John
jrn520.bsky.social
John
@jrn520.bsky.social
Pickleballer, dancer and walker
I'm good with this as all religion is a crock of....and the Church has played huge role in Quebec since early 1600's.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quebec moves to expand secularism law, limit public prayer
A new bill introduced in the Canadian province expands on a 2019 religious symbols law with new measures including a ban on face coverings in daycares.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Will never happen.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Hard to really describe the feeling here in Halifax after Team Black won the semi final! What a game for them! 🥌🔥
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
OK, Halifax, let's do this. Iowa City:Pop- 76K. No paywall on NYT article today. @suzannerent.bsky.social and @timbousquet.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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MacKinnon: Colleen Jones was always on the button
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Bruce MacKinnon: Colleen Jones was always on the button
Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for The Chronicle Herald
www.saltwire.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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This went well, I think. Balser seemed to genuinely want to hear from us, and we were very clear about the role that fixed term leases play in undermining the rent cap and maintaining a culture of fear of reprisal among tenants.

We'll see what comes of it, if anything.

#NSACORN #HaliSky
Got a virtual meeting with Jill Balser today to talk about why fixed term leases are dogshit for Nova Scotia - both for people and the economy - and hopefully convince them to have them banned.

Wish me luck!

#NSACORN #HaliSky
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
@timbousquet.bsky.social @suzannerent.bsky.social @robthacker.bsky.social

Hi, I think Examiner should get together with Dr. Rob Thacker of SMU for an interview. He's one of the smartest people around and can give scientific and no-emotion perspective on such things as Hydrogen, space travel and AI
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset.
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.

The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.

It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.

Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The vicious cycle of monopolization:

1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.

We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.

We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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HIIIIII-YAAA!! ❌️👑
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Just to review, in the last week the President of the United States:

- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats

Those are just factual statements.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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If a reasonable person would know the order is illegal, you MUST refuse.

Obedience is not absolute, duty to the Constitution is.

Oath is to defend the Constitution not a person

Yes. U.S. service members have a legal and moral obligation to disobey an illegal order.

Not just the right.
The DUTY.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Jeffries: "What's extraordinary to me is that Mike Johnson doesn't even have the decency to distance himself from Donald Trump's death threats leveled at patriotic members of Congress. Even John Thune had the decency to distance himself from Trump's remarks. But Mike Johnson couldn't say a thing."
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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The Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols.

This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."

They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Elected officials who inform their constituents about federal and constitutional law are doing their jobs. That includes when they remind service members that they could be prosecuted for following unlawful orders because it's a violation of the Constitution. That is the law.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM