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Island Girl

@judyspool.bsky.social
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Libra /Reliable Friend/Smart (not always) and Sassy/Currently suffering from Trump/Musk/Ford Derangement Syndrome. 😂 Toronto Canada 🍁

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 8h
A desperate far right candidate for Toronto’s mayoralty resorts to massive fiscal irresponsibility in a vain attempt to buy votes. Just like Big Dumb Doug Ford at the provincial level. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼 www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...
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Brad Bradford wants to scrap Toronto’s land transfer tax for some. Critics say the math doesn’t add up
At a press conference in North York, Bradford announced he would scrap the municipal land transfer tax on the first $1.1 million of the purchase of a home, meaning homes worth at or under that, which ...
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 3h
A small, simple hand-drawn outline of a child on a solid black background. The child's shirt is bright orange, and the rest of the figure is drawn in soft grey. Beneath it, in small grey serif type, are the words 'September 30, 2026.
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 15h
It was AFTER Confederation, took 10 years of stop-and-start planning first, and the 1881-1885 construction phase went HALFWAY across Canada—just Ontario to B.C.—without labour standards or consideration of Indigenous people. This mythologizing of the CPR is in itself a mark of unseriousness.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 22h
You can watch me talking to Patrick about it on my channel here:
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"On Treason" and Alberta Separatism
YouTube video by Dale Smith
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15h
Oh, look— @cdnpress.bsky.social has an immigration story. Let's go through the checklist: ✅ Quotes Carney's "take back control" without pointing out this is Nigel Farage's language ✅ Ignores the culpability of provinces who demanded more immigration and then did fuck all to accommodate them
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PM looks at when to boost immigration as government gets system 'under control'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says that with Canada's immigration system back under control, the question now is when to begin a "controlled increase" of the country's population.
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 5h
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David Davidson @davidsquared.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No surprise that corporate media (& #cbc) intensely covers the rise of the far right, but ignores popular left successes. Hmm, it’s like corporate capitalism wants you to think fascism is inevitable so just give up. #cdnpoli www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde
Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde
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David Davidson @davidsquared.bsky.social · 5h
in the UK, Tony Blair (Labour) continued Thatchers neoliberal policies of privatization. Their societal decline is stark and the far right has exploited this. I lived there, frequently return, and i'm shocked at the state of it. This is Canada's future under #carney. #cdnpoli
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧵COVID-19 vaccines are now available in Ontario for high risk groups and available to the general public starting Oct. 26. The link below helps find the pharmacy nearest to you - please share to help others. FYI - we’re all at risk from COVID-19 see 2/ #VaccinesWork ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...
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COVID-19 pharmacy vaccine locations
Find your closest pharmacy to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 23h
"Nor is the power confined to so-called “strategic sectors.” Rather, it reaches any lawful strike within federal jurisdiction, from a bank call centre to a grain elevator." #CDNpoli #CanLab
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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social · 20h
Peter Navarro hurts the US as much as Trump does. Another felon trying to act tough. 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 20h
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 20h
Great explainer about the RISK Canada is taking in an ever changing Global LNG market. As per Energi Media taxpayers are owed a risk assessment. Subsidies should be "patently unacceptable" when projects are opaque. substack.com/@markhamhisl...
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China Was Supposed to Buy Canada’s LNG. Now It May Compete With Us
Watch now (27 mins) | IEEFA analyst Christopher Doleman says China’s shift from LNG buyer to global reseller is one more sign that Canada is entering a very different Asian gas market than politicians...
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 20h
x.com/ScottAAitchi... So Conservative MP Scott Aitcheson resigned today. Once he was considered one of the more "sane" cons. But, he drank PP's Kool-aid. Here's his post about turning CBC's headquarters into affordable homes when they WIN the election. 😅 Don't let the door hit u on the way out!
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Scott Aitchison (@ScottAAitchison) on X
While in Toronto I scoped out the CBC headquarters for affordable housing. 1,720,000 square feet, minus some space for common areas should leave enough room for about 1,500 new affordable units when @PierrePoilievre is Prime Minister.
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 20h
x.com/ScottAAitchi... So Conservative MP Scott Aitcheson resigned today. Once he was considered one of the more "sane" cons. But, he drank PP's Kool-aid. Here's his post about turning CBC's headquarters into affordable homes when they WIN the election. 😅 Don't let the door hit u on the way out!
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Scott Aitchison (@ScottAAitchison) on X
While in Toronto I scoped out the CBC headquarters for affordable housing. 1,720,000 square feet, minus some space for common areas should leave enough room for about 1,500 new affordable units when @PierrePoilievre is Prime Minister.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of my flaws is the inability to forget important facts after the media spotlight moves on. For example, I still do not understand why Doug Ford pulled a Trumpian move by installing his own political staffers in the panel that is supposed to independently appoint provincial judges.
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Hilary Wollis @hilarywollis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Imagine the juicy post-politics payout she’s been promised in exchange for being the despicable face of Ford’s destruction of public #healthcare in #Ontario
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kitasoo Dawn Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian 1998
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Atrazine is legal in Canada‼️ Particularly in corn-growing regions of Ontario & Quebec.
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mike Vlasic @mikevlasic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Grimy Greer says the US of Russia is still getting Canadian potash, gas, and oil. That's why we should levy excise taxes on them to put more pressure on the MAGAts. Do it now, before the midterms. Squeeze the bastards. www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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Trump’s team is ‘comfortable’ with state of Canada-U.S. trade
There’s 'no urgency' to strike a trade deal with Canada, according to Washington’s trade representative, as Canada continues to supply a variety of key exports to the U.S.
