Shawn of the North
@socrates99ab.bsky.social
Proud 🇨🇦 Canadian. Supporter of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and separation of religion and government. Too many dm’s may get you blocked or ignored…
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Editorial: All I wanted for Christmas is you hitting your performance goals
Editorial: All I wanted for Christmas is you hitting your performance goals
TORONTO - Hey, thanks for jumping on this call. I’m just going to go ahead and record, if that’s ok, thanks. I wanted to put this 1:1 in your calendar during the awkward three days between Christmas a...
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December 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Editorial: All I wanted for Christmas is you hitting your performance goals
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The CBC has done an end of year piece on my work with the resistance and @meidascanada.ca
Check it out.
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Check it out.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Former MP Charlie Angus planned a quiet retirement. Now, he'd rather 'kick at the darkness' | CBC News
Earlier this year, former New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus was preparing to wrap up a two-decade-long career in the House of Commons, retire and write a book. Then U.S. President Donald Trump was...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The CBC has done an end of year piece on my work with the resistance and @meidascanada.ca
Check it out.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Check it out.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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I am fairly confident the US DOES NOT need Canada to make their media look silly. They do a great job all by themselves.
The @theatlantic.com claims that Canadians will use "treachery" to make America and its media look "silly".
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
December 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am fairly confident the US DOES NOT need Canada to make their media look silly. They do a great job all by themselves.
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Ottawa lottery winner making sure neighbours don’t go hungry #Canada
After winning $70 million, an #Ottawa woman is doing as much as possible to make sure families in her community don’t go without.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
After winning $70 million, an #Ottawa woman is doing as much as possible to make sure families in her community don’t go without.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
Ottawa lottery winner making sure neighbours don’t go hungry
After winning $70 million, an Ottawa woman is doing as much as possible to make sure families in her community don’t go without. CTV’s Leah Larocque reports.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ottawa lottery winner making sure neighbours don’t go hungry #Canada
After winning $70 million, an #Ottawa woman is doing as much as possible to make sure families in her community don’t go without.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
After winning $70 million, an #Ottawa woman is doing as much as possible to make sure families in her community don’t go without.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
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"I had planned to send [the children] to boarding school, since their education at the moment seems to consist mostly of marching around Salzburg singing scales. I think it would have been particularly helpful for the eldest daughter, who seems intent on losing her virginity to the mailman."
The Sound of Music is on TV tonight, so we must point you, yet again, to this all-timer by Melinda Taub from our archives.
I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled
Dear friends, family, and Austrian nobility, Captain Von Trapp and I are very sorry to inform you that we no longer plan to wed. We offer our deepe...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"I had planned to send [the children] to boarding school, since their education at the moment seems to consist mostly of marching around Salzburg singing scales. I think it would have been particularly helpful for the eldest daughter, who seems intent on losing her virginity to the mailman."
This racist group is in Canada and they are odious #canpoli #secondsons #neonazi #nazi #remigration #hate www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘The Nazis were right': What the leaders of Canada’s biggest ‘nationalist’ group really want | CBC Accessibility
In official posts, Second Sons Canada calls itself a “men’s nationalist club” and promotes a nostalgic vision of Canada. But on personal podcasts and livestreams, its leaders consistently espouse anti...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This racist group is in Canada and they are odious #canpoli #secondsons #neonazi #nazi #remigration #hate www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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“However dim Europe’s bulbs have grown — and they have dimmed — the rest of the west can still emit light.” My Swamp Notes with @gideonrachman.bsky.social on how we must call the old world to help redress the balance of the new. as.ft.com/r/783475a5-c...
The rest of the west is our only bet
[FREE TO READ] Canada’s Mark Carney has shown others that it pays to stand up to Trump
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December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“However dim Europe’s bulbs have grown — and they have dimmed — the rest of the west can still emit light.” My Swamp Notes with @gideonrachman.bsky.social on how we must call the old world to help redress the balance of the new. as.ft.com/r/783475a5-c...
#AI run amok? Never. Great story.
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#AI run amok? Never. Great story.
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Skate Canada to cancel #Alberta events due to sports gender law #SkateCanada
Good on you Skate Canada 🍁
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Good on you Skate Canada 🍁
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Skate Canada to cancel Alberta events due to sports gender law
Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sport divisions.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Skate Canada to cancel #Alberta events due to sports gender law #SkateCanada
Good on you Skate Canada 🍁
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Good on you Skate Canada 🍁
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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"Religious Freedom" is GOP code for it's ok to use Christianity to deny people basic human rights, and to discriminate against those who do not look like them, worship like them, or live a lifestyle that they deem unacceptable.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"Religious Freedom" is GOP code for it's ok to use Christianity to deny people basic human rights, and to discriminate against those who do not look like them, worship like them, or live a lifestyle that they deem unacceptable.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
The economic genius dazzles again…
December 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The economic genius dazzles again…
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The law isn’t a vibe. It’s what keeps Canada fair, equal, and (mostly) polite. 🇨🇦
Visit ourstoprotect.ca ... because fairness doesn’t protect itself.
#OursToProtect #RuleofLaw #Partner
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The law isn’t a vibe. It’s what keeps Canada fair, equal, and (mostly) polite. 🇨🇦
Visit ourstoprotect.ca ... because fairness doesn’t protect itself.
#OursToProtect #RuleofLaw #Partner
Breaking news -Trump administration declares the use of punctuation “DEI”; also, semi-colon users as “demonic”
Rubio bravely confronts America’s greatest threat: sans-serif fonts. At last, a foreign policy poised to stabilise the world. #Priorities
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Rubio directs diplomats to return to using Times New Roman, undoing Biden-era switch to Calibri | CNN Politics
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed the State Department to go back to using Times New Roman typeface as the standard for official papers, a spokesperson told CNN, in a reversal of the prev...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Breaking news -Trump administration declares the use of punctuation “DEI”; also, semi-colon users as “demonic”
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December 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Divorced Dad advent calendar promises big chocolate every other weekend
Divorced Dad advent calendar promises big chocolate every other weekend
VANCOUVER — A new brand of advent calendar made for divorced dads by Divorced Dads features one very large chocolate every other weekend to show your child that you care just as much if not more than ...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Divorced Dad advent calendar promises big chocolate every other weekend
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White House astonished as Pete Hegseth reads Franklin book all by himself
White House astonished as Pete Hegseth reads Franklin book all by himself
WASHINGTON D.C. - Officials inside the Trump White House are beaming with pride after US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was able to complete the classic Canadian children’s book Franklin Fibs without a...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
White House astonished as Pete Hegseth reads Franklin book all by himself
MAGA math
“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
MAGA math
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Historians unearth the pagan roots of Cyber Monday, reveal its origin in the ancient festival of CompuServehain
Historians unearth the pagan roots of Cyber Monday and its origin in the ancient festival of CompuServehain
"Cyber Monday has a storied history that stretches back to the beginning of human memory, some time in the mid-1980s.”
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December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Historians unearth the pagan roots of Cyber Monday, reveal its origin in the ancient festival of CompuServehain
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Prime Minister Mark Carney disagrees with the concept of a premier of one province unilaterally taking over a different province but his hands are tied by his unwillingness to do anything about it.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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JD Vance slams Canada after being rejected by sexy chesterfield
JD Vance slams Canada after being rejected by sexy chesterfield
WASHINGTON D.C. - American Vice President JD Vance has posted online, slamming the country of Canada's economic and immigration policies, which insiders reveal stems from hurt feelings over being sexu...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
JD Vance slams Canada after being rejected by sexy chesterfield