"Heartbroken to hear of the violent home invasion and murder in Vaughan this weekend." Raging shitpost to follow, tomorrow. Pierre Poilievre #CdnPoli π¨π¦
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"Heartbroken to hear of the violent home invasion and murder in Vaughan this weekend." Raging shitpost to follow, tomorrow. Pierre Poilievre #CdnPoli π¨π¦
They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits. They grew up and married each other, and produced five perfect children without ever having sex. But while they were doing that The Handmaid's Tale came true and Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job. #CdnPoli
Dragon sad. βΉοΈ
βThe unfortunate decision to remove American spirits from Canadian retail shelves (places) unnecessary burdens on Canadian consumers and hospitality businesses." -Chris Swonger, president of the U. S. Distilled Spirits Council
βSβ© Mark McCloskey, firearms handling expert and lawyer for J6 insurrectionists, met with senior Justice Department officials and proposed a plan to establish a 11 Sep 2001-style special panel that would award financial compensation to Trump's J6 rioters. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Wither Canada? π¨π¦ Our cultural treasures are coming home! The Royal Canadian Geographical Society acquired Michael Palin's iconic lumberjack shirt and Terry Gilliam's Mountie costume from Monty Python's final live shows. πͺπͺ΅π π
Data Credit Reference: climate.weather.gc.ca. I apply unadjusted data from three Vernon weather stations operational for over 100 years. Monthly valid data criteria: Monthly temperatures 90+% valid, precipitation 100% valid.
#VernonBC 2025 Drought Watch Apr-Aug precipitation is 57% of cumulative normals; 109 mm actual vs. 191 mm normally.
Meteorological Service of Canada Heat Warnings Heat warning criteria were NOT met this month, nor this summer at all! There were no periods when 2+ consecutive days of Tmax were 35Β°C or warmer and nighttime Tmin were 18Β°C or warmer.
#VernonBC 2025 Climate Variance (2/2) - Ranking β‘οΈ The mean daily temperature was 21.7Β°C, the 2th warmest on record (l) π€ β‘οΈ The total precipitation was 12.6 mm, the 25th driest on record (r) These figures are depicted in the charts as absolute variance from the climatological reference normal.
#VernonBC 2025 Climate Variance (1/2) Monthly temperature (l) and precipitation (r) compared to the 1961-1990 climatological reference normals. The year's above normal temperature trend continues (Feb excepted); long term drought conditions continue.
#VernonBC Aug 2025 Precipitation Summary β‘οΈTotal Precip (mm): 12.6 mm β‘οΈThis is 32% of the climatological reference normal (39.5 mm) β‘οΈPrecipitation was -26.9 mm less than the climatological reference normal 12.6 mm of precipitation is typical of desert-like conditions.
#VernonBC August 2025 Temperature Summary Vernon was 3.5Β°C warmer than normal. β‘οΈAverage: 22.3Β°C (Normal: 18.8Β°C) β‘οΈMaximum: 37.2Β°C (Normal: 26.3Β°C; Extreme: 37.8Β°C) β‘οΈMinimum: 9.8Β°C (Normal: 11.3Β°C; Extreme: -1.7Β°C) Tmax records were broken in the heat wave centred around 25 Aug.
#VernonBC Aug 2025 Weather Summary 𧡠August was an extreme month relative to climate normals: 3.5Β°C warmer and 32% of the precipitation. While there were some very hot days >35Β°C, they had cool nights of <18Β°C. π· Davidson Apple Orchard. #BCWx
@dieworkwear.bsky.social βοΈ
First Responders and adjacent professionals may appreciate listening to how the Emergency Services of Ukraine respond after a russian murder strike, and the bravery shown in a workplace subject to the constant threat of a double tap war crime. Ryatuval'nykam slava.
The rot is deep to infest operations to this level.
Trump's terror permeates down wildfire operations management chain; no one had the courage to say "Not on my public safety watch!" Many wildfire veterans believe the management team overseeing the fire crews played a key role in handing over the firefighters to immigration authorities.
βοΈβ€οΈπΊπ¦π Ryatuval'nykam slava!
Trump Frags U.S. Tourism Sector. "America to me is rock 'n roll, NASA, bourbon, hip hop, Hollywood, innovation, strength; Not the army on the streets and the extreme division currently on show."
Pierre Poilievre's home defence legislation is all performative showboating to induce rage over our criminal justice system? Shocked I am, absolutely shocked! #CdnPoli π¨π¦ www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Prove you are human. Select the square depicting an authoritarian state.
I was looking at the model runs two weeks ago; all of them showed one of those offshore lows tracking through the South Interior. The only one that didn't was the ensemble run from the CMC, which showed this current setup.
