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My morning Latté

@katjaschmied.bsky.social
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This is my dog Latte. She keeps me smiling in these dark times.

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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 39m
Exactly. We need a government that actually starts working for us instead of the wealthy.
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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 16h
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except King Dug Ford and his disgusting minion Sylvia Jones. They work tirelessly to deny Happy Thanksgivings to us all so their rich pals can celebrate their money. #onpoli bsky.app/profile/heal...
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 1h
Unfortunately austerity has gotten rid of many of those great programs. I was also a beneficiary to many things my kids weren’t. It’s not getting better.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 1h
Feeling this today
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PeppyPanda 🐼 - Uplifting and good news @peppypanda.com · 2h
A two-year study of 18 Ohio farms found one pollinator conservation strategy works better than any other: planting native flowers, especially when paired with a few other simple habits, such as reduced mowing and cutting insecticide use.
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A two-year study of 18 Ohio farms found one pollinator conservation strategy works better than any other: planting native flowers, especially when paired with a few other simple habits, such as reduced mowing and cutting insecticide use.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 2h
It also explains low voter turnout whenever he calls yet another snap election to consolidate power.
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PissedOffTransMom she/her❌️ @lpres.bsky.social · 8h
Mama bear here!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 3h
Thank you
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Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ford has bankrupted Ontario's hospitals in total secrecy. They needed a cone of silence to start and finish this bust out. They got it, and succeeded. ijb.utoronto.ca/ijb-updates/...
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Project Redacted: Ontario Ministry of Health refuses to share externally-commissioned review of hospital finances  - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Editor’s note: Project Redacted is an ongoing series from the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) documenting how information paid for by the public, and held in the public interest, is kept from th...
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 3h
I’m so sorry. That’s really tough.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 4h
UHN is involved in real solutions by increasing their housing program. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Toronto hospital to greatly expand permanent housing program that reduces ER visits | CBC News
A Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time.
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 16h
A cycle highway (doorfietsroute in Dutch) is a high-quality bike route designed for comfort and speed. It's meant to connect towns and cities efficiently, without gaps or stops along the path, this makes it easier to cover short and long distances without a car.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 5h
I’m so tired of people making decisions based on vibes rather than evidence.
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Rebel News' Ezra Levant fundraising for #BradBradford??? 🤨 How much more do you need to be convinced that Brad should NEVER be our Mayor??? #NoBradfordForMayor #TOpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 6h
This needs to be bigger news.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 6h
It went to pay down the debt before he called elections so that he could tell everyone he’d done such a good job with the budget that we had a surplus. Of course it’s all disappeared since then.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 16h
It’s actually happening. Ford is set to rip the Bloor bike lane out tomorrow. Lets get every person on a bike in the GTA out for this. Tuesday Oct 13th. 5pm. Tom Riley Park
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 8h
Bike lanes aren't just for bikes; they’re mobility lanes. Safe, connected infrastructure means access & independence for people of all abilities. Join @cycletoronto.bsky.social for the ACCESS FOR ALL ride on Saturday, October 31. Meet 10 AM at Christie Pits and rollout at 10:30 AM. #BikeTO #TOpoli
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 7h
A thousand times, this!!!!!
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 7h
I think it was melting down due to menopause. And my kids were late diagnosed because their behaviour seemed normal to me. 🤣 They were the ones that finally clued me in.
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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Should Toronto return to its proud tradition of punching itself right in the dick by electing an execrable tosspot Mayor?" That's what's on the ballot... again. Choose wisely this time!
Mel LastmanRob FordJohn ToryStock photo checking no box on ballot.
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Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 @trishly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Doug Ford is spending $48mill to remove bike lanes for his buddies!! www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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How a handful of Toronto businessmen got their way on bike lanes provincewide
'Non-partisan group' Balance on Bloor includes a former PC candidate, donors, and real estate industry players
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 7h
Sadly this is the state of things.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 9h
Seriously, this could be Toronto. I’m so sick of being the scapegoat for these people’s bad life choices.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 9h
As a parent that’s shameful. Learning about inequality was a part of my kids daily education while travelling to school. They grew up helping anyone they could once they were old enough to be out there on their own.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 9h
He’s been capitalizing on people fear for years now. He doesn’t know how to sing another song.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 9h
Mine throws the squeaking toy at us and gives us a little “woof”.
