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Nicole Brandon

@nicolebrandon.bsky.social
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nikita_arch on Twitter (RIP). London ON. I specialize in centuries-old garbage (aka archaeology). Environment, cycling, kindness. Trying to be better. #LdnOnt #onpoli

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Climate Action London @climateldnont.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We asked candidates for Mayor for their response to 7 climate & sustainability questions/statements. Here are the results. Read their full responses - www.climateactionlondon.ca/mayor Want to see the various councilor responses or other resources? www.climateactionlondon.ca/election2026 #ldnont
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Theo Ward @theoward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I'm not breaking the rules because I said so" sounds awfully familiar. Who wants a mayor who flouts even minor accountability on the campaign trail? Also, maybe Zeboon should say more about his views on laws he assumes nobody really cares about. #ldnont
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Glen Pearson @glenpearson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A special thank you to City Councillor Hadlleigh McAlister for his visit today and a certificate of congratulations for our 40th. Had a terrific talk about food security. I had missed his earlier entry on his platform about the subject and was thankful for his interest. #LdnOnt
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Jamieson Roberts @jamiesonroberts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doing what’s right when it’s hard is the sign of your values. The only values that Carney is showing a devotion to capitalism, not something that actually benefits Canadians.
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Nicole Brandon @nicolebrandon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The rules for campaigning on city property are clear… & they apply to every candidate, me included. But accountability isn't something you only ask of others. It starts with yourself. That matters more when someone is asking to be mayor.” Well said, Mayor Morgan #LdnOnt
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London Public Library @lpl.ca · 29/09/2026
The Annual Fall Book Sale is almost here!🍂 Shop books, CDs, DVDs & more at Centennial Hall, Oct 16–18. Every purchase supports Library programs. Volunteers wanted—including high school students! Learn more: buff.ly/pj2zmEF
Two smiling women holding stacks of books stand at a busy table, browsing and chatting at the Friends of the London Public Library Giant Fall Book Sale.Weekend book sale at Centennial Hall, 550 Wellington St., lower level — Friday Oct. 16 9am–9pm, Saturday Oct. 17 9am–5pm, Sunday Oct. 18 10am–4pm; Sunday special fill-a-bag for $5, more info friendslondonlibrary.ca
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is no safe way for researchers to use the systems provided by OpenAI, Anthropic, or any of these other companies. They have all admitted that plagiarism is an integral component of what they do. If you put your work in – even if it's just to touch up a manuscript – they will take it.
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Peggy Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pot kettle black
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Sharkdancing @sharkdancing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta disabled the Facebook page of Brazil's President Lula's on Wednesday. It also restricted the ad account linked to his campaign. The platform gave no justification for the move. First round voting starts Oct 4 2026 & it's purported to be close. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/meta-block...
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Meta Blocks President Lula’s Facebook Page and Campaign Ads
The page is now back online, but Lula's electoral coalition says Meta's actions harmed the president’s campaign.
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Angela @rouquinne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What?! This can't be true! Dougie told us that this would DECREASE wait times!!!! www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Wait times increasing for some medical procedures outsourced to for-profit clinics in Ontario: report
Outsourcing surgeries and imaging to private for-profit clinics has not resulted in a drop in wait times for most procedures, according to a new study released Monday.
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Nicole Brandon @nicolebrandon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dahlias ❤️
Dahlia bouquet, pinks, yellow and orange, with jade plants on the left and their shadows on the right.
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Nicole Brandon @nicolebrandon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Members say shopping at the co-op helps them meet new people and feel connected with the community” That’s the charm of a local co-op 😊 #LdnOnt is lucky to have a grocery co-op. The London Food Co-op is located at the corner of Adelaide and Princess Street. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This tiny N.S. community was frustrated with big-box grocers. So they opened their own store | CBC News
Fiddlehead Market Co-op opened in Bear River, N.S. — population 1,000 — in July. Members say the prices, the quality of the produce and the convenience are a breath of fresh air.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYT: U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics by Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @nytimes.com nyti.ms/4yUKWaK
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U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics (Gift Article)
Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 28/09/2026
Today, my 6 yo grandkids came to my studio and painted these frames I built & then used bones they collected over the summer at the lake to create creepy creatures which we glued to the paintings. That's how you instill creativity. You let them be creative. They've already asked to come back.
2 square wood frames with kid's painting with creatures made of small bird & fish bones glued to it.
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Richard Drew @itsricharddrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's scary how spot on this is...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2026
An alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking U.S. foreign policy, from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba. On @firinglineshow.bsky.social Watch here: youtu.be/4okBq3W_E-o
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Anne Applebaum | Full Episode 9.25.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
YouTube video by Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 27/09/2026
A U.S. libertarian network called Atlas Network has been funding at least 11 Canadian think tanks that have been fuelling, climate denialism, support for the oil and gas industry, and Alberta separatism.
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How the US Atlas Network Built Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
A global cabal of libertarian and right-wing organizations has fuelled the province’s independence movement.
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last night I knocked on the door of a woman who was moving into an apartment after months of living in her car, homeless. She was setting up the place so her kid could be returned to her. We’re all one accident, layoff or crisis away from similar outcomes. What an honour to welcome her home.
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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot)
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 11/09/2026
When she was fifteen, Diana Chan McNally was homeless. Today, the frontline worker and activist is running for city council in Parkdale–High Park. New from @emmapaling.bsky.social: thelocal.to/diana-chan-m...
