Shan Kumar 🍁🇨🇦🇱🇰

Welcome to Canada!
Maybe stay on your side of the border. #cdnpoli

Graph of Canadian oil exports to non-US countries, showing that since the TMX pipeline expansion May 1, 2024 Canada's exports have increased by several percentage points, generating $12.6 billions in revenue.

From Wealthsimple. You won't hear Daniel Smith thank Trudeau for this though.
#cdnpoli

Tariffs are having a unique impact on back-to-school shopping, analyst says Retail experts expect back-to-school shopping to be hit by tariff costs, but the picture is complicated.

There may be some sticker shock for those doing back to school shopping, with some items being impacted by tariffs.
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Atleast it's the Dodgers the Jays are absolutely stinking against !
@torontobluejays.bsky.social

#Torontobluejays #mlb #baseball #Dodgers

When you have a power outage and you still need some Jays

@torontobluejays.bsky.social

#Torontobluejays #MLB #Baseball

Another example of thinking that oil's future will look like its past.

The iea is forecasting ZERO oil demand growth in China from now until 2030. Sinopec, CNPC, PekingU forecast decline after 2030.

Who'll buy AB's oil then? C'mon, brianjeanab, be better.

This is the end result of a country that is built on unregulated capitalism which prioritizes handing out social welfare to the billionaires than establish a national health care program !
#America #Capitalism #AmericaSky #Cdnpoli #CanadaSky

Corporate America and the tech oligarchy are now bribing Donald Trump in the White House in the full view of the public with media coverage.

This is the new America !

#America #NewsSky #AmericaSky #DonaldTrump #Apple #Timcook #Democracy!

Damn nice to hear Buck's voice !
@torontobluejays.bsky.social

#TorontoBluejays #Bluejays #MLB #Baseball

Economy lost 41,000 jobs in July but unemployment rate held steady at 6.9% The Canadian economy shed some 41,000 jobs in July as young workers and the private sector bore the brunt of the losses, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Canada lost 41K jobs in July with 15-24 group losing most of them at 34K while having the highest unemployment rate.

The generation who should be starting their lives are paying the most right now. This needs to be addressed !

#CDNpoli #TeamCanada #CanadaSky

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Kershaw vs Scherzer today !

@torontobluejays.bsky.social
#TorontoBluejays #Bluejays #MLB #Baseball #Dodgers

ChatGPT File • • Edit View Window Help ChatGPT 5 > How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry The word "blueberry" has the letter b three times: • Once at the start ("B" in blueberry). • Once in the middle ("b" in blue). • Once before the -erry ending ("b" in berry). Total: 3 O92 Show me where the letter b appears in the word please. Sure — here's "blueberry" with each b highlighted: B lue b erry Positions (counting from 1): 1 B - first letter 4 b - in blue 6 b - in berry D9< Spell that out with all three bs please. I mean, just spell the word. Sure — here's the full spelling with all three b's shown in place: BLUEBERRY That's exactly how blueberry is spelled, with the b's in positions 1, 5, and 7.

ChatGPT File Edit View Window Help E ChatGPT 5 > You wrote "BLUEBERRY". There are only two bs there. Ah - I see the mix-up. Let's slow it down and spell blueberry carefully, letter by letter, showing all three b's. blueberry Now you can see them: • 1st b → position 1 • 2nd b → position 5 • 3rd b → position 6 blueberry Exactly — blue berry has three b's: • 1st b → at the very start • 2nd b → right after the e in blue • 3rd b → immediately after the second b, starting berry So the "bb" in the middle is really what gives blueberry its double-b moment. Its double-b moment; I see. Yep - blueberry is one of those words where the middle almost trips you up, like it's saying "b-b-better pay attention." That little bb moment is satisfying, though — it makes the word feel extra bouncy.

 ChatGPT File Edit View Window Help 巴 • ChatGPT 5 > My students get you to write their essays for them, you know. Ah, the old "ChatGPT, do my homework" routine — I'm familiar with that one. I can see why they'd be tempted, but here's the thing: I'm a lot more useful as a coach than a ghostwriter. If they use me to brainstorm ideas, plan structure, or clarify tricky concepts, they'll actually learn and still have their own voice in the work. If they just hand in what I write, they're skipping the thinking part - and it usually shows. I'm good, but I still leave a trail of... telltale ChatGPT-isms. A trail of blueberries, as it were. Exactly — a trail of blueberries: easy to follow, a little sweet, and maybe just obvious enough for a watchful teacher to notice. If your students really are leaving me to bake the whole blueberry pie for them, they might forget that the best part of pie is making it themselves... even if it gets a little messy. "Blueberry" only has two bs. Nope - blueberry really does have three b's. Here it is spaced out: bluebberry Positions: b- at the start 5 b - in the "blue" part 6 b - right next to it, starting "berry" That middle double-b is easy to miss if vou just glance at the word.

