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EricInTheDark
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Teacher. Likes unions, a free Palestine, and people who can accept diversity. Expert Dunning-Krugerist. A nerd, jock, and a cat in a trenchcoat. He/him. Down to two cats, miss you Kanaeda.
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My two cats are puzzle, saddened even, by why all their meals are an hour late.

I mean, we’re all right here in the kitchen?! 😁
Two cats asleep in a narrow kitchen. One (black and silver) on a towel on the countertop, the other (grey and white patches) on a towel on a small table. With a tray of cookies on the oven in the background.
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Zuko and Iroh are doing well, but they’re both 12. starting to show a bit of age. just payed to have a growth removed from Zuko’s chin 🤞🏻
Two cats staring at the camera while sitting on my living room table. An aquarium, fireplace, and house plants in the background. Zuko is on the left. Black longish hair with a silver undercoat. Iroh is on the right. Fluffy white and grey patches.
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I’m very sorry.

The joyful times that we share with our companion. It’s so hard, but I wouldn’t have done anything any differently.

My Kanaeda passed almost two years ago. it was a long time before I could go over her pictures.
Grey cat half covered in a green and black throw blanket. On a brown sofa looking up at the camera.
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Zuko and Iroh will help you get caught up. 🙂
Black and silver cat sitting in smallish PetSmart delivery box on a silver kitchen countertop. White and grey cat sitting on a silver kitchen countertop, his brother in the delivery box is in the background.
October 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Policy wonkish, but pretty interesting on its own.

I think it also speaks to the wider, and pressing, problem of how free market ideology leads to weaker, more expensive essential services.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPmfaen...
High voltage electricity towers with trees in the foreground and a freeway in the background. Orange lighting probably due to dawn or dusk. Caption at top says: How the US energy grid became so fragile. At the bottom the closed captions show the opening line “There is a physical grid out there.”
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Noon, October 5th in Ottawa and it’s 27C.

👀
Screenshot of Environment Canada’s weather forecast showing the temp (26.6C rounded up to 27C)
October 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Edit of a Simpsons meme. Top cell is Bart saying “This is the warmest October of my life”. Bottom cell has Homer telling him “This is the coolest October of the rest of your life.”
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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What’s your sign?
Classic pick of a guy holding a sign that says: Get a brain morans (sic)
September 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Lapdogs for a (violently) fading world empire.
A world map but only showing the few nations (North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan) labeled “The International Community”
September 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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We might need a new provincial flag soon…
The Straw Hat Jolly Roger flag from the anime One Piece that has become a symbol of struggle in Indonesia and Nepal.
September 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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🤔
Trump, bin Salman and Sisi touching a glowing orb, May 22, 2017
September 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Adding alt text
Ed Burmila This was in 2015. won over by this infliction of cruelty? Well, according to one veteran of the Obama White House: "There was a feeling that [Obama] needed to show the American public that you believed in enforcement, and that we weren't pushing for] open borders. But in hindsight I was like, what did we get for that? We deported more people than ever before. All these families separated, and Republicans didn't give him one ounce of credit. There may as well have been open borders for five years."" OK, so zero. It won zero votes. Republicans accused Democrats of being open-border lovers anyway, and Democratic voters who cared about immigration felt betrayed, like they were sold out in an attempt to satisfy the right. Great.
September 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Tried the Valiants (Barrie ON) plant based “ham” today and holy moly it was sooo good! Exactly what I remember a good black forest tasting like (now mind you - it’s been 8-9 years).

Ona complete whim I bought their “ham”, “roast beef” and “roast turkey” and I can’t wait to try the rest!
September 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Biofuels.

Food costs are going up and we’re in a climate emergency, and we’re going with biofuels.

I just can’t.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
From the article: “Helping the agricultural and seafood sectors The prime minister said his government would also help the Canadian canola, beef and seafood industries, which have been hit hard by tariffs imposed by China. "To strengthen these sectors, the government will introduce a new biofuel production incentive, providing more than $370 million to assist domestic producers and help them restructure their value chains," Carney said. Forthcoming changes to Canada's clean fuel regulations, Carney said, would also be crafted to help "spur the development of a vibrant biofuels industry in Canada."
September 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The US economy.
Cartoon Wile E. Coyote. Hanging in midair with the top of a cliff just to the right side of screen. He’s looking at the audience, or maybe down, in dread.
September 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Wait, is this basically a tax on school boards? (Our budgets are already on fire thanks to Doug)
From the article: “OC Transpo says approximately 1,700 customers a month purchased the Youth transit pass from OC Transpo in the January to June period. School boards purchased an average of 19,100 Youth passes a month for students eligible to receive the student pass.”
September 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Oh *that guy!

I remember watching this. What a creepy clown. FAFO 🤔
During that trip, he delivered a "memorandum of understanding" (MOU) to the Senate and the governor general. It demanded the cancellation of COVID-19 measures and for then prime minister Justin Trudeau to step down for "committing treason and crimes against humanity."
August 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Rebalancing pricing strategies?

More like the good doctor is rebranding price gouging.
“When orange juice, peanut butter or coffee prices rise due to tariffs, it indirectly pushes prices elsewhere upward as grocers rebalance their pricing strategies.” (Note the image actually begins with the last word of the previous sentence “Waller.”
August 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Why are cops driving down a MUP (behind Hurdman)?!

Second one so far
OPS car going downn the multiuse pathway. Not about of room on either side for bikes/pedestrians. Police car (SUV) going on down the path.
August 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Jeremy Corbyn at a podium with a red Labour background. On the podium has been added a caption saying “I fucking told you. Labour.”
August 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Woot! Canada’s about to kick the ba……
Charlie Brown flying through the air after being tricked by Lucy yet again. Every promise to hold the ball in place is a lie.
August 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Why would documents relating to an LRT project need to be redacted?
“The documents, intended to brief senior civil servants and the Transportation Minister on media requests about delays on the project, are partially redacted. They do not spell out why the line didn't hit its opening date or why the province has refused to provide an updated timeline to the public.”
August 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Update: The peas were melting and my ice pack isn’t frozen yet.

Physiotherapist Zuko recommends heat and purring.
Black and silver cat. On my lap facing away from me as I lie on the sofa.
August 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Landed poorly doing a kata in karate tonight .

Zuko is completely confused about what’s going on. How has his sleeping lap been corrupted like this?!
Black and silver cat sniffing at a bag of No Name peas that’s resting on my knee while I sit on the sofa.
August 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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hearts 💕

The boys, 20 minutes before 5PM supper. Obviously worried that I’ll forget.
Two cats on a black coffee table in a well lit room with a stone fireplace and TV in the background. A smoky black cat on the left and a white and silver one on the right. Both staring into the camera. Well at me. Anthropomorphic perhaps, but you would swear they look very concerned. Very. Concerned.
August 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM