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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North

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Single mother of #AuDHD kid; UofT grad, English Specialist; abortion=healthcare; dog owner, cat lover; 80% atheist; #Dungeons&Dragons; politics (esp. 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇲), history, and a choice turn of phrase.

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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If anyone on Bluesky hasn't signed this hilarious petition, now's your chance!
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The cupboards are bare when it comes to public hospitals, but for private, for-profit companies, there seems to be always another funding announcement around the corner.” The stink of corruption at Queen's Park is potent. #onpoli
theobserver.ca
Funding private health care in Ontario costs more and leads to longer waits
Amid belt-tightening at Sarnia's hospital, and others in Ontario, provincial investment in for-profit clinics has been on the rise.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wow, a LOT of Americans want to come here! 🇨🇦
cbc.ca
Demand for Canadian Citizenship Certificates soaring, fuelled by Americans | CBC News
Applications from people around the world seeking Canadian citizenship certificates have been rising rapidly, fuelled by thousands from the United States, CBC News has learned. So many people have app...
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Hockey Night in Canada" — you were there for my entire life. You are missed. 😢
dailyhive.com
NHL fans not thrilled with Sportsnet's 'Hockey Night in Canada' replacement | Daily Hive | Offside
It was the first Saturday night of the NHL season, but it didn't feel right to a lot of Canadian hockey fans.
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Korubitto 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇸🇲🇽 🇮🇷🫂 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @korubitto1106.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them." Margaret Atwood
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🇨🇦 Canadian Self-defence League @canadiandefence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a fascinating idea. 🇨🇦 Seniors of Bluesky, what do you think?
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I want to be Rosie the Canadian Drone Assembler!

Canada has promised to put millions of drones in the hands of Canadian and Ukrainian military members.

I have read that Ukrainian civilians assemble drones in their garages.

I'm a Canadian senior and I would love to:

1. follow a Lego-style manual to assemble drone rotors in my garage;

2. make drone parts with 3-D printers at my community centre; or

3. fill bags with drone parts for Ukrainians to assemble!

I'm not suggesting working with explosives or classified technology.

Quality control, union contracts, labour regulations, liability and insurance would certainly have to be addressed.

But, according to federal government statistics,

almost 2 million Canadian seniors are in good health. I believe thousands of them would love to help the war effort in Ukraine and strengthen the CAF.

A volunteer senior workforce operating in parallel with evolving automated systems seems like a time saver to me and time means lives in Ukraine.

If seniors can move Canada forward, please put us in, Coach!

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🇨🇦 Canadian Self-defence League @canadiandefence.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you don't vote, you don't get to have an opinion. If you don't vote, you have given away your chance to make your life and your country better. The whole point of a democracy is for people to PARTICIPATE. Why can't America encourage civic participation? It's certainly not MY job. 🍁
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🇨🇦 Canadian Self-defence League @canadiandefence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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We will never be trusted again. Reports confirm that U.S. officials approached Quebec directly about reducing tariffs, including on aluminum. Quebec alerted Ottawa, and no separate Quebec-U.S. trade deal resulted. bsky.app/

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Wow. It's officially been confirmed: U.S. authorities tried to bypass Ottawa to cut a separate, backdoor trade deal with Quebec for aluminum. As reported by CTV News, Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette revealed that a U.S. representative approached provincial officials offering to reduce heavy tariffs, but she "shut the door immediately." Instead of taking the bait, Quebec stood united with the rest of Canada to maintain a common front. 1/2

