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@prairiecentrist Honestly insanely stressed right now, and it won’t even affect me that much (a tank of gas lasts a long time in my household).

@jec79 Oh good point. Failing its return, we will need Stornoway back. We can build a glass cube for the opposition somewhere

@IrishBookBundle I’m still mad the GoC gave Earnscliffe to the Brits. It would be a security nightmare but that should be the PM’s residence. Built by the first!

Sigh. And unless they choose the bathroom at a 7-11 people will lose their shit. I hope they pick a proper site that is both security and status appropriate and make something purpose-built for all future PMs. Enough with the parochial horseshit.

@emilykmay Ive been annoyed with this writer since her ‘fuck the Pope’ piece in jezebel around 2011. She sounds exhausting.

oh this is a nightmare

regardless of relationship structure, a man who believes it's unhealthy to put his partner's needs ahead of his own and a woman who believes that self erasure is what makes a relationship work are two of the worst people to partner to each other.

@LPC_Hack Does Carleton even have a rep outside of Ottawa?

on this note the reputation of schools in canada are funny. queens? party. stfx? party. carleton? egotistical. toronto? torture.

@MadelaineLucyH Whichever one has fewer snakes (not actually sure)

Ok that’s enough grooming and racism for one morning. Let’s talk about something else. Would you rather be stuck overnight in the bayou with only your phone (no signal) or on the savanna for a day with only a water bottle

@Apayauq1 Me too!

when i heard about Butlerian Jihad for the 1st time i thought it meant feminist struggle inspired by Judith Butler

We are the world’s most successful pluralist experiment, with over 450 distinct ethnic and cultural groups all part of the broader Canadian family and having helped build one of the world’s most durable and prosperous democracies. People around the world recognize this and admire Canada for it, because so many people can see themselves represented in this country.

@dmacpher If I need to, otherwise I’m not above trying to use the bottom shelf as a boost to reach the yogurt. It always seems to be yogurt too..

😢

@prairiecentrist That’s really all it is. Do I want to take my kids to a country with unpredictable actors or will we stay in Canada and spend our money at home?

@MadelaineLucyH Was he meant to be a chess prodigy? That is a sad story.

If Elon Musk was woke, he’d probably call this suicidal empathy, but I actually have a deep fascination with Andrew Tate’s tragic childhood under his horrendous father. His twisted, narcissistic (literally diagnosed and discharged from the army over it) violent dad deserted the family and sporadically turned up to shout at their mother in front of them and abuse them by forcing Andrew play chess obsessively over and over all night as a little child, with no rest. Of course, being in poverty in Luton with a single mother, he adored and idolised his cool American daddy and desperately wanted his approval. He took over the role of father to his dopey little brother. He even would try to sound more American (listen to earlier footage). I’m not excusing him, but the monster makes sense when you know the origin story.

@prairiecentrist The poor people breathing this all in

@offbeatorbit I’ve always wanted to check into a hotel alone, eat a club sandwich and drink wine and then have a bubble bath. Sounds so achievable but haven’t hit it yet.

A good club sandwich really is life changing. I still think about one I ate in 2001.

@funtomvids Yeah, sure, under Harper he helped get funding for the Vimy Memorial bridge over the Rideau which greatly reduced pressure on the Hunt Club bridge. He had signs up for years about it.

🟥 Can anyone name a single positive thing Pierre Poilievre has done in 22 YEARS, in parliament? Besides losing his Carleton seat. Anyone?

@MadelaineLucyH Another for A

Beloveds: do we like A or B

@GenevaTradeLaw Alan Jackson tried to tell you…

Iran, Iraq, what's the difference? You know what I mean. Ivison and Ibbitson tomorrow in respective papers: "Carney is being divisive."

@g_meslin Also does absolutely nothing for the large part of the province that isn’t Toronto. Signed, Ottawa resident where our public transit is in shambles and the roads aren’t much better.

The common thread tying together the convention centre, Therme spa, Science Centre, and airport is a world view that associates ‘world class’ with baubles for tourists rather than with great places and institutions for residents.

@rosielanners Hi you don’t know me, but this dress is fabulous!

what a week to marry a spurs fan

@JigglyPants44 Absolutely not. Signed, Ottawa residents.

Does Doug Ford know that there are other places in Ontario?

@JakeLandauTO What? Really?

Actually, it's unrated in Ontario. All movies are unrated in Ontario. Doug Ford abolished the film board years ago and now it's solely up to the cinema to decide what films you're old enough to see. I think Cineplex just copies their ratings from B.C. now.