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Diane Marie

@dianemarie.bsky.social

Canadian, kitty person (but I secretly crave a dog), RCAF brat, ABC, voracious reader (Scandinavian noir, police procedurals, etc.). ***No religion***.

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Back in my day, there were Brownies, church choir, and Sunday school. My granddad’s cottage (a real one, not a mansion) or my great uncle’s farm were the treats.

04.03.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2/ During the pandemic when some social arrangements were briefly altered, I realized how un-resilient some younger people were - losing their minds because their routines had to change. I recall tweeting about it, wondering how they would have coped with a war in their back yard.

04.03.2026 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In truth, I was glad that my mother worked, because she didn't seem very happy staying at home. When she wasn't in good sorts, our domestic life was fraught with tension. She worked one evening a week and when she left, my dad and I would breathe a sign of relief. She might also have... /2

04.03.2026 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The last of the boomers + GenX
I agree with this...

03.03.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

She is so pretty.

03.03.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️ you two.

03.03.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Too many of us, including media figures, are too often looking for that β€œgotcha moment”. We are interpreting what we experience to fit and are unwilling to acknowledge when we don’t fully understand. This seems to be exasperated by the want of a quick answer always not a thoughtful response.

03.03.2026 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

2/ The job of a political leader is to find the best way forward in the face of new realities, not to pontificate and moralize for the heck of it. If we have no influence over said state actors and have no intention of getting involved, why wave red flags in front of them?

03.03.2026 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Many complain that facts have faded away in favour of opinion. But, then, many of the same people are addicted to opinion to the point that they want politicians to express opinions that will have zero influence on state actors and that therefore would be useless posturing. /2

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Adopting permanent daylight saving time β€˜Spring forward’ on March 8 will be the last time change, ending twice-yearly clock changes

Fantastic news for BC - no more time changes after March 8th as we are adopting permanent β€˜Pacific time’. Woohoo!

02.03.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HAYES: β€œTrump’s war with Iran is illegal, reckless, and wrong. We’re only on Day 3 and it is already an indelible stain on this country.”

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In the @wsj.com today:
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02.03.2026 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Group Plotting to Break Up Canada Reveals Jaw-Dropping Details of Secret Meetings With Trump Teams Leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project say they have met with high-ranking Trump officials three times.

β€œDennis Modry, a co-founder of the group, told NBC News that border security, the Canadian pension plan, taxes, national debt, and the possible currency revamp were on the table. So was the development of an independent military”

#ableg #cdnpoli

www.thedailybeast.com/group-plotti...

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🚨🚨 General reminder: Poilievre DOES NOT have a security clearance and therefore has no intel on Iran.

Anything he says on the matter is speculation. Just another 🀑🀑

01.03.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8
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Ontario Science Centre’s new home is smaller, worse and probably pricier None of the Ford government’s main claims about this new facility at Ontario Place appear to be true

Forget the drawings. This is a flawed project being sold with false claims. My column: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

28.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

ICYMI...

03.03.2026 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Global News’ Ben Mulroney Shared a Video of Airstrikes. The Footage is Actually from a VideoΒ Game. The host of Global News’ West Block gets lost in a misinformation-driven fog of war as American and Israeli forces strike Iran

pressprogress.ca/global-news-...

02.03.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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This you, Donald?

"Our president will start a war w/Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He’s weak and he’s ineffective. So the only way he figures that he’s going to get re-elected, and as sure as you're sitting there, is to start a war w/Iran." β€” DJT, Nov. 2011
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28.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1669    πŸ” 814    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 50

What seems to be the issue according to Rath is that the AB Ranchmen's Club elite consider him and his fellow travellers to be loons. But I consider Binnion and Manning to be undemocratic loons, both busy using dark $ and disinformation to pervert our democracy.

02.03.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Yahoos’: Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader | The Tyee Jeff Rath claimed Manning and influential allies have tried to silence and subvert the separatist movement.

This article is hilarious. "Responsible government" is something Alberta has rarely seen, but apparently the "cowboy yahoos" believe that they have written the book on it. Not unlike the yellow vest yahoos and the clownvoy yahoos.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

02.03.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜Do what you really want to do while you’re still alive’: Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese guitar hero surfing a second wave in his 70s Playing a surfboard-shaped axe, Takanaka was a stadium-level artist at home but little known in the west – until YouTube brought him a huge new audience

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

02.03.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kuwait (reportedly) has accidentally shot down three American fighters. What a sh*t-show…

02.03.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro SΓ‘nchez on Iran:

β€œRemember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime, as is the whole of Spanish society, and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”

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The "railroad" ended in Canada. Just saying...

02.03.2026 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

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In Another Instalment of: β€œDidn’t Age Well” πŸ₯΄

Trump in 2024: I can tell you you’re not going to have a war with Iran with me as president

01.03.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

American exceptionalism tends to underestimate non-Americans. They're not as smart as us; we are smarter than everyone; they can't possibly out-strategize us because we are #1, etc.

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Lack of propaganda was the excuse, lack of investigation is the solution

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