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Mark James

@markjjames.bsky.social

I write for a living. He/him

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Mark Carney and Diana Fox Carney walk in a forest in Saanichton, British Columbia.

Mark Carney and Diana Fox Carney walk in a forest in Saanichton, British Columbia.

My plan to protect our nature and waters will draw on the wisdom of Indigenous traditions, the power of modern technology, and the strength of a united Canada.

07.04.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1653    πŸ” 238    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 40

PP is regurgitating his tired β€˜Canada is broken’ spiel yet again. Knock it off Pierre. #cdnpoli

28.03.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The BoC rate cut is a penalty for savers and a gift for people with variable-rate mortgages β€” The Globe and Mail The Bank of Canada is penalizing people for doing exactly the right thing with their money

In other news, bears shit in the woods

apple.news/AK8_2hvGURF6...

12.03.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Poilievre thinks money raised from Canada’s retaliatory tariffs should only go towards tax cuts. What about supporting businesses and people whose livelihoods are going to be devastated by these dumb US tariffs? Talk about a tone-deaf, one-note politician #canpoli

04.03.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good skin

02.03.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.

Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.

We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

28.02.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 73875    πŸ” 14775    πŸ’¬ 1622    πŸ“Œ 706

Freedom and democracy are always worth fighting for. Slava Ukraini.

28.02.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6659    πŸ” 1402    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 74
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Does Mojo employ a copy editor? πŸ˜‚

26.02.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ending The Vote Split. One Riding At A Time SmartVoting.ca is a one stop tool voters in Canada can use to see who is the best party to vote for in their riding to prevent a Conservative win.

For those who don’t necessarily want to see Doug Ford win in Ontario:

smartvoting.ca

20.02.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s a shocking finding, gen Z: democracy isn’t perfect | David Mitchell According to a new poll, half of our 13- to 27-year-olds can’t see the point of all those time-wasting elections and parliaments. Why do they not know that authoritarianism is worse?

We need more politicians who can communicate like David Mitchell:

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

02.02.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to some mind-engorging insights!

31.01.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fighting LA's fires from the sky - BBC News How helicopter crews are fighting wildfires in Los Angeles

Amazing photos of amazing work:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

19.01.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally worked out where Apple got its inspiration for the SIM-eject tool!

15.01.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deep joy: Wales embraces β€˜hwyl’ in tourism campaign to rival Danish β€˜hygge’ β€˜Hwyl can raise the heartbeat or relax the body; it’s your own particular form of happiness,’ says Welsh psychologist

Campaign objective no. 1: get everyone to pronounce it properly 😊 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

13.01.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll take it 😊

11.01.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A useful guide to hyphens, en dashes and em dashes from Merriam-Webster … or should that be Merriam–Webster?

10.01.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0