My IRL friends call me Chris

muted light on rock outcrop and foliage

Signs form a language, but not the one you think you know.

Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

Recap on Carney and Anand on #Iran:

1️⃣ They support the US and Israel's attacks.

2️⃣ For three days, 🦗🦗🦗 on international law.

3️⃣ Carney: actually, we support attacks "with regret" & it's prima facie illegal

4️⃣ We can't rule out Canada joining in.

Seriously: What will they say tomorrow?

Appreciate the handful of public figures that continue to say true things. Diminishing crew but holding my sanity down so bless

As key messages go, that's a super weird one. Was muddying the meaning the goal?

The problem is that apparently he's used it with Canadian audiences too. He likes to use blood and soil together in a sentence.

Yes, just its use normalizes extremist rhetoric.

No Canadian soldiers should be endangered for Benjamin Netanyahu's 40-year-old fantasy and the Epstein Files.

"One can never categorically rule out participation," Carney replied. "We will stand by our allies when it makes sense."

The Artist's Garden at Issy les Moulineaux

The Artist's Garden at Issy les Moulineaux, 1918
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16315

Yes, found the same thing on dog walks today.

People are *praising* it? Oh wow. I'm a bit surprised that people don't know the reference.

Did our PM actually use “blut und boden" in a sentence?

The former politician to big bank vice-chair pipeline continues.

One of several basket weaving banners and placards on display at the student protests today at Queen's Park. #Onpoli

I am still laughing (darkly) at your "matryoshka dolls of nepo babies".

what goddess do we need to pray to what Etsy witch do we need to hire to rid ourselves of this family of corrupt barnacles

Whoa, Fuzzy, that's awful!! So sorry.

Pathological entitlement is a family trait.

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"The biggest retirement challenge that no one talks about, in my experience, is finding purpose."

Yes, so much focus on financial planning and so little on 'life-planning'. If we haven't given thought, in detail, to what we want our daily life in retirement to look like, we haven't planned.

That gender gap...

"Half of men (50%) support the military action named “Operation Epic Fury”, while 20% of women say the same. Two-thirds of past Conservative voters (64%) back the air strikes, compared to just 17% of past Liberals."

Mark Carney’s Iran reaction raises doubts about what he stands for In this dangerous world, Canada needs to see clearly what we are dealing with. But we also need to remember who we are.

Is it that he’s raising doubts about what he stands for, or we don’t want to acknowledge what he stands for?
Because from where I sit, his actions have been remarkably consistent: economic transactions above all other concerns and don’t ever do anything to upset the US.

"That should be the easiest question. You should be wanting to answer that question."

Noem does not, in fact, answer the question. She just repeatedly calls it 'garbage'. That's not an answer.

This is a lie every bit as egregious as those that were used in an attempt to justify the Iraq war. Moreso in that even more people know it is untrue.

“Rates right now nationally seem to be decreasing around 5%,” @donvinh.bsky.social said.

“Alberta seems to be lagging behind. Their rates are still higher, somewhere around 7% or so.”

What a surprise that the least flu vaccinated province is lagging. This is on the anti-vax Smith government.

They keep coming like a horde of zombies.

[Screams inside my heart.]

How do I know I just had RSV? An at-home rapid antigen test.

How did my dogs' vet know she just had RSV? A rapid antigen test at her doctor's office.

Both of us have used this knowledge to protect elderly family members.

RATs should be more accessible than they are, for many reasons.

Wag the Dogs.

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100%. There is no consideration for disability or age.

I watched what happened last week with snow clearing in NYC in awe.