Frances
@frances2023.bsky.social
Feminist, urban living, anthro grad, politics, and climate change. Human origins nerd. #Ontario #Canada I usually follow back but no DMs, please.
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Wonder which friend of his got the oversized novelty sign contract. Absolute clown.
NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Ford government says it will cover cost of installing oversized school zone signs | Globalnews.ca
Cities say the signs sent to replace speed cameras are too big. The transportation minister believes they should be able to 'figure out how to install a sign.'
globalnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Wonder which friend of his got the oversized novelty sign contract. Absolute clown.
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I usually speed when I’m driving but that’s because all the speed limit signs around here are just normal-sized signs and I don’t think they’re serious signs but once Doug Ford spends millions putting up bigger speed limit signs I will definitely not be speeding anymore because then it’s serious.
a man with a mustache wearing a blue suit and tie is making a funny face .
ALT: a man with a mustache wearing a blue suit and tie is making a funny face .
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November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I usually speed when I’m driving but that’s because all the speed limit signs around here are just normal-sized signs and I don’t think they’re serious signs but once Doug Ford spends millions putting up bigger speed limit signs I will definitely not be speeding anymore because then it’s serious.
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Corrupt AND incompetent.
I loathe this government.
I loathe this government.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Corrupt AND incompetent.
I loathe this government.
I loathe this government.
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Not only did Ontarians foot the bill for removing speed cameras (which happen to have been effective and revenue-generating) we’re now being forced to pay for giant oversized “don’t speed” signs and… (checks notes)… bigger poles.
Another one of Ford’s fiscal failures.
Another one of Ford’s fiscal failures.
NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Ford government says it will cover cost of installing oversized school zone signs | Globalnews.ca
Cities say the signs sent to replace speed cameras are too big. The transportation minister believes they should be able to 'figure out how to install a sign.'
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Not only did Ontarians foot the bill for removing speed cameras (which happen to have been effective and revenue-generating) we’re now being forced to pay for giant oversized “don’t speed” signs and… (checks notes)… bigger poles.
Another one of Ford’s fiscal failures.
Another one of Ford’s fiscal failures.
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Just a solid plan right here. Drivers complain that they never saw the sign that simply said there was a speed camera ahead, so the solution is to post these signs with about 4 signs worth of information. Yes, I'm sure that will work very well. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just a solid plan right here. Drivers complain that they never saw the sign that simply said there was a speed camera ahead, so the solution is to post these signs with about 4 signs worth of information. Yes, I'm sure that will work very well. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Instead of fixing Ontario’s climate target, Doug Ford’s Ontario government is removing the law that forces them to set targets at all. Youth slam Ford government over last-minute climate law repeal days befo... youtu.be/0AswA__J6SI?... via @YouTube
Youth slam Ford government over last-minute climate law repeal days before hearing
YouTube video by Ecojustice Canada
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November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Instead of fixing Ontario’s climate target, Doug Ford’s Ontario government is removing the law that forces them to set targets at all. Youth slam Ford government over last-minute climate law repeal days befo... youtu.be/0AswA__J6SI?... via @YouTube
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(Electrification), interconnection and upgrading of our grid systems is the smart path forward. Fossil fuels will soon be rapidly declining and pipe lines are pipe dreams of a bygone era. Maximize the capacity of existing under-utilized pipelines.
We are losing so much time fighting fights that should have been put to bed years ago.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
(Electrification), interconnection and upgrading of our grid systems is the smart path forward. Fossil fuels will soon be rapidly declining and pipe lines are pipe dreams of a bygone era. Maximize the capacity of existing under-utilized pipelines.
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Support crosses party lines: 78 percent of BC NDP voters, 73 percent of Conservatives, and 82 percent of Greens back proportional representation. 5/10
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Support crosses party lines: 78 percent of BC NDP voters, 73 percent of Conservatives, and 82 percent of Greens back proportional representation. 5/10
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Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10
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“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
BC First Nations denounce reported Alberta-Ottawa agreement
Ahead of Thursday's expected announcement, Indigenous leaders in the province are accusing the federal government of making a "back room deal" to force through a pipeline to the province's northwest c...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
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feeling a need to reread this in advance of tomorrow, for some reason.
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Financial risks of carbon capture and storage in Canada: Concerns about the Pathways Project and Public Energy Policy
A plan to capture CO2 from 13 oil sand processing facilities and store it in Alberta is threatened by cost challenges.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
feeling a need to reread this in advance of tomorrow, for some reason.
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People claiming this exemption should have to show where in their religious texts it's stated that vaccines are forbidden.
A West Virginia judge has ruled that the state’s school vaccine law should allow exemptions for people with religious objections. Exemptions to the state’s vaccine requirement have been granted only for medical reasons, and for decades the state has had one of the highest vaccination rates.
State Court Rules School Vaccine Law Can’t Bar Religious Exemptions
The decision was handed down by a judge in West Virginia, which has one of the country’s strictest school vaccination laws and one of the highest vaccination rates.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
People claiming this exemption should have to show where in their religious texts it's stated that vaccines are forbidden.
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Stickers that don’t stick. Invisible license plates. Signs that won’t hang.
Now just imagine these people building a tunnel under Canada’s busiest highway.
Now just imagine these people building a tunnel under Canada’s busiest highway.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Stickers that don’t stick. Invisible license plates. Signs that won’t hang.
Now just imagine these people building a tunnel under Canada’s busiest highway.
Now just imagine these people building a tunnel under Canada’s busiest highway.
