Patrick Walen
@pomeroon.bsky.social
I am a Disabilities Services Worker (I work with Persons with Developmental Disabilities & Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)) & Indigenous Youth
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
THE HORROR !!
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Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
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February 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
THE HORROR !!
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Rewilding is a progressive, large-scale approach to conservation that restores natural processes, rebuilds damaged ecosystems, and encourages biodiversity by reducing human intervention.
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Jia Mingxuan, a 14-year-old middle school student, participated in the 77th International Trade Fair, Ideas, Inventions, and New Products (iENA Nuremberg 2025) with his invention, "Automatic Watering ...
TikTok video by Good Living in China
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February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Rewilding is a progressive, large-scale approach to conservation that restores natural processes, rebuilds damaged ecosystems, and encourages biodiversity by reducing human intervention.
www.tiktok.com/@goodlivingi...
www.tiktok.com/@goodlivingi...
Who said that once he's in office he will drain the swamp?
February 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Who said that once he's in office he will drain the swamp?
Canada's First Nations are ready to take on Danielle Smith and her separatist plans.
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matriarchalcircle on Instagram: "First Nations are SOVEREIGNView all 2,774 comments"
First Nations are SOVEREIGNView all 2,774 comments
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February 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Canada's First Nations are ready to take on Danielle Smith and her separatist plans.
www.instagram.com/reel/DT8-sMc...
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Opinion piece by Maureen Dodd
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Obama Derangement Syndrome
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February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Opinion piece by Maureen Dodd
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Ice fishing, that's a good one
February 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Ice fishing, that's a good one
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List of investments made this year by our new PM Mark Carney: 🍁
#Canada
Australia for Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar-Canada’s NORAD modernization plan-- www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Defence Industrial Strategy-- www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
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#Canada
Australia for Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar-Canada’s NORAD modernization plan-- www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Defence Industrial Strategy-- www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
/1 thread
December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
List of investments made this year by our new PM Mark Carney: 🍁
#Canada
Australia for Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar-Canada’s NORAD modernization plan-- www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Defence Industrial Strategy-- www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
/1 thread
#Canada
Australia for Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar-Canada’s NORAD modernization plan-- www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Defence Industrial Strategy-- www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
/1 thread
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We will in due course learn that Carney has a lot of qualities that will help him become one of the strongest pillars the new world order will rest on. He knows his stuff, has a sense of humour, is not afraid, opens the front-door for his cat etc.
I for one cheer him on.
Great cartoon by T. Moudakis
I for one cheer him on.
Great cartoon by T. Moudakis
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 AM
We will in due course learn that Carney has a lot of qualities that will help him become one of the strongest pillars the new world order will rest on. He knows his stuff, has a sense of humour, is not afraid, opens the front-door for his cat etc.
I for one cheer him on.
Great cartoon by T. Moudakis
I for one cheer him on.
Great cartoon by T. Moudakis
Useless info:
The word with 645 meanings is "run," a verb in English that holds the record for the most definitions, encompassing concepts from physical movement and operating machinery to managing businesses and even metaphorical uses like a "run" in stockings.
Runner up: "set".
Language rules!
The word with 645 meanings is "run," a verb in English that holds the record for the most definitions, encompassing concepts from physical movement and operating machinery to managing businesses and even metaphorical uses like a "run" in stockings.
Runner up: "set".
Language rules!
February 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Useless info:
The word with 645 meanings is "run," a verb in English that holds the record for the most definitions, encompassing concepts from physical movement and operating machinery to managing businesses and even metaphorical uses like a "run" in stockings.
Runner up: "set".
Language rules!
The word with 645 meanings is "run," a verb in English that holds the record for the most definitions, encompassing concepts from physical movement and operating machinery to managing businesses and even metaphorical uses like a "run" in stockings.
Runner up: "set".
Language rules!
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If it quacks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it... kills like a duck???
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‘It was shocking to see’: Killer ducks euthanised after eating Bird of the Century chicks
Three mallard ducks have been euthanised after being caught in the “graphic” act of preying, hunting and eating alive newly-hatched native pūteketeke chicks.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM
If it quacks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it... kills like a duck???
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Don’t sleep on the importance of wetlands, but they’re in danger, says Bob Piercey, who is the education manager at the Fluvarium in St. John’s.
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It’s World Wetlands Day. Here’s what they do for you — and plants and animals
Don’t sleep on the importance of wetlands, but they’re in danger, says Bob Piercey, who is the education manager at the Fluvarium in St. John’s.
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Don’t sleep on the importance of wetlands, but they’re in danger, says Bob Piercey, who is the education manager at the Fluvarium in St. John’s.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...