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BarbJG

@barbscalgary.bsky.social
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New here. Moved from X. Canadian 1st, Calgarian 2nd & Stubble-jumper 3rd. Politically left. Impatient with the glacial pace of change.

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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Canadian-based The Metals Company (@themetalsco.bsky.social) is pushing to mine the deep sea. Canada must double-down to #StopDeepSeaMining and oppose the Mining Code that would open oceans to irreversible damage. @greenpeaceca.bsky.social Add your name: act.gp/3ZXB5ll
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Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
10 more reasons for modest optimism open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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10 more reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
"Contracts to calibrate radiation detection equipment, to support cancer care and veterans cemetery management, among others were also targeted..." Just restating that for a sec here: -- calibrating radiation detection equipment -- cancer care -- veterans cemetaries www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk
The cuts would affect everything from cancer care to the ability to assess toxic exposure.
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Laura @lauraba.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Voting matters!!! Ontario needs to vote!
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Call to action: Economic Blackout on February 28. #3E #EndImpunity #EndOligarchy #Autogenocide
ECONOMIC BLACKOUT
FEBRUARY 28TH
SPEND NO MONEY SUPPORT NO TRAITORS HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS
NO AMAZON - NO WALMART - NO TARGET
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📘 Lynnrazz 📘 @lynnrazz.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
When 47 posts on his wee, failing platform, to tell you to stop posting this shit…well, you know what to do. 🤣🤣🤣 #Trump
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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Seems like it might be interesting information for Alberta grazing and farming practices. @climatehubyyc.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social @nagwanyyc.bsky.social www.facebook.com/reel/3738858...
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45K views · 2K reactions | If you haven’t seen the series yet, you might not realize "Roots So Deep" is more than just a four part docuseries that champions AMP grazers - it’s also... | By Carbon Cowb...
If you haven’t seen the series yet, you might not realize "Roots So Deep" is more than just a four part docuseries that champions AMP grazers - it’s also...
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Roddy 🇨🇦 @roddyk.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Once again, @deadder.bsky.social nailed it long ago.
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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Be sure to tune in: x.com/beynate/stat...
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I stopped by Perfect Books Ottawa to sign more copies of my new book Dangerous Memory. It explains how we got in the shit we are in and how to get out. "An extraordinary read from a true Canadian original: a political punk turned punk politician.” —Naomi Klein, Doppelganger / The Shock Doctrine
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
If you are in line waiting for a new stupid idea from your Alberta Government STAY IN LINE. More underdeveloped and inane ideas will be forthcoming. #ableg #abpoli
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/12/2024
Canadian MP Charlie Angus just sounded off on Trump on the MeidasTouch Podcast 👀
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Larry (BOB) Dallas @larrydallas1977.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Good lord Canada.
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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
You forgot to add "future Prime Minister of Canada". ❤️
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InTheMox 🇨🇦 Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @inthemox.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#NeverEverVoteConservative
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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
@climatehubyyc.bsky.social
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Rachel Notley @rachelnotley.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I write with mixed feelings to announce that today I will be sending a letter to the Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, advising of my intent to resign my position as the MLA for Edmonton Strathcona, effective December 30, 2024.
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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Interesting. @naheednenshi.bsky.social
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Liberal MP Arif Virani 🇨🇦 - Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland is a feminist leader. I'm proud to serve with a finance minister who isn’t afraid to implement programs that enable women in Canada to participate in our economy, and isn’t afraid to stand up to her bullies across the aisle! #cdnpoli
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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We have to fight this! Musk wants to install Poilievre and the Conservatives to do his bidding. #CanadaSky #Canada #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg 🇨🇦 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverPoilievre
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Trump insults Canada because he thinks he can push us around. Unfortunately the Conservatives are using Parliament to amplify Trump's disinformation in order to score points. We need to stand up for Canadian values in a dark time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0SA...
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Charlie Angus on Standing Up to Trump and Poilievre's Disinformation
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Kenny Lenny Kirk @kenkirk.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The White House burned burned burned & we're the ones that did it It burned burned burned while the president ran & cried It burned burned burned & things were very historical & the americans ran & cried like a bunch of little babies wah wah wah in the war of 1812 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW799AwI3m0
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The War of 1812, Canadian Edition - Lyrics by Ken Kirk, music by Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie.
YouTube video by Kenneth Leonard Kirk aka Dr. Reefer
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The Hill Times
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This!!! 👇👍👏💪👇
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Hang on, we keep hearing from a foreign owned weasel how bad it is in Canada!!! Guess who would turn it into a shit hole country? Poilievre would. #cdnpoli www.timeout.com/montreal/new...
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Canada is officially the world’s second most desirable country in 2024
Wanderlust's Reader Travel Awards invited 168,000 participants to vote, and the results are now in
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 06/12/2024
This past legislative session in Alberta sums up the populist approach to rights and freedoms pretty well. The populist UCP has passed legislation to protect the premier and her partisan staff while removing rights from trans children and their parents. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
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Populism, freedom, and democracy in Alberta (and beyond)
Lessons from my grade fiver's homework assignment
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Canada's 3 levels of Govts: some are shared responsibilities #CIVICS Federal Responsibilities ◀️national defence ◀️foreign affairs/international trade ◀️shipping/railways/air travel ◀️fisheries ◀️employment insurance ◀️banking ◀️Federal taxes ◀️post office ◀️CRTC ◀️criminal law ◀️Federal penitentiaries /1
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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Wow - thanks Cheryl. I bookmarked for future sharing over the next year. Appreciate all you do to keep us informed.
