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@miazz.bsky.social
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Retired Senior Systems Librarian. Proust fan. A bit of a nerd. Ex-pat living in Canada. Eclectic tastes. No DMs.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Brian Kilmeade is not putting up with Rachel Campos-Duffy’s propaganda. “It would be the biggest mistake of his administration to work with Russia. That is the modern Hitler of our generation.”
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I am way too online for my own good, and I had an unreasonably large twitter following, and I really *enjoyed* twitter for a lot of years, and yet leaving there and never looking back was maybe the easiest what-felt-like-a-big-ethical decision I've ever made.
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
annoucement on Half-Truth Social
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Isaias should intensify overnight as it crosses a very warm part of the Gulf of Mexico" Repeat: Gulf of Mexico www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
nytimes.com
Hurricane Isaias Updates: Storm Strengthens as It Moves Toward Gulf Coast
Isaias is the first storm in the Atlantic this year to reach hurricane status. El Niño has kept the season relatively quiet.
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meaning they won't cave. poor little u.s.
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
deprive him of media oxygen
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ALBERTANS: DEADLINE MOVED UP! ⚠️ Need a mail-in ballot for the Oct. 19 referendum? Request one by MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, SEPT. 25…not Oct. 9. Request your free mail-in ballot through Elections Alberta: www.elections.ab.ca Make your voting plan NOW. 🗳️ #ABPoli #Alberta #USDemocracy #RisingBlue
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
he's getting it
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
The SEC quietly published a proposal to rescind a measure that prevents private equity firms from buying access to billions in pension funds that belong to public employees like teachers and police.
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The SEC wants to scrap a key anti-corruption rule targeting private equity
Pay-to-play schemes were a way for firms to tap into public pension funds. They may soon be back.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 24/09/2026
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed on the incident said. bloom.bg/3Vad1MJ 📷️: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Depriving him of oxygen 👍 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
White House promoted its own ‘Trump TV’ feed online after ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC decline to participate
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/09/2026
Rahm Emanuel predicts that Democrats will win governorships and state capitals in the upcoming midterms, telling Ashley Parker that these positions are “equally valuable to the rebuilding and repurposing of the presidency” as House and Senate seats. theatln.tc/t9IwiQTz
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/09/2026
Rahm Emanuel tells @ashleyrparker.bsky.social that if Democrats want to pass policy, they need to focus on flipping red districts. “I’m not impressed taking a blue district and making it midnight blue,” he says. theatln.tc/t9IwiQTz #TAF26
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/09/2026
“The first eight letters of ‘progressive’ spells ‘progress’—and you can’t make progress without a majority,” Rahm Emanuel tells Ashley Parker. “You can sit there and hold a press conference otherwise. I want the gavel.” theatln.tc/t9IwiQTz #TAF26
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Amen.👇
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
PM Carney to the EU: "We are not fair weather allies. We do not pursue zero sum deals. Our commitment to the rule of law and our unyielding defence of human dignity, individual freedom, and democracy share the same deep roots, the same unwavering dedication." #cdnpoli
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: We have updated the Court with the latest developments in Trump's apparent moves to demolish the Kennedy Center  The EXISTING INJUNCTION prevents demolition The Court has ordered the government to say what the hell it is doing by 10 AM @repbeatty.bsky.social, DDA & WLG will fight this!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(SCMP) - China cut its holdings of US Treasuries to an 18-year low in July, as overall holdings by foreign countries fell for a second consecutive month amid deepening worries over the sustainability of American government debt. www.scmp.com/economy/econ...
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Give us another chance. Give us another 2 years. #cdnpoli
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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 17/09/2026
“We will have a series of debates, I’m sure, in Parliament, relevant committees, and ultimately there will be a vote in the Canadian Parliament for the final structure of the alliance that we’re working on," says PM Carney, discussing proposed EU associate membership. #cdnpoli
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
nbcnews.com
Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds
A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh wait, someone has thought of this before!
18 U.S. Code § 597 Expenditures to influence voting U.S. Code

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Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote- Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 10/09/2026
🇨🇦🔌 The modern world's first EV is coming back in 2027, better and cheaper than before. At $37,900 after sales taxes and the federal rebate, "it's a lot of car for the money—electric or not." #cdnpoli #EV
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Canada's cheapest new EV is now the $35k 2027 Nissan Leaf S
2027 Nissan Leaf S is a bargain trim with an estimated range of up to 341 km and only available in Canada, not US
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Pat @pat112.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Buyback backfire: Bond yields are surging despite the Treasury's $6 billion plan to lower them So much winning, the best, the bestest bankruptcies are Trump bankruptcies #Cdnpoli #Uspoli www.businessinsider.com/bond-yields-...
businessinsider.com
Buyback backfire: Bond yields are surging despite the Treasury's $6 billion plan to lower them
The move higher in yields on Wednesday followed an announcement about the details of a $6 billionTreasury buyback program.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Freeland US reality check: "Trump is president - elected a 2nd time. You are the place where democracy is on life support. — We are seeing more [USians] than we should be seeing capitulating to [Trump] — Too many [USians] are capitulating to an increasingly authoritarian regime." #cdnpoli
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Totally. On cement, toilet paper, and whatever else they just switched out.
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here's one thecanadalist.ca there are a few
thecanadalist.ca
The CANADA List – See How Canadian the Products You Buy Are
Search, sort, and filter to find products that are truly Canadian-owned, made, and sourced.
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Trevor Heywood @metroscapes.ca · 08/09/2026
"When your big thing is to change the name of a lake, it's because you're running out of arguments. It is a very weak gesture, to be cheap and nasty. Lake Ontario is not suffering. It's a lake." A most Jean Chrétien response. #cdnpoli
cbc.ca
Chrétien offers blunt assessment of Canada-U.S. trade war
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault that Canada made the right move with counter-tariffs and expanding them shouldn’t be off the table.
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Former #Canadian PrimeMinister #Chretien: “Canada must respond to the bully.” Should we impose #exporttax? On the US President actions renaming Lake Ontario. “What a weak gesture. Renaming a lake. It’s not hurting Lake Ontario. It’s a lake.” #cdnpoli #uspoli
cbc.ca
Chrétien offers blunt assessment of Canada-U.S. trade war
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault that Canada made the right move with counter-tariffs and expanding them shouldn’t be off the table.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I knew this was coming. How many times does Trump have to keep screwing people over in farm states before they will stop voting for his sycophants?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
He buys almost nothing made in US for himself or his business. Almost everything he sells on his website is made overseas, he hires foreign workers, he advertised Trump Mobile as made in US then deleted that from website after people paid. Even his Trump Bibles are from China.
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
replaced by a tragic comic book
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
nope
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Trump’s ridiculous bullying of Canada is backfiring | Robert Reich
The US president’s need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hanes: Quebec’s French-only voter information cards undermine democracy montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
‘Pettiness and nastiness’: No justification for Quebec’s French-only election mailouts, lawyer Julius Grey says montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026
how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me
pic of printed out paper Mapquest directions mounted to rearview mirror
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Except it's a cement garden. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump invites battleground Republicans to Rose Garden dinner
Many are hoping he will soon unleash his $400 million war chest to help save their majorities.
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Kudos to Safdie, but as he said, he would be happy to do his part pro bono - nothing stopping him from making this arrangement. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
theglobeandmail.com
Major changes coming to 24 Sussex Dr., famed architect Moshe Safdie says
Safdie, who will lead the jury selecting a proposal for the building’s restoration, envisions a much broader role for the prime minister’s residence
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Propaganda works. yougov.com/en-us/articl...
yougov.com
A record 38% of Republicans say Canada is unfriendly or an enemy of the U.S.
In recent years, a growing minority of Americans have come to view Canada as unfriendly to the U.S. and growing negativity towards Canada has largely been driven by Republicans
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 31/08/2026
A large majority of Canadians support a ‘Team Canada’ response to U.S. tariffs — except Conservatives: 🔴 LPC: 91% 🟠 NDP: 70% ⚜️ BQ: 69% 🔵 CPC: 48%
cultmtl.com
Large majority of Canadians support 'Team Canada' response to U.S. tariffs — except Conservatives
A large majority of Canadians support a 'Team Canada' response to U.S. tariffs — except Conservatives.
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CTV News Montreal @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Voters in Quebec will be receiving their information documents in French only this election, according to Elections Quebec.
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Quebec election documents to be sent only in French to comply with language laws
Voters in Quebec will be receiving their information documents in French only this election, according to Elections Quebec.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PM Mark Carney: "When the [USians] stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough, and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions." "It’s not constructive, but that’s their democracy." #cdnpoli
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Global Affairs Canada @globalaffairs.canada.ca · 01/09/2026
Big opportunities ahead for Canadian businesses! The CPTPP is now in force between Canada and the UK. The CPTPP, including the UK, represents a market of nearly 600 million consumers. Find out more: www.international.gc.ca/trade-commer...
UK and Canada flags, with the text “Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership” and 12 flags below.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Building our strength at home. Diversifying our trade partnerships abroad.
Screenshot of an article from CTV News. The headline reads: For the first time in six years, the Port of Churchill shipped Canadian grain to Europe
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Mia @miazz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yes, that Ty Cobb thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
Ty Cobb: White House ‘turning into some combination of a whorehouse and Las Vegas’
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb tore into President Trump’s White House ballroom project on Monday, saying the historic building is turning into a “combination of a whorehouse and Las Vegas.” Cob…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hegseth is systematically destroying and dismantling the greatest military force in the world. Another great day for Putin and Xi.
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Alberta - Support For Joining The United States: Oppose: 79% Support: 16% Research Co. / Aug 26, 2026
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