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Atheist, bleeding heart leftie, recovering local politician. Out & proud in the 70’s, survived AIDS, because science! Posting politics & home-baking for my sanity. Guilt-ridden about the mess we’re leaving our kids.

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🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · Nov 29

Here’s one of many reasons I am so happy to have left the bad place and relocated to the Blue one.

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@tweettothehan@ScienceTynan That seems to be all you shitbag mother fuckers know how to do. Fucking commie cocksuckers, the whole lot of ya!
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This is a screenshot of the response to my report of a hateful abusive tweet, it reads as follows:

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Shaun O'mara @omaragallery.bsky.social · 6h

Window
#art #photography #window

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Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 23h

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

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Zambeezee @zambeezee.bsky.social · 20h

Please stop using #Spotify. In the US, they’re running ICE recruitment ads. Stop supporting Spotify.

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Shaun O'mara @omaragallery.bsky.social · 1d

Sorrow
#photography #art #sculpture

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d

The old provincial courthouse in Victoria has a long and dark history.
Many individuals were put to death on the property courtesy of the man known as The Hanging Judge.
Some are still buried there.
This is the story of this haunted location.

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A historic building with a light beige facade, featuring a prominent cylindrical tower with a domed roof, arched windows, and decorative trim. The structure has multiple stories with evenly spaced windows and is adorned with banners reading "Maritime Museum." In front, there are well-maintained green trees, a red kiosk, green bollards, and a street sign reading "Langley." A car is parked on the right side, and a few people are visible near the entrance. The scene is set on a clear day with a blue sky.

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Stanley Q Woodvine @sqwabb.bsky.social · 3d

Currently 37 long-term drinking water advisories on Canadian First Nations reserves and there is a huge shortage of affordable housing and seniors assisted living complexea across Canada and we have more than a few homeless and...

Map of lifted and active drinking water advisories

Explore the map of lifted and active long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserves across Canada. The Government of Canada is working with First Nations to end long-term drinking w...

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🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · 4d

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🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · 7d

Dog sitting the lovely dowager dog Miss Luna and regaling her with stories about my past.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 7d

I started Degenerate Art a year ago today, in the last weeks of the before times. Today, I wrote about the most important history and current events I've covered related to our rapidly expanding authoritarianism, and what the future is likely to bring.

State of the Degenerate union

The newsletter turned one today! What's happened and what's next.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · 7d

Dog sitting the lovely dowager dog Miss Luna and regaling her with stories about my past.

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Anarcho Feminist @lleohn.bsky.social · 15d

Canada Post. Defend it!

CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 16d

The federal government’s plan to gut the post office would wreck Canada Post's greatest strengths. By @simonenoch.bsky.social and @whosestreets.bsky.social #cdnpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The post office must be defended - CCPA

When Stephen Harper’s government announced the end of door-to-door mail delivery in favour of community “super-boxes” in 2014, then Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra was asked about the difficulty this wo...

www.policyalternatives.ca

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🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · 8d

I’m looking for evidence that the corporation sees those employees as anything but a drag on productivity.
Whatever the motivation, employees under accommodation are at a disproportionate disadvantage seeking new employment, so numbers aside, the impact is the same..

🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · 8d

“Grandstanding for leverage” is something the employer would never do. A Liberal grasping at straws to justify union busting and when that doesn’t work, he just bashes the union himself and doesn’t see it as the self- own it truly is.
Can you prove it isn’t true? No.

🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · 9d

As it should be and yet here we are. The only other explanation is coincidence and I am happy for you that unlikely refuge brings you some comfort.

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 9d

Guess what?

The grovelling isn't working.

#cdnpoli

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 9d

#Breaking: Trump threatens additional 25% tariffs on heavy trucks ahead of meeting with Carney

Trump vows new 25% tariff on heavy trucks ahead of Carney meeting

Carney is travelling to Washington on Monday ahead of planned meetings with Trump on Tuesday.

www.thestar.com

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🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · 9d

Ya purely coincidence.
Carney’s Liberals (like all LPC governments) might be anti-union but never anti-DEI!
"That is not what we have seen. What we've seen is that those who are on accommodation, those who the employer may have to spend some money to accommodate, those are the ones who have gone."

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 13d

last night at bedtime I was telling my son (3.5) that I love him, im glad he’s my kid etc, and he grabbed my face in his little hands and said “and you are a very good driver”

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Johanne Boucher 🇨🇦 @johanneboucher.bsky.social · 14d

Almost a whole episode of #CBCTheHouse and not one mention of the fact that there’s a for-profit arm of Canada Post called Purolator. 🤔

Also quite tired of the uppity tone about how much panelists don’t use Canada Post.

Labour abusing US-owned Amazon devotees, I guess.

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ᐋᐧᐳᐢ ᒥᓯᐟ @waposhpyii.bsky.social · 15d

ᓵᑭᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᒨᓴᐠ #TruthAndReconciliationDay

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 15d

A nice shoutout from @jfallows.bsky.social here for my essay "Mind the Gap," along with a trip down memory lane to revisit the drama around Loretta Lynch, and how it compares to the Bondi debacle today.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15d

Things I've found worth reading, in these circumstances.

fallows.substack.com/p/preserving...

Preserving Our Sanity, During Insane Times.

The daily flow of disaster is simply overwhelming. Here are some people with reflections on how to avoid becoming paralyzed and instead take positive steps.

fallows.substack.com

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 15d

"More than a century ago, a Canadian official sat down and wrote one of the first damning reports on his country’s emerging system of residential schools." thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

The Definitive History of Canada’s Residential School Shame | The Tyee

Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it.

thetyee.ca

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 15d

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day – a time to raise awareness for the ongoing impacts of residential school and remember the children who never came home.

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 15d

Today we honor the children taken, the survivors, and the strength of our Nations. Truth and Reconciliation Day is a call to listen, learn, and stand with us. The path forward is built on truth, respect, and action, together.

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🏳️‍🌈@oldtimeygay🇨🇦 @oldtimeygay.bsky.social · 17d

Charlie does a beautiful job of reminding us how USA extremism and conflict helped shape Canada and sheds light on why we’re so different from our American cousins.
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Rethinking D’Arcy McGee in a Age of Political Violence

As the world watches the frightening spiral of political violence in the United States, I have found myself thinking a great deal about D’Arcy McGee.

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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 17d

ICYMI: “North Vancouver RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in finding a missing Indigenous woman who, according to family, was last seen over a week ago.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... - @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social

#MissingPerson #MMIW #NorthVan #NorthVancouver #YVR

North Vancouver RCMP calls on public for help in finding missing Indigenous woman

North Vancouver RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in finding a missing Indigenous woman who, according to family, was last seen over a week ago.

www.ctvnews.ca

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