Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Welcome! I am: Dad, Husband, Tech.
Former #PortAlberni City Council.
Dual 🇨🇦🇪🇸. Speak English, French and Spanish in descending order. Climate and Decolonization are THE issues. Follow my @chrisblog

Opinions are only mine but you’re welcome to share them. 😆 Will post about cats, gardens, politics, sports, other random things. Socialist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, LGBTQ2S and Indigenous comrade.
I run @alberniweather
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2025-04-16 21:34:13

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@nprofile…fwf3 🤮

2025-04-12 22:37:40

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@nprofile…884k huh! have lots of family in NOTL!

2025-04-12 22:34:09

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The day is done. Made a reasonable dent in the mountain. Raised the level of about half of the driveway. Tomorrow I will measure the fabric for the car tracks and put down another 2 loads of dirt to bring it to the edge of the tracks.
Then we'll need to wait until a weekday when I am home to go get sand, gravel, and top soil.
Maybe Ill go to the stone shop next week and grab the flagstones for the path. 🤔
Lots to do!
Then we will move to the backyard again and start on plumbing for the poolpond!
#OperationMoveDirtMountain #poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyard #spring
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2025-04-12 22:24:49

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@nprofile…4yf9 the yellow truck offered moral support only. 😂

2025-04-12 19:42:47

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Excited for the additions! Bought an Italian plum to replace the old and dying Italian plum on our neighbour’s side. And bought another Northern Spy 🍏 to plant in the front in place of an aged hydrangea.
This will complete the complement of 3 apple trees in the front yard! Yay! (2 northern spy semi dwarf, 1 blushing delight columnar) and start the fruit tree complement in the back to go with the well established hazelnut tree. I want at least 2 more fruit trees in the back. Possibly four.
#OperationMoveDirtMountain #poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyard #spring
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2025-04-12 19:35:02

Morning shift of #OperationMoveDirtMountain is complete. Good progress was made. The new level in the front driveway was marked and is being extended.
This is essentially just horrible and sticky clay but it will have to do as a base to bring the front driveway up to a better height sloping less toward the house and in general.
The two gravel @tracks for the car will be kept and deepened/solidified while a number of flat stones will provide walking paths from each side of the car to the sidewalk or backyard.
This is part of the #poolpond campaign
#diy #portalberni #backyard #spring
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2025-04-07 22:07:40

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@nprofile…nd5x these people are insane. This statement will only further solidify the growing opinion of governments around the world that the USA as it stands right now is the most idiotic regime in the world.
Not even North Korea would write something like this. I literally can't even think of any country in the 21st century that would write this.

2025-04-07 17:26:10

ENG: I just handed in an assignment for my SPAN101 class.
ESP: Entregué mi tarea por la clase de SPAN101.
We had to make a one-page brochure about a Spanish speaking country plus a 2min video.
Nosotros debimos hacer una pagina en un folleto sobre un país de habla hispana.
I made a full, folding, brochure for Spain using mostly my own photos.
Hice un folleto completo para España haciendo principalmente mi propio fotos.
I ain't sharing the video.
No quiero la vergüenza de compartir mi video. ☺️
Pero! Aquí está mi folleto para visitar España.
I'm now getting to the point where I can write down most of what I want to say, using mostly present and past tenses, without help. And then I check my work on a translator. Getting about 80% of it right 90% of the time lol.
#Valencia #España #learning #Spanish #Spain
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2025-04-06 18:14:48

Time to update mastodon... this account may become unavailable for a short period.
#Mastodon #v437

2025-04-05 18:28:48

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@nprofile…nsu0 made of cedar rather than iron?

2025-04-05 18:23:25

wow. I didn't know that the Liberal MP running in former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Montreal riding is none other than the daughter if a former Prime Minister of Haiti! 🇭🇹 🇨🇦
#elxn45 #cdnpoli #canPoli #haiti
https://mstdn.ca/@davidakin/114286712844924211

2025-04-05 12:58:21

I know people who grew up on the US Border in Vancouver in the 60s and 70s. The border was a ditch they could walk or ride across as kids and go to the corner store. Those days ended years ago, but they are almost unthinkable now.
The warnings from Canada on travel to the US are frankly deeply shocking.
“The federal government updated its travel advisory on Friday, warning Canadians of possible detention should one be denied entry to the United States.
“Comply and be forthcoming in all interactions with border authorities,” reads the advisory. “If you are denied entry, you could be detained while awaiting deportation.”
The government also warned that travellers should expect to be heavily questioned and may have their electronic devices searched.
“Individual border agents often have significant discretion in making those determinations,” the advisory reads. “U.S. authorities strictly enforce entry requirements. Expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including of electronic devices.””
#TheAmericanFascist #USA #Canada #canpoli #uspoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/feds-warn-canadians-should-expect-scrutiny-at-us-border-including-search-of-electronic-devices/

2025-04-04 21:08:29

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@nprofile…r77g 100%!

