Kelly🍁
@kellyln.bsky.social
Hiking keeps me sane, kinda.
Pro-democracy, pro-diversity, pro-choice, 2SLGBTQI+ rights, Indigenous rights
she/her London Canada
Pro-democracy, pro-diversity, pro-choice, 2SLGBTQI+ rights, Indigenous rights
she/her London Canada
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Kelly🍁
@kellyln.bsky.social
· Nov 7
It feels like a first post should be memorable but less than 48 hrs after the US decided to embrace fascism, I don’t think I have it in me. So, I’m here to keep listening and learning, to keep supporting and amplifying the good voices, and to keep sharing my own opinions.
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I think the Greenbelt thing was one thing - Doug allowing his buddies to profit using inside help - but this Skills Development thing is something else entirely: Doug giving our money to buddies to enrich them - and to help get Doug re-elected.
Opposition asks integrity commissioner to investigate Ford’s embattled labour minister | Globalnews.ca
The Ontario NDP is calling on the province's integrity commissioner to investigate the labour minister over a $2.5-billion skills program that favoured certain applicants.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I think the Greenbelt thing was one thing - Doug allowing his buddies to profit using inside help - but this Skills Development thing is something else entirely: Doug giving our money to buddies to enrich them - and to help get Doug re-elected.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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Third bungle this week: Indigenous Services Canada not responding to APTN reporters asking if there is a food crisis in Nunavut, following cuts to programming: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
‘Having a hard time getting food’: Nunavut hunger crisis continues
‘People are having a hard time now getting food’: Nunavut hunger crisis continues as Indigenous Services Canada refuses to answer questions
www.aptnnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Third bungle this week: Indigenous Services Canada not responding to APTN reporters asking if there is a food crisis in Nunavut, following cuts to programming: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
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Following in the footsteps of Donald Trump, #DougFord is conjuring up an enemy within.
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Following in the footsteps of Donald Trump, #DougFord is conjuring up an enemy within.
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
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Talked with @brittanywong.bsky.social on the conservative/fascist turn in today’s fashion. Fashion can be a tool of control, but it can also be a form of resistance. Don’t buy into the fascist trends.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Trump Era Is Influencing Fashion In Some Pretty Depressing Ways
We asked fashion experts to share all the ways Trump 2.0 is influencing what we wear.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Talked with @brittanywong.bsky.social on the conservative/fascist turn in today’s fashion. Fashion can be a tool of control, but it can also be a form of resistance. Don’t buy into the fascist trends.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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How in the hell did these guns, sold by a bespoke hunting rifle dealer in Canada, end up in Sudan, wielded by the genocidal Rapid Support Forces? Of course, the answer is the UAE - and the world's lack of care about arms proliferation.
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How in the hell did these guns, sold by a bespoke hunting rifle dealer in Canada, end up in Sudan, wielded by the genocidal Rapid Support Forces? Of course, the answer is the UAE - and the world's lack of care about arms proliferation.
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The people running Silicon Valley are some of the craziest people alive, and the people running the White House are the most loathsome demons in the western world, and the rest of the billionaires are mostly evil weirdos, and all of them have the equivalent of lead poisoning from the Internet
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The people running Silicon Valley are some of the craziest people alive, and the people running the White House are the most loathsome demons in the western world, and the rest of the billionaires are mostly evil weirdos, and all of them have the equivalent of lead poisoning from the Internet
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Canada to the United States: Please stop drunk-texting us at 2 a.m.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Canada to the United States: Please stop drunk-texting us at 2 a.m.
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I really try to make jokes and find fun ways to spin terrible news on here, but I read this and the only thing I have to say about it is that Doug Ford is a piece of shit who shouldn't be running an Arby's, let alone a province. Fuck you, Doug. share.google/gPPqvtiuqD0O...
Ford tells protesters to 'go find a job' as controversial housing bill passes at Queen's Park | CBC News
Shouts and chants rained down upon politicians at the Ontario legislature Monday as the government passed a housing bill that critics say makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants.
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I really try to make jokes and find fun ways to spin terrible news on here, but I read this and the only thing I have to say about it is that Doug Ford is a piece of shit who shouldn't be running an Arby's, let alone a province. Fuck you, Doug. share.google/gPPqvtiuqD0O...
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Conservatives: We must protect the landlords!
Also Conservatives: What is the deal with all these homeless people anyway?
Also Conservatives: What is the deal with all these homeless people anyway?
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Conservatives: We must protect the landlords!
Also Conservatives: What is the deal with all these homeless people anyway?
Also Conservatives: What is the deal with all these homeless people anyway?
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Grizzly attack on 11 kids & teachers in BC.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
Teachers fight off grizzly bear attacking schoolchildren
A grizzly bear attacked a group of elementary schoolchildren and their teachers on a walking trail Thursday in British Columbia, injuring 11 people,
mynorthwest.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Grizzly attack on 11 kids & teachers in BC.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
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[Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy] said, “Six thousand more places you can buy beer, wine, ready-to-drink. Convenience stores tell us their revenues are up.”
