Reposted by MichelleMMorden 🇨🇦 @mmorden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“Self regulating” sure thing and good luck with that. 021 2
Reposted by MichelleAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This was the best press conference of either of Trump’s terms. Change my mind. 2205479709 5.5K
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 09/09/2026How did we end up in this terrible terrible straight to VHS movie? 000 0
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I am quite enjoying my new Unicorn alter-ego, but let’s see. 010 1
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Like most things, data centres don’t have to be a scourge that transfer public good to private interests, leaving the profits for billionaires while communities absorb the costs. But that’s the way it’s going to go if they are allowed to continue without oversight and transparency. 010 1
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Strolled the Ex today, dutifully walking the buildings & midway before our annual steamies with fries. Doesn’t really change much, this loud, tacky tradition. Except this year I did not see a single American flag: not for sale or even being worn. That’s a sign you can take to any bank. 000 0
Reposted by MichelleMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras. 563248476975 24.8K
Reposted by MichelleSenator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A whistleblower has just confirmed our fears. 32565852636 6.6K
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 01/09/2026All the attention of this government goes to problems that are not actually problems: putting alcohol in grocery stores, building highways to nowhere, destroying the green belt, making online gambling the next scourge to devour our sons…. Who asked for these solutions? 000 0
Reposted by MichelleAgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 27/08/2026 Premier of the province of Manitoba, Wab Kinew reacts: 219549 195
Reposted by MichelleParis Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.disconnect.blogGetting off US tech: a guideI’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider. 191572749 1.6K
Reposted by MichelleMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026For over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new comprehensive trade deal. We have been pragmatic, patient, and persistent. Our goal has always been to get the best deal for Canadians, never a deal at any price or on any time frame. 936160273025 16K
Reposted by MichelleHenning Dekant 📎 @quaxquax.bsky.social · 23/08/2026My desire to learn more French is in no small part motivated by American jingoism. Bilingualism is one of the things that is supposed to set us apart. Even wrote a little free app for this and made sure you can set Québécois as the targeted French language variant. apps.apple.com/us/app/ubifl... 5708 70
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Canada has a minimum of 3-4X more unionization than the US across all sectors, including manufacturing. 010 1
Reposted by Michelle🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The trade genius Howard Lutnick BELIEVED CANADA DIDN’T HAVE UNIONS. Yes, he actually said that. 🤦🏽♂️ And he claimed that's why auto manufacturers "moved" there. (Canada has: ✅always had a huge auto industry, and ✅yes has unions.) THIS is the mental wattage working on Canada-US trade👇 199914297 914
Reposted by MichelleAPTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A star-studded lineup of 25 Indigenous musicians are coming together on August 29 in Toronto to perform at a forest fire relief fundraiser. To speak more on the upcoming event, Dennis Ward was joined by Adrian Sutherland.youtu.be25 Indigenous musicians come together for fire relief fundraiser concert | APTN NewsA star-studded lineup of 25 Indigenous musicians are coming together on August 29 in Toronto to perform at a forest fire relief fundraiser. To speak more on the upcoming event, Dennis Ward was… 05628 56
Reposted by MichelleAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 20/08/2026Exactly, Rosie. Give credit where credit is due. 💅🏼 #SheShed 13757295 757
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’ve been wondering about the purpose of this targeting - I guess messing with people’s cheap consumer goods is a problem even in mother Russia. 000 0
Reposted by MichelleQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The main difference between 2016 and 2024 in terms of cultural response to Trump's victory was *elite* reaction (in 2016, horror; in 2024, delight bc of microwaved brains) 548779 487
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I was going to object to the characterization, but other than the hairy feet, it does sort of track.static.klipy.comBilbo Baggins Says I'm SorryAlt: Bilbo Baggins Says I'm Sorry 010 1
Reposted by MichelleTVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Putting food security to the test in the far North of Canada - filmmaker Suzanne Crocker, living just 300 km from the Arctic Circle, removes absolutely all grocery store food from her house. Stream "First We Eat" now: youtu.be/eOeOTdxbzEY?... 062 6
Reposted by MichelleRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 13/08/2026If you’ve ever wanted a T-shirt repping a racist Canadian group pushing for mass deportations, your purchase is just a few clicks away — all thanks to Shopify. When I reached out to them, they said "we don’t remove merchants over objections to their worldview.” Wow. My latest for @thetyee.ca:thetyee.caShopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The TyeeThe $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’ 24434216 434
