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Cindy Phan

@cindyphanauthor.com

Jesus Christ Joyce.

CHOAM Nomsky (thankful) @samthielman.com · 8h

“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”

Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates:

"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.

QT of @avidreader1000
Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...

November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM

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Tanille Johnston (she/her/elle)

@votetanille.bsky.social

A Guaranteed Livable Basic Income is proven to reduce poverty, empower people living with disabilities, and serve as a powerful tool in eliminating gender-based violence, for which Indigenous women and girls are most targeted.

ndp.ca/donate/tanille

"Canada needs to establish a Guaranteed Livable Basie Income (GLBI paid for by a wealth tax on the rich."
36 hours for us to get Tanille on the NDP leadership debate stage.

Image of Tanille speaking to supporter.

November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM

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karen ward

@kwardvancouver.bsky.social

42% of residents and 37% of businesses surveyed supported a 5% property tax increase in order to maintain the current level of services in the city of Vancouver

but wait there’s more

a lot more

1/?

council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...

Preferred Property Tax Scenarios (based on June 2025 direction)
• Residents and businesses were asked about their preferences for property tax increases relative to service levels (reflecting 2026 Budget scenarios staff were directed to explore in June 2025).
• Most respondents are supportive of some increase in property tax. Of the options presented, the most preferred was a “property tax increase of 5% that maintains the current level of City services” (42% residents, 37% businesses).
• On October 8, 2025, Council provided direction for staff to move forward and prepare the 2026 Budget with a 0% property tax increase, while prioritizing core City services and maintaining community grants, library and community centre services. This direction is different than the budget scenarios suggested in 2026 Budget survey

ey question preamble:
“The City continues to face significant financial pressures related to overall rising costs, regional levies from Metro Vancouver and E-Comm 9-1-1, among many factors.
As mentioned, property tax increases are one financial tool that the City can use to help address rising costs, balance the budget and maintain service levels.
For the City to continue providing the same level of services, analysis by staff showed a 5% increase in property taxes would be needed due to cost pressures.
In an effort to address affordability for residents and businesses, City Council asked staff to create three budget scenarios based on 0%, 1.5%, and 2.5% property tax increases.
Property taxes are the City’s main source of revenue and help fund the services people rely on. For that reason, decisions about property tax rates and service levels are considered together during the budget process.”

November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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Michèle Champagne

@michhham.bsky.social

Meta has a history of “journalism capture” in Canada. It wants to shape public opinion and policy to its benefit with: Sponsored talks at magazines, like The Walrus; Fellowships with news partners, like The Canadian Press; Paid content in partisan news sites, like The Hub.

– cc @vassb.bsky.social

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 2d

omg.

Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.

Screenshot of an article in Canada's "centre-right" new-media outlet, with headline "AI sovereignty isn’t the answer for Canada’s economic future"

A line at the bottom of this very lengthy commentary reads, "This article is presented in partnership with Meta."

November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM

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Nick Tsergas

@nicktsergas.ca

omg.

Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.

November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM

Guerric

@guerrichache.ca

The amount of misinformation and misunderstanding of Canada's electoral system is truly staggering. So many people think we vote for a leader, think vote count is what determines government, think that the proportion of seats corresponds to the proportion of votes, etc. #canada #cdnpoli

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1d

Please stop saying things like "We had to vote for Carney, it was the only alternative to PP".

It's just not true. In fact, that kind of thinking made and continues to make things worse.

🧵

November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM

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ACLU

@aclu.org

We already know what makes our communities safer, and it's not troops on our streets.

It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.

November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)

@theserfstv.bsky.social

If you're wondering why capital keeps burning cash on such a worthless asset it's because its promised them the ability to fire their entire workforce and even though it can't deliver it yet the allure is too strong to stop now

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”

That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”

@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Guerric

@guerrichache.ca

Fun fact about the Liberal budget: it includes an impact assessment at the end where the government flags which demographics it thinks will benefit from each individual proposal.

- 38 are listed as benefiting men
- 12 are listed as benefiting gender equality
- 6 are listed as benefiting women

November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM

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Jen Stewart

@jstewgie.bsky.social

Safe supply is what we need to do, and it's inhumane to pretend otherwise. #BCPoli #CdnPoli

Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway. High emotions at the court house with many supporters crying or frustrated that the judge can so clearly acknowledge the harms caused by the CDSA, and then find people who push back against the CDSA guilty.
If the law exists to protect people but people are dying, should the law change?

