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  I see commentators especially on SM, using the Quebec election results as a condemnation of FPTP. I see it as the opposite. The Quebec results show the plurality of opinion in that province across a number of issues. Forcing that multi-area concerned electorate into an either-or decision devalues electorate opinion and subsequent representation much more than a party with 28% of the popular vote forming government.

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  "How can I keep from smiling:" https://youtu.be/SZEp5cRPafU?si=foA6ZryzFOITzlkI

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  When I grow up, I want to be a host on The Voice All I would have to be able to do is count to four… /s #sarcasm #thevoice

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  On growing old: I thought it would take longer At funerals, I keep moving closer to the front. Looking around those same funerals, I think I want to be last … So far, so good …

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  We use "privilege" as a putdown But more damning is "pampered" …

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  @r.gilmore Thank you The more I disagree with your take, the more I need to read it and think it …

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  #TuneTuesday https://youtu.be/IVXUdP45pUs?si=5sYh9aIYYbSZlmMc

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  Gotta love media and political takes on the investment summit. Looking for immediate results is like measuring the success of speed dating by how many people leave married; not even engaged. They are measuring success by how much is invested before days end. #canada #economy #metrics

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  @dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org 🤣

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  A modest proposal: The speed with which mRNA vaccines were developed to fight COVID, was amazing and unprecedented. They were based on earlier research and spurred by investments initiated by the Trump regime. These vaccines saved countless lives under the advice of the Drs Fauci of the world. I therefore propose a Nobel Prize in Medicine be awarded to President Trump and Dr. Fauci for their contributions in controlling the pandemic. The resulting publicity and guaranteed infighting would expos...

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  I do not know, I do not understand music theory but, the first time i heard this i wad captivated. The scoring merely proclaims what we already know. Thing is, Jacob lives both the performance and the the theory… #music #performance #audienceengagement #traditionalart https://youtu.be/Ku7pTBWKAXI?si=0HJMzHgDXnGHGDIO

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  Given the place Alberta is at in for-profit healthcare I think this is worth a view to contrast the promise with the reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmK9_6GQpBo

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  A berry nice harvest if I do say so …

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  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I read that it took Mr. Cohen 20 years to write Hallelujah and he had 120 verses before he released a version he liked. The best version I have heard was K. D. Lang: https://youtu.be/P_NpxTWbovE?si=88MG_zFI-1NwZcVK

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  Shits getting real: #Disaster #elnino #warning

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  Well said https://substack.com/@augmentedman/note/c-300411909?r=1mt630&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

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  Potash and Oil from Canada are exempt from the 50% tariff proposed in 30 days. Reporters need to ask if Canada pays, not the US, why are those critical imports (to the US) not included ? #tariffs #trump #whopays

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  So, the Trumpster wants to charge Canada extra tariffs if 50% because of wildfire smoke (any excuse). I think we should charge the US tariffs for the smoke … #stupid #trump #tariff #wildfires

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  English is weird. Ever notice how patronizing a business is quite different from patronizing a person … #english #canadian

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  The per capita average GHG emissions for Canada are ~19 tonnes/year. Using an online calculator, mine are ~ 6 tonnes/year. Mostly because I don't drive to work nor travel by air … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita

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  @randahl@mastodon.social My thought processes prioritize morality first and I challenge AI when it ignores it or responds amorally. I hoping it learns what's important by learning from me and others of like mind. I was devastated by the negligence of OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge killings and I hope that devastation made it through somehow.

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  @TwoClownsEating@beige.party I used to put a wasp capture trap over my compost but this spring, whenever I went out to dump more in, there was a blanket of wasps on it and never once did they bother me. I dumped on them. Moved them about as I turned the compost and not once did they even take notice. No trap this year …

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  @jaykuo@universeodon.com The tell is in the language: "find a link" Scientists asks "is there a link"?

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  "… it's not about wine, it's about respect" https://open.substack.com/pub/rossboulton1/p/letter-to-my-fellow-americans-about?r=1mt630&utm_medium=ios

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  There is no difference between people denying the benefits of vaccines and those denying the physics of climate change.

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  I know environmentalists are concerned about this government's back track on co2 emissions goals. But, l think it import to focus efforts where they make a difference. Since I was in school, global concentrations of CO2 have increased ~110 ppm. Canadas portion of that amount is about 2 ppm. 2. That's all of Canada. Oil Sands, transport, manufacturing, etc …

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  The human costs of the Israel/Gaza war are incomprehensible. ~74000 humans have been killed direct as a result of combatant munitions. More have died and are still dying from displacement, malnutrition and no healthcare. This is an intolerable situation remains because politicians are afraid condemning these deaths is being justified in the name of religion. #gaza #israel #humanity