Reposted by MichelleGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Nonsense, Dr. Cassidy. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was so obviously a pathologically lying sociopath when he was nominated you couldn't possibly have taken his word intelligently on anything he said. You just looked the other way because you wanted to please Donald Trump. How’d that work out for you? 2773132737 3.1K
Reposted by MichelleThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around. 7350452752 5K
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I think, in general, having to hide in a catering truck is a fail. 000 0
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Ford’s government seems to only deliver on solutions to problems that did not exist, which cause a bunch of other problems… and fill the pockets of his lowlife donors. 000 0
Reposted by MichelleDavid Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Toronto’s newest mayoralty candidate Chris Alexander seeming to lead “lock her up” chant against Premier Rachel Notley in Edmonton. (He denies “leading” - judge for yourself.) 🤷🏼🤔🤷🏼 youtu.be/l1ZnpenDaUk?...youtu.beFormer MP Chris Alexander @ Rachel Notley "Lock Her Up" Rally | Smiles Does Nada To Discourage ChantYouTube video by Women In Canadian Politics 104433 44
Reposted by MichelleLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 29/07/2026Always a sign of a good and healthy governance and oversight culture when corporate board members display cult-like loyalty to a chief executive officer 108618 86
Reposted by Michellegarjives.bsky.social @garjives.bsky.social · 28/07/2026There it is, nice a simply stated 816230 162
Reposted by MichelleParis Marx @parismarx.com · 26/07/2026i feel like shopify would have a worse reputation if tobi was interfering in US politics instead of canadian politics 1037459 374
Reposted by MichelleDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 25/07/20263/ Bravo was investigating US drone strikes on three fishing boats, the Fiorella, the Negra Francisca Duarte II, and the Don Maca. Thirty six survivors say they were hooded, beaten, and held for eight days. Some came home with vision loss, hearing loss, and perforated arms. 112940 129
Reposted by MichelleSusan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026WRITER FRIENDS: if you distribute books using INGRAM SPARK you *need* to fill out this opt-out form so they don't sell your books to AI corps to rip apart and feed to their machine for training AI. 4372465 465
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 22/07/2026One of the only health costs that’s cheaper in the US than Canada are generic drugs…so let’s get rid of that? Ok… 000 0
Reposted by MichelleWill Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This is the definitive story on how Lindsey Graham degenerated from Trump's strongest critic to Trump's accomplice. Here's the text version, published in 7 chapters by @thebulwark.com. It also has links to a book-length version and an audio version, which you can listen to as a series of podcasts.specialto.thebulwark.comThe Corruption of Lindsey GrahamA case study in the rise of authoritarianism. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a central player in the Republican party’s capitulation to Donald Trump. We can watch the GOP's turn to authoritarianism by review... 20329110 329
Reposted by MichelleProPublica @propublica.org · 09/07/2026Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. (Pub. Dec. 2025 w/ @theassemblync.bsky.social)propublica.orgArduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After HeleneAn analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes. 19571238 571
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 08/07/2026So now can newsrooms call someone, almost anyone, else to discuss food policy. This guy has been sketch from the start. 000 0
Reposted by MichelleJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 05/07/2026"The campaign against Bhuiyan is being led by John Mutton, who was mayor of Clarington from 2000 to 2006 and is a municipal planning consultant dubbed “Mr. X” and accused of unethical lobbying in Greenbelt scandal." 58539 85
Reposted by MichelleStephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Between this and inviting the leaders of the 2022 Convoy to the July 4th party at his official residence, the Ambassador is not being subtle. 1011752 117
Reposted by MichelleUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 02/07/2026🚨 BREAKING: Russian strike destroys Red Cross warehouse in Kyiv. The attack incinerated 320,000 units of critical aid and medical equipment valued at around $2 million during a massive aerial assault on the capital, dealing a severe blow to the humanitarian infrastructure. 9183106 183
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 26/06/2026But wait, I thought Trump was « in charge » of Venezuela? In that case, no worries. Just ask Puerto Rico how helpful he was after Maria. 000 0
Reposted by MichelleThe Economist @economist.com · 26/06/2026This may be Venezuela’s deadliest earthquake on record. America’s leaders, while apparently willing to help, will be reassured that Venezuela’s oil wealth is intactecon.stVenezuela suffers its worst earthquake in a centuryThe impoverished country is struggling to cope with the damage from two nearly simultaneous shocks 2126 12
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Americans are posting about gas being too expensive and looking for sympathy, while their war caused death and suffering in Iran and around the globe, so… 002 2
Michelle @mbranco.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is something that we have failed at in Canada and we’re seeing the fallout in Alberta and elsewhere. Accountability for anti-social and especially anti-democratic behaviour has to happen. 010 1