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@jonathant83.bsky.social

40-something dad&husband from πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦. St. Catharines, ON. Done with Twitter. Non-partisan but follow #onpoli & #cdnpoli. Also use SM for chess, trivia/word games, other gaming, NHL/Leafs. I follow back similar interests.

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Latest posts by jonathant83.bsky.social on Bluesky

This site remains an inadequate resource that is still miles better than the alternatives. That said, there are things that need to be improved for me to spend more time here. This site was successful in getting me to quit x but I haven't learned easily enough how to customize it for what I want.

13.09.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
We Played Hide and Seek Across Toronto - Jet Lag Home Game
YouTube video by Jordan Barg We Played Hide and Seek Across Toronto - Jet Lag Home Game

For fans of Jet Lag The Game, this is a decent version using the JL home game while we are inbetween Jet Lag seasons. Good production. Filmed in Toronto. youtu.be/CICiV6I7SuE

13.08.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just watching late night YT and getting scam ads with AI Wayne Gretzky and AI Mark Carney and somewhat compelling video. "Make $1000/day auth from Royal Bank". Google needs to be held financially accountable for running this advertising and you cannot change my mind. It's only going to get worse.

10.08.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The great part is the realization that it never was common. It's basically a loaded term at this point and maybe always was a loaded term as well.

26.07.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the other sites, her bad-faith engagement would amplify her account and gain her follows. On here she will probably end up on more moderation lists than anything. 🀣

09.06.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe they have layaway.

29.05.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Couple of players at the PWHL Finals got their masks stuck together and the referee didn't stop the game right away so they did a little pirouette before the whistle finally blew

24.05.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
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17.05.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And now as new inventory is coming in, the American ones are slowly getting the T in a triangle on the electronic shelf label to indicate that they are tariffed. I wouldn't have guessed that a few of the things were American.

17.05.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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17.05.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you would like to immediately improve your experience on here, mute every account that posts text or a quote on an image.

09.05.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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09.05.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I eat my credit card so that I can pay at the checkout by tapping my stomach on the pinpad. But do go off.

09.05.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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08.05.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hammer 7, saw 3, so toolbox 17 & all = 27?

08.05.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did you try applying with the name and resume of a different but identically named David Moscrop?

06.05.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a few accounts like that one that are completely insufferable and you won't miss at all if you add to your block list.

06.05.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd like a "turn down topic volume" also. Some US politics: ok fine. Dominating my πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ feed: πŸ™„

01.05.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A few interesting SS. That said it needs a deeper dive. As there is going to be a % of that where the change is voter A went Lib->Con and voter B went NDP->Lib, rather than just voter A NDP->Con. But there is for sure some of the latter also.

01.05.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So getting some sort of local polling data and for more information to be available should've been a bare minimum. But if there is no local polling data at all, then how can there always be good recommendations..

01.05.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the flaws of the smartvoting type sites. It's trying to tell us on day 1 of the election campaign who is the strategic choice, in this case often before local candidates were even decided. The intentions are good, but the strategy could be improved.

01.05.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

164+8 or 165+7 (it just flipped on my screen)... if those hold, it seems like a possible path for stability. I don't think anyone wants another election any time soon.

29.04.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Vote share still holding at 160/266 🀞

29.04.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think I read somewhere the boundaries of your riding changed. Can you confirm I'm remembering that right?

29.04.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hot start for the CPC: more than 10 seats in Atlantic Canada and they’re rolling. But @stephenmaher.bsky.social noted the advance vote, heavily Liberal, isn’t in yet

29.04.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 10
Poe's law - Wikipedia

Even if some of them are "obvious", if you see enough fakes, you will eventually get a few wrong.

That said, with the state of things, I've assumed that a few things were fake that turned out to be true.

Something something Poe's law. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_l...

29.04.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was critical that JT didn't resign sooner. But this seems to have played out in a near-best case scenario, that I don't think would've turned out the same way if the resignation had happened earlier.

Let's see if we are collectively smart enough to go out and vote tomorrow.

27.04.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Corporate leaders are obsessing over GDP per capita.

But, if you look at just about any number that would meaningfully tell you how well our economy is doing, Canada does better than the U.S.

@mendelmatt.bsky.social @jimstanford.bsky.social #alwayscanada #never51 #gdp #cdnpoli #cdnecon

25.04.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 14

They can't. And anyone can say what they like about Kory/Nick/et al, but I have yet to see an instance where their polling was way out to lunch. So I don't even think it's hopium. But people need to finish the job and go vote.

24.04.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think people underestimate how quickly it will be for the LLMs to improve and to be more accurate and more useful. Probably a similar pattern to Moore's Law, except it could be a different timeframe than 18 months.

24.04.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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