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Canada, the Carney honeymoon needs a rethink, methinks....👇👇
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Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How in the holy hell have these teachers not been returned to their school? Christ on a cracker. 😵‍💫🙃 torontolife.com/deep-dives/h...
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Hostile Takeover: Inside the disastrous oversight of Canada’s largest school board - Toronto Life
Last spring, Doug Ford’s government seized control of the TDSB, promising to rein in wasteful spending, improve test scores and restore order to public...
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Tyler Watt @tylerwatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I asked the Health Minister about nurses and health care workers being laid off across Ontario. She didn’t answer. Throughout committee, she blamed the federal government, blamed the previous Liberal government from eight years ago, and avoided answering questions. #onpoli
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.durhamradionews.com/archives/21802 This guy was legendary as a radio DJ, particularly at CFNY FM. If you are a GTA boomer, you have heard David Marsden. 🙏
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The final curtain closes on The Marsden Theatre
The final curtain has closed on "The Marsden Theatre".  Canadian broadcasting pioneer David Marsden has passed away at the age of 85. David was Co-founder o
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the right thing for the CBC to do 🇨🇦🏒🎯....👇👇👇 www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...
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CBC/Radio-Canada announces return of Hockey Night in Canada in PWHL partnership | CBC Sports
CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is returning for a 90th season this fall after all. But instead of six-plus months of NHL action, the longest-running sports program in the world will air eight prime time...
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An English Bluebell a day until I run out of photos #106
An English Bluebell
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The UN estimates that removing the bulk of the rubble in the Gaza Strip could take at least 7 - 10 years and cost billions of dollars. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
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Jada D @thordora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Morning across the street.
Lakeside view with changing leaves
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Adam Hunt 🇨🇦 @gander22h.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Ottawa #fall #autumn #fallcolours #fallcolors along the #RideauCanal in #Ottawa
Fall colours
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways
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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It gets worse. breachmedia.ca/stephen-harp...
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Stephen Harper’s firm behind spy tech Israel is using to target Gazans ⋆ The Breach
Former prime minister’s fund controls and is the main investor in Israeli company that developed AI-based facial recognition tech being used by IDF on Palestinians
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Did you know this???? Stephen Harper joined ex-spyma... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Stephen Harper joined ex-spymasters in company investing in Israeli security tech | CBC News
Former prime minister Stephen Harper is working with former leaders of three major intelligence agencies — the Mossad, the CIA and MI5 — in a Canadian private company.
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This....👇 substack.com/@davidmoscro...
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David Moscrop (@davidmoscrop)
I’d love to see the Venn diagram of right wingers in Alberta who think the UCP has a mandate to platform separation but the Liberals don’t have one to negotiate a deal for EU associate status.
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One final thing. If AI truly did have a 10% chance of ending life on the planet, if it truly posed an existential threat, AI companies should be nationalized tomorrow. We don’t let companies develop nuclear weapons.
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Was it's name Danielle Smith? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hoekstra's gotta go & he can take Tamara Lich with him👎
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We say no to Israel’s ongoing destruction of Gaza, no to settler violence, no to human-made famine, no to U.S. tax dollars bombing entire families, and no to Netanyahu.
Standing with a group of protesters holding up signs condemning Netanyahu.
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Fun Tom @funtomvids.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 From the looks of things, it looks like China has the same videos of the Russian hookers urinating on an ecstatic Donald Trump in that Moscow hotel room in the 1990s, that Russia has... 👀 Kompromat is an insidious but effective practice. You can make someone do your bidding for a lifetime. 😌
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A bald eagle perched atop a local tree to watch the bay for about an hour. This is clearly a juvenile, the white on its head only just coming in, so it looks a little scruffy. From its size I'm guessing it's a male. Females are bigger. More eagles here: sustainablesong.medium.com/photos-yello...
A juvenile bald eagle sits atop a conifer tree. It's just developing its characteristic adult white feathered head.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just 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.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
University of Toronto Law School Professor of Health Law and Policy discloses his level of respect for hard evidence by giving the slightest credence to a now roundly debunked MAID story in the UK’s proto-fascist Daily Mail. Thinks it’s sufficient to describe DM as “not the most nuanced source.” 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼
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lissa @unraveledlissa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Corporations encouraged by labour law changes but want more. See the problem you pathetic Carney supporters?
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Way to go Dougie....LOWEST Per Person Hospital Funding in Canada!
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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
thenarwhal.ca/canada-bill-...
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Canadians warned Carney not to sideline scientists. Bill C-39 does just that, critics say
When the Liberals proposed overhauling major project approvals, the public worried it would concentrate power and infringe on Indigenous Rights. Now, pipelines and nuclear development will be reviewed by an energy agency, instead of environmental
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“By axing hundreds of laboratory technicians & field specialists, the government is discarding years’ worth of expertise on the front lines of agricultural science... “Senior scientists cannot conduct the soil, crop or livestock research that protects our food supply without the technical teams..."
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Avi Lewis and the NDP on the Picket line with @psac_afpc members being replaced by SCAB LABOUR while Carney refuses to enforce anti-scab legislation
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🇨🇦🍁Raia C Darsey-Malloy 🇨🇦🍁NO DM'S @raiastar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/404m.... Videos showing quiet & confident citizens at a Counsil Meeting showing their concern about Flock cameras being removed and arrested OMG? They call them 'flocks' because they want submissive sheeple people. Then arrest them when they're not. Sheesh facism in America!
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Sad Terminator
ALT: Sad Terminator
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