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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 1m

This is lovely.

Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 2m

Maybe, it would be more important to have a maximum wage law. Just a suggestion...

Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 4m

A suggestion for @mark-carney.bsky.social and @melaniejolycan.bsky.social: Canada needs a law that prohibits the export of tools, equipment, and manufacturing equipment from any factory that closes and moves outside the country. #CdnPoli

Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 33m

I know. I seem to be in a much better mood than I have been this week.

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 34m

Anyone who has to get a sitting MP to step down so he can run in a secure riding shouldn't really be discussing "merit hiring."

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2h

The other word for objections to diversity, equity, and inclusion is "racism"

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 2h

The DEI debate comes to Canada. www.thestar.com/diversity-eq...

Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a

www.thestar.com

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 37m

Hopefully, the bats have come, and stay, untracked.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 1h

Gallery Inventory: Yukon Artists at Work Gallery

I haven't done an upgrade of the paintings I have available at Yukon Artists at Work gallery in Whitehorse in a while. I also have a variety of prints available there as well. Golden Horn Mountain. Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. Rising of the…

Gallery Inventory: Yukon Artists at Work Gallery

I haven't done an upgrade of the paintings I have available at Yukon Artists at Work gallery in Whitehorse in a while. I also have a variety of prints available there as well. Golden Horn Mountain. Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. Rising of the moon. Watercolour on paper, 8x10 inches. Lake Laberge. Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. Frenchman Lake. Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5h

YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: youtube.com/shorts/fSu3q...

Canada's conservatives are importing Trump's attacks on DEI and birthright citizenship

YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 5h

I was testing contrast in snow against higher and lower contrast backgrounds.

Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 9h

We’re going to be the first species to go extinct because survival wouldn’t generate enough shareholder revenue.

News story.
CO2 in the atmosphere has reached highest level in 800,000 years: WMO
report
Ahead of key climate summit, UN agency warns CO2 levels are growing faster than ever
Posted: October 15, 2025 9:15 AM GMT-7
Last Updated: 48 Minutes ago

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 9h

Experiment time.
Snowy branch.
#Watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2060.

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 10h

It’s the “left wing fascist” thing. People needed to pay a bit more attention in school.

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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 10h

As others have pointed out, claiming the Nazis were socialists is repeating literal Nazi propaganda.

I think it’s bad to repeat a Nazi propaganda. Just one man’s opinion!

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 1d

Time for my first challenge photo for Halloween in one of my Facebook groups.
Eerie wood.
#Watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2059.

Painting of a red hooded figure walking through an eerie wood.

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 2d

This is depressing. #BlueJays

Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly, a bit too far away.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2d

Trump: “We took the freedom of speech away”

That's it.

That's the quote.

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 2d

You may kiss my ring.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 2d

If the Christmas football game, between the trenches in WWI, took place now, right wing politicians & media would demand the soldiers be executed for treason. We live in times where our fundamental humanity is being undermined by those with power.

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 2d

This is the last of my two upcoming group show pieces.
Fall sunset.
#Watercolour on paper, 8.5x8.5 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2058.

Painting of spruce trees silhouetted by a fall sunset.

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been a Dolphins fan since about 1969. They’re grandfathered in.

Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 2d

Boo. Hiss.

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