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Tracy Armstrong

@tlaarmstrong.bsky.social
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Traveller, Reader, Yogi...to name a few interests. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

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Olga Khazan @olgakhazan.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A very entertaining and eye-opening read if you also go cukoo bananas fighting with customer service www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 24/05/2025
Bill 5 is an undemocratic disaster that threatens Indigenous rights and environmental protections, pushed through by a government most voters didn’t choose. Ontario deserves a better democracy. It’s time for proportional representation. #onpoli
Two side-by-side pie charts titled "Ontario votes 2025" illustrate the gap between the popular vote and seat distribution in the 2025 Ontario election. The left chart, labelled "How we voted (popular vote)," shows PC at 43% in blue, Liberal at 29.9% in red, NDP at 18.6% in orange, Green at 4.8% in green, and Other at 3.8% in grey. The right chart, labelled "What we got (seats)," shows PC with 64.5% of the seats in blue, NDP with 21.8% in orange, Liberal with 11.3% in red, Green with 1.6% in green, and Other with 0.8% in grey. The graphic highlights the distortion between votes cast and seats won under first-past-the-post.
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Cole.notcole @colenotcole.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The strength of a nation is not measured by the loudness of its anger, but by the quiet courage of its hope. In moments of uncertainty, we don’t need louder voices. We need braver hearts. colenotcole.substack.com/p/the-choice...
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The Choice Before Us: Fear, Hope, and the Battle for Canada
On Monday, Canadians will choose the future of our country.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Unpacked End Times Fascism w/ @emmavigeland.bsky.social on @majorityreport.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7n...
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Trump’s End-Times Fascism | Naomi Klein | TMR
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 15/04/2025
It's like the Leap Manifesto 2025, from 170 municipal leaders representing 10 million Canadians! We need powerlines, not pipelines. Big bold projects using Canadian resources to "create hundreds of thousands of good local jobs in cities, rural, and Indigenous communities." elbowsupforclimate.ca
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Elbows Up For Climate
Elected local leaders from across Canada are uniting to say Elbows Up for Climate. This is the moment to protect our country from the dual threats of tariffs and climate change.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Yes, the captain intentionally piloted the ship into a huge iceberg, cracking the vessel like an egg. But the officers insist we'll all greatly benefit from an invigorating midnight swim through Arctic waters.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Michael Myers endorses Poilievre… and yeah, it’s just as creepy as it sounds. Satire gold from 22 Minutes. Watch before the horror becomes reality: youtu.be/as9b9xOS7MQ?... #SaveTheCBC #22Minutes #PoilievreExposed #CdnPoli #CBC #OurVoiceOurCBC
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
gift link... sober and practical. and very much where we are. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar
Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 09/03/2025
Tragedy over Florida: Elon Musk not on exploding rocket
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Tragedy over Florida: Elon Musk not on exploding rocket
ORLANDO, FL – In the wake of the recent mid-air explosion of a SpaceX rocket, thousands mourn as the company confirms that the CEO, Elon Musk, was not aboard the ship.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Most women aren’t following this advice for aging well. Here’s how to start. Resistance training can help women build muscle and keep bones healthy, by Trisha Pasricha www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... via @PostOpinions #exercise #menopause
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Column | Most women aren’t following this advice for aging well. Here’s how to start.
Loss of muscle mass and bone density are two critical issues of aging that disproportionately affect women. Resistance training can help.
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Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada @abortionrightscan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Liz Renzetti: "Canadians have resisted [Trump's] invitation to become the 51st state ...Around 90% of Canadians in a recent poll scorned the idea, for a variety of good reasons... Why would Canadians want to join a nation where half the population does not have control over their bodily autonomy?"
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America, keep your hands off my country — and my body
80 per cent of Canadians who are happy with the status quo in our country regarding people’s right to choose what they do with their bodies and futures.
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
"I was in this relationship for a long time because I have no family in Canada and I cannot afford housing." Femicide is an epidemic and we have the tools to end it. So why don't we? Excellent analysis from @thestar.com www.thestar.com/news/gta/wom...
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Women and girls are dying at the hands of their partners at alarming rates. We know the causes, so why can’t we stop it?
The conditions that precipitate intimate partner violence are all too common; escalating patterns of assault and intimidation, a lack of understanding of the heightened risks a woman faces the moment ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This writer sings. Good for the Guardian US which is getting better and better. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Was he grave, sombre, the consoler-in-chief? Are you kidding – this is Trump
Hours after the Washington plane crash, the president’s desire to politicise tragedy was breathtaking in its audacity
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different. In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that. a 🧵
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
What an Insomniac Knows. What’s really going on when you can’t power down? by Adam Gopnik www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... via @newyorker.com #sleep #insomnia
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What an Insomniac Knows
We’re warned that sleeplessness takes a serious toll. But obsessing over how to cure it may be even more damaging.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Why Canadians should care about the U.S. pulling out of the World Health Organization. From flu vaccinations to preventing future pandemics, what Canadian doctors are most worried about, by Jennifer Yoon www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca #GlobalHealth
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Why should Canadians care about the U.S. pulling out of the World Health Organization? | CBC News
The decision is a wake-up call for Canada to strengthen pandemic preparedness efforts, say experts.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I spoke this morning about Trump's threats against Canada globalnews.ca/news/1095325...
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As Trump threatens Canada, ‘there’s something dangerous brewing’: analyst - National | Globalnews.ca
David Frum, a staff writer at The Atlantic, says the fact the incoming U.S. president keeps repeating the idea of taking over Canada means he's eying some kind of aggression.
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