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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • Reminder that according to the US government’s own figures, only 43lbs of fentanyl were seized at the Canadian border last year. That’s less than a single suitcase.

    Reminder that Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the guy who ran silk road, a dark web site that traded in vast quantities of dangerous and illegal drugs, far, far greater than the amount flowing from Canada to the US.

    Reminder that the only reason Trump can impose these tariffs without congress signing off is because they’re being imposed under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act which grants the president the authority to enact tariffs in response to a national emergency… Meaning Trump needs there to be an emergency in order to enact tariffs.

    If you still think enjoy of this is about fentanyl you’re a fucking idiot.



  • If you and your partner don’t do this kind of thing, find another partner.

    I’m dead serious, I’m forty this year and my wife and I do dumb goofy shit all the time. “Acting like an adult” means paying your bills on time, opening a TFSA, all that dumb boring shit. But it also means finding time to do stupid shit and remember all the joy in life.








  • Good resources to start with:

    Remember that small acts of resistance build big acts of resistance. Every time someone stands up, a few more people stand up next time. Don’t sit around waiting for “the revolution” or “the general strike” or whatever other thing feels “big enough” to you. At that point you might as well just be waiting for the rapture. You build heaven one brick at a time.

    And equally importantly, getting involved in the small acts of resistance gets you connected to the people who are doing things. The first part of organized resistance is organizing and that’s never going to happen by sharing a meme or two. You need to get into the Signal chats, and the person to person networks where the real action is being talked about, mostly offline. So signing up to protest against book removals at your local n library might not feel like “doing enough” but it’s how you get started. Things will move from there.

    Search around for any kind of leftist resistance happening in your area, no matter how small. Get involved at the local level. It will make a difference.