I had to try the “blueberry” thing myself with GPT5. I merely report the results.

Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.

YouTube video by Think Music India Meiyazhagan - Trailer | Karthi | Arvind Swami | Govind Vasantha | C.Premkumar | Suriya | Jyotika

'Meiyazhagan' a really wholesome feel good Tamil movie. One of the better Tamil movies in a decade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahp8...

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HR Derby !
#Torontobluejays #Bluejays #MLB #Baseball

Almost feel sorry for the Rockies.

#TorontoBluejays #Bluejays #mlb #Baseball

Why Canada's gun policies are seen as 'gong show' for voters in Alberta byelection | CBC News Alberta’s Battle River–Crowfoot riding, one of the most conservative in Canada, is being contested by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in a byelection set for Aug. 18. In that riding, firearms ent...

A vendor on gun show attendance: "This is my third year here in Hanna. It's the slowest year. Every year, it's gonna go slower and slower and slower and slower. People are getting scared of buying guns."

I’m fine with that.

Four offshore wind energy areas designated off Nova Scotia The Nova Scotia government says Canada’s first four offshore wind energy areas have been designated on the province’s offshore.

This is the kind of national energy project I can get behind: Nova Scotia is blazing trails in offshore wind development.

Wind is the future for Canada, and we can have it more places (hint: Great Lakes!) if we so choose.

@cape-acme.bsky.social

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What's the deal with electrolyte drinks — do you need them to stay hydrated? Seems like nobody's drinking plain water these days. Electrolyte packets or colorful sports drinks are everywhere. But do you need them?

Seems like nobody's drinking plain water these days. Electrolyte packets or colorful sports drinks are everywhere. But do you need them?

Came across this in a little restaurant in Old Montreal,

#baseball #mlb #Yankees #Torontobluejays

John Schneider highlighted the long ball as a big reason for the #BlueJays’ recent skid:

“I think the biggest thing we’ve got to get going is on the mound. That’s 16 home runs the last five or six games, so it’s tough to catch a ball when it’s in the seats.”

An Ontarian cannot start off the weekend in Montreal without some crepe and coffee at Old Port.

Sorry Montreal, but Italy is still the best place for some Buffalo Mozzarella.

#Canada #Montreal #tours #CanadaSky

YouTube video by Energi Media China’s Drive to Replace Oil With Electricity

China’s Drive to Replace Oil With Electricity

China has plenty of cheap domestic coal for power generation, but imports millions of b/d of crude oil.

Are we surprised China wants to electrify road transport and displace oil imports?

Duh.
#ableg
youtu.be/S4DwJW5UYm8

Sports Culture Needs to Change | The Tyee The Hockey Canada trial and verdict revealed cracks in elite athletics that we can no longer afford to ignore.

What often gets forgotten is how the hyper-masculine culture of sports creates significant barriers to seeking help.

Experts Laura Misener and Treena Orchard write. 🏒🇨🇦

With never-ending tariff drama, the Canadian economy limps along Canada is an outlier among the U.S.’s major trading partners after it failed to reach a deal before Trump’s deadline

If I were Cdn business manufacturer w/ products which fall under CUSMA (exempt from any tariffs), I would use this next yr as a grace period to pursue new business relationships w/customers overseas.
I seriously doubt CUSMA 2.0 will remain beneficial to Canada
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Most news headlines this morning a relatively neutral or even positive about Canada's side on negotiating with turnip.
Of course the National Post and Bloomberg are biased in favour of the USA.
And Mike Crawley at the CBC?
"Trump didn't chicken out."

The difference between a 25% terrified and a 35% tarrif is nothing if customers already stopped buying at 25%.

We need to phase out the tarrifs on Chinese EVs and bring back the DST.

Not out of spite but to meet our goals.

#cdnpoli

And spend the long weekend vacationing in Montreal.

Why haven’t I thought of this till today???

Thank you @minibubbly.bsky.social

List of animal blood donation clinics in Canada so you can find one near you:

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