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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 14h

I found a white nose hair before anything else 7 years ago. I guess that means I am aging terribly on the inside. 🤷‍♂️

an elderly man behind a screen making a face

Alt: A gaunt, elderly man behind a door screen making a creepy face, from the Poltergeist 2 movie.

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 1d

Why build houses when you have your base convinced housing is entirely a Federal responsibility?

a cartoon man with glasses is standing with his hands on his hips in front of a cave .

Alt: A cartoon man with glasses who looks like Scott Moe, but is really Hank Hill, is standing with his hands on his hips in a cavern, with flames reflecting in his glasses, laughing maniacally.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of just building housing, Scott Moe is going to micromanage Moose Jaw's homeless shelter.
Hestia wept. Just ridiculous.

Premier Moe surprises Moose Jaw mayor, says province relocating homeless shelter

MOOSE JAW - Many were surprised Wednesday in Moose Jaw when Premier Scott Moe and some of his cabinet ministers arrived to inform locals the city’s downtown homeless shelter would

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 1d

Most of the USA can crops grow year round. The fact they’re more subsidized than Canada, but scream unfairness over things like not being permitted to pollute our dairy aisles with steroid jacked up milk is laughable.

a woman wearing overalls sits in a chair with her legs crossed

Alt: Scene from Letterkenny TV show where a young woman wearing overalls sits in a lawn chair, in front of a vegetable stand, with her legs crossed saying, “Can confirm.”

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Amber Mac @ambermac.bsky.social · 2d

"Meta is a cornerstone of the internet fraud economy": @ttp-updates.bsky.social adds to the list of exposés on Meta's deluge of scam ads on its platforms. @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social takes a look at how Meta has been coming up short when it comes to protecting its users. youtu.be/idkFdKYQ3J0?...

"Meta is a cornerstone of the internet fraud economy"

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 2d

China and India are hard at work trying to save all life on this planet from extinction while America & Canada subsidize fossil fuels no one wants because their self-described leaders are afraid advocating for solar power makes them look wimpy

Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 2d

Global Renewables to Double by 2030 as U.S. Slumps, China and India Step Up www.theenergymix.com/global-renew...

Global Renewables to Double by 2030 as U.S. Slumps, China and India Step Up

While global renewable electricity installations will grow at a slightly slower pace than modellers previously expected between 2025 and 2030, total capacity is still on track to double by decade’s en...

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 2d

This RIGHT HERE!!!👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 2d

A painting of a bird beside the text "fix your shit"

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 2d

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 2d

How do you get credit for time served breaching your parole?! “You didn’t respect the rule of law in our society, and broke the conditions of your release, so let’s reward you.”

a man in a black suit is smiling and holding a gold hammer

Alt: Steve Harvey as a judge, in a black robe, is smiling and slamming a gold gavel onto the table.

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 2d

I get flashbacks of “The Wizard” myself.

a young man with curly hair is standing in a hallway in front of a window .

ALT: a young man with curly hair is standing in a hallway in front of a window .

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 2d

Some things never change. youtu.be/HLNhPMQnWu4

John Cleese vs Extremism

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 2d

It’s pretty sad, on Threads, that the same generation that grew up with house hippo commercials think the “burnt toast” Heritage Minute was about strokes. (“Every time she has a seizure she smells something burning.”) #Canada
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Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield

YouTube video by Historica Canada

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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 3d

"Solar ... is now so cheap that large markets for solar can emerge in a country in the space of a single year."

Another historic milestone for the energy transition, which is doing things seemingly daily that I was told quite often until quite recently were impossible www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 3d

We don't want the federal government to overreach!
Erm, except when we demand they override BC's wishes and force a pipeline through. That's perfectly fine. But nothing else!

Quebec and Alberta united in pushing back against Ottawa, Premier Danielle Smith says

MONTREAL - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Monday that her province and Quebec are united in their desire to resist federal overreach, as she pushed for closer economic ties between

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Kathleen Sheppard 🍁 @quiddityks.bsky.social · 3d

I know everyone thinks this is the best thing about the Canadian Supreme Court, but the best thing is actually that I
don’t know any of them by name.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 3d

a picture of a forest with the words no.1 on the top

Alt: A picture of tree in a forest with the words no.1 on the top that changes to the larch.

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 3d

Weird Al song called "Wood" that describes different types of wood in precise detail

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 3d

The guy who fled the scene of a vehicular homicide, and faced zero charges, then didn’t disclose all his DUI charges when running for the Sask Party leadership, and bankrupt his farm, wants us all to remember “when people show us who they are, believe them.”

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Matt Soucy @msoucy.gay · 3d

Hey!
Did you know that I'm a game designer?
And that I've released a solo roll and write dungeon crawl, with four maps, for only $3?
It would mean the world to me if you checked it out!

Drawing Dungeon by Soucy Games

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Lisa @lisab0923.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s get’ er done.

#forevercanadian
#alberta
#referendum

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Forever-Canadian.ca because the only independence Alberta should have…

YouTube video by Lisab0923

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 3d

Wildlife strikes?

Almost Roadkill, But Nope GIF

Alt: Almost Roadkill, But Nope GIF

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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 3d

Scott Moe approved! www.westernstandard.news/saskatchewan...

A meme from the Eric Andre comedy show where he shoots his sidekick dead then blames someone else with the caption “Why would the NDP do this?”

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 3d

Paging Gerry Ritz, who still believes selling the wheat pool to the Saudi's was a great idea.

Simon Enoch @simonenoch.bsky.social · 4d

Welter said there is often no incentive for large grain companies to offer a better price for a famers “because in many cases they become the only game in town, or one of only two or three available options.” leaderpost.com/business/wes...

As Western Canada's grain market consolidates, farmers brace for impact

Bunge merger with Viterra seen as further erosion of competition. Bottomline of farmers likely to impacted.

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