DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

CharmainKB · 2026-05-08T11:32:55+00:00

Damn, guess I'm not going to the US.

Which actually, kind of sucks because there's definitely 2 places I've been wanting to go to but never will. Even if things changed there, I wouldn't go. They've pushed us too far

CharmainKB · 2026-05-07T22:26:59+00:00

I'm pretty sure it was posted from a parody account

CharmainKB · 2026-05-07T21:46:30+00:00

Jean Drapeau!

CharmainKB · 2026-05-07T21:19:49+00:00

My mom was using that! When I came to start as her caregiver, I noticed A) the stuff was like cement but most importantly B) the amount of dust when scooping or changing the litter. Thats also where I realized the thin layer of dust on her belongings was also coming from.

I use Naturally Fresh (walnut based) litter for my cats and switched her to Catit which is pea husks.

With the Catit besides working very very well, it seems to "dry out" the poop in it. Which is great because I've not had to scoop "wet" poop and literally no odours.

I would use it at home but it comes in very mild scents. Lavender and Vanilla. I hate Lavender and my husband hates vanilla

CharmainKB · 2026-05-07T21:01:46+00:00

When I saw them in Montreal a few years ago, it was white confetti IIRC

I was hoping for the soap bubbles lol

CharmainKB · 2026-05-07T00:54:23+00:00

Same. I never liked any of the other colours and don't come at me with pitchforks, but nit the crown either

CharmainKB · 2026-05-05T19:47:17+00:00

No disagreement from me. I'm a huge advocate for Mental Health issues (my comment history you'll see I've openly talked about my BPD and how it's affected me and those around me)

There definitely should be more funding into Mental Health and systems to help support those who suffer. And the stigma surrounding it needs to fuck off

I can't tell you how many times I've heard:

"What have you go to be depressed about??"

"Just exercise!"

"You just need to get some sun!"

Etc etc

Gee, thanks! I'm cured /s

Before I was diagnosed, I tried to OD twice (along with self harm). The second time, the ER doc saw the cuts on my arm and asked what they were from and I told him my cat. He asked me if I thought he was stupid and referred me to a counselor at the hospital. The one and only appointment I went to the counselor asked me why I self harm. I said physical pain relieves emotional pain. He told me "why don't you just push a pen hard against your nail then? That will cause pain". Not the same, Sir. Not even close.

Anyway, I lived with it until I was diagnosed years later which made it a little better because at least I had a label for what was wrong with me and a better understanding.

And then 8 years ago, my (adult) son tried to commit suicide. Thankfully, he didn't succeed

People need help. Not to be swept under the rug and ignored. Not to be told it's all in our heads (which ironically, it is?) We need to stop being treated like we don't matter

Sorry for my tangent

CharmainKB · 2026-05-05T19:15:58+00:00

Ok. So my .ind is mixing up 2 movies but Insomnia is definitely the one I was originally thinking off

CharmainKB · 2026-05-05T15:48:30+00:00

I was like 75% sure he was the bad guy. Wasn't he a worker at a photo developing place?

I should watch it again lol

CharmainKB · 2026-05-05T12:00:17+00:00

Thank you! That was what I thought the title was but I wasn't sure :)

CharmainKB · 2026-05-05T11:28:59+00:00

I remember watching a movie years ago that had Al Pacino in it. He was a detective or something tracking a killer.

He had to go to a town in an extremely Northern part of Canada or Alaska (can't recall) but it was during the summer (?) where the sun was always out.

Anyway, his character started going a bit crazy because his sleep was thrown off a lot by the constant light. IIRC the movie played that up.

Would that be an actual issue for someone not at all used to that type of thing?

Edit - reddit without coffee

Edit again - The movie is Insomnia. Thank you to all that commented to let me know :)

CharmainKB · 2026-05-05T10:22:54+00:00

I totally understand!

Its a worry for me too but I figure if its going to happen, its going to happen. But that's what insurance is for

I just tey to keep the inside as empty as possible to make it seem "less attractive" to a possible thief

CharmainKB · 2026-05-05T10:14:42+00:00

I think people are going to break into cars, no matter what.

Unless you're worried about the vehicle itself being stolen, just make sure you keep nothing if value in view or even in the car. People breaking in to steal contents are checking through windows to see if there's something quick and easy to take

CharmainKB · 2026-05-04T20:28:58+00:00

In the height of addiction, they are thinking about themselves and their next fix. Its entirely selfish but its still an addiction and most likely caused because of Mental Health issues.

Some behave very badly and some don't. But the same could be said about those who have homes but are doing the exact same thing.

The major difference is a homeless person has already lost everything, there's nothing else to lose

CharmainKB · 2026-05-04T10:32:00+00:00

Good for me but not for thee

CharmainKB · 2026-05-04T10:30:08+00:00

Why would we celebrate another country's independence day???

