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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 16h

Danielle Smith announces plans to hold her breath until she gets what she wants

EDMONTON – After meeting with Mark Carney to discuss pipeline construction, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has vowed to hold her breath until the Prime Minister gives her absolutely everything she ask...

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 18h

Wish compass would just allow us to use our phones (not just for the credit card, but the actual compass account)

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 1d

Danielle Smith is calling the premier of BC “unCanadian”?

Given all the crap that’s going on in Alberta?

That rhetoric is the sort of thing we’d hear south of the border.

#cdnpoli

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 1d

thank you.

Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 1d

Thank you.

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 1d

In case you missed it, I made a list of hiking, running and backpacking brands that aren’t from the US. I’ve made a few additions and corrections based on feedback (including a brand who reached out).

#hiking #running #backpacking #elbowsup

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Nationality of companies

If you go shopping for hiking, running or backpacking gear, you are going to see...

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 1d

When you have a dictatorship and you are trying to spark a civil war - pay the troops.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 2d

I hiked Skyline in Jasper National Park

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Skyline, Jasper National Park

Early in the year, we booked the Rockwall, a hike in Kootenay National Park. Since...

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 2d

haha his little cardigan. lil picardi-cardi. picardigan.

jean-luc picard from TNG wearing a starfleet uniform in cardigan form

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 2d

This is why Doug Ford wants to ban all speed cameras globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

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Emillie Parrish @emillieparrish.bsky.social · 2d

Worth noting that all the "Axe the tax" rhetoric was supposedly about affordability. Grocery priced didn't go down and now low income families are no longer getting their carbon rebate cheques.

Really deserves more attention as PP starts on his next round of complaining.

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 2d

Was thinking it was a Samsung phone which just fake photos of the moon.

www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23...

Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon

A photo of a blurry image of the Moon revealed some telling results.

www.theverge.com

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 8d

🔭 NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Brian Meyers

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A starfield is shown that has a multi-filament nebula flowing across it horizontally. The most prominent colors are red and blue. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 4d

What’s a true shithole country? One that zip-ties children’s hands and puts them in cages. One that sends people to a mega prison in El Salvador without due process. One where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wear face masks to conceal their identities. And so on...

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 4d

Remember how the NFL, owned by a bunch of white rich billionaires, treated Colin Kapernick? Or how they dealt with the CTE problem? Y’know about as American and capitalist as it gets?

They now are getting MAGA’d. It happens to everyone and everything.

Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 5d

There is no Alberta oilsands, it’s Canada’s oilsands.

There is no Saskatchewan potash, it’s Canada’s potash.

#cdnpoli

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'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News

Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

www.cbc.ca

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 5d

I wouldn’t say looking forward to it. I just hope one happens and there are consequences and changes.

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 5d

It’s almost like congress, courts and everything else is now meaningless.

Cool dictatorship you’ve got there.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 5d

Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 5d

Trying to read the news on websites without an adblocker is almost impossible. What a hot mess the internet has become.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 5d

Speaking for all physicians and healthcare providers here. When we see patients in need of care especially in an emergency room we do not leave them for dead. We do not care about their immigration status, we treat them because that is what we took an oath to do and is also basic human decency.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 6d

That link leads to an error “Sorry, that page is no longer available”

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 6d

Good morning

Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 6d

Listened to a podcast about "how to do exercise on my one hour each way commute". It was just assumed it was in a car. Never was an alternative to a car ever mentioned.

Yes it was a US podcast.

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Andy McKay 🇨🇦 @mckay.pub · 7d

If you are buying running or backpacking gear, you might want to know - is it from a US based company?

Here’s a big list of them, because the stores don’t make it very clear:

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#elbowsup #hiking #running #backpacking

Nationality of companies

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