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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 39m

If looking at strata property, ensure the fees can actually upkeep the building & the reserves are robust.

One thing though, Ontario condo owners may be paying in more, but the province is NOT free of under-funded condos.

Strata/Condo properties cost a PREMIUM per sqft to truly upkeep #Strata

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1h

#travelcanada Thank you for visiting, but please choose lodging options that don't contribute to the housing crisis we have here for far too many families, and yes this even includes the less expensive provinces and more remote or rural areas.

Just say no to short term rentals. #housingcrisis

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · Apr 22

#USA #Cdn #tourism
Wonderful so many people want to travel in Canada, we welcome you!

PLEASE choose hotels, motels or inns. #housingcrisis is crushing ppl who cannot find homes to rent or buy because they are on AirBNB and VRBO. Locals simply cannot compete with STR income these properties earn!

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 12h

This video? All the packages they sent to Kentucky got destroyed, inc a $1000 wholesale order.

Destroyed parcels! 📦 UPS do better. This makes no sense. Tariffs, CUSMA, prior notices, we followed the rules, you just can’t get your sh*t together. This makes no sense. #chocolate #canadian #shippin...

TikTok video by The Organic House🇨🇦Chocolate

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 13h

100% Up in Canada we have politicians on both sides pushing home equity as essential to retirement, yet admitting a lack of affordability is harmful. Conservative leader ran (& lost) saying we have "housing hell", yet couldn't resist claiming home equity is "basis of most retirements" the other day🤦‍♀️

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

IYKYK- aka both sides of the political spectrum.
Stupid when various liberals have said it, just as stupid when Poilievre says it.

Can't have homes being comfortably affordable AND have home equity being the "basis of most retirements"

PICK ONE. Is housing a game of monopoly? or a place to LIVE?

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 14h

I did this, took like 30 min.
Points I kept hammering: domestic cloud, regulations around copyright and likeness rights, focusing on machine learning with concrete, real world uses (creating new drugs, etc), the damage done by slop, the need to listen to AI experts who are realists, not boosters.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 20h

While being on family tables, holiday gatherings, in celebrations. Many people don't really think of it as a drug that can cause damage

Liked a few posts on here this week that were asking why alcohol labels don't have warnings on them like we see on cigarette packaging.

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 22h

Great to hear, know people who will omit the older ones entirely and some of those old buildings are solid, and solidly run. Some of the layouts can be much more spacious than some of the newer offerings as well.

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 22h

"few months into the job, Kingra requested time off, stating he had work to attend to in B.C., according to the former employer"

"Kingra had taken a contract with a more lucrative organization: the Bishnoi gang"

"he felt pressure to support his family in India, and this seemed like easy money."

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 22h

Awful. :(
"The gang members carrying out this violence are young, come from India’s Punjab, where unemployment is endemic, and are often in Canada on temporary visas."

"26-year-old Indian citizen, Kingra arrived in Canada almost five years ago but struggled in school and on the job market"

The story of a Bishnoi foot soldier | Globalnews.ca

Abjeet Kingra was part of an Indian gang that has become such a menace that Canada branded it a terrorist organization.

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 22h

Looking at only newer units or older ones as well? Yeah, there's a lot of badly run & underfunded older stratas, but there's also ones who did do things right and it's nice when you know what kind of complex it is digging through the docs, or seeing the vibe there bc it's already well established ☺️

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 23h

Ohhhh Ive never seen that building, it's beautiful.

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 23h

I hate the AI slop era. 😭

AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

Before we left #Strata Living our water deductible skyrocketed too.

You HAVE to be aware of any changes to the strata master policy so you have the correct coverage.

Now they will have to come up w an additional $75,000 & this isn't even a bad deductible, seen ones over $200K! 😱 #BC #Insurance

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

Flying to a climate conference is like chain smoking at a lung health conference and leaders should stop doing that

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

It's 16 ounces.
Tall is 12 ounces. and yeah it is weird, bc you're not saying anything trademarked by another company requesting a 12 ounce coffee/tea/latte.

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

IYKYK- aka both sides of the political spectrum.
Stupid when various liberals have said it, just as stupid when Poilievre says it.

Can't have homes being comfortably affordable AND have home equity being the "basis of most retirements"

PICK ONE. Is housing a game of monopoly? or a place to LIVE?

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

Not bc they don't understand, Bc they don't care.
Willing to bet a lot of them made the bulk of their net worth BECAUSE decent housing is expensive & scarce. Same folks who want to send any people struggling to a somewhere else, not have housing options for them & others needing lower housing costs

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

CONGRATS to the Seattle Mariners! ... but Go Jays Go!

Yeahhhhh we didn't step foot in the US during his last term, and we won't this time either. Doesn't matter how much fun we'd be missing out on. :/ Toronto is an amazing city to visit, worth the 5 hour flight ;)

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

SERIOUSLY npr?!?!

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. Here's a Canadian who went blind in Bali from drinks at a bar, she nearly died. 😢

This woman woke up blind after her drink was tainted with methanol | The Current

YouTube video by CBC News

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

"mah investment that help displaces other local families who want a home to live in"

Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

Tiny 🎻 time.

Short-term rental ban an investor dilemma, loss

YouTube video by CTV News

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful. Hope you have a great thanksgiving too.

Fell in love first time I visited the island. Walking along the water never gets old.

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 1d

OF COURSE it does, we're now years into rents and mortgage payments gobbling up unsustainable amounts of even good household incomes, people are bloody broke.

Going all in on a real estate bubble got us HERE. Yet some politicians STILL pump the Canadian dream as retirement via home equity. IYKYK.

Food bank demographic includes educated, fully-employed people

YouTube video by CP24

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