Tootfinder

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Can:
🎵 A Spectacle (Dominick Dawson Vocal Reversion)
#Can
https://panoplylab.bandcamp.com/track/anyone-and-anything-can-become-a-spectacle-at-any-time

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Can:
🎵 Moonshake
#Can
https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/track/ayer-amarillo-moonshake-can
https://open.spotify.com/track/67bSz3fM2EsX1ddZ6hsMhq

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistInResidence
Can, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit & Irmin Schmidt:
🎵 Vitamin C
#Can #HolgerCzukay #MichaelKaroli #JakiLiebezeit #IrminSchmidt
https://open.spotify.com/track/6WCbMIWmuGEdpJxW9ukPPI

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RecordReview
Robert Schumann & Can Çakmur:
🎵 Waldszenen, Op.82
#RobertSchumann #CanÇakmur
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ffd1Sa8iuxuXx3xkOUKI0

Good Morning #Canada
Can Canada's new trade deal with China for #ElectricVehicles jumpstart a shrinking market? Will 49K Chinese #EVs force current Canadian auto suppliers to provide more competitive offerings?
Canada was an anomaly in worldwide EV sales as our electric vehicle sales declined while every other major nation saw substantial increases. Even the U.S. had a modest increase in battery electric vehicles despite Trump's attempts to kill them. Canada EV sales dropped by almost 50% due to canceled government rebates, slow expansion of a charging network, increased pricing, and auto manufacturers cutting back production in favour of hybrids and gas engines. And North American manufacturers invested substantial lobbying dollars to roll back zero emission mandates.
While Canadian manufacturers cry foul, auto dealers are cautiously optimistic. They see cheaper vehicles as a good alternative to what's available today.
#CanadaIsAwesome #ZeroEmission
https://cleanenergycanada.org/canada-broke-its-electric-vehicle-market-in-2025-and-it-did-so-alone/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheBethDittoShow
Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt & Can:
🎵 Vitamin C
#HolgerCzukay #MichaelKaroli #JakiLiebezeit #IrminSchmidt #Can

From the IMF
"the Canadian economy remains much less integrated than its global footprint would suggest. Goods, services, and workers face significant barriers when moving across provincial and territorial lines—a fragmentation that affects productivity, competitiveness, and overall resilience"
Most of the benefits would flow to the smaller provinces
#Canpoli

Canada Can Grow Faster by Unlocking Its Own Market
Knocking down internal trade barriers could boost output in Canada by 7 perc

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Can:
🎵 Vitamin C
#Can
https://kandinski1.bandcamp.com/track/can-vitamin-c-kandinski-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Td5FqApG1uDhhoBvrOxOH

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
CAN:
🎵 Moonshake
#CAN
https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/track/ayer-amarillo-moonshake-can
https://open.spotify.com/track/67bSz3fM2EsX1ddZ6hsMhq

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #JarvisCockersSomedayService
Can:
🎵 Moonshake
#Can
https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/track/ayer-amarillo-moonshake-can
https://open.spotify.com/track/67bSz3fM2EsX1ddZ6hsMhq

Certification of #aircraft in #Canada requires i.a. proof of certain safety factors in cold weather. That is important to the Canadian authority, for obvious reasons. If a manufacturer can't prove that, certification will be held up.

FYI, My friend Emma is doing another mythology talk at Smiths Alternative this Thursday:
https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-powerful-feminine-95231?d=5/03/2026 6:00:00 PM

The Powerful Feminine
Thursday March 5, 6pm - 7pm | In the lead up to International Women’s Day, Dr Emma Woods (co-founder of/writer for MythCrafts, a free myth and folklore educational resource) takes a fascinating journey through the ancient world..

