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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 8h

Woe. Fox News!

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 11h

action.consumerreports.org/cro-20251014...

Tell the FDA to set strict limits now

Dangerous lead levels in protein powder

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 16h

The earliest recorded Thanksgiving in Canada took place in 1578, 43 years before the start of American Thanksgiving, when English explorer Martin Frobisher gave thanks for a safe arrival to what is now Nunavut.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 1d

Thanksgiving Day in Canada!
Thankful for our rule of law
Thankful for our democracy
Thankful we lack nuclear arms
Thankful for our vaccines
Thankful for our socialized healthcare
Thankful we don’t wage war or genocide
Thankful for ice hockey
Thankful for the cold and snow
Thankful for our Canada.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 1d

Germany is an advanced economy with a relatively low share of tertiary-educated adults, indicating that it has a strong vocational and apprenticeship system, where high-skill jobs often do not require a degree.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 1d

Advanced economies such as Canada, Ireland, and South Korea have some of the highest shares of tertiary-educated adults (55–65%)
Emerging economies, such as India, Indonesia, and Mexico, have high proportions of adults without a high school diploma, highlighting contrasts with advanced economies.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 1d

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 2d

She's you and me, I would vote for her.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 2d

Monday, October 13th, is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 2d

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 2d

Who agrees with Lawrence?

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 4d

Isn't it great that Donald John Trump couldn't buy the Nobel Peace Prize!

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 4d

apnews.com/article/stoc... Street tumbles to its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China

Wall Street tumbles to its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China

A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs higher on China.

apnews.com

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 4d

action.consumerreports.org/nb-20251002-...
Exposed. Corporate America’s big secret: They’re using your personal data to show you a price different from that of other shoppers, which could mean paying more for hotels, flights, and groceries. Sign and share our petition to ban Surveillance Pricing!

You shouldn’t be charged more based on who you are

ACTION: Let's ban surveillance pricing!

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 4d

After adjusting for living costs and inflation, we rank statutory minimum wages in 50 states and 35 countries as of 2024. www.visualcapitalist.com/minimum-wage...

Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries, Adjusted for Living Costs

After adjusting for living costs and inflation, we rank statutory minimum wages in 50 states and 35 countries as of 2024.

www.visualcapitalist.com

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 4d

RFK Jr pushes fringe claim linking autism to circumcision f24.my/BUQq.BS
The heroin is affecting the worms!

RFK Jr pushes fringe claim linking autism to circumcision

US President Donald Trump and his Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Thursday promoted another fringe theory about autism -- this time linking it to circumcision or to pain medication given…

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 6d

I'm with you.
I posted this a month ago.
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‪@danimac67.bsky.social‬
If Donald Trump ever gets a Nobel Peace Prize, it will be the end of the Nobel Prize's credibility as far as I'm concerned.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 6d

Arguments Against Donald Trump Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize:
No Lasting Peace Achieved:
Use of Divisive Rhetoric:
Domestic Unrest:
The Nobel Prize has typically rewarded long-term peacemaking efforts (e.g, Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai). Critics argue Trump’s actions didn’t meet that standard.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 6d

Pope Leo will ‘stand with’ Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants’ rights, advocates say politi.co/42vz0P9
Pope Leo is from Chicago.

Pope Leo will ‘stand with’ Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants’ rights, advocates say

The comments from the pope mark the most recent push from the Vatican against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

politi.co

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 6d

Postal workers union takes aim at Purolator, which is owned by Canada Post ctvnews.ca/business/art... Purolator posts profits while Canada Post suffers losses.
It's time for Canadians to boycott Purolator.

Postal workers union takes aim at Purolator, which is owned by Canada Post

The union that represents striking postal workers is taking aim at Purolator, a courier company that is 91 per cent owned by Canada Post.

ctvnews.ca

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 7d

In Canada, Supreme Court justices must retire at the age of 75.
That applies to all federally appointed judges.

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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 8d

Why would Donald Trump ever think that he could be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize when he is waging war against his own citizens in Portland, Oregon, Chicago, Illinois, Washington, DC and Los Angeles, California?

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