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Vancouver 🇨🇦 um, just like to know what the fuck is going on

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 7h
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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mippen @mippen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This dumpling is now available through the Vancouver SPCA. Could you be her forever after? Seized from a cruelty case now ~ 9-10 wks old. She hasn't been posted yet so plz DM for details.
Black and white pup with a blue cone and a cast on her broken rear leg. She has a  black heart shape nose and is looking up at camera. She is on blankets and towels surrounded by toys. She is brave.
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mippen @mippen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
main character energy
two Siamese coloured kittens in a cardboard perch. the chocolate girl is pushing the blue boy's face away with her white pawclose up of white paws pushing on blue boy's face chocolate girl leaning forward to the camera while covering blue boy's face with her white paw
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mippen @mippen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
when mom takes you to the Sears portrait studio
kittens side by side, sort of Siamese coloured, holding hands. the chocolate girl is ready for her close up. the blue point boy glowers
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Multiple warnings to Quebec from the federal government about American efforts to influence the upcoming election in support of the separatist PQ.
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(Models Available For Subscribers) Alberta Provincial Polling: UCP: 45% (-8) NDP: 45% (+1) Others: 10% Janet Brown / Sept 21, 2026 / n=1200 / MOE 2.8% / Telephone/Online (% Change With 2023 Election) Check out AB model details from @338canada.bsky.social here: 338canada.com/alberta
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
Oil giant BP not only funded the research behind an influential climate science paper, but company execs even tried to revise versions of it. “Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper,” a BP climate adviser wrote the researchers at one point. (Published June w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social)
propublica.org
How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
they are going to come for your contraception, it is literally only a matter of time. I just replaced my IUD and if you think any of the long-term methods of contraception would be a good fit for you and/or your partner, now is the time to do it
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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mark Carney’s Balancing Act - In a wide-ranging interview with the NYT (gift article), the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
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Mark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S. (Gift Article)
In a wide-ranging interview, the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping meets Trump, the first thing he should say is: thank you. Trump's foreign policy decisions have systematically weakened America's global position while strengthening China's. Here's how. 🧵 1/10
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/09/2026
A Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they call "raccoon boot camp."
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A raccoon boot camp in Mississippi teaches abandoned kits survival skills
A Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they call “raccoon boot camp.”
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transylvan(ian) 🧛🏼 @illpod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
imagine being 40 points underwater on "people wanting you to stay alive"
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stories like this have, for ages, treated men's desire to harm women as a sort of background noise, a weather we just normalize and accept and try to work around. Feminism is among other things a process of denormalization.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pen, watercolor, black & white charcoal pencil.

Another featured piece from the Spooky Pants book.

A man in a sweater stands with his hands on his hips looking out of a large window with the curtains open. Things aren’t looking good outside, reader. A massive winged demon is emerging from the clouds as dozens of little ghosts and bone demons rip through the sky. On the ground below we see townsfolk running through the grass. Our man in the window is in no mood for this. He lets us know, “Oh, I am in no mood for this.” His dog looks out the window as well, wagging its tail. 

