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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 8h

Juste au cas où les gens auraient des doutes sur le trumpisme de Poilièvre.

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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Ale @alepresser.com · 1d

#repostober 14: minha Nossa Senhora da Bicicletinha

Another illustration that is sorta like a saint, but in an estilized art nouveau style, of a woman in biker gear, holding her water bottle, with the words "my our lady of the tiny bicycle, give me balance".

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 23h

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 23h

A thread on Canadian whiteness. Gloriously accurate take on our culture.

Erica, like a few other accounts I follow on here, does a fantastic job of articulating things I wonder about but can’t find the words.

Two thumbs up.

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 1d

A word on #5
It’s not that I don’t feel comfortable in Canada but I’m more relaxed here because it’s the Caribbean. But there’s another reason that it’s a lesser burden: I don’t have to perform whiteness and it’s glorious!

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 1d

Some more observations:

1. There are more men than women in this country

2. The Chinese food is the best!

3. Lawd it hot. This humidity is no joke

4. How do Guyanese ppl not wear sunglasses cause this sun is blinding!

5. Being in a Black country hits different. It’s so fucking relaxing 😎

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Timothy @landbeforetim.bsky.social · 23h

“Gaza's soil contains radioactive and carcinogenic elements, such as depleted uranium and phosphates, embedded in the rubble […] The use of white phosphorus by Israeli forces has led to severe environmental and health consequences, with long-term exposure causing respiratory diseases and cancer.”

| UC Global Health Institute

ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 1d

Il a une capacité à changer d'idée ou à évoluer qu'on voit malheureusement rarement en politique.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 2d

Il y a des moments où Labeaume dit exatement ce qu'il y a dire www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/chr...

Non, nous ne haïrons pas les immigrants et les musulmans !

Je ne dénoncerai jamais assez les cardinaux conservateurs de Rome, les leaders juifs orthodoxes, les imams radicaux, Trump et les politiciens américains évangéliques, Nétanyahou et ses ministres ultra...

www.lapresse.ca

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Etienne Leblanc @leblancetienne.bsky.social · 5d

Le magazine Time classe le Bixi dans les 25 inventions du 21e siècle ayant eu le plus d’influence. time.com/7323640/25-i...

TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame

See the most iconic inventions of the past 25 years

time.com

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

Quelques coups de sharpie, oui. Une borne maganée parce qu'un vélo a été remis trop fort, bien sûr. Mais une destruction systématique de plusieurs stations dans le même quartier. Naaaah. C'est pas des jeunes.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

On blâme tjs les ados et c'est vrai que les ados sont pas tjs très délicats. Mais on ne mentionne jamais à quel point les bixis sont outil d'indépendance pour les ados. Pour les jeunes Montréalais.es, les bixi c'est comme une première voiture en terme de contrôle de leurs déplacements.

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 6d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 5d

Irresponsable contracts costing QCers hundreds of millions of dollars...this has come to light multiple times this year.

Meanwhile, we don't have the money in QC to pay for COVID vaccines for all.

www.ledevoir.com/politique/qu...

Legault menace de «conséquences» le signataire du contrat du projet SIFA

Ce projet du virage numérique en santé a été suspendu la semaine dernière et est dans la mire de l’AMP.

www.ledevoir.com

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

J'adore la façon que t'as de tordre les expressions, et que si tu le disais au lieu de l'écrire, ça passerait comme dans du beurre!

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

I had forgotten about Fenton, thank you!

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

I showed it to the 15 yo cultural conselor and she says it absolutely works when put on the flag like that.

Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 6d

Étais-tu en vélo ce matin?
hum.. oui?
Mais c'est vraiment plus froid.
Ouin, mais j'ai mis mon imper, un buff pis des gants. C'était ben en masse.
...
... c'était l'fun, le soleil était vraiment beau.

Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 6d

Canadians: “We the north! I love hockey, skiing, and taking my kids sledding. Did you hear about a light dusting of snow shutting down some southern US city?”

Canadians, when you suggest
it’s possible to bike past September: “but what if I get… cold?”

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · Jan 24

As we protest statues that glorify racist ideology, we also need to think about the things that ended up inside of museums because of assumptions about white superiority. Here's one story - of meteorites, pandemic, and Minik, the boy who lost his parents and his whole world.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 6d

HA! parfait.

Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 6d

I was hoping that this would be the outcome. Justice for Mme. Pelicot.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 6d

Avec trait d'union qd ya 2 e collés

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ScarletCoral @scarletcoral.ca · 6d

Le génie de #Montréal / du Québec à l'honneur
@biximontreal.com fait parti du palmarès des meilleures inventions du magazine @time.com 👏

"In 2008, when Montreal introduced its bike rental system, TIME selected it as one of the year’s best inventions"

#velomtl #biximtl #bixi #bikeshare #velopartage

TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame

See the most iconic inventions of the past 25 years

time.com

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 6d

It is true that there is a ceasefire in Gaza, but it has not been implemented yet.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 6d

I LOVE IT! If you print them, I'll buy one for sure!!

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 6d

Eyes candies all around. I can only try to imagine what her houses looked like. Also, how do you get that much money. So many questions, so many delicious gems.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 7d

It's a rainy day and I'm sick in bed, so let's see what's in Iris Apfel's estate sale (3-day auction in New Jersey, Oct 15, 16, 17)

www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2160846...

Couture Feather & Silk Coat Auction

Couture feather & silk coat, Stephen Yearick dip dye orange feather and silk taffeta coat, size 12, paired with James Purcell hi-waisted raw silk orange{ellipsis}

www.liveauctioneers.com

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 8d

Flat illustration of a Wood Pigeon, Magpie, and Robin in a parade-line stride holding autumn leaves up high with their beaks! (UK birds as I am there right now on vacation!)

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 7d

My 19 yo just arrived from it. Waves have been arriving from different schools at different times, but it's still going on. Didn't mention any active repression.

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