Ben Barnes. Bluebird of Friendliness.

@Dred_Tory @JanMoleski Paul Steckle

It's interesting how many people are shocked by the notion of a right-wing nutbar belonging to the LPC caucus. It's like they've forgotten that Dan McTeague, Albina Guarnieri, Tom Wappel et al. existed.

@anotherglassbox You’ve tried a calzone? Now try a caldera!

I honestly don’t know what to say

Insane timing. I am trying the volcano dipper at @PizzaPizzaLtd. And I’m @anotherglassbox

Ok. Firing the Army Chief of Staff should be scaring the shit out of everyone right now.

Hegseth fired the Army Chief of Staff Gen Randy George. Immediately. Gen George probably the best leader I’ve encountered in uniform. Integrity. Experienced combat leader. Solid judgement. Courage. Modesty. Takes care of soldiers. A war going on.

@CornwallHeath And maybe we’ll do In a squirrel or two While we're poisoning pigeons in the park We'll murder them all Amid laughter and merriment Except for the few We take home to experiment My pulse will be quickenin' With each drop of strych'nine -Tom Lehrer

Today, to address multi-million dollars worth of damage from the recent Richardson Ground Squirrel infestation, the Government of Canada is authorizing a time-limited and controlled emergency registration of Strychnine.

@JeffreyLuscombe @TheJasonPugh I’ve got the same hat and t-shirt and will forever be grateful to the Princess Margaret team for their care of my father.

March is Multiple Myeloma awareness month. Here I am before the 5K for Multiple Myeloma at Princess Margaret Cancer Hospital a few years ago running for my dad (who died of MM). Fun fact: a couple of years later, I would be at Princess Margaret getting treatment for my own cancer. Remember, the person you’re donating for today may, someday, turn out to be you.

@atrupar Like how we regularly allow them to come north to work in Canada when the reverse is not true ?

JD Vance's message to Canada: "If we're gonna be true friends, you have to treat our workers as fairly as we've treated Canadian workers for 40 years"

@ScarletCinema @johnsemley3000 Find a still of the reporter from when they blew up a whale. The insane and unintended consequences of total lack of planning and awareness. Paul Linman reporting from Oregon

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time!”

@sophforsvt @blogTO And hooray! I miss the Annex one

@BenjaminABarnes @blogTO book city in bloor west village is still around and kicking

Which Toronto business that's closed would you want to reopen?

@thirtyspace @foolishyangban Over 25000 nurses were on the 2023 list. Over 80000 teachers on the 2024 list. I work for trade unions. This list was designed to suppress wages for working people as part of the Harris government austerity program. .

@BenjaminABarnes @foolishyangban How many nurses are on the sunshine list? I doubt its a lot, and this is a false equivalency. In actuality, i would prefer to see more nurses than Metrolinx VPs and cops on the list. Lack of accountability is conservative kryptonite it seems

Why the Ontario Sunshine List isn’t indexed to inflation is so puzzling to me.

@rachkmc Good catch. That does look like a Geoff Hunt cover

I swear no one else cares but for years I've always been like " hey! I think there's a copy of The Unknown Shore in Bill's workshop in The Last of Us". Has anyone else ever noticed or cared ? lol I'm such a nerd

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@thirtyspace @foolishyangban It does nothing to hold anyone accountable. If you don’t like your nurse and know how much s/he earns that does not assist in accountability for that nurse. That’s what professional regulation is for.

@BenjaminABarnes @foolishyangban I find it important that government employees be held to accountability given all money is taken from taxpayers. Irrespective of the value. I absolutely want to know if a police officer treats people like shit and makes over 100k. Thats my money being used inappropriately.

@foolishyangban It achieves nothing of value while exposing the names, salaries and employers of hundreds of thousands of people. I suspect it is mostly now used purely for trivial curiousity - who earns most? How much does my neighbour the police officer make? etc.

@BenjaminABarnes The standard argument against this would be: "Why are you against transparency?" I'm interested to hear why you think it's a bad idea. I personally am pretty neutral on this.

@atrupar @fortpapalia Do you think he knows there is already an International Joint Commission for the Great Lakes?

Trump refers to Prime Minster Mark Carney as "the future Governor of Canada"

@BrunoTertrais @ThomasHall17 Hahahaha

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