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Can:
🎵 I Want More and...
#Can
https://augustinramirez.bandcamp.com/album/i-cant-live-alone-and-more-english-songs

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RecordReview
Franz Schubert & Can Çakmur:
🎵 Piano sonata in D major D.850 (2nd mvt)
#FranzSchubert #CanÇakmur #newRelease 🆕 album
https://open.spotify.com/track/3hyEOTiS3tRnfcVbWU91Rp

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Can:
🎵 Vitamin C
#Can
https://kandinski1.bandcamp.com/track/can-vitamin-c-kandinski-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Td5FqApG1uDhhoBvrOxOH

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Can:
🎵 Mother Sky
#Can
https://kompleks.bandcamp.com/track/can-mother-sky-kompleks-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/5iJGuQRdog5ZUqhMgOFDVw

Dear Liberal partisans: “we can’t do anything about this chaos Trump is creating” is a bad look, and also completely untrue and a cop out.
Things you can do *today*
1) food and gas price controls
2) food and gas rebates/grants
3) EV, solar and wind mandates and grants
4) direct investment in electrification of fossil fuel transport and infrastructure, today. Move all existing projects on the books up to start asap.
These are just some of the things that could directly and immediately help Canadians through #theAmericanFascists oil wars.
Acting like it is 1975 and we just have to stick it out because there is no alternative is a cop out and makes you complicit.
Either we are different, or we are along for the sick ride. Which would you prefer?
🇨🇦
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #iranisraelUSAWar #oil #fossilfuels

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Can:
🎵 I'm So Green
#Can
https://canofficial.bandcamp.com/track/im-so-green

note to anyone listening:
If you're a Carney supporter but can't handle legitimate criticism of his policies or his actions (or inactions) then please consider what it means to be in a democracy.
The Liberal Party of Canada is not the only choice in Canada now, and never has been.
That's OK!
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada

Good Morning #Canada
Today is a Public Service Announcement for all our non-Canadian Mastodonians. I know you're sad that you aren't Canadian but please don't hate us because we're awesome. This video will teach you a little bit about Canada and by practicing some of these phrases you can feel like one of us. Watch with caution as you might develop a love for mullets, maple syrup, and beavers. You've been warned.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Culture
https://youtu.be/evvzG0Xz69Q

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CillianMurphysLimitedEdition
Can:
🎵 Halleluhwah
#Can
https://canofficial.bandcamp.com/track/halleluhwah-live-1972

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CillianMurphysLimitedEdition
Can:
🎵 Little Star Of Bethlehem
#Can
https://canofficial.bandcamp.com/track/little-star-of-bethlehem
https://open.spotify.com/track/2UuMDoimcdH68ZLmF06Oiu

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Clara Schumann, Can Çakmur, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice & Laurence Equilbey:
🎵 Konzertsatz in F minor for piano and orchestra
#ClaraSchumann #CanÇakmur #PolishNationalRadioSymphonyOrchestra #Katowice

Answers the question "how low can they get?"
Also, Tkachuk’s response to the despicable video is somewhat weak tea.
#hockey #sports #Olympics #WhiteHouse #USA #Canada #AI

When I was researching and then pursuing obtaining my Spanish citizenship, I came to realize that citizenship laws are incredibly varied and changeable. They'll change with the political winds, for good and bad!
It looks like Canada has gone a little against the grain and opened up its citizenship requirements!
Now anyone with a proveable ancestral connection to Canada can apply, not just one generation back! This is even better than Spain “Historical Memory" changes that are now slowly expiring!
"“In January 2025, we had 32 requests for certified copies of vital records and this year in January 2026, we've had over 1,000,” she said, adding most of those requests were made by Americans.”
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Heritage #Geneology

Question: Given the trade war, and other pressures from our "North American” partner... is it time to re-nationalize CN Rail (and potentially CPKC?) so that we can be sure that these critical Canadian transportation and economic assets are fully in Canadian control and serve Canadians first?
(It was the 30 year anniversary of the privatization of CNRail back in November 2025)
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Economy #TradeWar #Rail
https://www.cn.ca/en/stories/le-20251117-30-years-company-privatization/
Yes - Nationalize
Not Yet - But possibly.
No