2025-04-04 21:04:03

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@nprofile…tha6 the writing was on the wall for Trudeau by Labour last year. There was no amount of squeezing that would have accomplished anything. But who knows. Either way, I don't think it would have helped the NDP right now. The world changed too drastically.

2025-04-01 20:28:37

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@nprofile…u56s smart voting. not so smart!!

2025-04-01 20:27:50

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@nprofile…56hp the polls are definitely changing! That riding has always been a tough three way race!

2025-03-27 18:13:05

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@nprofile…glas It is an accumulation of factors relating to her leadership.
I don't feel comfortable speaking directly about it… all I can do is quote what the students and faculty unions said, which I fully agree with. I will say though that I was extremely distraught, and remain so, at the treatment of students and staff in the Palestinian Solidarity Encampment and I don't think that should be overlooked as a major contributing factor here even though it is not mentioned in any of the official outlets (yet?).
https://cheknews.ca/viu-president-steps-down-amid-calls-for-resignation-1246248/
"Earlier this month, both the VIU students’ union and faculty association issued letters calling for the resignation of the president.
Maggie Velisek, the director of the VIU Students’ Union, said the calls from the student group came after more than a year of a lack of consultation with students over critical service cuts, including the recent decision to cancel a new VIU Child Care Centre.
“It’s not just the childcare building, it’s not just the new residence building that is two years behind, which is going to add another $20 million to the project, it’s not just these things, it’s a trend with the current administration,” Velisek said to CHEK News on March 8.
Meanwhile, the VIU Faculty Association conducted a vote of non-confidence, in which 86 per cent of respondents voted no-confidence.
“Our lack of confidence in university leadership is not simply the result of challenging times. The administrative culture here was already showing signs that it had decided on its own direction, with priorities that are out of step with our mandate,” Gara Pruesse, president of the faculty association, said in a news release on March 6.
“Recent and ongoing budget challenges have brought scrutiny on their decision-making, and revealed bad decisions and a lamentable indifference to evidence and data.”

2025-03-27 16:07:00

No longer #vaguepost
The President of Vancouver Island University, Dr. Deb Saucier has resigned.
I have a LOT I could say... but suffice to say both the students and the faculty were united in demanding change.
It is a good day.
#University #BCPoli #Palestine

2025-03-27 14:58:09

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@nprofile…6688 @nprofile…8564 I have heard this over and over. And to be sure, that 'tyranny of the market' is EXACTLY what is preventing such a thing from going on sale. The Canadian and American markets want the bigger profit margins. They want the bigger maintenance costs. They want to squeeze every dollar out of you. They have spent decades convincing us that we needed bigger, fancier cars.

2025-03-27 13:22:57

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@nprofile…8564 💯

2025-03-27 07:25:33

Lucky me. Stayed up late watching silly TV and now I see this from #TheAmericanFascist.
“If the European Union works with Canada in order to do economic harm to the USA, large scale Tariffs, far larger than currently planned, will be placed on them both in order to protect the best friend that each of those two countries has ever had!”
Hey Mark, Jagmeet, Liz, Yves, and ya, Pierre:
I want to hear it from all of you. Canada should join the EU, or every step short of the final one if that’s what has to be, because we’re friends, and that guy, is not.
#cdnpoli #canPoli #elxn45 #tradewar #trumpTariffs
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2025-03-27 04:45:11

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@nprofile…3cl5 my grandfather fled Franco with his young family including my Dad. They went to Paris, then settled in Montreal. I heard once that they were not made to feel very welcome in France.
How many families will flee Trump and come to Canada?
Will they be welcomed? I know many will… but I don’5 know if that welcome will have an end date.

2025-03-27 04:07:16

Today I found myself dreaming of owning and working an orange plantation in València.
Hoy me he encontrado soñando con tener y trabajar una plantación de naranjas en València.
#valencia #dreaming #lifegoals
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2025-03-26 19:06:59

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@nprofile…j9nm the 'not random' part makes sense. But that also begs the question.
How, after a good 20 years of the Internet, have we not devised a reliable and statistically valid way to do polling of people on the internet?
Or have we?

