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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 1d

I keep telling people that it's impossible to grow food at scale in a hot, unstable climate but I've noticed that no one really gives a fuck.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 2d

The more authoritarian America gets, the greater the risk to Canada. And because of our location, we are absolutely alone in this world.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 2d

In a sane world science news like this a top story but we live in a clown world.

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

The Pacific Ocean is overheated, making fall feel like summer | CBC News

Experts say a massive heat wave in the northern Pacific Ocean is the likely reason for the unusually warm temperatures across parts of Canada.

www.cbc.ca

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve never read the Beaverton. Good catch. Will delete post.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 2d

What a bunch of freaks!!!

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 3d

Three loops of the Cape Chignecto trail is around 150 kilometres. He ran it in 28 & a half hours. Not bad. lol.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 3d

A high of 31.8 in my backyard on the peninsula today. October 6th.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! 3 laps of the Cape Chigecto loop. 150km of running in 45 hours. Very impressive!

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 3d

So if I understand correctly, some southern states are militarily invading northern states. Or more precisely, Trump is sending red state troops into blue states hoping to start a war of some sort. Buckle up folks, shit going to get weird.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 4d

The dog bite 36 hours later.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 4d

Eagle Rock today.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 5d

😐

taber @kvetch.gay · 6d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 6d

My daughter was just bitten by a dog on Oxford Street near Almon. Broke the skin through her jacket. Lady with the dog walked away. Super pissed off about this.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 6d

Going to be difficult if not impossible to grow food at scale in a hot, unstable climate.

Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 6d

Our planet is hotter than it’s been in 125,000 years.

By mid century it’s on track to be hotter than in around 3 MILLION years.

You think agriculture can survive this sort of shock?

CARRYING ON AS NORMAL IS SUICIDE.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 6d

That Chicago apartment building raid is a sign of what’s coming. Scary shit for America.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 7d

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Johnson said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 7d

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door & dragged him out in zip ties.

He was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 7d

Wow. Just wow.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 7d

When you go from a rational & manageable ~300,000 immigrants a year to a wide open 1.5 million+ immigrants a year system than you have problems like this. But don’t worry, your tax dollars are endless.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Extraordinary' surge in immigration cases in Federal Court challenges access to justice, top judge says | CBC News

The number of immigration filings to the Federal Court of Canada is so high its chief justice is concerned it will become an access to justice issue.

www.cbc.ca

zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 8d

Climate change is coming for our food. Blueberry yields are down in Nova Scotia by over 50%. Wild blueberries are Nova Scotia’s most valuable export crop,….until they’re not.

I eat local blueberries every morning so this hurts.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/pro...

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 10d

4 beer later! It was a great Monday night fire. 🔥 woot, woot. lol.

zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 10d

It's been too long.

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 10d

Hmmm,…if only there was some way to shrink the labour pool. 🤔

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As unemployment climbs, the promise of a grocery store job lures hundreds | CBC News

Can't find a job? You're not alone. Unemployment reached 7.1 per cent in August, the highest rate since May 2016. But one experts says it's "not yet the time to panic."

www.cbc.ca

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 10d

Wolfville saw approximately 78,000 MORE vehicles pass through its downtown from July to October last year compared to the same time the year before, according to municipal staff.

78,000 more cars than the year before! lol. WTF?

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wolfville studying 'nutty' traffic congestion along Main Street | CBC News

The Town of Wolfville is looking at ways to ease traffic congestion along Main Street, including potential solutions such as installing traffic lights or a roundabout.

www.cbc.ca

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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 10d

I was told over & over that unrestrained population growth was going to pay for itself but it turns out that was a huge fucking lie.

www.grandparade.news/p/hrm-growth...

HRM growth to cost at least $1.4 billion in debt

Property taxes aren’t keeping up with expenses

www.grandparade.news

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