Mercedes Lenz
@yeguablancaa.bsky.social
Canadian living in Chile, yeah baby!! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 Cycling, yoga and human rights enthusiast, and also trilingual accordion player. Wish I could do more to unite people in kindness, fight fascism and save the planet. I love you so come and visit
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Amalia, 18 months, "nearly died" at Dilley migrant family jail, a lawyer for her family said in a statement to @people.com: people.com/toddler-hosp...
Toddler, Hospitalized with Life-Threatening Respiratory Failure, Was Returned to ICE Detention and Denied Prescribed Meds
A toddler at an ICE detention center in Texas was rushed to the hospital with respiratory failure, pneumonia and more, and when the 18-month-old and her parents had to return to the center, ICE office...
people.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Amalia, 18 months, "nearly died" at Dilley migrant family jail, a lawyer for her family said in a statement to @people.com: people.com/toddler-hosp...
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Brexit and Trump are two sides of the same coin.
Russia backed both to shatter the West from the inside. It worked.
A divided Europe and an isolationist US are the best gifts Putin ever got.
We are fighting each other while he tries to rebuild an empire
Russia backed both to shatter the West from the inside. It worked.
A divided Europe and an isolationist US are the best gifts Putin ever got.
We are fighting each other while he tries to rebuild an empire
February 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Brexit and Trump are two sides of the same coin.
Russia backed both to shatter the West from the inside. It worked.
A divided Europe and an isolationist US are the best gifts Putin ever got.
We are fighting each other while he tries to rebuild an empire
Russia backed both to shatter the West from the inside. It worked.
A divided Europe and an isolationist US are the best gifts Putin ever got.
We are fighting each other while he tries to rebuild an empire
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The craziest ordering online day we ever had was $1300 in sales that was last Dec!
Can we beat it...doubt it...lol. Just not that busy
We would like to try with 20% off the entire website
www.maritimetartancompany.ca
Maritime Tartan Co
28 Church St
Amherst NS
(902) 441-6721
Can we beat it...doubt it...lol. Just not that busy
We would like to try with 20% off the entire website
www.maritimetartancompany.ca
Maritime Tartan Co
28 Church St
Amherst NS
(902) 441-6721
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The craziest ordering online day we ever had was $1300 in sales that was last Dec!
Can we beat it...doubt it...lol. Just not that busy
We would like to try with 20% off the entire website
www.maritimetartancompany.ca
Maritime Tartan Co
28 Church St
Amherst NS
(902) 441-6721
Can we beat it...doubt it...lol. Just not that busy
We would like to try with 20% off the entire website
www.maritimetartancompany.ca
Maritime Tartan Co
28 Church St
Amherst NS
(902) 441-6721
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Conservative MP Mike Dawson says he won’t take a $10K raise during a cost-of-living crisis.
He gets heckled by his own party.
They campaign on affordability, but punish a colleague for opting out?
CBC reported it. Public broadcasting brings this into the light.
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
He gets heckled by his own party.
They campaign on affordability, but punish a colleague for opting out?
CBC reported it. Public broadcasting brings this into the light.
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Conservative MP Mike Dawson says he won’t take a $10K raise during a cost-of-living crisis.
He gets heckled by his own party.
They campaign on affordability, but punish a colleague for opting out?
CBC reported it. Public broadcasting brings this into the light.
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
He gets heckled by his own party.
They campaign on affordability, but punish a colleague for opting out?
CBC reported it. Public broadcasting brings this into the light.
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
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BOYCOTT Estée Lauder products. #cdnpoli
Ronald Lauder, the son of Estée Lauder, uses the fortune he was born into to fund the very authoritarianism that destroyed Europe years ago. He is the architect of the Greenland scheme and the lithium deals in Ukraine.
Ronald Lauder, the son of Estée Lauder, uses the fortune he was born into to fund the very authoritarianism that destroyed Europe years ago. He is the architect of the Greenland scheme and the lithium deals in Ukraine.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
BOYCOTT Estée Lauder products. #cdnpoli
Ronald Lauder, the son of Estée Lauder, uses the fortune he was born into to fund the very authoritarianism that destroyed Europe years ago. He is the architect of the Greenland scheme and the lithium deals in Ukraine.
Ronald Lauder, the son of Estée Lauder, uses the fortune he was born into to fund the very authoritarianism that destroyed Europe years ago. He is the architect of the Greenland scheme and the lithium deals in Ukraine.
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After more than a half dozen Toronto Police officers were arrested in connection to organized crime, questions are being raised about corruption in Canadian institutions. #canpoli
Province wide police investigation prompts calls for greater transparency
After more than a half dozen Toronto Police officers were arrested in connection to organized crime, questions are being raised about corruption in Canadian institutions.
rabble.ca
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
After more than a half dozen Toronto Police officers were arrested in connection to organized crime, questions are being raised about corruption in Canadian institutions. #canpoli
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The USAID 2024 budget was approximately 28 cents per day American.
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The USAID 2024 budget was approximately 28 cents per day American.
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“Dennis Modry, a co-founder of the group, told NBC News that border security, the Canadian pension plan, taxes, national debt, and the possible currency revamp were on the table. So was the development of an independent military”
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.thedailybeast.com/group-plotti...
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.thedailybeast.com/group-plotti...
