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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 19h

Now they just have to catch up with the times in service frequency, schedules available at bus stops, and more bus shelters.

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 1d

I’m starting to relate to the werewolf on Wednesday. Reminds me of the parable of two wolves - the winner is the one you feed. I ask myself which of my grandmothers will I turn into. The one who lectured tediously or the one who listened carefully, revealing her opinions through her questions.

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 1d

I sometimes wonder if I’m going there perimenopause. I don’t have all the typical symptoms. Then increasingly I’m done staying silent to avoid conflict. I’m a fully grown, middle-aged woman, and my opinion matters. I matter. It’s like repeated adolescence. And there it is - perimenopause.

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day for difficult conversations. How do people do this without having a heart attack?

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Cath Millage @cathmill.bsky.social · 2d

Good news! 🍁 A second person, Russell Jared Currie, 31, was found and charged with writing anti-Semitic graffiti on a Synagogue in Halifax. Canada does not tolerate racist hate of any kind. It's a Canadian right to be free from such hatred! ❤️🇨🇦
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Second man charged in antisemitic graffiti investigation in Halifax

Halifax Regional Police have laid charges against a second man in relation to antisemitic graffiti found in the city last month. In September, police reported six incidents of the graffiti in Halifax,...

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 3d

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5 premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause | CBC News

Five premiers say Ottawa must withdraw its recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause because it amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freed...

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 3d

It’s caused by the government not investing in transit. I would ditch my car if it didn’t take me 1.5 hours to get to/from work by bus, vs. 15 min by car, if was possible to take the bus home after dinner and a show in Halifax, if it was possible to visit a friend in Middle Sackville.

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 5d

When I was a kid I liked them.

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 6d

Israel must be held accountable for its genocide of Palestinians. Conspiracy theories do nothing but hasten apocalyptic collapse.

Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 6d

I’m increasingly seeing smart people on the left, including friends I respect, spreading the conspiracy that Jews are responsible for 9/11. It goes beyond blaming Israel, which is also false, but there’s understandable confusion. The Mossad knew what the CIA knew.

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🇨🇦 HalifaxTrails.ca @halifaxtrails.ca · 10d

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Peter Llewellyn @peterllewellyn.bsky.social · 15d

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Is it cheaper to live in Halifax or Toronto? This data says the relative costs are comparable | CBC News

In Halifax, the median proportion of household income spent on housing and transportation costs in 2024 was comparable to cities like Toronto, according to recent data from Statistics Canada. The typi...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18d

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

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Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social · 19d

We’re like two years out (or maybe less) before the newspapers start to publish op eds about how white men really ARE superior. This is ground clearing. First, you make it so no one can speak about racism. Next, you try to rationally defend racist ideas. Then you establish a norm racism is good.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20d

According to WaPo’s termination letter my post referencing Kirk’s views on Black women was not even brought up.

The Post’s stated reasons are *worse*.

Read the termination letter for yourself.

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Independent Jewish Voices @ijvcanada.bsky.social · 21d

More than 1,000 Canadian Jews have signed the open letter calling for rabbis and spiritual leaders to break their silence on Palestine! Read more and add your name today tinyurl.com/Call4Rabbis

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 22d

#Halisky Very frustrated right now with the HFX transit app. I have bus tickets saved. I forgot my login password. It hasn’t sent me an email to create a new one. Checked spam too. Will have to take a cab later to get home.

Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 22d

There’s a small independent coffee shop too. I don’t remember what it’s called, but the coffee is better than Tim’s. Aside from that, it’s true. Not much choice.

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 23d

Glad to hear this as he’s my MP too and I was wondering.

Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 23d

They did it in Montreal.

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 23d

A suspect was charged in connection with antisemitic graffiti. What they don’t say is that there doesn’t appear to be any link Palestine solidarity. Officials and community leaders defamed protesters without just cause. They chose prejudice over actual de-escalation.

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Man charged in connection with antisemitic vandalism in Halifax | CBC News

A 31-year-old man was arrested at his home on Tuesday, said police.

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Ronit @rosweet.bsky.social · 24d

Now that I’m at a certain stage of parenthood with a tween, it suddenly dawns on me that my parents never became close friends with the parents of my friends. I think they had one hard lesson about this when I was a young kid. It took me 12 years of parenting to get it.

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Madiha Mughees @mmughees.bsky.social · 24d

"I grew up in Gaza, and for as long as I can remember, my life was marked by war. In 2006, I lost my father when Israeli forces killed him on his farmland."

'Every day is a struggle': A Palestinian-Canadian marching against the Davis Cup tells her story www.halifaxexaminer.ca/world/every-...