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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 6h

As Jonn says in the piece: no. The problem is that not enough people see how extreme it has become.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 10m

"'Family values' has been used repeatedly to rally citizens in support of not only a particular moral vision but also policies, tax structures, criminal laws, and wars that perpetuate the demonic cycle of self-interest."

~ @ehmcgowin.bsky.social, "Households of Faith"

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Fierce Canadian 🇨🇦 @dartee.bsky.social · 10m

Great article that tells it like it is.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 58m

PHILIPPINES / CANADA: Filipino migrant workers in Canada call for livable wage, job security www.bulatlat.com/2025/10/11/f...

Filipino migrant workers in Canada call for livable wage, job security

“In an industry where precarious jobs, wage theft, unsafe conditions can be commonplace, where workers — especially migrants, women — face intimidation, fear of reprisal, for speaking up, it is not en...

www.bulatlat.com

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 16h

Canadian Healing Quilt is a new website for people who lost loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic and others who are grieving.

It’s a space to honour someone with a digital quilt square, which can be shared publicly or kept private.

Canadian Healing Quilt website honours lives lost to COVID-19 | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 3h

"People that want to keep pushing an agenda to go against these library materials and the First Amendment [right to free speech], I hope they see this, and I hope it's a deterrent."

Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC Radio

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and 2SLGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young readers will be paid $700,000...

www.cbc.ca

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Cam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 1h

Saskatchewan patients treated in hallways has become ‘normalized’: nurses union

Sask. patients treated in hallways has become ‘normalized’: nurses union

Capacity pressures forcing patients to receive care in Saskatoon hospital hallways are not seasonal issues, according to the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19h

Great piece from @brucearthur.bsky.social @thestar.com about the bird flu ostrich circus.

The economic and scientific issues concern me a lot, but for me, it all comes back to this: the US is where it is now because public health was politicized & exploited to undermine democracy & the rule of law.

“I mean, the economic security issues that it would create in terms of potentially s——canning our entire poultry export market would be devastating for Canada. But the real underlying issue is this anti-government belief that these public health orders are optional, and we don’t want government regulation.

“That is why they have so much attention, and why Rebel News and this entire far-right media ecosystem is involved ... is to weaken, basically, government sovereignty. And this is exactly the kind of thing that happened in the U.S.”

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 16h

Survivors of the Portage la Prairie residential school in Manitoba gathered this week to mark 50 years since its closure.

For many, it was the first time seeing former classmates since leaving the institution decades ago.

Portage la Prairie residential school survivors reunite 50 years after closure | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 20h

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 19h

#YQRcc #YXEcc #YCCcc etc.

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

You know how local media is getting decimated as disinformation floods in?

Well, my friends at @nationalobserver.com have created an incredibly cool new tool for keeping an eye on local politics.

Check it out:

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Dark-Chocolate @dark-magic.bsky.social · 1d

Friday's Thought -

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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 23h

Frankly, I’d be pulling away from any joint operations with people who bomb civilians and arrest and deport their own citizens. Especially a country whose ‘commander-in-chief’ runs the whole show without any checks and balances. Keep things in court long enough, it counts as getting away with it.

Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 1d

Canada’s Department of National Defence says it will continue a long-standing operation with the U.S. Coast Guard to capture drug smugglers in the Caribbean, despite a string of deadly U.S. airstrikes www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Why U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats have Canada ‘between a rock and a hard place’ | CBC News

Canada’s Department of National Defence says it will continue a longstanding operation with the U.S. Coast Guard to capture drug smugglers in the Caribbean, despite a string of deadly U.S. airstrikes ...

www.cbc.ca

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 21h

This came up again this morning.
"the Sask Party has been telling the same lie since 2007 about the “closure of 52 rural Saskatchewan hospitals” in 1993."
medium.com/@sask6969/th...

The Sask Party won’t stop lying about NDP hospital closures in the 1990s

It’s early 1993. Saskatchewan is on the brink of bankruptcy.

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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 17h

Did you know Canadian short track speed skaters have won 37 Olympic medals — second only the long track speed skaters who have won 42.

A wildly successful program that intends on breaking record haul of six medals at one Games in Milano in February. Journey starts here tomorrow.

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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 17h

Montreal doctor Nimâ Machouf freed after Israel intercepted flotilla trying to reach Gaza

The Montreal doctor and activist has been released from Israeli custody after her aid boat was intercepted in international waters.

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Rev Barb @revbarb.bsky.social · 17h

thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n...

How will College Drive changes affect Saskatoon residents?

Changes are coming to the way we interact with College Drive, including land use and traffic flow.

thestarphoenix.com

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Rev Barb @revbarb.bsky.social · 17h

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Moe blames drugs for homelessness rather than rising rents, and inadequate provincial social safety nets. Nice attempt at deflection of blame.

Confusion reigns over future of Moose Jaw shelter after province tries to retract announcement | CBC News

The Government of Saskatchewan has thrown into confusion the future of a shelter in downtown Moose Jaw by contradicting a relocation announcement initially confirmed by Premier Scott Moe and Justice M...

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Rev Barb @revbarb.bsky.social · 17h

www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...

Saskatoon artist faces order backlog as couriers can’t beat price of Canada Post lettermail

Mail is piling up as the Canada Post strike continues, creating challenges for small businesses and non-profits entering their busiest season.

www.ctvnews.ca

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 22h

Erasmus demonstrates there is a rich tradition within Christian thought that defends children’s rights over and against the crushing weight of the current evangelical obsession with parental rights.