David Harrison 🇨🇦
@dharrison.bsky.social
Canadian father of adult twins, software InfoSec program manager, progressive, Covid-cautious, climate-concerned.
Trying to be optimistic but struggling sometimes.
Ajax ON Canada
Mastodon: https://cosocial.ca/@david
Trying to be optimistic but struggling sometimes.
Ajax ON Canada
Mastodon: https://cosocial.ca/@david
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I have disagreed with pretty much everything Mark Carney has done since he won office.
I thought there was overlap between my priorities and his. Turns out we're pretty much polar opposites. So I can't support someone when I disagree with them this much.
I thought there was overlap between my priorities and his. Turns out we're pretty much polar opposites. So I can't support someone when I disagree with them this much.
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I have disagreed with pretty much everything Mark Carney has done since he won office.
I thought there was overlap between my priorities and his. Turns out we're pretty much polar opposites. So I can't support someone when I disagree with them this much.
I thought there was overlap between my priorities and his. Turns out we're pretty much polar opposites. So I can't support someone when I disagree with them this much.
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Dramatically strengthens it. Per Singh from CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... - this is potentially an increase from $25/tonne to $130/tonne.
But a lot of people don't seem to believe that pricing actually influences behaviour. Which is a weird thing to think!
But a lot of people don't seem to believe that pricing actually influences behaviour. Which is a weird thing to think!
Carney says energy deal sets ‘necessary conditions’ for new pipeline to B.C. | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Dramatically strengthens it. Per Singh from CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... - this is potentially an increase from $25/tonne to $130/tonne.
But a lot of people don't seem to believe that pricing actually influences behaviour. Which is a weird thing to think!
But a lot of people don't seem to believe that pricing actually influences behaviour. Which is a weird thing to think!
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This is weird framing, given that said deal actually strengthens the most important part — by far — of said Trudeau-era climate measures.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is weird framing, given that said deal actually strengthens the most important part — by far — of said Trudeau-era climate measures.
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The pipeline stuff will get the most attention, but the bottom line of the Ottawa-Alberta MOU policy-wise is that Carney is scrapping or softening most Trudeau-era climate-related regulations in favour of putting (almost) all his eggs in the industrial carbon pricing basket.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The pipeline stuff will get the most attention, but the bottom line of the Ottawa-Alberta MOU policy-wise is that Carney is scrapping or softening most Trudeau-era climate-related regulations in favour of putting (almost) all his eggs in the industrial carbon pricing basket.
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It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
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Holy effing shit. So long democracy.
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Holy effing shit. So long democracy.
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1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Rogue One
4. The Force Awakens
5. The Last Jedi
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Solo
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Rise of Skywalker
11. The Phantom Menace
Andor, not a movie, is the best overall Star Wars product and everybody knows it
2. Star Wars
3. Rogue One
4. The Force Awakens
5. The Last Jedi
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Solo
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Rise of Skywalker
11. The Phantom Menace
Andor, not a movie, is the best overall Star Wars product and everybody knows it
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Rogue One
4. The Force Awakens
5. The Last Jedi
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Solo
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Rise of Skywalker
11. The Phantom Menace
Andor, not a movie, is the best overall Star Wars product and everybody knows it
2. Star Wars
3. Rogue One
4. The Force Awakens
5. The Last Jedi
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Solo
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Rise of Skywalker
11. The Phantom Menace
Andor, not a movie, is the best overall Star Wars product and everybody knows it
This. I got my new iPhone just before a trip and I kept my old phone in the luggage just in case. Didn’t erase it until over a week after getting the new one.
My advice to everyone. Never, ever wipe your old phone until you have verified that everything has migrated to your new phone.
Don't do trade-ins. Ever.
You need to keep both phones for as long as it takes to verify everything you rely on has migrated, or you learn a way to back it up.
Don't do trade-ins. Ever.
You need to keep both phones for as long as it takes to verify everything you rely on has migrated, or you learn a way to back it up.
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This. I got my new iPhone just before a trip and I kept my old phone in the luggage just in case. Didn’t erase it until over a week after getting the new one.
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I honestly don’t understand what‘s worse about having feminist aspects to Canada’s foreign policy - such as prioritizing tight ties & a greater level of cooperation with the EU, because of our shared cultural values around liberal, progressive social mores - and having a “feminist foreign policy”.
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I honestly don’t understand what‘s worse about having feminist aspects to Canada’s foreign policy - such as prioritizing tight ties & a greater level of cooperation with the EU, because of our shared cultural values around liberal, progressive social mores - and having a “feminist foreign policy”.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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" the boost that the current government has promised to the defence sector is not based on any solid strategic plan. Defence spending is meant to increase to five percent of GDP, but nobody seems to know what this money will be spent on and to what purpose."
