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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 54m

As a Canadian, I am aware of the Glorious Revolution of 1686; the year absolute monarchs of England became mere figureheads like the one we have now. King George had no more power than our current King Charles. The War of Independence was against the British Parliament not King George.

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U.S. Federal Department of Propaganda @usfdop.bsky.social · 18h

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 2h

Buffalo? Dude. That's an American misnomer. Buffalo are native to Africa and Asia. We have bison in North America.

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 3h

Why are Israelis call hostages and Palestinians called prisoners? Why is genocide called war? Why is Israelis allowed to "protect" themselves but not Palestinians? Why are criminals and those complicit in genocide being celebrated and not locked up?

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 1d

"... irreversible die-off... disruption to... AMOC... last two years were Earth’s warmest on record... currently on track for about 3.1 degrees C of warming... "

The fossils that fuel this catastrophe are the ones in government today.

@mark-carney.bsky.social

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30

Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse.

www.reuters.com

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 1d

www.financialexpress.com/world-news/w...

Who was Saleh Aljafarawi? Palestinian journalist fatally shot in Gaza days after Israel-Hamas agreement

Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi, known for covering clashes in Gaza, has reportedly been shot dead. Here's what we know so far.

www.financialexpress.com

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 1d

Infinite growth on a finite planet. Our economic systems, all dependent on growth, are designed for failure. Only with a truly socialist economic system can we get to and maintain zero growth.

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 1d

Can stop it? Trump wants Canada as a 51st state. This deal MUST be stopped @mark-carney.bsky.social Or are you just a puppet for the orange clown?

#ElbowsUp #Never51st

www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

ANALYSIS | The Trump administration is investing in Canadian critical mineral companies. But Ottawa can stop it | CBC News

The Trump administration has purchased a stake in two Canadian critical mineral companies, a move experts say is unusual, and which raises questions about whether Ottawa should block the deals in the ...

www.cbc.ca

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Who is María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize? Historian Greg Grandin calls her a "shocking choice" who is "completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism."

2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqua...

www.democracynow.org

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 2d

"data.... beholden to their respective countries' laws... CLOUD Act gives the American government the authority to access data... maintained in a server owned by a U.S. company... Canadian data... is ultimately being governed by the United States... "

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 2d

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 2d

".... Machado isn’t a symbol of peace or progress. She is part of a global alliance between fascism, Zionism, and neoliberalism... If Henry Kissinger could win a Peace Prize... Maybe next year they’ll give one to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation..."

www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams

As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...

www.commondreams.org

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buzzmnb.bsky.social @buzzmnb.bsky.social · 2d

I have written to the Liberal Party of Canada to ask that question a couple of weeks ago. As a 78 year old Grandmother who is disgusted that Sean Feucht was allowed to perform in our public spaces, I want to know why Kneecap was banned. I have yet to receive an answer. Is this Canada's choice?

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 2d

www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/co...

From the Fauxmoi community on Reddit: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert via TikTok: "We heard that JD Vance loves a good-natured, funny meme, so we made one just for him!"

Explore this post and more from the Fauxmoi community

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 2d

Send in the frogs, the ponies, the unicorns and the teddy bears! If that doesn't work it's Teletubby Time! That'll teach 'em!

SAM @samierens.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t make us send n the frogs 🐸!!

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 3d

"... AI players are demanding more power fast as they scale up... going with quickie solutions – power plants fuelled by gas... coal... AI’s... demands... throwing the meagre climate advances... into reverse... AI’s growth... just getting started..."

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Artificial intelligence: the good, the bad and the ugly environmental costs

AI data centres’ insatiable need for energy is driving quickie solutions that aren’t good for the planet

www.theglobeandmail.com

Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 3d

"... Trump is pursuing annexation by stealth... strategic stakes in two Canadian mining companies is about more than Washington securing access to critical minerals.... to manufacture a “merger” between the United States and Canada... "

#ElbowsUp !!!

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 3d

"... Carney... might be open to scrapping the policy — an apparent shift from his commitment to it earlier this year.... his government's goal of lowering emissions from... energy... to make their products more competitive globally..."

Lipstick on a pig.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'It depends': Carney shifts stance on maintaining emissions cap | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping the poli...

www.cbc.ca

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 3d

"...Canada is attempting to have the case dismissed... Experiments were “horrific”... skin grafts from other people... extreme cold.... objects inserted into body cavities... they had a piece of their dead aunt attached to them... "

www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

Former premier of Nunavut calls on Carney to stop victimizing Inuit

Paul Quassa is among the Plaintiffs in a class action filed almost six years ago over biological experiments.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 3d

“Whilst you [Gasparro, Toronto MP] outrageously try to claim we are antisemetic ‘the Times’ ... wrote of our headline show in London... as ‘emphatically anti-sectarian... We’re sorry we can’t be with you [fans] ... but we will not be silenced and will always oppose genocide.” - Kneecap

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 3d

I was 21 years in Canada's parliament and I have 2 simple questions:
1. Who the fuck is @vgasparro.bsky.social ?
2. Why did @mark-carney.bsky.social let him ban the Irish group @kneecapceol.bsky.social?
If there is a fund to sue for damages, count me in.
Seriously.

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes I wonder if we did win WW2. After the war we worried about "creeping communism" all the while creeping corporatism was taking hold:

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini.

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 3d

There is a reason we (the west) left rare earth mining up to China. With regard to the environment, it is one of the worst forms of mining operations to extract these elements. "Out of sight, out of mind". It is a blind spot. "They" would like to do it here.

www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...

Stocks suffer worst day since April as Trump renews China tariff threats over rare earth dispute

Equities suffer widespread losses in both the U.S. and Canada

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 4d

"... if methane release from seafloor seeps in the Ross Sea is indicative of the wider Antarctic continent, there is the potential... climate feedbacks with global consequences... rapid transfer of methane to the atmosphere... "

Not good @profbillmcguire.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Antarctic seep emergence and discovery in the shallow coastal environment - Nature Communications

Researchers reveal widespread, newly formed seafloor seeps along Antarctica’s Ross Sea coast. Methane-rich flows alter local ecosystems and may influence warming. The drivers remain unknown, warranting coordinated study.

www.nature.com

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vaudree.bsky.social @vaudree.bsky.social · 4d

Another Tommy Douglas story ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn38...

Tommy Douglas - The Cream Separator

YouTube video by Doug Taylor

www.youtube.com

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Carlos the Canuck @keithcleveland.bsky.social · 4d

Our ancestors must be rolling in their graves; they didn't fight and die fighting fascists just for their descendants to turn around and vote for them. Whatever happened to "Lest We Forget"? It would seem many people have forgotten. We should be wearing the poppy year round to remind these people.

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 4d

PHOTOS OF ANTIFA IN ACTION:
My uncle Albert MacNeil (bottom second from right) with the Cape Breton Highlanders just before they busted through the impregnable "Hitler line."
Canadians come from a long and proud line of fascist fighters.

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