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A Dave you know you know

@notjustdave.bsky.social

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I swear a lot, double space after a period, and use Oxford commas. 1st gen Canadian; Calgary, AB He/him; B.Sc. Geography (geomorph, soils/biogeog, climate); Red Seal Landscaper; husband; cat dad; skier Team Compassion

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · Nov 28

I would like more cat pictures, please. Riddle my timeline with them.

Dogs and other pets very much welcome.
#CatSky #DogSky #FerretSky #BeardedDragonSky #SomehowDomesticatedSkunkSky

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 10h

hell yeah

Cover of the classic children's book Frog And Toad Are Friends.

Drawing of Toad, a brown toad, sitting on a bench, dressed in a green jacket and slacks. He is reading a book to his friend Frog, a green frog dressed in a brown jacket and slacks. They are surrounded by green plants and mushrooms. There is a silver Caldecott Medal in the corner.

Text has been altered from original. It reads
Fiftieth Anniversary
Frog and Toad Are Antifa
by Arnold Lobel

Commemorative Edition

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Duane Nicol 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @duanenicol.bsky.social · 1d

The editorial team at the @winnipegfreepress.com calls out Smith and Moe on their hypocrisy and ridiculous arguments.

"It is all too familiar, and frankly tiresome."

Indeed!

Albertan when we want, Canadian when it suits us
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...

Opinion: Albertan when we want, Canadian when it suits us

It’s an odd world Alberta Premier Danielle Smith inhabits: one where her province keeps the benefits of its natural resources, while other provinces should simply surrender the bounty of nature that m...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 10h

The Muppets Take Portland (2025)

The Muppets fuck around with the National Guard in front of stores that are not boarded up. Voodoo donuts is open late.

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Sean Padilla says #ProtectJhordin @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 14h

They said Ms. Rachel is virtue signaling

Clitasaurus Rex 🦖 @naiijah.bsky.social · 15h

what did the last person you blocked say to get blocked?

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 13h

It was definitely the first time I saw it.

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 13h

I don't really know Speed Racer. I think I was only vaguely aware as a teen.

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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 15h

Clinics are the one place patients should be SAFE

Colds, flus & coughs are the #1 reason why Canadians see a doctor

…so where did masking in healthcare go?

It’s political.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 1d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

"Masks prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses. The science is clear," writes Iris Gorfinkel. "The standards are in place. A health policy that reacts to hospitalizations and deaths falls below the long-held standard of do-no-harm. Policies that are enacted only once hospitalizations are high do the opposite.

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 14h

The OG was also a tech breakthrough. No one had seen anything like the light cycles and it was awesome.

Now real life tech is like Skynet and the novelty is fucking GONE.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 19h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 17h

Harper made Canada the worst climate performer among industrial nations, ranked 58th best by the international Climate Change Performance Index.

Trudeau made Canada an even worse climate arsonist than under Harper, dropping us to an even more dismal 62nd place.

Carney: "Hold my beer."

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 16h

Oh for the sake of fuck.

Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 17h

Over the summer, men bet on whether someone would throw a dildo onto a WNBA court. Wired has since found they're gambling on something much worse.
www.jezebel.com/men-found-an...

Men Found Another Disgusting Way to Bet on WNBA Games

Over the summer, men bet on whether someone would throw a dildo onto a WNBA court. Wired has since found they're gambling on something much worse.

www.jezebel.com

A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 16h

In case you didn't know, Neil's music - ALL of Neil's music - is available for insanely high quality streaming via the Neil Young Archives: neilyoungarchives.com for about twenty bucks a year.

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Derek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 17h

Surprise surprise.

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

"Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this."

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 18h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17h

i would give everything to receive my cannabis order via carrier pigeon.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h

Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18h

the ones in San Antonio have made the road—which on our "gay strip" and flooded with nighttime pedestrian traffic— safer.

as usual our governor has no relationship with the truth

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18h

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for the removal of rainbow crosswalks and other symbols of pride from public roads across Texas.

Texas governor calls for removal of rainbow crosswalks, calling them a safety issue

Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Transportation on Wednesday to ensure all cities and counties "remove any and all political ideologies from our streets."

nbcnews.to

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 18h

They're on break.

📸 OwnTheMo0n

Two cats sleeping in a glass cabinet in a hardware store.

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 18h

Banana (slices) for scale.

Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 19h

🥰 Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation.

A baby Aldabra giant tortoise. It could eventually reach a weight of about 250kg. Photograph: Chris Tagg/Nature Seychelles
The tortois is snacking at a slice of a banana. It is about three times as long as the diameter of that banana. It has a very dark skin and shell.

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 19h

“BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT,” Neil Young writes. “IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME.”

www.stereogum.com/2325956/neil...

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 18h

CC: Alberta.
#AbLeg

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 19h

remember when you hear trump called a peacemaker that his government created a group whose sole purpose was to murder starving palestinians

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 22h

Gaza Humanitarian Fund "distribution sites" (Israeli killing fields) are being dismantled as part of the ceasefire

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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