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Eco-geek | Nevertheless persisting | Librarian | Gardening | Nerd | 🧡NDP🌈 For my cottagecore nerd feed see @arborvitaebloom.bsky.social

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Brendon @brendonstuff.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
If you look at the engagement metrics on the City of London's posts on X/Twitter, they're generally low. The replies are outright nasty and dangerous. London City Council already received a recommendation from its community advisory committee to divest from using X. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Why are London's public institutions still using X? This man says it's time to stop | CBC News
A Londoner is calling on the city to stop using the website X, formerly Twitter, to send out official communication because of the site's associations with hate speech and bigotry.
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James Kennedy @jameskennedy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
"We are a society of altruists governed by psychopaths" The great @georgemonbiot.bsky.social dropping truth bombs on this weeks show. Check it out (and please subscribe) ✊️ youtu.be/l5_jS5SQfDQ?...
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#71 - George Monbiot - How we beat The Invisible Doctrine
YouTube video by The James Kennedy Podcast
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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
What a triumph! Thank you, archivists, for restoring the CDC website. Science: 1 Fascism: 0
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Grist @grist.org · 05/03/2025
Is there anyone on here in the #Medsky community that could help out @zteirstein.bsky.social ?
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
For the umpteenth time: No way should our allies share their intelligence with us. No fucking way. Trump can’t be trusted with our allies’ intelligence. He’s not on their side. He’s on Putin’s side. www.mediaite.com/tv/cia-direc...
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CIA Director Reveals U.S. Has Cut Off Intelligence Support to Ukraine After Trump-Zelensky Clash
Ratcliffe revealed Trump halted intelligence support as part of his decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine following last week’s Oval Office confrontation.
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Grace Under Fire🔥 @realgraceunderfire.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
French Embassy, Washington DC
Photo of a replica of Statue of Liberty in front of French embassy in DC gowned in. Ukrainian flag.
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Anik Richard 🇨🇦❄️👸🏻 #IStandWithUkraineAndGreenland 💙💛🌻 🇬🇱 @anik-richard.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
One more Conservative leaning towards the US rather than showing solidarity with Canada … a reminder that 44% of Poilievre’s base is pro-Trump/51st state. So Poilievre is not MAGA he says. Big deal - his party IS MAGA and should not get in power or it will be the end of our country. #ABC #CDNpoli
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Marie-Claire @mariecgould.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I’m weeeeeeeezzzze laughing - Canada is awesome Fu** the CBC youtu.be/UFJ4YL6yRro
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Vote to Save the CBC
YouTube video by Friends of Canadian Media
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/03/2025
Trump Outlines Bold Vision For Golden Age Of China
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Trump Outlines Bold Vision For Golden Age Of China
WASHINGTON—Promising a glorious future marked by limitless prosperity for the East Asian nation, President Donald Trump outlined a bold vision Tuesday night for a golden age of China. “Under my leader...
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Number of active-duty troops authorized for border mission is now about 9K, with some arriving in coming days, defense officials say. That includes 3K from a Stryker brigade combat team and aviation battalion approved by SECDEF last week. WaPo scooped that news Saturday.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The boycott is strong and getting stronger every day.
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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
After much consideration, I'm stepping away from Twitter (or “X”), now a space that amplifies misinformation, hate speech & corporate and Trump's interests over real conversations & accountability. I'm sticking with Facebook, Instagram and BlueSky plus face-to-face engagement in our communities!
A picture of my tweet on Twitter that reads:
“I will no longer be posting on this platform which has become increasingly toxic & is owned by a member of President Trump’s inner circle. The US decision to unleash economic warfare on its closest ally will hurt people on both sides of the border. Please follow me on Bluesky.”
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Is your NGO forced to sign a statement agreeing to transphobia, opposing climate justice, or anything like that in order to get US funding? You can send me a msg on Signal at @ ayoub.02
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Cris van Eijk @crisveijk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Basic indicator of the viability of a permanent human presence on the Moon/Mars: do a quick survey of your inter-regional travel infrastructure. Not just its existence - its upkeep and quality. Would you want the same people charged to build & maintain *that* to be ensuring your oxygen?
