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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 6h

I was thinking more like municipal offices and school boards etc. - more people are elected to those offices than anywhere else, and the pay is … not good. Provincial and federal offices at least pay wages that can support a family solo, which is more or less a requirement of those jobs.

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 6h

We welcome all bandwagon jumpers for either or both teams. 😂

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 6h

Who could possibly say no?

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 6h

Don’t forget extremely low pay for all but the highest offices!

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 6h

- plus party discipline choking you into taking stupid positions you don't want to take for most offices
- and laws that put all your finances and investments under scrutiny, while the President is making billions

...all for the chance, just a chance, to appeal to the better angels of our nature.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 6h

Don't forget:

- death threats from incel types and attacks on your family
- grotesque misogyny for any woman at every step
- protests in front of your house by activists who insist it's a legit tactic for almost any grievance
- and the endless, endless listening to grim, sad or stupid rants...

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 6h

Fools. Don't they grasp that they're missing an chance to:
- be relentlessly criticized by people who have no clue what you do
- get blamed for things over which they have little control
- be constantly exposed to judgemental scrutiny
- work long hours only to be told how lazy you are

And more...!

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 7h

OTTAWA – Sergio Marchi says when he asks students in his university course on politics how many of them are interested in a career in public life, he’s surprised if two or three of them raise a hand.

Former Liberal cabinet minister says young people are hesitant to enter politics

OTTAWA – Sergio Marchi says when he asks students in his university course on politics how many of them are interested in a career in public life, he’s surprised if two or three of them raise a hand.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 15h

The future... The polar ice caps have melted, covering the Earth with water. Those who survived have adapted... to a new world…the Waterworld. Also, the Tigers and Mariners are still playing Game 5 of the ALDS somehow.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 16h

After the 15th inning it is time to replace one player with a dog until someone wins or it's all dogs.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 17h

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 1d

The history books having to explain cartoon frog = fascist, inflatable frog = anti-fascist…

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Andrew (he/him) | 日本語勉強中 @andrewbutworse.bsky.social · 15h

yes, yes, baseball

but have you spared a thought for electric trolley buses with off-range capacities over 100kms ?

really puts things in perspective

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 15h

Reached the point in the evening when my dog needs a walk and he's just going to have to wait for baseball to be over...

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 16h

It *IS* tomorrow night if you're on Eastern time ;)

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 16h

Tigers, Mariners, who cares? More baseball!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h

6am. Ludicrous.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h

It's 2am here and my insane wife and child have convinced me to stay up to watch game 5 of the Mariners series.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23h

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 16h

maxfawcett.substack.com/p/when-blind...

Canada's media- and policy- elite are missing the mark on clean energy. Here's why:

When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but

Debunking Don Wright's well-meaning interventions on the subject

maxfawcett.substack.com

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 18h

This is the correct take.

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John @johnquissy.bsky.social · 18h

As a Jays fan; love seeing Tarik Skubal throwing 160 pitches tonight 😆

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 19h

This is a good 'smallest hill to die on.'

Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 19h

Just a minor rant, if you run a web site with a blog or whatever, make post date visible. I am fucking tired of reading shit and trying to decide if it is recent, up to date, or even relevant.

This goes for review sites, tech documentation, and regular old news/blogs.

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 19h

I'm torn. My first ever ball game was in Detroit (grew up halfway between Toronto and Detroit...), and now live a short ferry ride from Seattle.

My heart is cheering for the Tigers, I think... and maybe my brain sees only facing Skubal in game 3 and 7 (if necessary, eek) as a plus.

John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 19h

Okay so are Jays fans cheering for Detroit or Seattle in this context?

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

Really not good that we are seeing right-wing capture of major media outlets as this administration ramps up its assault on journalists. Many individuals would like to hold this administration to account, while their bosses are supporting the fascists arresting those journalists.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 1d

Yes!!! Victoria, let’s gooooo and support this made in Canada legend of a company.

Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 1d

As a Montrealer, this makes me so proud! 🙌
“Though other cities offer bike-sharing programs, “Montreal revolutionized the trend,” TIME wrote, calling Bixi’s technology “the backbone” of bike-sharing services in cities including London and New York.”
montrealgazette.com/news/bixi-bi...

Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares

The list also includes the iPhone and the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator.

montrealgazette.com

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