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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

@waldo.net I am quite happy to be *that* kind of loser, yes indeed… In my experience the big winners all turn out to be giant wieners in the end, so it’s a competition I’m pleased to abstain from.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

I was cleaning out the glass display aquarium from the "Ant Show" earlier this week and found that one worker had managed to hide in there all week! She's been separated from her colony for days in some ant version of #thebackrooms -- she seemed very happy to go back home and is now in a big […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

@jfmezei I don’t underestimate it… I get an earful every day: she and her gang have been at it for decades, and have only managed 8% solid support. There is about to be a pile more money for propaganda flowing in from the US. Having said that, news from across the border is pretty effective […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

@chris @jfmezei “Goodwill” haha! Alberta’s UCP has already floated the idea of pulling out of the CPP and they first decided they would be entitled to 3 times its value, and then downgraded that to ‘only’ 53% While even the most generous outside calculations run more like 25% […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

@chris @jfmezei The treaties were not ‘transferred’ to the Crown, they were with and are still with the Crown. The only way to manage that is to figure out how to split the relationship with the ‘Crown’ between Alberta and Canada, which can”5 be done without the consent of the first Nations of […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

@chris @jfmezei There is a large contingent (~60%) of Albertans who are strongly opposed all of this, and only 8% who are strongly committed to this. The numbers are nothing like they were in Quebec. But you are right, we shouldn’t be complacent: the remaining 30% need to hear from Quebecers […]

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

This is an excellent a-political explainer about why the actual act of Alberta, or any province, "separating" from Canada is a very difficult, maybe impossible, prospect. It's worth the time (14 minutes) Including if you're not Canadian and want a relatively quick summary of the some of the […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

Something to keep in mind: when your nations enemies decide to try a knockout strike before they attack you, all those mega-project data centres they want to build next to your community will be prime targets. 🤷‍♂️

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

I knew there were concerns about high inflation, but 1000% between the first sentence and the middle is remarkable!

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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

"Energy experts say some countries are better positioned to weather this energy crisis than they would have been just a few years ago. That's because of the rapid growth of renewable energy, battery systems and electric vehicles." "With a stroke," he says, "this war has dramatically increased […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

@chad @tezoatlipoca Apparently sales have been steadily slipping since the 80s. Lots of other companies have already gotten out and at some point I guess the specialized equipment, demanding transportation and storage requirements stop making business sense if not enough are buying it. It’s an […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

@tezoatlipoca I actually enjoy straight carbonated water at times, other times I mix drinks using frozen juice concentrates (lemonade and mango punch are nice together) which can be added to a glass by the spoonful … unfortunately the last manufacturer of frozen juice concentrates in Canada has […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

My inner nihilist is loud this morning: This <gestures broadly at the world> isn’t going to end well … we’re all going to die.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

@chad “Israel seeking 'significant change' in how Canada tackles antisemitism | National Newswatch” Meaning Israel finds criticism of their actions in Canada inconvenient and wants our freedom to speak and act limited, more than it already has been… thinking of the dismantling and attacking of […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

@chad @tezoatlipoca Sodastream is Israeli? Disappointing 😞 I’ll keep using mine because we already own it, 🤷‍♂️ and because I have found a local (Edmonton) service that will exchange filled for empty cartridges on my doorstep without engaging with the corp itself. (and we never bought the […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

@joeinwynnewood Most definitely… but they have long ago run anyone who might dare express a difference of opinion right out of their churches, homes, and communities, so the idea that a reasonable person might read even those texts and arrive at a different conclusion is something they never […]

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Mx. Luna Corbden 🪿🐸 @corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

Looking for the first film adaptation of The Hobbit, except it's psychedelic, reads like fan fiction written by a fourth grader, was made in just a month, is only 12 minutes long and yet is somehow faithful to the core energy and story beats, was used to hustle Tolkien out of $100,000, and was […]

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

At the risk of sounding like tipper gore i think it’s bad that games where you shoot people keep getting more and more photorealistic

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

@americanfietser.bsky.social Yesterday I skimmed through on of those “man builds tiny house with natural materials to live in the woods” videos, and sure enough - despite the apparent isolation … I still heard jets and cars.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I've sat outside in cities, small towns, and even on our family farm in the middle of corn and soybean fields, just listening. The one thing that always breaks through is the sound of cars. Engines, exhaust, or tires on pavement, they are always there, breaking the silence.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

@assignedmedia.org Any theory that holds that “medical journals colluded to suppress evidence supporting conservative viewpoints on [any] medicine” betrays a disconnect with the reality that “viewpoints” don’t belong in medical journals in the first place.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This is REALLY important. The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature/green in cities isn’t the density of buildings or the density of people — it's the density of cars. And the better designed your density of people and buildings is, the fewer cars you need or want.