2025-03-26 17:00:33

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@nprofile…9uzw no Airpods!! noooo

2025-03-26 16:12:30

OMG. Actually yelled “eww! Gross!” and now can't stop laughing. And that was just at the headline+picture. I haven't even read the article. I may never. LOL
#23andMe #TheOnion
https://theonion.com/laid-off-23andme-employee-packs-up-box-full-of-bodily-fluids/

2025-03-26 13:31:21

The cat just puked and it’s grosser than normal….. 🤢
#catlife

2025-03-23 21:24:33

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@nprofile…hst7 I count 111 candidates on their page. So ya, plenty of gaps and obviously not as many as they have confirmed.i counted 185 on the Liberal page, zero on the conservatives, and 80 on the Greens page.

2025-03-23 16:02:37

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Hi English remarks were quite a bit shorter.
First Q: to Poillievre.
“Do you respect Donald Trump?”
“I respect the office of the President.”
“We have to work in a spirit of respect with all leaders.”
Second Q:
“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says your policies would be more in line with the USA is that accurate”
… Electing Liberals will weaken the country for Trump. That is why Trump says he prefers Liberals.
His primary slogan is now: “Put Canada First for a Change”
Which… is a much weaker slogan than the axe the tax stuff.
#canPoli #canada #elxn45 #tradewar #trumpTariffs

2025-03-23 06:39:36

I didn’t know this. What was Franco’s reaction, I wonder. If any. #WWII #españa #spain #franco #japan #phillipines https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/114210360969184463

2025-03-23 02:51:32

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@nprofile…nj54 thanks! it's fun! even if sometimes it can feel somewhat interminable 😆
Been waiting for an order for 20 minutes *past* its original pickup time.

2025-03-23 02:40:39

Dashing has been slow tomight and every store seems to be running behind. Just one of those nights I guess.
#dasherLife
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2025-03-23 01:59:15

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@nprofile…s99s @nprofile…efrv nice work!! 👏

2025-03-22 19:01:29

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@nprofile…w7pv @nprofile…dhhy I think this is a really important part. The left just seems a lot worse at getting a message out.

2025-03-22 15:29:29

Este día, hace tres años, fui al Consulado Español en Toronto para el primero vez en el procedimiento a obtener mi ciudadanía Español. Dos meses después, fui un ciudadano de España.
Ahora, mi hijos son ciudadanos y yo estoy un estudiante en español. Yo estoy aprendiendo.. lentamente. Escribí la mayor parte de este post por mi cuenta. 😊
¡Viva España! 🇪🇸 ¡Viva València!
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2025-03-22 02:00:13

aww :(
#RIP George Foreman!
https://www.tmz.com/2025/03/21/george-foreman-dead/

2025-03-22 01:18:31

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@nprofile…xutp @nprofile…89wx solidarity from Canada! Fight Fascism before it is too late! ✊

2025-03-21 19:01:17

another day, another invitation from Nicole. lol

2025-03-21 18:00:28

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@nprofile…x6t0 YUP

2025-03-21 16:47:15

For those keeping score at home, the Dow Jones peaked after Trump's inauguration at 44,882 on January 29.
Today it is at 41,884.
A drop of 6% in less than 2 months.
And that's with a mild bounce after last week's cratering.
I believe the stock market is the best, and possibly the only way, to convince him that what he is doing is bad and not working. Unfortunately, this is mostly about the trade war -- stocks don't care as much about fascism except where that fascism hurts shareholders (ie. Tesla)
So keep doing the Tesla stuff.
#BurnTesla #Fascism #USA
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2025-03-21 15:04:26

“Hudson's Bay closure would be 'quite a loss' for Canadians, says retail expert"
I haven't bought anything from a Hudson's Bay store in probably 15 years.
What planet is this 'expert' on?
#Canada #TheBay #HBC
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6687842

2025-03-20 21:53:14

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@nprofile…lu38 no argument there!

2025-03-20 18:58:51

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@nprofile…a5fl yes!

2025-03-20 18:52:51

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@nprofile…lgp0 yes! There is a citizen movement to bring back overnight services in Europe as well. The fossil fuel and car lobbyists have infiltrated too many parts of the government... they make decisions that kill rail travel.

