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Connie

@bethechange1682.bsky.social

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She/her - LTC advocate - COVID conscious Advocacy is all interconnected - we are stronger together Currently in Ontario, Canada Also on Twitter

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Connie @bethechange1682.bsky.social · Jul 8

The hardest thing about it all is you question the values you shared with people you thought you knew.

You question if you even knew them at all..

Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · Jul 6

I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 16h

Again are we great yet?

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All Smithsonian Museums to Close Sunday as Shutdown Drags On — TIME

The National Zoo's popular Giant Panda Cam will stay turned off until the shutdown is over.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 10h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h

I am happy that more people see that the police state is a BIPARTISAN project.

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 2d

~$675 OVERDUE RENT + OUT OF FOOD URGENT!

Joanie's already disabled, chronically ill, & mourning their lost service dog Toby. 68 ppl $10 each keeps them safe.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

Connie @bethechange1682.bsky.social · 5d

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@CanadianJoannie @canadianjoannie.bsky.social · 6d

In desperate need to catch up with rent 526$ behind and in need of groceries so badly. We continue to grieve and mourn Toby. The pain is unbearable.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14h

Remind me if Israeli players have or currently serve in the IDF and what that means.

World Peace Cookies @worldpeacecookies.bsky.social · 14h

Those Israeli athletes don't deserve to be booed.

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 2d

~$675 OVERDUE RENT + OUT OF FOOD URGENT!

They're already disabled, chronically ill, & mourning their lost service dog Toby. 68 ppl $10 each keeps them safe.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

@CanadianJoannie @canadianjoannie.bsky.social · 6d

In desperate need to catch up with rent 526$ behind and in need of groceries so badly. We continue to grieve and mourn Toby. The pain is unbearable.

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@CanadianJoannie @canadianjoannie.bsky.social · 2d

Please help. Very hungry today. Thank you.

bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 2d

@CanadianJoannie @canadianjoannie.bsky.social · 6d

In desperate need to catch up with rent 526$ behind and in need of groceries so badly. We continue to grieve and mourn Toby. The pain is unbearable.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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The COVID-19 History Project @thisdayincovid.bsky.social · 15h

On this day in COVID history, October 11, 2021:

The Day the Running Statues Donned Masks (Published 2020)

Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/sports/running-statues-masks-virus.html

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 20h

"Why aren't the Free Palestine people cheering about the ceasefire?"

If you saw a man beating a child into a coma, would you cheer after the beating stopped? No, your first reaction would be horror at what happened and your second would be fear that he'll attack the kid again.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 6d

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#Yukoners, what just happened in #Alaska should concern you - the #YukonNews is actually US owned, via #BlackPress media, a division of the Carpenter Media Group, which owns & manages more than 250 publications across the US & Canada -

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Opinion: Why we resigned from our jobs as journalists after an Alaska elected official made threats over coverage

The duty of a community newspaper is to provide coverage of local elected officials and government. The ability of journalists at the Homer News and Peninsula Clarion to do this was undermined by our ...

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 15h

Last but certainly not least is a die cut red heart in honor of the irreplaceable David Lynch

Fix Your Hearts or Die 🏳️‍⚧️

A red die-cut vinyl heart. In white lettering it reads, “Fix your hearts or die.” David Lynch.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 16h

No humiliation is big enough to justify this match being played.

Reid Maltby 🇵🇸🍉 @rmaltby.bsky.social · 16h

Score showing Norway leads Israel 5-0 late in World Cup qualifying match

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Ryan Wilson @hailseitan.bsky.social · 16h

Our collective history is literally shaped by colonizers going back on their “agreements” yet here we are again… *insert Charlie falling on his ass cause Lucy fucked him over again*

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rachey @factoryfemme.bsky.social · 16h

I watched a video yesterday that pointed out that Palestinians had to *negotiate* for the end of the genocide they were suffering. How are we to celebrate the victims of a genocide having to *compromise* with the people killing them?

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

I will never get over this.

It is MINDBLOWING that Biden/Kamala could have had a ceasefire deal in Sept 2024. Would have won them the election without a doubt. And yet could not do it because Israel’s right to exterminate millions of people could not be violated. This is where racism will lead you folks

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 19h

This city councillor in Pickering, Ontario has now been suspended seven times. Here are the reasons why:

Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

This City Councillor in Pickering, Ontario Has Now Been Suspended Seven Times. Here Are the Reasons Why.

Pickering city councillor Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 18h

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
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ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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Kassandra @kasst.bsky.social · 1d

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Maddy 🎃 @maddymatinee.bsky.social · 1d

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Connie @bethechange1682.bsky.social · 5d

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@CanadianJoannie @canadianjoannie.bsky.social · 6d

In desperate need to catch up with rent 526$ behind and in need of groceries so badly. We continue to grieve and mourn Toby. The pain is unbearable.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Israel is apparently demanding that if it’s gymnasts are not allowed into Indonesia for the world championships, the event should be “cancelled altogether, or transferred to an alternative host country.”

The event begins in nine days.

No thanks!

Israeli Gymnastics Federation has demanded that, if the decision to revoke the athletes' visas is not rescinded, Worlds will be "cancelled altogether, or transferred to an alternative host country that will allow all members of the World Federation to participate."

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine returning home to this after everything they have already been through.

Imagine doing this to other human beings essentially for sport.

Overnight, Israeli troops carried out a large-scale campaign of setting fire to huge amount of civilian homes and infrastructure before families returned to it in northern Gaza.

It appears to have been the most extensive mass arson operation since the genocide began

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