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LeslieMaggie🇨🇦🍁

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Idealist who believes we can do better but at odds with current reality! 🇨🇦She/Her

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This Calgary anesthesiologist hits the nail on the head re: Bill 11!🎯 "All physicians take an oath to 'do no harm.' Yet under dual practice, those with money will be treated before those who are very sick and need it most." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com
Opinion: Who pays for Alberta’s dual-practice health care?
Who pays for the system required to make dual practice possible, and who bears the risks when it fails?
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is the first oil crisis in which clean alternatives to oil and gas — solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and batteries — are both inexpensive and widely available. clean technology flying off the shelves already... nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake. The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity. It’s not going to end well.
theguardian.com
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyone wonder how Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, who’s been a politician since the age of 22, could afford to buy a $3 million home sitting on 1.46 acres in 2022? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick... www.thestar.com/news/gta/bra...
thestar.com
Brampton refuses to disclose records on Patrick Brown’s home renovations. Decision called a ‘secretive’ violation of freedom of information rules
Brampton officials say releasing information on Brown's building permits would endanger the "life and physical safety" of an unnamed individual.
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LeslieMaggie🇨🇦🍁 @lesliemaggie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guess what Canada. It doesn’t stop at the border. Mask up. Get you vaccine. #Covid
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PMC COVlD Update, Sep 28, 2026 (US): 🔸We're in a 13th COVlD wave. 🔸40 states & territories continue to have COVlD outbreaks, stable from last week. 🔸Levels likely peaked between Sep 7-13 at a PMC-estimated 580,000 new daily infections. pmc19.com/map
The US has at least 40 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks, the same number reported last week. These include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
     There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 40 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.

Nuance: 
Note that while PMC uses forecasting to estimate national statistics through Sep 28 and beyond, the state-level data do not, meaning they are now 9 days old. If the national forecast is correct, levels peaked between Sept 7-13, closely aligned with our prior forecasts. This would mean that levels are declining more so than depicted in the map. Levels often decline slowly, suggesting the need for ongoing precautions. Additionally, Biobot and 200 CDC sites are offline this week, and both have experienced major retroactive corrections of late, so the national forecast has more uncertainty than usual. For example, we could see the peak adjusted upward or a double peak. It is unclear how quickly reporting will resume at the offline sites. 

Note that while PMC national statistical estimates include forecasting, the state-level data do not, meaning they are now 9 days old. If the forecast is correct, levels peaked between Sept 7-13. This would mean that levels are declining more so than depicted in the map. However, Biobot and 200 CDC sites are offline this week and both have experienced major retroactive corrections of late, so high uncertainty.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI can steal your brain, if not your soul. Don’t let it, is my advice. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
thestar.com
Bruce Arthur: Could AI be a trap for humanity? The evidence seems to be piling up
Whatever a soul is, the brain is where it starts. I’d prefer not to outsource mine, writes Bruce Arthur.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
True. “There was an approach in the spring to attempt to have an agreement with us, Quebec,” Ms. Fréchette told reporters Friday." - Globe & Mail It appears the US has been attempting to break up Canada with separate trade deals. Makes me wonder if secret deal(s) have been discussed with Alberta.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hope Canadians understand that there are now and will be more foreign-based attempts to virally influence the Alberta separatism vote. Part of this effort will be to sow division within Canada. Non-Albertans attacking "Alberta(ns)" or Albertans attacking "Ottawa/Canada" is exactly what they want.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Canada has secured a new information-sharing deal with #Germany to exchange classified and protected intelligence on both defence and security issues and economic files. globalnews.ca/news/1207286...
globalnews.ca
Canada inks intelligence-sharing deal with Germany amid bid for closer EU ties - National | Globalnews.ca
New information sharing agreement would apply both to security and defence issues but also trade and economic files, Ottawa says.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Useful context for Alberta’s anti-inmigrant referendum questions. We are not being “flooded” with newcomers. And scapegoating immigrants for longstanding structural problems with our public health care system, in particular, is gutter politics. #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
Canada's population growth slows to lowest level in 80 years
The population is also aging with the median age now at 40.9 years
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Ecology Ottawa @ecologyottawa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's time again for The Talk. That's right: the What To Do About Leaves talk. Fortunately Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton's Barbara Sibbald has some great tips. In short, leaving leaves in place 🦋 provide pollinators habitat 🐝 save you time 🍂 help your soil ottawacitizen.com/life/in-the-...
ottawacitizen.com
In the garden: Leave the leaves to nurture nature
Leaving the leaves as well as plant stems can create valuable winter habitat and make your garden healthier
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 24/09/2026
Provincially backed but privately owned investment firm High Art Capital has bought 43 unsold condos near Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue for $22.3 million.
thestar.com
Why a provincially backed firm spent $22M to bulk-buy unsold condos along Toronto’s Eglinton LRT
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mark Carney: "Canada is an ocean nation. We border three oceans. We have the world's longest coastline as a consequence of that. That's our inheritance and we recognize the obligations, the responsibilities that come with that." #cdnpoli
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
The cervical punch biopsy and colposcopy was easily the worst pain I’ve felt in my entire life.
