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Joan McKenzie 🍁
@joanmckenzie.bsky.social
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Home is Little Portugal in Toronto 🍁 Never vote Conservative! Feminist. Atheist. Dog(s) person. Pro-Choice. LGBTQ+ ally. Neurodivergent ally. Vaccinated, round earther, because ... science.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21h
one thing we can never allow to happen again is making someone president who is rich enough to fund endless frivolous lawsuits
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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 4h
The real challenge for tech bros is striking the fine balance between completely destroying humanity and retaining enough of it that their billions are still worth something.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 2h
Poilievre, wrong on facts again, this time about jobs.
He’s weak on facts. But strong on feelings. Destructive ones. Can a jobs focus be a counter-feeling?
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
#cdnpoli
Poilievre, wrong on facts again, this time about jobs
He’s weak on facts. But strong on feelings. Destructive ones. Can a jobs focus be a counter-feeling?
open.substack.com
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22h
"Mike Johnson and Tom Emmer called No Kings a “hate America rally.” But those expected Saturday are there to speak FOR America. They’re assembling in order to defend our core constitutional rights."

www.thebulwark.com/p/is-he-lyin...
Is He Lying or Crazy? Does It Matter?
Living in the world the president dreams up.
www.thebulwark.com
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d
Just west of Fort Qu’Appelle in Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:
Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
www.motherjones.com
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 1d
"Restore the merit principle," I scream, having apparently developed selective amnesia about losing my job based on a complete and total lack of merit
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d
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Mal @grannyonthego.bsky.social · 1d
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Is Tear Gas Banned for Use in Warfare?
The use of tear gas by police against anti-police-brutality protesters in the spring of 2020 came under fierce scrutiny.
www.snopes.com
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Emma Haslett @emmahaslett.bsky.social · 23h
This is a huge story but massively under the radar in the UK.

A US Christian legal org called the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is working to roll back abortion rights here using the same playbook it used in the US: briefing politicians, watching, waiting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 2d
The most dangerous form of government is theocracy. 

Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
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Joan McKenzie 🍁 @joanmckenzie.bsky.social · 2d
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d
A satirical newspaper headline reads "Pentagon warns Toronto dangerously close' to winning World Series" along with photos of the Toronto Blue Jays and Trump next to Pete Hegseth.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d
The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.
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CaroleOntheGo🇨🇦 @caroleonthego4u.bsky.social · 3d
Amen to that
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d
It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d
If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 3d
I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 3d
💥 Viktor Orbán faces a possible ousting in April 2026 — and whether he manages to cling to power or not, his regime and its global allure as a model for autocrats worldwide are crumbling. Read the sharpest analysis available.
The Era of Orbánism as an Exportable Model May Be Ending - VSquare.org
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s once-admired “illiberal model” is faltering — plagued by economic crisis, voter frustration, and collapsing governance. With the 2026 election looming, his future — and the global appeal of his system — is at stake as his government faces its biggest political test.
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VINE Sanctuary @vinesanctuary.bsky.social · 3d
Fallen leaves provide overwintering habitat for many ecologically critical organisms. But that’s not all they do... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...
Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard
www.nytimes.com
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 4d
I’m never not going to reshare a national news story about SterlingFest, the annual celebration of the writer and tv creator, held in his hometown in Broome Co, NY, of which he said:

“Everybody has to have a hometown, Binghamton’s mine.”

gift link:
How The Twilight Zone Smuggled Controversial Ideas Past TV Censors
Hundreds of fans gathered in Rod Serling’s hometown to celebrate The Twilight Zone creator who turned science fiction into bold social commentary.
www.bloomberg.com
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 4d
In no uncertain terms, Ms Proudfoot in today’s @theglobeandmail.com justly calls out petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre for the lies he tells about who’s at fault for the challenges 🇨🇦Canada faces.
👏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻
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Joan McKenzie 🍁 @joanmckenzie.bsky.social · 5d
Ketchup time. www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...
Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado awarded the Nobel Peace Prize | CBC News
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Marina Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, it was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 5d
Or, hear me out, the provinces need to step up and do their fucking jobs and fund their own services properly. They are not helpless. They can raise their own revenues.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 5d
Canadians could be facing a “perfect storm” in mental health challenges due to insufficient supports and a trend of growing economic stressors—which will need to be addressed through greater federal funding.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 5d
“Fraser said it would be "unimaginable" for a federal government to steer clear of a case affecting Charter rights that will have lasting impacts and suggested the premiers' argument is "untenable."”

Hard agree.
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🦋 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊® @thorchrs.bsky.social · 5d
👇🇨🇦"Justice minister rejects premiers' request to pull out of notwithstanding clause case" #NotwithstandingClause #JusticeMinisterSeanFraser #CharterOfRightsAndFreedoms #Canada
Justice minister rules out withdrawing legal submission on notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Justice Minister Sean Fraser rejected calls from five premiers for Ottawa to withdraw its legal argument calling for limits on the use of the Constitution's notwithstanding clause.
www.cbc.ca
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5d
Bombshell investigation shows that Hungary's Russia-alligned Orban regime has been running an espionage network in Brussels, recruiting and infiltrating among the highest levels of foreign governments.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 6d
of course I have a girlfriend. you don't know her. she belongs to a different antifa, in Canada
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