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@k8onthefarm.bsky.social
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Canadian, Equestrian, Fire Fighter, married to Bigwood Bob

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Janice Liedl @jliedl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Done!
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Nickel City chick🍁 @laurasimba.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
So, becuase of the costs of new build rental units, landlords with older units are raising the rents to match. 😠 This is why there are so many homeless. Greedy landlords. 😠 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sudbury among Canadian cities with the highest rent increases this year, says Statistics Canada | CBC News
Sudbury, Ont., had the second highest year-over-year rent increase of all census metropolitan areas of Canada, according to Statistics Canada.
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Just when you think they might be improving…
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Fire Captain 🔥 @rescuecaptain.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#maddow Tulsa Gabbard here's a little wake up call. Three things that cannot be hidden for long. The sun, the moon, and the truth. – Buddha
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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Six months-long exposure taken using a pinhole camera containing photographic paper. It tracked the Sun’s movement in the sky from winter to summer solstice. Each curve shows one day and stretches of cloudy days can be seen as dark patches. #solarcan 🔭🧪
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Norby36 @norby36.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Vaccines work. We do not live in a vacuum. Get vaxxed for your family, friends, neighbors and because it is the right thing to do. So sick of navel-gazing, self-centered walking freaks.
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NDP @ndp.ca · 17/04/2026
Today is the anniversary of the Canadian Health Act, a cornerstone of our universal public health care system. Will you take 5 minutes to share a story in the comments about what our public health care means to you — and tag Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Minister of Health Marjorie Michel?
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Jannisaries 🇨🇦 @jannisaries.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Only in Canada! The Liberals, Conservatives, and the Bloc all agreed to reallocate some of their funding to the NDP to help them function until the next election. Damn, I am glad I live in a functioning democracy! #Canada #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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NDP gets parliamentary funding reinstated after last year's historic defeat | CBC News
The NDP has been given a financial shot in the arm after getting its parliamentary funding reinstated by the committee that doles out cash for House of Commons operations.
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Completely on point.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/04/2026
NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC. Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The rise of far-right authoritarianism just got kicked in the nads. Hard. Viktor Orbán, a puppet master of the rise of the far-right, just lost the election in Hungary. Everyone who cares about the rise of the far right should care about this — but shouldn’t get complacent. Here’s why:
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I live this quote…
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting #Spring It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
How will Avi Lewis pay for his big ideas? Taxing billionaires and corporations. “Banks made $70 billion in profits last year…Grocery baron Galen Weston alone is worth $20 billion,” Avi says. “The money is there my friends. We need a government with the courage to go and get it for all of us.”
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Edward Gordon (American Artist, born 1940) "March", 1970. Oil on Canvas, 53.3 × 43.18 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Canada carried out the overnight annexation of Alaska, the op was developed over recent months in coordination with Inuit rebel forces and backed by Nordics, Greenland & NATO. Captured US troops to be deported within 2 weeks, military equipment and bases under Canadian control.
Inuit rebel forces capture US troops
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 29/03/2026
In all seriousness though, elder millennial jokes aside, I think it’s important to resist the media framing of any mainstream resistance to the status quo as just the shrill nonsense of middle-aged women with nothing better to do. This isn’t the first time they’ve run out this playbook.
Early 20th c political cartoon depicting suffragettes as dowdy middle-aged women
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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Wab’s doing numbers with this one
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Brigid @brigidbh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🤯 30-40% of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed, take up to 3 years to fix everything. Everything is about to get much worse #Cdnpoli #Energy www.france24.com/en/france-co...
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Business - France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed
France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure revealed on Wednesday that between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage...
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Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Research done by Richard Gray, the Canadian Grain Policy Research Chair, showed that $370 million in taxpayer investment in wheat breeding results in Canadian benefits reaching $11.8 billion. The AAFC research cuts, however, could harm the work of the Canadian Grain Commission" #CDNpoli #CDNag
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Farmers are fighting against agriculture research facility closures
In a cost cutting measure, the federal government plans on closing seven research farms across Canada.
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Rum Soaked Sailor @captainjimmyj.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I did write this, but it’s spot on.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Reminder to tell TSA they’re not getting paid but ICE is getting overtime for those travelling today, be sure to keep morale high and avoid TSA spitting in their break room lunches
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The blood is always on the same hands.
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
No power yet after our mega storm, but I still got out for an adventure
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
#Iran
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
- Isaac Asimov
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Dean Blundell’s Substack today is a MUST-READ: Trump spent 14 months tariffing allies, threatening to annex Canada, mocking NATO then launched a war nobody asked for. Now he’s DEMANDING those same allies bail him out. #USDemocracy #Pinks open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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BREAKING: Trump is Now "DEMANDING" Former Allies Help With Operation Epstein Fury In Iran
I Guess The Begging Didn't Work
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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Canada entering the chat with no lies detected!👊🏾🔥🔥
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Angela Stanfield Co-owner of 🇨🇦, on territory of Anishinabek FN @angel-ajs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Start this video at 5:15. Watching it will make every 🇨🇦ians happy and proud right now. Go on 🇨🇦. You deserve the hit of dopamine and serotonin. 😁 #Canada #CanadaSky #Denmark #Norway #Finland #Iceland #Sweden www.youtube.com/live/q0HkAYp...
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PM Mark Carney holds joint news conference with Nordic leaders in Oslo – March 15, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Canada’s wildland fire agencies want better masks to stop smoke. If only it were that easy, Good article, but doesn’t even scratch the surface of all the toxins absorbed through your skin on the fire line.
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
They are so comfortable with sex crimes, why should we be surprised that war crimes aren’t a stretch
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💀 Clawdric Moanses 🧛 @audricmoses.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I'm no economist, but I'm pretty sure there are a LOT of variables behind this difference, a few of which are: cost of raw ingredients, exchange rate, large minimum wage differences, specific location, etc., etc.. Also — a Big Mac in #yeg today is $6.79, not $7.81 CAD. Farm that rage 🙄. #cdnpoli
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Me 🍁, JANE DOE, Antifa / Love My Country 🇨🇦 @l82be.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Liive Now #cdnpoli cpac.ca/headline-pol...
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PM Carney Makes an Arctic Defence Announcement
At a news conference in Yellowknife, Prime Minister Mark Carney announces his government’s “new plan to defend and transform Canada’s Northern and Arctic region.” (no interpretation)
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Here’s my (frighteningly vulnerable!!) follow up on my reporting that exposed a white nationalist active club. On the professional and personal costs of this work:
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Walter 🇨🇦 (ウォールター) @walterverse.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
we need drones now though. Use the downturn in the auto sector and build ASAP. It's been 12 months already since elected. bsky.app/profile/osin...
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Such a loss
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Great day today at the St. Charles Women Empowering Women Event. So many amazing women in our community
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
If you don’t want to be called out for being a Nazi, don’t be a Nazi.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2026
NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay
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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Max Scherzer's daughter wrote a heartfelt letter to the Blue Jays - and put a stamp on it. I wrote about why her parents never sent it. www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...
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Max Scherzer on daughter’s letter to Blue Jays: ‘That’s a bad negotiating tactic’
Scherzer is back with the Blue Jays, but the big story in camp Tuesday was still his daughter's letter to the team that went viral.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Changes to 911 system will provide more options for callers, information for responders #Canada Text and image sharing among the features of new system planned for 2027 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Changes to 911 system will provide more options for callers, information for responders | CBC News
Next Generation 911 will give callers the ability to send photos and videos to dispatchers, along with information like building layouts and health records that could then be shared with first respond...
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Montréal Antifasciste @montrealantifa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"The growing white nationalist "active club" movement poses a risk for "extreme violence" in Canada, according to an internal Public Safety Canada brief obtained by CBC News."
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White nationalist fight clubs pose risk for 'extreme violence,' warns government report | CBC News
The growing white nationalist "active club" movement poses a risk for "extreme violence" in Canada, according to an internal Public Safety Canada brief obtained by CBC News.
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Nickel City chick🍁 @laurasimba.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Ontario's tire recycling sector is 'broken' the industry says, as the circular tire recycling economy circles funds back to corporations and importers while leaving millions of used tires in potentially dangerous and environmentally hazardous piles all over Ontario www.sudbury.com/local-news/m...
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MUST READ: Here's a deep dive into how 500,000 used tires ended up stockpiled in Azilda
Ontario's tire recycling sector is 'broken' the industry says, as the circular tire recycling economy circles funds back to corporations and importers while leaving millions of used tires in potential...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
According to Phoebe Stephens, an associate professor at Dalhousie University, groceries could become more affordable by improving the regional supply chain and increasing the volume of locally produced food. #NewBrunswick #PrinceEdwardIsland #NovaScotia /1 thread www.ctvnews.ca/business/inf...
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Here’s how Atlantic Canadians are dealing with rising inflation, grocery prices
A deeper look at the cost of living shows Atlantic Canadians facing higher inflation and steeper grocery bills than much of the country.
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Interesting breakdown of the SOTU from CBC’s Andrew Chang www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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I just watched the longest state of the union speech ever | About That
In Donald Trump's 2026 state of the union address — which broke the record for the longest such speech — he spoke about everything from lauding the men's Olympic hockey team to repeatedly chastizing D...
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hilary stands up for what’s right.
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priden'pioneer @pridenpioneers.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
4 of the 5 are from Minnesota and three of the five have the same agent Ben Hankinson who is also from Minnesota
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Kinda amazing that Trump shits on Canada and Mexico every day, and there's the Mexican-American captain of Canada's Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews, standing behind him as he defiles an Olympic Gold Medal He hates your mother and your fans Auston Matthews but - you do you: be a collaborator
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Bigwood Farm @k8onthefarm.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Finally an American Governor doing something about rampant gun violence.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Yes, please tax them. There are 902 American billionaires. Any single one of them could fund PBS and NPR forever without losing their billionaire status. LITERALLY ANY OF THEM.
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