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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 25d

WELCOME TO NEWS

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 6d

A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com

Title: One door leads to freedom, the others to certain death. You may ask one question.

Image: Three guards with shields and speard stand in front of three doors. One guard sits at a folding table working at a typewriter, his shield and spear leaning against the wall.

Caption: One guard always tells the truth, one always tells lies, and the third always tells an entrancing story that blends reportage with imagination in an attempt to reach a deeper authenticity by moving beyond the narrow categories of fact and fiction.

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Sophie Delhaes @corkypirbright.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

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Sophie Delhaes @corkypirbright.bsky.social · 3h

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Man charged with assault following hate crime unit investigation | CBC News

A 32-year-old man has been charged with assault following an investigation by the Ottawa Police Service hate and bias crime unit.

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Sophie Delhaes @corkypirbright.bsky.social · 4h

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...

Les Terre-Neuviennes détenues par Israël ont été libérées

Elles sont actuellement en sécurité à Amman en Jordanie et pourraient revenir au pays mardi d'après la tante d'une des activistes.

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Sophie Delhaes @corkypirbright.bsky.social · 4h

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Tell the CRA to Stop Funding Israel’s Illegal Occupation Through UIAC’s Tax-Subsidized Funds

The United Israel Appeal of Canada, Ltd. (UIAC) is a Canadian registered charity that states its purpose is to ““conduct social welfare programs in Canada and Israel.” These programs include “resettle...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Printmakers interviewed for the best WA book 'Reframing Women Printmakers' include Gail Brodholt, known for her fantastic depictions of London life #WomensArt

Print featuring a curved London Underground station as a train arrives, with a small number of people waiting on the platform

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

US activist Angela Davis and novelist Toni Morrison walking together in 1974, by photographer Jill Krementz #womensart #BlackHistoryMonth US

Monochrome photograph of two Black women walking down a street towards the viewer, the subject to the right looks at the other as if in conversation, while the other looks down as if listening

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1921 #WomensArt

Painting of a hilly landscape reflected in still water in colours of purple green and blue

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Sophie Delhaes @corkypirbright.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation

Exclusive: Trial that has produced 13 hatchlings could help other threatened species avoid extinction

www.theguardian.com

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Sophie Delhaes @corkypirbright.bsky.social · 1d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cndpoli

Muslim family speaks out after 'disturbing' threats to blow up their home in Newmarket, Ont. | CBC News

Canada's largest Muslim advocacy organization and politicians are speaking out after a 54-year-old man was charged with allegedly threatening to blow up a mosque and a Muslim family's house in Newmark...

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Sophie Delhaes @corkypirbright.bsky.social · 1d

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Family, advocates express shock and anger over violent attack on Muslim man in Markham | CBC News

The family of a Muslim man who was brutally beaten while working at a Markham hotel last month say their lives have been forever altered after what police are calling a “violent, hate-motivated” attac...

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 2d

Ever feel like tax loopholes, wealth inheritance and flat wages worsen our top-heavy system, making it harder and harder for ordinary Canadians to get ahead?

Follow @hscoffield.bsky.social and the new Canadian Tax Observatory.

Sign up at 👇

#TaxFairness #Taxation #Equality #CdnPoli #EconSky

Sign up for news from the Canadian Tax Observatory

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 1d

BDS victory: The McGill Association of University Teachers passed a resolution to "endorse the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel" www.cjpme.org/who_supports...

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 1d

Doug Ford is not the mayor of Ontario!
“Simply put, the local issues that directly affect city residents should be decided by them and their local representatives.
Local affairs are not improved by having Mr. Ford blunder into them.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... #topoli #onpoli

Globe editorial: Doug Ford is not the mayor of Ontario

The premier’s continual interventions in municipal affairs diverts attention from pressing provincial issues

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Madelinenerd @madelinenerd.bsky.social · 1d

Brain fog has me trying to do an update but I can't put my thoughts together. Running out gfm$ in Nov. Try not to freak out about it. Friendsgiving this weekend I hope will raise my spirits cuz I'm scared #myalgicE #longcovid bit.ly/Marcia_petit... petition; worldwide signatures

PETITION: Prevent Marcia's Avoidable Death.

International and across Canada signatories welcome and encouraged. What happens in one part of the world affects all parts of our world. Marcia Doherty (known publicly online as Madeline) is a 45-yea...

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pgwsocietyuk.bsky.social @pgwsocietyuk.bsky.social · 5d

What ho, Tuesday(?!) Thursday is World Post Day. To honour PGW who used to fling his envelopes out of the window knowing someone would pop it in the nearest postbox we'll be tossing letters about. If I do this I run the risk of enraging the local squirrel population who I doubt know what to do.

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 3d

What does it really mean to “take ownership?”

We talked to some Taproot employees to hear what it means to them to work for an employee-owned company.

Spoiler alert: lots of pride and rewards.

👉 Read their inspiring story: socialcapitalpartners.ca/what-being-a...

#EOT #CdnPoli #OwnershipMatters

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Fair Tax Foundation @fairtaxfoundation.bsky.social · 3d

Multinationals headquartered in the UK and Japan are far more likely to implement new European tax transparency rules with integrity compared with MNCs from the US & Switzerland. Stand-out laggards include Apple, Eli Lilly, Microsoft & Oracle #pcbcr

Trump administration wages war on corporate tax transparency whilst many US MNCs quietly embrace public country-by-country reporting - Fair Tax Foundation

Trump administration threatening to cut off funding to the FASB unless it abandons a modest push for extra corporate tax transparency. Yet, in parallel, many US multinationals are quietly getting on w...

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! Someone's cranky!

While we appreciate the free press from Terence, let's see if we can improve his mood point by point.

financialpost.com/opinion/tere...

Terence Corcoran: Help! I’m rich, so tax me more. Pretty please…

Here’s a message for socialist millionaires: send in the money voluntarily, or shut up. Read more from Terence Corcoran

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 3d

First off: “socialist millionaires”.

Maybe he just wants to call everything he dislikes socialist, but words have meaning.

Making billionaires pay taxes is not actually socialist! It has nothing to do with communal ownership of the means of production.

So, don't worry Terry!

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 3d

We're also not sure we'd call Avi a "typical tax evangelist".

In fact, we think he's pretty atypical!

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 3d

You should check out exactly how atypical here: macleans.ca/politics/tax...

I’m a Millionaire. Tax Me More, Please. - Macleans.ca

Wealthy Canadians like me can afford to pay extra for the greater good

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure what to say about this other than thanks for the amplification!

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 3d

If you want to hear more from Sabina’s great piece with Ratna Omidvar…

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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · 11d

In Canada, top 1% of wealth holders hold 24% of total wealth.
Meanwhile, PM Carney has an ‘austerity budget’, which will impact the disadvantaged.
Patriotic Millionaires Canada, which I am a board member of, estimated that a 3% tax on wealth over $100-million could raise $25-billion annually.

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