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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 20h

“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...

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Selina Grissom @lilrdvet2.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 1d

All seven obstetrician-gynecologists at Kamloops hospital resign

“It is fairly unprecedented for an entire group of physicians to depart, but with the state of obstetrics in our community…we see no viable way forward.”
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Seven OB/GYNs at B.C. hospital resign, citing unsafe workloads, lack of support

Years of challenges have made the situation untenable, doctors say in letter obtained by The Globe

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

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Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 @trishly.bsky.social · 1d

More annexing of Canada
@mark-carney.bsky.social STOP THIS!!
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U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1d

This is the first publicly released polling on Alberta education issues from a professional pollster in a while, and the results are super interesting.

ARI poll suggests contract dispute support for teachers: 58%
Support for AB govt: 21 %
Neither: 18 % #AbLeg #AbEd

New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute | CBC News

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.

www.cbc.ca

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raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social · 1d

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Trump makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden pause

The Biden administration's particular concern was over the use of such large bombs in Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians in Gaza had taken refuge.

www.reuters.com

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🤷Літ🤦 хоче спекти пасочку 👍 @lithra.bsky.social · 1d

#UkrainianView
Exclusive: Assad government used the same tactics for erasing crimes as russia uses.
This mofo is protected by russia and they have experience exchange.

The fact that Syria is forced to retain political ties with russia - is partly caused by lack of action from global society.🔽

Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds | Reuters

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Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

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Adam Kierszenblat @adamkblat.bsky.social · 1d

With Braeden Cootes being reassigned to the WHL, #Canucks head coach Adam Foote said that the team will be calling up Max Sasson for the upcoming road trip.

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Mike Meadway 🇪🇺 🇩🇰 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mmeadway.bsky.social · 2d

I just read an article saying that a legal resident was given a $130 ticket because he "didn't have his papers".

So, we're now at the "papers, please" stage of things. I'm a natural-born US citizen, and I'm carrying my passport now because of this crap.

How far we've fallen...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2d

This. And this again.

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Jill Irwin @jillirwin.bsky.social · 2d

“Bruised feelings”? Is that what you think this is about? Good lord, what a poorly researched, tone deaf piece. Your president threatened- and continues to threaten- the very existence of our nation. We are defending ourselves, our sovereignty and our economy by taking our business elsewhere. FAFO.

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Colin W. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺🇩🇪🌻 @grapemanca.bsky.social · 1d

"Princeton will require undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores beginning with the 2027–28 admission cycle", joining several "peer institutions including Harvard, Penn, and Brown". www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025... #edchat

Princeton to require SAT or ACT scores for applicants starting fall 2027, dropping test-optional policy

Princeton will require undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores beginning with the 2027–28 admission cycle, the University announced Thursday. The decision will end a seven-year stint...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

NATO Secretary General Rutte:
…Now there is hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean left

There is a lone&broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol.What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October.Today, it seems more like The Hunt for the Nearest Mechanic

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity is the only way

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Dave Aronberg @davearonberg.bsky.social · 2d

After two long, agonizing years, my heart is overflowing with happiness and immense relief at the safe return of the 20 living hostages. They are finally free from hell. Now that the war is over, my hope is for a lasting peace for the region. Am Yisrael Chai. 💝🎗️

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 2d

Congrats to University of California professors & alumni for being awarded 5 Nobel Prizes!

California’s scientists are leading the world in crucial breakthroughs.

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University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

The UC system made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.

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Colin W. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺🇩🇪🌻 @grapemanca.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who voted for the Orange Turd - and I assume that's a lot of people in the liquor business - is NOT an "innocent bystander". #FAFO #uspoli

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