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My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦
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A West Coast Canadian 🇨🇦 Gen X'er STEM gurl, university chemist, 9th year ketovore. Enjoys stories usually expressed in the form of TV and movies. Rumoured to have written a cookbook or two. Whose heart was stolen by a Texan. 🤠 @bf2multi100.bsky.social
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My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · Jun 7
Healthcare professional in the US? Looking for change? Come on up to Canada 🇨🇦

news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Recruitment campaign for doctors, nurses launches in U.S.
Doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in the U.S. are now seeing targeted advertisements encouraging them to follow their hearts to B.C., as the Province launches a recruitment marketing cam...
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My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 7h
What the freekin???!!

Good luck @altcdc.altgov.info thinking of you all

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
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chemspice.bsky.social
My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 8h
More and more reasons to avoid to travel to the US

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...
CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS
CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.
www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 17h
This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.
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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1d
CNN searched for ANTIFA in Portland, here's what they found: Bananas, Frogs, a Unicorn, dance parties, and a guy who doesn't know what any of this is and just wants ICE to leave. (Also look how they treated reporter Shimon Prokupecz.)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
The cruelty is the point
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
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My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 13h
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4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says
A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.
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chemspice.bsky.social
My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 1d
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to cut funding to cities with rainbow crosswalks
'He's wasting time twiddling with unhinged stunts and obsessing about paint colors,' one critic fired back at Abbott.
www.sacurrent.com
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chemspice.bsky.social
My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 1d
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A second man dies in ICE custody at a Missouri detention center
This is at least the 15th ICE detainee death nationwide and the second in Missouri this year, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's website.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d
The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity
In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
www.levernews.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d
This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!
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My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 1d
Coincidence???
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine that
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🏳️‍🌈Alice🌒🌕🌘King 🏳️‍🌈 @aliceking.bsky.social · 3d
Our healthcare should NOT be for profit

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMAksX6Y/
Private Equity Firms Are Buying Up American Healthcare And Making You Pay DOUBLE? Are these firms prioritizing profits over patients, and what does this mean for the cost of healthcare in the United ...
TikTok video by The Civil Rights Record
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NPR @npr.org · 3d
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d
Texas National Guard troops are now protecting federal property in the Chicago area, a military spokesperson says. President Donald Trump has been emphatic in sending the Guard to Democratic-run cities that he argues have a rampant crime crisis, though statistics don’t always back that up.
Texas National Guard troops now protecting federal property in Chicago area, official says
A military spokesperson says an “element” of 200 Texas National Guard troops has started protecting federal property in the Chicago area. The spokesperson for the U.S.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.
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chemspice.bsky.social
My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 4d
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Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents
The Conservatives want to restrict birthright citizenship in Canada, a measure they say would mirror the rules in peer countries.
www.ctvnews.ca
chemspice.bsky.social
My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 4d
www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...
Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay
A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.
www.axios.com
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My friends call me Spike, BSc 🇨🇦 @chemspice.bsky.social · 4d
Followed all and shared! Thank you 💙
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Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 5d
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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 5d
"RFKJr is trying to eliminate the agency responsible for supporting states & localities w/ overdose prevention," says Dr. Eric Rafla-Yuan.

The doctors are also concerned about his attacks on psychiatric medications.

Let's not forget that he's a fan of viruses, too.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
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🌮 Chef Bruce 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @chef-bruce.bsky.social · 4d
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WATCH: Sen. Schiff details a list of questions Bondi refused to answer in oversight hearing
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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axios.com
Axios @axios.com · 5d
JUST IN: Congress erupts over Trump's shutdown backpay threat
Congress erupts over "lawless" Trump threat not to pay back furloughed federal workers
"Congress will make this call," said one House Republican. "We will pay the workers."
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5d
This is not going well for Pam Bondi
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5d
This is the Epstein files shutdown.
A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ , Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson !" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom , Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
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