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Sean Bray
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progressive Canadian 🇨🇦 | sports journalist ⚽️ | photographer 📷 | IT consultant 🖥 | and (sometimes) grumpy old man 👴🏻

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Oh, what could have been! Imagine if the #USA had actually joined the rest of the world in the 1970s. #metric #highways

https://youtu.be/c8wmLRWfv54?si=zLrxCnzYRV9xyjUu
America's only metric highway could soon be no more | Here's why
Interstate 19 stretches from Tucson down to the border of Mexico, and is the only U.S. highway that uses the metric system. However, soon, it could be no more.
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m relaxing with a lovely warm glass of mulled wine on this Christmas Eve. 😋
December 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Happy #Christmas Eve to those who celebrate. It’s definitely looking quite Christmasy here in eastern #Ontario with yesterday’s decent snowfall. #winter
December 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
According to the #CBC climate dashboard, this table shows the current warmest and coldest spots in #Canada. Which would you prefer to be in? #weather
December 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
In a world of absolutely dogshit news about trans athletes, it was such a pleasure to write this piece about the derby community and the way they're stepping up for their trans + nonbinary + gender diverse athletes.
The roller derby community’s fight to save the inclusive sport they built  | Xtra Magazine
In this period of trans sports bans, the derby community—players of a rare gender-diverse, full-contact sport—show a way forward
xtramagazine.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The city of #Cornwall (#Ontario), in its infinite wisdom, runs its final New Year’s Eve bus at 5:45pm. That’s a head scratcher. Good thing people in the Seaway City always stay home on New Year’s Eve so the roads will be safe. 🤔
#transit
December 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Maria Corina #Machado was today honoured with the #Nobel #Peace Prize, recognizing her fight for democracy & freedom in #Venezuela. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Nobel committee chair, spoke about the world’s slide into #authoritarianism.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/ceremony-speech
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"
www.nobelprize.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I’ve just read the latest post from Canada’s Bob Rae. It’s fascinating and thought-provoking. #politics #trade #defence

https://substack.com/@seanbray/note/c-187113605?r=28exja&utm_medium=ios
December 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Kudos to the creator of this meme. Fuck #Trump and his gushing lapdog #Infantino. #USA
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Swedish PM wrote that the "US National Security Strategy" policies "places itself to the right of the extreme right". Post-WW2 political alliances have officially ended.
The EU and Canada need sovereign tech and comms (news) companies asap. #EU #Canada #Cdnpoli
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’m shocked and disgusted by #FIFA and its president. Bullshit! #FuckTrump
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I can’t fathom why politicians and everyone else worldwide don’t tell the orange turd to fuck off to his shithole country. #Trump is demented, vile, perverted, and criminal. #USpoli #peace

https://www.dw.com/en/a-75023825?at_medium=PushNotification%26at_dw_language
How Donald Trump brings MAGA ideals into global politics – DW – 12/05/2025
In his second term, US President Donald Trump has taken his MAGA movement global, criticizing election outcomes, climate change initiatives and migration policy while backing populist presidential candidates.
www.dw.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
'Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that the government will serve Stellantis with a notice of default under the funding contracts related to projects in both Windsor and Brampton, Ont.'
Joly says feds will serve Stellantis with notice of default on funding contracts | CBC News
The federal government is escalating its fight with automotive giant Stellantis over the company's decision to move some production to the U.S., despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in Ca...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If they had any guts and sense of justice, every public broadcaster would boycott #Eurovision 2026 due to the bizarre inclusion of war crimes nation Israel.

Kudos to Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, & the Netherlands.

https://www.dw.com/en/a-75024188?at_medium=PushNotification%26at_dw_language
Israel cleared to participate in Eurovision Song Contest – DW – 12/04/2025
Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia have officially announced they will boycott Eurovision 2026 because of Israel's participation.
www.dw.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
🛍️It's holiday shopping szn and we couldn't wait to show off the gift options you can find from local businesses in our .CA Holiday Gift Guide! Check out our segment for @globalnews.ca with @spencercallaghan.ca and explore the full gift guide at cira.ca/gifts

globalnews.ca/video/115578...
Proudly Canadian: holiday push to ‘buy Canadian’ highlights small businesses | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Proudly Canadian: holiday push to ‘buy Canadian’ highlights small businesses Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
"‘Fantastic news’: Ford welcomes ICE plan to order Ontario armoured vehicles"

DOUG FORD IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. HE LOVES DONALD TRUMP AS LONG AS HE HURTS 'OTHER' PEOPLE.

via @globalnews.ca

globalnews.ca/news/1155832...
‘Fantastic news’: Ford welcomes ICE plan to order Ontario armoured vehicles | Globalnews.ca
Reports emerged this week of U.S. government procurement plans to order 20 Senator vehicles for its ICE officers, a move worth roughly $10 million.
globalnews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
Poilievre asks BC Conservative leader for tips on just refusing to leave
Poilievre asks BC Conservative leader for tips on just refusing to leave
VICTORIA, B.C. - CPC leader Pierre Poilievre has expressed keen interest as news broke that BC Conservative Party leader John Rustad is unilaterally rejecting his party’s attempts to remove him.
www.thebeaverton.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
Canada can’t build pipelines without Indigenous consent

Mark Carney and #Alberta’s pipeline pitch promises co-ownership with First Nations, but without any authority over their land, resources, or revenues.

From Nehiyaw and Metis writer Marcel Desjarlais:

ricochet.media/indigenous/c...

#cdnpoli
Canada can’t build pipelines without Indigenous consent
Mark Carney and Danielle Smith’s newest pipeline pitch promises Indigenous co-ownership, but without authority over land, resources, or revenues — reinforcing colonial control rather than partnership
ricochet.media
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
Study that said glyphosate herbicide is safe retracted 25 years after publication www.thestar.com/politics/stu...

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
Spain and the Netherlands pull out of 2026 Eurovision as Israel's participation roils contest, and Carney should immediately stop any ill advised attempt to join Eurovision

#Cdnpoli #EU #Israel
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Spain and the Netherlands pull out of 2026 Eurovision as Israel's participation roils contest | CBC News
Spain and the Netherlands say they are pulling out of next year's Eurovision Song Contest as Israel's participation roils the competition.
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reposted by Sean Bray
Been around for a while but even truer now than then

#Cdnpoli #Climate
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM