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#WilfulBlindness & gaslighting harms all, our economy, costs lives. Data transparency, science, evidence-based decisions, strong actions needed YESTERDAY. Vision mass-upzone "30 yr plan" (2008-18); Sim/ABC & BCNDP continually upzone & worsen #vanre

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
AI data centers are sucking up water and power. Industry PACs are spending millions to buy our elections. And AI is already being used to facilitate online scams, deny insurance claims, and price-gouge consumers. Sam Altman's response? We should "accept some bad things happening." Hello?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
“You’re fake news… you’re fake news….” Trump lashes out like a toddler at reporters telling him his poll numbers suck (with Hispanics too) and there’s no proof of fraud with mail-in ballots despite his lies — both true ✅ ✅
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h
Trump's people are using blue curtains to hide empty seats at this evening's rally in Grand Island, Nebraska. Those accurate reports of poor turnout in Ohio and Alabama *really* got under his skin.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 9h
New game created by 19 🇨🇦 teenagers❕ Players can land in “Ice Detention” and pay $60 pardon fee to get out. They can even “buy” a Supreme Court Justice to overrule an opponent’s move. A portion of all sales go to their local food bank and they’ve created a “Build Canada Scholarship”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h
Thousands of Cornell students have taken over the main plaza on campus to demand the Cornell 7 be held accountable for their crimes. 21% of undergraduate women are raped or sexual assaulted during their time on campus.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
lmao
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 6h
DJCreep
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 7h
wat
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 6h
Ok - confused bc of context w/ Eby’s campaign & article
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 6h
Thx will take a look. Corp taxes have come way down also compared to personal but are also reflective to be competitive with some countries. (Aside from the gratuitous public funding & waivers to some big corps - e.g Oil & Gas- which should be addressed!)
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 8h
ofc he has
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 9h
Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts, and pedophile said he still intends to win his election for Clerk and Comptroller after being arrested in August for molesting a male relative under the age of 5. He’s been endorsed by the GOP. amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Palm Beach GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuse
“I maintain my innocence and remain a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller,” Mike Caruso, facing child sex abuse charges.
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 8h
2026, same site www.brackets.tax/canada/briti...
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British Columbia Tax Brackets 2026 – Free Calculator
British Columbia 2026: 5.6% up to $50,363, 7.7% to $100,728, up to 20.5% top rate. Combined federal + provincial rates, RRSP & take-home pay.
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 8h
e.g 2024 www.brackets.tax/canada/briti...
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British Columbia Tax Brackets 2024 – Free Calculator
British Columbia 2024: 5.06% up to $47,937, 7.7% to $95,875, up to 20.5% top rate. Combined federal + provincial rates, RRSP & take-home pay.
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 9h
Citation for that “80%”? And that can’t possibly be 1980 BC Prov rate.
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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 10h
LOUDER!!! 👏 “Every dollar of public money spent to cover the unmet financial obligations of the oil and gas industry is a dollar not spent on essential public services such as education and healthcare,” Bryant wrote. #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli @cuym-alberta.bsky.social
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h
This starts with her aggressively trying to link him to the Muslim Brotherhood. I'd like to see someone turn the tables on this. "You're Christian, right? Did you support Timothy McVeigh? Did you agree with Dylann Roof? Or Eric Rudolph? Robert Lewis Dear? No? Even though you share their religion?"
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 9h
Trump, who campaigned on $2 gas, blames Democrats for high gas prices
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 9h
Reckoning coming
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 9h
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Metro Vancouver leads North America in new luxury store openings
The luxury surge comes as Vancouver’s broader retail market remains constrained by a lack of new supply: JLL
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 9h
#LongCovid patients have nearly twenty times more microscopic blood clots than healthy individuals. Unlike typical clots, these 'microclots' are wrapped in sticky, web-like structures made of DNA and enzymes released by white blood cells. www.linkedin.com/posts/hashem...
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Scientists just found a reason for the exhaustion of long COVID — microscopic clots in the blood. The study was published in the Journal of Medical Virology. Researchers discovered that patients… | ...
Scientists just found a reason for the exhaustion of long COVID — microscopic clots in the blood. The study was published in the Journal of Medical Virology. Researchers discovered that patients wit...
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Nagwan Al-Guneid @nagwanyyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1/ Report after report tells us that separation is an economic disaster for Alberta. This time, the evidence comes from the Calgary Chamber and economics professor Trevor Tombe. calgarychamber.com/wp-content/u...
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 9h
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In the Cornell and Hockey Canada cases, institutional failure is a common thread
There are many similarities between the two cases, both in terms of the actual incidents and the way they were handled by officials
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 12h
Int'l observers saw no fraud. Contested states recounted & found no fraud. CISA found no evidence of fraud. Barr's DOJ found no evidence of fraud. Multiple judges ruled there was no fraud. It's been investigated. It's time to accept that Trump lost in 2020. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Truthout @truthout.org · 9h
ICE is arresting a record number of pregnant women and teenagers who cannot access the medical care they need, according to the reporting. At the same time, the agency appears to have lost count of how many people had miscarriages after October 2025.
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ICE Jail Policies for Pregnant People Built on Legacy of Eugenics, Critics Say
A record number of pregnant women and teenagers have been arrested by ICE. They cannot access medical care they need.
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 9h
That’ll teach him 🙄
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Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.bsky.social · 9h
Ontario man who tried to fly with 31 kilos of pot from YVR to England gets a year in jail vancouversun.com/news/yvr-pot...
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JFC
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ICIJ @icij.org · 9h
ICIJ's review of documents released as part of a legal settlement with Fleet Farm, a Wisconsin-based gun retail chain, shed light on firearm industry practices that experts say contribute to gun trafficking in the United States and abroad. buff.ly/U1Wbjqu
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New documents show how a retail chain’s sales practices helped put guns on US streets - ICIJ
The public release of the records is part of a legal settlement with a Wisconsin-based company accused of negligence for selling guns that were later used in crimes.
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 11h
AI protestors invite Vancouver city council candidates to march, organizers say it's an election issue Founder of No AI Vancouver wants voters to know 'which candidates are against AI' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #vanpoli
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AI protestors invite Vancouver city council candidates to march, organizers say it's an election issue | CBC News
AI data centres in Vancouver — that’s what hundreds of people protested against Saturday, marching from Mount Pleasant to downtown Vancouver.
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 11h
C word applies to Kelly here
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 13h
Megyn Kelly: "...this is probably a first for her. She's probably thrilled to be so admired because she clearly didn't grow up the incredibly beautiful one."
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Megyn Kelly on Cornell's Jane Doe: "I'm just going to be honest, she's not the most attractive gal. She's extremely beefy in her arms and her legs."
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h
House Democrats launched an attack ad on Republican Rep. Jeff Crank featuring the family of Virginia Giuffre, an outspoken accuser who said she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. The ad accuses Crank of refusing to meet with them regarding Giuffre’s case.
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Democrats feature relatives of Virginia Giuffre in Epstein-focused ad
The ad accuses Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colorado) of refusing to meet with them regarding Giuffre’s case.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 11h
US says foreign financial institutions doing business with Iran may be sanctioned without notice reut.rs/47GciFS
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US says foreign financial institutions doing business with Iran may be sanctioned without notice
The US Treasury Department said on Monday ​it was alerting foreign financial institutions that continue to do business ‌with Iran or its financial sector that they may be sanctioned by Washington without advance notice.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11h
SCOTUS is entering another term with cases that are hugely consequential to our rights, including the right to religious liberty, free speech, and immigrants' right to due process. We're fighting to ensure the court does not accept President Trump's continued attempts to override the rule of law.
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Trump clashes ahead as new Supreme Court term begins
The president has lost major cases and openly criticized the justices, but he still has a winning record at the court, which will consider his immigration policies and more this term.
