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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 2d

Ooof, I had a winter like that not long ago. I started wearing n95 masks on every metro ride (it helped, but I'm pretty sure it was really pneumonia that I was dragging around for ages)

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 2d

Oh boo!! That's shit man
Hope you bounce back real quick!

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 2d

When people gather to oppose a broken system they're more open to new ideas and imagining better systems.

It's a growth opportunity and moment for change, big change.

You think you disagree until you've listened to *them* speak, and not what others have to say about why they're ignorable.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 2d

The New York Times is basically the National Post.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 2d

This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.

Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousand Protest Trump’s Agenda
VP JD Vance’s trips o a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 2d

That HAS to be from Reddit. Narwhal and Bacon are from an early Reddit era I definitely remember!

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 2d

Can we have nice things? I guarantee it'd cost less, feel better, and build more jobs and total economic growth than the corporate-cartel of Loblaws and + whose business management cult insists on manufacturing scarcity.

A king wants total control, a democracy is built by and for us all!

c🎃rey @prole-lite.bsky.social · 2d

relevant: breachmedia.ca/why-canada-n...

Why Canada needs public grocery stores ⋆ The Breach

Food analyst Aaron Vansintjan explains how a public food network could transform Canada

breachmedia.ca

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 2d

Love this video! I had no idea Mexico already has public grocery stores. And the public distribution is a HUGE fulcrum for change! With real competition—instead of our corporate cartel—non-extortive distribution could raise farmer wages, improve food quality, better public health AND lower prices!

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 2d

Great ideas and new systems are possible, love to see things happening (and this is a grocery store style *food bank* but I think a great concept that could be bigger than that)

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

Canada's 1st full-scale, 5-day-a-week free grocery store to open in Regina | CBC News

Imagine walking into a store, picking out all your groceries for the week and not having to worry about facing an expensive bill when you go to check out. For clients of the Regina Food Bank, that wil...

www.cbc.ca

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 6d

Time and again I hear people insist that any density is good but all buildings are not equal and investment condos are built to raise prices and resist affordable rent/housing. Let's not bail them out with RRSP. Maybe socialise them into public housing if they're so hard up?

karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 7d

the number of unsold condos in metro Vancouver is approximately the same as the metro Vancouver homeless population

@christineboyle.bsky.social
@gregorrobertson.bsky.social

vancouversun.com/business/rea...

Metro Vancouver's glut of empty condos: What's unsold and why?

No amount of incentives seems to be able to reverse the glut. How did we get here? And how bad could it get? Read more.

vancouversun.com

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 7d

Quelle est la position des partis municipaux sur le logement?

A detailed look at Montreal parties and their approach to the housing crisis this election!

Projet Montréal, Transition Montréal, Ensemble Montréal, et Futur Montréal.

par @construisonsmtl.ca

Construisons Montréal @construisonsmtl.ca · 7d

Nous avons posé huit questions à propos de la construction de logements aux partis municipaux du Grand Montréal. Consultez leur vision pour construire le Grand Montréal ici ➡️ https://www.construisonsmtl.ca/cities-policies/?city=Montr%C3%A9al#question-1

Nous avons demandé: Quel sera le cadre d'application des super pouvoirs de la loi 31 dans votre administration?
Sur fond bleu, on voit des immeubles blancs et une photo de Luc Rabouin de Projet Montréal

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 7d

The deadline to register to vote in the Montreal municipal election is 6 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 16

To vote in the upcoming Montreal municipal election on November 2, the registration deadline is 6 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 16.

cultmtl.com

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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 7d

😬

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

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 12d

Yeah, that could be

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 14d

Montrealais! You have until Oct 16 to register/update for the mayoral election.

There's no way to check if you're already good to go; you have to submit a registration and they'll email you to confirm or schedule a verification call to register/update.

Registration on the electoral list - Élections Montréal

After October 16, 2025, at 6 p.m., it will no longer be possible to register and therefore to vote.

elections.montreal.ca

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 14d

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules

thenarwhal.ca

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Laruna Softpaw @larunasoftpaw.bsky.social · 15d

It's also showing anyone who's actually interested in Bluesky as a Fediverse that the CEOs have a kill switch which essentially defeats the purpose.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 15d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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From Create Mode
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 15d

Not really, it was less flavor (and a little off, but I WAS expecting cow) and more tough. Definitely wouldn't buy again 😂

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 15d

Wait, is horse meat illegal in the USA?
I mean, I didn't know it even existed in Canada until I accidentally bought a pack thinking it was ground beef and I was two bites into my burger 😅

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 16d

The fundamental principle at work here is that the Democrats' and the fascists' highest priority is stopping the social revolution, they're both fundamentally on the same side until the fascists consume the Democrats

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 16d

Ditto for occupy in 2011 under Obama. When you see how democrats repress their outside lifelines, their base, their tether, you see they have also been paving the way for fascism.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17d

Pretty incredible own goal by liberal institutions and many Democratic electeds to crush the exact type of protests in 2024 that would’ve been the most effective way to slow or stop ICE incursions into American cities in 2025

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 16d

Baldur's Gate 3: and silk song are my two top recommendations! I dunno if either are on sale, but they're both on steam

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Herzatz Fish @herzatz.fish · 16d

It's still here when you check with a third party app like clearsky but it was removed from view on the bsky app what a clown ass moderation team :) :) :)

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 16d

It was the height of irony

At a meeting on Russian disinfo, a former cabinet minister accused a veteran journalist of being a spy

But the papers waved around as proof didn't say what was alleged

And now they appear to be forgeries

My latest @thewalrus.ca #cdnpoli

thewalrus.ca/a-veteran-re...

Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament | The Walrus

Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy. Forensic experts now say the evidence was fabricated

thewalrus.ca

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18d

I regret to inform you that in addition to the collapse of Reconstruction and the Red Scare we all need to bone up on how Woodrow Wilson cracked down on journalists and dissenters. We've got you covered, with this piece by Adam Hochschild www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

America’s top censor—so far

Woodrow Wilson’s postmaster put papers out of business and jailed journalists. The tools he used still exist.

www.motherjones.com

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 18d

Successful journalists are employed and paid by corporate media conglomerates that make the most profits during election campaigns. It's all just fluff to air advertisement, and truth is too destabilizing to be profitable.

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