Posts by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
(DIR) Post #AyUs0pGgXpKjHAjXwO by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-09-23T11:55:18Z
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@futurebird if he's not a Putin puppet, then his journey of maximizing the harm to the US and it's international relationships is harder to understand. Why does Trump hate the USA?
(DIR) Post #Ayk8qR7Y58uo52UUAC by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-09-30T20:44:36Z
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@ricci 0% is pretty suspect for Canada.
(DIR) Post #AyoTpuysS73s4OruNs by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-10-02T22:58:12Z
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@foone how would JSON know?
(DIR) Post #AyruMl9zARexRxGTjM by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-10-04T14:40:00Z
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@futurebird ratatouille? Baba ganoush? Veggie lasagna using layers of grilled eggplant and zucchini slices?Not a big fan of eggplant myself, but I will eat them of sufficiently disguised.
(DIR) Post #AzQ2QzcakPdaT1oPc8 by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-10-21T01:50:36Z
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@futurebird all spending decisions are political and only about redistribution. These are redistribution to extreme wealth away from poor and middle class people.There's NO particular neutral spending or money creation optimum. That's all political redistribution too. "Affordability" isn't a concept that makes sense as a currency creator.
(DIR) Post #AzTqZZLXNwxUlUzvbE by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-10-22T18:28:15Z
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Excellent report by Canadians for Tax Fairness on the economics of the western oil industry, since 2021. 60% US owned, 26% Canadian. Over 3x more taken in profit than paid to AB labour. Minimal investment of $15B in recent years.Why should Canadians accept grand national scale projects to make this situation even worse? Why should only US and Chinese companies be getting the sweet deals?https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources/reports/exporting-profits#cdnpoli
(DIR) Post #AzTqZf0qJnyCL3MUAy by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-10-22T18:58:29Z
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I really like that the CTF has presented some numbers showing the labour-capital share.Capital's share of value has been rising and rising for decades, and the unhealthy proportion is a major cause of western societies' problems. Any politician that doesn't talk about it, is missing the boat. #cdnpoli https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_share
(DIR) Post #AzvCpVc4ZdnHD3oHKa by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-11-05T02:43:08Z
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@futurebird thinking that maybe I'd like to visit NYC after Mamdani's been fixing it up for a few years and Trump is dead/back in Russia/not President/etc
(DIR) Post #B06Plgi3AYUkMLFbBg by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-11-10T12:29:56Z
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@futurebird sometimes I think about something and then notice an ad for it shortly after 🤔
(DIR) Post #B07RLVON1DnSnQeGGW by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-11-11T00:22:21Z
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@futurebird nothing creepy to me about a good smile.
(DIR) Post #B0YSzR20QJ80zTrqJE by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-11-24T01:17:53Z
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@futurebird Leoant Cohant!
(DIR) Post #B0bXji43hKomWLuFPc by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-11-25T12:55:16Z
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@futurebird never see these plowing snow - too fancy, and too long, and terrible visibility. Large commercial driveway clearing companies use smallish agricultural tractors with a snowblower attachment. Small independent operations use an old, short box regular cab truck from the 90's or earlier. Easy to maneuver, and cheap to repair. After 1 season, everything plastic on the outside of that will be broken. Clients aren't happy if you plow the rosebushes into the garage door.
(DIR) Post #B0sgaNmJxD5cGzYVNo by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-12-03T19:24:28Z
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@futurebird I'm down something like 90% in 2025. If I can find it, I buy things at the local Canadian Tire. Some stuff I get direct from major brands' websites, like electronics from Samsung or Ubiquiti. Some I get from local locations of US retailers like Costco or BestBuy. Have been on AliExpress more lately. 2-3 weeks delivery is fine and the prices can't be beat. If those options don't work, I'll get it from Amazon or go without. 90% down.
(DIR) Post #B177VDBjJnH2xJddNw by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-12-10T18:31:27Z
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@aral visits from Canada are down about 30% too. A lot of seniors travel there annually during the winter, own property. People living near the border can take short trips across for gas or groceries. It used to be easy, no passport required just some kind of ID, off you go. That changed over decades and now it's too much trouble and risk to go get a tank of gas and groceries.
(DIR) Post #B1FqivxGEqeelOT1sm by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-12-14T19:19:00Z
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@Martin the stronger the moral argument for a charity, the stronger the moral argument that it be a function of the state.Ronald McDonald house is a great example: in/near hospital accommodations for the families of ill, often terminal, children. Generally short term. Not terribly expensive. So children do not have to be isolated from family during their ordeal.Near universal approval. Why is it not funded by the state?
(DIR) Post #B1hGeARH4RLGmVZBQm by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-12-27T21:54:12Z
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Warning, do not eat/drink the orange freezing rain.
(DIR) Post #B1wtHaCLwVv7azCweu by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2026-01-04T17:29:56Z
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d14 made it almost 16 hours before dropping and breaking the screen on her iPhone 16. 🤷♂️ 😕 It fell from the dizzying height of 1ft.
(DIR) Post #B2A4nqXV1eRF9ATski by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2026-01-11T02:32:58Z
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😐Toronto Sun responds to journalist celebrating ICE murder by promoting him to CEO - The Beavertonhttps://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/toronto-sun-responds-to-journalist-celebrating-ice-murder-by-promoting-him-to-ceo/
(DIR) Post #B2U6SYYUVE8w5xfZTc by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2026-01-20T18:30:52Z
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@futurebird I guess you could throw out the device and hire a nitrous oxide abuser to whip the cream manually in exchange for the canister?
(DIR) Post #B2ezrPjpZmJkMjz77A by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2026-01-26T00:38:44Z
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@futurebird I play hockey with Kyle all the time.