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Body in Canada, heart and bookshelves in Ireland.

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@JillFilipovic Southern England seaside

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@BradfemlyWalsh What if my hobby is reading, as it has been since I learned how to read? Or gardening, or looking for birds. What a putz.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

💔 THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. COULD DARTMOOR TRULY LOSE ITS PONIES? 🐴📉

A devastating warning has been issued by campaigners who fear that up to NINETY PERCENT of Dartmoor’s iconic semi-wild hill ponies could completely disappear from the moorland.

Over 23,000 people have already signed an emergency petition demanding action to protect them.

New rules drawn up by Natural England mean that grazing limits across the moors are being slashed. But here is the catch: campaigners say the famous ponies are being lumped into the exact same livestock quotas as commercial cattle and sheep.

Because they are competing for the same reduced space, it's feared farmers will be forced to remove the ponies to make way for more financially viable livestock.

The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association warns that numbers have already plummeted from 7,000 to just 900 in the last 25 years. They are already listed as an officially endangered native breed. Campaigners warn that once they are gone from the moor, they are gone forever.

Natural England says they want to ensure "optimal numbers" remain and that ponies are vital for restoring the landscape—but officials confirm they must be included in the total livestock count.

Dartmoor simply wouldn’t be Dartmoor without the ponies. Do you think it’s fair to treat these historic animals the same as farm livestock?

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@univrsle This is a really good point, and it shouldn’t be framed as if it’s beyond the wits of Canadians to know what/who the GG is. Will it come up every day? No, but it’s not complicated and covered in grade school.

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@JakeLandauTO I’ve wondered this with posters on the doors of Loblaws

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@RodKahx Revolting. Never seen this in my life!

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@rosielanners Super interesting. I don’t think I realized Rooney was only 19 at the time!

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@dmacpher They can promote it until they’re blue in the face, I’m not using it and neither are my kids unless there’s a compelling reason. Doing homework without having to think isn’t it, neither is asking copilot to design a garden or whatever.

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@CraigBaird When I was a kid a thought hobo was the breed of dog (and he was the littlest). Maybe I’ll explain what it is to my kids first!

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@David_Moscrop Keep: breakfast sandwiches and wraps, classic doughnuts, muffins.
Scrap: pizza, complicated sandwiches, anything with pre-cooked chicken, overly elaborate doughnuts, cookies
Bring back: broccoli soup, ham and turkey sandwiches, cherry stick

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@dmacpher @TheChaosWeeber The chicken stew breadbowl needs more love

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@ottawaisms Is this new? And wow, is that ever hostile architecture!

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

The Give Me Your Wallet World Cup

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@oldcanadaseries Still going, much the same! It’s a good show. Looks like it starts June 20 in Otter Lake, QC. Back to HQ Ottawa around Canada Day and a ton of BC shows in July-Aug.

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@Bobunapologetic @oldcanadaseries @jkenney I’m seeing it in 3 weeks. Like last year and the one before that. Big crowds, hard to find parking.

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@1bestcooldude @oldcanadaseries We still do this? I’m seeing it in three weeks, like I do most years.

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@univrsle Holy shit, off til Halloween? What an embarrassment. We’re nearly as bad as Texas

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@silverpebble Interesting, I know them as bachelor’s buttons and my dad always grows them. My little son (7) grew some from seed this year we’re waiting to see what colours they will be.

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@CartoonsHateHer @EmmaVitz Mine has celiac and I often think about how she would have been constantly sickly and/or dead.

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@CartoonsHateHer You split neatly into teams of two (either parents v kids, or boys v girls or just random chance); lots of time for one on one with each child; max of two scheduled events at the same time; kids can’t gang up on each other.