2025-03-20 18:51:17

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@nprofile…mmpy lol.
as my son would say, thanks Tips. ;=)
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2025-03-20 18:49:53

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what if international air travel was limited so that there was only one international airport in a range of 1500km, or country.
So Vancouver would be the only International aiprort in BC, but Seattle or Portland would still be the PNW hub for the USA.
And those international airports could only have one flight between any other international airport.
This would:
a) greatly increase the use of land-based options for 1000km+ distances (which can then be electrified)
b) Incentivizes plane manufacturers to build more efficient, large planes that can take a larger number of people efficiently, rather than smaller planes that are cheaper to build, but proliferate, doubling/tripling the fuel use.
#Carbon #ClimateChange #Travel #AirTravel

2025-03-20 18:40:48

guys... we can't keep doing this… just look at it. It's obviously not sustainable.
And ya, I'm part of the problem too.
What are the alternatives that retain the ability for us to explore our world?
#Carbon #ClimateChange #Travel #AirTravel
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2025-03-20 17:01:56

Watching the air traffic at #YVR #Vancouver. Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, lol.
Wonder if this flight to Palm Springs is full?
#TradeWar #SpringBreak #Canada #TrumpTariffs
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2025-03-19 23:40:38

good relationships 🇫🇷 🇺🇦
#RussiaUkraineWar https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/114191602150451116

2025-03-19 21:42:33

Horrible.
“Global Affairs Canada is condemning China after the country executed an unspecified number of Canadian citizens earlier this year in an act that violates "basic human dignity.””
I thought maybe the tension with the USA might provide an opening for rapprochement with China out of necessity, but this certainly sends the opposite signal.
#Canada #TradeWar #China
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-executes-canadians-drug-related-crime-1.7487764

2025-03-19 21:22:06

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@nprofile…lgp0 ya, that is definitely the longest gap! It would be right at the edge of whether our current EV could make it. Google actually says 405km. We would need to go slow for sure.

2025-03-19 19:29:51

Won't be happening in the next few years... but one day, I will do this road trip! (YES in the EV of course)
#DreamTravel #Canada #NWT #BC #Yukon #RoadTrip
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2025-03-19 17:19:05

OK, they convinced me.
Tim Horton's is indeed Canadian.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #TradeWar
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/is-tim-hortons-canadian-1.7485431

2025-03-19 01:23:54

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@nprofile…maqk well, we could either have press releases and polished videos from the campaign, or we could have something else. Whether is a random person with a cell phone (doubtful since most campaign events are invite only) or a journalist fact checking, both are better than campaigns getting to control everything.

2025-03-18 14:22:06

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@nprofile…ya9q yup.
my initial feedback didn’t go through because I didn’t verify my email address with them within 60 minutes. 🤦‍♂️ so there’s that. 😂

2025-03-18 04:56:01

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@nprofile…5rv0 this.
I see so many parallels at my own University Administration, which is following the orders of our provincial ministry of post-sec education, it is extremely disturbing.
Liberalism truly is just a hope skip and a jump away from fascism.

2025-03-18 00:36:56

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@nprofile…a83s 💯

2025-03-18 00:33:56

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@nprofile…zzvc 😂

2025-03-17 22:33:06

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@nprofile…dsew haha!

2025-03-17 21:39:00

Time to buy a book!
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5zyq0250wo

2025-03-17 20:47:10

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@nprofile…kyct the level of tanking of the NDP vote is really interesting. I don't remember it being below 10% in recent history, even when Trudeau swept in. I wonder how elastic is and how much it will translate to lost seats as there are not many 3-way ridings outside Ontario.

2025-03-17 20:35:46

There it is again, the 'be grateful' schtick. This time on WWII.
"“My advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to remind them that it’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now. So they should be very grateful to our great country,” she told reporters.”
This is getting EXTREMELY old and I can tell you right now WWII veterans in Canada, the UK, Commonwealth, France and all over the world and probably a whole bunch of US veterans as well, would turn their backs on these self-aggrandizing baffoons in the US Administration.
#WWII #Canada #CanPoli #USA #Europe #France #EU
https://globalnews.ca/news/11084800/statue-of-liberty-france-politician-new-york-city/

2025-03-17 20:29:34

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@nprofile…s6hu @nprofile…tdy3 we may not have quite the volume but we'll make up for it in quality and enthusiasm! :)

2025-03-17 19:46:35

🇨🇦 Shout out to the Canadians who have been emailling the Royal Watch newsletter at the BBC about King Charles! 🇨🇦
"But there is no avoiding the tensions and contradictions in this balancing act. Emails from Canadians to the BBC's Royal Watch newsletter show that many want a much more robust defence from the King.
"What a cop out! Throw Canada to the wolves. Giving us back pats for our flag's anniversary doesn't quite cut it. Here sits a monarchist who is seriously rethinking his allegiance to the crown!" emailed Brian, a Canadian military veteran.
Carol in Vancouver was unhappy at the invitation from the UK for a second state visit by President Trump.
"I feel ashamed for the Brits feeling they have to follow through with inviting such a boor for dinner. For the life of me I do not understand why he has this power over you," she wrote.
"As a Canadian, the invitation is a slap in the face to the people of Canada. If the King is our King (as we are a Commonwealth country), and Trump is basically at war with us, how dare King Charles give him any credence?" emailed Patricia.
"As a Canadian I am saddened, appalled, disgusted and angry that King Charles appears to be joining the conga line of supplicants," said Jo-Ann in Ontario.
But King Charles will have to keep to the line set by ministers, and if that means maintaining good relations with Trump, he is unlikely to be saying anything more outspoken.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78el01zd03o
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #KingCharles #MarkCarney #TrumpTariffs #BuyCanadian #51stState #Trump

2025-03-17 18:31:25

“What if we put solar panels on every roof in the world?”
Johanna Wagstaffe, Meteorologist and Seismologist for the CBC, is truly a woman after my own heart because this is exactly the dorky kind of back-of-the-napkin exercise I stay up into the wee hours of the morning figuring out. And she found a study were scientists actually did the calculations for real and turns out, it would make a real measurable impact.
We need to do this maybe not on every roof, but certainly on every roof that makes sense in every town, city and village in the world.
#ClimateAction #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6685258

2025-03-16 01:59:08

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@nprofile…4tw3 😂

2025-03-15 22:14:24

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@nprofile…lj85 yup. I made the mistake (though it was not at the time) of selling this car in 2004. I always regretted it and was excited to find it again 14 years later. But the interim had not been good to it, it had only gotten worse. If I had kept it would probably be running well today and maybe even be ekectrified by now. 150-200km range with just a 120km top speed is all I needed. Very doable.
C’est la vie. 😞 😊

2025-03-15 17:00:34

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@nprofile…z56d I haven’t listened to the interview but could detect the arrogance from the quotes alone. Deeply disappointing.

2025-03-15 13:33:38

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@nprofile…9xgr thanks Dave.

2025-03-15 05:44:41

Even Steven!
https://fediverse.one/display/fdc30534-1467-d511-0e3d-60f279590726

2025-03-15 03:24:58

Friday thoughts.
1) Canada was historically divided until Trump started making invady-noises.
2) We are now experiencing a rally around the flag like nothing for generations. We have found a common enemy.
3) America is incredibly divided to the point where opposition to Trump seems paralyzed.
4) Is the solution: for Canada to invade Point Roberts by force*
This is an unserious Friday thought. You're welcome.
#tradewar #patriotism #trump #canPoli #cdnpoli
*force of Moose 🫎
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2025-03-14 16:28:36

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Learned something new today! In that hour and a half or so between the time that Prime Minister Trudeau resigned and Prime Minister Carney was sworn in, Canada's leader was.... drumroll: 🥁
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Richard Wagner!
Also known as Boring Santa Claus.
OK... that last part is not true, he is definitely not Santa Claus, and just cuz he might be boring, doesn't mean he's not smart and respectful. 😜
Oh, and there was also a talisman delivered to Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Anand. It's the Seal of Canada.
Then they sang OH CANADA and left to play political hockey!🇨🇦🏒
PLAY BALL
#MarkCarney #CanPoli #CdnPoli #TradeWar #TrumpTariffs #NATO #Canada
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2025-03-14 14:55:59

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@nprofile…cldh That sounds like an obvious Putin power move... make the puppet's minion wait.

2025-03-14 12:43:48

Canada gets a new Prime Minster this morning!
You can watch Mark Carney and his new Cabinet be sworn by the Governor General at Rideau Hall here:
Live coverage will start an hour from now.
Trudeau’s official resignation beforehand will likely not be televised but they might see him walk out of Rideau Hall for the last time.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #JustinTrudeau #MarkCarney #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-swearing-in-pm-cabinet-1.7482871

2025-03-14 06:07:54

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@nprofile…yvtz @nprofile…kl9j I personally think a big part is the living memory that we lost. As WWII veterans are almost all gone, so too is the respect and remembrance of what happened.

2025-03-13 23:24:16

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@nprofile…89wx
Read this and thought of this gif. Sorry. 😹
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2025-03-12 20:55:50

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@nprofile…klka yup!
if you ever do computer support for people, it's a great way to figure out very quickly where their biggest files are hidden!

2025-03-12 20:16:20

Hey Mac folks, have you ever used the sweet little app called "Grand Perspective”?
It's been in my toolkit of free and extremely useful tools for years.
It shows the files on a harddrive represented by large blocks... you can hover over them and see what they are.
The two biggest here are my iMovie Library (no “big” surprise) and iPhoto Library.
But there are also some I forgot about... like the Windows 11 partition (orange double block in the middle), or how big Civilization 6 is, (yellow on the right edge)
Love this app!!
#macOS #TechHelp
https://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net
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2025-03-12 04:37:24

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@nprofile…mrk9 yup

2025-03-12 01:39:06

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@nprofile…lwd2 😢

2025-03-11 22:13:01

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@nprofile…tqva *unless* there is a change on Thursday after the “talks”.
If no change there, then the surcharge goes back on and Trump has to deal with another market crash

2025-03-11 21:48:05

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@nprofile…5u6u @nprofile…dc6s who does this shit?
China, Russia, even India…
In this case.. Trump is doing an excellent Russian dance.

2025-03-11 19:22:37

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@nprofile…lgp0 @nprofile…rlng good question. No idea who would be "next in line”. Maybe AB folks will fill us in.

2025-03-11 18:29:52

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@nprofile…ecq9 the entire country of Canada is like Charlie Brown at this point…

2025-03-11 17:47:16

the fact that Danielle Smith is going to be speaking with Ben f__ing Shapiro is just... over the top.
HELLO ALBERTA, GET RID OF THIS TRAITOR!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #TradeWar #RightWing #AltRight #Nazi #TrumpTariffs
https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/danielle-smith-to-share-the-stage-with-ben-shapiro-at-florida-prageru-event/

2025-03-11 17:43:48

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@nprofile…rvqy unfortunately our biggest problem right now is the Premier of Alberta.
But I am *hoping* that she gets kicked out for corruption sooner rather than later. If she does, she will likely be replaced by Naheed Nenshi, who is a much more typical progressive Canadian!
I really hope we have a good result in the (expected soon) Federal election!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/danielle-smith-to-share-the-stage-with-ben-shapiro-at-florida-prageru-event/

2025-03-11 16:40:37

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@nprofile…pmc7 lol!

2025-03-11 15:37:59

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@nprofile…9fv6 @nprofile…8g5v it seems pretty unlikely Trump would sign it.

2025-03-11 15:34:14

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@nprofile…8g5v ya... not a great day.

2025-03-11 15:23:09

Not worried about Trump invading Canada?
You should be.
Because American Congresspeople are at least trying to prevent him doing it all on his own.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #USPoli #TrumpWar #TradeWar #TrumpTariffs
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1936/all-actions

2025-03-11 14:49:30

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@nprofile…586f nope

2025-03-10 20:59:06

Dear Prime Minister-Designate Carney,
Please call the election for May 5. This will allow my very eager soon-to-be 18yr old son to vote!
Thanks
Chris in Port Alberni
😂😂
"“Carney insiders have told The Globe and Mail that an election will be called for either April 28 or May 5.””
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #CanElxn
https://archive.is/LUY4v

2025-03-10 20:01:23

Best news of the day: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is terrified of Prime Minister-Designate Carney because he believes climate change is real, and Canada is lagging far behind in the transition.
'He's been on a warpath against the energy industry for his entire career'
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EndFossilFuels #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #ABPoli #TradeWar
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-ceraweek-smith-carney-1.7479291

2025-03-10 19:03:06

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@nprofile…a389 @nprofile…00a9 it's a beautiful thing!

2025-03-10 04:27:43

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@nprofile…pets @nprofile…mmlf the best part of Carney’s speech was when he said economists don’t know how to fix social problems (or something to that effect)

2025-03-10 00:43:14

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#lemonmeringuepie
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2025-03-10 00:39:46

YAAAAS
#lemonmeringuepie
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2025-03-10 00:16:51

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@nprofile…qm03 political races are hard. Everyone who participates always thinks they can win. Otherwise, why would you run? And it is always hard to lose.

2025-03-10 00:11:39

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@nprofile…qm03 I didnt see her as angry at all. They all seemed pretty gracious. Chretien got to say all the things about Trump nobody can. That was fun :)

2025-03-09 20:42:41

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4/n According to the folks here, the expectation is after this, there will be a Canadian Federal Election called within 7-10 days.
BUCKLE UP
#canPoli #cdnpoli #trudeau #carney #freeland #gould #baylis