High density mixed-use neighbourhood in downtown Vancouver with FIVE rows of street trees creating “kissing canopies.“

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Anne @annecavicchi.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026

Most prostate cancer, if detected early, can be treated and cured. If the cancer has spread, it is typically incurable and symptoms are just managed with hope of some extra time and quality of life. Guys, please get checked regularly. If your Dr doesn’t mention testing, insist on it. If […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

@chris ps this should have been the response to carbon tax complaints, and ought to have been the way to deal with the heating oil issue in 2023 instead of the ridiculous exemption that killed the program.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

@chris 3) -> #1 Immediate $10,000 grant to anyone using home heating oil with interest free loan for remainder of project $5,000 grant and interest free loans for converting away from gas $5,000 grant and interest free loans to install at home generation capacity. I personally think the only […]

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Fella 🦝 @debread.yeen.town.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

Flight attendants had to move my giant yoshi plush to an empty seat in the back because it was taking too much room in the ceiling compartment, look a what they did to him 😭😭

My huge yoshi plush wearing flight safety equipment with graham crackers and jack daniels

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

@futurebird For some reason that brings to mind this song to me … Excursion Around the Bay - Great Big Sea m.youtube.com/watch?v=7IQwX8y2K3A

Lyrics for the song:
Well, it was on this Monday morning And the day be calm and fine To the Harbour Grace excursion With the boys to have a time And just before the sailor Took the gangway from the pier I saw some fella haul me wife Aboard as a volunteer Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" We had full three hundred souls aboard Oh what a splendid sight Dressed all in regimental To make our spirits bright And meself being in the double When a funny things they'd say They choke themselves from laughing When they'd see us in the bay Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" My wife she got no better She turned a sickly green I fed her cake and candy Fat pork and kerosene Castor oil and sugar of candy I rubbed pure oil on her face And I said she'll be a dandy When we reaches Harbour Grace Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" My wife she got no better My wife me darling dear The screeches from her trolley You could hear in Carbonear I tried every place in Harbour Grace Tried every store and shop To get her something for a cure Or take her to the hop

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Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" She died below the brandies As we were comin' back We buried her in the ocean Wrapped up in a Union Jack So now l am a single man In search of a pretty face And the woman that says she'll have me I'm off for Harbour Grace Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" Hey!

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

@tryangregory.bsky.social Subsidize a Norwegian ff corp so they can build their sovereign wealth fund further with Canadian dollars? 🤦‍♂️

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

I saw southern auroras last night!!!! Rakiura! Holy cow that was AMAZING (View from a bit south of Arthur's Pass, New Zealand)

A nighttime view looking to the south, with the Milky Way stretching across the left portion of the photo, and the two Magellanic clouds visible as little puffs of cloudy stars, with blazingly bright pink and orange aurora pillars low on the horizon. The auroras are also visible reflected in a lake that's just barely visible in the starlight, with silhouetted mountains on each side of the image.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

@Rainmaker1973 Question: I wonder, is the conditioning actually necessary? I imagine that entrances blocked by leaves or other debris isn’t super uncommon in the wild, and that a range of escalating behaviours ranging up to ‘chew yourself a new entrance’ are within her toolkit and likely to be […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

@tryangregory.bsky.social They already have a Pravda / Truth and Trump posts obsessively on it.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

A visitation of Cedar Waxwings, who are never seen alone in winter but travel by hundreds…

A snowy suburban backyard with a crab apple tree. At first glance, there are dozens of birds on the ground, but on closer inspection you can see that there are just as many in the crab apple tree. At this time of year they travel in large flocks (hundreds, sometimes more than a thousand) visiting crab apples, ash, and other fruit bearing trees.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Worthwhile analysis about the view of the Iran War from the Israeli perspective (it differs from what the US public usually hears):

Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la
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I have talked to some Israeli officials and read a good deal of Israeli media.
Here is how the war in Iran is perceived there so far:
1) On a tactical level, they believe it has gone very well and Israel has destroyed more of the Iranian military capability than expected.
2) They are disappointed that the regime has not been weakened as much as expected and that they remain in firm control. In particular the lack of a
"rise up" among the population is a cause of concern.

