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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 1d

I had a fantastic show today with Maurice Woodson as we talked about Black history in America, and not just about the history oppression, but the history of Black accomplishments which isn't being taught.

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The Pun Show with Maurice Woodson

A recording from Machine Pun Kelly's live video

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 1d

Who thinks telling/asking an Indigenous person “I see you posting a lot of the negatives about [Canada] but what about the positives?” is exactly the same thing as asking an adoptee “I see you posting a lot of the negatives about [adoption] but what about the positives?”

Claudia Corrigan D’A…

Fun fact to think about: adopted people are show (sic) PTSD symptoms at a rate 7 times higher than military returning from active duty.

#themoreyouknow

Brainy Monkey

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A study led by Dr. Eamon McCrory at University College London used fMRI brain scans to compare children exposed to family violence with those from stable homes. According to Current Biology and the International Association for the Study of Pain, children who had experienced abuse or chronic conflict showed heightened activity in the amygdala and anterior insula, the same brain regions activated in combat soldiers exposed to war.
These areas are responsible for threat detection and emotional regulation, and their hyperactivation suggests the brain has adapted to a constant state of alert, essentially functioning as if the child were in a war zone. What's striking is that these children showed no outward signs of mental illness, meaning the changes were happening beneath the surface, potentially setting the stage for future anxiety or emotional challenges.

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timethiefmedia - Canadian forever🍁conservative never @timethiefmedia.bsky.social · 1d

How can Newfoundlanders and Labradorians be sure that a proposed new energy agreement with Hydro-Québec is a good deal? www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sho...

Showdown in Newfoundland and Labrador as leaders spar over Quebec energy deal

ST. JOHN'S - How can Newfoundlanders and Labradorians be sure that a proposed new energy agreement with Hydro-Québec is a good deal?

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 1d

Someone needs to ask Noem point blank how ICE is different from Hitler's Gestapo.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 1d

When Universal Basic Income gets implemented, I know there's a good chance that I'll pay more in new taxes than receive in UBI, and I definitely will as part of @comingle.bsky.social, so I've already begun donating that % of my income to advancing UBI. If you support UBI, please consider joining me.

It's Time to Walk the Walk for Universal Basic Income (UBI)

UBI means some pay more tax but most net ahead. Walk the walk now: align monthly giving with your likely net tax and help build the income floor.

www.scottsantens.com

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Sandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely fucking NOT

Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 1d

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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DetroitRudyOwens @detroitrudyowens.bsky.social · 3d

To those outside of #Portland: We're still having excessive military style tactics here, a nearly entirely boring and peaceful place. At least 1 Blackhawk is now circling again over the city at night, just to please those who care nothing for democracy. How it sounds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=azxa...

Two Blackhawks continued ongoing surveillance over Portland, OR, October 3, 2025

YouTube video by Rudolf Owens

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Carolyn Hudson @cmusician.bsky.social · 3d

Charlie Kirk Drew Me into His Movement When I Was 17. I Left When It Turned Toxic thewalrus.ca/how-i-got-pu... via @thewalrus

Charlie Kirk Drew Me into His Movement When I Was 17. I Left When It Turned Toxic | The Walrus

A former insider recounts what it felt like to join Turning Point USA—and what it took to break free

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Susan Kiyo Ito @thesusanito.bsky.social · 3d

harlows-monkey.com/2025/10/05/u... 🥚from an adoptee perspective

Understanding outcome studies of foster care and adoption

As part of a larger, long-term project, I’m reading historical books and articles about children who experienced placing-out (foster care or adoption). I am not trained as a historian but I t…

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 3d

Windows in Russia are uncommonly dangerous.

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 3d

Newspaper chief falls to death from window in 'strange' Russian incident - World News - Mirror Online
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

Newspaper chief falls to death from window in 'strange' incident

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, plunged 70ft from his home in western Moscow in what observers have described as a 'strange death'

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 3d

She’s tethered herself to reality and is trying to drag it in a direction of Trump’s choosing.

Reality has a way of pushing back against these kinds of attempts.

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 3d

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are to be sentenced today for their illegal activities with the Freedom Convoy. That Pierre Poilievre and some Conservative MPs support these lawless assholes speaks volumes.

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 4d

www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...

JOHNSTON: America is on the path to dictatorship

The United States is on the path to dictatorship as President Donald Trump continues to weaponize institutions against American citizens.

www.thewhig.com

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 4d

The mess Canada Post is in now if the direct result of both corporate and political "leadership" failing for decades.

