Andy McKay 🇨🇦

@andymckay
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🏃‍♀⛰🚴🥌🇨🇦 he/him. Pretty much retired at this point.

Flame Robin 🔥

#photography #birds

The Parliament of Estonia is orders of magnitude smarter than whoever is in the Parliament of Canada (including Mark Carney).

"Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says"

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-should-stand-up-to-big-tech-instead-of-imposing-social-media-bans-estonia-says/

#CanPoli #CanadianPolitics #CanadaPolitics

Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says

Banning kids from social media won’t work, as they “will find very quickly the ways to go around and to still use social media,” Estonian Education Minister Kristina Kallas said.

POLITICO

Sea Urchin, Phillip Island

#photography #australia #notabird

Striking that the Liberals and Conservatives offer the same response to pain at the pump: siphon money out of the public purse instead of Big Oil’s profits.

Oil companies are on track to make tens of billions in windfall profits from Trump’s illegal war in Iran.

It’s their profiteering that’s driving up prices. It’s them who should pay.

It’s time for price caps on gas to stop oil companies from price-gouging Canadians — and a windfall profits tax on war-time oil revenues, so the government can invest that money in the public interest.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-fuel-excise-tax-affordability-9.7162911

#cdnpoli #gas

Carney temporarily suspending federal fuel excise tax on gas, diesel and aviation fuel | CBC News

A day after sweeping three byelections in Ontario and Quebec that gave him a majority in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is temporarily removing the federal excise tax on gas and diesel.

CBC

Once again I’m in a place where people flock to see cute animals.

And the cafe serves meat to its customers, from y’know less cute animals?

Two cockatoos.

Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Russel Island.

#photography #birds #australia

Little Oberon Beach

#photography #australia #hiking

Lull during the storm. Wilson’s Promontory, Aus.

#photography #oz

Amazing deep dive into the bombing of the Iran school by the US and how it’s not about AI.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-audio-long-read/id587347784?i=1000760597703

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

Podcast Episode · The Audio Long Read · April 10 · 38m

Apple Podcasts

Crimson Rosella

#photography #birds