Drabs 🇨🇦
@davdrabs.bsky.social
Living in a province in Canada. Trying to be my best self most days, and avoiding people on the other days.
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People often ask: what can ordinary people do to stop populists like Trump and Smith from running roughshod over democratic norms?
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
People often ask: what can ordinary people do to stop populists like Trump and Smith from running roughshod over democratic norms?
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
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I need to remember to extend myself some of the grace I'm extending to others
September 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I need to remember to extend myself some of the grace I'm extending to others
I have a 7-year old granddaughter that either wants to be “a scientist or a farmer” when she grows up, loves solving mysteries and puzzles, and also loves dinosaurs. I would appreciate a recommendation for young readers book series for Christmas gifting. Thanks in advance
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I have a 7-year old granddaughter that either wants to be “a scientist or a farmer” when she grows up, loves solving mysteries and puzzles, and also loves dinosaurs. I would appreciate a recommendation for young readers book series for Christmas gifting. Thanks in advance
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"We're used to voters getting to pick their governments. Increasingly, we're seeing this government wanting to pick its voters..." Dr. @jaredwesley.ca digs into the #UCP's Bill 14 on #RealTalkRJ.
📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120525RTRT
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120525 #ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/V-yPVhnZf6k?...
📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120525RTRT
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120525 #ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/V-yPVhnZf6k?...
"This Government is Choosing Who Gets to Vote."
YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"We're used to voters getting to pick their governments. Increasingly, we're seeing this government wanting to pick its voters..." Dr. @jaredwesley.ca digs into the #UCP's Bill 14 on #RealTalkRJ.
📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120525RTRT
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120525 #ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/V-yPVhnZf6k?...
📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120525RTRT
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120525 #ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/V-yPVhnZf6k?...
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I do like you. I just don't trust you. Nothing personal.
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I do like you. I just don't trust you. Nothing personal.
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It’s Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Day, so here’s your sign to spin 20 great songs about trees. Rock, folk, indie, country, classics, all rooted in the season. Perfect soundtrack for the glow-up. zurl.co/sKeMC
20 Songs About Trees to Celebrate the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting - That Eric Alper
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is glowing over Midtown, towering above skaters, tourists, and anyone clutching a hot chocolate for warmth. To celebrate the most iconic tree on Earth, here’s a playlist dedicated entirely to songs about trees — literal trees, metaphorical trees, sad trees, happy trees, indie trees, classic-rock trees. If it has branches, […]
zurl.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It’s Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Day, so here’s your sign to spin 20 great songs about trees. Rock, folk, indie, country, classics, all rooted in the season. Perfect soundtrack for the glow-up. zurl.co/sKeMC
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For one moment, all was right with the world.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
For one moment, all was right with the world.
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Xmas carols are freakin' weird.
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Xmas carols are freakin' weird.
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CALIFORNIA: “Four people killed and 10 others wounded Saturday night in a mass shooting at a children’s birthday party in Stockton… during a child’s birthday celebration at an ice cream shop…” www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
CALIFORNIA: “Four people killed and 10 others wounded Saturday night in a mass shooting at a children’s birthday party in Stockton… during a child’s birthday celebration at an ice cream shop…” www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
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Dude, this is so cool. A canoe from circa 3200 BCE just chillin in the dirt in Wisconsin
Archeologists in Wisconsin found an ancient canoe that is over 5,000 years old!! The discovery was in a canoe “parking lot” along a popular waterway and trail system.
Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake 'parking lot'
Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Dude, this is so cool. A canoe from circa 3200 BCE just chillin in the dirt in Wisconsin
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if Obama had torn down part of the White House during his time in office, some of you would currently be scrolling the internet from the comfort of your trench on the frontlines of a border war between the United Appalachian Liberation Front and the Republic of New Ohio
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
if Obama had torn down part of the White House during his time in office, some of you would currently be scrolling the internet from the comfort of your trench on the frontlines of a border war between the United Appalachian Liberation Front and the Republic of New Ohio
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ME: Come look at the jack-o-lantern I made!
HIM: Why did you carve a terrible joke into it?
ME: I made a pun-kin!
HIM: Halloween is canceled
HIM: Why did you carve a terrible joke into it?
ME: I made a pun-kin!
HIM: Halloween is canceled
October 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ME: Come look at the jack-o-lantern I made!
HIM: Why did you carve a terrible joke into it?
ME: I made a pun-kin!
HIM: Halloween is canceled
HIM: Why did you carve a terrible joke into it?
ME: I made a pun-kin!
HIM: Halloween is canceled
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In reality, having a big heart is a medical condition that can kill you.... metaphorically it can kill you too.
October 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In reality, having a big heart is a medical condition that can kill you.... metaphorically it can kill you too.
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The Oil Crash Is Here Even If People Don’t Know It
YouTube video by Mr Global
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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NASA’s Webb telescope gets a never-before-seen look at how moons form on exoplanets
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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NASA’s Webb telescope gets a never-before-seen look at how moons form on exoplanets
Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could potentially form.
www.yahoo.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
NASA’s Webb telescope gets a never-before-seen look at how moons form on exoplanets
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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You can tell Monopoly is an old game because there's a luxury tax, and rich people go to jail.
July 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You can tell Monopoly is an old game because there's a luxury tax, and rich people go to jail.
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I don’t fear death. I fear coming back as the guy who explains cryptocurrency at weddings.
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I don’t fear death. I fear coming back as the guy who explains cryptocurrency at weddings.
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How did a store with no products on display make a billion dollars? Introducing Canada’s low-tech Amazon.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
How did a store with no products on display make a billion dollars? Introducing Canada’s low-tech Amazon.
✅ My newsletter and links → beacons.ai/todmaffin
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