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tkrause.bsky.social @tkrause.bsky.social · 3h

One of my absolute favourite birds 😍 A nesting pair in our yard one summer was an exquisite delight. We had many mewing conversations in the garden 😉. So beautiful!

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 4h

Aaaaand the judges report into the “CorruptCare” scandal has been delayed to public eyes again!

Drink!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 6h

More from the same interview.
Here he talks about the violent and dangerous “authoritarian left”.

This guy can never be PM.

This is him speaking candidly in a friendly room. This is the real Poilievre.
#cdnpoli #uspoli

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tkrause.bsky.social @tkrause.bsky.social · 3h

Pure unadulterated Canadian MAGA filth. That’s PP.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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tkrause.bsky.social @tkrause.bsky.social · 3h

The sooner the better. Yesterday even better.

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Fac Americae Abire @lacompa.bsky.social · 6h

When will Alberta be free from Ultra Corruption Party?

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lissa @unraveledlissa.bsky.social · 7h

What a waste of money. Conservatives like to spend our money on slogans for their propaganda machine.

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 7h

Today, Danielle Smith will unveil Alberta’s new vehicle license plate that features a slogan: “Strong & Free”.

Smith will surely argue that it is featured on Alberta’s coat of arms however, we all know that’s it’s a dogwhistle for separatists and, is new plate a priority?
#ableg

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tkrause.bsky.social @tkrause.bsky.social · 4h

Trust me, this is delicious! I know. Thank you Lori for the delightful visit and tea! 🥰

beespeaker @loriweidenhammer.ca · 2d

I am grateful for the beautiful little pears given to me by my neighbour. I am making ginger cardamom pear butter with them today. Grating the pears and stirring the bubbling pot is a sweet, soulful meditation. What are your favourite pear recipes?

A grouping of pears on a table with a mason jar.

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tkrause.bsky.social @tkrause.bsky.social · 4h

From what I read we have the option of keeping our current plate…but for how long?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h

When the next generation of your party is more repugnant than the current generation, it’s proof positive your ideologies are deeply toxic and un-American.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · Sep 2

You should be terrified

We are witnessing a major shift in oceanic and atmospheric conditions as ocean climate tipping point and feedback loops triggered

Record marine heat waves in 2023 covered 96% of oceans, lasted four times longer than average

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Planet’s reflective cloud coverage is shrinking - and amplifying the climate crisis, research finds

Study from Nasa and Australian universities shows cloud coverage at the poles has shrunk over past 24 years, but mystery of 2023 global temperature spike remains

www.theguardian.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 23h

Very thoroughly reported and well written story about workplace deaths in Canada and what some say is a lack of criminal prosecution. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Liam Johnston died on the job at 27. His loved ones want to see change and accountability | CBC News

The family of a 27-year-old who died on a plumbing job in Calgary say they want to see the company he worked for charged criminally. Advocates have been asking for more prosecutions in workplace death...

www.cbc.ca

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tkrause.bsky.social @tkrause.bsky.social · 4h

Exhibit A: how to legitimize hate with “boys will be boys” mantra.
These are poisoned dangerous minds, not innocent boys.

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BigBlueWaveUSA2026® ….. 🇺🇸🌊🇺🇦🦋🏳️‍🌈 @bigbluewaveusa.bsky.social · 5h

Here it comes. At Trump’s demand, the Supreme Court is ready to dramatically make black voters insignificant.
A complete re-write of the Voting Rights Act is on the way as we dive into fascism/white supremacy.
🚨No Kings this Saturday. Be there!🚨
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

Supreme Court conservatives poised to further gut the Voting Rights Act | CNN Politics

Two years ago, the US Supreme Court surprised observers and even some inside the court when it narrowly preserved the 1965 Voting Rights Act and race-based remedies intended to counteract historic dis...

www.cnn.com

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 7h

Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction.

Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.

Smith Not Impressed With New Plates "Political Agenda"

Written by Brent Manke Monday, Jul 14 2014, 12:00 AM

The three choices for Alberta's new license plate, plus what we have now. The Opposition Wildrose party is up in arms over the removal of the "Wild Rose Country" slogan from the bottom of the plates, calling it politically motivated.

Highwood MLA Danielle Smith is no fan of Alberta's proposed new license plates.

She supports the new reflective paint job, but not changing the slogan at the bottom from "Wild Rose Country."

She says it's more PC political nonsense.

"All of a sudden this comes out in the middle of the summer, in the middle of a leadership race, taking off the Wild Rose slogan. It's clearly political. People have seen through it. They are outraged and responding in massive numbers. We have a poll going with six thousand respondents so far, most of which, about 70-percent who say keep the Wild Rose slogan."

She says the province would have been better off asking us if we wanted to change the plates in the first place, as well as if we wanted to change the slogan, before moving ahead on their own.

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 6h

metaphor for covid mitigations

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 7h

University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."

Also university administration:

Stolen from the Internet, a sign that says "If Elevator does not move do a small jump it should move after", and a dirty-white freight elevator wall and aged elevator controls with only floors 1 and 2."

I have no idea where this really is, I just stole it off Wikimedia.

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tkrause.bsky.social @tkrause.bsky.social · 4h

Normalizing naziism. Expect nothing less from him.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h

Expand the Supreme Court.

It's corrupt and rancid and taken over by right-wing hacks groomed by billionaires.

What more do you need to see?

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

"Those efforts have been complicated by the fact that major hedge funds, including those led by friends of Mr. Bessent, stand to benefit financially from an Argentina economic lifeline."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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Tasha 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @tashajeanslife.bsky.social · 7h

Americans are going to understand what it's like very soon if it continues on down their current path.

Earthbound420 @earthbound420.bsky.social · 7h

Truth 💥

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 6h

@trevortombe.bsky.social any comment? Christi easily points out the red flags & Danielle Smith’s lies while you SAT there & listened why would you want to be forever memorialized as part of Smith’s traitorous MAGA quest to destabilize & destroy democracy? What do you have against #Canada, Trevor?

dduf.bsky.social🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dduf.bsky.social · 6h

www.tiktok.com/@christij0/v...

#greenscreen Alberta Premier tells people that Ottawa is ripping off Alberta - even though we all pay the same taxes federally. I think this sounds American. #tellmeifyoudisagree #abpoli #canpoli #ca...

TikTok video by Christi 🇨🇦

www.tiktok.com

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 14h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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