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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her)

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Retired communications professional living on a beautiful island in the North Atlantic Ocean | Active in progressive politics | Working towards a fairer world | Holding on to joy amid the chaos |

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
theintercept.com
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes! 👊
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The biggest lie told by Danielle Smith and the separatists debunked. No, Alberta Does Not 'Subsidize' the Rest of Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca
No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 16/09/2026
What will airport privatization mean for Canadians? "Canada's currently non-profit airports will become for-profit, gouging travellers by increasing fees and making travel in Canada more expensive," says @davidmaccdn.bsky.social. #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/video/120612...
globalnews.ca
PM seeking to privatize Canada’s four largest airports | Watch News Videos Online
Watch PM seeking to privatize Canada’s four largest airports Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No we didn't vote for this - and Carney didn't campaign on it. 😡 Are NDPers who voted Liberal feeling any buyer's remorse yet?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“We need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a phenomenal rate, wreaking havoc on roads, squeezing out smaller vehicles and endangering pedestrians. Like ever-hungry teenagers, cars in Europe are growing on average a centimetre wider every year.” Don’t repeat North America’s mistake, Europe.
theguardian.com
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 07/09/2026
The Executive Director of the Office of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is not only celebrating a far-right German extremist party’s election results He’s also attacking Andrew Coyne for being a “Laurentian elite” for pointing out he’s “cheering on the AfD”
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Finally someone on a major stage saying it out loud instead of hiding behind slogans. Shout it from the rooftops please Alice!
You can't run a welfare state, bring in millions who need support, and keep energy prices this high without the books blowing up. It's also tearing up the social fabric and native culture. People are waking up. Now watch the mainstream media ignore all of it - while twisting themselves into pretzels labelling her alt-right anyway.
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@EricLDaugh •9h
NOW: Right-wing AfD leader Alice
Weidel goes FULL RED PILL MODE, saying
"Germany is de facto BANKRUPT and they are NOT telling you that'...Bruce McAllister C @McAllisterBruce
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Andrew Coyne - Laurentian elite.
Still can't say what he means.
Grow a set, Andrew.
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Executive director of Danielle Smith's office cheering on the AfD.
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Finally someone on a major stage saying it out loud instead of hiding behind slogans. Shout it...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Foreign interference, MAGA-style. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i...
nationalobserver.com
A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show featuring a women-led lineup. Her show raised $10 million and Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million. Rodrigo said the festival's artists and activists give her hope despite the “regression of women's rights."
nbcboston.com
Olivia Rodrigo's festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being
Few superstars are better suited to bridge the gap between Gen Z and nonprofits, which have struggled to build relationships with younger donors.
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's despicable how this Manitoba "employer" treated foreign workers. Where is the government oversight to prevent this kind of abuse? Deep respect for the workers who wouldn't stand for it - and the court agreed with them. Labour board rejects appeal by... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Labour board rejects appeal by chain that underpaid foreign workers at Manitoba hotel | CBC News
A hotel chain must pay more than $100,000 to three foreign workers employed at one of its locations in Manitoba after the province's labour board denied the company's appeal.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 27/08/2026
Canadians aren’t clamouring for U.S.-style health care privatization. In fact, it’s the opposite. Canadians remain deeply committed to equal access to health care based on need and not wealth. By @alonghurst.bsky.social camrosevoice.ca/health/the-p...
camrosevoice.ca
The poll is in: Albertans don’t want two-tier health care - Camrose Voice
Eighty-six per cent still see universal care based on need, not ability to pay, as a core Canadian value
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Have your say on the future of AI. 🤖 The Government of Canada is looking for your input on AI transparency, accountability, and public understanding. 🗓️ Share your views by September 23, 2026. 🔗 Take the survey: bit.ly/4xaepfZ
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Paging Jamil Jivani and Danielle Smith
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Pas de deal, Donnie! Non merci 😅 @brittlestar.com
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Excellent analysis by CBC. There is a lot to consider about AI data centres. And Canadians are right to question these centres. ** Why are there suddenly so many... www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
cbc.ca
Why are there suddenly so many data centres planned in Canada? Your questions answered | CBC
The sudden spike in AI data centres that are planned or under construction in Canada is sparking controversy among those hesitant to have the massive buildings that power this technology humming away ...
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Historians will be calling this era The Age of Stupidity, won't they?
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Done. No, emphatically no!
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
❤️❤️
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Danielle Smith is breaking our health care system and Mark Carney is letting her. The Canada Health Act is federal law. Carney has a responsibility to enforce it and protect universal, publicly funded health care. Both Smith and Carney are betraying Albertans. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
ctvnews.ca
‘If you can pay, you get health care. If you can’t pay, you wait’: Local MP criticizes Smith’s health-care bill
Albertans can now pay out of pocket or through private insurance for preventative diagnostic testing and do so without a doctor's referral. It's part of evolving health system changes that include leg...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#Canada’s tourism industry saw massive boom in early 2026: StatCan--Canada saw a 5.6 per cent increase year over year, with financial totals reaching $29.5 billion. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
ctvnews.ca
Canada’s tourism industry saw massive boom in early 2026: StatCan
According to Statistics Canada, 2026 first-quarter tourism spending in Canada saw a 5.6 per cent increase year over year, with financial totals reaching $29.5 billion.
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Really
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thank you @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for standing up for public health care. Shame on you: @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison 🔜 MIGW26 @hey.paris · 26/07/2026
librarians are always the coolest techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/l...
techcrunch.com
Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
FYI #Canada Do not buy Parsley or Cilantro US products #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal Parsley and Cilantro Identified as Potential Sources of Cyclospora Outbreak in North Carolina www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
consumerreports.org
Parsley and Cilantro Identified as Potential Sources of Cyclospora Outbreak in North Carolina - Consumer Reports
State officials said parsley and cilantro may be linked to rising cases in North Carolina. The FDA is also investigating a new outbreak with an unknown source.
