindow.com. I've won some stuff I write about cars, my kids (moved out), my cat (just one), my dead parents (can't argue) and whatever else I feel like.
We do Mother's Day a little differently around here...gift link! www.thespec.com/gift-redeem?...
Gift-redeem
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It's beyond frustrating to have to google the name of anyone in charge of disease control in the U.S. to see if they used to be a game show host.
"Republican Party of Alberta" FFS seriously?? globalnews.ca/news/1183194...
‘Dangerous violation’: Jason Kenney lawyering up after alleged Centurion Project leak | Globalnews.ca
Jason Kenney says he's considering legal action after his info was allegedly shared at a separatist group meeting where a database of millions of Albertans' info was shown off.
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"14 Spaniards will be transferred by plane to a hospital in Madrid to quarantine. Passengers from other countries will not be required to quarantine in Spain, with the decision being up to officials in their respective countries." Lessons learned from COVID: 0 www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
WHO confirms Andes strain of hantavirus in cruise ship passengers, with 3 transferred from ship for treatment | CBC News
Health authorities have identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which can be transmitted from person to person in passengers who were on a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly outbreak of the rare...
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Honestly not sure which is worse: some sportsball bigshot boffing a woman young enough to be his granddaughter AND LETTING HER MAKE THE CALLS or the duo acting out their slowroll sexay bullshit with one naming her kid after the coach. I just don't know. I never thought football was interesting.
I just googled which is better cheesies or cashews so that's how my night is going
I see Hegseth and think, they'd do better asking for testimony from a jar of strawberry jam. *My autocorrect didn't recognize 'Hegseth'. I take that as a good sign.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3mo agoMaking his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war in Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats Wednesday over a costly conflict being waged without congressional approval. https://to.pbs.org/4n1r8Om
The night Americans made the second-worst decision of their lives (Nov 2106), this is what I was doing in Miami on a Smart Car launch. Can't remember what I was doing when they made the worst decision 8 years later. Probably wishing I was having a blast on a junket.
An assassination attempt on the president of the USA and we all just shrug because it's all just an AI world now. You paved the way for this, you idiot, this is what you get. Remind me when to start caring about something real because you've already cashed in my credulity for clickbait attention.
If only school shootings got this level of give-a-fuck.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3mo agoSecret Service agents climbed over tables. Guests dived to the floor and hid behind chairs. Here is a look inside the chaos at the White House correspondents’ dinner, based on reporting by New York Times journalists who were on the scene, surveillance footage and interviews with other witnesses.
"But his methods could prove damaging" What a droll way to describe the next thing this dangerous man is about to destroy.
The Economist@economist.com · 3mo agoA recent executive order suggests that his administration is putting political relationships at the core of determining which treatments get to patients most quickly
Hey, Kentucky! Welcome to Ontario, Canada!
Kentucky Lantern@kentuckylantern.com · 3mo agoThe Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday emails and text messages created by public officials on private devices are not public records, a decision one justice fears could destroy “the public’s right to know." kentuckylantern.com/2026/04/23/o... @liamniemeyer.bsky.social
When LinkedIn suggests you add the person who made your life a living hell ten years ago...yeah no.
Marina remains a joy. Vance has hitched himself to this star: "Avoiding STDs in 1990s Manhattan, Trump memorably clarified, was “my personal Vietnam … I feel like a great and very brave soldier”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is the pope Catholic? JD Vance thinks he has an answer | Marina Hyde
When it comes to theology, Donald Trump’s vice-president clearly knows best. Are we about to see an American break with Rome, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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YOU HAVE TO RENEW YOUR CANADA DENTAL PLAN CARD DO IT BY JUNE 1
Pakistan: "WE will be the ones who tame Donald Trump." Rest of the world: "Yeah, lemme know how that goes."
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 4mo agoPakistan's army chief met Wednesday in Tehran with Iran's foreign minister in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the Middle East and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran after almost seven weeks of war. https://to.pbs.org/429yxkO
At this point, it's all up to Darwin.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4mo agoThe Trump administration is considering ophthalmologist, entrepreneur and frequent Fox News guest Houman Hemmati to serve as the nation’s top regulator of vaccines and treatments for complex diseases, according to people familiar with the matter.
Carney suspends gas tax until Labour Day. PP's reply is that is should be until year end. At this point, this is just your Mom saying you can go but only if you take your little brother with you.
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 4mo agoConservative MPs defend Pierre Poilievre following byelection losses
Nothing like getting a Google alert to your own obituary...RIP, Other Lorraine www.bloomeradvance.com/obituaries/a...
Lorraine A. Sommerfeld
Lorraine A. Sommerfeld, 94, of Bloomer, town of Eagle Point, died Monday, April 13, 2026 at Aggies Country Living in Eagle Point.
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He's cosplayed as everything except a president.
I know SNL started a Brit version. Didn't know they had a Canadian one.
Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social · 4mo ago"There's one thing that's worse than being uneducated and it's being badly educated. And Mr. Carney is very badly educated on economics." -- Pierre Poilievre says, as water dribbles down his chin
Let's not underestimate the influence former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as head of the IDU, has had in this regime and others like it.
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 4mo agoViktor Orbán, the longest-serving Prime Minister in the European Union, pioneered a system of legalized autocracy that became a model for aspiring strongmen all over the world, including Donald Trump. On Sunday, Orbán was voted out of office. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Mbyufm
That new tone deaf TD ad with the robot delivering coffees? Using the lyrics 'are we human, or are we dancers?' So obviously we're dancers. Because we're sure as hell not humans anymore if a bot is delivering coffees.