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West_of_West

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  • Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces

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  • I am the Antifa - it was me all along!

  • British planes ‘in the sky’ in Middle East to defend allies after US strikes on Iran

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  • I'll shed no tears for the end of Khomenei or the IRGC. I'll shed endless tears for Iranian civilians. As I have since 2006, I hope the Iranian people can change the world.

  • It's literally science

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  • See, I keep trying to tell the wife that, but she's all "how gonna eat in the woods?" Apparently squirrels was the wrong answer.

  • It's literally science

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  • While dumb expensive the Aeron chair makes sitting at a desk all day do able and not painful.

  • Scientists may have found the holy grail of quantum computing

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  • "The fact that triplet superconductors have spin has an important consequence. We can now transport not only electrical currents but also spin currents with absolutely zero resistance," explained Linder.

    That ability could make it possible to transmit information using spin without any energy loss. In turn, extremely fast computers could operate using almost no electricity at all.

    I don't know what any of this means... but cool!

  • embrace

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  • I do a no mow May. As in I don't mow until May and we got lots of daisies and geraniums. And then I leave a wild chunk of my lawn which has encouraged the dragon flies.

  • Enbridge's CEO gave away the game: public risk, private profit

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  • I have no problem with governments spearheading projects. As long as they maintain ownership for the people who paid for it.

  • Always there, just waiting.

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  • TIL that pears aren't common in grocery stores? And people may not like these delicious fruits

  • Look how much Canadians hate the United States now

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  • A&W has better food than other fast food joints, and this has been the case for years. If my family eats fast food it is always the teen burger.

  • Featured

    Meetings forgotten

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  • as per my previous email...

  • What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 17

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  • I've not read much King. Heart's in Atlantis and 11/22/63.

    It's fascinating, his prose isn't beautiful but he captures human emotion in a very visceral way. I understand why people read him.

  • What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 17

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  • Yeah, I haven't got there yet, but it's literally the only thing I knew about the book going in.

  • Double standards

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  • Still, that's a two man job

  • Double standards

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  • You haven't lived until a peacock tries to steal your sandwich in a park

  • Coherent ideology

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  • Only after instituting a robust death tax

  • Not gonna lie, I kind like it

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  • Indeed.

  • What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 17

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  • I'm currently reading Kings 'It' for the first time. The mix of nostalgia and horror is fun

    And Shirer's 'Fall of the Third Republic' which is a fascinating bit of history that rhymes with contemporary authoritarian politics.

  • What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 17

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  • Applebaum's book on the Soviet take over of Eastern Europe was a fascinating read.

  • What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 17

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  • I wish I was more online when I first read WoT and the Dragon Mount site was super active.

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    West_of_West @piefed.social

    Home for the holidays: HMCS Max Bernays returns to Esquimalt after historic deployment

    cheknews.ca /home-for-the-holidays-hmcs-max-bernays-returns-to-esquimalt-after-historic-deployment-1296039/
  • British Columbia @lemmy.ca
    West_of_West @piefed.social

    John Rustad removed as BC Conservative leader

    cheknews.ca /20-b-c-conservative-mlas-call-for-leader-john-rustads-removal-lawyers-letter-says-1292701/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    West_of_West @piefed.social

    Crofton, B.C. pulp mill to close down, roughly 350 people affected

    cheknews.ca /crofton-b-c-pulp-mill-to-close-down-roughly-350-people-affected-1292529/