B.C. Interior - Fire & Heat A very strong high pressure ridge will be established over British Columbia the next week, blocking any incursion of cool or moist air. Tmax records will fall (35Β°C?) with significant later-season wildfire potential during the beginning of meteorological autumn. #VernonBC
I'm not clear how such a shift is revenue neutral.
@kajakallas.bsky.social confiscate the full capital fund before Trump finds a way to transfer it to his "presidential library".
He's back after a short break.
"The decline was led by lower volumes in Germany and the United Kingdom, with the absence of American-made alcohol from retail shelves in most of the Canadian provinces*; the decrease was largest in Canada." *AB and SK have brought U.S. alcohol back. Because of course they would.
Great. Supercharging local media misinformation, Canada's professional disinformation network is gearing up to support local MP Scott Anderson's anti-CFIA/anti-science campaign, citing "International health officials such as Dr. Mehmet Oz." This is going to get ugly. #VernonBC.
And he tried insurrection in January. Bonus points for that.
Bauder BOLO A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for the 2022 "Freedom Convoy's" leading insurrectionalist, James Bauder, after he failed to appear in court to face charges for his Ottawa occupation role. Bauder is now seeking political asylum in the U.S., aided by Roger Stone. #CdnPoli π¨π¦
No, "two weeks" is not too strong.
MP Scott Anderson's analysis; Castanet omits informative context. Anderson does indeed have a scientific opinion: the ostriches are "scientifically valuable" (as per Oz and Kennedy). CFIA scientists are not qualified as CFIA procedures "need a second look by *qualified* scientists." #VernonBC
Not that it would stop Trump from trying, but Portugal is behind the new EU "deal" of 15%.
President of Hungry, surely.
Shambhala! π July 24-27, 2026
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π¨π¦ Prime Minister Mark Carney, former central banker x2, reacts to the prospect of Donald Trump becoming his peer.
Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, bless him for saying it out loud. "The utmost leader of the biggest global superpower, objectively, is a Russian asset. I'm saying that, objectively speaking, the new American leadership has strategically favoured the Russian Federation." #Krasnov π΅πΉ
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Convoy Redux Foreign money fueling campaign against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. #CdnPoli π¨π¦ www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/u-s...
"If there had been any doubt about whether Mr. Trump's pressure might lead Mr. Carney to turn Canada's security and foreign policy continentalist - centred on North American defence and relations with the U.S. - it's emphatically gone now." - Campbell Clark #CdnPoli π¨π¦
MAGA, 2025.
After getting caught, TikTok influencers are sorry for trafficking young women to russia's war machine for $4,000 to $12,000. "I apologize and I believe this is not something that will be repeated. Human trafficking is a very serious matter and I do not stand with it."
Bryan Stevenson talks about Trump's attacks on American history, and the enduring legacy of slavery, lynching, and racial terror in the United States. 32 min. www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
Review | WaPo had Librarians test which Al gave the best answers without making stuff up. Note scores are out of 100 (!). Oh, those poor Grok-X and Meta users. washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
This is the way. #Resist
"While he made no recommendations..." @castanet.net gave VernonβLake CountryβMonashee MP Scott Anderson a blank cheque to present unchallenged, uninformed opinion. Then again, Anderson is a vet, right Castanet? (He is a CAF Reserve armoured unit veteran). #CdnPoli π¨π¦
@nocontextbcgov.bsky.social you should set up a secure dropbox. Or allow messages.
Rhymes with "Beach".
Heather McPherson reelected in Edmonton Strathcona. βThe future of the NDP is right here in this room.β #CdnPoli π¨π¦ #Elxn45 π³οΈ
@liberalca.bsky.social please have Ministers and the PM cross-post here. Is anyone in Washington today? And update their profiles. @seanfraser.bsky.social
I wrote Loblaws CSR department seeking comment on their new connection with sanctioned russian oil and gas entity Rosneft. FYI π¨π¦, Exxon-Mobil is the majority owner of Imperial Oil (Esso). They are worthy of boycotting as well.
Stand With Ukraine - Boycott Exxon-Mobil Exxon-Mobil executives discussed with russiaβs Rosneft about returning to the Sakhalin project. Canada has sanctioned Rosneft for supporting the russian government's illegal war of aggression on Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine
And they found Ukrainian ZSU members who are into Warhammer... www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Underwater radar? Thatβs some DARPA-level stuff going on down there.
Stuffing for life vests in the Second World War as well.
Okanagan Day of the Triffids
Beans on toast?