Good Morning #Canada
My daily post is being hijacked once again, but this should be the last time.
The #MastoCanadaGOV initiative now has it's own account for communication and you can follow the team at @…. They have some updates scheduled over the next few days on progress towards convincing our government and politicians to build a presence in the Fediverse. It's small contribution towards #DigitalSovereignty by getting our government contacts off of U.S. controlled social media platforms.
My account can now return to meeting your expectation of Canadian trivia and bad puns... and the occasional beaver joke.
#CanadaIsAwesome #MastodonCanada
https://thecanadian.social/@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty

Dear Canadians.
Send a message to our Prime Minister!
pm@pm.gc.ca
This is what I just sent.
Dear Prime Minister,
I am shocked and deeply disturbed by your inaction and inability to call out the President of the United States who is using the rhetoric of a madman.
Canada should call in the USA Ambassador, close our airspace to USA forces on Iran-related flights, and denounce in public this clearly criminal and suicidal rhetoric.
Sincerely
Chris
You can also fill in this contact form: #IranUSAIsraelWar #Iran #USA #TheAmericanFascist #CanPoli #CdnPoli

So Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, affectionately known as #PeePee, is giving a speech this afternoon at a think tank in London, England. Then he's off continuing his official trip as Opposition leader with a stop in Germany.
I assume this trip will attempt to make him appear more PMish and perhaps strengthen his image as a world leader. I can hardly wait until he tries to play word games with the European press who are not as friendly as his preferred media in Canada.
#CanPoli
https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/pierre-poilievre-set-to-give-speech-in-london-during-first-official-trip-overseas-11950764

i can't say that a conservative MP being JD Vance's best buddy at Yale fills me with confidence that he would somehow make a substantive positive difference for Canada.
More likely that he is infected with the same deep desire for power and influence.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #theAmericanFascist
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-31/canada-opposition-mp-wants-to-open-channel-with-yale-buddy-vance?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2OTgyOTA2MSwiZXhwIjoxNzcwNDMzODYxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOVBEU0dUOU5KTFQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5MDQxQkExRUE2ODg0MDFDOUJGRDEzMDczNkRFRUZGMCJ9.x3eTasw9_un9RYj-5CscSUaVSlozw9O9gFmnbQ9c0Z8&leadSource=uverify wall

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Can:
🎵 Vernal Equinox
#Can
https://canofficial.bandcamp.com/track/vernal-equinox
https://open.spotify.com/track/6x3lLGBR9zI1Mr71MlIPEl
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ivj2i9BbyMoJmb0ZucUM2
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime
Candi Staton:
🎵 Young Hearts Run Free
#CandiStaton
https://deceivr.bandcamp.com/album/candi-staton-young-hearts-run-free-deceivr-club-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3MFa9idQuY4iJLWsZl3tIQ
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KW4FxNKVGpVTgIJYolnNY
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg

I like this line a lot.
NDP: “Not running to babysit the Liberal Government”.
We really need to get the NDP and especially the media out of this notion that the NDP can only ever prop up the Liberals or… in a perfect world… be opposition.
No. The NDP can, and should, form government to give Canadians a real progressive alternative to the Conservatives and Con-Light-Liberals.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #ndp #cpc #lpc

Very proud and excited to vote in the NDP leadership race today!!
This is not the first time I've voted in a Federal leadership race... more on that later but first, my choices! I considered only voting for two people, but I ended up filling in all 5 choices.
#1: Tanille Johnston @…
#2: Avi Lewis @…
#3: Heather McPherson
#4: Tony McQuail
#5: Rob Ashton
Why?
You might ask why I would publicize my choices. I don’t expect others to of course. It is a privilege and a right in Canada to exercise your democratic choice freely and privately, but I also think there is value in knowing how others voted.
#1 why Tanille? #electoralReform and proportional representation myself, I didn't just want to pick my top two. I wanted to make a statement on each of these candidates an influence each one.
To be blunt, Heather is #3 because she is the middle-of-the-road candidate. She is an excellent representative as MP and has gathered the support of other MPs including my own, but while I would be OK with her leadership, I would see her as a continuation of the status quo, and that is not what the NDP needs as a party, nor is it what Canada needs as a country.
We desperately need a vigorous and clear alternative to the Centre-but-mostly-Right Liberals, and the MAGA-wannabe Conservatives. The only way to do that is to catch the attention of Canadians and inspire them. I am not sure that Heather has the ability to do that, and if we continue with the same leadership crew in the NDP, I am not confident that the policy choices will be strong enough to inspire and attract Canadians.
That is why Tanille and Avi are far better options.
#4 Why Tony:

