Evan Mac Donald
saltywindows.bsky.social
Evan Mac Donald
@saltywindows.bsky.social
Father, husband, marine pilot (retired), news and political junkie.
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Re-upping this column because the idea seems to be gaining traction. But I think I didn't go far enough in this: the government should obviously be deleting its accounts so as to not have their tweets appear next to CSAM. But it should also be pursuing charges against X and banning it in Canada.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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Lifted this from Facebook. Interesting comparison, given the relentless complaints about Canada lagging behind our neighbour economically.
December 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.

She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.

About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.

My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her | CBC Sports
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.

Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Gaza: Mother of starving baby speaks to BBC
Gaza: Mother of starving baby speaks to BBC
Hedaya al-Muta'wi's 18-month-old son Mohammed suffers from malnutrition due to famine, weighing just 6kg.
www.bbc.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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What a time to be alive.

No, not that time, 12 minutes ahead of that time
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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‘The ship must leave’

Thousands of Moroccans gathered in the port of Tangier to protest the arrival of a Maersk cargo vessel carrying F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.
April 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My God, he cut it too close but congrats Rory! Very Happy.
April 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Struggling to understand how a PM who has been in power for, what, two weeks? is being credited with this kind of long game.
April 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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To my Canadian colleagues: you should know that a key component of what the US is doing right now involves purging scientists & research programs for ideological impurity & (illegally) reclaiming their funds.

If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
“I think this is the first time a Cdn poli has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics. It could be a very terrible time for us.” Sound familiar?
In Cdn election, Poilievre vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding www.science.org/content/arti...
In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election
www.science.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Get involved locally and change your part of the world for the better.
April 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I like it when Americans do things that make me like them again. America, you owe this kid a lot.
April 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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April 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Wordle 1,368 2/6

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March 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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From the wonderful Bruce MacKinnon! 🇨🇦

#cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs
February 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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“Life has to mean something, and right now, it’s worth fighting for this—to crumple up the regime and throw it into the trash where it belongs.”
#TerrorInGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests
December 16, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Explain how calling me “woke” an insult in any way? That I don’t live my life with my head buried in the sand or up my own ass. That you are aware of the injustice and inequality faced by others and are empathetic to that? That I don't bully trans kids? How is this a bad thing?
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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This one is for you 🫵
January 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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The Quisling brigade is in Mar-a-Lago selling out our nation.
Danielle Smith.
Jordan Peterson.
Kevin O'Leary
This gang would sell Canada out for a small bag of coins.
January 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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This is the phrase that the Canadians who don’t seem very patriotic about the country use as a blame-Trudeau excuse. Also, a lot of Trudeau policies have been an argument for a more robust federal government: that isn’t post-national. Good thread from Wherry.
People still periodically like to make a big deal of Trudeau's "post-national state" comment -- eg. that recent NYT column -- but I'm unconvinced it was a guiding idea for Trudeau or that it's as radical as some make it.

Here's the quote and the context, from an NYT feature in 2015.
January 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky

If you could, please help us regain our following
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Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM