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2025-03-09 22:19:54 GMT

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Oi! Get more Canadian than this, I dares ya!

2025-03-08 01:24:38 GMT

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Chapman's is the ice cream I grew up with. And seeing Ford shilling for Kawartha Dairy on the public dime made me twice the Chapman's fan. And this, now? Double again. Hell, I'll be an *evangelist*!

2025-03-07 22:15:44 GMT

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Thanks. I guess I just got on the bandwagon when the Heinz thing happened and didn't look for myself.
@npub1jay…80k8 @npub1at9…69yf

2025-03-07 21:22:04 GMT

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Sometimes, labeling changes take a long time. Sometimes, they don't. Within these couple or few months, a number of brands have added Canadian markings to their labels that weren't there before. Often it's down to the size of the company and the size of their printing contract.
@npub1qdy…jyu8 @npub1at9…69yf

2025-03-07 21:14:04 GMT

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True enough, maybe. But on the shelves now, with things as they are--like with Campbell's soup adding a maple leaf though they're not Canadian in the slightest--I don't take kindly to anything but truth and clarity in labeling.
@npub1at9…69yf

2025-03-07 19:35:12 GMT

I just saw French's mustard, great big maple leaf and "100% Canadian mustard seeds" on the front, quietly says "imported from USA" on the back.
French's should know better than to provoke our ire. Ask Heinz.
French's, you're now on my shit list.
#FakeCanadian

2025-03-07 17:33:23 GMT

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Yes, I know. And right from its inception, Israel "displaced" (at the absolute least), and the way it happened is what began what's still going on today. But back then, one far enough removed from the conflict could more easily understand it and the word to be less extreme. Not so today.
I'm just desperately trying to find a way where he didn't mean what it sure fucking looks like he meant. Even with a breathless explanation and apology, he's lost points with even me today.

2025-03-07 16:56:11 GMT

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I get that maybe not everyone realizes that "Zionist" in the popular lexicon of fifty, sixty years ago of largely "the Jewish people should have a home of their own" has changed, and today is used to refer to Jewish supremacy... But the PM should be up-to-date on that language.
I sure f*in' hope there's a big explainer and apology coming *very* fast.

2025-03-07 16:44:20 GMT

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He *WHAT*?!?

2025-03-06 22:52:15 GMT

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I have a lot of problems with polling in this country. Too many of the pollsters are in bed with the Cons. But... with or without that being true... to see *these* numbers? *WOW*.

2025-03-06 22:33:36 GMT

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Tears in *my* eyes. Hot damn. Class act, all the damn way.

2025-03-06 20:22:13 GMT

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Mind?

2025-03-06 01:39:18 GMT

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The ones we just named terrorist organizations? Fuck off, Navarro. Every day with this fucker.

2025-03-06 01:12:46 GMT

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Hey, folks. If you're one of those who feels that any Canadian siding with the Americans at a time like this is something of a traitor... Look at this graph, look at those numbers and where they fall. Look.

2025-03-06 00:07:27 GMT

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Yes, tricky. I hope it sinks him.

2025-03-05 17:22:28 GMT

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Not happy to hear this. 😒

2025-03-05 02:42:52 GMT

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There is no union.

2025-03-04 00:32:15 GMT

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My wife once left a closed can of pop in the cup holder in her mother's car in winter. It froze, the water content expanded, and the can couldn't hold it. But it didn't just rupture at the intended opening. It *did* rupture there, shooting pop all over the ceiling of the car. But it also ruptured at the bottom in the same instant (glad she wasn't in the car at the time) with such violent pressure that it blew a hole through the cup holder into empty space. You could see the driveway.

2025-03-03 19:37:36 GMT

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I'm sure Tuesday's announcement will include the (re-)assertion that we're being "very unfair" to them.

2025-02-26 22:07:53 GMT

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I wonder sometimes whether if we all shut our mouths about politics on social media, would Jagmeet Singh ever have an idea of what to do or say. I mean, I suppose kudos to him for keeping an ear out for what people want, but I wonder if he's ever had an original idea of his own.

2025-02-21 18:48:00 GMT

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I'm sorry, but... Are you saying "who's to blame" is a debateable point, when in comes to one side minding it's business and the other side saying "we're going to take over your country"?
That's bonkers.

2025-02-20 20:01:53 GMT

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I'd like to see a step up from the "Product of Canada" (98%) / "Made in Canada" (51-97%) thing.
If it's at least 51%, it gets the logo, and the hollow maple leaf is filled up with red to indicate approximate %. Tiny text below to indicate broad categories, like "ingedients from" and "manufactured in" with specific countries named.

2025-02-20 15:06:39 GMT

You think left and right are "equally evil"?
You equate "equitable for all, taking care of people, fairness" and "selfishness and bigotry, no matter how destructive"?
Instant Block. GTFO with that horseshit.

2025-02-20 14:21:46 GMT

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Yes, Voter Information Cards are sent by Elections Ontario.

2025-02-20 14:14:12 GMT

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"They", who?
The PC party and Doug Ford hope for a low turnout, because that always swings right. Called an election we don't need, at a bad time of year, with shortest possible timeframe.
But Elections Ontario very much wants as many voters out as possible!

2025-02-18 18:57:56 GMT

My social media is 90% Mastodon. My Masto is 90% politics, and 90% of that is bad news, infuriating.
I would like to be angry less, but still informed and aware (I don't watch tv, as such).
Addimg more non-politics to my feed is good, except that I have trouble keeping up already, no room for more.
I don't follow many people, but we're a busy little circle; a few of us can make a lot of posts. I don't want to drop anyone, but I can't think of how else to accomplish this.

2025-02-18 00:50:20 GMT

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It is my firm belief that Trump and Putin are "negotiating" about Ukraine so that Putin can get Ukraine settled, to move a lot of those troops and materiel east. Then Putin invades Canada from the northwest, and Trump will march up over our border "because Canada can't defend itself and needs protection". They will stage a few "battles", meet in the middle, draw a line and divvy up this country. North is New Russia, south is an American protectorate. Forever.

2025-02-15 21:44:21 GMT

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Fucking traitors.

2025-02-15 21:12:53 GMT

I'm having real trouble parsing out whether Old Dutch/Humpty Dumpty snacks should be considered Canadian for the purposes of someone boycotting American products. The wiki page was not really any help, in the end.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch_Foods

2025-02-15 17:00:51 GMT

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Okay, great. But why *now*? We've known he was a dangerous fucknut for years now, millions to the Trump campaign six months ago, and even the big Nazi salute was weeks ago. I'm disinclined to give this guy any credit.

2025-02-13 10:48:55 GMT

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Keep in mind, if he was trying to wear "camo", it was black--in the snow.

2025-02-10 22:08:08 GMT

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

2025-02-10 00:14:35 GMT

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Our best one nearby is called, I kid you not, "Ethnic Supermarket". That's it's actual name. But Asian, South Asian, Caribbean, and more, all in one place. I just wish they were walking distance.
@npub1tpt…kvpg

2025-02-09 23:57:01 GMT

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I think we should all, coast to coast, be shopping more at our local Asian supermarkets. More locally-sourced fresh ingredients (or at least, not American), and many new tastes to experience!
@npub1tpt…kvpg

2025-02-09 23:51:17 GMT

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It looks tremendous. Good for you. :)

2025-02-09 23:05:12 GMT

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I wanna have dinner at your place.

