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CanadianChick (aka SkepCdnChick)
@canadianchick.bsky.social
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The godless Canadian liberal baking & gardening accountant you were warned about. Team Cobra Chicken. Slava Ukraini. She/her.
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canadianchick.bsky.social
I know nothing of dance or skating, but this was so beautiful.
February 12, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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hollyhoye.bsky.social
I’m trying to limit my consumption of bad far-right conservative takes on the horrific shooting in BC but I’ll just say this: if you’re using this awful event to justify your hate of Trans people instead of practicing empathy for everyone affected by the crimes committed then you are truly evil.
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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waldo.net
This asshole has been trying to stop a second bridge for most of his life, as his father did before him. They have tried everything they can think of, for my entire life, in order to maintain a monopoly on people driving between Detroit and Windsor.
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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katemckean.bsky.social
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France from Jan. 25, 1924 to Feb. 5, 1924. A total of 16 nations took part, including Canada who sent 12 athletes to compete in three sports.
This is the story of Canada's first Winter Olympics.

🧵 1/8
A black-and-white photograph of an outdoor ice hockey game in front of a large crowd. Several players cluster near a small goal at right while one skater dives forward on the ice reaching for the puck. Other players skate in from the left with sticks down. Behind the rink, spectators fill stands and a terrace lined with flags. Snow-covered mountains rise in the background, and the ice surface shows skate marks and shadows.
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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minibubbly.bsky.social
Canada builds bridges literally and figuratively.

Canadians are tired of the lies, the hate and division.

We are a peaceful nation, but we will stand up to those who try and tear us down. 🍁🇨🇦💪🏻😏

⤵️
February 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
canadianchick.bsky.social
This is what a PM does

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/cp-...
CP NewsAlert: Carney suspends trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is suspending travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
The Germans called him "Hell's Handmaiden".
Each time he returned to his aerodrome, his airplane was riddled with bullet holes.
No British Empire First World War pilot had more confirmed air victories than him.
This is the story of Billy Bishop.

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Black-and-white photograph of Billy Bishop seated in the open cockpit of an early biplane aircraft. He is turned slightly toward the camera, wearing a dark jacket, with short hair visible. The aircraft’s metal fuselage, struts, cables, and part of the wing structure fill the foreground and upper frame. Trees and a building appear blurred in the background.
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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albertsonb2.bsky.social
this might be the highest gross things per line ratio piece I've read - if Americans are really following this story, the anti-elite backlash will be fierce.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Opinion | Now We Know What All Those People Got From Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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ruthmkb.bsky.social
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months. Please SIGN! #cdnpoli

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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tabathasouthey.bsky.social
“Molliver said the federal government may not deport them to Ecuador, their home country. Instead, the family could apply for asylum in a third country” and Canada has a chance to do the softest power move right now.
February 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
canadianchick.bsky.social
I’m literally in tears at this
lalahaenzy.com Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 6d
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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chipzel.bsky.social
you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]

billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
February 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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mekka.mekka-tech.com
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.

6 years old.

She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet]. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot] Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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todmaffin.com
Hey #Nanaimo… can you help?
A common question Jocelyn and I get asked by some healthcare workers considering moving to the mid-Island:

Can anyone recommend a Nanaimo salon with experience working with textured hair, like styles commonly worn by Black clients?
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 AM
canadianchick.bsky.social
This whole thread is scary.
drericding.bsky.social Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 9d
5) ICE also begins warehouse buying spree to convert into immigration detention facilities.

Gift 🎁🔗

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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parkermolloy.com
Once again, setting aside that the "$14 billion" number is made up, more than 90% of the Somalis in Minnesota are American citizens. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/most-...
February 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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deadder.bsky.social
deadder.substack.com/p/melania-th...
February 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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beyerstein.bsky.social
Attia is skewing that average hard.
nstenhouse.bsky.social Neil Stenhouse @nstenhouse.bsky.social · 11d
Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100
Peter Attia 1752 Niall Ferguson 59 HR McMaster 35 Janna Levin 27 Roland Fryer 9 Derek Thompson 6 Mark Hyman 5 Roger Carstens 3 Arthur Brooks 2 Reihan Salam 2 Elliot Ackerman 0 Masih Alinejad 0 Caroline Chambers 0 Clare de Boer 0 Andrew Huberman 0 Casey Lewis 0 Patrick McGee 0 Lauren Sherman 0
February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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jeymccreight.bsky.social
This hits the nail on the head

And seeing this pattern is why I avoided becoming a science writer for so long. Felt like I had to only be wanting it out of ego

But we NEED smart people being vocal for good causes. The humble avoiding the limelight is how we got into this societal mess of untruth
 Beau @beauss.bsky.social · 11d
It seems to be the science grifter playbook. 50% common sense, 25% science in or out of context, plus 25% woo to make it exciting. Add a top university professorship and a bunch of famous friends for reach/authority. I’ve been listening to Arthur Brooks a lot so it’s at the top of my mind.
January 31, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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beyondxandy.bsky.social
Are you a biomedical expert who wants to help fight for trans rights and evidence based medicine?

Check out this thorough, extremely helpful guide on how to submit official comments to defend gender affirming care:
matthewcort.land Matthew Cortland, Esq (they) @matthewcort.land · 16d
CTA Defend Trans Kids: If you're a clinician, a parent, a trans adult, or just someone who cares, I wrote a guide on how to submit effective comments opposing the federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Deadline 2/17/26

🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
Dark teal graphic with the title "COMMENTING GUIDE: Opposing Two Trump Regime Rules Banning Gender-Affirming Care, Deadline 2/17/26" in white serif font. Below in smaller teal text: "by Matthew Cortland — 01/26/2026". A simplified scales of justice icon appears on the right side. The bottom features a gradient banner in teal, gold, and coral with the text "SHOULDN'T NEED TO BE A LAWYER" and "PATREON.COM/MATTBC" flanking a black Patreon logo. A faint line graph decoration appears in the lower left.
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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sheologian.bsky.social
I may have a stroke.

Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”

A PROTESTant.

I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
canadianchick.bsky.social
Oh man - how many flags am I allowed to fly at once??
pdfmerchant.bsky.social Old Sam @pdfmerchant.bsky.social · 13d
tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
January 30, 2026 at 4:38 PM