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Well_i_wasnt_expecting_that @thecanadianecho.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
You can run, but you can't hide. 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ GET YOUR SECURITY CLEARANCE.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/12/2024
She was pregnant, addicted, and needed cash. Utah's thriving adoption industry was happy to help. @julialurie.bsky.social's reports on the operators that bait vulnerable pregnant people into giving up their kids:
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She was pregnant and needed cash. Utah's thriving adoption industry was happy to help.
"It's like you're…baiting them in," said one adoptive mother.
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Lori @1loriking.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Almost 2/3 of mental health disorders begin before age 25. That’s why the Youth Mental Health Fund is vital! 📢 Open Call: Community orgs can apply for funding to expand access to mental health care. 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 22, 2025 🔗 Info: bit.ly/3CC2hgT
A poster featuring the following text: Youth mental health fund. Who can apply? Not for profit organizations, and public post secondary education institutions. Deadline to apply: January 22, 2025.
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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
That beaming face at the bottom of the photo belongs to my niece, Hannah Ouellette. Hannah competed this year as a para swimmer for Team Canada at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. She's met a few folks along the way.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau poses for a selfie with some of the Paris 2024 Canadian Paralympics Team members wearing their red team jackets.
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Nathalie 😷🧬🧘🏻‍♀️ ☕️ 🇨🇦🏃🏼‍♀️ @natlauter.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
#COVID-19 patients faced 12% to 74% higher odds for various types of alopecia, a tripled risk for vasculitis, 68% higher odds for Crohn's and 59% higher odds for sarcoidosis, the study found. #MedSky #Covid medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10...
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COVID might raise odds for immune disorders like Crohn's, alopecia
In rare cases, some patients may develop an autoimmune disease following a bout of COVID, Korean researchers report.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 05/12/2024
Just glancing at my new followers and seeing a ton of people with artist in their bio who aren't participating in #ArtAdventCalendar and what are you waiting for? It's fun, inclusive, stress free & you should just do it. It's not too late to start! earthskyart.ca/artadventcal...
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#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 10th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifi…
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
#Bluesky 😄
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A reward to help find a woman missing more than six years from North Battleford, Sask., has been increased to $30,000, Ashley Morin's family tells APTN News.
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Ashley Morin last seen in July 2018
Family has raised $30,000 for information leading to the discovery of Ashley Morin, 31, who was last seen in North Battleford, Sask.
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BarbJG @barbscalgary.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Can't wait. Thanks for your advocacy on our behalf.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It bears repeating.
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Occupy Calgary 🇨🇦 @calgaryoccupy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
~The facts. Source - Homeward Trust By Names List: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
A pic of UCP horse killer MLA Jason Nixon with a chart superimposed over it showing how homelessness has over doubled in Edmonton alone since the Smith took power. Almost tripled since 2029 when the UCP first took power. 2019/ 1,328, 2020/1.476, 2021/2,273, 2022/2,233, 2024/4,697
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The Actual Otis Galloway 🍺🎹🎮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦🇧🇲😎 @otismakesmusic.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Whatever you do, PLEASE do not share this picture of Elon Musk.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Just going to skeet @markgerretsen.bsky.social every day about Elon’s companies operating in Canada and his intention to interfere with the #cdnpoli election and remove Prime Minister Trudeau, everyday, until we hear back.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Largely male-run and American-owned Canadian media are sanitizing and promoting Poilievre, why do you think that is? Why do you think they fired Lisa LaFlamme first for her gray hair? Because this is a Handmaid’s tale agenda that will bring devastation to Canada. We must not let him win. #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
UCP on minimum wage - “We have no intention on raising it, you work hard you’ll do fine” UCP on their raise - “Oh yeah we’re totes raising it! Getting an apartment close to Roger’s Place ain’t cheap!” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
As exhausting as the current political climate is… As @caulfieldtim.bsky.social clearly spelled out on our latest episode, it’s more important than ever that we don’t give up. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull 🇨🇦 - Foreign Interference Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know About. Mike Roman: The Dangerous Shadow Operative Linking Trump’s Election Schemes to Canadian Conservative Politics. #cdnpoli #peipoli crier.co/mike-roman-t...
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Mike Roman is at the centre of MAGA/MapleMAGA's hate machine
Meet Mike Roman - shadow political operative for Trump’s 'Stop the Steal' and January 6 fake elector plot, and his deep ties to the Conservative Party of Canada, Andrew Scheer, and Stephen Harper’s In...
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Liberal MP Patty Hajdu 🇨🇦 - "Great news: Thunder Bay has exceeded its housing targets by 132% this year! More Canadians are becoming homeowners. Funny how these are the programs Poilievre wants to cut. Wasn’t his slogan about building homes?" #cdnpoli #peipoli www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/7...
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70 northern housing projects get funding
Read the full story and comment on Tbnewswatch.com
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