I’m sure there was a moment in your life when you realized that you didn’t believe what the adults were saying. Perhaps they were big and you were small, but suddenly you knew that they were wrong and you were right.
There’s nothing unusual in this moment when we step back and separate our own wishes from those in control. To create our authentic self, each child has to make decisions about accepting—or rejecting—the right of others to control our lives. It is through these small acts of rebellion that we gradually become adults. ~Jonahan Twelve Hawks, Against Authority
https://khmezek.substack.com/p/whether-its-twitter-or-threads-or
Ottawa Funded the China Ferry Deal—Then Pretended to Oppose It
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen
Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........
