✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

She's a master!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #dog #funny #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

Even if rich people were no more likely to believe stupid shit than you or me, it'd still be a problem. After all, I believe my share of stupid shit (and if you think that none of the shit you believe in is stupid, then I'm afraid we've just identified at least one kind of stupid shit you believe in).

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/autocrats-of-trade/#witness-the-firepower-of-this-fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station

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PSA for #TaxSeason in #Canada

You do not need to pay anybody to do your taxes online. Most tax companies will let you do your taxes online for free (assuming you have a simple return) - a list is available through the CRA at https://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes/income-tax/personal-income-tax/how-file/tax-software/find-software.html - will automatically fill all the relevant information from your CRA online account and let you know right away what return you can expect. No more paperwork. No more costs. Takes 15-20 minutes. The sooner you get this done, the sooner you get your return.

Pass it along folks!

#CDNPoli #TaxBillionaires

'This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney was widely criticized for supporting Trump and Netanyahu's deadly attacks on Iran, which clearly violate the UN Charter's prohibition on the use of force. Since then, Carney and Foreign Minister Anand have struggled to explain their position and whether this contradicts international law.

When Carney finally took questions at a press conference on Tuesday, he admitted that "it appears that these actions [the US-Israeli attacks] are inconsistent with international law," and called the war a "failure of the international order." He even said that Canada had supported it with "regret." However, he reaffirmed that it doesn't matter either way, because Canada continues to support the war regardless.''

This is an outrageous position for the Canadian government to take, and it is the furthest thing from a principled foreign policy. It is not acceptable for Canada to identify that a violation of international law is taking place and still choose to support it.

Making things even worse, Carney has refused to "categorically rule out" the possibility of Canada's eventual military participation.

Carney's incoherent position on Iran is clearly at odds with both international law and public opinion. There is no justification for defending this deadly war of aggression which has undermined peace and security throughout the entire region.

Canadians do not want to join this illegal war of aggression, and we refuse to allow Carney to leave that door open. We need to continue to pressure this government to withdraw its support for these illegal attacks.

In solidarity,
Michael Bueckert, Vice President, CJPME'

#cdnpoli #abpoli #iran #War

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Grateful to have the latest legal bill paid; now focusing on housing, transportation, and upcoming legal costs. We're being given a car & will need money for insurance & repairs.

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People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to:

* pay Google
* give government ID to Google
* agree to Google terms and conditions

People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.

e.g. via F-Droid.

We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

Everyone who likes this post will get a free Steam game—until I run out of them.

I will DM you the Steam key.

What games are they? You’ll have to find out. 🙂

EDIT: Giveaway is closed. All keys have been sent!