The Slim Dude 🇨🇦
@slimdude.ca
🇨🇦 Bassist, producer, retired IT Pro, political junkie, Eco-Socialist dog lover, punster, straight he/him. Founder and bassist for Sissiboo. Cofounder of blues trio Sound of 3. No party affiliation. Equal opportunity mudslinger. Now living in beautiful NS.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦
@slimdude.ca
· May 31
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Yup
@mark-carney.bsky.social
This is what we thought you meant by "innovation for the future" NOT using OUR tax dollars to support climate destroying big oil projects of the PAST
@mark-carney.bsky.social
This is what we thought you meant by "innovation for the future" NOT using OUR tax dollars to support climate destroying big oil projects of the PAST
Just got back from Norway. 98% electric. Drivers pull up to electric “pumps” like we pull up to gas pumps.
We are so freaking behind!
We are so freaking behind!
October 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Yup
@mark-carney.bsky.social
This is what we thought you meant by "innovation for the future" NOT using OUR tax dollars to support climate destroying big oil projects of the PAST
@mark-carney.bsky.social
This is what we thought you meant by "innovation for the future" NOT using OUR tax dollars to support climate destroying big oil projects of the PAST
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Excellent piece, and ends with a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith: “People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” Sums up a lot of what @astra.bsky.social have been writing about in ETF... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
Opinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire? (Gift Article)
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Excellent piece, and ends with a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith: “People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” Sums up a lot of what @astra.bsky.social have been writing about in ETF... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
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We learn that Howard Lutnick threatened to send US troops across the Canadian border "by sundown" if we didn't back down. The threat was made over the plan to retaliate over arbitrary tariff with an energy surcharge.
Canada must be ready for all threats from the USA.
youtube.com/shorts/EKjjV...
Canada must be ready for all threats from the USA.
youtube.com/shorts/EKjjV...
INVASION THREAT SERIOUS ! "BY SUNDOWN"
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
youtube.com
October 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We learn that Howard Lutnick threatened to send US troops across the Canadian border "by sundown" if we didn't back down. The threat was made over the plan to retaliate over arbitrary tariff with an energy surcharge.
Canada must be ready for all threats from the USA.
youtube.com/shorts/EKjjV...
Canada must be ready for all threats from the USA.
youtube.com/shorts/EKjjV...
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Exactly. Harper sees Carney as his ideological heir. Let that sink in. Carney VS Polievre is just a battle of two kinds of conservatives; PP is a populist, Carney is a neoliberal profiteer.
www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/28/h...
www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/28/h...
Harper sees Carney as his ideological heir - The Hill Times
Pierre Poilievre’s real problem isn’t that he is facing discontent from within his caucus; it’s that he’s losing support from important Conservatives from without.
www.hilltimes.com
October 13, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Exactly. Harper sees Carney as his ideological heir. Let that sink in. Carney VS Polievre is just a battle of two kinds of conservatives; PP is a populist, Carney is a neoliberal profiteer.
www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/28/h...
www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/28/h...
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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.
I will not be silenced.
I will not be silenced.
October 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.
I will not be silenced.
I will not be silenced.
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"They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan"
(John D. Loudermilk)
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan"
(John D. Loudermilk)
October 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan"
(John D. Loudermilk)
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan"
(John D. Loudermilk)
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😂 Republicans reportedly spent money promoting Susan Collins in Portland, OREGON instead of Portland, MAINE.
Wrong Portland. Wrong coast. 💀
When you can’t even figure out your own country’s geography, but think your president renaming a body of water is a flex.🤦🏽♂️😂
🔗 Source: tinyurl.com/4m5xvv22
Wrong Portland. Wrong coast. 💀
When you can’t even figure out your own country’s geography, but think your president renaming a body of water is a flex.🤦🏽♂️😂
🔗 Source: tinyurl.com/4m5xvv22
October 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
😂 Republicans reportedly spent money promoting Susan Collins in Portland, OREGON instead of Portland, MAINE.
