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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Nov 8

We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.

two kids crossing the street waving orange flags.
text: instead of dulling the sharpest of weapons, we hand out the weakest of shields.

rovélo creative

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 19h

PSA: People on bikes aren’t swerving to annoy drivers, they’re just trying not to die or destroy their mode of transportation.
This is generally what the bike portion looks like of our “shared” roads. Glorious.

broken up piece of road next to the sidewalk.

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 22h

Seems to me paying an OPP officer to park by the roadside and watch cars go by for a hundred twenty five grand a year is... "less than fiscally prudent" when machines do that far more efficiently and for much less.

John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 21d

"It's a cash grab!"

Oh my sweet summer child. Come, let me show you how much a dedicated police officer — trained in the application of *deadly force* in upholding the law! — is paid to poke a button, read a number and deliver a ticket that could have been sent through the mail...

Average salary, OPP = $125,104
https://www.ontariosunshinelist.com/positions/law-enforcement-officer

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

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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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know who needs to hear this, but there will be no peace in Gaza until Palestinians have full autonomy and the right to self-govern.

This is what the American Revolution was about, was it not?

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Mike Elg @mikeelg.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe it would cause his heart to explode and kill him, which would retroactively be worth the Nobel Peace Prize

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Mike Elg @mikeelg.bsky.social · 2d

"Others from the department"? One of the male colleagues can give up their room if there's not enough. Not just can, must!

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 2d

Talking about 300x more miles per acre on Solar + EV than ethanol + ICE… is my love language.

Calculations vary slightly, but the conclusion is the same: solar is better on all measurable metrics than corn ethanol. No matter how “prime” the farmland is.

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 2d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Mike Elg @mikeelg.bsky.social · 2d

"You must defer to the president"
One would think a judge's deference should be to the law. If something is ordered that isn't lawful, a judge strikes it down

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Mike Elg @mikeelg.bsky.social · 3d

If the Democrats really wanted to win, here's a basic 3 pillar program.
1. Abolish ICE. Prosecute
2. Release the Epstein list. Prosecute
3. Abolish health insurance. Free Healthcare for all
I'm not saying it wouldn't be a fight to win. There's big money against you. But the messaging would be easy.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 3d

All this speculation if we've "crossed the line" into the technical defn of fascism or authoritarianism or if it's "civil war" or whatever the latest debate is...

what matters: rule of law for everyone, holding people in power to account, defend human rights

You only keep the rights you fight for.

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Mike Elg @mikeelg.bsky.social · 3d

I keep hearing various versions of "the president doesn't have that power" but his pronouncement keep happening. So who is enacting them or not stopping them?

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Mike Elg @mikeelg.bsky.social · 3d

My understanding of US law is imperfect, granted. But aren't tariffs supposed to be a Congress thing? So, has Congress been enacting the tariffs that Metamucilini has been spouting, or has some other branch of bureaucracy just been rubber stamping it?

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 4d

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Schraderopolis @schraderopolis.bsky.social · 5d

The future is either UBI or Eat the Rich, it’s their choice.

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Mike Elg @mikeelg.bsky.social · 4d

Not paying people what they're owed is Trump's most common play

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Mike Elg @mikeelg.bsky.social · 4d

New cover video! "Oh, the Boss is Coming" by the Arkells. Enjoy!
youtu.be/n4GiXo8_cMQ?...

Oh, the Boss is Coming - Arkells acoustic cover

YouTube video by elgxon

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 5d

"And no—supportive housing doesn’t “bring crime” to your doorstep. Quite the opposite. When people have stable housing, they’re less likely to commit survival-based offenses like trespassing or petty theft."

Every life has value — That includes the homeless

Some Sarnians are opposing supportive housing with signs that say, “We’re already doing our part.” But how much is a human life really worth—and what does it cost to keep someone alive, housed, and…

buff.ly

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg provides the perspective that most western media will not:

It’s not about a few hundred foreign nationals being mistreated by Israel for a few days.

It’s about the #GazaGenocide, deliberate denial of aid, and Israel’s flagrant breaches of international law.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 6d

Ford’s cabinet ministers don’t like being told to obey the law, so they want to get rid of speed cameras so they can continue to pose a safety risk to children walking to school without facing any consequences.

globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 6d

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.

In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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inthewoodshop.bsky.social @inthewoodshop.bsky.social · 7d

#ElbowsUp #RESIGNSMITH #NeverUCP #NeverSmith #DanielleSmithlsUnfitToLead #Ableg #Abpoli #Cdnpoli #ABResistance #UCPfail

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 7d

this is why the case to abolish billionaires is unimpeachable, the evil ones are not the exception to the rule

the median billionaire is a saturday morning cartoon villain

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