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@frances2023.bsky.social
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Feminist, urban living, anthro grad, politics, and climate change. Human origins nerd. #Ontario #Canada I usually follow back but no "intro" DMs, please - only interested in reading posts.

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CNN @cnn.com · 2h
Jesse Farrar doesn’t even remember what prompted him to post the throwaway gag. “I was probably bored and wanted attention,” he admitted. Nevertheless, on that day 10 years ago, he fired off what might be the most influential piece of writing of his life: cnn.it/4hDoAU3
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The tweet that defined a decade of Trump | CNN
It’s been 10 years since Jesse Farrar accidentally defined a political era with one pithy, prescient tweet. He wishes it never happened.
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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 2h
Search underway after Ontario air ambulance misses Boston landing with 6 inside - An Ontario air ambulance jet carrying six people, including four Canadians, from Bermuda to Boston has been reported missing off the coast of Nantucket.
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Search underway after Ontario air ambulance misses Boston landing with 6 inside
An Ontario air ambulance jet carrying six people, including four Canadians, from Bermuda to Boston has been reported missing off the coast of Nantucket.
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CNN @cnn.com · 2h
On Saturday, residents of Madrid and other Spanish cities protested parliament after housing protections were rejected in what protesters view as an ongoing housing crisis. cnn.it/4yuyb6Z
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h
When a traffic stop goes right shouldn't be headline news Great traffic stop 🛑
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 10h
I contrast ABC Toronto’s opposition of University bike lanes in May using a badly faked AI image, claiming it’s a hospital corridor 1st, w dozens healthcare workers rallying this week in support of lanes, w 650 of them signing an open letter to Doug Ford. Very Real vs Very Fake.
Bizarre AI image of a fake university aveHealthcare workers rallying w a long letter
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 9h
Investigative journalism matters a lot right now. If you can afford to support journalism doing important investigative work right now, please consider it. The moment we're living really needs it.
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Sharkdancing @sharkdancing.bsky.social · 6h
There is a big difference between an electric motorbike and an electric pedal assist bicycle. Calling them both an "EBike" does a disservice to the discourse.
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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 6h
1 day after suspension of provincial gas tax, the price at the pump skyrockets in Calgary - One day after the province paused its 13-cent gas tax, gas prices jumped more than 30 cents at several Calgary stations, to $1.75.
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1 day after suspension of provincial gas tax, the price at the pump skyrockets in Calgary
One day after the province paused its 13-cent gas tax, gas prices jumped more than 30 cents at several Calgary stations, to $1.75.
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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 5h
An American toad soaks up the autumn colours near Brighton, Ontario, photographed by Can Geo Photo Club member Yagnesh Mangukiya. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5h
These traitorous goofs offered up our FRESH WATER????? Full exposé on these idiot Alberta separatists here: archive.is/rhGUj
Excerpt from the Globe article reads: “A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada, while harbouring their own aspirations for the province to secede.
The Globe also found that when Alberta separatist leaders went to Washington to meet with the U.S. State Department, they offered up key assets from the province's resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil, in exchange for help transitioning to independence.
Through interviews with The Globe on both sides of the border, people involved in politics, the corporate sector and Alberta's pursuit of separatism have described persistent efforts by figures in the U.S. administration and conservative political establishment to support groups seeking American expansionism and independence for Alberta.”
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 4h
"The Ontario electricity grid got cleaner when it stopped burning coal, but it is getting dirtier again by burning more natural gas. This trend will continue into the early 2030s to meet increasing demand. The federal gov't killed the consumer carbon tax, partly to save people money at gas pumps."
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Local climate plans are stalling — and the 2030 goal is slipping
The climate group says local progress is too slow to halve emissions by 2030, with provincial and federal policy shifts undermining key measures.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 3h
I am a simple woman, I just don't want anything good to happen for the Dodgers these playoffs
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Residents of the Tsawwassen First Nation in British Columbia are mourning the loss of two highly regarded elders in their community who were struck and killed by a truck during a memorial walk on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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First Nation mourns after two were killed by a truck during Truth & Reconciliation walk | APTN News
Residents of the Tsawwassen First Nation in British Columbia are mourning the loss of two highly regarded elders in their community who were struck and killed by a truck during a memorial walk on the…
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yet, ironically enough, we still elected Danielle Smith and Doug Ford.
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Canada the 10th smartest country in the world, well ahead of U.S., study finds
Canada's "smartness score" puts it ahead of 18th-place United States, but trails other commonwealth countries and first-place Singapore.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.
Graphic showing a single lane 9 m wide track for metros, a 35 m wide road for buses with four lanes, and a 175 m wide road for cars with seven lanes, making the point that one single track of Metro replaces seven lanes of car traffic. Mobility in cities is about space.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
I was wondering when someone would figure out who is behind “Rise of Alberta”: “…the same email address was used to set up the Rise of Alberta website … and the website for one of [Freedom Convoy lawyer and spokesperson Keith] Wilson’s companies and the site for the Alberta Transition Council”
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It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader | CBC News
The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 23h
Judge / Jury
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 23h
Just look at the Middle East. Decades of conflict for oil and power have turned paradise into poison: Massive oil spills coating the Persian Gulf Soils contaminated with depleted uranium and explosives Air thick with smoke from burning wells and bombed infrastructure
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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A young pine marten pauses against a golden backdrop near Lake of Bays, before disappearing into the trees. Captured by Can Geo Photo Club member Hugues de Milleville. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca
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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 02/10/2026
I have manually verified the accuracy of HSR real-time data. All buses that passed me during the past hour at King and MacNab were transmitting accurate data. The three downtown cancellation alerts were all accurate, the buses never appeared. #HamOnt #yhmcc
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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This Brantford girl -- a quadruple amputee -- is on a mission to inform the public about sepsis, one of the country's biggest cause of preventable death. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...
