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NSDS web team - working to make provincial government services and information for Nova Scotians more webbish, but not *too* webbish.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@hfxtransit - route 26, trip 230 today, bus number 2036 is running 8-10 min early through Springvale and Fairmount leaving kids behind on their way to Citadel and St. Agnes. Again.

This is a regular occurrence.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?

TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. It'll be an absolutely magnificent structure.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

John Oliver dug up old footage of Trump defending corruption on TV.

He also issued the first-ever corporate pardon to BitMEX, "which had been sentenced to a $100 million fine for violating an anti-money laundering law."

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

He straight up, deliberately lies about demonstrable facts (the jobs revision happened before not after the election and Trump called it out at the time!) and no reporter challenges him on it. No
Sunday show host challenged his officials about his lies. He gets away with it.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

🍀 Sure and begorrah, the three Bourke brothers of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers got a "Céad Míle Fáilte" from the Turks by way of their Model 93 Mausers when landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, August 9, 1915. 🍀 My Grandfather and two Gruncles:

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

Hot lap, cool down lap, out lap, in lap, data lap, tire warming lap, near lap, Pfar Lap, my lap, your lap?

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

You've got one lap in the W15, where are you racing? 🤔

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@CroftyF1 “Champing” at the bit, “Champing”.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@acoyne Amazing. We are now on par with Carnival, Princess and Norwegian.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@WilliamsRacing Île Notre-Dame? Thousands. They actually introduced red foxes to try to control the population.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@CroftyF1 @karunchandhok @tedkravitz
Marmots v. Groundhogs
https://t.co/TtVUqeah6t

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Emmanuel Macron is just kicking ass tonight.

Some of his words for the French TV:

"If Ukraine falls, our security will be at risk. If Russia continues to escalate, if the situation worsens, we must be ready, and we will be ready. To be prepared, we will make the necessary decisions to ensure that Russia never wins."

"I want our compatriots to understand that there is only one person responsible for the situation we are in: it is the Kremlin regime. I am undoubtedly a responsible leader who has spoken with Vladimir Putin more than anyone else. We are not in fiction, this is not a novel or a TV series."

"Therefore, if the war spreads, if the war spreads in Europe, it will be the only choice and responsibility of Russia. Of course, today Russia is an opponent. The Kremlin regime is an opponent. I have always said this, we are not waging war with Russia and the Russian people.

"And we support Ukraine. I will tell you very simply: there will be no lasting peace without sovereignty, a return to internationally recognized borders of Ukraine, including Crimea."

"Today, for there to be peace in Ukraine, we must not be weak, so we must soberly look at the situation and with determination, will, and courage say that we are ready to achieve our goal by the means that ensure Russia will not win. The responsibility lies with us."

"If Russia wins, how will the lives of the French change? We will no longer have security in Europe. Who could think for a second that President Putin, who has respected none of these restrictions and none of his commitments, would stop at what has been achieved? The security of the French is at stake. These are our vital interests."

We have helped Ukraine to resist. But now the context on Ukrainian soil is changing. For them, the situation is much more complicated. Russia is becoming tougher internally and is stepping up its attacks.

"What is at stake in Ukraine? A war that is existential for our Europe and for France. We have introduced too many restrictions, so to speak, into our vocabulary. We are not participating in the escalation. We are not in a state of war with Russia.

We just need to be clear: we must not allow Russia to win."

What can I say -- finally the words of a real European leader.

[Steffan Watkins  @steffanwatkins]

🇨🇦⚓ Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class multi-role patrol frigate HMCS Charlottetown departed Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪 ~20:00 Z for #NATO Exercise #SteadfastDefender24 today.

#HMCSCharlottetown #FFH339
https://t.co/7RKcIEyux8

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@GoToIrelandCA @CenturyIRL @rte Pitch: A reality show where three American (or Canadian) families who assume they're "Irish" come over and compete reasearching geaneaology for "most Irish lineage" while showcasing Ireland tourism and history.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@PGC1894 "Presented with a purse of sovereigns to H.L. Bourke by Portmarnock Golf Club as a slight recognition of his services for many years as treasurer of the club Ост. 1903."

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

#Formula1 needed that race and it had nothing to do with the venue.

It was the drivers and their teams.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

C’mon Halifax. Do better.

https://t.co/4PS875IUgK

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@CroftyF1 May have been spraying driver’s back with a water/isopropyl alcohol mix - evaporates quickly taking heat with it.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

So, @HalifaxWater, why would one of your pickup trucks pull into my driveway just now with its spotlight?

3:20 am (just now) Arlington avenue, Halifax.

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@SeanLeet1 Saw your name on CNN - blast from the past - hope you're well and man, what an effort going on now!

[Andrew @AndrewBourke]

@andrewbensonf1 It’s horrible.