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It's me
@justmeinottawa.bsky.social
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In Ottawa 🍁, sometimes with a camera, often on a bike 🚲
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9h
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.)
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h
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 · 10h
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h
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...
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 18h
"Low scoring company" is such Ford capitalism kinds phrase
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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
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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 10h
New Halloween trend has dropped
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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 14h
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 · 13h
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
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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 14h
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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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 10h
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 · 10h
Turns out we go to the same store Luke, and both have the same question
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 10h
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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h
The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets
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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 · 13h
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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 · 16h
One other minor thing about this is it sorta takes back the noble frog from that far right meme.
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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d
WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 13h
The amount of news that wouldn’t exist if car traffic events weren’t regularly reported on as somehow important
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h
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 · 15h
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 · 14h
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 · 14h
Fucking wild
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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!
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Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 14h
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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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 15h
Danielle Smith going to call for the jailing of industrial arsonists? Or just cigarette flickers
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16h
“A pipeline rupture that sparked a 2024 wildfire in west-central Alberta was caused by a crack, says a report released Thursday.”

If we’re debating what can cause a wildfire still…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 15h
At a transportation research conference that is still probably about 90% dudes. We miss so much in planning and engineering our communities when everyone in the room has similar experiences of how people interact with you in public space.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 18h
We could be treating Canada Post as not just an essential delivery service, but an essential social infrastructure in our communities.

Instead the government prefers to treat it as a costly burden that must be subject to death by a thousand cuts.
For isolated seniors, Canada Post delivers more than mail | CBC News
As the Canada Post strike hits the one-week mark, there are growing concerns for one group of Canadians who typically rely on the delivery service more than most — seniors.
www.cbc.ca
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Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 17h
This is a good change.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 17h
Learned in court this morning that today is the first day the much maligned term "child pornography" is no longer a thing in Canadian criminal law. It's now legally known as child sexual abuse material. laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualSt....
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)
Federal laws of Canada
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 18h
Portland is doing well making clear the ridiculousness of the military takeover.
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d
there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif
Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes
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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 22h
As a Montrealer, this makes me so proud! 🙌
“Though other cities offer bike-sharing programs, “Montreal revolutionized the trend,” TIME wrote, calling Bixi’s technology “the backbone” of bike-sharing services in cities including London and New York.”
montrealgazette.com/news/bixi-bi...
Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares
The list also includes the iPhone and the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator.
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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 19h
War zone
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 19h
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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 19h
I’ve said this before but oil and gas is going to be constrained by water use, along with international demand but the issues for oil/gas producing communities is going to be far more immediate
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 1d
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🇨🇦 FRACKING'S WATER DEMAND SOARS AMID SEVERE B.C. DROUGHT 🇨🇦

As northeast #B.C. faces historic #drought & massive #wildfires, a report reveals the #fracking industry's water use shot up by 50% last year, creating a crisis for local communities.

Ben Parfitt, The Tyee.
#BCpoli #WaterCrisis
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Pete @peeete.bsky.social · 1d
Single stair mass timber highrise 😩 I need it.
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Joe Giddings @joegiddings.bsky.social · 1d
This new residential tower in Lyon is made from wood.

In many ways, this is quite an incredible building. Here's why:
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