Dave Tait

Dave Tait

@davetait.bsky.social

Living in Ottawa, happy and content

1,251 Followers 420 Following 7,735 Posts Joined Feb 2024
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'I want to be a role model': Canada's Para ice hockey captain Tyler McGregor leads with quiet confidence | CBC Sports One of the most revered Para ice hockey players in the world and a vocal advocate of mental health awareness, captain Tyler McGregor will be leading the Canadian team to battle for gold against the Un...

"His hard work got him noticed and only after a few months of first trying it, he was invited out for a national team camp.

"But he is not shy about the toll it took on his mental health to battle demons, learn a new sport and grieve the life he envisioned as a child."

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...but in this particular case, she doesn't.

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It's kind of like someone at a concert saying, "Why don't they just play the album...?"

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Paralympic viewing guide: Canadians go for gold on the final weekend | CBC Sports CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the last two days of the Winter Paralympic Games in northern Italy, where Canada has gold-medal chances in Para hockey, wheelchair curling and skiing.

Canada's Para hockey team will play the United States for gold on Sunday after defeating China 4-2 in the semifinals.

#Paralympics
#TeamCanada

www.cbc.ca/sports/paral...

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There is absolutely no bottom.

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...

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9 hours ago

Wonderful. Thank you!

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Dawson in a Purple Mood
Ted Harrison
1990

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...getting suspicious...

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Venezuela beats Japan to move on to the WBC semis and qualify for the Olympics

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I've been distracted by the Iran stuff and missed this...

So...the U.S. is on Norway's side...?

What did Sweden do...? They've always seemed so nice...

This world is getting far too complicated...

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Enmanuel De Jesus strikes out Shohei Ohtani on a nasty cutter, with replay + ump cam

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“The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives of young people in war but have not the courage to tell us that we must be less greedy and wasteful.” #WendellBerry

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How many ways can you say “We used ChatGPT” without actually saying “We used ChatGPT”?

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We were going to watch it last night but hit the same shocker, so we watched "Song Sung Blue"...and loved it. A really great stroke of luck.

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He likely figured that since he'd betray his country to its enemies rather than hurt his portfolio, the same would be true of Iran's regime...

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"We destroyed their homes to force them into the streets so they could play their role in determining the regime's fate so we could then seize control of determining theirs...and for some reason they aren't displaying the enthusiasm we had expected..."

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Grey wolf

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"Most importantly, consider the confidence problem. AI tools deliver lies with the same authoritative tone as facts. In the past, search engines forced you to evaluate information yourself. Now, AI wants to do it for you. Don't let your critical thinking slip away."

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"But I was just a little boy, so of course I didn’t. I went back to my seat and never said a word to her.

"We were in school together for five more years. I’d see her around but we never chatted. Then one day she was gone. Lynne left school at 15 and I wouldn’t see her again for 55 years."

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Really is.

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18 hours ago

Lovely story.

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They both pretty much said, "I was only following the executive order."

Both of these boys would look at home in the uniform usually associated with that kind of excuse.

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17 hours ago

Doing systemic racism to eliminate research on systemic racism to make systemic racism easier to hide and deny.

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"This is not just about morality. It’s about the law. When the government takes someone into custody — whether criminal or civil — it assumes a duty of care. The reason is simple: the government has taken control over that person’s liberty and ability to care for themselves."

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The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.

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Ideson claims Paralympics curling gold for Canada with last shot against China Canada have returned to the summit of wheelchair curling, edging out reigning champions China 4-3 to earn their fourth gold medal in this blue riband event

"Ina Forrest rose to that particular challenge with her first stone, only for Zhang to then edge her out, his stone kissing the edge of the middle green ring. Thurston and Wang traded blows with no effect on the score and that left Ideson and Wang to contest the final knockings."

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‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump Mood among some in Iran shifts from hope of being rescued to dismay at destruction of infrastructure, culture and lives

“If the regime is what you want to hit, even if you think these depots were used by the regime, where do you draw the line? What about us, the ordinary Iranians? We rely on this civil infrastructure. Why take away our ability to govern in the future? Who can rebuild utter ruins?”

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Basic carpentry: If you've 100 per cent completed screwing in a screw but continue, bad things will happen.

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20 hours ago

Life comes at you fast

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From "Fool's Gold: America's Exceptional Fall" (2043):

"As China accepted the formal U.S. invitation to control shipping from the Gulf (which it later interpreted to also include shipping through the Red and Baltic seas), Italy and France imposed a Line of Control along Lebanon's Litani River."

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