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Progressive. Never Conservative. Science, climate change, wealth inequality. Woke. Proud Canadian born in Yellowknife now happily vaxxed in Toronto. Need more nice. Like science esp. astronomy, news, reading everything but mostly SFF, horror, mystery.

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John Espley 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💉🚀🔭📚 @johnespley.bsky.social · Nov 19

Used Sky Follower Bridge to find 1.7k Twitter accounts that I followed there and have accounts here (about 36%). I have now followed those 1.7k accounts here. It’s pretty easy to use.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11h

Gary Neville will face no action from Sky.

The tears of middle aged men who are racists is overflowing.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 9h

Israel illegally intercepted another flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, detaining six Canadians in the process.

The government says it offered consular assistance.

But a contact for the three Newfoundlanders on board told me the support from the government has, largely, been “nothing.”

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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 5h

New: Ontario's labour minister said he was personally involved in picking “lower-scoring” Skills Development Fund recipients.

He held up one whose lobbyist's wedding he attended as an example of a lower-ranked applicant with sizeable impact.

#onpoli

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Labour Minister David Piccini said he was personally involved in picking “lower-scoring” recipients of a $2.5-billion training fund that the province's auditor general recently labelled "not fair, transparent or accountable."

The auditor general found that less than half of the recipients of the Ministry of Labour's Skills Development Fund (SDF) were given "high" scores on their proposals by non-partisan civil servants who evaluated them, while the majority — 54 per cent — were ranked as having “lower” quality proposals.

Piccini defended the fund in a Newstalk 1010 radio interview on Wednesday.

"I mean, there were projects that were lower-scoring that we did select — and that's a conversation I have with our officials here — that align with government priorities,” he said.

“I mean, Peel Police — we supported (a) lower-scoring project. It supports mental health. Our first responders are more likely than the general population to commit suicide. That's a real reality,” Piccini added.

The minister was referring to a project by Keel Digital Solutions — the company represented by the lobbyist whose Parisian wedding Piccini attended this past weekend.

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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 3h

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 10h

A house in Clacton bought with unknown finances, a Russian funded Welsh leader and now an investigation into the finances and tax affairs of one of Farage’s key ally.

The treachery and corruption is right in front of the media’s eyes and they do and say, NOTHING!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

NEW: Comey is going to challenge the legality of Lindsay Halligan's authority. Here's an explanation from my show this past Sunday. You can watch the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 6h

The billionaire-run news media is complicit in the downfall of democracy in the United States. It can happen in Canada if we’re not careful.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 6h

Beautiful #NovaScotia

The towns, the landscapes are charming and stunning.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 4h

Here’s a good deal on the start of the Bridge Trilogy

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f0rcryin0utl0ud 🇨🇦 @f0rcryin0utl0ud.bsky.social · 5h

Time for the Investment Canada Act. We need to stop allowing Americans to buy stakes in our resources, especially as the f*ckwit in charge continues to threaten our sovereignty. 🤬

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 19h

Why the U.S. government is investing in B.C. mining companies #Canada

White House takes 10 per cent stake in Trilogy Metals Inc., 5 per cent equity stake in Lithium Americas

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Why the U.S. government is investing in B.C. mining companies | CBC News

The White House is taking stakes in B.C. mining companies as it looks to reduce America's reliance on China for critical minerals used to produce the high tech batteries for cell phones, electric vehicles and renewable energy.

www.cbc.ca

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 4h

#ForeverCanadian volunteers are collecting signatures at the Jewel of Griesbach shopping centre. By the way, best coffee shop in north Edmonton there.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe Ron Johnson should sit this one out. Here he ishaving dinner with Putin on July 4. Some patriot!

Ron Johnson at Fourth of July dinner in Moscow with Vladimir Putin

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

It’s such a relief to know this admin is always working so hard to lower prices, create jobs, reduce the cost of healthcare, and make home ownership affordable.

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Mt Pleasant 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 @jekllnnhide.bsky.social · 7h

Security Clearance is Canada's - and PIERRE POILIEVRE's - Epstein files

Keep throwing distraction Peep. We're not forgetting. Any... ANY party leader would have gotten it in response to public uproar.... if they could have

pretty clear Peep can't get it

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 14h

Wye, oh Wye, oh Wye is this allowed? Water firm and Tesco chicken farm accused of polluting river bit.ly/4h6MtTG 4000 seeking damages and clear up order.

Biggest UK pollution case to be filed over River Wye

Thousands of people are seeking substantial damages and for the waterway to be cleaned of a ‘mountain of chicken manure’

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 13h

What PP calls 'peaceful'

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John Espley 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💉🚀🔭📚 @johnespley.bsky.social · 4h

Good game by Rielly. Game winning goal.

John Espley 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💉🚀🔭📚 @johnespley.bsky.social · 4h

Knies hooked, held, tackled

John Espley 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💉🚀🔭📚 @johnespley.bsky.social · 4h

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Balloon Juice - Open Thread: Trump Take Your Flights

Delays expected at airports as government shutdown drags on [image or embed] — MSNBC (@msnbc.com) October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM === Airports are experiencing massive staffing shortages because of the Tr...

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John Espley 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💉🚀🔭📚 @johnespley.bsky.social · 6h

Weak call on Willy

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Poor pass by Willy

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f0rcryin0utl0ud 🇨🇦 @f0rcryin0utl0ud.bsky.social · 10h

Then MAYBE bloody Danielle Smith should not have been fucking PANDERING to the god damn Trump regime. You absolute god damn HYPOCRITE. Jaysus Danni F*CK ALL THE WAY OFF THEN F*CK OFF SOME MORE. 🤬

Politico @politico.com · 13h

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she wants Trump to stay out of the separatist movement brewing in her oil-and-gas rich Canadian province.

Alberta premier to Trump: Stay out of Alberta’s separatist fight

Danielle Smith says she does not want “foreign interference” — even from Washington.

www.politico.com

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 10h

BY POPULAR DEMAND!!!

We divided the monthly new romantasy, horror, and other SFF-adjacent books into their respective lists!! If you're hunting for a bit of escapism (and/or monster romance theory), we're sharing all the new romantasy books of October 2025!

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All the New Romantasy Books Arriving in October 2025 - Reactor

Heirs, heiresses, princes, and princesses all feature in October's 22 new romantasy titles.

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