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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 10h

PM Mark Carney is no fool. He knows he has to lay out his vision for the budget directly to Canadians in a rare prime time address tonight to get facts out before the Poilievre’s CPC spin cycle of lies and allegations goes into overdrive. Narrative dominance matters. #Cndpoli 🇨🇦

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[email protected] @liskeard1.bsky.social · 6h

Good news*
*For Trump
Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social
cagle.com
Oct 22, 2025

THE deEP STATE : The political artwork of Michael de Adder
Good news*
*For Trump
Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social
https://cagle.com/
Oct 22, 2025

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 3h

Watching the CLC NDP Leadership Forum at our local watch party tonight. Rob Ashton is not a polished, professional politician… This is not necessarily a bad thing. He has the strong lived experience of union leadership that appeals to many workers. #NDPLeadership

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 11h

I hope it hurt a lot. I hope his death wasn't instant.

The very worst of the worst men hurt women and children.

Amber Alert suspect also sought in fatal Ontario shooting killed by police | Globalnews.ca

Niagara regional police say the suspect wanted for the fatal shooting of an Ontario woman, and linked to an Amber Alert, has been shot and killed by police.

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Wendy Ad 🇨🇦🌈🐝 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🐾🐈🌻🇺🇦🍁🇦🇷 @muchogatos.bsky.social · 13h

Of course he does. He’s continuing Harper’s bleed.

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 14h

So here’s the thing: will the police EVER tell us whether this guy was a licensed gun owner?
They know right now. Why don’t they tell us?
Is it because it would run counter to the rank and file’s opposition to tougher gun control?
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Woman dead after daylight shooting at Brampton plaza connected to child abduction

Peel police said an ‘armed and dangerous’ man is wanted and believed to be in the Niagara-Fort Erie area. The missing one-year-old girl has been found safe.

www.thestar.com

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Marsha (Scary Name)🔐 @marsha.bsky.social · 15h

Omg they finally approved this! Hopefully we can move those belugas ASAP

The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 15h

Well that’s some good news.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Nova Scotia government gives Whale Sanctuary Project approval to build coastal refuge

HALIFAX - Organizers behind a plan to establish North America’s first coastal refuge for captive whales say the Nova Scotia government has granted them approval to start construction on the

www.thestar.com

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William K. Wolfrum @wolfrum.bsky.social · 14h

Spoiler: There never were ballroom plans.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

lol, lmao even www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

Reuters headline:

White House says it will submit ballroom plans for review, with demolition already under way

By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose

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Marilyn Mazzotta @marilynmazzotta.bsky.social · 1d

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Marilyn Porter 🇨🇦 @marilynp.bsky.social · 13h

Charity=family

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."

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Marilyn Porter 🇨🇦 @marilynp.bsky.social · 13h

This should alarm everyone in Ontario. Our public hospitals are being drained of funding and staff to build a private, profit-driven system. We need to speak up now before universal care becomes a memory.

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 14h

“Study after study show that private clinics benefit the wealthiest, while leaving the rest of us behind.”
www.yorkregion.com/news/ontario...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford welcomes private ‘backup hospital’ to Richmond Hill, announces licence for diagnostic tests

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones announce York Region non-profit, but private clinic will perform MRI, CT and gastrointestinal scans.

www.yorkregion.com

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Marilyn Porter 🇨🇦 @marilynp.bsky.social · 13h

Doug Ford’s government isn’t “expanding access” — it’s hollowing out public hospitals and funnelling public dollars to private operators. Ontarians should be furious.
#OnPoli

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 23h

57 new private clinics in Ontario will take more than 100,000 diagnostic tests out of public hospitals- along with funding and staffing, with plans to expand to do surgeries. This government is essentially building private day hospitals, shifting hundreds of millions in public funding over to them.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 14h

“Study after study show that private clinics benefit the wealthiest, while leaving the rest of us behind.”
www.yorkregion.com/news/ontario...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford welcomes private ‘backup hospital’ to Richmond Hill, announces licence for diagnostic tests