Group Plotting to Break Up Canada Reveals Jaw-Dropping Details of Secret Meetings With Trump Teams
Leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project say they have met with high-ranking Trump officials three times.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“Dennis Modry, a co-founder of the group, told NBC News that border security, the Canadian pension plan, taxes, national debt, and the possible currency revamp were on the table. So was the development of an independent military”
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.thedailybeast.com/group-plotti...
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.thedailybeast.com/group-plotti...
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A private army!? This is terrifying! Where is the RCMP? We will discuss the Alberta treason plot on today’s OShow Scandal Panel and if the leaders should be arrested for crimes against Canada 🇨🇦!
“Dennis Modry, a co-founder of the group, told NBC News that border security, the Canadian pension plan, taxes, national debt, and the possible currency revamp were on the table. So was the development of an independent military”
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.thedailybeast.com/group-plotti...
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.thedailybeast.com/group-plotti...
Group Plotting to Break Up Canada Reveals Jaw-Dropping Details of Secret Meetings With Trump Teams
Leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project say they have met with high-ranking Trump officials three times.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
A private army!? This is terrifying! Where is the RCMP? We will discuss the Alberta treason plot on today’s OShow Scandal Panel and if the leaders should be arrested for crimes against Canada 🇨🇦!
What a shame that they want to ban a book like "This One Summer", a Caldicott award-winner
Yep, that’s me. Yep, that’s my public library. Maybe they’ll ban dancing next and Kevin Bacon will show up. (And I mean the actor and not the pig that escapes from down Clinton Allen Road with that name. 🤣)
www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/burn...
@la-cac.org @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/burn...
@la-cac.org @everylibrary.bsky.social
"Burn the book and get rid of it forever": Library board votes to restrict award-winning graphic novel for teens despite legal warnings and disrupted meeting - Livingston Parish News
LIVINGSTON, La. — A contentious Livingston Parish Library Board of Control special meeting on February 10th, 2026, ended with the board voting 6-3 to relocate the award-winning graphic novel "This …
www.livingstonparishnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:46 AM
What a shame that they want to ban a book like "This One Summer", a Caldicott award-winner
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You took your daughter to a birthday party. In the air, invisible, is the measles virus. Even if she survives, the virus may never be done with her. Elizabeth Bruenig on what measles can do to a body, to a brain, to a family: theatln.tc/9FsS56o8
Get your kids vaxxed. For them. For the community.
Get your kids vaxxed. For them. For the community.
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
theatln.tc
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
You took your daughter to a birthday party. In the air, invisible, is the measles virus. Even if she survives, the virus may never be done with her. Elizabeth Bruenig on what measles can do to a body, to a brain, to a family: theatln.tc/9FsS56o8
Get your kids vaxxed. For them. For the community.
Get your kids vaxxed. For them. For the community.
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thewalrus.ca/alberta-knew...
Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients — But Stayed Silent
By @monicakidd.bsky.social for the @thewalrus.ca .
Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients — But Stayed Silent
By @monicakidd.bsky.social for the @thewalrus.ca .
Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients—But Stayed Silent | The Walrus
Internal documents reveal health officials withheld data about the people most at risk
thewalrus.ca
February 11, 2026 at 6:12 AM
thewalrus.ca/alberta-knew...
Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients — But Stayed Silent
By @monicakidd.bsky.social for the @thewalrus.ca .
Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients — But Stayed Silent
By @monicakidd.bsky.social for the @thewalrus.ca .
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Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
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🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Street Artist Clara Leff of São Paulo, Brazil - painted this dog #WallMural #StreetArt
#realism #dogs #art
A tribute to Olivia, her partner of life 💙
#realism #dogs #art
A tribute to Olivia, her partner of life 💙
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Street Artist Clara Leff of São Paulo, Brazil - painted this dog #WallMural #StreetArt
#realism #dogs #art
A tribute to Olivia, her partner of life 💙
#realism #dogs #art
A tribute to Olivia, her partner of life 💙
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“If you’re having issues paying rent, chances are you’re having a hard time feeding yourself. Housing is connected to food security, health, and economic security. It’s a health emergency that’s 100% driven by inequality.” thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...
thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...
thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...
On the front lines of eviction prevention - The Philanthropist Journal
“A little goes a long way” in keeping people housed, advocates say, and the social costs of not addressing the housing crisis are immeasurable.
thephilanthropist.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
“If you’re having issues paying rent, chances are you’re having a hard time feeding yourself. Housing is connected to food security, health, and economic security. It’s a health emergency that’s 100% driven by inequality.” thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...
thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...
thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
Me encantan los conejos traviesos
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Me encantan los conejos traviesos
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It’s odd that the religious right is so upset about a halftime show that celebrated marriage, love, community, small business, hard work, and family. 🤔
February 9, 2026 at 4:50 AM
It’s odd that the religious right is so upset about a halftime show that celebrated marriage, love, community, small business, hard work, and family. 🤔
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“Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.“
For those who don’t remember, Google’s original motto in 2004 was “Don’t be evil.”🙄
For those who don’t remember, Google’s original motto in 2004 was “Don’t be evil.”🙄
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
“Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.“
For those who don’t remember, Google’s original motto in 2004 was “Don’t be evil.”🙄
For those who don’t remember, Google’s original motto in 2004 was “Don’t be evil.”🙄
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One of the telltale signs of moral depravity is the use of war or military operations to abuse and torture children and animals. It's as true of Russian operations in Ukraine as it is of ICE operations across the US.
February 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
One of the telltale signs of moral depravity is the use of war or military operations to abuse and torture children and animals. It's as true of Russian operations in Ukraine as it is of ICE operations across the US.