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Aslief 🇨🇦 @arborvitae10.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
As a Classical Studies major I deem this very literary. Catullus would be proud.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 04/03/2025
Indeed And consider how many of these voices represent the oil & gas sector, Bay Street, the Conservatives, or were once or are currently employed by Postmedia #cdnpoli
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨 I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk. My op-ed in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
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🎶 I Will Choose Freewill 🇨🇦 @torontokate.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Wab Kinew: The great news about us stopping the sale of US booze is our booze is way better🤣 Wab shows no fear. Ever. He's always smiling. He's ready. We need him on our team #cdnpoli #onpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #polqc #nbpoli #nspoli #nlpoli #peipoli
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
And don’t forget what Harper continues doing as chair of the Int’l Democracy Union (IDU), global club for crypto-fascist political parties: Harper has been happy to support such champions of democracy as Orban + Modi, and his IDU deputy chair was Mike Roman (Trumpist charged re 2020 US election).
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Democracy Is Under Siege Globally. Canada Is Being Tested | The Tyee
How the well-honed playbook for whipping up authoritarian populism is being employed here and around the world.
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Sandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Jan Brown @writenrun.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Also, don't forget that Harper and the IDU supported Trump and the GOP heading into the last US election. He cares not one damn bit about Canada. It's all about his oligarch pals.
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SeaYou #FBPE 🇪🇺 @seayou.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
« "On prendra les 🇺🇸 USA sans tirer un coup de feu. Nous n'aurons pas besoin de vous envahir. On vous détruira de l'intérieur". Kroutchev l'a prédit, #Trump vient de l'accomplir. » by Gilles Chevalier
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Aslief 🇨🇦 @arborvitae10.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This isn’t #France ‘s first rodeo going against the US. It’s funny. We always said that it would take an alien invasion to get the world to work together. Looks like the aliens were from here. Alien to common decency, and basic humanity. Human-looking monsters.
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Aslief 🇨🇦 @arborvitae10.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
#Harper #Cdnpoli #Healthcare
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JGraham 🇨🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦 @jccgraham.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
PP an MP under Harper when they cheated in 3 elections in a row. In-Out scandal-2006, violation of campaign finance laws-2008, Robo-Call scandal-2011. Harper put PP in charge of Democratic Reform to overhaul the Elections Act. Bill C-23 was so bad it was referred to as the Unfair Elections Act.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
At a certain point media outlets are exposing listeners to so many lies that are so dangerous and insidious that it is morally irresponsible to air this content
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Meowshell @meowshell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Let’s hope it doesn’t last that long. #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli #cdnecon
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This is how a real leader responds to Trump. #3E #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #TariffWar #CdnPoli youtu.be/uBTXPks3OQo
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PM Justin Trudeau reacts to U.S. tariffs, outlines government's response – March 4, 2025
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
3 days after a minority of Ontarians voted, we get a new #DougFord Greenbelt-style corruption scandal. Ford forcing 11 50-storey towers onto #Oakville because the landowner brought an envelope full of cash to Ford’s daughter's wedding. #onpoli #Ontario www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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Oakville councillors blindsided as Ford government steps in with plan for developers’ stalled condo project
Oakville council members say they were blindsided by the Ontario government’s proposal to build a controversial condo-tower development.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Trump and the rest of his clowns are easy to beat. If they continue their aggression, here are some great ideas for countering #cdnpoli #trump open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
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119: How Canada Can Win Against Trump
On The Eve of a New Global Disorder
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
You know the CPC cult is scared shitless of Mark Carney if POS Harper is surfacing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Former prime minister Harper accuses Carney of overblowing role during financial crisis | CBC News
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney is taking too much credit for steering Canada's response to the 2008 global financial crisis.
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Onion on my Belt @arrrdeecee.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I am in no way even up on legalese and procedure, but I did find it odd that the original judge who granted the injunction used the words "not a nice guy" when referring to Pike. Whether he is or not, isn't that immaterial?
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Aslief 🇨🇦 @arborvitae10.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Awesome!!
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I did not have this on my Bingo card.🥚 With eggs getting more and more expensive in the US, US border agents are 'scrambling' to stop egg smuggling from Canada and Mexico. #EggSmuggling U.S. border egg seizures up nearly 40% as prices soar due to avian flu montreal.citynews.ca/2025/02/27/u...
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U.S. border egg seizures up nearly 40% as prices soar
With eggs getting more and more expensive in the United States, American border agents are scrambling to stop egg smuggling from Canada.
