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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦

@52448.bsky.social
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I loved Twitter connecting me to the world but fled in November. Eventually I’ll sort out the whole Profile thing but for now I’m sorting out what I can be for Canada - as an old WWII immigrant kid who has ALWAYS felt lucky I was born here.🇨🇦

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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 21h
Thank you. You saved me some money. No way do I need more sad right now.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Havent been reading him but since you brought it up, I’ve decided to believe all “ancestral” peoples should take back their land. I expect europeans, including Jews will give back their properties to whom it was stolen from. My little European self hopes they’ll let me rent though.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
youtube.com/shorts/H0YXA.... Another timely nudge from The Algorithm. Beautiful, and I needed to hear it right now.
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Instructions before visiting earth ❤️‍🔥
YouTube video by Billy Garton Jr.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/iwrry... I’m grateful for the algorithm that made me aware of this hero
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Tommy Prince - Canada's Indigenous Hero 🍁 Truth and Reconciliation #Canada
YouTube video by Goodable
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dear David McGuinty Why is Canadian taxpayer money is going to a drone company who is tied to Donald Trump Jr? We have Canadian taxpayers and contracts but Canadian investors barred from investing? Are we suckers? @largemanabroad.bsky.social raises questions you must answer. youtu.be/mINGQRiixSM?...
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Canadian Defense Giant CAUGHT Selling Out to Don Jr as Outrage EXPLODES
YouTube video by Large Man Abroad
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit! My email and 🇨🇦 The OShow page has just been overwhelmed by Canadians concerned about a drone deal that may involve the Trump family. We will have more on the dragonfly situation on tomorrow’s OShow! Thank you everyone for your concern and for reaching out. #cndpoli
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=mING.... Foreign investment in Canadian firms needs to be vetted more carefully. It doesn’t seem wise to let money that has purchased American integrity, appears to be manufacturing ferment in Canada, buy pieces of, and inroads to control in Canadian Defense companies.
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Canadian Defense Giant CAUGHT Selling Out to Don Jr as Outrage EXPLODES
YouTube video by Large Man Abroad
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"ENOUGH". What a beautiful and underused word.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Twice
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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That time #thebeatles had their Ed Sheeran moment #history #civilrights #politics
YouTube video by Ohh that's RICH
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🍁🛸Waiting For The Mothership🛸🍁 @destry66.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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More Canadian small businesses hit by American tariffs that you can support #BuyCanadian
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I cried. Did my heart good
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
youtube.com/shorts/DeCc-... Pass it on!
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More Canadian small businesses hit by American tariffs that you can support #BuyCanadian
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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God @thegodshow.com · 14/08/2026
Their assets are frozen, construction is suspended, and their deal is under investigation for fraud. SMITE!
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Bless The Albanians Who Stopped Jared And Ivanka
Dear Humans,
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I was writing fuzzy - he gets stornoway and staff FREE as well
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I love the music in words. Doug’s catchphrase has exactly the same tone as Trump’s.
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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Same dude, same. From the age of 10 the library was my refuge and my safe space
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Of course room and board is deducted from that - isn’t it? (I may have left my hometown decades ago but I still have that “Montreal sense of humour” that still eludes some people;-). Stornoway and staff are covered, but I don’t know about actual groceries.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
THIS 👇 HERE IS TRUE......👍🏼
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is why we must protect public education and Canadian resources that support thinking. In 2011 Doug Ford, as city councillor stated he would close a library branch in his ward "in a heartbeat". In 2019 he cut operating budget of the Ontario Library Service-North by 50%.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Ford saying out loud he “absolutely” supports Trump may be from 2025, but Ford claiming “fake polls”, and falsifying photos to show bigger crowds, shows he still fully embraces “The Trump Way” of politics.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I beg your pardon??!!! (WTF?)
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Has housing crisis affected book sales? “Home” once meant books on my shelves - many books. A few moves ago I could not manage the literal weight. Offered the “good” ones to local bookstores so they could reap some “free” cash. Sent others into the world with my blessing, and my gratitude.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=WGO5.... Who wouldn’t want to live in a world that sounds like this? Joy - much lighter to carry than hatred and anger
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The Arthur Theme Song Just Got a Legendary Upgrade
YouTube video by Ross Aaron Music
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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What's the Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Child? | Carla Rockmore #love #pride #lgbtq
YouTube video by Carla Rockmore
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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
absolutely...
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The news report I saw (CBC) said the passenger in question was taken off in Montreal, assessed as asymptomatic, and flown back to Paris. The plane with its remaining passengers was cleared to fly on to Detroit.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
There is always a choice, and we made the right one, the decent one. It’s the Canadian way I’m proud of.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I believe Canada allowed that plane full of Americans to land.
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Julie Taylor @snarkymimi.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
#Libraries #Librarians
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Sunday morning in Toronto. Coffee and a scone at Red Rocket Coffee. My lord these are GREAT bakers!
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Ontario - is Doug Ford putting his government behind black-out curtains legal? I’d contribute to a legal challenge to this.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Is it fair to say that man and his homies are selling the US for parts?
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
youtu.be/rNlxckSioxY?.... Here’s the same story being told in bigger words.
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Oxford Study EXPOSES USA: Americans Twice as Poor as Europeans, 35-Year Decline Hidden
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I am an ex-Montrealer, having forgotten most of my French living in Toronto, a proud Canadian, et je croix que c’est une insulte inacceptable pour laquelle Rousseau devrait perdre son poste prestigieux.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
😔 Que son voyage soit paisible et qu'il repose en paix.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Can you use your words?
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I opened the post to say exactly the same thing.
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Powerful words from Mandy Patinkin, @mandykathryn.bsky.social. I believe this was from 7 months ago, but is as relevant as ever. #USIsraelIran #Netanyahu
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Wasn’t it Doug Ford, city council 2011, who questioned the value of having public libraries? There’s a pattern here.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“One - fifty - eight” 😂 (Has he been to Etobicoke yet? )
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Can someone explain to me how Ford is not like Trump-lite? (Not as strong but still poisonous)
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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How many people are fed from 1 acre? #farming
YouTube video by Potato Ty
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I understand your point. Welcome. But this land was stolen by those first invaders. It was a free land, not free for the taking. and yes, my ancestors were Europeans -whose lands were stolen by Putin’s ancestors. Canada’s diversity comes from working to fix this ugliness. I love this country
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
am I right in saying that 1 in 3 Americans approve of it?
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Claire Cock-Starkey @nonfictioness.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Their bosses hold their healthcare strings.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
and THAT my dear (virtual) friend is why I follow you. I imagine the minds you’ve nurtured, out there, seeding the world with the sanity of clear thinking. Makes me hopeful.
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🇨🇦Renate D🇨🇦 @52448.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Dear Canada, please keep investing in good public education.
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