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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 5h

October is about trees 🍂 revealing colours they’ve hidden all year. People have an October 🎭 as well. —Jonathan Muncy "Jon" Storm

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 2d

leafing in autumn
reminds and convinces us
life begins again
—gloria rhea grante haiku 🍂 (after genesis 1:1 ✡️ parashat b’reishit)

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 2d

🕯Shabbat Shalom🕯

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 2d

"Canada is taking our women," said Jimmy Kimmel on his show last night. Former PM Trudeau has moved on; current POTUS Trump should, too.

Katy Perry + Justin Trudeau, on a yacht off the California coast, ca. eo September 2025 ▪︎ photog n.k. (𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘭, 10.13.2025)
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Pictures taken by a passenger on a passing tourist boat end of September 2025, while Katy Perry was enjoying a brief break from her Lifetimes world tour.

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 2d

🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ Uᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ

🇨🇦 has King Charles III as its symbolic head of state and an elected Prime Minister.
🇺🇸 has an elected President, who wants Canada and to be King—a backassward version.
🇬🇧 King Charles knows the War of 1812 didn't end well for America, keeps a stiff upper lip nevertheless.

This US President Said Canada Would Fall Like ‘Easy Prey.’ It Wasn’t Donald Trump.

It isn’t the first time an American president has cast a hungry eye toward the neighbor upstairs.

www.politico.com

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 3d

Cᴀɴᴀᴅᴀ 🇨🇦 Is ᴀ Sᴀɴᴄᴛᴜᴀʀʏ Cᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ*

Americans 🇺🇸 travelling in Europe once sewed Canada's 🇨🇦 on their 🎒 backpacks.

Now they 'accidentally' cross the U.S. borders into Canada.

* POTUS 👑 Trump wants to make Canada 🇨🇦 its Most Favoured Nation (MFN). 🫶🏻 🆗 👍

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 3d

Read Noa Tishby's book. You'll never think about Zionism in the same way again.

Noa Tishby's Official Website

Explore the world of Noa Tishby, best-selling author, activist, and advocate. Stay updated on her latest projects, news, and initiatives.

www.noatishby.com

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 3d

Is there any other nation in the world, where the women soldier shoulder-to-shoulder with the men, like the women of the IDF? Not with the same resolve for survival, I'd say.

We Stand for Israel! 🇨🇦 🫡 🇮🇱

These Women Protect Israel Using the World’s Most Advanced Defense System — the Iron Dome

YouTube video by Noa Tishby

youtu.be

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 3d

❝ Always pay very close attention to those, who speak "War" from one side of their mouth, and "Peace" from the other side, simultaneously. ❞ —Wisdom Adage

#IsraelHamasWar #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #Ayatollah #IslamicState #autocracy #dictatorship

"Too old for this shit, I'm getting." —Yoda, '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬' (1980)

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 3d

Cᴀɴᴀᴅᴀ 🇨🇦 Wᴀᴛᴄʜ
Thinking unAmerican Canadians express restrained sentiments with satirical humour towards a dictator wannabe south of the 49th, wanting to take over our country, not unlike the Ayatollah wanting to wipe Israel off the map. And we Buy Canadian.

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 3d

Sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ Oɴ Cᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ Aɴᴏɴʏᴍɪᴛʏ
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴-𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳-𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴" (Israel-Gaza Int'l Stabilization Force, 𝘈𝘗).

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 3d

(10.15.2025 Update): Gaza 20-point Peace Plan still up on 𝕏, but 🔗 to it from the White House has disappeared (@WhiteHouse: "President Donald J. Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict," 𝕏, x.com/WhiteHouse/s..., September 29, 2025; accessed October 15, 2025).

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 4d

(2/2): Discussion last night about Gaza Plan (Gaza-Businessmen-Initiative.pdf; Heb.). Whose plan will win out? Netanyahu's or Trump's (similar to Egypt's)? Eyebrows raised about mention of future EV manufacturing ("cheaper than China's"), and why was there a White House to 𝕏 🔗 in the first place?

Netanyahu Released 'Gaza 2035' Post-War Reconstruction Plan?