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🇨🇦 andyrogers.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @andyrogers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They went into recycling bins for people who can’t be assed to take their recycling to the constantly diminishing Beer Stores that #DougFraud has been shutting down over the last few years. Over a hundred stores with well-paying union jobs. Fuck #DougFord And fuck all the idiots who voted for him
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 23/03/2026
At least $50 million in deposits went unredeemed on booze containers in Ontario in 2024. Where’d the money go?
thestar.com
Where did the $50 million go from Ontario's unreturned alcohol empties in 2024?
Some 150 million empty glass, cartons and plastic alcohol containers were not returned by Ontario consumers.
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ford can spin and blame the feds all he wants, numbers don't lie. Ontario's staring down a $13B deficit, record unemployment, costs skyrocketing, public services starving.
toronto.citynews.ca
Ontario posts deficit as health care, education spending surges
The province reported health-sector investments rose by $6.6 billion, or 7.2 per cent, compared to 2024-25.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Donald Trump's "deal" with Belarus on potash was an obvious (and empty) bluff. And yet, Pierre Poilievre's MPs were more than willing to believe it -- and blame the federal government and a non-existent carbon tax instead. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/23/o...
nationalobserver.com
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives can’t wait to buy Trump’s bullshit
Donald Trump's latest economic threat involves replacing Canada's potash with imports from Belarus. The official opposition decided to blame ... the carbon tax?
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anyone else thinking that if your product is nicknamed “Pervert Glasses” the market for them is now reduced to perverts only?
Mark Zuckerberg wearing pervert glasses.
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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm 🇨🇦🇬🇧☮️⚛️🇺🇦🌈🦋 @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy interactive.carbonbrief.org/china-plan-t...
interactive.carbonbrief.org
Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy
Almost three-quarters of the 72 five-year plans published by China this year include policies or targets related to climate change and energy, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#NoToTheNine #ableg #abpoli
A young girl dressed as a superhero wears a bright pink mask and cape and reaches toward the camera with a playful superhero pose against a yellow background. Black text reads, “NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES.” White text below reads, “SOME JUST VOTE NO TO THE NINE.” The graphic uses a humorous superhero theme to encourage voting against the nine referendum questions.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A sharp warning from former Canadian ambassador Bob Rae as tensions between Canada and the Trump administration continue to draw attention. Bob Rae said he does not consider the Trump administration an ally of Canada, arguing that Washington under President Donald Trump does not share Canada values
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Socially Conscious 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @enough-already.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With fuel prices skyrocketing, more people are being incentivized to purchase EVs. Therefore the demand is dropping long before said pipelines can even be built. Demand will continue to drop. Maybe O&G should quit padding their profits and give relief to the customers they have and want to keep
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The billionaire sociopath who are running AI companies and know where it’s gonna end up. Bet a lot of short selling. Bonus crash stock market makes more people poor makes it easier for fascist to take over when people are desperate and poor
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 24/09/2026
Canada confirms plan to diversify away from Elon Musk’s Starlink
cultmtl.com
Canada confirms plan to diversify away from Elon Musk's Starlink
In a New York Times interview, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will diversify away from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system.
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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Border agents seize guns from Americans at northern Ont. border crossings - Border service agents in northern Ontario seized several guns last month from Americans trying to bring them into the country illegally, along with 17 prohibited weapons and 11 ammunition cartridges.
bit.ly
Border agents seize guns from Americans at northern Ont. border crossings
Border service agents in northern Ontario seized several guns last month from Americans trying to bring them into the country illegally, along with 17 prohibited weapons and 11 ammunition cartridges.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Carney: "Canada and our partners recognize the direct threat to peace posed by the Israeli govt's endorsement of the E1 settlement scheme. & with reluctance, we have announced our intention to bring forward trade restrictions targeting goods produced in those illegal Israeli settlements." #cdnpoli
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Doug Ford doing it too
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Danielle Smith has brought a chaos strategy to Alberta's health care and education system. It is the MAGA agenda of making jurisdictions "ungovernable." She is using this strategy to undermine Canada at a crucial time. Check out this interview with@energimedia.bsky.social youtu.be/0stRFmmnsaI?...
youtu.be
PLAYING WITH FIRE - THE DANIELLE SMITH THREAT !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
if there are risks that come from building a new pipeline, those risks should be borne by private industry. Not taxpayers.
theglobeandmail.com
Oil sector questions economics of Alberta’s West Coast pipeline
As Ottawa prepares to release decision on fast-tracking project next week, industry players are wary
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet accuses Carney of breaking Canada’s proverbial window and telling foreign companies to help themselves. He says Carney is weakening laws protecting workers and the environment and using —“instrumentalizing” — the Trump threat as an excuse.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Blanchet, on Carney reportedly moving to weaken the right to strike: “I fear that it is one more token placed on the table in order to attract huge foreign businesses in Canada, telling them that there will be no more environmental regulations, much less work regulations, and things will be easy.”
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Benedict Cumberbatch presents How to Live on Earth. “Living on Mars would be horrible. Let’s try to live on Earth.”
youtu.be
How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch
YouTube video by Open Planet
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 11/09/2026
We're continuing to build this database for journalists, researchers, municipal staff and the curious public. Check it out!
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 22/09/2026
ICYMI: our investigation shows Brad Bradford's mayoral campaign is the first known example in Canada to use the Victory App. The app generates talking points for supporters to use online, then rewards those users for posting them. Experts have begun calling it "cyborg propaganda."
nationalobserver.com
Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated comments
The Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford.
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
School Budget 2025: $90,000 School Budget 2026: $51,000 Please remember this when Doug Ford and Paul Calandra try to tell you about the historic and unprecedented investments their government has made in education and how greedy teachers are always asking for more. #OntEd
Doug Ford and Paul Calandra
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Jim Thompson Goodchild 🇨🇦 @shiftfocus99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If we’re gonna have referenda on issues of importance to Albertans, I have a list: Sustainable health care funding Charter schools Public auto insurance Renewable energy regulations Oil well cleanup Secession doesn’t break the top 100
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Completely predictable, completely inevitable. #abpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com
Bell: Angry Alberta separatists now on the warpath against Danielle Smith
Alberta separatists are angry and disappointed with Premier Smith as she campaigns for Alberta to remain in Canada, some are fighting back
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Colleen @collburns.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The sad part it WORKS! The uneducated people have absolutely no idea how the three levels of GOVERNMENT WORK
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes! Other nations, including Canada, should make the move to impose a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies: EU ministers to discuss taxing windfall profits of energy companies as oil prices surge www.reuters.com/business/ene...
reuters.com
EU ministers to discuss taxing windfall profits of energy companies as oil prices surge
European Union finance ministers will discuss on Friday whether to impose an EU-wide windfall tax on energy companies benefiting from a surge in oil and gas prices following the ​closure of the Strait...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/09/2026
Kazakhstan accelerates AI development but experts warn of impact on the environment and human rights.
aljazeera.com
Inside Kazakhstan's push to become a regional AI centre
Kazakhstan accelerates AI development but experts warn of impact on the environment and human rights.
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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'... they're not bots, they're just people acting the exact same as bots, and that's okay!!!!!!!!!!' the far-right pro-ai people scream without end. so sick of their attempts to manufacture a bullshit reality. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/21/i...
nationalobserver.com
Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated comments
The Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ve lost track. Does the Ford government get back to Queens Park from their Christmas 2025 break before or after their Christmas 2026 break?
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Alberta separatist referendum is a democratic legitimacy crisis in waiting. It's yet another unwelcome American import from Canada's most pro-America premier. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/17/o...
nationalobserver.com
Danielle Smith is sowing the seeds of a democratic legitimacy crisis
Forget about banning American imports. In Alberta, the government is actively importing as many aspects of their political culture as possible. The latest: election denialism.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 20/09/2026
Why separatists bent on convincing us of the stability of the transition to independence are now openly musing about a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) is beyond me. www.stalbertgazette.com/alberta-deci...
stalbertgazette.com
Unilateral independence declaration would be 'destabilizing,' U of A prof says
Per the Supreme Court of Canada, a Canadian province cannot unilaterally secede without negotiation
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“a close look at her career in media and politics reveals that she is little more than a political opportunist whose primary ambition is wielding state power to reward her allies and discipline her enemies.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Danielle Smith is no separatist – she’s something even more dangerous
Smith isn’t the ideologue her opponents portray her as, but she is a power-seeking opportunist
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, that’s just Stephen Speilberg in a respirator at the Lucas Museum opening during a Covid surge, like a BOSS.
Photo of a reporter talking to Stephen Speilberg, who is in a dark suit and black respirator mask on
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Canadian social media platform Gander is teaming up with Eurosky social media. 👍
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