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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 16h

I think this one is worth a read so here is a GIFT ARTICLE link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/32e348b... Enjoy!

Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 3d

Trump wants to be dictator and is now threatening to jail other leaders who do not fall in line. It makes me sick that our PM was in DC yesterday kissing his ring and grovelling for a trade deal. We need to have some standards. We should be sanctioning the US, not partnering with them.

Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 4d

Super sweet, but they also love to be super smelly!

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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 4d

How many fish did you see on the shore today? I'm scared to take my gals down atm due to their rolling tendencies! 🤨

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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 4d

Up until Trump, I would actually seek out Canadian or American products over other countries (like China). Now I have buy very few American products and prefer almost any other country. I wish Americans would wake up.

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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 4d

Yay Canada! 😘

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote one of the first explainers on Project 2025 all the way back in November 2023.

It’s unsettling how much of this turned out to come true.

What Is Project 2025 And Why Is It So Dangerous?

Project 2025 is an authoritarian plot to replace tens of thousands of federal workers with GOP loyalists, dismantle federal agencies, and turn the federal government into a tool of the far-right.

www.ahmedbaba.news

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Tom Goom @running-physio.bsky.social · 10d

Runners often suffer setbacks during the return to running phase so it's better to start with what feels very manageable and progress, rather than doing too much and aggravating symptoms.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

Meanwhile, in Alberta…

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

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Philippe Lagassé @plagasse.bsky.social · 11d

How, exactly, do the Canadian Armed Forces deploy on operations with an ally who doesn't respect ROEs?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 10d

I wish someone would tell Carney.

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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 10d

Blech! We do not want to part of anything that includes Trump. He is not a dance partner we are interested in. 🤢 Sorry America - I feel so sorry for those of you who aren't crazy!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump to generals: "Canada called me a couple weeks ago. They want to be a part of it. To which I said, 'Well, why don't you just join our country. Become the 51st state. And you get it for free!' So I don't know if that made a big impact but it does make a lot of sense."

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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 13d

Really good, really funny replies here.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

Please everyone in #WarRavagedPortland post your best photographs of the devastation there so that you will not suffer alone!!

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MadWoman.PDX ❌👑 @resister4344.bsky.social · 13d

Please save us from this hellscape!

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 17d

A shortage of OB-GYNs and other maternity care doctors in BC has meant some expectant patients have had to travel hundreds of kms to give birth. A deep dive on how we got here, and the story of one couple that was shuffled through four hospitals to give birth
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

OB/GYN shortage in B.C. threatens collapse in local maternity care

Understaffed hospitals send pregnant patients elsewhere, bringing stress during a vulnerable time

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 18d

Correlation vs Causation

#tylenol #acetaminophen

Did you know that every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying?! 😵

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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 18d

🧪 New ACOG guidelines warn against cannabis use in pregnancy. Despite its use for nausea, mounting evidence links it to preterm birth, low birth weight, and neurocognitive delays in children. THC is known to cross the placenta and concentrate in the fetal brain.
#MedSky

Pregnant Women Should Not Use Cannabis, New Medical Guidelines Say

Marijuana during pregnancy is linked to poor birth outcomes and developmental delays in children, a leading medical society advised.

www.nytimes.com

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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 19d

I would have liked to join but I am away this week. Thanks to all who showed up. It is good to know that there are others out there who care!

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 22d

As a nation, we need to pause and ask ourselves if this is who we want to be?

Can Canadians look ourselves in the mirror and live with the knowledge we *disappointed* the ambassador of a country that threatened to annex us and run our economy into the ground?

[pause]

Ya, actually, I’m ok with it

Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 22d

“"I'm disappointed that I came to Canada — a Canada that it is very, very difficult to find Canadians who are passionate about the American-Canadian relationship,"

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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News

The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...

www.cbc.ca

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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 22d

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CNN @cnn.com · 22d

JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn

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Cara Humphreys she/her @carahumphreys.bsky.social · 22d

Indeed

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23d

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.

that fox news host still has his job.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 23d

“ABC pulled comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the air Wednesday after the Trump administration threatened to take action against the network if it did not.”

Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 23d

it is really important for news outlets to be clear (unlike the nyt here) that Kimmel was suspended not because of some grassroots backlash but because ABC caved to threats from the head of the FCC

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23d

ABC announced that it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show “indefinitely” after his comments about Charlie Kirk’s death. nyti.ms/46vgZl3

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