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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 4h

very close second, amongst many near-peers especially impressive given that vocalist Chris Harms doesn't speak Finnish 😅

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 5h

the faster Russia fucks off, the sooner this kind of thing ends

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 5h

I mean. nobody really knows which scheming vizier is in charge in the USA at any given moment either

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 17h

one last post about QC: it's hard to overstate just how bad the CAQ lost aiui the only places they were even close were • Trois-Rivières, where Christine Fréchette lost by 500 • Jonquière, where they lost by 900 and everything else was either 3rd place or a multi-thousand vote blowout

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PQ 59, PLQ 40, PCQ 19: Quebec Election Results 2026 Live

Leading: PQ 59, PLQ 40, PCQ 19, with 100.0% of polls reported. Every riding live with candidates, votes, key races and the full map, updated every 30 seconds.

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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Montréalers are already protesting the PQ, greatest city in the world. #QCpoli

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

yeah, PSPP sounds like the kind of guy who'll turn out to be good at complaining and bad at governing. Carney's best move might just be to press ahead and let Quebec's opposition parties get their hits in on the PQ instead

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

this was confessedly a nice nightcap to wrap up the evening.

A bottle of "Coureur des bois" maple cream liqueur.

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

made a bit simpler by the fact that the CAQ won't be teaming up with anyone. they were completely wiped off the map 😅

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it will be interesting to see how the PQ chooses to govern. in his victory speech, their leader struck a more conciliatory/pragmatic tone than he's known for, lol I'm no expert, but I think working with the other parties on an issue-by-issue basis is much more likely than a formal coalition

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ofc! le Parti Québécois, the oldest separatist party in Québec once upon a time more of a center-left party, now pulling in a lot of populist / xenophobic garbage

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Parti Québécois - Wikipedia

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

on peut dire que les Québécois/es ont « CAQuer la porte » sur la CAQ, lol

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

absolutely this. there is a big difference between voting for the PQ and voting "Oui" in a referendum. les Québécois/es understand that very well; others, often not so much.

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

PSPP giving a victory speech that's very conciliatory so far, pledging to work with the other parties, adopt ideas from all of them. not sure exactly how that squares with some of the things he's put forward in the past, lol

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

like I don't have the time of day for Duhaime or the PCQ, but I would like to hear what his argument to the anglos is! he's trying to peel them away from the PLQ

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

lol @ Radio-Canada cutting away from Éric Duhaime when he starts speaking English and addressing the anglophones of Québec

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

first time I've heard Ruba Ghazal speak and I'm already a fan lol

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

mannn I didn't have to listen to Pauline Marois when she was premier and I don't have to listen to her now.

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Radio-Canada finally makes the call: Quebec will have a *minority* PQ government.

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the 2 closest ridings in the province are PLQ/QS battles so like. not really awful either way for those

Screenshot from Radio-Canada results map (in French). Two closest ridings: Maurice-Richard and Saint-Henry-Sainte-Anne, with the Quebec Liberal Party in the lead by 109 and 182 votes respectively.

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

not even Fréchette hanging on at the moment lol

Trois-Rivières

88 bureaux de scrutin sur 169
Fermer les résultats détaillés

Jean Pellerin, de la formation Parti québécois est en avance de 278 voix (28,7%).
PQ
Jean Pellerin

278 voix d'avance
28,7 %
Christine Fréchette, cheffe de la formation Équipe Christine Fréchette - Coalition avenir Québec a 27,3% des voix.
CAQ
Christine Fréchette*cheffe
27,3 %
Jonathan Couturier, de la formation Parti conservateur du Québec a 17,1% des voix.
PCQ
Jonathan Couturier
17,1 %
Valérie Renaud-Martin, de la formation Parti libéral du Québec a 15,1% des voix.
PLQ
Valérie Renaud-Martin
15,1 %
Steven Roy Cullen, de la formation Québec solidaire a 10,9% des voix.
QS
Steven Roy Cullen
10,9 %

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

if you ever wonder about my display name, that guy is why

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

what if I told you we could do the "not being nuked" part without the "high gas prices" part

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

that said...a lot of tight riding-by-riding battles that the other parties need to win for this to happen and the CAQ seems cooked, I don't think they are projected higher than 3rd place in any riding

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"it will suck" is cheating but is the most accurate and most likely way to describe the result, lol in all seriousness, I'm thinking the PQ ends up just barely in minority territory. they tend to underperform their polling and I feel like they're coming into voting day trending down

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

British Columbians: uhhh we have a huge shortfall in our expected fossil fuel resource royalties Albertans:

James Franco gallows meme. A man is standing on the gallows with a noose around his neck. He looks towards the camera. Caption: "First time?"

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

pretty sure this is my answer too. that said, Read All About It was freaking terrifying too. I had nightmares about that show m.youtube.com/watch?v=vYmq...

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☠☠☠VINTAGE TVO KIDS - ALL ABOUT READ ALL ABOUT IT! ☠☠☠

YouTube video by Retrontario

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

> Saudis announce a military campaign to crush the Houthis > Houthis immediately encircle Taiz; strike the East-West Pipeline so, going about as well as we expected, then

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

for my part, I'll say that I found Cologne _incredibly_ disorienting at first, even with maps. not having anything at right angles messed with my brain more than I expected. "turn left"? which left, there are three of them! 😅

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

your regular reminder to follow @bahnansagen.bsky.social if you are working on your German. you get a useful bit of vocab every day with a funny punchline payoff for getting the translation right. 😊

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Dear passengers, thank you for traveling on this regional train. We wish you a pleasant onwards journey. We would especially like to thank those of you who actually had a valid ticket."

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

having access to a map (either paper or digital) and knowing how to use it is still a boss move. it lets you pick a different route for any number of reasons: • there's a crash and the road is closed • this construction zone is awful • I want to stay off the Interstates on my motorcycle • etc.

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

paper maps, written directions, driving with someone who's been there before. sometimes "call me when you get to town and I'll come get you". also general knowledge + "follow the signs" is heavily underrated. I could drive to Edmonton by heading west and watching for signs that say "EDMONTON ↗️".

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

peut-être la majorité péquiste n'arrivera pas 😅

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I mean. I don't doubt that they're planning something. for some definition of "planning" 😅

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

it would be disturbingly funny if the EU releases sent diesel down by $5 a barrel and this put it up by like $20

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

we don't smoke inside any more; we don't put leaded gas in our cars any more; we don't use ozone-depleting chemicals any more. the bad things don't last forever. we've ended them in the past, and we'll end more of them in the future.

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

not only can we build good things, we can end bad things. Ontario used to have five coal-fired power plants. they caused smog, illness, and hundreds of premature deaths every year. now we have zero. because we fucking ended them.

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

two days ago Germany was like "that's gonna be a Nein from us dawg" gotta say, don't love the idea of Europe drawing down its diesel reserves in case Putin tries some bullshit www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

A spokesperson for the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy said the government there would be unlikely to agree to releasing diesel from its reserves short of physical scarcity.

“We do not speculate about future events,” the spokesperson said. “What is clear is that releases will only occur in the event of potential shortages. The release ... is not intended to stabilize prices; that would lead to speculation in the market. No further releases are currently planned.”

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

yeah, this was a big problem early on -- unethical companies would cut gasoline into their "kerosene", which makes lamp oil that explodes. wrote a thread on it here

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"threatens" merely in terms of higher crude prices, or in the sense of the overall viability of these refineries?

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

got called a Nazi in BackWerk earlier lads

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