That must have been some doll.

For sure.

I meant it more in that it’s not just “I lost it I need a new one” but your point is well taken.

I’d like to argue with you because when this race started I was all in on Heather. I heard her on Canadaland following the national election and she was all fire and brimstone while also being eloquent. I also think and NDP-er from Alberta is a good vibe from a province in a bad place.

And then she announced intentions to run for leader and it’s as you describe: vapid.

I got a note today (since members get all the candidates communications) about policy except there was no policy to be had. Just more platitudes.

Heather does seem to have great empathy for others, and while I think that’s admirable I don’t think that’s the only metric for a leader of the party that wants to be the official opposition.

Avi has indeed been the more impressive of the two and I’ve found his message to be the most concrete - if a little over-rehearsed. At least he has some ideas and is willing to put them out to there.

Loosing your passport is a pain. Getting it replaced requires that you go plead an oath and have that oath notarized by a notary public or lawyer. Time and money but mostly time.

I found that damned thing a year later.

I’ve been playing very close attention to the leadership race. Avi’s been surprisingly straightforward and plain spoken about the issues facing Canadians - and the terrifying turn the liberal government has taken in abandoning climate action and embracing corporate welfare all while cutting public services.

I was originally hoping Heather McPherson would get the job (before I heard Avi’s positions and platform) but it’s nice to see a number of great candidates.

Most folks don’t realize the pain they’re in for when all their communication is funnelled through a corporate profit machine - and one where they’re likely the thing being sold.

Canada Post is a common good. It doesn’t need to turn a profit or even break even and I’m happy to pay my taxes to have it around even if I’m not the one benefiting from it. One day I might need it.

Like healthcare.

It’s sooo good - the local references were almost always on point and made the show even better. From the “Springfield” (anywhere USA) to the very specific cultural milieu of Québec, watching the Simpsons in Québec is a joy.

Lisa: J’y vais à UQAM. (It’s Harvard in the original version). lol.

I’d go further and argue in many cases medical technology can push patients well past a true natural end and, instead, extend that misery and suffering (sometimes seemingly indefinitely).

Christianity was not and is not prepared for corporate capture of extending life at all costs.

We (collectively) gave them a chance. They’ve proven unable to keep promises or work for the best interest of all Canadians in good faith. The time to start prepping to beat them is now.

My MNA did not respond to my letter on C-2almost two months ago.

I’m going to work to make sure he’s not re-elected.

I’m all in on proportional representation but the irony of FairVote highlighting the concentration of power while posting on BlueSky is just too on the nose.

Still got my upvote.

Archived link without the noise: https://archive.ph/pTYtU

Thanks! Will check it out.

I should clarify that I do mean podcasts in the tradition sense - audio. I found “Politics is Broken” of which Steve Boots is one of the hosts and an episode of another podcast featuring him.

Ganong hurts a bit - the Cookes stuck their fishy hands in that pot - but it’s still worth supporting.

The Cookes are awful billionaires but at least they’re awful Canadian billionaires? /s If we haven’t heard of them, that’s by design.

Finding a cloud service provider that’s reliable and has good terraform support has been impossible. Best we could do there was switch to another American firm that didn’t seem to be a Trump-supporting sell-out.

Otherwise it’s been pretty easy. But mostly because we already had everything.

As a baseline my focus hasn’t been so much not buying American at all but buying from Canadian owned and operated stores as the primary entry point. So no more Amazon, etc.

I’ve got two Atwater bags. They’re really nice. I’ve had some mixed experience with the company though, sadly. I hope it was just a blip. Quality, well designed, and handmade in Montreal.

And codeberg is the the hosted alternative which runs on Forjego. It has OG GitHub vibes: https://codeberg.org/

Have you considered that some folks don’t go visit the cross posts?

Article is paywalled on mobile. Not sure why I was downvoted for pointing this out.

Here’s a bypass: https://archive.ph/qc7hE

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