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#Labour
#CanadaPost

I SUPPORT POSTAL WORKERS

cupw*sttp Canadian Union of Postal Workers

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 6d

2024

Last in the AL East

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2025

First in the American League

94-68

#DivisionChampionshipSeries
#MLBPlayoffs
#GoBlueJays

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 6d

🧪 NEW STUDY: Pregnant women with higher levels of microplastics in their placenta are at increased risk of miscarriage.

Also: Microplastics were found in all placentas tested.

Also: Miscarriages are involuntary abortions.

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Microplastics in the placenta linked to increased risk of miscarriage

In a recent study published by eBioMedicine, researchers found that women with higher levels of microplastics in their placenta were at an increased risk of experiencing spontaneous miscarriage in the...

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Ken Wiebe @wiebesworld.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s my story on the Winnipeg Jets exhibition finale 👇

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 6d

You will forgive Scott Arniel if he happened to mutter a quick good riddance to the exhibition season before hopping on the plane back home to Winnipeg on Friday night.

Jets rally to earn a 5-4 shootout victory over Flames, but DeMelo and Perfetti leave early

You will forgive Scott Arniel if he happened to mutter a quick good riddance to the exhibition season before hopping on the plane back home to Winnipeg on Friday night.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 6d

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 6d

Submit to an upcoming anthology if you’re an estranged adoptee.
Publication of anthology via a traditional publisher; rights, author copies, compensation, etc. will be determined by the
publisher.
Editors won’t relinquish any author’s rights w/o their consent.

www.myadopteetruth.com/adoptee-estr...

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Open Submission

Adoptee Estrangement Anthology

An anthology of creative nonfiction work exploring the theme of estrangement, written by adoptee authors.

Deadline

December 15, 2025

adoptee.estrangement@gmail.com

Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 6d

Submit to an upcoming anthology if you’re an estranged adoptee.
Publication of anthology via a traditional publisher; rights, author copies, compensation, etc. will be determined by the
publisher.
Editors won’t relinquish any author’s rights w/o their consent.

www.myadopteetruth.com/adoptee-estr...

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 7d

Let’s pretend teachers are babysitters at $18/hour & only work 6 hours per day.
Let’s pretend K-12 classes have 20 students.
$18 X 6hrs X 20 students = $2160/day.
Let’s pretend teachers only work 181 days per school year.

$2160 X 181 = $390,960.00
This is just babysitting. No teaching has occurred.

Calgary

Rocky View school division struggling with bigger overcrowding problem than Calgary districts

Classrooms are bursting at the seams as student populations grow

Reid Soutwick CBC News Posted: Jun 3, 2019 6:00 AM CDT
Last Updated: June 3, 2019

Caption under a picture of elementary students with their hands raised to the teacher at the front of the classroom.

"The allure of cheaper homes and a slower quality of life has attracted droves of young families in Chestermere, Airdrie and Cochrane, putting signigicant pressure on the region's schools."

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 9d

Vast majority of Canadians no longer consider the United States an ally

The vast majority of Canadians no longer consider the United States to be an ally.

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 7d

A science that has been around for more than 50 years.

www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt...

#InducedDemand
#Traffic
#ThereAreBetterWays

What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse

The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thing even more. Though some traffic engineers made note ...

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 7d

It is not a step too far. It is necessary. We should have done it decades ago, and here we are now with AI already beginning to impact jobs. It can't wait and the lack of it is a big reason why MAGA happened.

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Aengus Kane (he/him) @aenguskane.bsky.social · 8d

For a report issued in 2018, not much has happened.🥚

THE SHAME IS OURS: FORCED ADOPTIONS OF THE BABIES OF UNMARRIED MOTHERS IN POST-WAR CANADA

"They explained that even if they appeared outwardly to have moved on with their lives with spouses, children and careers, they have also experienced depression, pathological grief, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and suicidal thoughts or behaviour, that have been a part of their lives ever since losing their babies to adoption. The treatment of unmarried mothers in post-war Canada may have been a product of the times, but it was cruel, nonetheless, from any perspective."

"The social worker stood in front of me. Coldly, she said, “You will never see your baby again as long as you live. If you search for the baby, you’ll destroy his life and the lives of the adoptive parents”. Sandra Jarvie, mother, Origins Canada."

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