Literally nobody with any IQ has confidence in you… “Danielle Smith pushes back against Manitoba premier’s comments as controversy grows over prospective referendum question” - CTV News apple.news/Avsj8DV8WQnGIqKBP…

Dolly Parton Donovan Woods Rose Cousins Janie Callum Kris Kristoffersson Ani DiFranco Bon Iver Jensen McRae Alanis Morisette Laura Marling Sarah McLachlan Noah Kahan Dermot Kennedy Luca Fogale Dixie Chicks Macy Gray Kaleo Man, I have been so fortunate…. Can I go on??

i want a small, tasteful wedding. no friends. no family. no groom. just me and an open bar

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Imagine that. Turns out you can’t lawfully hold a referendum on whether to take something that isn’t yours: like land covered by treaties, or the sovereign territory of Canada.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mamas out there ❤️

On one side of the Atlantic, you have a 79-year-old former game show host who believes windmills cause cancer, personally ended a war that hasn’t ended, and that crowd sizes at his inauguration defied the known laws of mathematics. On the other side, you have a 72-year-old ex-KGB man who has just accused Finland of secretly plotting to invade Russia. Finland. Famous for saunas, reindeer, and minding their own business since approximately the Bronze Age. Putin’s reasoning, delivered with the solemn authority of a man who hasn’t slept since 2003, was this: Finland joined NATO because they were waiting. Biding their time. Lurking. Ready to swoop in and grab Russian territory the moment Russia collapsed. “Swoop in and grab what they could,” he said. This is a man who sent 200,000 troops across an internationally recognised border, seized territory by force, and has spent four years reducing Ukrainian cities to rubble. Describing someone else as the type who swoops in and grabs what they can. The psychological term is projection. The clinical term is considerably less polite. Meanwhile, across the ocean, the other one is imposing tariffs on islands inhabited exclusively by penguins and receiving world leaders at a golf club in Florida as though the White House is simply too far to drive. Two old men. Two fantasy worlds. Zero connection to observable reality. The Cold War at least had the decency to be frightening. This is just embarrassing. When your entire worldview runs on paranoia, grievance, and whatever the Kremlin version of Fox News feeds you at 3am, a fence looks like an invasion. A neighbour looks like a threat. And five million Finns quietly getting on with their lives looks like a geopolitical conspiracy. x.com/nexta_tv/status/205319…

Finland and Canada are exactly the allies the world needs right now. Here’s why. 1. They know how to live next to a bully Finland shares 1,340km of border with Russia. Canada shares a continent with Trump’s America. Both have spent decades building resilience, not dependency. 2. They’re serious about defence Finland joined NATO in 2023 and immediately became one of its most capable members. Canada has the Arctic, the resources and now the motivation. Neither country does performative security. 3. They’re actual democracies Free press. Rule of law. Elections that don’t require a loyalty oath. In 2025 that’s a differentiator, not a given. 4. They have what the world needs Critical minerals, clean energy, food security, Arctic access. The leverage is real, they just haven’t always used it. 5. They like each other Two leaders who both have British wives, text each other, play hockey together and run together is not a small thing. The post-1945 order was built on personal relationships between people who trusted each other. That’s rarer than it sounds right now.

“Mark and I message each other pretty much every day, whether about hockey, the Blue Jays.. but mostly about NATO.. and trying to save the world.” - Finnish President Alexander Stubb

I want every single person in Finland 🇫🇮 to see this video! THANK YOU for the 12 ambulances! Real allies, saving lives, every day 💪

Finland is the Happiest country in the World for the 9th year running. We also climbed up the world brand index from 7th to 5th. I am often asked why we do well in these rankings. I do not think there is a magic potion, but it helps to have a society which strives towards freedom, equality and justice. The basis of it all is a welfare society, a robust education system, a sense of security and a close attachment to nature. There is no such thing as a perfectly happy society, but providing some building blocks that give us a chance to live a meaningful life, to help others, will nudge us in the right direction during the journey of life.

"The way out of the conflict? The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That's the way out of the conflict." -Sanna Marin Former PM of Finland Respect🫡 She is great❤️

A lot of you aren't here for Icelandic cricket, and that suits us down to the ground. A supposedly wise person once said that if you practice a skill for 10,000 hours, you will master it. We are at over 100,000 now and still not there. We keep going.

Don’t let anyone tell you the World Juniors doesn’t hit the same anymore. I love this tournament.

me supervising anyone else in my house attempting to load the dishwasher

There are the most decent democracies in the world

Darren Markland. A staggering loss. A beautiful soul. Am reminded of what the Canadian fiddler Oliver Schroer wrote shortly before he died: "Some people live very intensely and burn very brightly during their time here. I think I am one of those people." So was @drdagly. 💔

Dagz, you lived every day to the fullest. You got every last drop. You gave back even more. Your dad left you a legacy. You left one for us. Bleed for the truth. See you for coffee at sunrise Dagz ❤️