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Former federal public servant. Now doing a PhD to figure it all out. Complex systems, decision making, and digital transformation. And my humans. And cats. Never forget the cats. Nor music.

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Went looking at houses to buy cos we're sightsizing.

Some of youse...your mothers would be appaled at the state of your house for viewing!

09.03.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And i posted that before seeing all the other responses.

08.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Or...fix your country so you have to lie about which country you're from.

Just a thought.

From a Canadian.

Ftr, f*ck yes, most Canadians meeting a US citizen would immediately determine voting preferences.

Progressives declare allegiances. Those, we offer our sympathies to, & buy them a drink.

08.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this you using substack that provides a platform to neo-nazies?

See: leavesubstack.com

08.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People really need their g-ds, for whatever reason.

06.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Snorkle.

06.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What is going on with the comms team?

Posts starting to read as precious breathless game day announcements. Ugh.

And since when did a $10B investment become just a feel good story without any strings?

Nuance is not a bad thing for a pragmatist, but rather a sign of reasoned approaches.

06.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a self-inflicted error.

Ottawa's (the city) half-assed bilingualism has always annoyed me.

-an Anglo-QuΓ©becer currently living in Ottawa

06.03.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're not perfect, but look at little ol' Canada.

Who says multiculturalism is impossible?

Also: fuck blood and soil politics.

06.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, β€œKristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, β€œKristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

05.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 16516 πŸ” 3353 πŸ’¬ 259 πŸ“Œ 175

nationalnewswatch.com/2026/03/04/c... 'Taking the world as it is' doesn't also mean ignoring international law.

It also means working to promote and support the rule of law against lawlessness no matter the source.

05.03.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17149 πŸ” 5980 πŸ’¬ 514 πŸ“Œ 491

...hoards all board games in the house...

04.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Future, Now and Then - Now at Beehiiv Same Future, New Web Address

Spent the day migrating off Substack.

(Please cross your fingers that nothing breaks at the technical level.)

The Future, Now and Then - Now at Beehiiv
davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-future...

03.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 571 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 4

Heh heh. Was gonna post same.

04.03.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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David Ellison Unveils Sweeping Vision for Warner Bros: β€œThis Is About Reinventing the Business” HBO Max and Paramount+ will be merged when the deal closes, the mogul told Wall Street early Monday morning.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... Pretty happy this house kept its DVD collection. And player.

03.03.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had no issues reading the article. Thnx for sharing.

03.03.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada β€˜abandoning’ international law with support for U.S. strikes on Iran, say former diplomats Though Canada's approach to Iran has been 'well-aligned' with the United States for many years, Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has been reluctant to condemn any suspected violations of intern...

www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0... Pragmatism is mighty thin gruel over the rule of law.

Also, history tried that. It was ugly.

02.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heroic Chicago trans comedian recalls saving infant from ice-cold Lake Michigan: β€˜I guess I’m going in’ β€œThe most important part of this entire story is that the baby is okay,” Lio Cundiff told The Advocate.

β€œIt’s weird,” he said. β€œI just did something that I would think anyone would do. What do you mean you would watch a stroller and a baby just sink?”

27.02.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 1908 πŸ” 402 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 86
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David Coletto: Mark Carney supports the latest attacks on Iran. Don’t expect the Canadian public to share that view Based on almost two decades of public opinion research, I expect the dominant reaction will be discomfort, writes pollster David Coletto.

Mark Carney supports the latest attacks on Iran. Don’t expect the Canadian public to share that view
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

28.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

What could go wrong?

01.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes. How did that happen?

01.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is 'reckless, dangerous and harmful'* endorsement of unsanctioned and immoral behaviour by the sitting US president.

One is either for the rule of law, or one is not.

Incredible self-own on any future US aggression on Canada, as well.

*rough quoting House democratic leader in US.

28.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

07.02.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 33621 πŸ” 6993 πŸ’¬ 221 πŸ“Œ 182
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former #Canucks captain is now a bad memory. zero respect.

good people don’t get chummy with child-sex trafficking rapists.

that goes for the rest of the U.S. men’s πŸ’ team too. Leafs’ Matthews, Sens’ TKachuck and Jets’ Hellebuyck are in for an β€œelbows up” reception in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ rinks.

26.02.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 260 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 8

Interesting observations...many parallels between UK situation to Canadian state of affairs today.

(Continuous shaking of head at 5 year planning cycles).

This, while Canada and India both former colonies of UK, though with different histories pre- and post-colonial contact.

25.02.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Many have issues, the leave substack folx are trying to point to platforms that are not knowingly platforming Nazis without removing them, unlike substack.

Thanks for the WordPress link!

25.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
You Should Probably Leave Substack You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.

I'd read, but not on that platform.

Icymi: leavesubstack.com

25.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Currently on hols so doing more beach reading than anything but peeked at refs - interesting set. Don't dispute (North Amer.) cog sci has gone off the rails a bit, but note absence of Klein, LeDoux, Damasio, Simon, Vygotsky, & close kin respectively. Biases are pernicious beasts.

25.02.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thank you on behalf of my eyes that stare in wonder/horror at how my husband dresses himself.

22.02.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0