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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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🇨🇦 Canadian Self-defence League @canadiandefence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"What is notable, though, is that smaller- to medium-sized Canadian firms operating in the defence sector are now attracting, I think, much greater international attention for capital investment because there’s a lot of cutting-edge technology being developed in Canada at this time.”
ctvnews.ca
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr. invests in Saskatchewan’s Draganfly
Just weeks after winning a lucrative government contract to supply thousands of drones to the Canadian Armed Forces, a Saskatchewan-based company announced a major investment from a high-profile Ameri...
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Superintelligence" is one of the stupider ideas I've heard lately.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The province sent over $100 million to clients of a lobbyist who managed Doug Ford’s campaign, millions to a company connected to the Ford family’s dentist, and $10 million to train workers at an adult entertainment club."
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Ontario transparency watchdog warns government is dodging its orders
Ontario’s transparency watchdog is warning that the government is dodging its orders more frequently, including orders that would shed light on how a multi-billion dollar government fund pushed grants...
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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“A really boldly anti-democratic move”: the Ford government is regularly violating legal orders from Ontario’s Information & Privacy Commissioner. Unlike in other provinces, the IPC can’t take the government to court to have these orders enforced www.cp24.com/politics/que... #onpoli
cp24.com
Ontario transparency watchdog warns government is dodging its orders
Ontario’s transparency watchdog is warning that the government is dodging its orders more frequently, including orders that would shed light on how a multi-billion dollar government fund pushed grants...
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Anyone can make a mistake, be duped, experience temporary insanity. But an entire nation of someones doing so, failing to grasp the lesson, and doing so again leaves only several explanatory choices: Lazy, stupid, or every bit as evil as the anointed megaphone-holder and his henchpeople."
ronjudd.substack.com
‘He doesn’t speak for us?’ Sorry: Yes, he does
We all own blame for what ‘we’ are doing to Canada — and ourselves
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I, for one, will feel relieved when Trump is finally gone and we can take all that gaudy, gold shit off the walls of the White House. King Midas never had such poor taste.
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Vienna Woods @viennawoods.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I really wish that government of Ontario would use the money they're spending on telling us what a great job they're doing in schools ON THE SCHOOLS. Just a thought.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Cornell offered a gentler approach and a more capacious central recommendation: To find their footing in the age of artificial intelligence, universities must graduate students with a broader, more human-centered judgment." A Humanities or Social Sciences degree isn't so useless after all.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Apparently we have reached the point where Cold War nuclear bunkers are relevant again. Perfectly normal for 2026."
olgalautman.substack.com
The 48 Hours When Europe Sounded the Alarm on Russia
Over the past 48 hours, the warnings about Russia have been almost nonstop.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"We’re going to learn something about how much of a democracy we remain....[W]e’re going to find out, can a wave of largely corrupt money, clearly totally corrupt in the case of crypto...stop a popular electoral uprising against a really disastrous administration and its allies in Congress?"
paulkrugman.substack.com
Will Crypto Crash the Blue Wave?
AI gets the attention, but the Big Scam is still spending big
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social Sorry, but a post-America world is what *everyone else* is looking at. You elected Trump — TWICE. Your population is therefore no longer to be trusted. No Democratic president can build back up what Trump has destroyed in 1 or 2 terms. Sincerely, A Canadian Viewer
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Why I'm Not a Republican Anymore"
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Bryan C. Del Monte (@longmemobryan)
A friend asked me recently why I’m not a Republican anymore. “Isn’t this really just because you hate Trump?” No. Trump is a symptom. The disease is considerably more interesting. The Republican P...
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
DON'T GIVE IN TO TRUMP!!
theguardian.com
Trump set to press Zelenskyy at UN to agree energy ceasefire with Russia
President to meet Ukrainian counterpart in New York as Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian energy sector
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
EVERY maple syrup on this list is Canadian. 🍁🇨🇦
theguardian.com
‘An intense caramelised toffee flavour’: the best supermarket maple syrup, tasted and rated
Which supermarket syrups ooze with potential? We put 10 of the finest, grade-A bottles to the test
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Reverse annexation" ads could run south of the border with the question, "What if the border moved south?"
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Canadian Returnee (@canadianreturnee)
Canada should run “reverse annexation” ads in the U.S. With all the talk about Canada becoming part of the United States, Canada could turn the whole idea around and run ads in the U.S. asking Americ...
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social A whole bunch of people who need offers from Canada:
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When the White House is sued, Donald Trump should have to pay settlements and awards out of his own personal wealth.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"What we are watching is the methodical, entirely rational decision by the free world to stop depending on a United States it can no longer count on....The MAGA project has made us less trusted, less influential, and less secure, and the bill for that will be paid...by our kids and our grandkids."
open.substack.com
The Day the World Started Moving On Without America
Canada and Europe struck a historic alliance. Without the United States. Because of the United States.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
273,000 Canadians so far. Do you think Canada should give Hoekstra his walking papers?
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The irony is that, as 🇨🇦 Canadians, we pay less in taxes for our universal healthcare than 🇺🇸 Americans do for theirs in taxes and premiums. By a lot. We wait for some things -- the system triages cases by need. But I can see my GP for free, same day, & not wait till it's so bad I must go to the ER.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🇨🇦: "Whatever our internal problems and periodic failures, we have got through the last two centuries without a fundamental breakdown. **We are now the oldest continuous democratic federation in the world.**" (Emphasis mine.) The world wants what Canada has.
johnralstonsaul.substack.com
September 16, 2026
There are days when understatement is foolish.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dear "Donald McDicktator": You reneged on your trade deals with us and slapped massive tariffs on us for no good reason. For that reason, your claim to an exclusive deal ended. We have other friends who treat us better. Don't call us. We'll call you. ❤️🇨🇦
ifloz.substack.com
THE POLITEST GET FUCKED IN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY
Trump spat the dummy on a tarmac in North Carolina. Carney answered in front of 27 nations, and every Australian on Earth heard exactly what he said.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Climate Change 🚨 The last lake of its kind in Canada just disappeared, due to global warming.
discoverwildlife.com
This lake in Canada just vanished. And it's not coming back. | Discover Wildlife
The breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf in the far north of Canada has led to the collapse of a unique Arctic ecosystem.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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🇨🇦 Canadian Self-defence League @canadiandefence.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"When your hostile trade policy’s chief measurable output is international affection for the target, congratulations, dickhead, you’ve accidentally run a fucking telethon." People are cheering for 🇨🇦 vs. 🇺🇸. They actively hunt for **Canadian** maple syrup, to support Canada and say eff you to Trump.
ifloz.substack.com
GOOD NEWS, DONALD: YOUR TARIFFS ARE FINALLY WORKING. FOR FUCKING CANADA.
An honest Aussie accounting of the positives, because we're fair like that. Plus I fucking love Canadian Maple Syrup. Buckle up: SWEARY STUFF AHEAD
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🇨🇦 Canadian Self-defence League @canadiandefence.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And oil is about to fucking skyrocket.
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StrayCat🇨🇦 @straycatgood.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🇨🇦 The attitude is reminiscent of a border wall event from Trump’s first term. Americans were protesting people trying to enter America illegally through Mexico. Many asylum seekers had children with them. Crowd started chanting, “Not my kid! Not my problem!” I was STUNNED. 😧🤦‍♂️
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StrayCat🇨🇦 @straycatgood.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🇨🇦 I’m always trying to explain to Americans how hard it is for us to wrap our heads around it. People actually DIE there from preventable diseases, inability to get necessary surgery or lack of access to life saving medications. How the f*ck do they sleep at night?!
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I especially don't understand why Christians aren't all onboard with universal healthcare. Did Jesus not say, "This is my command: Love each other," and "As I have loved you, so you must love one another"? What could possibly be more loving than contributing a bit (to pay less overall) for everyone?
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Germany, 1933...but the parallels are astonishing and deeply worrying. Read up: encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Aaron Rupar

