I wonder what the intersection is between Canadians who think Trump is OK and Canadians whose preferred PM is Poilievre.
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I wonder what the intersection is between Canadians who think Trump is OK and Canadians whose preferred PM is Poilievre.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
Part 1 on decoding public v private healthcare.
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Part 1 on decoding public v private healthcare.
Playing around with Copilot and it's clear it's just fancy autocomplete.
Sometimes it does what I want. Longer suggestions are at least half correct, but need lots of editing.
Often it just puts down random useless stuff.
Sometimes it does what I want. Longer suggestions are at least half correct, but need lots of editing.
Often it just puts down random useless stuff.
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Playing around with Copilot and it's clear it's just fancy autocomplete.
Sometimes it does what I want. Longer suggestions are at least half correct, but need lots of editing.
Often it just puts down random useless stuff.
Sometimes it does what I want. Longer suggestions are at least half correct, but need lots of editing.
Often it just puts down random useless stuff.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
Oh, this is fun. Halifax Water's rates are going up so much now because they burned surpluses to keep the rates artificially low instead of using those surpluses to invest in needed infrastructure, so now we're catching up to 2020 and 2022's lack of investment.
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Oh, this is fun. Halifax Water's rates are going up so much now because they burned surpluses to keep the rates artificially low instead of using those surpluses to invest in needed infrastructure, so now we're catching up to 2020 and 2022's lack of investment.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
Has any prime minister ever gotten less political value out of a giant investment than Justin Trudeau got from TMX? Obviously environmental groups/voters were never going to like it, and most everyone else just pretends it never happened because it complicates the narrative.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Has any prime minister ever gotten less political value out of a giant investment than Justin Trudeau got from TMX? Obviously environmental groups/voters were never going to like it, and most everyone else just pretends it never happened because it complicates the narrative.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
Take over threats.
Tariffs.
Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.
Tariffs.
Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Take over threats.
Tariffs.
Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.
Tariffs.
Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
When the publisher of a children’s book has to say please don’t use our IP to celebrate war crimes…
This administration is such a moral stain.
This administration is such a moral stain.
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
When the publisher of a children’s book has to say please don’t use our IP to celebrate war crimes…
This administration is such a moral stain.
This administration is such a moral stain.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
Ontario developer, Cortellucci, is planning to drain Swan Lake for the purpose of transforming the property into a fill site. This plan poses an immediate risk to the region’s drinking water. Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/save-swan-... Petition · SAVE SWAN LAKE - Canada · Change.org
#ONPoli
www.change.org/p/save-swan-... Petition · SAVE SWAN LAKE - Canada · Change.org
#ONPoli
Sign the Petition
SAVE SWAN LAKE
www.change.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ontario developer, Cortellucci, is planning to drain Swan Lake for the purpose of transforming the property into a fill site. This plan poses an immediate risk to the region’s drinking water. Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/save-swan-... Petition · SAVE SWAN LAKE - Canada · Change.org
#ONPoli
www.change.org/p/save-swan-... Petition · SAVE SWAN LAKE - Canada · Change.org
#ONPoli
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
Why is your government still using the platform?
After being given an order from our CRT and instead of doing the right thing, X refused to fully remove a non-consensual intimate image of a BC resident from its platform. Blocking access to the image only within Canada is not enough. These harmful images shouldn’t be available anywhere.
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Why is your government still using the platform?
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
I was out talking to some undergrads today (not in my own dept) and got into a conversation with some engineering students who told me their favourite contract instructor got cut and their work is being graded by AI. "And the AI *sucks*" said one with vehemence. They're mad and they're right to be.
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was out talking to some undergrads today (not in my own dept) and got into a conversation with some engineering students who told me their favourite contract instructor got cut and their work is being graded by AI. "And the AI *sucks*" said one with vehemence. They're mad and they're right to be.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
I named my Patreon "The Very Unfunny Leftist" because that's generally the gist of what my delightful critics call me online and it always makes me laugh. "Diet Coke Kathy Griffin" would probably have gotten me in trouble with the law.
Here it is:
www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlac...
Here it is:
www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlac...
The Very Unfunny Leftist | Patreon
I want to make you laugh because our politicians make us cry!
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I named my Patreon "The Very Unfunny Leftist" because that's generally the gist of what my delightful critics call me online and it always makes me laugh. "Diet Coke Kathy Griffin" would probably have gotten me in trouble with the law.
Here it is:
www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlac...
Here it is:
www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlac...
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
An educated society is what will pull us out of our doldrums, but when the going gets a little tough, we cut education.
It's like eating the seeds for next year's plantings when facing a little hunger.
It's like eating the seeds for next year's plantings when facing a little hunger.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
An educated society is what will pull us out of our doldrums, but when the going gets a little tough, we cut education.
It's like eating the seeds for next year's plantings when facing a little hunger.
It's like eating the seeds for next year's plantings when facing a little hunger.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
‘An absolute gut punch’: University cuts ripple through Canadian campuses - University professors and students are learning tough lessons about the impact of cuts on their campuses as cash-strapped universities across Canada struggle to find ways to drive down costs.
‘An absolute gut punch’: University cuts ripple through Canadian campuses
University professors and students are learning tough lessons about the impact of cuts on their campuses as cash-strapped universities across Canada struggle to find ways to drive down costs.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
‘An absolute gut punch’: University cuts ripple through Canadian campuses - University professors and students are learning tough lessons about the impact of cuts on their campuses as cash-strapped universities across Canada struggle to find ways to drive down costs.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
As a Canadian, I can’t help seeing this as a flagrant act of cultural aggression and appropriation. (You know. On top of the horror of it all.)