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones announce York Region non-profit, but private clinic will perform MRI, CT and gastrointestinal scans.

www.yorkregion.com

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 23h

57 new private clinics in Ontario will take more than 100,000 diagnostic tests out of public hospitals- along with funding and staffing, with plans to expand to do surgeries. This government is essentially building private day hospitals, shifting hundreds of millions in public funding over to them.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 3d

The Tony Blair Institute is heavily backed by Larry Ellison & was “involved in plans to create a new ‘Trump Riviera.’” That vision “envisages creating a ‘blockchain registry for land’ to underpin the construction of up to 8 ‘AI-powered, smart planned cities on the inner side of the Gaza Ring.“ …1/

Pro-Trump Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Cash In on Gaza's 'Peace' Deal

Documents show Tony Blair’s Ellison-funded institute designed Gaza’s recovery plan on data-driven lines echoing Oracle-Palantir war systems.

bylinetimes.com

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Marilyn Porter 🇨🇦 @marilynp.bsky.social · 13h

Step into Gilead—The Handmaid’s Tale Exhibition & Walking Tour runs Oct 22 to Nov 6 in Cambridge, Ontario. Explore filming sites and see iconic props and costumes up close.

www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...

The Gilead Experience: What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ fans can expect from new Cambridge, Ont. exhibit

From Commander Waterford’s files on eligible handmaids to the ceremonial stool used as a birthing chair, the City of Cambridge has exclusive props on display from the popular television series ‘The Ha...

www.ctvnews.ca

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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 14h

Ottawa council to vote on motion calling on Ontario to allow photo radar cameras in school zones - The debate over photo radar cameras drives into Ottawa City Hall today, as the Ontario government moves to ban automated speed enforcement cameras on roads across the province.

Ottawa council to vote on motion calling on Ontario to allow photo radar cameras in school zones

The debate over photo radar cameras drives into Ottawa City Hall today, as the Ontario government moves to ban automated speed enforcement cameras on roads across the province.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COLLINS: The NYT is reporting your legal team is seeking $230 million from your own DOJ now in response to the investigations into you. Is that something you want?

TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.

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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 17h

🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.

A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.

Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy

Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

demos.co.uk

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys joins the Home of the Brave advisory board.

“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 14h

Fetterman hired that Asian college girl to run the most progressive campaign I’ve ever seen since honestly Obama’s 2nd run. And did so because he knew the optics and not his voting record or actual ACTIONS would secure him the seat

And what did he do once he won? Flipped Republican in all but name

Brienne of Spooks. @brienneofsnark.bsky.social · 14h

I agree. It’s great that he had a change of heart or whatever but he can’t be in office. The vibe is screaming Sinema and Fetterman.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 14h

Such “demands from the American president represent nothing less than an attack on other governments’ sovereign right to regulate their societies based on their national laws and the public demands of their people—a right that is a cornerstone of international rule of law.”

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 15h

Europe’s should stop signing trade deals that restrict its future policy options. It must fight the portrayal of tech regulations as trade barriers and instead highlight how its laws strengthen digital trade, writes Open Market Institute's Audrey Stienon.

How Europe Can Expand Digital Trade to Challenge Big Tech’s Anti-Regulatory Push | TechPolicy.Press

European leaders must take the lead in imposing checks on Big Tech, and by extension, the US chokehold over the global digital economy, writes Audrey Stienon.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 14h

Good advice for Canada as well.
Canadians should note that Carney’s axing of the Digital Services Tax is exactly the type of action the article warns against as a fundamental surrender of national sovereignty in a key economic policy area.

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 15h

Europe’s should stop signing trade deals that restrict its future policy options. It must fight the portrayal of tech regulations as trade barriers and instead highlight how its laws strengthen digital trade, writes Open Market Institute's Audrey Stienon.

How Europe Can Expand Digital Trade to Challenge Big Tech’s Anti-Regulatory Push | TechPolicy.Press

European leaders must take the lead in imposing checks on Big Tech, and by extension, the US chokehold over the global digital economy, writes Audrey Stienon.

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