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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 13h

This is what the woke left wants to turn Christmas into

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 13h

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 20h

Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI has been named among the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine.

BIXI named among top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine

TIME magazine has released a list of the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years, and Montreal's public bike system BIXI is on it.

cultmtl.com

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 7h

The growing number of diverse people riding bikes in Calgary is astonishing. Many more children and older people. Our infrastructure is not keeping up with demand. I’m noticing more and more children and teens riding alone! Some with instruments. Cool. So many adults with young children on the ⬇️

Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 1d

A great article on the rise of urban biking:

“Surveys show rates of cycling are higher in countries where cyclists feel safest. And there are few things that make riders safer than lanes that separate them from cars... allowing cities to reduce traffic and save money...”

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3h

Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 9h

Yes, that is a rowing bicycle in front of me.

At a previous stoplight a pedestrian asked the rider about the bike.

They chatted then ped said “Wow, that’s so cool. I’m just going to wait here until the light turns green so I can see you ride it.. if that’s not too weird.”

Rower: “Go for it!”

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 10h

I ❤️ Bryant Ave S

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 11h

I wish more coverage of traffic violence reckoned with the psychological harm of crashes on the wider community. It's not just cyclists; if a friend of mine is hit, my wife will be more nervous for me. These deaths and injuries take a heavy toll.

It had a chilling effect on the local cycling community, with members expressing their fear about riding on roads. Prince George has a lack of dedicated cycling infrastructure, including even painted-on bike lanes in many areas.

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 8h

What we need to remember is that the oil is good for the environment, but only when Liberals pump it

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FWIW pitching articles to the MSM about climate change, #Canada’s role in making it worse, or the inevitable collapse of the fossil fuel sector is futile

They do not care

#cdnmedia #cdnpoli

Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 15h

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office was asked whether the oil pipeline contributes to the fight against climate change.

“The answer is yes,” she replied.

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 2h

Not that Mark was a paragon of some virtue or whatever but given his apparent public facing stances of climate change (he apparently wasted time writing a fucking book about it?) it’s wild what happens when individuals end up in power, in systems that seemingly strip them of agency

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 8h

every couple months, carney starts pulling the legs out from under yet another important climate policy

'It depends': Carney shifts stance on maintaining emissions cap | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping the poli...

www.cbc.ca

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 6h

Huh.

In Ontario, elected officials in super sweet seats with people who have business before the government is a scandalous conflict of interest…

(Stares in Albertan)

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Ontario labour minister attended Leafs game, wedding with those seeking millions from Skills Development Fund: reports

The office of Ontario’s labour minister is downplaying reports he was at a wedding in Paris and photographed at a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game with those who stood to benefit from millions in gover...

www.ctvnews.ca

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 12h

The multinational tech giants are not going to be allies in the fight against fascism.

(But if people decide they really want to fight, the corporate giants won't be able to stop them.)

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21h

"Low scoring company" is such Ford capitalism kinds phrase

My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 1d

The Trillium is hammering this story.

"Months before he was put in charge of Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, cabinet minister David Piccini was at a Toronto Maple Leafs game in front-row seats with a director of a company his office would later give $7.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants to. #OnPoli

Labour minister was in Leafs glass seats with director of company he granted funding to

The ‘lower-scoring’ company got $7.5M of tax dollars through David Piccini’s office and is a client of the lobbyist whose Parisian wedding the minister recently attended

www.thetrillium.ca

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 13h

New Halloween trend has dropped

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 18h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 16h

The No Kings rally is going to be loaded with people dressed up as giant frogs and the Pepe Nazis must be pissing blood about this

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 18h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 13h

It’s honestly very on brand for what Christmas seems it will feel like in 2025

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 13h

Turns out we go to the same store Luke, and both have the same question

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 13h

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 16h

bbc.com/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

bbc.com

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 19h

One other minor thing about this is it sorta takes back the noble frog from that far right meme.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 16h

The amount of news that wouldn’t exist if car traffic events weren’t regularly reported on as somehow important

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17h

Ducks, welcome to the war on cars.

Family of ducks crossing Perth freeway cause peak-hour pile up

Six cars are caught in a pile-up as a family of ducks attempts to cross busy Kwinana Freeway during the morning peak hour in Perth.

www.abc.net.au

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 18h

Ban.
Fossil.
Fuels.

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

TSB releases findings on Alberta pipeline rupture that caused explosion, wildfire | CBC News

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada published its findings on the causes of the rupture of a natural gas pipeline near Edson, Alta.

www.cbc.ca

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 17h

Hey #ottawa folks. Last weekend I think of open parkways and…

The Grand pizzeria has opened at Westboro Beach!

Turkey or pizza?

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 17h

Fucking wild

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

www.freefunder.com

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Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 17h

The Canada Strong Pass is being renewed this Christmas and next summer.

Canada Strong Pass to offer free admission to national museums in Ottawa over Christmas

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he is pleased to hear the Canada Strong Pass, which provides discounts to visit national museums, is being renewed this Christmas and next summer.

www.ctvnews.ca

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