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Toronto’s Most Well-Known Defender of Homeless Encampments Runs for Council | The Local
As a teenager, Diana Chan McNally was briefly homeless. She’s since worked in drop-in centres and become a prominent advocate for homeless people. In the race for Parkdale-High Park, she’s going to ne...
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 25/09/2026
In 1965, the average CEO made 21 times what a typical worker earned. In 2025, that number was 325 times. So yeah, working people not being able to afford a house or healthcare isn’t because they’re buying too much avocado toast.
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Sam Broughton, Ph.D. @smbrghtn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Elect evil people who attack science, education, and objective media—expect progressively really bad things to happen
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 25/09/2026
‘All We Could See Was Red’: The Wildfires Choking Indonesia www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/w...
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Millions in Indonesia Breathe In Toxic Haze From Months of Wildfires (Gift Article)
For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern.
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To interested #Canadians, complete the letter to the Federal Government and MP’s from the Canadian Labour Congress. #CLC #WorkersRights #RightToStrike #BillC39 #MarkCarney #cdnpoli #CANPOLI #Liberal #peipoli #nspoli #nbpoli #ONpoli #QCpolk #NFLDpoli #MBpoli
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Protect workers’ right to strike - Workers Together
Big corporations already have too much power. Now the federal government has introduced a bill that could give it new powers to end legal strikes and weaken workers’ bargaining power, making it easier...
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I used to have 1/3 of my class from outside of Canada. This term maybe 5%.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve noticed there seems to be a disconnect between what people understand Carney to be doing and what his policies actually do in practice. And I think I know why. Rather than telling you, I’m going to show you:
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London Public Library @lpl.ca · 23/09/2026
📚 Volunteers needed! Join the Friends of the London Public Library for their Annual Giant Fall Book Sale this October. Support your Library + sign up here: buff.ly/9nyT0XX Deadline October 9.
Seven volunteers stand behind a "Friends of the London Public Library — BOOK SALE" sign in a large hall lined with tables of books, smiling and waving to promote a community book sale.
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Carmi Levy @carmilevy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m going to leave this here as a gentle reminder to my future self to take more walks in the woods. They’re magical places, after all. #ldnont #canada #medway #landscapephotography #perspective
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Nicole Brandon @nicolebrandon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Free tree today!
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kathynavackas.bsky.social @kathynavackas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is why people like him - he's focused on improving lives. All lives. The neighbourhoods, the roads, the social cohesion. More politicians need to take a lesson. If you want trust in government and politics restored, he's showing how to do it.
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London Public Library @lpl.ca · 22/09/2026
What's more punk than the public library? 🤘 Find us at Punk Rock Flea Fest London this Saturday with crafts and Library activities. 📅 Sept. 26, 11am–4pm 📍 Dundas Place, between Richmond and Wellington Come say hi!
Two smiling women hold a red cloth reading "What's more punk than the public library" at a Punk Rock Flea Fest table beneath a large festival banner and PRFM London logo, with volunteers and a table of zines and merch behind them.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Every other cow seeing this shit jealous as hell. This is a once in a generation opportunity for a cow.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026
I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess.
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Nicole Brandon @nicolebrandon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There are local alternatives, as @todmaffin.com points out. Does your city have a grocery co-op? #LdnOnt is lucky to have the London Food Co-op. No misleading labels! Food for people, not for profit.
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Nicole Brandon @nicolebrandon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A propos a previous post, I came across this glorious catio in Woodstock ON. The cats (I saw three!) are enjoying it. Free roaming cats are forbidden in Woodstock. This is the way.
A catio that extends from a house with beige siding to a chain-link fence about 2 feet from the house. Vines grow on the fence. A black cat sits at one end. A calico cat sits at the other end. Green lawn in foreground.
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The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One of the worst things Canada imported from the US is car dependency. It is both financially and ecologically unsustainable that is bankrupting our cities. If want to build Canada strong, with more affordable and beautiful neighborhoods, we need to fully reject the US scam of car-centric cities.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dave Matthews from the Dave Matthew's Band holds two signs during his concert reading “stop killing children” and “stop the genocide” in solidarity with Palestine
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The most incompetent administration in history by far, populated by idiots from top to bottom putting all of our lives in danger.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Breaking: The United States has reached a security agreement with Denmark over Greenland that consists of exactly what the situation has been for the last eight decades and not a thing more
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Nicole Brandon @nicolebrandon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cat owners I am imploring you to please keep your beloved kitty indoors. This evening I witnessed a cat hit and killed by a car. It was horrific. Please, the best way to keep your pet safe is to keep it indoors.
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Liberals’ move to privatize airport operations is a mistake. Experience shows that adding a profit element can’t help but increase costs and drive cuts to service. And any foreign ownership of critical infrastructure touching our national security is clearly unwise in these times.
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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The US eliminated measles in 2000. This year the country has already suffered the highest number of deaths from the virus since the 1990s. After a campaign of disinformation from RFK Jr and others a quarter of Americans now have doubts about the vaccine. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a ‘friend at the White House’ amid deadly measles outbreak
The US health secretary added that he would’ve made sweeping changes ‘on day one’ but he had to follow the law
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Logc @july2022.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"the actual history of NDP provincial governments in Canada is one of higher real wage growth, higher corporate profit growth and smaller deficits than Conservative and Liberal ones. ... it’s a striking contrast to the story Conservatives in Alberta like to tell."
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Editorial board: "Mr. Ford insists this is a common-sense approach to tackling congestion. But a possible tell that this is more about culture-war politics is that he is making no effort to remove parking spaces, which take up more room than bicycle lanes." #BikeTo #OnPoli #ToPoli
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