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B.C. Coastal First Nations dismiss any pipeline MOU, vow it will ‘never be built’ | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1154465...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
B.C. Coastal First Nations dismiss any pipeline MOU, vow it will ‘never be built’ | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1154465...
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Here's a very short thread on SecondStreet.
This is an investigative journalism story waiting to happen. Who is behind SecondStreet? Why did all the money start flowing in at once? Who's funding it? How much is US healthcare profiteers wanting access to the Canadian market?
This is an investigative journalism story waiting to happen. Who is behind SecondStreet? Why did all the money start flowing in at once? Who's funding it? How much is US healthcare profiteers wanting access to the Canadian market?
It's important to understand that SecondStreet, the organization behind this report, is a dark money think tank.
SecondStreet's donations:
2021: $254,505
2022: $620,438
2024: $1,045,000
SecondStreet's donations rocketed into the stratosphere right when talk of healthcare privatization took off.
SecondStreet's donations:
2021: $254,505
2022: $620,438
2024: $1,045,000
SecondStreet's donations rocketed into the stratosphere right when talk of healthcare privatization took off.
More than 74,000 Canadians have died on health-care wait lists since 2018 nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here's a very short thread on SecondStreet.
This is an investigative journalism story waiting to happen. Who is behind SecondStreet? Why did all the money start flowing in at once? Who's funding it? How much is US healthcare profiteers wanting access to the Canadian market?
This is an investigative journalism story waiting to happen. Who is behind SecondStreet? Why did all the money start flowing in at once? Who's funding it? How much is US healthcare profiteers wanting access to the Canadian market?
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@mehlerpaperny.bsky.social Hello, I think you were interested in hearing ideas for investigative journalism. Here's one: Who is the dark money behind this group working to open up our public healthcare system to more privatization?
I have posted about this for several years, on old Twitter and here too.
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery.”
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@mehlerpaperny.bsky.social Hello, I think you were interested in hearing ideas for investigative journalism. Here's one: Who is the dark money behind this group working to open up our public healthcare system to more privatization?
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Will a new oil pipeline lead to more emissions? Does a bear s*^t in the woods?
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Will the Canada-Alberta 'Grand Bargain' oil pipeline deal lead to more emissions? | CBC News
A historic oil pipeline deal between the federal and Alberta governments — set to be announced on Thursday — could lead to more production in the oilsands, cementing Canada’s position as one of the wo...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Will a new oil pipeline lead to more emissions? Does a bear s*^t in the woods?
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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This government is so painfully stupid.
NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Ford government says it will cover cost of installing oversized school zone signs | Globalnews.ca
Cities say the signs sent to replace speed cameras are too big. The transportation minister believes they should be able to 'figure out how to install a sign.'
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This government is so painfully stupid.
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Grocery stores will pay 17 cents/container when customers return empties to Beer Store.
BUT will this stop closing Beer Stores? (300 could have closed Jan 1).
Agreement says will ensure there is a recycling location available within 10 km FOR THE VAST MAJORITY (me: not all).
BUT will this stop closing Beer Stores? (300 could have closed Jan 1).
Agreement says will ensure there is a recycling location available within 10 km FOR THE VAST MAJORITY (me: not all).
Beer Store makes deal to take Ontario grocery stores’ beer and wine empties
Beer Store makes deal to take Ontario grocery stores’ beer and wine empties. ‘There’s no downside’
Independent grocery stores had warned they would stop selling beer and wine as of Jan. 1 if they had to take empties, citing concerns of food safety, logistics, and costs.
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Grocery stores will pay 17 cents/container when customers return empties to Beer Store.
BUT will this stop closing Beer Stores? (300 could have closed Jan 1).
Agreement says will ensure there is a recycling location available within 10 km FOR THE VAST MAJORITY (me: not all).
BUT will this stop closing Beer Stores? (300 could have closed Jan 1).
Agreement says will ensure there is a recycling location available within 10 km FOR THE VAST MAJORITY (me: not all).
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Peggy Blair knows her shit about this stuff basically as well as anyone; I found her thoughts about it illuminating.
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal
I’ve been thinking about this business with Thomas King a lot. This was the week when he admitted he wasn’t Cherokee at all. First of all, I come from this as someone who is white and w…
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November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Peggy Blair knows her shit about this stuff basically as well as anyone; I found her thoughts about it illuminating.
I'm not a lawyer, but the revisions to fast track the fast train seem reasonable to me. People will be paid a fair rate for their property and the changes will reduce land speculation. What's the problem?
property rights, boo hoo. give us the fast train!
Critics worry about Liberal plan to fast-track high-speed rail | CBC News
In an effort to halve the approval time for Canada’s new high-speed rail network, the Liberal government is streamlining how it expropriates land in a way that some say could compromise property right...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'm not a lawyer, but the revisions to fast track the fast train seem reasonable to me. People will be paid a fair rate for their property and the changes will reduce land speculation. What's the problem?
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Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Suits me
Is Starbucks going to go out of business because they hate unions so much that they won't just fucking unionize?
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Suits me
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Once on Twitter when I was complaining about something in Toronto (my, er, job) Gerson said something like "Just move away". Which I thought was funny coming from somebody who started a website that publishes considerable grievance towards how Canada is run.
"Just move" indeed.
"Just move" indeed.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Once on Twitter when I was complaining about something in Toronto (my, er, job) Gerson said something like "Just move away". Which I thought was funny coming from somebody who started a website that publishes considerable grievance towards how Canada is run.
"Just move" indeed.
"Just move" indeed.