Wrong Portland. Wrong coast. 💀
When you can’t even figure out your own country’s geography, but think your president renaming a body of water is a flex.🤦🏽♂️😂
🔗 Source: tinyurl.com/4m5xvv22
Wrong Portland. Wrong coast. 💀
When you can’t even figure out your own country’s geography, but think your president renaming a body of water is a flex.🤦🏽♂️😂
🔗 Source: tinyurl.com/4m5xvv22
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Also, f*ck @safeway.bsky.social for trying to mix US cauliflower in with Canadian cauliflower and having the sign say “Canada” at my store last night
October 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Also, f*ck @safeway.bsky.social for trying to mix US cauliflower in with Canadian cauliflower and having the sign say “Canada” at my store last night
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Yes, Carney’s government is taking our country the wrong way. With every single bill he has tabled.
Battery Storage Beats Gas Peakers. Is Canada Backing the Wrong Horse?
Tech is tech. Electric tech (batteries, EVs, solar, etc) is following the exact adoption process that tractors and combines followed 100 years ago.
Bet on the tractor, not the horse.
energi.media/markham-on-e...
Tech is tech. Electric tech (batteries, EVs, solar, etc) is following the exact adoption process that tractors and combines followed 100 years ago.
Bet on the tractor, not the horse.
energi.media/markham-on-e...
Battery Storage Beats Gas Peakers. Is Canada Backing the Wrong Horse?
Cheaper batteries are another milestone in the shift from combustion to electricity. Why is Canada still betting so heavily on the horse?
energi.media
October 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Yes, Carney’s government is taking our country the wrong way. With every single bill he has tabled.
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You got that right!
October 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
You got that right!
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This isn't about congestion, good politics, safety, or anything other than Doug Ford's personal grievances. Grievances echoed by Bradford
October 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This isn't about congestion, good politics, safety, or anything other than Doug Ford's personal grievances. Grievances echoed by Bradford
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I remind people that the riding that contains the Bloor bike lanes ousted a Ford 2x incumbent MPP in the last election
October 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I remind people that the riding that contains the Bloor bike lanes ousted a Ford 2x incumbent MPP in the last election
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🔥Jewish Actor Mandy Patinkin (brillant in Homeland) gets really passionate about Gaza and the child killer Benjamin Netanyahu.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
June 19, 2026 at 4:19 AM
🔥Jewish Actor Mandy Patinkin (brillant in Homeland) gets really passionate about Gaza and the child killer Benjamin Netanyahu.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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The cratering jobs market, along with the economic boon renewables are bringing elsewhere, show Carney doesn't give a shit about Canadians. He's all about increasing power and wealth at the top.
October 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The cratering jobs market, along with the economic boon renewables are bringing elsewhere, show Carney doesn't give a shit about Canadians. He's all about increasing power and wealth at the top.
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💜✊
Of the first 500 enslaved Indigenous people that Christopher Columbus sent back to Spain, 250 died en route.
Over the following decades, hundreds of thousands more died working in the gold mines and sugar plantations of Hispaniola and resisting Spanish domination.
Today, we honor their resistance.
Over the following decades, hundreds of thousands more died working in the gold mines and sugar plantations of Hispaniola and resisting Spanish domination.
Today, we honor their resistance.
“Each Crueler Than the Last”
As protesters tear down statues and "experts" debate their merits, we review the deeds of Christopher Columbus and the tycoon who commissioned the statue of him in modern-day St. Louis.
crimethinc.com
October 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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A very good point!
October 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A very good point!
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For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
October 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
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Does anyone know if this ship is still in port?
There is an odd looking ship at the container port by Windsor St Exchange. After looking it up on a marine chart, I found it is called the Neoliner Origin and is the largest sail-powered cargo ship in the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoline...
Neoliner Origin - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Does anyone know if this ship is still in port?
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I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something.
“Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores. It makes the men calling them ‘whores’ misogynists.”
