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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦

@lsaffs.bsky.social

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Christian. Freelance editor. Gardener, knitter, dreamer, nerd. Sustainability and environmentalism. Toronto. Turn toward love, always.

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · Nov 25

This beautiful, dangerous, broken world

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 18h

I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 1d

I really just want the Pope to do an appearance in an inflatable frog costume

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”

-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 2d

274 agents who travelled back in time

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 3d

good morning to toronto halloween decoration enjoyers

photo of the front lawn of a house. there is a human skeleton being chased by a dog skeleton. the human skeleton is wearing a new york yankees baseball jersey

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3d

Mariners landing in Toronto like

Christopher and Paulie Walnuts from the Sopranos after wandering in the woods all night.

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 3d

Lots and lots of extra innings, please.

Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 4d

And then when he realizes there's a prize for economics too ...

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 4d

Except no cash award to the winner—winner pays him

Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 4d

Just because you can make an acronym for a term doesn't mean you should

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 5d

One of the men who raped Giséle Pelicot decided to appeal his conviction and nine-year sentence.

Upon reviewing the facts and the graphic video showing the assault, the court decided to add another year on to his sentence. Excellent:
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.com

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 5d

mmm pumpkin spice yankee tears

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

Happy Yankee Season Is Over Day to all who celebrate!

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 5d

Blood pressure spiking

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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 6d

"I would never vote for Canada to become part of the United States"

🟢 Agree: 79%
🟡 Neutral: 12%
⚫️ Disagree: 9%

Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...

Canadians Firmly Reject Idea of American Statehood

Support for American statehood remains low across all age groups, even in more conservative provinces like Alberta

open.substack.com

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 6d

And mostly the annexation threats.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine if health care was just something everyone had, and not a zero sum competition between "good" people and "bad" people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 6d

And it comes down to size. He wants the biggest country just like he wants the tallest tower in NYC.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7d

Trump’s obsession with Canada started in 2016. ⬇️

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 6d

I should have mentioned using sunscreen when I was younger too but now mostly I wear hats or stay in shade.

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 6d

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 7d

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 7d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Leslie Saffrey 🇨🇦 @lsaffs.bsky.social · 6d

Age 64. I get complimented on my skin a lot. I use nothing but water, a little moisturizer when needed (nothing fancy), and makeup remover. Genes all the way.

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Michael McKeon @grinch67.bsky.social · 6d

VIDEO: Mark Carney Dog Walked Trump In Their Oval Office Meeting As Trump Melted Down. Again. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... It started with Trump taking ALL the credit for Carney’s popularity. The thing is, Trump knows Carney won because we all hate Trump.

VIDEO: Mark Carney Dog Walked Trump In Their Oval Office Meeting As Trump Melted Down. Again.

No one handles Trump better than Canada's Mark Carney. No one.

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