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Dr. Andrea Chandler πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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Ph.d. in Political Science. Retired academic, now a Professor Emeritus. Ottawa, Canada.

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Tourists! Come to Nova Scotia! Where there is no need for tourist information centres, since there will be nothing left to do except freeze your ass off on the beach and fall off your pub stool drinking awful Keiths while the microbreweries and wineries go out of business!

06.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shoutout to the genius who just drove on the wrong side of the road on Clegg Street to pass me, and then turned left on red on Colonel By, just as kids are walking to Hopewell School.

Has he been taking driving lessons from a City Councillor for Orleans, or?

06.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD in 1944 the Red Air Force carpet bombed Narva, then Red Army used artillery to finish the job. As a deliberate act, hundreds of civilians died & thousands were made refugees. We then repopulated it with Russians.

Imagine something like this happening in the 21st century.

06.03.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 415 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3
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This aged well … good riddance, Kristi Noem.

I would recommend doing some research before your next gig! πŸ‘‹πŸΌ

06.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

In a rare moment of watching CBC, I hear an ad for the news with Adrienne Arsenault's voice saying "In this rapidly
changing world...." with a video image of Vladimir Putin.
(Putin has been President 26 years this month).
Next up: Andrew Coyne on this newfangled "social media" thing

06.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kristi Noem, you admitted under oath to me that you broke the law. Losing your job won’t protect you from accountability when we take back the House.

And the buck doesn't stop here. We must abolish ICE and make Trump and his entire administration answer for their lawlessness.

05.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 395 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 5

I shudder when I think of how many people were leaving Bluesfest at the same time, and trying to get home.

05.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Putting the "bubbles" into the bubble bylaw🍺 debate

05.03.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Should I offer Kristi Noem asylum?

05.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 610 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 5

I was hit by a car walking to the corner store at age 13, in Halifax, in a university neighbourhood. My younger sister and my dog were with me. I needed surgery. I'm very bitter about bad drivers.

05.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ooh, thanks!

05.03.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sad to say, I have grown accustomed to the idea that conservatives have impunity and it's shocking when there is accountability.

05.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm shocked, shocked

05.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Some clown sent me an unsolicited DM (on another app) telling me I have serious mental illness

I didn't realize men were still doing this, it's so 2022

I guess I'm supposed to be insulted by ablist slurs but I didn't get that memo

I'll block him, but first I told him he was an amateur as a troll

05.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😳

05.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Authors to read when you're demoralized with the fascism and feel helpless

Anna Akhmatova, Requiem
Albert Camus, The Plague
Serhiy Zhadan, The Orphanage
Simone Weil, The Need for Roots
Jacques Derrida, On Friendship
Aleksandar Hemon, The World and all it holds

Plz add to list

05.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.

05.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 2805 πŸ” 907 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 21
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My home town. Don't go changing, Halifax, just to please me.

04.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How I arrived on BlueSky

04.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

And while I'm here, it would also be great if snowplows do not push snow into the pedestrian crosswalk and disabled parking spots in front of the Heart Institute, as this is hard on the HEART PATIENTS trying to get to their appointments and procedures. Gah! I hate it here.

04.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Snow removal trucks, it would be great if you would not block all three entry points to the Ottawa Heart Institute at the same time just as patients are arriving, that would be great. @en.ottawa.ca

This is the second time in 8 days I've had trouble dropping off and picking up a HEART PATIENT

04.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Next, he'll be debunking the myth that Brave Sir Robin was woke, and insisting that contrary to the radical-feminist-interpretation of the Canterbury Tales, women in Chaucer's time did not use the word "arse"

04.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really hope that @weirdmedieval.bsky.social sees that clip about the "medieval Marxists."

04.03.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Not a blank cheque." With one inarticulate phrase, the PM shredded his country's inconsistent yet mostly principled foreign policy, legitimizing a nuclear-armed, unconstitutional, mad dictator's aggression against another dictatorship.

This Heritage Moment was brought to you by OH FUCK IT ALL

04.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Medieval Marxists

03.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was it 24 hours? Seems like a lot of time. For what? A bachelor party? Shudder.

03.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

well, my snarky thought was that anyone who is able to amuse themself in the Market for four hours is probably drunk and shouldn't be driving

03.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I also enjoy meandering and moseying in the Market, which is why I WALK or BIKE THERE

Make it make sense, that this dude requires four hours in a parking garage to permit himself to be spontaneous and enjoy the scenery

03.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Classy guys!

03.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That statement on Saturday was a complete brain fart. I sincerely hope our government is not using AI to craft diplomatic statements, but I am not optimistic.

02.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0