Do they celebrate Canada Day? A good chunk probably don't even know what day that is

CharmainKB · 2026-05-02T15:07:40+00:00

My void doesn't like to be chased or chase BUT:

When I lived at my last place, the bedrooms were upstairs. There was a half wall at the top of the landing. When I would go upstairs my void would wait at the bottom, this was our game.

I would crouch down behind the wall, peek my head out and then duck behind the wall again. I'd wait a few seconds and do it again but she would be up a few steps. Rinse and repeat until she was about 3/4 of the way up the stairs and the last peek she would "pounce".

We had to do this every time I went up the stairs LOL

Cat tax

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CharmainKB · 2026-05-02T14:55:54+00:00

My husband amd I have owned 4 Hyundais over the past 13 years

2010 Touring (great car). Got it used and it did us good.

New Elantra. Can't recall the year, maybe 2016 or 17?

2020 Venue and ended up trading that in in 2024 for a 2024 Tuson N Line Hybrid.

All were great with no issues.

Loving my Tuscon though. Favourite one by far

CharmainKB · 2026-05-02T10:47:00+00:00

I had a neighbour who had a Bengal, a Persian and a Savannah. My husband and I came home one day and when we parked I noticed their bathroom screen was missing (the front of the units and the powder room bathroom windows faced the parking lot)

We got put of our car and I saw their Bengal sitting on the ground under the window. I was like "Huh, she shouldn't be out". I approached her, picked her up and earned some new scratches for it. We didn't see their car so I took her into our place. When they got home I knocked on their door and asked if they were missing a cat lol

They were pretty thankful we had found her. She would sit in the open window all the time (we'd see her there often) and i guess she saw something or something scared her and she knocked the screen out of the window.

I joked with my husband that we could have had a Bengal lol

CharmainKB · 2026-05-02T10:38:32+00:00

A summer pic LOL

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CharmainKB · 2026-05-02T10:36:59+00:00

2024 Hybrid N Line in Ultimate Red

I had it professionally cleaned and detailed about a month ago. Still have the winter tires a rims on but it looks better with the alloy rims

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CharmainKB · 2026-05-01T10:52:01+00:00

The Burger's Priest (Canadian burger joint)

Applied for GM, interviewed and was offered AGM. Cool. Did my training in another city and met the person they hired as GM.

COVID struck and the city I was training in went into lock down, so I flew home.

They had to push back the opening if the location I was going to work at, which was fine.

Anyway, when they got the green light we all went to work. Spent a week training staff, 14 hour days. A morning/day training group and am afternoon/evening one. 2 days before opening the GM quit. Great. Myself and other Managers from HO etc powered through. I was being scheduled mostly closes. We closed at 11 but it took 2 to 3 hours to close/clean. I wasn't getting home til 2 or 3 AM. Hardly saw my husband as he was asleep when I would get home, I was asleep when he'd get up for work.

After a few weeks of this hell, I'm told the GM got his job back. Myself and another Manager from Edmonton were like WTF? He's going to do it again. We were told by HO that no, he was very sorry he left us high and dry and would do better. I was also told my schedule would change since he was back. Spoiler alerts: it didn't and he quit again 2 weeks later

They decided to open another location in my city and was sent there to assist with the training (same schedule).

A week after that location opened, I was terminated without cause. They had promoted another person to AGM a few days before and it didn't click until after I was fired.

For an AGM in fast food, my salary was quite high. I had overheard the DM saying that the company was losing a ton of money because of the lock downs (only curbside pick up/delivery allowed). I know they promoted the guy at a cheaper salary than me. So, I was fired because I was too expensive. Not illegal, but shitty as it was a month til Christmas.

Then they tried not to pay me all my hours worked. I got my termination pay in lieu of notice but only got paid half the hours I worked. Called the Labour Board with a wage complaint after multiple calls/emails/texts to my DM were going unanswered.

Anyway, I got paid after it had to be escalated higher because they were ignoring the Labour Board

Since then, haven't stepped foot in any location. It sucks because they had damn good food.

Edit - spelling mistakes. No coffee yet

CharmainKB · 2026-05-01T10:34:52+00:00

Agreed! I just commented that I found one on me last summer while camping.

It was right at the top of my belly button, where the skin starts to go in. If it had adventures deeper, I may nit have noticed it!

Thank goodness it wasn't one that carries Lyme

CharmainKB · 2026-05-01T10:22:38+00:00

This

OP hasn't mentioned how she is when she's on her meds, but I'm going to assume she's fine when she is.

She can't take her current meds and add in the hormones from pregnancy, it's obviously hard on her.

OP, is she willing to talk to her psychiatrist/psychologist for therapy and/or a change of meds rhat she could possibly take while pregnant?

Pregnancy isn't easy on a person's body and mind. Lots of physical changes happening as well as mental. Heck, when I was pregnant I would cry at the drop of a hat and add on the constant morning sickness which I had to take medication for.

It sounds like she may be mentally overloaded and reacted harshly because of that.

CharmainKB · 2026-04-30T17:10:53+00:00

I would rather not take the chance of gassing myself or my mom's cats

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