2025-02-09 18:05:36 GMT

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Do we know anything about the brand nationality? Today is the first I've heard of them.
@npub1s9x…vy0k

2025-02-09 17:44:50 GMT

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Decent size, power, etc.? I've been thinking about it.
@npub1s9x…vy0k

2025-02-09 17:43:57 GMT

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a) I don't really drink beer, so I'd have to be able to get out of the driveway first to get that, to then offer it to them to help me get out of my driveway. b) All of those particular suggestions are American-owned, so no freakin' way. :)
Really, the main problem is the "knowing your neighbours" part. Between ADHD and being as much of a hermit as life permits, that's not really happening. I only know Paul, across the street--he's the other one without a snowblower.

2025-02-09 17:26:03 GMT

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Squinty McFourEyes doesn't want to know how a "warrior culture" would treat him.

2025-02-09 17:23:35 GMT

Ever get the feeling you're the only person on the block without a snowblower?
😤🥵🥶

2025-02-05 14:18:07 GMT

Ya don't say...
Elon Musk’s Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink Over Its Contracts in Ukraine
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365

2025-02-04 21:25:39 GMT

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Along with #BuyCanadian, we should all be trying to #ConsumeCanadian--be aware of where your media is really from, and choose Canadian when you can. That means avoiding Postmedia, first and foremost.

2025-02-03 19:41:02 GMT

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😅

2025-02-03 15:23:07 GMT

I hope the Prime Minister signs off his phone call with President Trump today with, "say hello to your wife for me."
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/940/633/566/469/961/original/8387e009a367d285.jpg

2025-02-02 21:58:15 GMT

I don't care much about sports, can't remember the last time I saw any professional game, so someone's got to fill me in: In the NHL, if two Canadian teams are facing off, do they still play the US National Anthem because it's part of the league, or is it about playing the anthems of the teams involved, so it would just be ours?

2025-01-31 23:02:06 GMT

None of the cheesies in my bowl are broken. How do I know which ones to eat first?

2025-01-31 02:11:03 GMT

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2025-01-30 11:04:34 GMT

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If he wants a campaign stop there but won't take questions, then he's using you as props. Say no.

2025-01-28 17:59:02 GMT

"But, he can't do that! It's illegal!"
I've got news for you, Skippy. Laws aren't even worth the paper they're printed on without full buy-in to the social contract they represent.
If the other side refuses to be bound by the law, and has more power than you do, that's it. The law might as well not exist.

2025-01-28 12:17:55 GMT

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Don't forget, that $612M was *extra* just discovered. The tital for that boondoggle is currently up to $1.4Billion.

2025-01-26 16:44:18 GMT

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And there you have it. The "we" he was referring to about getting Liberal memberships to screw up the vote.

2025-01-26 14:44:10 GMT

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If the general wants the guy with no name recognition and no experience in charge of the Liberals, then he wants the Conservatives in charge of the government. Or at the very least, if he's promoting the guy with no experience, who does he *actually* want to quietly put in power through him?

2025-01-22 15:32:49 GMT

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I hate, particularly, that the lying conservative-owned pollsters *told* people PP was polling far ahead (and the media breathlessly just repeated it), and enough people believe it that at this point it probably has become true (progressive voters feeling defeated ahead of time), tail wagging the dog.

2025-01-22 00:57:45 GMT

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"As per our conversation..." is *powerful*. CYA.
@npub1afm…5gp4 @npub1ppe…qv2g

2025-01-21 16:23:06 GMT

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Holy fuck.

2025-01-20 14:54:12 GMT

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That would be great. A feed full of stories of rescued pets, mutual aid efforts, new library services offered, free documentaries online, beautiful photos, smiling doggos, cuddly cats, free language learning resources, and Content Warnings and Alt-Text everywhere!

2025-01-20 14:43:04 GMT

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It's not a complaint. It's a wish that people might have a good day, despite.

2025-01-20 14:39:11 GMT

May your Monday be news-free

2025-01-16 22:58:50 GMT

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I was going to say that, myself, but I checked the site first, and it seems that polling, historical data and statistical analyses all go into what they say. But if current polling is in there at all, it spoils the data.