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Gavin Lingiah 🧬⚖️ @gav1nx.bsky.social · 11h
I hate to say it, but you really need to dumb things down to this extent to get people to understand what's going on.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 11h
Celebrating Latte’s gotcha day 5 years ago, 6 months after our cat died, my husband waited in line to bring our pup home. That’s her. She’s literally the poster child at the Toronto humane society. The second picture is her today. She has a good life. We’re blessed to have her.
Large poster of a multicoloured puppy in the window of the Humane society. Sleeping multicoloured dog. Stretched out comfortably on the couch
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 12h
The public has no problem building prisons as solutions when their fear is exploited. Paying for real solutions is much more affordable. The case has been made many times. Unfortunately people still view homelessness as a moral failing and don’t want to spend money on people they see as undeserving.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 12h
This is the kind of thinking we need here.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 12h
I miss the 503 streetcar. The busses are always packed when I’m trying to get back to the east end.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 15h
In case you missed it: The Local spoke to former staff from Brad Bradford's council office. They paint a picture of a boss who wasn’t afraid to push the boundary of appropriate office behaviour, yell, swear, drive staff to tears. Your holiday Monday #longread. #TOpoli thelocal.to/brad-bradfor...
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Brad Bradford Seems Angry—He’s Betting Torontonians Are Too | The Local
Former staffers say he drove them to tears. Colleagues say he’s a bully. The Bradford campaign says his passion is just what this city needs.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 12h
WTAF
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And the mob crime syndicate posing as a democratically elected government in Ontario is tearing down his acclaimed Science Centre so the boss' real estate buddies can cash in on the land.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 12h
He does admire him.
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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Bradford putting up stickers on Bike Share stations while campaigning on removing bike lanes… he has no shame
Bradford sticker on Jarvis and Maitland bikeshare stationBradford sticker
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 13h
That is an excellent point. We’re not really hearing enough from the opposition MPP’s. Although my own MPP is fairly active on bike lanes in my constituency, and they seem safe for now. But without a whole network it feels a little pointless.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 13h
I wish. There are people seriously looking at how to make Toronto a charter city because the provincial interference has been so bad for years.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 13h
And the fact that he’s used the colour green for his signs. Is that just me it bothers?
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s actually happening. Ford is ripping these bike lanes out Tuesday. Be there if you can.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 13h
Unfortunately this is how our system works. Cities are creatures of the province and the Cons have a majority. During our last municipal election Ford cut our council in half. No warning. Just like that. And it was his “right”.
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Deanna 🇨🇦 @dbliuvas.bsky.social · 14h
Cycling advocates plan large demonstration as Ford government begins removing Etobicoke bike lanes on Tuesday flip.it/HwNMxA
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Cycling advocates plan large demonstration as Ford government begins removing Etobicoke bike lanes on Tuesday
Cycling advocates say construction crews won't be the only ones showing up Tuesday when work begins to remove bike lanes in Etobicoke
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Clearly statements made by someone who’s never ridden a bike in the city in his life.
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John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This 👇
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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Very good arguments here against privatizing Canada’s major airports. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Carney promises windfall cash from airport sales. History suggests Canadians should be wary
Three of the four airports PM wants to open for private investment rank among the world's top 100. They also generate $500M a year in rent for Ottawa.
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Terry in New York @tmarie829.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Read about the woman who won … www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
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Raised in Apartheid South Africa, 2026 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Navi Pillay Is One of the World’s Leading Human Rights Jurists
When Pillay learned she had won the award, she was in the same courtroom where the Nuremberg Trials held Nazi war criminals to account. Her legal career has been dedicated to fighting against human ri...
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oraclebungee 💙🇺🇦🫘 🇬🇱 🐧 🌮 📎🦄 ❌👑 🦩PROTEST WHERE YOU LIVE! @oraclebungee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
To honor Navi Pillay, advocate for international law, winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, please consider donating to The Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court (ICC). www.trustfundforvictims.org/en/your-supp...
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay — the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a former International Criminal Court judge — happened to be at the Nuremberg Court in Germany when she learned that she had won the Nobel.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Meanwhile in Canada, we’re propping up the fossil fuel industry.
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