Scott Anderson, VernonβLake CountryβMonashee CPC MP and "Social Media Influencer", supporting the avain-flu compromised Edgewood ostriches. Because of course he would. #VernonBC
Yes he is. (the Canadian Forces kind).
This is the way.
Canada has extended and significantly expanded its forward battlegroup deployment to Latvia under Operation REASSURANCE, announcing a renewal and expansion for three years with up to 2,200 troops by 2026. Canada is the framework nation for the NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia. #NATO
Local news media much prefer promoting sensational unqualified disinformationalists rather than the serious, more challenging business of analysing the science of avian influenza pathology. A real community disservice here; @castanet.net should be ashamed. #VernonBC
That's quite the nuance, especially given that JD Vance doesn't even know that Japan surrendered unconditionally. π€
Prime Minister Mark Carney and meets today with Canadian Forces in Warsaw. Note Operation UNIFIER patches, the Canadian Armed Forces' military training, professionalisation, and capacity building mission in support of Ukraine that Pierre Poilievre voted against funding. #StandWithUkraine π¨π¦πΊπ¦
I remember some pundits were questioning Ukraine's strategy of attacking russia's energy infrastructure that feeds their war machines and war economy. π¦©
De minimis! Japan Post, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden as well.
ICYMI, being retired and all, you were quoted in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Canada's Russian Embassy protesters are on fire today, laying down a heavy dose of foreshadowing. π₯ bsky.app/profile/drka...
No Sturmabteilung to see here. Move on.
All I could see was a bunch of pasty old men; tired, cold and increasingly content to nod through their murderous inadequacies. They sat there devoid of energy; grey shells of dessicated humanity, so average. I looked at them and saw nothing more than the banality of evil. -Dom Nicholls, Journo, AK
Prime Minister Mark Carney has a 29 point advantage over Oppo Leader Pierre Poilievre for being βcalm and rationalβ, 27 for being a βkinder personβ, 25 for βdeep and useful experienceβ, and 24 for βmore thoughtful and strategicβ. #CdnPoli π¨π¦ @spocksky.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bruce728...
All I could see was a bunch of pasty old men; tired, cold and increasingly content to nod through their murderous inadequacies. They sat there devoid of energy; grey shells of dessicated humanity, so average. I looked at them and saw nothing more than the banality of evil. -Dom Nicholls, Journo, AK
Vance Thwarted Pushing Ukraine Regime Change Vanceβs team tried "tried various diplomatic and other channels," to contact Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's U.K. Ambassador, in an attempt to push Putin's agenda by sounding out replacements for President Zelenskyy. Zaluzhnyi refused their call.
A harrowing yet essential read.
He's a Canadian citizen. π«
#PutinKhuylo Sumska St., Kharkiv. πΊπ¦
#SlavaUkraΓ―ni πΊπ¦ Π‘Π»Π°Π²Π° Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ π¨π¦
#SlavaUkraΓ―ni πΊπ¦ Π‘Π»Π°Π²Π° Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ π¨π¦
Note the emerging CPC spin. Okanagan MP Dan Albas lies Prime Minister Mark Carney would use "'emergency powers' to build pipelines" yet posts a quote where the PM's commitment is to "accelerate the major projects that we need to build this economy"! Distracts by correcting days as PM. #CdnPoli
Survivor Toronto... or where? π€
Heroiam Slava #ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΡΠΌ ΡΠ»Π°Π²Π° πΊπ¦ #HeroiamSlava π¨π¦
Domestic Priorities. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
(aka The King's Golden Throne)
While Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Kyiv and leaders from around the world were sending their support on the Independence Day of Ukraine, here is Pierre Poilievre's last tweet that mentions Ukraine, what he's dismissed as a "far away foreign land" (lying, defending his lie).
While Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visits Kyiv on the Independence Day of Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump (aka Agent Krasnov) phones it in.
"Putin is not Gorbachev, he brings darkness, not glasnost, he seeks empire, not perestroika." - Canadian Prime Minister Carney, Kyiv #StandWithUkraine π¨π¦πΊπ¦
(good π)
Welcome home, Mr. Mayor!
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Pierre Poilievre still on with his 'Canada is Broken' shtick. #CdnPoli β»οΈ
Certain people in specific.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, First Lady Olena Zelenska, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney honouring fallen Ukrainian heroes in Kyiv on Ukraine's Independence Day. #SlavaUkraΓ―ni πΊπ¦ Π‘Π»Π°Π²Π° Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ π¨π¦
Did Witlesskoff get lost and show up in Kaliningrad?
Iconic photo for an iconic campaign. βοΈβ€οΈπ¨π¦
Yes.
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social: are you a low information person, or do you spread anti-Ukraine disinformation? Or both?