2025-01-16 22:39:39 GMT

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*And* if you, instead, look to sources like 338 Canada, remember that a significant portion of the data they work from are the very polls from the liars listed above. By definition, their results can't be very good, either.

2025-01-13 20:38:41 GMT

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And he wants to fill one of those new regulatory chairs.

2025-01-11 14:56:24 GMT

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Political opportunists who care more about getting into power than the alignment of values have no business getting anywhere near that power. (I'm looking at you, too, Bonnie Crombie.)

2025-01-10 18:17:13 GMT

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Still? How many months now since the truth about her came out?

2025-01-10 17:50:33 GMT

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*This* is an example of foreign interference.

2025-01-09 23:09:26 GMT

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Yes, I have many successful dracaenas (sanseveria as a group got reclassified recently), and have made more from them. I have a thing for vining plants, though, and forgot to say that in my question. So far, I have successfully made more from pothos, various dracaena, jade plant. I *briefly* had success planting the "babies" from a big spider plant, but then they all died, including the "momma", and I never figured out why
@npub1947…qx57

2025-01-09 22:46:52 GMT

@npub1947…qx57 I've had success "chopping and propping" pothos. I'm interested to find out about some other houseplants that are easy to do this with. Any suggestions for me? (Not hoya, thanks; that's the only suggestion I got in the other place I asked, and I just don't really like them, myself.)

2025-01-03 17:03:13 GMT

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Look at the height of those lifts on PP! And that doesn't include any extra help that doesn't show from the outside.
Poilievre is a small man in so many ways.

2025-01-02 22:08:31 GMT

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Why is there even a trial happening? Supposedly, this is about "do I really have to sell my stuff to pay up?" when that is already well-decided, and the answer has always been "yuh-huh!" Take his shit, already.

2025-01-01 22:22:15 GMT

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So, the dongle retracts during recharge mode...

2024-12-30 22:32:50 GMT

My head is killing me. I get headaches often enough that it's not even really a thing. But this one beats everything I can remember right now. 1000mg of Tylenol hasn't affected it at all. Dark room, hot pack on my neck where I think it begins, making sure I'm hydrated and fed--nothing. It just won't listen to reason, love nor money. 🤕☠️

2024-12-29 19:54:04 GMT

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Which is why polling and media have pushed so hard with the idea that it's a foregone conclusion that Poilievre will will a majority, and why I'm so sad to say many people foolishly just accepting that without question.

2024-12-27 20:24:03 GMT

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In science, if you can't replicate the results, you know the experiment/study was faulty.

2024-12-27 19:38:44 GMT

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Doing dimplomatic business on behalf of the country with no authorization to do so...
Isn't that what they were threatening charges against Trump for a few months back, for "negotiating" both with Putin and Netanyahu? Musk was about to get in trouble for it too, wasn't he?
Do we have similar laws here in Canada?

2024-12-26 19:03:21 GMT

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Unfortunately, the damage is done. At first, it was a lie that so many people wanted him out. But enough people belirved the lie and bandwaggoned with it, that at this point, there are a lot of people who want him out. Tell the same lie often enough...

2024-12-24 02:17:31 GMT

Purely as an intellectual exercise, you understand... but I'm curious, just to brainstorm, just to spitball, not to actually do anything, OF COURSE...
What are some fairly surreptitious ways one could, say, damage and shut down, say, a self-checkout terminal?
Like if a *truly awful*, sociopathic individual were to do such a thing, and you caught them... what sorts of things might they have done?

2024-12-23 00:35:35 GMT

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Fashion is cyclical.

2024-12-21 00:39:05 GMT

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I think he's in a rush to get in before the foreign interference report gets out.

2024-12-20 23:12:25 GMT

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Holding up the report, I think. Anyone who does that is not going to look good.
@npub1spc…3gwu

2024-12-20 18:39:01 GMT

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"A closed door is a happy door."

2024-12-20 18:38:26 GMT

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We need serious changes at CBC.