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
" the boost that the current government has promised to the defence sector is not based on any solid strategic plan. Defence spending is meant to increase to five percent of GDP, but nobody seems to know what this money will be spent on and to what purpose."
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Best chance for witnessing once-in-a-lifetime aurora events this week.
And Southern Ontario is socked in with overcast for the whole freaking week.
And Southern Ontario is socked in with overcast for the whole freaking week.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Best chance for witnessing once-in-a-lifetime aurora events this week.
And Southern Ontario is socked in with overcast for the whole freaking week.
And Southern Ontario is socked in with overcast for the whole freaking week.
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Just to add to that, the new "401 tunnel" would cross this tunnel and would have to go beneath that too.
I’m not an engineer, but if we already have unfavourable evidence from experts and those with lived experience doing tunnelling under the 401 that we should probably listen and divert the funds from Ford’s Fantasy Tunnel to other projects.
globalnews.ca/news/1152183...
globalnews.ca/news/1152183...
Metrolinx struggled to tunnel under Hwy. 401, forcing lane closure and repairs | Globalnews.ca
Since early 2023, a tunnel boring machine has been slowly making its way south from Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, digging out a route for the Scarborough Subway Extension.
globalnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just to add to that, the new "401 tunnel" would cross this tunnel and would have to go beneath that too.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Grammarly has literally always been training itself on your data. Always. It’s a keylogger in the most pure sense of the word. It’s why no self-respecting business will ever let anyone use it on their corp devices. Uninstall Grammarly but not b/c of this. B/c it’s always been this and more.
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Grammarly has literally always been training itself on your data. Always. It’s a keylogger in the most pure sense of the word. It’s why no self-respecting business will ever let anyone use it on their corp devices. Uninstall Grammarly but not b/c of this. B/c it’s always been this and more.
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Strongly support. A 2:33 minute cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald where it’s kinda sad because none of the fellas get dinner.
Budget includes CBC funding boost, pitches getting Canada into Eurovision
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s plans for CBC/Radio-Canada include looking at getting Canada into the Eurovision international song contest.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Strongly support. A 2:33 minute cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald where it’s kinda sad because none of the fellas get dinner.
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Anyone calling this a “conservative” budget isn’t paying attention. It couples stable transfers with massive economic stimulus; modest civil service cuts with some light tax reform. It commits to the womens’ state, to affordable housing, and to industrial carbon pricing.
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Anyone calling this a “conservative” budget isn’t paying attention. It couples stable transfers with massive economic stimulus; modest civil service cuts with some light tax reform. It commits to the womens’ state, to affordable housing, and to industrial carbon pricing.
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Retroactive Liberal sweep of Nova Scotia.
#PnPCBC says that D'Entremont has now crossed the floor to join the Liberals.
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Retroactive Liberal sweep of Nova Scotia.
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Overall I’d say this is exactly what I would have expected from the liberal platform and Carney as leader. There’s a definite focus on indirect incentives and demonstrably effective measures to shape private choices. Modest public service cuts, stable transfers, and lots of stimulus.
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Overall I’d say this is exactly what I would have expected from the liberal platform and Carney as leader. There’s a definite focus on indirect incentives and demonstrably effective measures to shape private choices. Modest public service cuts, stable transfers, and lots of stimulus.
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Who's up for reading the budget!? budget.canada.ca/2025/home-ac...
Budget 2025
Homepage — Part of Budget 2025.
budget.canada.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Who's up for reading the budget!? budget.canada.ca/2025/home-ac...
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Anti-Mamdani media is leaning hard on the idea that his victory will lead to an exodus from the city. Including this piece, which raises the prospect that "New Yorkers begin to flee in droves"
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
How did a socialist with almost no governing experience become New York’s mayoral frontrunner?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Anti-Mamdani media is leaning hard on the idea that his victory will lead to an exodus from the city. Including this piece, which raises the prospect that "New Yorkers begin to flee in droves"
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Carney has, so far, managed to resist pressure to make a deal that would see the same generous market access for the US and lavish personal benefits for Trump that Japan, the EU, and the UK all accepted.
That comes with a price.
That comes with a price.
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Carney has, so far, managed to resist pressure to make a deal that would see the same generous market access for the US and lavish personal benefits for Trump that Japan, the EU, and the UK all accepted.
That comes with a price.
That comes with a price.
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It bothers me a lot that the same people who are smugly confident that we have unlimited popular support in Canada for the hardships that would come from aggressively confronting Trump are also angrily denouncing the idea we might need to make sacrifices to continue holding out against a bad deal.
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It bothers me a lot that the same people who are smugly confident that we have unlimited popular support in Canada for the hardships that would come from aggressively confronting Trump are also angrily denouncing the idea we might need to make sacrifices to continue holding out against a bad deal.