Fantasia (1940) inspired drawing. I think I could’ve gone a little heavier with the chaos outside but we’ll try again with fresh drawings this October. I like how the clouds turned out. Trying to balance my sloppy lines with more detail can be tricky but I think we achieved a good result.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Tom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FBI warns ICE agents not to trust any women willing to date them gizmodo.com/fbi-warns-ic...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/09/2026
Talk about a dream 😍 In conversation with Margaret Atwood at our shared alma mater, Victoria University, on October 20
A screenshot of the event I will be doing with Margaret Atwood at our shared alma mater Victoria University on October 20.
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NPR @npr.org · 17/09/2026
Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran, including a strike on a school in the southern city of Minab. n.pr/4Ak7inF
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U.N.-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran, including a school attack
Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran, including a strike on a school in the southern city of Minab.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🇪🇺🇨🇦 Ursula von der Leyen wants to take Canada-EU relations to “the highest level possible” — including opening the door for Canada to become the EU’s first associate member. A potentially historic shift in Canada-Europe relations. 🎥 Credit: CPAC Live / YouTube ❤️🇪🇺🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🇪🇺❤️
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca
No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
it’s like they unearthed a second zapruder film or something
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
last byelection vancouver’s election team bragged about how reducing poll workers by 70% would be super awesome and then people had to wait in line for 3+ hours and this election they’re taking legal action over Chinese names and at a certain point you have to wonder about priorities
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Jackie Bigford (JackiesBuzz) 🍁 🇨🇦 @jackiebigford.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bravo PM Mark Carney ( @mark-carney.bsky.social) I especially love this for Canada: EU and Canada to lay sea cables to get off US tech 🖥️ - free live/work movement I lived in Germany and travelled Europe and I can tell you, the people love Canadians. 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 #cdnpoli #eupoli
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I remain convinced that the most effective response to a politician or a pundit who's pushing transphobia is "I'm not sure why you're obsessed with other people's genitals but it's really creepy"
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Mark Carney: "Canada has learned the lessons of history. We know that Putin should never be trusted. Every indiscriminate attack, every strike against a hospital, a shopping mall or a residential building, every order given to abduct children bears his signature." #cdnpoli
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I obviously cannot tell Mark Carney or Canada what to do. But I can say that, based on my experience, the only way to stop bullies is to hit them back.
robertreich.substack.com
Message to Canada: Continue to Fight Trump
Most of us in the U.S. are with you
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“This is a key part of our plan to build the industrial capacity to produce millions of drones within the next two years,” Carney said. “One third of all the drones we manufacture will go to support Ukraine’s defense of its homeland.”
bloomberg.com
Canada Targets Millions of Drones, With a Third Going to Ukraine
Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a declaration of a 100-year partnership between their two countries, as Canada pledged to boost its drone production capacity and se...
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In this interview, HRC of all people says it’s plausible that Netanyahu intentionally allowed the 10/7 attack to happen because it would help him consolidate power and destroy Gaza. Seems like a dam has broken.
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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 10/09/2026
Well I'm back from Yellowstone and oh my god
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 10/09/2026
wth the exception of this fucken piss baby no one here is 'confused' or 'wounded'. they are 'pissed off' and 'out for blood'.
CBCNEWS

Poilievre tells U.S. TV Canadians are 'wounded' and 'confused' to be in America's crosshairs

#cdnpoli
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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 10/09/2026
pee break fail
small dog lying on sunny bricks outside
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
i forget who on here was recently like 'anytime the food at the place starts quietly sucking you can google it and trace the quality drop to whenever it was bought by private equity' but hooooowee you sure can
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
How can we FOIA this ??? Those numbers are going to be *atrocious* (in the literal sense of "avoidable atrocity") Can we get stats on the jump in DV death, too, bc banning abortion forces more ppl to stay in abusive relationships + the #1 cause of death for pregnant / postpartum women is murder
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
houstonchronicle.com
Texas' first post-Roe look at maternal deaths won't be ready by midterms
Democrats say the timing is suspicious, given the Dec. 1 deadline is after Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans who supported the state’s abortion ban are up for reelection.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/09/2026
Even the crickets were embarrassed.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The trade war with Canada makes no economic sense. And most Americans agree. Polling shows they see Canadians as close allies, oppose the tariffs against them, and are actually cheering on Canadian retaliation. youtu.be/h8Fvnl0l7_8
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 09/09/2026
Garden tomato art from previous years.
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Air Budd Dwyer @airbudddwyer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Catholic Robin filing a heartbreaking lawsuit against the archdiocese years later
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Flavio Volpe, C.M. @flaviovolpe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We’ve been over this before: Every Global 7500 that Bombardier builds in 🇨🇦 has 2 GE engines built in Indiana, 🇺🇸. Every Challenger that Bombardier builds in 🇨🇦 has 2 Honeywell engines built in Arizona. 🇺🇸. Bombardier employs 3,000+ 🇺🇸s & has 2,800 🇺🇸 suppliers. Not so smart.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
still the best place in the city, when the full ocean opens up and the pavement bends out of view still a world of possibilities, just waiting to be explored
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Vanelle 🦋🇨🇦 🎹🎤 & Buy Canadian Warrior @vanellemusic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
As seen on Gander: Bob Rae's five-point Canadian Declaration of Defence of Sovereignty, Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law. #CdnPoli 🇨🇦 💪 #ElbowsUp
5 Points of Declaration for Canada
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 05/09/2026
the american mind can't comprehend this image
a photo of the streetcar in Nice, France, which runs on tracks through lush grass, creating an extremely solar punk image
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Sonic Fox @thesonicfox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sisyphus more relatable than Odysseus
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There are about as many trees in Canada as stars in the milky way
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now in Gunmetal Grey!
A person in the background carrying a bag over their shoulder. In the foreground, a large gray cat sits beside a cardboard box labeled "CATS FOR MEN." The text above reads "Introducing CATS FOR MEN™," and below the box, it says "The first feline designed for real, masculine men."
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