So, if I understand all this correctly, taxpayers paid $225M to get White Claws at the Circle K at 2 AM?
globalnews.ca/news/1153599...
So, if I understand all this correctly, taxpayers paid $225M to get White Claws at the Circle K at 2 AM?
globalnews.ca/news/1153599...
Ontario pays out full $225M to Beer Store as end of store closure commitment nears | Globalnews.ca
Ontario struck an agreement with the alcohol retailer to end its retail monopoly in the province early in 2024 so convenience stores could begin selling beer.
globalnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
[Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy] said, “Six thousand more places you can buy beer, wine, ready-to-drink. Convenience stores tell us their revenues are up.”
So, if I understand all this correctly, taxpayers paid $225M to get White Claws at the Circle K at 2 AM?
globalnews.ca/news/1153599...
So, if I understand all this correctly, taxpayers paid $225M to get White Claws at the Circle K at 2 AM?
globalnews.ca/news/1153599...
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he hangs out in group chats with teenaged nazis, so there’s that
Has JD Vance done anything as VP besides go on podcasts and complain?
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
he hangs out in group chats with teenaged nazis, so there’s that
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See? Just like Brett said. A temporary inconvenience and then all's well!
America 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
See? Just like Brett said. A temporary inconvenience and then all's well!
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Bruno Gerussi was much more than Nick Adonidas on The Beachcombers or the host of Celebrity Cooks.
He was a gifted theatre performer who was a leading actor at Stratford, an acclaimed radio host and a wood carver.
This is his story.
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He was a gifted theatre performer who was a leading actor at Stratford, an acclaimed radio host and a wood carver.
This is his story.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bruno Gerussi was much more than Nick Adonidas on The Beachcombers or the host of Celebrity Cooks.
He was a gifted theatre performer who was a leading actor at Stratford, an acclaimed radio host and a wood carver.
This is his story.
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He was a gifted theatre performer who was a leading actor at Stratford, an acclaimed radio host and a wood carver.
This is his story.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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It’s almost as if America’s oligarchs think democracy poses a major threat to their power and hence needs to be acquired like one buys a business competitor, so as to neutralize them.
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It’s almost as if America’s oligarchs think democracy poses a major threat to their power and hence needs to be acquired like one buys a business competitor, so as to neutralize them.
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🇨🇦🍁You Ain't Seen 🇨🇦
Nothin' Yet 'Merica!🍁
Nothin' Yet 'Merica!🍁
August 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🇨🇦🍁You Ain't Seen 🇨🇦
Nothin' Yet 'Merica!🍁
Nothin' Yet 'Merica!🍁
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Why Canada is winning the travel trade war with the U.S. #Canada #Boycott #ViveLeCanada
International tourism spending has declined in the U.S., while Canada has enjoyed a tourism boom
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
International tourism spending has declined in the U.S., while Canada has enjoyed a tourism boom
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
ANALYSIS | Canadians are shunning U.S. travel — and reaping the rewards | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump’s divisive politics, tariffs and heightened border security have helped drive a decline in international tourism spending in the U.S. Meanwhile, polls and industry experts ...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Why Canada is winning the travel trade war with the U.S. #Canada #Boycott #ViveLeCanada
International tourism spending has declined in the U.S., while Canada has enjoyed a tourism boom
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
International tourism spending has declined in the U.S., while Canada has enjoyed a tourism boom
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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Every country that does this only bans it for trans people. It's still approved for cis children www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
New Zealand halts new puberty blockers for young transgender people
New Zealand said on Wednesday it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Every country that does this only bans it for trans people. It's still approved for cis children www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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There is far more to this than jobs.
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saab offering 10,000 jobs, Joly says, as Canada's F-35 review drags on | CBC News
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly pitted two giant defence companies against one another on Tuesday for the future of Canada's fighter fleet, saying the $27-billion contract to buy 88 U.S.-made F-35 jets...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There is far more to this than jobs.
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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It's a dangerous mistake to see the Epstein files vote as a sign Trump is getting weaker.
The real power center is not Trump—it's the oligarchs who ensured his return to power and continue to support him. The Epstein files are of no moment to most of them.
More here:
The real power center is not Trump—it's the oligarchs who ensured his return to power and continue to support him. The Epstein files are of no moment to most of them.
More here:
Epstein and Oligarchy
Meeting the Moment with Anat Shenker-Osorio
www.weekendreading.net
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It's a dangerous mistake to see the Epstein files vote as a sign Trump is getting weaker.
The real power center is not Trump—it's the oligarchs who ensured his return to power and continue to support him. The Epstein files are of no moment to most of them.
More here:
The real power center is not Trump—it's the oligarchs who ensured his return to power and continue to support him. The Epstein files are of no moment to most of them.
More here: