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A suffering progressive Canadian in a conservative province. Do NOT judge me by my spelling (or grammar). I do have other talents, I just have to remember what they are... #ElbowsUp #WomenAgainstPoilievre #StandWithUkraine 🌻 💉12x 😷🖖

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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 5h
⭐⭐⭐⭐ #RunTerryRun #cdnpoli richardcrouse.ca/run-terry-ru...
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RUN TERRY RUN: 4 STARS. “provides an up close and personal look at Fox.” « | Richard Crouse
Canadian critic watching bad movies, so you don't have to.
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 5h
Today's #Wordle - Wordle 1,938 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 6h
"We can keep fighting over how to manage Toronto’s problems, or we can demand the harder work of understanding what is creating them. Sound bites are easy. Solving real problems is hard." #NoBradfordForMayor #TOpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Shellene Drakes-Tull: Why Toronto’s complex social issues get lost in mayoral campaign sound bites
Toronto challenges are interconnected — they don’t exist in isolation. That’s what gets lost when we distil complex social issues into campaign sound bites.
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 7h
But yes, this is who America is.
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 7h
THIS!!! #uspoli #GoVOTE
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Rachel Wales @rachelwales.bsky.social · 15h
Wonder what's next...watching people get devoured by lions or other public spectacle to amuse the masses? It's time to decouple from the United States and it can't happen soon enough. Let them put tariffs on products. The more distance the better. Keep diversifying our options Mark Carney.
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Karen Sue Waters @karensuew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I miss having a president. I mean a REAL president -- someone who works and lives the position. Someone who doesn't shame us but instead is always a person to respect and be proud of. Someone like Barack Obama.
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 19h
Glina’s Instagram account includes commentary strongly supporting Trump & Netanyahu, while raising concerns about Islam’s impact on society. So Brad Bradford asked him to host his event? When a person shows you who he is, BELIEVE him!!! #NoBradfordForMayor #Topoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/bra...
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Brad Bradford's campaign drops an event co-host over online Islam comments
Real estate developer Avi Glina will no longer be one of three hosts for “Rally for change in North York.”
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Weirdre Lee 🌙💞✨️🍁 @deirdrelee.bsky.social · 20h
Why are the most ignorant, stupid, useless, corrupt, dangerous people still in charge of anything??
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 22h
This is just so sick...whatever happened to civilization??? #uspoli www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/p...
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Pete Hegseth vows to make first firing squad execution in decades ‘public’ | CNN Politics
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in an interview this week that the execution of the man who killed 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 would be “public.”
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 23h
$13M to advertise WHAT, Doug & Sylvia??? 🤨 Long wait time at the ER? Closure of Emergency Departments? Can't find a primary care doctor? Deny a dying father compensation for out of province medical treatments? Your cruelty? #FordFailedOntario #onpoli #cdnpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
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Ontario Health Ministry spent $13.3M on advertising last year
Newly released records bring advertising spending identified by The Trillium to more than $90M across five ministries
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Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And bike lanes on Bloor brought an increase in business www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Bike lanes brought more traffic to Bloor Street businesses, study says
City staff say that the temporary bike lanes along Bloor Street should be made permanent in light of a study that suggests their presence brought more customers to area businesses while only slowing d...
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Agree 100%! Currently, Ford needs distractions to cover up the OSAP scandal. #FordIsCorrupt #onpoli #cdnpoli share.google/BjmXfnFKi7Py...
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Ontario refers concerns about OSAP payments at private career colleges to OPP
The delay comes as the government is under fire for what critics describe as a lack of oversight and inaction.
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psvrh.bsky.social @psvrh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The important thing to remember with Dug is that movies like this are always done to distract from something else that he's done that's about to hit the news. Dug will keep pressing the "bike lanes" button as long as keeps media attention off, eg, the Greenbelt land-grab
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is not only a waste of time and taxpayers' money, it WILL cost lives!!! AND it will NOT solve our congestion issues!!! Doug Ford, you are cruel and incompetent!!! #FordFailedOntario #onpoli #cdnpoli toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/08/p...
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Province to begin removing Bloor West bike lanes on Tuesday, Chows calls move 'outrageous'
CityNews has learned the province of Ontario will begin removing bike lanes along a stretch of Bloor Street West in Etobicoke on Tuesday, with Olivia Chow calling the move “outrageous.” Chow said she ...
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today's #Wordle - Wordle 1,937 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Barbara MacKinnon @barbaramackinnon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Harris started to erase OHIP and Ford is determined to eliminate it in favour of privatization. The young pharmacists aren’t even aware of the large number of prescription drugs that used to be covered by OHIP :(
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Recalled due to undisclosed peanut. #cdnpoli recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-rec...
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Nora's brand Mint Chip Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert recalled due to undeclared peanut - Canada.ca
The affected product is being recalled from the marketplace because it contains peanut which is not declared on the label.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Be safe out there Hamilton friends.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
HPS charged Newlands w Careless Driving & Assault. We recommend in situations like this that you get the license plate but always be safe if you suspect a violent reaction. As you can see from the second video attached, Mr. Newlands then fled nearly running over our client in the process 2/3
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
TW Last week our client was cycling in Hamilton. He passed James Newlands in his grey pickup truck. Words were exchanged, Newlands sped unsafely past our client then brake checked. Shocking video confirmed Mr. Newlands intentions & shed light on this terrible incident of road rage 1/3
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
To all my furry friends, my sincere apology for keeping you up at night. 😍 www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Lie down with dogs, wake up refreshed? That’s what a new study suggests.
You’re more likely to disrupt your dog’s sleep than they are yours, new study suggests.