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I said it at the time (and before!), but I truly believe that American voters electing Donald Trump for a second term in 2024 was the dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity

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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Think how much more expensive it would be without universal healthcare: More people delaying until problems get worse, then who go to hospital because they can't afford basic primary care Sick kids (parents must stay home) Sick workers (unpaid days off) Bankrupt cancer patients
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
See, America, you gave birth to Trump and Trumpism. Suckers, losers, dummies, and...winners? Who really wins when most of your society are "losers"?
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Anything involving life and death should not be for profit. Healthcare, adequate shelter, education, food & water, insurance, etc. Profiting off others' misfortune is dastardly.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The avg. 🇨🇦 pays $6,269 in taxes per year for healthcare. We pay extra for meds (unless ur very low-income) but they're cheaper (govt buys in bulk) + dental care. The avg. 🇺🇸 pays approx $8000-9000 in taxes + $1440 in premiums (with a great employer plan). Win: Canada 🇨🇦
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just in time for a Canadian export tax on oil & gas. 😈
weekwithoutdriving.org
Week Without Driving 2026 | Week Without Driving: October 1-8, 2026
With Gas Prices on the Rise, Week Without Driving Challenges You to Consider What Would Your Life Be Like if You Didn’t Drive?  October 1-8, 2026 — Ima ...
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Export tax time, now to November 😈🇨🇦
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'Asked whether the rhetoric from the U.S. administration, specifically its mocking comments about Canada, could affect the atmosphere at his investment summit, Carney said: “Short answer, no,” adding that the event’s attendees are “all professionals.”' 🤣🤣🤣 Sorry, Trump, you're not a professional.
ctvnews.ca
‘I welcome the president’s comments’: PM Carney responds to Trump update on Canada-U.S. trade deal
Amid comments from U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend that his administration could reach a trade deal with Canada “fairly soon,” Prime Minister Mark Carney says he still has hope.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What the fuck is wrong with Americans who aren't on board with free healthcare. I'm Canadian and I don't care that I pay extra taxes so a little boy in Alberta can have open heart surgery, or an elderly man in Nova Scotia can get the heart medication he desperately needs. It's called taking care of your people. I'm glad I pay so that people can have a good quality of life. It's called being adecent fucking human being.
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
1. Three hours off work to vote if you need them. 2. Show your identification at the polling place, and then vote. 3. Elections Canada maintains a voter roll, and sends info cards to every voter. 4. Map drawn by independent commission. No politics. 5. Paper ballots counted in the room that night. ❤️🇨🇦
rossboulton1.substack.com
Three Hours to Vote, by Law, and Four Other Things Canada Gets Right
A letter to my fellow Americans. Canadians may forward it.
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🇨🇦 Canadian Self-defence League @canadiandefence.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gas may also be more expensive for us, but I'm willing to drive less, esp. if it hurts the Americans more. 😈 ❤️ 🇨🇦
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