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@lesjfrie.bsky.social

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...it's going to be a bumpy four years. Canadian, progressive, retired, animal lover, Twitter/X refugee, troll slayer. My body, my choice.

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · Nov 19

"Your account, your choice!" Mod list thread. 👍

I created/subscribe to lists for mass blocking of MAGA, far right trolls, NFT/crypto swindlers, content scrapers etc. Click subscribe and select mute or block. If you want me to add a troll, reply.
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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 15h

"Canadians are losing life savings to investment schemes that begin in overseas fraud factories. Victims are urged to sign up by fake ads on social media that use AI to generate convincing news reports..."

CBC unmasked scammers but none have been prosecuted.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHzV...

Exposing fraudsters stealing people's life savings | Marketplace | Full episode

YouTube video by CBC News

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 15h

I'm thoroughly enjoying deplorables finding out.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 15h

I don't allow spammers to use my posts.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 16h

It's her world, you just shop for it, serve it, and ensure replacement staff over long weekends you're away are properly trained to obey her commands.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 16h

The account calling itself Aidan is an anonymous neoNazi incel who is proud to share his despicable views but not brave enough to attach his real identity.

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 16h

Made in a lab at Mad Magazine.

Brylin Hollyhand, young Republican. Look him up. I can't be bothered.

"The image most closely associated with Mad Magazine is that of Alfred E. Neuman, the boy with misaligned eyes, a gap-toothed smile, and the perennial motto "What, me worry?"

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 16h

The Johnson who could play Republican Johnson if he were alive today.

Photographs of Arte Johnson, the actor-comedian who played various characters on Laugh In, a show that aired in from 1967–1971.

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 16h

"There are no fools, only sophisticated scammers."

Then you hear the callers' level of gullibility and the funds they transfer to unseen strangers on the basis of "they knew I have a cat, they were so nice..."

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 16h

You might want to google the name he's calling a stepchild.

Nothing in his bio identifies the account holder.

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 17h

Surname: xitter
CEO/Founder BWC (what now?)

aka anonymous right wing male. brave.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 17h

Men calling shitty right wing males "girls" is something else I'm FUCKING SICK OF.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 17h

Canadians disturbed by Trump's fascism need to look no further than Canada.

Loving the Godfather posture.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 17h

Women are safer in bear country.

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Canadian woman’s boyfriend to serve at least 25 years for her murder on remote Scottish island | CBC News

A Scottish jury has convicted a man of killing his Canadian girlfriend in the remote Shetland Islands of Scotland. Aren Pearson, 41, was found guilty Wednesday of assault and murder in the death of 24...

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 17h

Anyone have the impression Trump has no plans to end the shutdown and will just be The Decider King.

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 17h

Did you catch this today?

bsky.app/profile/kevi...

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"You will only get paid if you kiss His Majesty's ring" is an interesting hill to die on, but I say go for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 17h

Decentralized health authorities are a colossal waste of public money. Centralize the planning, get rid of overpaid CEOs and get this fixed. @davidebybc.bsky.social If you want to lose the next election, maintain this status quo.

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7 OB/GYNs resign from Kamloops hospital due to safety concerns | Globalnews.ca

Interior Health says other specialists can perform C-sections, so those and other maternity-related surgeries will continue in Kamloops.

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 19h

Can't wait for him to claim it was digitally altered in a hack during the Zoom call or something.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 19h

The silence of the millionaire comedians paid by Saudi Arabia to whine about cancel culture in America is deafening.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 23h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 19h

Scamtani can't pull this off even on X where his target audience lives. The thread is a delicious takedown.

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 20h

Every time I see a new CBC investigation, I'm reminded of Pierre Poilievre's promise to end the CBC.
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False hope, fabricated data: No public notice after UBC uncovered serious misconduct in medical study | CBC News

A celebrated Vancouver researcher used fabricated data and hid evidence of infected wounds to falsely claim his patented skin treatment could heal years-old bed sores in a matter of weeks, according t...

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 20h

"Have you ever come across a video of Prime Minister Mark Carney online promoting a money making venture? It may look real, but it's almost certainly created by a scammer..."

Edit to "it IS a deep fake scam"

"almost" leaves doubt. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 20h

The politicians who "made massive investments in Stellantis to retool its factories", i.e. subsidized Stellantis, i.e. corporate welfare with no strings attached, are deeply concerned...

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Ford vows to push Stellantis to keep Brampton, Ont., plant open ‘no matter what’ | CBC News

Stellantis announced Tuesday it will invest $13 billion US over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the U.S., moving production out of the Brampton Assembly Plant. That's spark...

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Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 21h

Getting a Sun Tzu vibe.

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 21h

I searched to see if pine martens were like badgers. Members of the same family (mustelid family) but not like badgers. Pine martens are tree-dwelling, while badgers are ground-dwelling. Pine martens have semi-retractable claws, are agile climbers, badgers are powerful diggers. 🙂

Fasten your seat belts... @lesjfrie.bsky.social · 1d

There was a time when capitalism, though imperfect, worked for most. In the 60s, my parents bought a new car every year. In the 70s and early 80s, rent was usually a quarter of one's income. Food, rent, clothing were affordable for most people. Homelessness was unheard of until the mid-eighties.