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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 23h

Why? We keep voting for the exact same thing here.

SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 1d

I voted for Carney with open eyes (although Harper 2.0 was not on my radar) but we “came together” with the understanding that once you eliminate the current threat, real conversations can then happen.

I don’t see that happening at all and it is a betrayal.

SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 1d

Food for thought in 🇨🇦. We are heading on the same path as the U.S. and making the same mistakes.

The purity culture accusation is likely a confession.

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 2d

The police could start with their own. They have proven incapable of tracking/holding their own accountable.

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t remember where I read the study but it was something like 3 months or 3 occurrences for something to become a habit.

You are correct and it’s been more than enough time.

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 2d

Are we expected to forget they murdered a Canadian on Canadian soil?

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Prairiesunshine @scottishox2.bsky.social · 3d

Frogtifa Resistance In Portland 👇

#HeyICE_FrogOff
#FROGTIFA

pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 3d

I hope we see lots of the Portland Frog Brigade everywhere on No Kings Day.💚

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 2d

Frogtifa 😂

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 2d

Their lack of self awareness won’t shield them because we will keep holding a spotlight up.

Do 🇺🇸 companies not understand that this was never a government led initiative? It was a grassroots movement and will continue.

Ask Heinz’s ketchup about 🇨🇦 stubbornness. I still buy French’s 10 years later.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 9d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 3d

First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north.

As Ontario government sells to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding support instead of extraction.

New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

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‘We’re losing control of our communities’: First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north

As Ontario government sells off the north to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding safety and healing instead of resource extraction

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure she ran as a CPC candidate in the federal election.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5d

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 6d

Navigating drug coverage with specialist/Canada Life for our kid since July 2nd.

I can’t imagine having to do this for everything like they do in the U.S. - I would lose my mind.

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t they just offer to pay the national guard if they don’t comply? No one can afford to work for free for long.

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CODE BLACK @codeblackamerica.bsky.social · 10d

It’s not just “fascism.” It’s worse - it’s totalitarianism: ideology as the logic of an idea (Arendt). Fascism wants obedience; totalitarianism wants reality itself to conform to its fiction. That’s why facts stop mattering. It doesn’t just silence opposition — it replaces truth with belief.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11d

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · 11d

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

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Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · Sep 4

NEW: “Remigration” and “mass deportations” is the new rallying cry of white nationalists. Experts say it’s a call for ethnic cleansing. A new Canadian group is trying to "normalize" the concept and get the Conservative Party of Canada to talk more about immigration.

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“Remigration”: How White Nationalists Are Repackaging Ethnic Cleansing

White nationalists in multiple countries, including Canada, are pushing for mass deportations of non-Europeans to be part of the political platforms of their right-wing parties.

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 20d

The grievance brigade is offended we were offended when they were offensive.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20d

This ‘forum’ did not go over well in Banff #Canada

Touch grass 🤫

BANFF — The U.S. ambassador to Canada says he takes offence to suggestions that President Donald Trump is uninformed about what his country’s northern neighbour has to offer.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

U.S. ambassador lashes out at suggestion that Trump is uninformed

The U.S. ambassador to Canada says he takes offence to suggestions that President Donald Trump is uninformed about what his country’s northern neighbour has to offer.

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 20d

Can you say “strike”?

Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 20d

Public services aren’t “bailouts”—they’re infrastructure. Rural mail and home delivery are services we depend on, not corporate handouts.

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Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 23d

Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics

The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year

Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics

New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 23d

I’m not surprised as he’s been consistent in his support for Israel.

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Metro Chimp @metrochimp.bsky.social · 25d

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · 25d

Nate Erskine-Smith would likely turn this tide quickly.

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Infosecsie (ツンデレ) @myraccoonhands.com · Sep 14

I wrote out all the reasons why this exact thing is not helpful or productive.

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Infosecsie (ツンデレ) @myraccoonhands.com · May 17

When you accept an invitation to a fascist’s podcast to “debate” them, you’re implying:
1) They’re worth your time and attention
2) Their platform deserves public recognition
3) They’re engaging in good faith
4) Their ideology is a legitimate subject for open debate

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SNL Pat in Canada @greypoupon.bsky.social · Aug 27

I’m done. Leaving Ontario as soon as my kid is done school.

It doesn’t matter what he does - he could privatize every beach & still be re-elected.