Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 50mstatic.klipy.comThe Simpsons: Homer Simpson BooingALT: The Simpsons: Homer Simpson Booing 000
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 11hLooks like Alexis Lafrenière took that Pierre Luc Dubois as best Quebecois player thing personally. 010
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 16hAll I'm asking for is the occasional gee, isn't a billion dollars way more significant than a million? Like, even if you took the Hunter Biden stuff at face value it wouldn't be like a slow Tuesday in MAGA grifting terms. 010
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 16hOne of the most baffling things about this strange political time is that people making billions off of elected office will accuse others of making millions off of their offices and they get treated similar. 161
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 18hJerks won't even serve you from regard to their own self-interest. They're busy making their own knives and stuff. This is how prosperity works, after all. Do all the things and don't trade and you get rich! 110
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 18hIn his defense, he's on like wife #6 by this point. Can't expect him to keep up with all his kids' exes. Only so many people an old guy can remember. 020
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 18hIt went something like "the liberals won't shut up about the L G B T Q X Y Z (*chuckles*) when we should be focused on the economy. Now it's like economy? What economy? Look over there - gay!!! 040
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 18hDonnie's admiring male ass, JD is calling Talarico gay for some reason, and their entire campaign message seems to be about trans people. I know I'm a million years old, but I swear there was a time when the conservative line was that liberals were overly obsessed with social issues. 160
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 19hMaking his own pins would be such a niche troll that I'd donate to his campaign. 140
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 19hIt is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from making everything yourself. 230
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 19hRe-upping this as I sit at home with the blinds shut eating cold food and avoiding running hot water to keep the head down, since the air conditioning has been switched off for my own good (thanks, City of Toronto!). amp.tvo.org/article/the-...amp.tvo.orgThe planet is getting hotter. Toronto needs to adapt—and soon | TVO TodayOPINION: There are pragmatic things the city can and must do to prepare for the impact of wildfires and warmer temperatures. 131
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 21hWhen I lived out west I used to connect at Pearson to get on the tiniest plane to visit my parents in Kingston. It was a genuinely unpleasant experience, which no longer exists. Haven't had an excuse to try the bus Air Canada replaced the flight with, though it sounds like an improvement. 110
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog...cbc.caMumford and Sons address their photo with Jordan B. Peterson | CBC Radio'I don't think that having a photograph with someone means you agree with everything they say.' 200
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The libererian moment/movement/whatever could have been useful if it's foundational critiques of power weren't replaced by random culture war bullshit, but what do I know. 0122
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Much broader point than Janet's. But, many of us got pulled into libertarianism because we were worried about the Patriot Act and general centralization of power. And then, well, the vast majority of people who called themselves libertarians went all-in on racism and misinformation. 2165
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Since I'm dwelling on random stuff, the Mumford & Sons / Jordan Peterson crossover was one of the most blood & soil nationism is actually just a bunch of global elites moments. 130
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I wonder if he actually peaked at highest on scoring chart for a goalie. I looked into it like a day later and I think he was 70 somthing. At the instant he got his third point I wonder if he was too 50. 010
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Yeah. All the he just needed to save one more guys neglect the fact that the other guys on the ice can score or suppress shots. 010
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Seems like an upstanding guy. Not going to win a Vezina, but consistently OK. Honestly thought he should have got Team Canada considerations, given our bench strength. Obviously Logan Thompson was THE GUY, but I'm just an amateur who looks at numbers. 110
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I thought turning the goalie carrousel was silly given how few consistently elite goalies exist. Oilers could have (and nearly!) won with Skinner. Oilers ditching the hometown kid and having him win in the ultimate underdog market would really be something. 110
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/20268) For the sake of being spicy, my prediction: Stu Skinner leads the Winnipeg Jets to a Stanley Cup win over the Brady Tkatchuk-less Ottawa Senators. Do I believe this to be the most likely outcome? Who cares. It's be fun as hell. Make it happen, Stu!!! 120
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/20267) A couple years ago I joked that the Canadian team Stanley Cup drought could end in the quarter finals with four Canadian teams advancing. My white hot take: could happen this year. Oilers/Jets, Habs/Sens Not a betting man, but I'll call this for fun. 110