Tony is the real deal. Honestly, I would have loved to rank him higher. He represents the true life blood of rural, socially progressive, environmentally aware, Canadians. You should go check out his platform. I am so glad that he was able to participate fully in the race and we need his voice in the NDP.
#5 Why not Rob?
I have been an active member in my Union for more than 10 years. Unionism is The Way. Rob is representing a division within the union movement that claims that working people can't have jobs if the environment is put first. This is a lie.
We need union leaders that look to the future and speak honestly to people. We need union leaders who are genuinely progressive, not ready to do the bidding of corporate masters to the benefit of a few.
Working people need honesty, and when an industry is on decline, a clear path to new, excellent, union, jobs!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Liberal #CPC #Canada #Democracy #NDP

“Wang Chuanfu, BYD’s CEO, barely slept for weeks. Three passengers, all in their twenties. His chemistry. His cell. His company’s name on the casing. He had not built it to kill anyone, but it had. He pulled his engineers together with one question: What is the mechanism by which this cell fails, and how do we make that physically impossible”
Someone needs to get this article in front of Mark Carney and Doug Ford and then the stupid limits on Chinese cars need to be eliminated so Canada can start building these things immediately.
This is the future.
China is leading that future and we need to come to terms with it and use our influence to make it, and them, better.
#climateEmergency #climatechange #byd #china #canada #canpoli

Is this allowed? This feels really really gross if it is. You shouldn’t just be able to appoint your own staff people to Senate positions.
G&M:
“Two other senior Liberals say there are also active discussions to appoint the Prime Minister’s principal secretary, Tom Pitfield, to the Senate with a mandate to get legislation passed quickly. The Globe is not naming them because they are not authorized to speak publicly about internal party matters”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Senate #Liberals

of course... it's actually much worse than just policy dredged up from the days of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper… it's a gigantic step backward at the behest of fossil fuel interests in order to keep people burning fossil fuels.
EV mandates should be 'sold’ as an affordability measure! Because they are!
No, I don't mean grants, I mean everyday use. Real impacts on your pocket book. How much money would you save if you *never* went to a gas station. Just think about that for second.
Then we can do the math.
My 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric just passed 251152km (palindrome!) yesterday and gets around 6km/kWh on average.
I pay about $0.13/kWh at home to charge so that's $0.02/km. That is $5,023.04 in total energy expenses so far.
Our 2012 Toyota Prius C is at 270,000km and gets about 5.5L/100km or 0.055L/km. At (a discounted) $1.25/L that’s $0.04/km or $10,800 in total energy expenses so far.
Per kilometre the EV is half the cost to 'fuel' than one of the most fuel efficient gas cars out there.
In general, why would *anyone* choose something that costs double to run!?
And yet, the government doesn't sell this as ‘affordability’ it sells it as 'environmental responsibility'.
Let's be honest, they do that because they *know* the environmental message is *less* motivating than money.
Now I said at the beginning, "imagine" never going to the gas station. Obviously that doesn't mean you're fueling for free... but there is another overlooked aspect to this.
Fueling your car is a day to day thing. It's one of the biggest pulls on people's bank accounts precisely because it is such a frequent cost.
Now imagine if that 'bill' was just rolled into your home electricity bill. Which you could do other things to reduce cost overall?
EVs are not just an environmental game changer, they are a financial one for the average person.
That is why oil companies are throwing absolutely everything they have at government (and also fomenting fascism) to keep their good times going, at our expense.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Driving #Affordability

Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney speech at Davos. It was a good one. This is how he ended it, but it is worth watching in full, including the Q&A afterward.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just. This is the task of the middle powers, the countries that have the most to lose from a world of fortresses and the most to gain from genuine cooperation.
The powerful have their power. But we have something too: the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home, and to act together.
That is Canada’s path. We choose it openly and confidently, and it is a path wide open to any country willing to take it with us.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #USA

I hate this timeline.
As a long time #climate campaigner... I almost feel like I should be hoping that the Iran/US war continues as long as possible so the price of oil and gasoline can go as high as possible and force economies to electrify and shift at emergency-speed to renewables.
We could have started on this the easy way 30 years ago... but a few of the same people objected and obstructed.
#IranUSIsraelWar #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateWar #Oil #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCollapse #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Even if we can't be part of the the EU as a whole, we could be part of the monetary union, and the customs union as well.
#canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #eu #euro #geopolitics

It is frustrating every single time that I see the popular votes versus seats won in Canadian elections.
Especially when you have a party like the Bloc Quebécois who run only in Québec, pull 1.2 million votes in that province, and receive 22 seats in the House, yet the NDP pulls 1.2 million across Canada and gets 7 seats.
All our system does is reward density, rather than delivering actual representation.
But someone please tell me how 'ranked ballots' will fix this*
#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Good Morning #Canada
Back in January my daughter and I set a date to watch the #TorontoSceptres in mid March. It's a good thing we bought tickets early because interest in the Professional Women's Hockey League is surging after the #Olympics. Most of the remaining games in Canada are now sold out, merchandise sales were up over 100% in February, and the league has 5 times the web traffic versus 2025. League management is being cautious but expansion to Europe is now being discussed.
Growing up my daughters were competitive softball players and a lot of their friends played hockey or soccer. At an early age they thought it was bullshit that there were no career options for exceptional women players. Fast forward 20 years and we can now sit in the stands and enjoy professional women's basketball, soccer and hockey. It's not equal to men's sport in pay or prestige yet, but we'll enjoy the progress and cheer for more.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Sports #PWHL
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/pwhl-resumes-play-olympic-break-2026-9.7106938

Not a good look RCMP. But it sounds like in the main, they handled the situation ok even if they ran cover for a horrendous elected racist in Dallas Brodie.
Bravo to the people at UBC for making it clear that the agent-provocateur and hate-speech politician has no place, has no voice for her hateful rhetoric.
Residential school denialism *should* be a hate crime. The RCMP should be arresting Brodie, not protecting her hate propaganda tour.
Our Universities must be places of truth. Truths can be debated in context, but Brodie, like Charlie Kirk, isn't actually debating. No minds are going to be changed. No resolution found.
Dallas Brodie is only there to grab a headline and advance an extremist, regressive, and openly white supremacist agenda by advancing denialist views that dismiss truth and facts and calling it “anti-woke”.
#Canada #BC #CharlieKirk #OneBC #BCPoli #DallasBrodie #ResidentialSchools #Denialism #Rightwing #CultureWar
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/onebc-ubc-event-truth-reconciliation-9.7057376

Good Morning #Canada
On this International Day of Happiness I think we should check on Canada’s world ranking on the #Happiness scale. It appears we're are not happy.
I've put some blame on #PeePee in the past for negatively impacting Canadian satisfaction surveys because he incessantly tells us we're broken. Yes, he is exploiting rel issues but maybe working on real solutions would be a better approach. The latest World Happiness Report 2026 has Canada falling 25th place, continuing a downward trend - 18th in 2025 and 13th in 2024. The report suggests that countries who use social media for 5 hours a day, particularly young people, are less happy than those who are doomscrolling less. IMO our youth are not happy because their salaries can't keep pace with the cost of living, but an algorithm would constantly reinforce that if you're active on the platforms owned by U.S. tech bros.
Happy I'm on #Mastodon

#CanadaIsAwesome #ItsTheAlgorithm
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-happiness-2026-canada-25-9.7134296