November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM

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Dr. Az Klymiuk

@klymiuk.ca

For ever Canadian feeling smug about the situation down south, we’re on the same trajectory on far too many fronts.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7d

“The Americas — North, Central, and South — is the only region of the world that has ever managed to stop endemic transmission of measles. But that hard-won victory against the highly contagious virus is on the verge of being rolled back.”

The Americas, led by Canada, is on the brink of losing measles-elimination status

The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.

www.statnews.com

November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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Jared Wesley

@jaredwesley.ca

Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.

But not impossible.

Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇

November 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM

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Meggie the Ramm (they/them)

@meggietheramm.bsky.social

I just read 'Hello Sunshine' by @keezyyoung.bsky.social and it was a goddamn work of art. I'm so blown away by it that I'm going to have to break its greatness down into sections, but before that (and most importantly): the dog lives and everyone is gay.

November 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM

Guerric

@guerrichache.ca

I really enjoyed finding @votetanille.bsky.social's Halloween-themed platform in my inbox yesterday! The spooky theme is fun, but also the core ideas are exactly what I want to see from the NDP!

A screenshot of text reading:

Boo!

It’s Halloween—and nothing sends chills down the spines of billionaires like the words “wealth tax.” Turns out, our working-class movement can summon real change! 🪄

So with a little ‘hocus pocus’, we hope to conjure some policies that really spook the suits:

- Wealth Tax — a curse on their luxury purses 💰
- A Universal Basic Income so you’re not left ghosting rent as AI “disappears” jobs 🤖
- Proportional Representation, so every ghoul’s vote counts 🗳️
- Bring back the Per-Vote Subsidy and exorcising corporate money from politics ⚖️
- Full Universal Healthcare (vision, dental, mental health, and pharmacare), because fangs and fillings shouldn’t break the bank 🩺
- Free Post-Secondary, because education shouldn’t require a pact with the devil 🎓
- Free NDP Membership to any soul that wants to join 🧡

November 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM

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Tanille Johnston (she/her/elle)

@votetanille.bsky.social

Carney tells us all that we have to "make sacrifices,” but the reality is that there's so many prosperous ways in which we could and should be investing in Canada right now that his government is refusing to see.
Thank you to the AFN for showing us a clear roadmap towards growing Canada's economy.

Graphic titled Tanille on the pending announcement of the Liberal
BUDGET. "The Canadian government claims to drive its decision-making based on economic growth. Yet, despite the Assembly of First Nations projecting that federal investments in housing, clean water, broadband, and roads could boost Canada's GDP by $635B and create over 338,000 jobs annually over seven years, Carney's Liberal government has continued to be short-sighted.
Nations are ready, willing, and able to build Canada, yet we're failing to meet them to the detriment of our country. Let's see if Carney will truly invest in Canada." Imagery of AFN and chief Cindy Woodhouse, Vote Tanille for NDP Leader, and a link to Tanille.ca

November 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM

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Mike Pingleton

@somuchpingle.bsky.social

Adding to my Middle Earth life list, the Giant Sungazer (Smaug giganteus), endemic to highland grasslands in South Africa. They live in self-dug burrows and eat invertebrates and small vertebrates. Low and slow birthrates leave them vulnerable. #herps #lizards #NaturePhotography 🌿

Side image of a lizard perched on a rock, facing left with grasslands and hills in the background. The lizard's body color varies from light brown to dark brown. The most striking feature are the scales on the body, limbs, and head, which are enlarged, curved, and end at the tip in a pointy spike.

November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM

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Chad :mstdn:

@chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy

Just over the weekend, 15 UCP MLAs have been targeted by constituents motivated to recall them, with at least two more starting the process.

#ableg #abpoli #totalrecall #generalstrikeab

https://operationtotalrecall.ca/

Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns

Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, join your local team, and take action.

operationtotalrecall.ca

November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM

Guerric

@guerrichache.ca

In my experience if you find people in Canada who don't follow politics closely and ask "If a party gets 30% of the vote, should they get 30% of the seats?" not only do they generally think the obvious answer is yes, but many of them think that's already how it works.

Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 8d

This is my point again that the electorate has no idea of what's actually going on. Not in some ideological way, so you can argue whether it's good or not, just in a fact way.

Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 8d

Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street

November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM