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I prefer 📚 & source materials to memes I’m bewildered by some on the.Left WHILE we’re living a climate 🌎 crisis AND the Far.right gains ascension More HATE solves NOTHING… (Just cuz I don’t follow you back does NOT mean i don’t ✅ in -suffering from TMI‼️)

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One can’t post even the most neutral news stories (which, by the way, can take an hour to locate) 🦋 here
Those determined to propagate hatred hunt them (you) down, assuming you must have an agenda
‘Social Media’ has devolved into Anti-social Pathology (unless one sticks to hobbies) 1/2

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- Palestinian Media Watch palwatch.org
- Media Bias mediabiasfactcheck.com/palestinian-... “…Failed Fact Checks (=) None in the Last 5 years”

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Orionids Meteor Shower 2025
This occurs every year in October, usually peaking around Oct 20/21
At its peak, up to 20 meteors are visible every hour www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me...

Look Up to See the Orionids Light Up the Night Skies

Check out our meteor shower animation to find out how, where, and when to see these shooting stars.

www.timeanddate.com

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Keith Jarrett 🎹
Youtube Channel music.youtube.com/channel/UCm3...

Keith Jarrett

Pianist Keith Jarrett is recognized as one of the most creative musicians of our times. His ECM discography embraces solo improvisation, duets, trios, quartets, original compositions, multi-instrument...

music.youtube.com

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NO KINGS LIVE www.youtube.com/live/raD5GuV...

Millions rise up at over 2,500 peaceful protests to say: No Kings

YouTube video by No Kings

www.youtube.com

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John Spencer www.johnspenceronline.com

John Spencer | Scholar, Writer, Speaker, Veteran

John Spencer is a scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare and other military related topics. He is author of the books Connected ...

www.johnspenceronline.com

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Center for Peace Communications www.peacecomms.org

The Center for Peace Communications

We grow public support for partnership across differences. The CPC works through media, schools, and centers of spiritual and moral leadership in the Middle East and North Africa to roll back divisive...

www.peacecomms.org

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“Blackfish”
the Award-winning www.filmaffinity.com/us/movie-awa... documentary about the ethics of taking killer whales captive, especially after a loving trainer’s public death in a Sea World enclosure tubitv.com/movies/64003...

Blackfish (2013)

Award-winning documentary about the ethics of taking killer whales captive, especially after a loving trainer’s public death in a Sea World enclosure.

tubitv.com

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Baking from
🦋 @rockrecipes.bsky.social
- Chewy Chocolate Cherry Brownies (Freezer friendly for the holidays) www.rockrecipes.com/chewy-chocol...
- Chocolate Walnut Butter Tart* Bars (Ideal holiday freezer cookies) www.rockrecipes.com/chocolate-wa...
* 🇨🇦 Butter Tarts are an art worth acquiring

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I’ll continue to work within (omFg) REAL LIFE multi-cultural multi-faith groups (people who know history and theology), but refuse anonymous engagement with little minds

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“Samuel Williams”
ARRESTED!
and Oxford will have to suspend him www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oxford student arrested after chanting about putting Zionists 'in the ground'

Video appears to show Samuel Williams allegedly leading the chant at a pro-Palestinian march in London.

www.bbc.com

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now seeking diversion @martinesumner2025.bsky.social · 8d

Social Media posts about
“Canadian teachers” and
“Schools in Canada” are wildly inflated

Education in Canada is a provincial/territorial responsibility and
within those 13 jurisdictions are numerous District School Boards…

(Many schools do have Allergy Alerts and discourage processed foods)

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DEBUNKED in 2024
x.com/nogulagsagai... +
x.com/realMaalouf/...

Steven on X: "They want dog free zones for Muslims now 😡😡 I prefer to have Muslim free zones for dogs Do you agree with me ? https://t.co/Rc1tGUEQst" / X

They want dog free zones for Muslims now 😡😡 I prefer to have Muslim free zones for dogs Do you agree with me ? https://t.co/Rc1tGUEQst

x.com

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DEBUNKED in 2024
“Dog Free Zones for Muslims” (Wales) www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n... VS #Telegraph 👉🏼 #X 👉🏼 #NoGulagsAgain (904.5KViews +4.6K replies) #Dr.Maalouf #realMaalouf #@realMaalouf (323.2K Views +5.2K replies)

Fact check: Will dogs really be banned from the Welsh countryside?

A story that dogs will be banned from the Welsh countryside has been appearing in UK news outlets

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Priorities ☹️

icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 10d

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Royal Ontario Museum
(The Rom) Toronto #🇨🇦 www.rom.on.ca
On-Line Collections collections.rom.on.ca

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Heraklion Archaeological Museum heraklionmuseum.gr/en/
On-Line Collections
Highlights heraklionmuseum.gr/en/collectio...
3D heraklionmuseum.gr/en/3d-exhibi...

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1 www.instagram.com/activist.ind...
2 protect-palestine.com
3 www.onestatepalestine.org
(George Galloway was barred from Canada in 2009 [Taliban & Hamas] www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...)

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · 10d

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Jeffrey Goldberg
“The American Experiment”
This was an Atlantic Gift Article www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

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Jeffrey Goldberg
“Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans” (Signal chat)
This was an Atlantic Gift Article www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

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Jeffrey Goldberg
His stint in the IDF was during the First Intifada
That was 40 years ago
- when he was 20
NOW www.theatlantic.com/author/jeffr...

Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

Jeffrey Goldberg is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and the moderator of Washington Week With The Atlantic.

www.theatlantic.com

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to Harris Protesters #Chicago
-They are kidnapping people off your own streets but THIS is what you protest?
-What is wrong with you? -Apparently your own NEIGHBOURS are the “wrong” what - colour? religion? ethnicity? becuz Canadians seem more 😭 horrified 🤢 than YOU are
from Bewildered #🇨🇦 #Canada

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 10d

"If you want to talk about legacy, let's talk about the legacy of not voting." 💥

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now seeking diversion @martinesumner2025.bsky.social · 9d

Did I just see that?
(I was still dwelling on the tank poster)
-Zero true history content but people don’t read anymore
-I’m pretty sure this WOULD be prosecutable in 🇨🇦 but yes, 🇬🇧 is different

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California …RESIST 👑🍊
#VoteYesOn50🗳️

#AdamSchiff
🦋 Sen. @adamschiff.com
A Message to #🇨🇦 Canada
from April 2025 • #California #DearCanada #Canada #Project2025 #Tariffs #CanPoli #cdnpoli #tradewars #SenatorAdamSchiff #USCanadaTradeWar (Gretzky-the-Traitor doesn’t matter) bsky.app/profile/dema...

Marc Batko @demand1.bsky.social · Apr 11

A Message to Canada
Sen. Adam Schiff
4/11 - 8 min
youtu.be/hcrL88Jwhsg?...

A Message to Canada

YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff

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