Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🇨🇦 veterans and military families are pushing back after months of insults and dismissive comments The anger cuts deeply because 🇨🇦 answered 🇺🇸 call for help after 911from War 🐷 and his corrupt GOP 🇨🇦’s military contribution 59144
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is calling out Smith’s claims she had no idea separatists were meeting with the US State Department… While pointing out they raised the alarm on this months ago. With receipts. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 22820402
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 1851931384
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026US Republican organizers are in Alberta to help separatists mobilize their vote. They’re not even hiding it. They are openly working for the national interest of the United States. Cast your vote for Canada. Reject these treasonous imposters. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... 54473294
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Excellent work Canada. 51484114
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 30/09/2026In 1973, Phyllis Webstad, age 6, arrived at residential school in a new orange shirt her grandmother had bought her. To her, the shirt stood for belonging. It was taken away on her first day. Today, in part, is about what was taken from children. 🪶 READ: orangeshirtday.org/about/phylli... 4304124
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Dear 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?...youtu.beCanadian Defense Giant CAUGHT Selling Out to Don Jr as Outrage EXPLODESYouTube video by Large Man Abroad 36307153
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Bryson The Gaytive @brysonthegaytive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just a reminder folks: white supremacy is bad. Pass it on. 13511
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 @horrorculturist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#PSA 14932311
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Dr. Jennifer Krueckeberg @jkrueckeberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is much more than a question of authenticity. What we see is the weaponisation of AI to discredit non-white intellect. There is an agenda behind this. Just look at the media circus. The witch hunt against Thélyson Orélien was sparked by a "random" X post. 19448
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 1533491491
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"We don't do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of government's responsibilities" - Henning Wehn 0188
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Below is the link to @todmaffin.com site where you can shop for items for sale Canadians that have been negatively impacted by the American tariffs. Please support these folks if you can. ▪️Many ship to the US if you are looking to support Canadians. 😊 🇨🇦 💪engageq.notion.siteMain Street CanadaShop small Canadian businesses hit by the American tariffs. A non-profit project by Tod and Jocelyn Maffin. 28848
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Pop Base @popbase.tv · 15/09/2026Ms. Rachel on losing partnerships and views for showing her support for Palestine: “That doesn’t faze me because the kids gave me the platform. I’m going to stand with them no matter what. People on the ground in Gaza are risking their lives all the time to help kids. I can do it from Manhattan.” 211747356
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is the same crew that are telling Canadians to come across the border and spend our money in their state. File under fuck right off and keep going. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caRepublican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC NewsA long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union. 1881123305
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Cartoonist: Daniel Medina 18095513321
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/09/2026Did you know? Alberta receives federal funding to support health care, education, and social services for each person living in our province. These federal transfers are calculated on a per capita basis, and *include* both permanent and non-permanent residents. 1121694
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...thetyee.caNo, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The TyeeThe vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give. 19452194
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“When we were being stolen from our parents and experienced genocide in Indian Residential Schools, we wondered, ‘Who are the people that will help us?’ Today, we are those people. Today we offer our help, support, and jurisdiction to override these dehumanizing laws.” 1963372
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli /2thetyee.caNo, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The TyeeThe vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give. 18531269
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Guard The Leaf @guardtheleaf.com · 12/09/2026Canada Gave America Friendship. America Mistook It For Weakness "We bow to no one" - Jean Chrétien #elbowsup #boycottusa #FuckTacoTrump #canadastrong #CanadaSky #never51state #canadaunited #political guardtheleaf.substack.com/p/canada-gav...guardtheleaf.substack.comCanada Gave America Friendship. America Mistook It For WeaknessJean Chrétien’s message from Gander was simple: Canadians can be generous, compassionate and loyal without surrendering an inch of who we are. 64819
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Froggles 🇨🇦 @froggles42.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Pete Hoekstra's still here & needs to go! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caSign this Petition - Petitions 0268
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 08/09/202673% of Canadians say we should take a hard approach moving forward 15812
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Bryson The Gaytive @brysonthegaytive.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As National Day for Truth and Reconciliation approaches. I’d like to remind folks that as far as practicable as possible, buy orange shirts from Indigenous Peoples and not corporations. 413062
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is how I respond now to Americans who say Canada better smarten up because America is so much more powerful. ~ Joel Shapiro 34698201
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 06/09/2026Since some of you have asked, here are links to the Canadian projects we've launched: 👩🏻⚕️ National Healthcare Infusion Movement 🧳 Tourism Infusion Handbook 🛒 Main Street Canada 🔌 Unplug America 💪🏻 Canada Is Not Broken ▶️ Videos about Cdn identity 🍫 Canadian snacks See them all ▶️ projects.todmaffin.com 2229102
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If you still haven’t signed the petition to expel US ambassador Pete Hoekstra from Canada here is another reason why you should. He has been propagating the P€do in Chief’s every single insult via X since trade talks collapsed and he is not even hiding anymore. 🔗 www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... 25242121