Before you ask, yes apparently this is real. He must be taking comedy lessons and substances from Elon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
As a Canadian, I can’t help seeing this as a flagrant act of cultural aggression and appropriation. (You know. On top of the horror of it all.)
I've observed this while waiting at my kids' bus stop, at a 4 way intersection. Rarely does a driver come to a full and complete stop when there are no other vehicles there.
I’m always confused when people complain about cyclists not stopping at stop signs.
The vast majority of drivers do a “rolling stop” (i.e., they don’t actually stop) when possible.
This is so normal people don’t even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
The vast majority of drivers do a “rolling stop” (i.e., they don’t actually stop) when possible.
This is so normal people don’t even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I've observed this while waiting at my kids' bus stop, at a 4 way intersection. Rarely does a driver come to a full and complete stop when there are no other vehicles there.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
I’m always confused when people complain about cyclists not stopping at stop signs.
The vast majority of drivers do a “rolling stop” (i.e., they don’t actually stop) when possible.
This is so normal people don’t even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
The vast majority of drivers do a “rolling stop” (i.e., they don’t actually stop) when possible.
This is so normal people don’t even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
May 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m always confused when people complain about cyclists not stopping at stop signs.
The vast majority of drivers do a “rolling stop” (i.e., they don’t actually stop) when possible.
This is so normal people don’t even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
The vast majority of drivers do a “rolling stop” (i.e., they don’t actually stop) when possible.
This is so normal people don’t even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
Used to be able to preview PDFs in Windows Explorer.
Now I can't unless I go into the menu for the file and click 'unblock'.
I wonder if this new 'Ask Copilot' button has anything to do with it.
Now I can't unless I go into the menu for the file and click 'unblock'.
I wonder if this new 'Ask Copilot' button has anything to do with it.
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Used to be able to preview PDFs in Windows Explorer.
Now I can't unless I go into the menu for the file and click 'unblock'.
I wonder if this new 'Ask Copilot' button has anything to do with it.
Now I can't unless I go into the menu for the file and click 'unblock'.
I wonder if this new 'Ask Copilot' button has anything to do with it.
I don't think we get out of this mess by being right but leftish.
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I don't think we get out of this mess by being right but leftish.
I thought they had rebranded the Holiday Train after a radio station, but no CP itself is now known as CPKC.
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I thought they had rebranded the Holiday Train after a radio station, but no CP itself is now known as CPKC.
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
These are not mutually exclusive issues.
'Cost of living' and 'inequality/poverty' are in many ways the same issue.
'Housing affordability' has a direct impact on 'cost of living'.
'Trump' has a major impact on 'economy'.
'Climate/environment' affects so many other issues in this list.
'Cost of living' and 'inequality/poverty' are in many ways the same issue.
'Housing affordability' has a direct impact on 'cost of living'.
'Trump' has a major impact on 'economy'.
'Climate/environment' affects so many other issues in this list.
Top Issue Facing Canada - (Pick 3):
Cost of living: 64%
Economy: 40%
Healthcare: 35%
Housing Affordability: 34%
Trump: 32%
Immigration: 26%
Crime/Safety: 17%
Job Security/Unemployment: 15%
Climate/Environment: 13%
Inequality/Poverty: 13%
Abacus / Nov 27, 2025 / n=2074 / Online
Cost of living: 64%
Economy: 40%
Healthcare: 35%
Housing Affordability: 34%
Trump: 32%
Immigration: 26%
Crime/Safety: 17%
Job Security/Unemployment: 15%
Climate/Environment: 13%
Inequality/Poverty: 13%
Abacus / Nov 27, 2025 / n=2074 / Online
November 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
These are not mutually exclusive issues.
'Cost of living' and 'inequality/poverty' are in many ways the same issue.
'Housing affordability' has a direct impact on 'cost of living'.
'Trump' has a major impact on 'economy'.
'Climate/environment' affects so many other issues in this list.
'Cost of living' and 'inequality/poverty' are in many ways the same issue.
'Housing affordability' has a direct impact on 'cost of living'.
'Trump' has a major impact on 'economy'.
'Climate/environment' affects so many other issues in this list.
Here is the whole post (with alt text)
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Here is the whole post (with alt text)
How well does Rugby 7s train someone for 15s, or vice versa?
I assume there's some cross training, because some players play both codes, but just from watching, based on the different game flows of the two, I also feel like it's possible be great at 7s and bad at 15s or vice versa.
I assume there's some cross training, because some players play both codes, but just from watching, based on the different game flows of the two, I also feel like it's possible be great at 7s and bad at 15s or vice versa.
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How well does Rugby 7s train someone for 15s, or vice versa?
I assume there's some cross training, because some players play both codes, but just from watching, based on the different game flows of the two, I also feel like it's possible be great at 7s and bad at 15s or vice versa.
I assume there's some cross training, because some players play both codes, but just from watching, based on the different game flows of the two, I also feel like it's possible be great at 7s and bad at 15s or vice versa.
Biz Markie - Just A Friend (Official Video)
YouTube video by UPROXX
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Commence Christmas decorations
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Commence Christmas decorations