Happy New Year!

✏️ As drawn by @AnnTelnaes: Hoping for a better year ahead https://t.co/3Rqp9s3sjf pic.twitter.com/DhESNz78dh

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) December 31, 2022

To bring in the new year, I have gathered some of the funnier posts I saw over the last few weeks. 

First, some Conservative politicians seem to be ending the year with a bit of regret right now. I think either they are realizing that pandering to the worse elements in their party isn't actually going to improve their electoral chances, or else they are getting the jump on the Convoy Retrospective media pieces we are going to be seeing come January:

In the new year, one of the things I hope to see less of are the profanity laden Trudeau flags.https://t.co/pRMupAs7bb

— Erin O'Toole (@erinotoole) December 29, 2022

Maybe Scott Moe has been listening:

“We’re getting very regionalistic in our comments. I’m getting quite regionalistic in the comments that I make, & that isn’t good for our nation of Canada,” Moe said.
He said he would rather see the federal government & the provinces cheer each other on.@PremierScottMoe https://t.co/ByHCUOEMdt

— Dennis Kendel (@DennisKendel) December 29, 2022

“Nation within a nation” prairie premier who refuses to work constructively with other levels of government but instead passed a “Saskatchewan First” act, will now end the year lecturing us on how regionalism isn’t productive for Canadian unity. https://t.co/IDikbW36hL

— RPB (@ReginaPosterBoy) December 29, 2022

I don't think Poilievre really gets it just yet:

Ya right! pic.twitter.com/8tRUdT2PBY

— Nickie with an 'e (@winter_canada) December 30, 2022

Correct. Poilievre was challenged by O'Toole's appeal to decency. So he pulled together some talking points about Canadians who are struggling - like those thousand acre grain producers posing as Truckers enjoying Canadian freedom in Ottawa shaking his hand at the Hot Tub Party. https://t.co/lP0TS6Ly1R

— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) December 31, 2022

Julia Hartley-Brewer, Andrew Tate, Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson confirmed for new ITV series Hate Island, in which a group of celebs are dropped off on a remote island to spew bile -- the twist being there are no cameras and nobody goes back to pick them up.

— David M Barnett (@davidmbarnett) December 29, 2022

A few other random political comments:

Today experts in Edmonton warned Premier Danielle Smith not to lick the metal pole but she said aargghhhshtuck

— James Cameron (@lumin8) December 14, 2022

There is truth here:

"A political party decays like a corpse when old men are fed objects to hate rather than ideas to support."
- Canadian Tweeter https://t.co/odDw07q2p3

— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) December 27, 2022

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— 🌻🇨🇦MurphyBrown 🇺🇦🌻 (@MeidasMurphy) December 11, 2022

Those outlets are calling for an election because they’re watching Poilievre withering away into oblivion and need the election to happen before the Cons need to pick another leader, again.

— Steve Elaschuk (@TheRealElaschuk) December 27, 2022

Some of the funnier tweets I read recently:

It’s so cold that teens are zipping up their coats halfway today. #yeg #yyc

— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) December 20, 2022

My son, who is a software engineer, just told me that people who know software just had their Elon Musk realization. pic.twitter.com/eEFBuoHREm

— B Graham Disciple (@bgrahamdisciple) December 26, 2022

Did Elon Musk buy Southwest Airlines too?

— @estherc@newsie.social (@EstherCinDC) December 27, 2022

Remember if your flight gets cancelled most airports have a secret fleet of backup planes with lots of seats but they’re only available if you’re mean enough to low-level employees.

— Jeremy Khan (@JeremyMcLellan) December 27, 2022

Julia Hartley-Brewer, Andrew Tate, Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson confirmed for new ITV series Hate Island, in which a group of celebs are dropped off on a remote island to spew bile -- the twist being there are no cameras and nobody goes back to pick them up.

— David M Barnett (@davidmbarnett) December 29, 2022

When ur under ur house at 4am trying to shut off the water main and that myth about the animal that's living in the crawl space being more scared of you than you are of it ....BULLSHIT!!!

— NY*SnAck~XchaNge 🍃🥨🎤 (@MikeyWee3) March 22, 2022

my favorite Bible story is probably the one where Jesus rounds up the needy on Christmas Eve and ships them who the fuck cares where because why the fuck should they be his problem

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) December 25, 2022

Advice for happy marriages:

Marry someone who remembers that actor’s name. You know who I’m talking about? He was in that other show we liked.

— Casual Thursday (@CasualThursday) December 20, 2022

In my opinion a key to a happy relationship is to find someone who loves the holidays as much as you do #truth #relationships

— Megan Willis (@meganwillis) December 20, 2022

The annual "#altHallelujah" chorus:

My favorite will always be:

You pick a phrase, you pick a rhyme, repeat the sound another time,
Five iambs, then an extra beat will do ya.
Another rhyme, a rising note - congratulations, you just wrote
Another goddamn verse to Hallelujah!#altHallelujah

— David (Not a parody of Elon Musk) Tertipes (@dteeps) December 8, 2022

Isn't it great to live in Canada?

7 years ago today, on a cold December night, I arrived in Canada as a refugee with a suitcase that carried everything I had left from the war in Syria & I never gave up.
Today, I am a proud Canadian citizen, on a mission to spread peace in every way & living Canadian dream 🇨🇦🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/xj6WUQuvAi

— Tareq Hadhad (@TareqHadhad) December 18, 2022

More senseless Canadian road rage caught on camera. #Canada #Roadrage

*Warning: Graphic footage. pic.twitter.com/gfJZHI5Rh2

— Lloyd Legalist (@LloydLegalist) December 11, 2022

Sweet Dreams:

Thanks for the share and kind words @AnnieLennox 🤯❤️ https://t.co/6OWKAwkktp

— Funkanometry (@funkanometry) December 10, 2022

I keep encountering these wonderful versions of “Sweet Dreams”. Here’s the latest discovery! You’re gonna LOVE these gorgeous and massively talented young peeps! pic.twitter.com/rj2TFZYhCo

— Annie Lennox (@AnnieLennox) December 15, 2022

Please help yourself to 2 minutes of pure awesomeness… https://t.co/vbZCxAocqN

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) December 31, 2022

And finally, to ponder in 2023:

i hope next year you see some things you can’t photograph. i hope you sink into a moment and linger there. i hope someone changes your mind. i hope you eat at least one really good peach. i hope you listen to a song that knocks something loose inside of you.

— tiny fairy tales✨ (@tinyfairytales) January 1, 2023

Consider how many of your problems would go away if you were a watercolor illustration of a small hen in an apron

— Annie Wu (@AnnieW) December 13, 2022