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Peggy Boooooo!!!!! Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Absolutely. And Canadian publishers have to stop pushing Canadian authors to set their books in the States because of the larger American market. Those days are over.
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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I have said this before ... the whole point of Trump's tariffs is to *deliberately* create American bankruptcies and foreclosures, so that his billionaire techbros can swoop in and snap up those assets for next to nothing. Financial hardship for Americans is not an accident -- it is the *goal*.
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DB 🇨🇦 @rebelliousdb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Ketamine King's starlink satellites are raining out of orbit at a rate of 120 per month. spaceweatherarchive.com/2025/02/19/u... Each one produces 30 kilograms of aluminum oxide which eats away at the ozone layer. something something efficiency
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Unprecedented Starlink Reentries
Feb. 5, 2025 (Spaceweather.com): What goes up, must come down–which could be a problem when you’re launching thousands of satellites. Since 2018, SpaceX has placed more than 7,000 Starl…
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That Redhead @diablaroja.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Bonita Zarrillo🇨🇦 @mp-bonitazarrillo.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The Conservative “Canada is broken” rhetoric is dangerous. It weakens our country, emboldens Trump, and signals that Poilievre will roll over to him. Canada is not broken—but this reckless narrative threatens our unity and sovereignty. I am on #TeamCanada 🇨🇦 Port Moody - Coquitlam
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Bonita Zarrillo🇨🇦 @mp-bonitazarrillo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
After years of delays, people with disabilities will finally see some relief with the Canada Disability Benefit—but $200 a month is nowhere near enough. The Liberals stalled, and the Conservatives would cut support entirely. New Democrats fought for this benefit, and we’ll keep fighting! #Canada
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icecoastgirl.bsky.social @icecoastgirl.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
And both Smith and PP were on a podcast with Jordon Peterson this week praising Trump.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
In addition to the Federal response in Canada with dollar for dollar #tariffs - #NovaScotia, #Ontario, #PEI, #Newfoundland, #Quebec and #Manitoba are removing all US liquor from shelves, #BritishColumbia is removing all red state US Liquor from #Canada #BuyCanadian #cdnpoli /1
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It’s a vulnerable business that depends on one customer. It’s time to do what we should have decades ago: 1. Build more in Canada 2. Add more value to our raw exports 3. Diversify our trade. These will take time but better position Canada for growth. 🇨🇦✊✊🏽✊🏾🇨🇦
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We need each other. It is our love and our dedication to upholding human rights that keeps community at the centre! youtube.com/shorts/WFpot...
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Community at the Centre in 2025
YouTube video by Leah Gazan, MP Winnipeg Centre
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Jagmeet Singh @jagmeetsingh.ca · 04/03/2025
This morning, Canadians have woken up to an unprecedented Trade War waged on us by a hostile President. In this moment, we must be united. To protect Canadian workers and jobs, New Democrats are calling for an emergency recall of Parliament.
Letter from Jagmeet Singh to Federal Party Leaders.Letter from Jagmeet Singh to Federal Party Leaders.
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Anik Richard 🇨🇦❄️👸🏻 #IStandWithUkraineAndGreenland 💙💛🌻 🇬🇱 @anik-richard.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Ongoing 🧵 on Canada's response to Trump trade war. #ElbowsUpCanada bsky.app/profile/worl...
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Dr. Young-Leslie {use alt-text, humans} ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦🚲 @ethnographer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Feb 4 2025. Canadian retaliatory 25% tariffs to USA: Not included: the massive #BuyCanadian & #BoycottTrumplandia being enacted by Canadians against US-owned retailers, streaming, travel & products. Buying from Mexico, Europe, Asia, Pacific =OK www.canada.ca/en/departmen... #TariffsTradeWar 🇨🇦🇲🇽
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List of products from the United States subject to 25 per cent tariffs effective February 4, 2025 - Canada.ca
Effective February 4, 2025, the government is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on $30 billion in goods imported from the United States (U.S.).
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Bonita Zarrillo🇨🇦 @mp-bonitazarrillo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Poilievre = Trump I’m on Team Canada! 🇨🇦 Together, we can fight back against the economic war started by convicted felon Donald Trump. I’m fighting for you—fighting for workers, jobs, our economy, and families. UNITED we can WIN!
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