The plan purports to transform Gaza into an international haven of free trade, progress and moderate politics.

www.snopes.com

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 4d

(10.15.25 Update): Still no Trump 20-point Gaza Peace Plan on White House site, and its 🔗 to 𝕏 has been 'disappeared.' But a BIG .pdf file (auto download) on "Peace and Prosperity" is now up. We are mildly surprised. 🧐🤔 (1/2)

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 4d

🇨🇦 "We're all right, Jack." —Canada PM Mark Carney
🇺🇸 "You can't say that, Bud." —POTUS Donald Trump

"We're all right, Jack." —Canada PM Mark Carney, on Canada adding 60,000+ jobs in September ▪︎ CBC News, October 14, 2025 via Bluesky

🇺🇸 "You can't say that, Bud." —POTUS Donald Trump, on Hegseth threatening to cut off the First Amendment ▪︎ Michael de Adder cartoon, October 14, 2025 via Substack

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 4d

I think people are overlooking something, or maybe they don't want to say it, but with the government shut down, Trump could just decide there won't be another election, and you'd never have to vote again. He said something like that during his last campaign. He does keep some of his promises.

Rᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ
Anne Applebaum, ''𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗜𝗻𝗰.'' (2024) cover

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 4d

Cᴀɴᴀᴅᴀ 🇨🇦 Wᴀᴛᴄʜ
The current administration's actions, including the government shutdown, deployment of the National Guard to specific 'Blue' states despite gubernatorial objections, and threats to the freedom of the press, have raised concerns among international observers.

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 4d

"Iғ I ᴍᴀʏ...
'PEACE 2025,' 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘶𝘩, 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱? 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘪𝘳," she said, respectfully, holding on to a modicum of well-known Canadian deference to authority.

Illustration of white director's chair on red-rust background, captioned with 'QUIET ON THE SET' ▪︎ © Linda Woods + Fine Art America

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 4d

Mᴇᴀɴᴡʜɪʟᴇ
We also note Trump assessments of the Hamas role in the Gaza Peace Plan: greenlight to take out its rival family gangs, as well as blow-you-all-to-hell if it doesn't disarm.

"Trump endorsed Hamas killing members of other gangs as it reasserts its grip on security"

Trump says Hamas must disarm or be disarmed, perhaps violently

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had communicated to Hamas that the militant group must disarm or it will be forced to.

www.reuters.com

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 5d

Slowly, covertly WWIII starts, as we notice how often "World War Three" enters POTUS Donald Trump’s ramblings lately. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 (𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦) 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳.

Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 6d

2/ ISW continues to assess that Russia has recently intensified its covert and overt attacks against Europe and that Russia has entered “Phase Zero” — the informational and psychological condition-setting phase — of its campaign to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war in the future.

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 5d

CBC "The National" couldn't handle the Toronto Blue Jays 10–3 loss to the Seattle Mariners last night, showing only a 6–3 score. C'mon, Adrienne Arsenault. Your skin's thicker than that, 𝘯'𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴?

𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 6d

It’s about
the ball,
the bat,
the mitt,
the bases
and the fans.
It’s done
on a diamond,
and for fun.
It’s about
home, and it’s
about run.
—May Swenson (1913–1989), Excerpt, "Analysis of Baseball"

#poetry #micropoetry #WorldSeries

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 7d

Strangely, the POTUS Donald Trump Middle East Peace Plan isn't easily found on the White House website (I couldn't find it), and the Israel-Hamas 20-point Peace Plan isn't on the WH site at all, but there's a 🔗 to the 𝕏 platform(!?). #SNAFU #America #Gaza2030

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 7d

𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙩: Whenever a BIG distraction has the people's attention (e.g., World Series playoffs, massive disasters, etc.), more often than not, that's when governments, politicians et al. are prone to 'slip one under the door.'

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𝑔 𝑙 𝑜 𝑟 𝑖 𝑎 𓂃🖊 @gloriarheagrante.bsky.social · 7d

Pᴏsᴛ-Sᴜᴋᴋᴏᴛ Rᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ
(2/2): POTUS 👑 DJT tightens up American priorities. Wall Street 🧱🛣 📉📈 holds its breath.
🪖 DoD Troops must be paid! apnews.com/article/trum...
￥ New 💯 China Tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

President Donald Trump says he's directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure that U.S. troops are paid on Wednesday despite the government shutdown.

apnews.com