As people take to the streets after Renee Good's killing, is this the US or Iran?
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Pressing Start Yet Again: What the error codes on my malfunctioning year-old laptop told me about the importance of weathering adversity and finding solutions.
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Three years after leaving the US and moving back to Canada, I'm doing fine. And despite the tariff threats, Canada seems to be doing fine too.
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Relocating back to my hometown has thrown me into the liminal present, a transitory phase where past, present, and future have become one.
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Remembrance Day is a solemn occasion in Canada. As a country with a small military and few major conflicts since WWII, the day seems to have morphed into an occasion to ponder the concept of war itself. margo705549.substack.com/p/why-its-mo...
DIY gardening! It’s pretty easy to grow a substantial amount of your food if you have a backyard with a patch of dirt…
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Volunteers can be paid in appreciation, respect, and occasionally thanks. Being compensated with frustration and disrespect, however, is just not going to cut it.
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Businesses that enabled the summer reading list AI debacle distance themselves, while the content generator takes the blame.
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The May Long Weekend is usually the kickoff to summer up here in Canada. Not this year, thanks to the early start of fire season.
Returning to Canada after living in the U.S. for four decades, I had a lot of catching up to do. Much had changed. My first action to get acclimated was burying my head in books. Two years later, I have a strong appreciation of CanLit!
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New in the L.A. Progressive: This week's federal election made Canada a progressive inspiration around the world. But the Liberals' victory has come at a cost to the country's multi-party system.
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My first Canadian federal election was a total bore. No personal attacks. No challenging election results. And no storming the capitol.
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I have dual citizenship but I still worry!
First it was suspected undocumented immigrants being arrested and held in detention centers. Now it's tourists. I was planning to attend AWP in Los Angeles next week. But now doesn't seem like the best time to visit America.
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How easy is it to annex another country?
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Some interesting points!
Canadian mystery author Louise Penny is canceling her US book launch and tour due to the tariff dispute! www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
As Justin Trudeau wraps up his last days as prime minister, remembering how his soothing (and sane) Covid-19 updates (in comparison to Trump’s unhinged rants) gave me the idea to leave Southern California and move back to Canada… #Trudeau #WildSocks
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From Trump’s Department of Didn’t Think This Through: Turns out, the tariffs on China could be a problem for religious organizations, since China is the world’s major printer of Bibles…⛪️🙏🏾⛪️ publishersweekly.com #Tariffs #China
“Elon’s Monkey Business” Charged with Cruelty
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The abuse of primates for the development of Neuralink’s BCI was the subject of a complaint in 2022 by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. @ppasquini #musk
Hmm, didn’t realize food preferences were important enough to mention in a headline. Suppose these guys are different from carnivore computer savants…
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In the end, all the jabs and booing of national anthems didn’t matter. It was about skating, passing, and getting the puck into the net. And in a much-needed victory, Team Canada beat Team USA 4-3 in overtime in the riveting 4 Nations Face-off final.
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OK, so feeling a little riled about this 51st state thing. Could it really just be a nefarious plan to help China's production of baseball caps?
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After 200 years of democratic friendship and economic marriage, are Canada and the US really breaking up?
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Why put a living ground hog through the stress of looking for its shadow? At Oak Hammock marsh, they just pull a plush one out of the desk drawer every year. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Liberal party’s carbon tax was wildly unpopular and the conservatives grasped on that with their witty slogan, Ax the Tax. Now that Liberal candidates agree on that, the conservatives don’t have much to run on…
Wrapping up my 1st yr not having to write for money. Doing the kind of writing I want! Wishing everyone a Happy New Writing Year! Thanks to those who held workshops and published my work.
