My goodness, the Trump admin keeps adapting Russia’s threats/demands on Ukraine to its policy towards Canada— from « not a real country » rhetoric to trade war (as Ru waged in 2013) and now demands on Canadian language policies!

Stephanie Carvin@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 2d ago

Carney now suggesting the U.S. was making demands that threatened the French language in Canada. Mes dudes, vous n’avez aucune idée à qui vous avez affaire. ⚜️🇨🇦

Yeah so we're demanding shit about minority language rights and national sovereignty over trade agreements while also funding an astroturfed separatist movement right on our border No parallels here, no reason to be alarmed, stop being such a hysterical lib obsessed with Russia

Sam (ABeardedPanda)@abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 7mo ago

There are a lot of you who seem to be overly concerned about people being rude to you when the people in question are a bit miffed that we're upending the global order and currently threatening to invade their country using a playbook from 12 years ago that is still currently ongoing

US funds own 59% of the Canadian oil and gas industry 🇺🇸🦅

PM mentioned "protecting sovereignty" like 4 times. US wanted to restrict with whom Canada can trade. It is telling. US wanted to restrict language and cultural support in Canada. russia has the same rhetoric towards the Ukrainian language to justify attacks. Canada must fight!

Ouch

These are issues of sovereignty, and shouldn't be negotiable if we wish to continue to claim to be so.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · last wk.

US is reportedly asking Canada for first-refusal rights on critical minerals, completion of its F-35 purchase, more US defense procurement tied to Golden Dome + guarantees on future oil & gas supplies. Another example of security, trade and resources being folded into one transactional relationship

AFC Toronto lost to Montreal Roses 0-2 at BMO Field today. First time ever I go to the football game, and the team loses. I swear it was not me. NSL is quite fun. Decent level and enjoyable P.S. that penalty was uncalled for; Toronto created more chances but struggled to convert them into goals.

The thing about ripping out bike lanes is it doesn't stop us from biking, it just makes it more dangerous. And if I feel unsafe, I take the lane.

One of the easiest ways to stand out when writing or creating videos or posting: DONT. USE. AI. Suddenly you sound distinctively different from 80%+ ppl who do and output the same verbose + nicely formatted stuff that feels all the same (+ most ppl stop paying attention midway)

Ordered a dark bear in Montreal restaurant by Boreale/Borealis (QC company). Liked it a lot. Want to have it in Ontario. Checking LCBO. It is not available. Are those interprovincial barriers I hear about? Crazy it is not available in Ontario, a neighbouring province.

On that note, Odyssey (and similarly length movies) need a bathroom break.

Owen@oweninvan.bsky.social · 4w ago

I’m as pro-free speech as the next guy, but there needs to be some kind of law restricting movies over 2 hours. Masters of the Universe needed 140 minutes, really? Don't ban them outright, maybe a tax or mandatory editing if a film falls below 90% on Rotten Tomatoes?

People trying to have a civil convo (and this is interesting), but this is social media and no one is saying the obvious. Are you dumb? Do you *really* not understand the point of a country defending its borders and sovereignty? Or did russians take over your account?

If someone invades your country you should shoot them, is a pretty basic idea. Only americans would think about it as "well you have to be nice to us so we can unfuck this"

"... roughly 87,000 people participated, with 80 per cent of responses coming from the City of Toronto, and a further 15 per cent from the region. Among those who participated, 87 per cent opposed any changes to the airport." 🔥🔥

Toronto Star@thestar.com · last mo.

#Breaking: Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion

Following the victory of Ukrainian protests, we got some good news in Canada as well!

Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · last mo.

Friday night lights aka late breaking news release. Ka boom. Toronto anger was not for naught. You moved a monolith: the Liberal caucus. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

This article poured my internal screaming into cohesive thoughts that Canadians can relate to (vs my Ukrainian view which amounts to a lot of swearing and name calling). As a famous Ukrainian blogger says: "We either change or die". This applies to Canada, and I wish only the best for Canada.

Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸@maxp94.bsky.social · last mo.

Scathing, and deeply necessary.

Done.

Futurama: Shut Up And Take My Money Meme

ALT: Futurama: Shut Up And Take My Money Meme

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Rodney 🚧🚇@chanface.bsky.social · last mo.

Heavily encourage you to donate to candidates you believe in and take full advantage of the 75% city rebate on donations between $25.01 and $300. A donation of $40 will only cost you $10 post-rebate!! Can't donate? Volunteer your time! We can't let only wealthy connected candidates dominate.

The flakey sketchy anon survey monkey (!) the federal government put out on the Island Airport, their "consultation," ends Friday. If you haven't yet be sure to still fill it out. There are places you can add your own thoughts like "this survey is faulty and skews towards done deal" and etc.

Public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

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Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

Did you notice that Spain scored when they *didn’t* kick it directly at the keeper? Take note, kids.

Y'know, now I'm kinda glad he was just smoking crack. Whole different ballgame if buddy's coming at you with malice in his eyes and dick in hand.

When the Los Angeles area was hit by horrible wildfires that destroyed people's homes, Canadian firefighters flew down to help them while Trump was openly yelling 51st state. When Canada is hit by wildfires, all we hear from Americans are threats of punishment rather than help the fires.

Fubar 🇨🇦@captainfubar.bsky.social · last mo.

This is the future of climate change denial as it becomes more difficult to ignore, it'll just be endless scapegoating

American support for Canada annexation will only go up (eventually plateau?). If you already think that Canada should be annexed, it is unlikely you will change your mind. Meanwhile, it is easier to go from "no annexation" to "well... maybe, look at economics" to "canada is made up".

Isaiah Bishop@isaiahbishop.bsky.social · last mo.

one of the reasons i deeply dislike the whole "we'll theyll just move ok, there's no domestic desire for this stuff, its just trump" is that its no embedded in their thinking, and every single grievance will now include it as a discussion

Logged in to Gander Social. Bluesky integration is still not working (likes and comment from Gander do not show up here). Waste of time. Will come back in a year to check it again.

Great video as usual.

The Goose 🇨🇦@the-goose-media.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey, remember that CBC story a while back about foreign YouTube accounts pushing Alberta separatism? Well, I ended up talking to the US-based face and voice of the most popular (now taken down) channel. And he has a personal statement he wants you to hear! youtu.be/WX2o2dwEiDk

This is now going to live in my head rent-free: "Spend at least 8 hours on this before even thinking of returning or giving up"

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · last mo.

Another wild AI math result. Here's the prompt, which interestingly is mostly about method and probably would work pretty well for a human organization: cdn.openai.com/pdf/04d1d1e4...

Norway rows back to home (as my friend said). Switzerland simulated into a red card, and a real trip back home.

Vibe coded a new tool that helps make better estimates (e.g. project/task length) than 'best/worst case scenario' guessing. Based on SPIES, an academic method I learned about from the Meltdown book (good read). tools.vmois.dev/spies-estimate