Dan Levy Calls Out Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ Monologue and Says ‘More Men Need to Be Standing Up’: ‘Speechless That Something Like That Can Exist on Live National Television’
"Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy is calling out Shane Gillis' "Saturday Night Live" monologue, saying that "more men need to be standing up."
variety.com
October 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something.
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French MPs push exit tax on crypto holdings above €800,000
French MPs push exit tax on crypto holdings above €800,000
French MPs want wealthy crypto investors who leave the country to pay tax on their paper gains, under an amendment backed in committee last week alongside fines of up to €10,000 for undeclared self-custody wallets, though every measure must be voted on again.
l.euronews.com
October 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
French MPs push exit tax on crypto holdings above €800,000
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CBC has a nasty habit of making US stories the lead on their website
October 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
CBC has a nasty habit of making US stories the lead on their website
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"Thanksgiving, we had that even before there was colonizers.
We always celebrated the harvest and what creation has provided for us. Mother Nature has provided everything that we need, but we have to learn how to...keep it for the next seven generations."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We always celebrated the harvest and what creation has provided for us. Mother Nature has provided everything that we need, but we have to learn how to...keep it for the next seven generations."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadians need to learn 'dark history' of Thanksgiving in spirit of truth and reconciliation, educator says | CBC News
With the Thanksgiving long weekend upon us, this year on the heels of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, CBC Windsor spoke to some Indigenous educators in Ontario about what the holi...
www.cbc.ca
October 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"Thanksgiving, we had that even before there was colonizers.
We always celebrated the harvest and what creation has provided for us. Mother Nature has provided everything that we need, but we have to learn how to...keep it for the next seven generations."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We always celebrated the harvest and what creation has provided for us. Mother Nature has provided everything that we need, but we have to learn how to...keep it for the next seven generations."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social did you see this? Did you know that the market was going to collapse when you committed government funding to the LNG terminal expansion?
"the global LNG market has little hope of a speedy recovery."
The only hope the LNG market had was a global supply glut that would get Asia hooked on cheap LNG.
But Trump/Netanyahu killed that.
Meanwhile LNG will always be more expensive than solar plus storage.
No hope of that changing.
The only hope the LNG market had was a global supply glut that would get Asia hooked on cheap LNG.
But Trump/Netanyahu killed that.
Meanwhile LNG will always be more expensive than solar plus storage.
No hope of that changing.
COMMENTARY: Middle East LNG industry remains hostage of Iran war: Bousso
While Middle Eastern oil exports have rebounded in recent weeks, Qatar's vast liquefied natural gas export facilities remain hobbled. Until a durable resolution of the US-Israeli war with Iran is reac...
www.reuters.com
October 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social did you see this? Did you know that the market was going to collapse when you committed government funding to the LNG terminal expansion?
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"the global LNG market has little hope of a speedy recovery."
The only hope the LNG market had was a global supply glut that would get Asia hooked on cheap LNG.
But Trump/Netanyahu killed that.
Meanwhile LNG will always be more expensive than solar plus storage.
No hope of that changing.
The only hope the LNG market had was a global supply glut that would get Asia hooked on cheap LNG.
But Trump/Netanyahu killed that.
Meanwhile LNG will always be more expensive than solar plus storage.
No hope of that changing.
COMMENTARY: Middle East LNG industry remains hostage of Iran war: Bousso
While Middle Eastern oil exports have rebounded in recent weeks, Qatar's vast liquefied natural gas export facilities remain hobbled. Until a durable resolution of the US-Israeli war with Iran is reac...
www.reuters.com
October 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"the global LNG market has little hope of a speedy recovery."
The only hope the LNG market had was a global supply glut that would get Asia hooked on cheap LNG.
But Trump/Netanyahu killed that.
Meanwhile LNG will always be more expensive than solar plus storage.
No hope of that changing.
The only hope the LNG market had was a global supply glut that would get Asia hooked on cheap LNG.
But Trump/Netanyahu killed that.
Meanwhile LNG will always be more expensive than solar plus storage.
No hope of that changing.