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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 14d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 12d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 9h

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

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Macgyyver @macgyyver.bsky.social · 18m

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · May 5

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 5h

Last week our local humane society took in 28 cats from a woman who had gotten in over her head with too many litters. They require a lot of care to get them healthy and adoptable - please consider a donation if you can! www.hsccvt.org/donate

Photo of five shorthaired colorpoint kittens in a carrier.

Photo of many cats in carriers loaded into the back of a van.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 7h

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Jamie Smyth @jamiesmythft.bsky.social · 7h

US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium in bid to boost nucelar revival, ignoring concerns over proliferation risks on.ft.com/4qnLRx4 @financialtimes.com

US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium

[FREE TO READ] Expert warns commercial use of the radioactive material from cold war-era warheads carries safety risks

on.ft.com

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Good Jobs First @goodjobsfirst.org · 7h

"Amazon’s automation team expects the company can avoid hiring more than 160,000 people in the United States it would otherwise need by 2027. That would save about 30 cents on each item that Amazon picks, packs and delivers to customers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots

www.nytimes.com

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 8d

Morally broken leaders talk of #Pipelines as #NationBuilding instead of burning but it's a disastrous economic bet as well. #CostOfClimate needs to be demonstrated the and time again. #BigOil will continue to just take the money and run #ClimateChange prospect.org/environment/...

Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country

Climate-fueled disasters cost America almost a trillion dollars over the last year, far more than economists predicted.

prospect.org

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 7h

It’s been a busy year at EPA. Especially for lobbyists who previously lobbied on behalf of industy. One advocating for continued use of a contentious weedkiller called dicamba is now in charge of pesticides policy. @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

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🄼🄴🄴🄷🄰🅆🄻 ⭕ @meehawl.com · 7h

No wonder the fossil fuel oligarchs want more warming. ⅓ of the US economy's growth is now devoted to global warming/disaster mitigation. I guess making the other ⅓ AI waste heat farms just helps that growth along.

"Disaster Recovery Is Big Business."
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Waste-heat generating Claude:
"This chart shows the dramatic rise of climate-related disaster spending in the US economy from 2001 to 2025.
The left panel reveals that while total spending has grown from near zero to approximately $15 trillion, climate-related spending (green) has expanded from a negligible share to roughly $4-5 trillion, representing a significant portion of the total.
The right panel is particularly striking: climate spending as a percentage of GDP growth has surged from essentially 0% to over 35% by 2025. This means that more than one-third of economic growth is now being consumed by climate disaster-related expenditures.
The trend accelerates sharply after 2020, with climate spending's share of GDP growth jumping from around 10% to 35% in just five years. This suggests climate disasters are increasingly acting as a drag on productive economic growth, forcing more resources into recovery, adaptation, and disaster response rather than expanding prosperity."

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 7h

36% of all the growth in GDP since 2000 is "spending related to recovering from or preparing for disasters."

Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth

Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500

www.bloomberg.com

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 7h

New TFR around the Southern Palace...er... Mar-a-Lago

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/21/faa-implements-year-round-flight-restrictions-around-mar-a-lago-in-palm-beach-county/?share=omysaeaawya0nbs1nrnm

#aviation

FAA implements year-round flight restrictions around Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach County

www.sun-sentinel.com

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Jude Nagurney Camwell (Iddybud) @iddybud.bsky.social · 7h

Mark Weiner @syracuse.com
When the New York State Young Republicans Club disbanded Friday amid an uproar over its racist and antisemitic rhetoric in a group chat, the club left behind unpaid bills from extravagant social gatherings.
Gift Link
www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...

NY State Young Republicans stiffed Syracuse hotel for lavish party before racist chat ended their run

Embattled GOP group failed to fully pay bills for three-course steak dinner, luncheon and open bars at Syracuse hotel.

www.syracuse.com

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Macgyyver @macgyyver.bsky.social · 6h

And regulating regulatory bodies? We know where that is aimed. Absolutely anti-democratic. All of it.

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Norma Jane 🇨🇦 📎 @normajane.bsky.social · 13h

So just Mormons and Catholics? Or are they going broad and saying just Caucasian?

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Find Edmonton @findyeg.bsky.social · 13h

Today 4 kids are moving out of homelessness with their families & we're furnishing 14 homes for participants with YOUR donations, #YEG!

Agencies:
Boyle Street, NCSA, Hope Mission, YMCA, Radius Health, e4c Alberta, @myencompass_yeg, George Spady Society, Elizabeth Fry Society & Bissell Centre

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 12h

At long last, our book "Don't Collect the Deadly Wallpaper" collects the beloved deadly wallpaper.

The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 12h

Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874) gathers real swaths of poisonous arsenic wallpaper sourced from stores across Michigan. Originally printed in a run of 100 copies, only 6 remain due to recipients fearfully destroying their copies: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kedzie-shadows

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 12h

This fucking covid appointment thing is exactly the same as the election bullshit. Make things as difficult as possible. Why the fuck do you even have an option button for 2+ people if you have to book separately.

First, we need some information

* Indicates a required field.

* How many will need immunizations?

1 Person

2+ People

This is required

Appointment Cannot be Scheduled

Please book separate appointments for each member of your group. If you need help scheduling group appointments, call Health Link at 811.

Start over

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 12h

This is Soybean. He's a little guy with a big personality, and we have a feeling only one of those things is going to change. 12/10 (IG: g.anjang2)

a tricolor puppy is looking very self-assured. his chin is tilted up a bit and he’s looking at you out of the corner of his eye.

the small pup is contorted into a tangle on a white blanket. his booty is in the air, his pink toebeans on display, and his eyes wide because he’s done the unthinkable. the tip of his tail is in his mouth.

the little black pup with brown eyebrow dots and white feet sits on a wood floor and looks up with wide eyes. his mouth is open because he’s mid-scream.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 11h

BTW, if you can, a small donation to Wikipedia can help keep human curated & community verified information viable in this age of AI slop.

WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION

Thank you! Your generosity means so much to us.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 11h

Did you see what Shoppers is charging?

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 12h

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 11h

As U of C health law prof Lorian Hardcastle told me, the UCP could have fixed the alleged waste/logistical issue and no matter what it cost, it would still be more cost effective than treating a flood of unvaccinated or less than fully vaccinated patients in hospitals.

Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 12h

The UCP's rationale for limiting access to publicly funded vaccines was waste, especially at pharmacies. 700+ pharmacies in Alberta are now selling vaccines but they also administer vaccines for free to eligible people. What happened to the waste issue? How does the UCP explain this?

Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 12h

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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 11h

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Heavy machinery tears down section of the White House for Trump's new ballroom | AFP

YouTube video by AFP News Agency

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Maryanne W 🇺🇦 @uptownone.bsky.social · 11h

Nothing says “ima huge wanker and don’t care about anything other than myself” when you park your black tinted-window Range Rover in front of the coffee shoppe with two of the 4 wheels resting comfortably on top of the curb.

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