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 17h
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'With the high social costs of cutting back public services, targeted tax & natural resource royalty increases aimed at high-income individuals & large corporations is an approach that would minimize economic impacts & improve fairness in BC'
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B.C.’s fiscal choices after the provincial election | CCPA
No matter which party wins, there are some difficult choices coming in the next fiscal year.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We have to crush these sociopaths. The problem is that many Democrats take money from them, which means they will get bailed out at our expense in the next 2-4 years.
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THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 20h
Florida to Tax Canadians🇨🇦 www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... Other States Considering Tax Increases On Snowbirds #travelcanada 🇨🇦 #BoycottUS #BuyCanadian #BoycottUSA
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What Florida’s property tax vote means for Canadian snowbirds
A Florida ballot measure would sharply increase property tax exemptions for many permanent residents while keeping non-homesteaded properties in the tax base. Gov. Ron DeSantis has explicitly said sno...
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 17h
207. Stop giving our money to American corporations. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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PM Mark Carney pledged to ‘Buy Canadian.’ Since then, $7.8 billion in contracts went to American corporations
A Star analysis reveals U.S. firms dominated federal contracts despite PM Mark Carney’s ‘Buy Canadian’ promise.
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carduelisval.bsky.social @carduelisval.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Visited the newly opened Japanese Canadian Monument in Victoria today. 🇯🇵🇨🇦 It’s a memorial to the nearly 22,000 Japanese Canadians who were forcibly removed from their homes during the Second World War.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‼️ Alberta separatists are clearly MAGA north ‼️ Same hate. Same rage. Same lies. Same ignoring of facts, science, and morality. Same lack of shame...👇 "...separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support..." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...,
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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🇨🇦🍁Jujubee76🇨🇦🍁part owner of Canada🍁🇨🇦 @jujubee76.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Check out what @thelineca.bsky.social Jen Gerson has to say to #Alberta and the seppies! All Canadians 🇨🇦 and especially Albertans and Québécois, keep your wits about you! #forevercanadian #FDT #cdnpoli #traitorsmith #abpoli #qcpoli #ableg #teamcanadaforever ❤️🇨🇦🍁❤️ www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
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Jen Gerson: Oh, so you want to send Ottawa a message, eh?
Vote to stay and send Washington the right message. Namely, don’t fuck with us.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
100%
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/10/2026
Former Prince Andrew takes police to court over Epstein files arrest, Telegraph says reut.rs/4ylSLWx
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Former Prince Andrew takes police to court over Epstein files arrest, Telegraph says
King Charles' younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has launched a legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest for ​suspicion of misconduct in office based on documents released ‌by the US Justice Department on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Discovery should be interesting
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What booming economy? Is everyone at FT on hallucinogens? The best time to delete this was before it went up, and the second-best time is right now. Like right this very second. This is *humiliating* for FT—to confuse the AI stock bubble with a whole fucking economy. A whole-of-institution fail.
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/10/2026
"Republicans are defending territory they never expected to be at risk four weeks before Election Day, as President Donald Trump implores voters not to desert his party with the promise of more cash giveaways," writes Stephen Collinson. | Analysis cnn.it/4hvdkuf
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Trump fights on home turf as Democratic midterm hopes rise | CNN Politics
Republicans are defending territory they never expected to be at risk four weeks before Election Day, as President Donald Trump implores voters not to desert his party with the promise of more cash giveaways.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@vancolour.bsky.social and I are hosting an in-person conversation with the Vancouver mayoral candidates tomorrow and some more tickets may now be available. There is also a livestream you can sign up for. #vanpoli More info here about our "Mayoral Mixer" events.humanitix.com/mayoral-mixer
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Mayoral Mixer: A Conversation with the Candidates
Vancouver's mayoral candidates face the questions voters are actually asking. Co-presented by The Tyee and SFU Public Square.
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