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Liberals🇨🇦🇺🇦 @saynotobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#RobberBaron Jeff Bezos on Fox News right before the midterms to lecture everyday people about the state of U.S. affordability? A guy with a net worth over $200 billion doesn’t have a clue what a gallon of milk, a tank of gas, or a monthly grocery bill actually costs right now. #RobberBaronMedia
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cancer patient fought for access to a treatment approved by Health Canada. OHIP refused. The patient took the govt to court. He won. Then they changed the rules. He’s still ineligible. ☝️ Definition of Cruelty! 🤬 #FordFailedOurHealthcare #onpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/for...
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Toronto cancer patient feels ‘betrayed’ as Ontario tightens rules on out-of-country funding
Funding will now only be available for drug treatments when “specific conditions” are met, Health Ministry says.
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Rachel Wales @rachelwales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Don't like the vibe of this guy. Stick with Chow, she cares about Toronto. This guy will just take like every Conservative.
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Alberta separatists are a collection of grifters, who've cycled through the various crises since 2015 and have attached themselves to the various conspiracy groups that grew out of covid. Throw in the "send Ottawa a message" obsessionists and that's who the UCP and the Trump govt are manipulating.
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MrCranky 🇨🇦 @mrcranky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For one thing, selling out to the U.S. would be existential. Who wants to be the next Louisiana? Laissez les mauvaise temps roulez. Granted, this is also true for Alberta but they're too dumb to see it.
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Most don't, and that is sad.
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🍷HoneyLips🍷 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇲🇽 🇨🇦 🦋 @winecave.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#BoycottAmazon
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F A S (Frankie) Miller @reallyfasmiller.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm thrilled that she is ahead, but this is a little too close for my liking. Texans, please vote for a better Texas. Vote for Gina Hinojosa.
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Deanna 🇨🇦 @dbliuvas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ontario emerges as preferred site to build Saab GlobalEye military surveillance plane, sources say flip.it/GQR.-n
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Ontario emerges as preferred site to build Saab GlobalEye military surveillance plane, sources say
Plane maker prefers factory near Toronto’s Pearson over Dorval, Que., but possible provincial subsidies could ultimately sway decision, sources said
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"2 university professors argue that Brad Bradford's campaign is steeped in right-wing populism by portraying Toronto as a declining city, & stoking fear, resentment & anger." #NoBradfordForMayor #TOpoli #cdnpoli www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...
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OP-ED: Right-wing populism comes to Toronto’s mayoral race
Two university professors argue that Brad Bradford's campaign is steeped in right-wing populism by portraying Toronto as a declining city, and stoking fear, resentment and anger
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Rachel Wales @rachelwales.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All Amazon needs to do is hire from temporary employment agencies. It's a technique used by companies to keep the accident stats down, the report goes on the agency. Any young person out there, try to avoid the temp agencies. You can end up in some pretty disgusting workplaces.
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The new owners also own the grocery chain that was found guilty of bread price fixing. 🤨🤦‍♀️ #TheWestonMonopoly #cdnpoli
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today's #Wordle - Wordle 1,936 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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TCM Party @tcmparty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We lost one of the great ones today. #TCMParty ^JW
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith should resign! Quebec separatist PQ won a weak minority Canada needs to use its laws against treason and foreign interference 🇨🇦 The OShow with former Winnipeg Mayor @glenmurrayonline.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/rvvPc5TYqfo?...
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THE OSHOW: DANIELLE SMITH, RESIGN! QUEBEC SEPARATIST WON A WEAK MINORITY, FOREIGN INTERFERENCE RULES
YouTube video by The OShow with Laura Babcock
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"If you’re considering shopping on Amazon on “Amazon Prime” days … Please reconsider." -Robert Reich- #uspoli #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZIg...
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The Hidden Cost of Amazon Prime Day
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/calga... Anybody think about who's going to work in our meat processing plants down in Brooks when the govt implements its genius TFW tax of $1900? Do we think Canadian teens are going to take on those jobs? Did the UCP govt even ask employers for their input?
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What would charging temporary residents for health care and education mean for Alberta?
When Albertans vote in the province’s referendum this fall, they will be asked whether people legally living and working in Alberta without permanent resident status should pay extra to use two of the province’s most important public services.
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today's #Wordle - Wordle 1,935 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"...the stakes are already clear, given the mounting evidence of meddling from south of the border. Albertans will do themselves (& the rest of us) a big favour by delivering a resounding no in two weeks." #abpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Andrew Phillips: What Alberta separatists get wrong about Quebec as a model for independence
Quebec’s sovereigntists never tried to advance their cause by selling out to the United States.
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Alberta Referendum Countdown @count2abreferendum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨🚨🚨If you have a mail-in ballot for the Alberta Referendum but have not submitted it yet, you have 5️⃣ days left. ‼️The recommended final day to get it in the mail📫 is this Friday‼️ ⚠️Elections Alberta must RECEIVE special ballots by OCT 16 - 5:00PM⚠️ #ABpoli #ABleg
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Christmas Countdown: 5 Days Left
ALT: Christmas Countdown: 5 Days Left
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X Solitude ∞ 🍁🇨🇦 EH! @solitudex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Womp womp!!! The magic number 0
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
😞 Disappointing... "Quebec sovereigntist party will form next government, CTV News projects." #QuebecElection #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Quebec sovereigntist party will form next government, CTV News projects. Live results here.
CTV News projects the Parti Québécois will form Quebec's next government. The PQ leader has vowed to hold a referendum on Quebec sovereignty. Follow for live updates.
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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Happy Wildlife Day! #ProtectOurFuture 💓 #LFGBlue 🌊🗳️🌊
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump just caved — claiming online that his super PAC will now pay for those propaganda ads taxpayers had previously been funding.
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