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Liberal Party • Parti libéral @liberalca.bsky.social · 05/09/2026La saison de la Fierté tire peut-être à sa fin, mais le travail à faire — pour continuer de bâtir un Canada meilleur, plus équitable et plus juste — continue. 313917
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Liberal Party • Parti libéral @liberalca.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Pride Season may be coming to a close, but the work ahead — to keep building a better, fairer, more just Canada — goes on. 12497102
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/09/2026This thread is an excellent example of why generative "A.i." belongs NOWHERE near history, journalism, and education. ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS MATTER. "A.i." fucks them up, CONSTANTLY. It's a bullshit generator. Ban it from your life if you have any interest at all in truth or reality. 126683
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Important information for authors outside the US faced with this latest hurdle from the Anthropic settlement. 59481
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ottawa! The annual "Take Back the Night" march is happening Thursday, September 17th starting at 6pm at Minto Park (on Elgin at Gilmour) It's a municipal election year, so all the more reason to come out & demand a safer city free of gender-based violence ✊🏻 Make a sign & come make some noise! 📣 02611
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Seems very 👀 to quietly dump this news before a long weekend. Is it because they know that every public consultation so far has shown that Canadians are distrusting of AI, want fewer chat bots and more humans to pick up the phone, etc.? That's my guess.cbc.caFederal government launches digital transformation agency to modernize federal services | CBC NewsOttawa is launching Digital Transformation Canada, a new federal agency which aims to to improve Canadians' access and experience with government services. 56425
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/09/2026Oh my god, this is AWFUL 10694299
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/09/2026This is a tremendous resource for understanding the 10 referendum questions facing Albertans this fall. Thorough and well-researched by a community of experts, it exposes the many myths surrounding immigration, the constitution and Alberta's place in Confederation. abreferendum.dignityforum.orgabreferendum.dignityforum.orgThe 2026 Alberta Referendum: the facts about all 10 questions — Dignity ForumAlberta’s 2026 referendum asks voters whether temporary residents should face higher costs — or reduced access — for healthcare and education systems. Explore the facts before you vote on October 19. 06548
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death. 5851231738
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Spencer Green @spencergreen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026No one has to make you the enemy--you do that every day all by yourself. 1421182242
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Bryson The Gaytive @brysonthegaytive.bsky.social · 03/09/2026One thing that pisses me off of residential school deniers is they always bring up the “fact” that these children died from diseases such as tuberculosis. These children wouldn’t have contracted those diseases in the first place if they weren’t kidnapped. (1) 28424
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Dennis "dejay" Koch @dennisjkoch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026For many Canadians, this has become much bigger than tariffs. It's about sovereignty, trust and how Canada has been treated by its closest neighbour. @guardtheleaf.bsky.social #Canada #cdnpoli #USA #uspoli youtu.be/wCY34jaeLA4youtu.beAmericans Still Don’t Understand Why They’re Paying MoreYouTube video by Guard The Leaf 1114
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Dennis "dejay" Koch @dennisjkoch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026You Started The Trade War Now Canada Is Supposed To Just Take It @guardtheleaf.bsky.social US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Canada should not retaliate against American tariffs, and I have a pretty simple question. #Canada #cdnpoli #USA #uspoli youtu.be/1T66RfkE5UIyoutu.beSorry America You Cant Start A Trade War And Cry When Canada RetaliatesYouTube video by Guard The Leaf 1135
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Froggles 🇨🇦 @froggles42.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It's the murders in the Caribbean, the threats against Greenland & Canada, the Epstein files, the genocide brought on by the getting rid of USAID, the aiding & abetting of the genocide & property development scheme in Palastine, what's happening in Venezuela & Cuba, the betrayal of South Korea... 23311
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/09/2026Come from Away sequel will see Newfoundlanders put the friggin' boots to Pete Hoekstrathebeaverton.comCome from Away sequel will see Newfoundlanders put the friggin' boots to Pete HoekstraGANDER, NFLD – Controversial U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra’s announcement that he will head to Newfoundland as part of the delegation commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11 has inspired a sequel t... 31648200
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)themischiefprince.bsky.social @themischiefprince.bsky.social · 02/09/2026As a reminder for all of my fellow marshmallow folk you don’t have spirit animals that’s from a CLOSED Indigenous practice claiming you do is racist AF! You resonate with some animal or whatever that can be your spirit guide, you’re familiar, your fursona, but it ain’t NEVER your spirit animal! 0125
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Froggles 🇨🇦 @froggles42.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Gives more insight into why Cons want to get rid of the CBC, on top of hating that it depicts 🇨🇦 as the multicultural society it is, rather than the white Xtian monoculture they wish it were, & bc it doesn't gaslight 🇨🇦s with bullshit about immigrants coming to steal Xmas. 1/3macleans.caWhy America Keeps Coming for Canadian Culture - Macleans.caFrom ’80s Hollywood to big tech today, Washington has always treated Canadian cultural protections as trade barriers 2206
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201389896
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Beaker 709 @beaker709.bsky.social · 02/09/2026@charlieangus104.bsky.social How can this person be allowed to attend a ceremony celebrating people coming together after all that he has done to Canada? HE SHOULD NOT BE A WELCOMED DIGNITARY!!! 1813229
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Froggles 🇨🇦 @froggles42.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Frustrated by economists, etc who look for rational, economic answers why Colossal 🍊 Asshole wants to tariff & annex 🇨🇦, though it harms 🇺🇸s already struggling with cost of living & destroys 🇺🇸 influence on 🌍 stage. You need to look to his fragile narcissistic predatory nature to find the answer. 1/n 2122
Reposted by Lesley Turner (she/her)Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.disconnect.blogGetting off US tech: a guideI’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider. 191573749