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Quadruple amputee on mission to inform about sepsis
Amalie Henze was 18 when she was told doctors would have to amputate her hands and feet due to sepsis.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If only one of these chumps would say "how ya figure?" to him
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An important read here from Judy Rebick:
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 02/10/2026
In today's editorial cartoon, Theo Moudakis depicts how some Canadians will oppose a new pipeline.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is brilliant
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Doug Ford has a series of commercials out right now encouraging people to go into the trades, and in one of them the man states that he originally wanted to become a music teacher but instead went into a job that impacts and helps his community and ohhh BOY do I have fucking feelings about this
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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This week’s #ShareCanGeo spotlight goes to CJ Jia (@JCR_Nature), who captured this curious cougar kitten in the Canadian Rockies. Have a photo from your adventures across Canada? Use #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Important BC context from @traceysaxby.bsky.social ...
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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What part of this is supposed to be earth shattering news? Americans set themselves up for disappointment, when they decided to allow a convicted felon, gangster thief become their president. Recognize the fascism and resist. Silence only enables the fascists.
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Frances @frances2023.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't think I've ever heard of a relationship being described that way
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The Donk @thedonk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are more rapists at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social than transgender people in sports
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Climate crisis is no longer a ‘distant warning,’ UN leader says www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/02/n...
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Climate crisis is no longer a ‘distant warning,’ UN leader says
The General Assembly pledged to help countries threatened by sea-level rise, but many challenges remain.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 02/10/2026
Wherever you look, first-past-the-post gives politicians total power without a majority vote to reshape key areas like education. Proportional representation adds a vita check on these powers, ensuring decisions about your child’s education require a true majority consensus.
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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Demanding a real plan for Canada’s 2030 Climate Target  ecojustice.ca/file/demandi...
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Demanding a plan for Canada’s 2030 Climate Target
Youth, environmental, and health groups demand a real plan for Canada’s 2030 Climate target
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 02/10/2026
“There were at least two direct hits on a school packed with children … and a couple of hours after those initial hits, as first responders came, as parents came, the U.S. launches more strikes.”
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“The School That Became a Grave”: Jeremy Scahill on U.S Bombing of Minab, Killing 120+ Iranian Kids
Drop Site News released a major investigation this week into the U.S. bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh children’s school in the Iranian city of Minab on February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli ...
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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
While the Star understandably highlights its fight to get this record, the transcript itself reveals the sincere frustration of mayors left to deal with the consequences of federal & provincial policy failures on housing, homelessness & addiction www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit... #onpoli #cdnpoli
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We fought 2 years to see the Ontario mayors’ group chat. Here’s what we found
One organization fought ceaselessly, with the help of a large, well-respected Bay Street law firm, to conceal this correspondence from the public.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thread.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
32. I hope the Democrats build on Amy Klobuchar's followup interview during which she said, in a slightly different context, that the American people are making the connection between corruption and affordability.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When bloor lanes were put in one woman said she had to look over her shoulder to see if a bike was coming. If you can't look over your shoulder (or equivalent safety check) you, sorry, shouldn't be driving.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Too true www.contrariannews.org/p/tom-the-da...
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Tom the Dancing Bug
L’il Lucky Duckette: “The poor little duck who’s rich in luck.”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This sounds scary as hell.
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
October 1, 2026 John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Middle Eastern countries hurt by Russia’s war on Ukraine and diverting it to…
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October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...
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Frances @frances2023.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is it a good idea to subsidize a pipeline? Gift link🎁 www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3b92297...
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Is it really a good idea for the government to subsidize a pipeline?
Designating the West Coast pipeline as a project of national interest exposes a global reality: Fossil fuels haven’t just lost to clean energy – they’ve already lost
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LRinTO 🇨🇦 @lrinto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carney is planning to pay for the climate-wrecking West Coast Pipeline with tens of billions of our taxpayer dollars. We can’t let them get away with it. Tell federal leaders to prioritize our future over Big Oil's profits in Budget 2026. share.nwmd.social/s/JCXIxUVk
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Tell Your MP: Don't Fund the West Coast Pipeline in Budget 2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
A Michigan mom describes the terrifying reality of watching her child struggle to breathe as pollution protections are rolled back: “You just think, ‘Oh Lord, please, just let my child breathe.’” Watch the full episode: www.meidasplus.com/p/in-your-ba...
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey Ontarians, Covid is in the ascent so if you qualify for priority vaccination, now's the time.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 01/10/2026
Fair Vote Canada's @emersonhowitt.bsky.social recently appeared on CIUT 89.5 FM to discuss proportional representation and why it's needed in Ontario and across Canada. Listen here! ms.podbean.com/media/share/...
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September 15, 2026 CIUT Community News
 
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
☀️ Solar has officially overtaken nuclear. In 2025: ☀️ Solar: +510 GW 🌬️ Wind: +159 GW ☢️ Nuclear: +1.5 GW Solar also generated more electricity globally than nuclear for the first time. The energy transition isn't waiting around. shrlnk.ca/s/flW8XLIG
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Nuclear power's quarter-century of stagnation has no end in sight, and has been overtaken by solar PV
Latest nuclear status report details the glum state of affairs for the far right's favourite clean power source. It's already been overtaken by solar for the first time.
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