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Some stories really touch your heart! Meet 11-year-old Nehemiah Turner, devoted reader to shelter animals.
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The idea that we need to learn more about what this guy thinks when he literally cannot stop telling us what he thinks is kinda insane.
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"What is the excuse for this kind of coddling of the super rich who own the few massive AI outfits?" www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Rick Salutin: Should we even have a minister responsible for AI?
Why do countries continue to coddle the superrich who own the few massive AI outfits? Not one of them has reported profits versus their huge investments.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
UCP apologists clutch their pearls about premier’s ‘fascist pancakes’ albertapolitics.ca/2026/07/ucp-...
albertapolitics.ca
UCP apologists clutch their pearls about premier’s ‘fascist pancakes’ - Alberta Politics
As was totally predictable, apologists for Alberta’s United Conservative Party are now clutching their pearls about Danielle Smith’s pancakes being labeled fascist.  “Berta Proud Dad” himself – the pr...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"Social media is near-universal for young people: 97% of those aged 10–21 in the main survey had a smartphone, and 96% used social media." No to bans, "but nearly all agreed that something needs to change." Study: What young people think about social media, safety and AI www.gov.uk/government/p...
gov.uk
Children's wellbeing online: What young people think about social media, safety and AI
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Love it!
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
'Just stop burning fossil fuel... www.cbc.ca/news/science...
cbc.ca
'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is great news, we started this in Nova Scotia in December 2025. Paper cups can now go in your blue recycling bin in #Manitoba Change came after 20 years of work to address hurdles, Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba director says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Paper cups can now go in your blue recycling bin in Manitoba | CBC News
People in Manitoba can now start putting a new item in their blue recycling bins: empty paper cups, from things like Slurpees, fountain drinks, coffee and more.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 24/06/2026
A reminder to keep up the US boycott, everyone.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
London, Ont. teen designs micro-home to help solve home affordability crisis $20,000 per micro home #Ontario www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
ctvnews.ca
London, Ont. teen designs micro-home to help solve home affordability crisis
Nineteen-year-old Ribal Zebian has built a modular home that he will live in for a year, to see if it could be a potential low cost housing option.
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Buh-bye!
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
As governments consult developers and landlords on the future of housing policy, tenants say they are being left out of the conversation — and they're no longer willing to wait quietly. More from Alejandra Ruiz-Vargas: ricochet.media/justice/hous... #HousingIsAHumanRight @acorncanada.bsky.social
ricochet.media
If Canada’s housing ministry won't listen to tenants, we'll go directly to the minister
As governments consult developers and landlords on the future of housing policy, renters say they are being left out of the conversation — and they're no longer willing to wait quietly
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The Canada Health Act is clear: care is based on need, not on your ability to pay. The UCP's healthcare scheme is breaking that fundamental promise to Albertans and creating a system where money talks louder than medical need. youtube.com/shorts/UihB8...
youtube.com
UCP's health care scheme: money talks louder than medical need
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social Telling it like it is: "unhinged idea fueled by blind ideology "
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Appalling! But to be expected from Danielle Smith 😡 I also expect the Carney government to apply the Canada Health Act and stop the privatization of our public health care system.
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Couldn't agree more
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is a fascinating thread demonstrating how unreliable AI information is. Why is the Carney government promoting AI and insisting on using it in our federal public service?
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Hear, hear!
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I'm so impressed with the town council and residents of Cartwright for fighting back on this! 👏👏👏 I wish them every success. vocm.com/2026/06/10/3...
vocm.com
Minister to Meet with Town of Cartwright Following Protest
The Town of Cartwright has secured a meeting with the provincial government, after protesting throughout the d...
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't find a single word in here about protecting Canadian artists from having their work stolen by AI companies, or compensating them for that stolen work. Why is it that people who create Canadian culture don't deserve accountability or control?
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🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦 @bernicecb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A dermatologist in St. John's is the first Black president of the Canadian Medical Association. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Canadian Medical Association's first Black president brings N.L. resilience to role | CBC News
A dermatologist in St. John's is the first Black president of the Canadian Medical Association.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Safe, protected bike-lanes are: Better for business Better for emissions Better for air quality Better for space Better for public health Better for noise Better for equity Better for affordability Better for public costs Better for safety for EVERYONE Better for oil independence Better.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Will the government enforce the Canada Health Act/stop Danielle Smith from privatizing healthcare in Alberta? The answer is apparently NO! Public healthcare is threatened across Canada. If Smith gets her way, other Conservative Premiers will follow. @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social
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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
CDCP members: renew your Canadian Dental Care Plan coverage by June 1. If you miss the deadline, coverage ends June 30 and dental care during a gap won’t be reimbursed. Please share and let friends know. Renew at Canada.ca/dental or call 1-833-537-4342.
Photo of article reminding citizens to renew dental care plan before June 1
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Canadian Health Coalition/Coalition canadienne de la santé @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
WEBINAR: The Canadian Dental Care Plan marked its first anniversary this year, but millions in Canada are still excluded from accessing dental care. Join us for a conversation with advocates for universal dental care on why the CDCP needs to expand. Tuesday, June 16 12:00 PM ET ⬇ Register below
healthcoalition.ca
Webinar: Why the Canadian Dental Care Plan needs to expand
The Canadian Dental Care Plan recently marked its first year anniversary. Who does it leave it?
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