Willem DaFOMO || 🇨🇦 he/him/they/them
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Kind of a mess. Good for a quip. Straight, but not narrow. #ADHD'n' is believin', Gomi No Sensei. Born at 324.62 PPM CO₂ www.redbubble.com/people/blatanville/shop FNORD
Alberta Separatists unveil development slogan: “Come Invest in our unstable breakaway republic!”
Alberta Separatists unveil development slogan “Come Invest in our unstable breakaway republic!”
CALGARY - With the Alberta Separatism referendum fast approaching, pro-separatist groups have launched a new campaign to entice investment dollars to their chaotic barely-planned idea for a country.
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Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
BRANDON, MB - 4-year-old Mikaela Hermer's imaginary restaurant, in which she served invisible hot dogs and ice cream to her parents and friends, has filed for bankruptcy after being acquired by Hedges...
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🎶If there's a goal that everyone remembers It was back in old seventy two We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger And all I remember is sitting beside you🎵 "Fireworks," by The Tragically Hip
Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 5d agoOn this day in 1972, Team Canada defeated the Soviets 4-3 in Game Seven of the Summit Series. Paul Henderson had his second-straight game-winning goal. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 buff.ly/2jPYIV2
Somebody said, "We don't want AI to write our emails for us, we want smart people and money working on helping our dogs live healthy to 60."
The only Trump headline that's been necessary since 2015: Trump Said Some Shit To Deflect Attention And Sow Chaos And Discord.
Taxes are how the gov't gets its money back from capital. Get Alberta's money back, man!
Alberta NDP@albertandp.ca · last wk.For months, the UCP defended higher gas prices and promoted their Dani Dimes scheme. Now that they've lost a by-election, they're finally doing what Alberta's NDP has been calling for since April. Families needed you to cut the gas tax months ago, premier.
Y'ever feel like following the rules just makes you a sucker? #airtravel #carryon #etc
A Wise Man Once Posted Nothing.
Toy Story 5 🥲 Gaw-dammit, Pixar, you still got it
Area Man thinks Mark Carney doing swell; Also, dependence on fossil fuels will be humanity's undoing. #doublethink
Well, that's just fudging great...
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 2w ago#Breaking: The federal government will allow private ownership of four major airports — including Toronto’s Pearson, Canada’s busiest — in a move that breaks with a decades-long arrangement that saw them run by non-profits on government-owned land.
👇🏻 There's so much wisdom in his books (HHGTG & Dirk Gently), disguised in the absurd humour that still applies (or is even more relevant), that I hope some of The Kids are giving it the time.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2w agoIt's not to say The Kids *can't* read him and enjoy him, particularly Hitchhiker's; many could and might. Also, in the four-plus decades since his work has come out, times change, people change, circumstances change, and every generation looks for their own bits of culture to call their own.
Yellowknife! I am (temporarily) in you! (A brief pause to off- and on-board passengers between Toronto and Whitehorse)
Certainly by the time I moved to Toronto (36 years ago, holy shit!), grabbing NOW on Thursdays was essential. 45 years ago - September 10, 1981 - launch of Toronto's NOW Magazine.
Making latter-days Reagan look fit as a fiddle.
Adam Parkhomenko@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3w agoTrump on September 11, 2026 not looking too hot
I'd managed to actually forget the previous existence of Charles James Kirk until yesterday... 🙁
9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit. We were silent. As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/