3) They are finding Trump to be unreliable. While Israel favors a prolonged campaign to ensure total dismantlement of threats, Trump has signaled a desire to end the war "soon," creating a potential rift in war aims.
4) Hezbollah is stronger than expected.
It has hit Israel with drones and missiles and killed soldiers. They have recovered better than expected.
5) The inability of Ben-Gurion airport to withstand closing and chaos has shown fragility in Israeli social cohesion.
6) They are disappointed in the lack of support from Gulf States who want an end to the war rather than the escalation Israel wants.
7) Israel accepts that the regime in Tehran will survive and just hopes that this weakens them in preparation for the next round.

8) There is a growing fear among Israeli strategists that they are winning the war but losing the region. While military targets are being obliterated, the civilian infrastructure damage is causing a backlash.
9) The war is proving very expensive.
The need to divert NIS 28 billion ($9 billion) to the military has forced the government to freeze social projects, leading to the first significant antigovernment protests since the war began, specifically from the middle class bearing the tax burden.
10) They are aware that the war is very unpopular in the US and that Israel is being blamed. They are concerned about the ramifications for the alliance.
While Netanyahu is painting this as a huge success, it really doesn't look like one to Israeli strategic planners. The public knows it as well.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

So a couple of yahoos jump out of a car at 4 am and fire a handgun at the US embassy, and Doug Ford’s barely veiled racist response is, “I believe there are sleeper cells all over the world” and “Folks, we all grew up here” and “we have to weed these people out and hold them accountable” 😞 […]

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 11/03/2026

This is from 1975.

A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

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Owlor 🦋 @owlor.meow.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026

Switching to red streetlights solve a common problem faced by every city: The night time is insufficiently goth. With your help and some public pressure on lawmakers we can help make night time more goth.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

Another month, another floor crossing: another reminder that we elect individuals to represent us, not parties. For all the people I hear expressing a feeling of betrayal - she doesn’t represent you: maybe check in with your nunavummiut friends before you decide what their representative should […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

@darnell @tomjennings Right, I got your point, and I agree: we should do the right thing because it’s the right and humane thing to do, period. … but the quote is still a piece of misinformation: recidivism rates *are* very different.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

@tomjennings @darnell “the recidivism rate wasnt extremely better than the US” …? 25% vs 75% sounds extremely better to me. 🤷‍♂️

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Darnell Clayton :verified: @darnell.one.darnell.one.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

It would take decades for #America 🇺🇸 to embrace #Norway’s 🇳🇴 prison philosophy, but after watching this video I believe it would be wiser for the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 to consider it. 👉🏾 Why Luxury Prisons are Actually Genius youtu.be/svGPePk2Tac In America 🇺🇸, our prison system is run by […]

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Edinburgh Festival of Cycling @edfoc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Winter cycling in Scandinavia is not because people are unusually hardy but because of consistent planning choices, reliable maintenance and a cultural commitment to cycling as an everyday activity.

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Edinburgh Festival of Cycling @edfoc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Note that there are higher cycling rates in Scandinavian cities in winter than there are in Scottish cities in summer! Weather is not an excuse for not providing better infrastructure to enable safe cycling for all year round.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

Very proud and excited to vote in the NDP leadership race today!! This is not the first time I've voted in a Federal leadership race... more on that later but first, my choices! I considered only voting for two people, but I ended up filling in all 5 […] [Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

A screenshot from my ballot shows my rankings:
(1) Tanille JOHNSTON
(2) Avi LEWIS
(3) Heather MCPHERSON
(4) Tony MCQUAIL
(5) Rob ASHTON

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

Jenny O’Connell-Nowain was ready to go to jail. She had been prepared to spend six months in the custody of the Shasta county sheriff’s office. One of the top prosecutors in this part of far northern California had presented the evidence against her in a weeklong trial, and a jury had […]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

@AmeliasBrain I got into it with someone recently after they casually dropped “Leader” as a fundamental “personality type”. Self-centred folk with poor self-awareness are often identified as ‘natural leaders’ and then lauded for their “leadership” skills, which more often than not are simply […]

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