Jean Kennedy 🇨🇦🇪🇺

It's so weird how LLMs know so much about things I don't know anything about, and yet make fundamental and basic errors about things I do know anything about. Oh well, I'm sure that's a coincidence.

Trump's tariff war: Canada's sovereignty is the real issue, trade expert warns Trump's now well-worn claim that Canada should become "the 51st state" is far more than negotiation table bluster, says Pricewaterhousecoopers.

I was supposed to be working in the US this week, but my client couldn't guarantee my ability to cross the border or my safety in doing so. We managed to get the job done virtually, but it really is astounding that we're in this position.

It happened all SO quickly, but please don't normalize it.

"Would you prefer to see Canada take a (X) approach to trade negotiations with the US?"

Hard - Refuse concessions even if it makes the relationship worse: 69% (+6)

Soft - Make concessions to keep a good relationship: 31% (-6)

Angus Reid / Aug 1, 2025 / n=1333 / Online

(% Change w Jul 13, 2025)

There’s no point in negotiating further with the sexual predator in charge of the 🇺🇸rogue state that can’t be relied on for anything.
Let’s drive on, Canada, grit our teeth in readiness for hard times, and reconstruct our future.
We’ve done it before and we’ll do it again.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Keep calm and buy Canadian.

Canada: Walk away from negotiations. Don't retaliate. Diversify. Find new markets. Buy European military equipment. Reinstate the digital services tax. Let Americans pay more for the things they want from us. Keep up the public boycott. Welcome American refugee talent. Be Canadian. #cdnpoli #USpoli

None of the blatant evil from Trump, the GOP and MAGA has surprised me. What’s surprised me most is the lack of fight, the belly-showing, the outright cowardice, from so much of American society. Boy did the myth of American strength oversell itself.

Don’t like what I’m saying? Prove me wrong.

For any Canadian who may have been slacking in the #ElbowsUp department lately, we get it. It can be challenging. But please, it's time to get those elbows up again and boycott items and services from the US, as much as possible.

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”

City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.

I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Seriously, stop letting bad politicians own and weaponize the phrase “common sense.”

Take it back.

L’Australie va interdire YouTube aux moins de 16 ans L’Australie va se doter d’une loi pour interdire la plateforme de vidéos YouTube aux moins de 16 ans.

L’Australie va interdire YouTube aux moins de 16 ans

Tsunami Watch for B.C. - EmergencyInfoBC Tsunami - A Tsunami Watch is in effect for B.C. Tsunami Notification Zones A, B, C and D: the north coast & Haida Gwaii, the central coast & northeast Vancouver Island, the outer west coast of Vancouv...

What’s a tsunami watch? At this point we don’t know what the danger level is -so people in possible impacted zones are being told to stay alert, keep an eye out for information,be prepared to leave and get to higher ground if necessary.

MORE INFO HERE: www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/tsunam...

Woo hoo! That's great!

I retrained myself for a 5k last year after an extended illness that had taken a major toll on me. When I started, running for 30 seconds felt impossible. By the end, I ran my 5k in 41 minutes and was elated.

Every single hard-won metre is to be celebrated! Keep at it! :)

Lancement du programme CanadaROUGE mis à jour pour unir les supporters et accroître les investissements dans le soccer canadien Les recettes de CanadaROUGE sont investies directement dans l'amélioration du système de l'équipe nationale, la formation des entraîneur.e.s et les programmes de participation des jeunes au soccer. Ca...

Lancement du programme #CanadaROUGE mis à jour pour unir les supporters et accroître les investissements dans le soccer canadien 🍁

Les recettes de #CanadaROUGE sont directement réinvesties dans la croissance du soccer à différents niveaux.

PLUS 👇
news.canadasoccer.com/lancement-du...

This is a 1866 oil painting by Robert Charles Dudley titled "Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable." It depicts the arrival of the transatlantic telegraph cable at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, on July 27, 1866. A crowd in 19th-century attire cheers on a wooden pier over rocky shallows, with men wading in water to pull a rowboat ashore. A red flag waves from a scaffold on the left, and sod-roofed buildings stand on the pier amid a hilly, cloudy backdrop.

On this day in 1866, the first transatlantic telegraph cable came ashore at Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador. Over 2,700 kilometres of cable was laid. The next day, a message from England arrived, officially connecting the two continents.

Graph showing a series of industrial revolutions, suggesting a sixth wave is ongoing defined by China called the Renewable Age

I’m increasingly convinced by the argument China’s decade-long investment to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, and particularly imports, is not only creating a new electrified model that other South countries can benefit from, but is leaving the West behind because it can’t ditch fossil fuels.

Scotland isn’t playing around.

Quebec is lucky to have zero active forest fires at the moment, so we are sending manpower and/or aircraft to Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland & Labrador. www.sopfeu.qc.ca/en/publicati...

Forgot to add the Alt Text - sorry!

The image above is the cover page of the Free Software Foundation's Spring 2025 Bulletin.

Just got my Spring copy of the #fsfbulletin. The Free Software Foundation has spent almost 40 years fighting for the right to use software as we, the users, want and need. In today's tech oligarchy, it's one of the most important battles being fought.

@fsfe.org
www.fsf.org
hostux.social/@fsf

Why Is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome So Misunderstood? | The Tyee It poses a major health threat. Yet fewer than half of those affected know they have it.

Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is a hormonal imbalance that affects about one in 10 women in Canada.

A team of Alberta researchers is shedding light on the widely misunderstood health condition.

French president Macron sues influencer Candace Owens over claim France’s first lady was born male French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit in the U.S. on Wednesday against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, centered on her claim that France’s first lady i...

This really made me smile. 😈 It's about damn time. Good morning, everyone!

www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

How Eurostack could offer Canada a route to digital independence from the United States Canada needs to consider its digital independence from the domination of the United States. Participating in the Eurostack initiative offers a way to do so.

How Eurostack could offer Canada a route to digital independence from the United States

flip.it/N0SlU_

You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are There’s nothing like a common enemy to make a country come together.

"You think I'm going to let that fucking criminal take over our country? Not a chance." - Charlie Angus quoted in New York Magazine.
nymag.com/intelligence...

I don't think the drugs she's on are allowed to advertise on television.

ABSOFUCKINLUTELY 🇨🇦

Make them/him irrelevant 🚫 but make sure they feel it 👊

For the third time in history a non-British regiment - Lord Stathcona’s Horse, Canadian - has assumed duties as the King’s Life Guard. Charles is not being subtle.

People are criticizing Trump for praising the Liberian president’s “beautiful English” even though Liberia is an English-speaking country, but I think that’s unfair. Trump is living proof that you can be from an English-speaking country and still be unable to speak it

Yes.

Did anyone think the fucker in the White House would do the right thing? He hates our nation because we are a democracy.
Because we believe in the rule of law.
Canada needs to be on a war economy of resilience and resistance. This is not going away. We need to hunker down for the long fight.

Not a bad likeness, really. They did a better job than they usually do capturing his tiny hands and well-hidden six-pack. The innocent blood he's drenched in is a pretty nice touch, too.