ohhhh mannn it's a good day to know HS codes. 😅
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/02/list-of-products-from-the-united-states-subject-to-25-per-cent-tariffs-effective-february-4-2025.html
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jesus christ what the fuck is going on down there
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/northeast-philadelphia-learjet-plane-crash-1.7447788
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extremely curious wtf a PAT US Army Blackhawk helicopter was doing on one of the approaches to DCA.
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like all things rail in the North, cost is the issue. you need strong ridership to justify running a good service; you need good service to attract much ridership
much as I would love any expansion of passenger rail, I'm not optimistic. but it's worth remembering that trains mostly shrug off the kind of winter weather that closes highways for days
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mayor of Kapuskasing requests that the Northlander be extended to Hearst
https://www.mykaphearstnow.com/51989/featured/plourde-asking-province-to-plan-beyond-resumption-of-northlander-service-next-year/
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eg:
「JR東日本をご利用くださいましてありがとうございます。」
the usual, mundane way to translate that into English is:
"Thank you for using JR East."
but it doesn't really express the degree to which, despite you being a paying customer, they really appreciate you using their train. as if you are doing them a favour as well 😅
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random musings:
the way language encapsulates culture is super interesting.
and it's both amazing & disappointing that translating a sentence often crushes all the nuance out of it
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"They're gonna have to do a lot of drilling to replace the four million barrels a day that comes from Canada"
as much as it pains me to admit that Jason Kenney is right about anything, he's absolutely correct here
US domestic output is at an all time record of 13.5 million bpd
and on top of that, the US still imports an additional 4 million bpd from up here in Canadia
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loooool
you guys don't like cars, gasoline, or houses, eh?
"Trump says U.S. doesn't need Canada's oil, gas, vehicle or lumber imports"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/trump-oil-and-gas-1.7439673
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you can't drive north, you can't drive south, you can't even drive east or west or south by southeast!
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interesting topological choice:
"Highway 17 north is closed in all directions between Batchawana Bay and Wawa" 😂
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regular plea to english-speaking folks: please don't trim the diacritics (accents) off other languages
it's the difference between "cuatro años de gobierno" (four years in office) and "cuatro anos de gobierno" (four assholes in office)
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/hearst-state-emergency-1.7436597
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fuck, man, une de mes villes préférées du nord 😬🥶
hydro one devine que la panne sera règlée à 01h00
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2134217/panne-courant-hydro-one-froid
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under an Extreme Cold warning? you should come visit! no warning here in the Sault, where it will feel like a balmy -37 😎🏝️
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I can't believe Yves-François Blanchet has only been leader of the BQ for the past 5 years. It feels more like 15.
probably because every year since 2019 has dragged on for what feels like a century.
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loool who could have thought
https://fortune.com/2025/01/14/walgreens-ceo-anti-shoplifting-backfired-locks-reduce-sales/
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one confessedly miniscule silver lining if Pierre Poilievre does become Prime Minister: Danielle Smith is going to become his problem 🤣
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lol, "Let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark" is only for other Canadians apparently? 😂
https://apnews.com/article/canada-us-trump-tariffs-alberta-premier-446f2e3cf555818dd17c9725c1a6db8a
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...what? ...fuck!
can't blame her; besides all the problems with the future of the Liberals right now, she's probably damn tired
Anita Anand won't seek Liberal leadership, won't run for re-election
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/anita-anand-liberal-leadership-1.7429105
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