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/20266) Also related: I think this is the year when the last next best Quebecois player becomes a star. Alexis Lafrenière is off to a crazy start. Arguably he's been held back by having to play behind Panarin (who's now in LA). Feel like he's pulling it together now. youtu.be/x-6knJz6bYc?...youtu.beAlexis Lafrenière 🎩 Hat Trick 🎩 Against IslandersYouTube video by ChasingtheBiscuit 110
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/20265) Related. Still mad that Hockey Canada snubbed Justin Carbonneau. Most entertaining junior player I've watched. There's a YouTube video of all 51 goals he scored in 60 games his last QMJHL season. He also scored the most epic thing goal last year. NYT did a profile:nytimes.comGoal for Blues' Justin Carbonneau isn't just to play in NHL, 'it's to be dominant' 100
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/20264) Alexis Joseph has poll position to be the next great Quebecois player. Big, creative center. Likely to go top-3. Seems as close to can't miss as they come. 100
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/20263) Landon Dupont is from Calgary. It's early to call the tankathon, and there is a lottery. But, well...nice fit. 100
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/20262) Gavin McKenna is going to be excellent. I have been trying to level-set with my Leafs fans friends, unsuccessfully. They see what Schaefer is doing and want that for themselves. But, well... that's not a reasonable benchmark! Kid is good. Look at the little things he does. Bright future . 100
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Since I'm mainlining highlights from three hockey leagues tonight, might as well dump some thoughts. 1) Matthew Schaefer could be the literal GOAT. He's a 19 year old defenseman (!!!) and he controls games at a Connor McDavid level. I feel like a crazy person, but, well...are you not seeing this?youtube.comMATTHEW. SCHAEFER.YouTube video by New York Islanders 100
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Not that this is relevant in a relatively high scoring era, but next time the NHL feels the need to increase scoring we should skip all the silly stuff like bigger nets and change treatment of hand passed in the defensive zone. 100
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Back when cabotage was a hot topic, the hope seemed more about airports like Regina or Winnipeg that have little to no international destinations, but could plug into cross-border hubs. Each of those has found the relative elegant solution of subsidizing a few direct flights to US hubs. 010
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I once hosted a conference on cabotage, and am generally supportive in concept. But, yeah. Probably very marginal effect. This could conceivably help a tiny bit, and happy to let euros try (not US carriers right now). 100
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026IMO, not weird at all. He feels like he's dipped in Teflon, so his own corruption slides off (not entirely wrong), and he feels like pardoning corruption from out groups emphasizes that corruption is just the cost of doing business. But he does not want to eat shit for his subordinates. 000
Reposted by Steve LafleurJacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com · 11/10/2026New from me in the Edmonton Journal: All Edmontonians will pay the price for Smith's repeal of the zoning bylaw edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #yeg #yegcc #yimbyedmontonjournal.comOpinion: All Edmontonians will pay the price for Smith's repeal of zoning bylawLimiting homes where Edmontonians want to live, close to their jobs, schools and family, will erode Edmonton's affordability advantage. 28228
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Fun fact: if the border of the State of Kansas was about 8 miles east it would be a purple state. 010
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Yeah, I mean, UNH didn't miss a beat after their CEO was murdered in public. Any mature company should be resilient to key man risk. 050
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Yeah, I constantly forget that I am not people.static.klipy.comArcher & Lana: He Thinks He's People!ALT: Archer & Lana: He Thinks He's People! 030
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026If I ever snap, I will spend my nights driving around low density residential neighborhoods making exactly as much noise as the people who cruise through my neighborhood on a Saturday night. 170
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A goal and NINE shots is a wild stat line for a 19 year old defenseman. 110
Reposted by Steve LafleurDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 11/10/2026So we are warring with Iran And Russia is supplying weaponry to Iran. And we are paying Russia to send us diesel fuel. Because we are warring with Iran the ships with the diesel can't get to us. So we are buying it from Russia, which... Yeah, this is some three-dimensional chess right here. 571056302
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Taking parks away from co-ops vs legalizing more density on residential lots does seem like a questionable trade. 000
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We could have both pretty parks and affordability, if we were willing to tell people they don't get a veto over everything. 517017
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If alarms are always assumed to be false, they're no longer alarms, but annoying background noise. 270
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Had false fire alarms in my building Tuesday and Wednesday. Now one in our sister building. "Luxury condo living." I will re-iterare: if people who made the rules lived in apartment buildings, fixing this shit would be a top priority. 190
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Not much of a podcast guy, but Planet Money is one I will absolutely listen to and recommend. 010
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Hope to make it out next Friday. Wanna see some of these guys while they're still on the farm. 110