2024-12-20 18:16:23 GMT

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I agree, this matter should settled first (certain security clearances, too). And I, too, don't think much (nearly enough) will come of it.
And although I have strong suspicions, I don't even care which individuals and parties have been influenced; I want it out, either way, and I would like it to make a difference. It's unconscionable.

2024-12-20 17:20:17 GMT

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I hope it's damning and *clear*, and that appropriate political hay be successfully made of it, so that the worst pay for it at the polls.

2024-12-19 19:30:04 GMT

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"Elon's First Lady" would get under his skin...

2024-12-19 17:32:40 GMT

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My office area smells like a distillery.

2024-12-19 17:14:21 GMT

I was just gifted a bottle of scotch for Christmas. I hit it with my elbow, turned only in time to helplessly watch it fall and smash on the floor. 😰

2024-12-18 23:36:59 GMT

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Do you remember that thing back in... late 90s? A police service (OPP?) was giving away car stickers if you donated money to their thing? People lost their shit at the *potential* where people with the stickers *might* not get tickets. The whole thing was scrapped because of the *possibility*. I miss those halcyon days, when we could actually hold our law enforcement personnel and their organizations to some kind of standard...
#ACAB
@npub1spc…3gwu

2024-12-18 22:31:40 GMT

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Even if you know nothing about him, "if two Nazis are sitting at a table and a third person sits down..."
@npub1rep…5ueq @npub16tn…ddxl [@Rural_Canadian](https://photog.social/@Rural_Canadian )

2024-12-18 21:17:54 GMT

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TPAssoc's social media manager needs to remember to log out before his angry nephew comes over.

2024-12-18 19:41:56 GMT

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First, as a side note, you're not only right technically, but in my opinion, spiritually--the "police union" is not a union (I support unions).
Second, I support unions expressing a collective political opinion at election time (or when a matter directly affecting them is being debated), but I don't support this "let's help bring down the government" horseshit.
The Police Association needs to shut its hole.

2024-12-18 19:18:02 GMT

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😡 F$_+$[@_](https://mstdn.ca/@_ )

2024-12-17 22:29:58 GMT

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At election time, I always say, don't expect a party or candidate to be perfect; vote for the one that's closest, and try to move them in the direction you want.
But I'm realizing that there's a problem with that: The parties don't move. Or when they do, it's not because the electorate has pushed them to. The tail wags the dog now. They set policies and platforms as they wish, and tell us that we should want them. I call bullshit.
@npub1uph…ulz6 @npub1rep…5ueq

2024-12-17 22:03:47 GMT

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Don't get me wrong, I still have a problem with people not voting, almost no matter what the reason. I just want to understand it better, because we need to figure it out in order to change it.
@npub1rep…5ueq

2024-12-17 21:20:44 GMT

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Is it apathy, though? Yes, surely for some. But I strongly suspect that, for a great many others, they're actively abandoning the system because they feel the system abandoned them first.
@npub1spc…3gwu

2024-12-16 19:01:19 GMT

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xHeadline grabber becase hecs always running his mouth" ≠ "newsmaker"

2024-12-16 16:16:21 GMT

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That slight increase in advertising is the only reason many people *know about* the good stuff they're doing. You can't let conservative agitprop play 24/7 and never speak up to spread the truth. Quiet cannot work anymore.

2024-12-16 16:02:11 GMT

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Ugh. If that's her approach and she's gunning for top spot, she just lit my vote on fire and watched it burn. I used to think she could be a good PM. No more.

2024-12-16 15:59:18 GMT

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I'm not clapping. Let Tinkerbell die. For fuck's sake, swing *left*. I think that's where a lot of those not voting are sitting, waiting for representation.

2024-12-16 15:37:44 GMT

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We don't need or want harsh, brutal austerity, and it's not the kind of approach any Liberal government should be calling for.

2024-12-15 01:59:25 GMT

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That sounds smart.