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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New this year, to "help" you: Shoppers Drug Mart portal... PC Chat uses generative artificial intelligence to provide you with responses. Responses are generated automatically and are not reviewed by a healthcare professional... PC Chat may produce inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated information.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

<<Mr. Trump ... said he’s betting the Canadians will agree to what he called “a fair deal” in three to four weeks. “They’re going to come in, and they’re going to say, ‘Sir, we are sorry.’”>> Hmmm... just before the mid-terms, he's gonna win another war, eh? "Sir, we are sorry indeed... no dice."

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"The FAA said a circuit on the primary failed Monday morning, and when the system tried to switch to the backup, workers discovered that the fiber optic line had been cut. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said an Amtrak construction crew was to blame." POTUS no longer permits handshaking?

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

POTUS said on Sunday the triumphal arch he plans to build near Washington would double as a “military complex” housing drones and snipers. Presumably targeted at his archenemies.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PeePee: "Hey, Jamil Jivani had a great idea! I'll do that too... thanks, bud"

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

UofT: classes start today, looking forward to class this evening. Yay! Can't log in to Student Web Services, ITS confirms problems, course resources unavailable. Boo! Year: 2026. Year I started working in "IT": 1969. Number of years available to make computer-y things "just work": 57. Epic fail?

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Disagree - platforms *should* show "sovereign" designation in each jurisdiction (as opposed to whole body), "Canada" above mid-lake border and "America" below. Might require adding the line. No fight needed. And let's get this out of our news, it's taking up far too many "virtual column-inches"

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"a line is a straight, one-dimensional path that has no thickness" - so no sides. Unless you wish to argue - we may take different sides.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Even Infantino finds proximity challenging...

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Russia, China and Iran". We're warming up to the middle one. Is that a clue?

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

And now of course we get the threats from The Orange Sky One. Thanks, neighbours. Just wait until we get one of your low-pressure systems pushing north.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm a little concerned that Premier Doug Ford is heading up to Thunder Bay to show his *support* for firefighters battling the forest fires. Surely the addition of vast quantities of hot air will hinder rather than help?

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Some American politicians are getting grumpy about Canadian wildfire smoke drifting across into their country. Some Canadians, politicians and not, are already very grumpy about the haze from incinerated American credibility drifting into Canada. Fair balance?

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Since fax machines give no indication of disappearing in my lifetime, does that mean that staples won't either?

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

For example, the axe of the Apostles.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Foreign languages: Ticketmaster: "You got tickets..." Me: "I have a ticket..."

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Perhaps they should give Donnie a call...

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

“See, a normal president wouldn’t do this.” Finally he's unwittingly fessin' up.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"it's my bridge. But I'm letting you use it. That's what Canadians do..."

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"I'll get a DEAL signed on MY birthday, yet another WAR I've ENDED, and then move the FIGHTING to my FRONT LAWN with UFC" - some C-in-C and President of somewhere.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

US Veep JD Vance, addressing the Air Force Academy, says that America's "adversaries are studying this country every day." Friends and allies, too. They have to, to get the latest eruption from Volcano C-in-C.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

USA pouty over UN climate resolution. Watch for more tonight on Troof Soshul.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

TRIPE - Trump Really Isn't Prepared, Ever.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

NYT alternate-universe headline: "University of Chicago Waives Tuition for Families Making Under $250,000"

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Perhaps it's just perspective, but somehow I see crooked:straight.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"Rogers Communications Inc. is offering voluntary departure packages to 50 per cent of its employees." In this day and age, how do you let yourself get to the point that you *suddenly* notice that 12,500 of your 25,000 staff are unnecessary? Beggars belief.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"First Lady Melania Trump has called on the ABC TV network to “take a stand” against comedian Jimmy Kimmel for jokes...". Perhaps she should promote a new USA/Iran-style ceasefire - "I'll rein in my hubby if you rein in Jimmy Kimmel."

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Seems an ideal time to schedule a No Kings in Washington.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Good thing it's the UK's King who's going to Washington, I'm not sure I'd want our King to practice fawning.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Piazza San Pietro an ideal place for helicopters, if regime change is planned. The Swiss Guard have only limited aerial resources, even though elbows up:

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

"Anthropic recently "hosted about 15 Christian leaders from Catholic and Protestant churches, academia, and the business world" for a two-day summit" ... yes, well, I suppose America is a Christian nation. Others need not appl-AI.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Michael Collins ‪@ownvolition.bsky.social‬ "Trump threatens to block Strait of Hormuz" - I'm sure he floats, but... widthwise or lengthwise?

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election" ... the English language bombed into oblivion.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Older? Didn't even notice when I passed Three-Quarters of a Century. But today... the hardware store's been sold, HORRORS - the massive display of nuts, bolts, washers etc. sold individually, is GOING - to be replaced by the little plastic packets of MoreThanYouWant®! Yep, officially old now.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Have we found the next Air Canada CEO? But ooooooh, my ears hurt... malheureusement.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Always desperately wants to be liked; the Chicago connection; football; deflect/ignore; spends lots of time "campaigning" in the USA. Must be planning for 2028, to be 48th. Oops, not born there. But maybe another birth certificate can be found...

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"four astronauts are expected to set a record for the farthest anyone has been from Earth" - well yippee! My namesake went all the way around the moon quite a while back, that's all that's happening here, is it not?

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Wow! That was so articulate, and couldn't believe the attention to detail...

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

From the mouth of DJTact: "At an otherwise congenial meeting with Japan’s prime minister, ... [he] invoked the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941, which led the United States into World War II. ... Who knows better about surprise than Japan, OK? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor, OK? Right?"

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Speed? Seems I should be recommending UPS:

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

You thought Canada's passenger rail network was at risk? No way, it's apparently guaranteed for over another 30 years...

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

US thinks it "owns" those bases, not the UK, as most everywhere in the world it has bases. Ownership and "help" are different.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

My receipt from Pusateri's Seafood has, at the bottom, a standard "If you're not completely satisfied..." statement. Ending with "Consumed seafood is not refundable." No s**t, Sherlock.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Just saw the usage "w ⚓️ s" in a post on another forum I read. Added to my vocabulary...

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

...or to implode due to internal dissension.

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Michael Collins @ownvolition.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Not clear to me why my Supreme Leader approves (on my behalf) of another Supreme Leader taking out another Supreme Leader; I don't approve. The resultant void is hardly going to have the populace rise up and overthrow the replacements; I do think it is likely to worsen the situation considerably.

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