Kaylee Skylyn
@kayleeskylyn.bsky.social
Naturalist, reader, gardener, owned by two cats. Trying not to lose hope as I watch the world collapse. Trying to be a better person. Pro-human rights for ALL. Anti-fascist. She/her. 🇨🇦
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Original Pick-up date: Jan 8, 2026.
5 days later, it's now Jan 13, 2026 - NO pick-up.
Next "scheduled" Pick-up: Jan 22, 2026.
#BlueBin #FordPrivatizationPlanFailedAgain #FordBrokeOntario #FordFailedOntario #onpoli #TOpoli
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5 days later, it's now Jan 13, 2026 - NO pick-up.
Next "scheduled" Pick-up: Jan 22, 2026.
#BlueBin #FordPrivatizationPlanFailedAgain #FordBrokeOntario #FordFailedOntario #onpoli #TOpoli
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These Toronto residents were supposed to have their recycling picked up Thursday. They’re still waiting
Days after their blue bins were scheduled for pickup, residents near Oakwood and St. Clair were still waiting.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Original Pick-up date: Jan 8, 2026.
5 days later, it's now Jan 13, 2026 - NO pick-up.
Next "scheduled" Pick-up: Jan 22, 2026.
#BlueBin #FordPrivatizationPlanFailedAgain #FordBrokeOntario #FordFailedOntario #onpoli #TOpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
5 days later, it's now Jan 13, 2026 - NO pick-up.
Next "scheduled" Pick-up: Jan 22, 2026.
#BlueBin #FordPrivatizationPlanFailedAgain #FordBrokeOntario #FordFailedOntario #onpoli #TOpoli
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These Iranian protesters are so brave. BBC saying that thousands have been killed in this latest wave and that the real numbers are likely to be much higher, but it's very hard to know with their Internet blackout.
It's hard to comprehend.
#Iran #IranProtests
It's hard to comprehend.
#Iran #IranProtests
January 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
These Iranian protesters are so brave. BBC saying that thousands have been killed in this latest wave and that the real numbers are likely to be much higher, but it's very hard to know with their Internet blackout.
It's hard to comprehend.
#Iran #IranProtests
It's hard to comprehend.
#Iran #IranProtests
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"We urge the Minister to reconsider the removal of school board trustees. Instead, let's strengthen their roles to further enhance our education system. Community input and representation are critical to maintaining a robust and responsive public education framework."
www.change.org/p/keep-schoo...
www.change.org/p/keep-schoo...
Sign the Petition
Keep school board trustees as elected officials in Ontario
www.change.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"We urge the Minister to reconsider the removal of school board trustees. Instead, let's strengthen their roles to further enhance our education system. Community input and representation are critical to maintaining a robust and responsive public education framework."
www.change.org/p/keep-schoo...
www.change.org/p/keep-schoo...
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Is everyone FINALLY coming to the understanding that there's no path to consequences within the system that they haven't seized? They control whether they are punished for this. They took over the punishment mechanisms FIRST. There is no government mechanism for accountability. The vote is next.
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Is everyone FINALLY coming to the understanding that there's no path to consequences within the system that they haven't seized? They control whether they are punished for this. They took over the punishment mechanisms FIRST. There is no government mechanism for accountability. The vote is next.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Native people being detained by ICE proves the raids are not about immigration status, but skin color. Since the Trump administration sent 2,000 ICE officers to Minneapolis at least 5 Native people have been detained and an unknown...
January 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Native people being detained by ICE proves the raids are not about immigration status, but skin color. Since the Trump administration sent 2,000 ICE officers to Minneapolis at least 5 Native people have been detained and an unknown...
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Thank you for signing on to this important campaign to save healthcare.
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Enforce the Canada Health Act NOW
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January 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Thank you for signing on to this important campaign to save healthcare.
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Your kids would like you to take a look at this & have a think about what you’re doing for the rest of you life.
January 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Your kids would like you to take a look at this & have a think about what you’re doing for the rest of you life.
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"The phenomenon of "induced demand" doesn't just apply to new highway lanes, a new study confirms & if cities can pair great multimodal infrastructure with actions that support people using it, it can be powerful force to decarbonize the transportation sector."
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Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates 'Induced Demand,' Too — Streetsblog USA
Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually wo...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
"The phenomenon of "induced demand" doesn't just apply to new highway lanes, a new study confirms & if cities can pair great multimodal infrastructure with actions that support people using it, it can be powerful force to decarbonize the transportation sector."
usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/c...
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#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
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“Blaming bike lanes is blaming the solution. The only thing that gets cars off the road is better transit and better active transportation. The two go hand in hand.” - Sam Austin
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax bike lanes show strong ridership increase in 2025
Councillor Sam Austin said HRM's rising bike numbers affirm the direction the city is taking to improve bike infrastructure.
www.saltwire.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
“Blaming bike lanes is blaming the solution. The only thing that gets cars off the road is better transit and better active transportation. The two go hand in hand.” - Sam Austin
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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The rising inequality, the erosion of empathy, the weaponisation of hate.
It all makes sense in the context of this graph.
It all makes sense in the context of this graph.
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The rising inequality, the erosion of empathy, the weaponisation of hate.
It all makes sense in the context of this graph.
It all makes sense in the context of this graph.
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Wearing a mask during a pandemic was not tyranny.
Having to get vaccinated during the same pandemic was also not tyranny.
Shooting people point blank for not exiting their vehicle IS tyranny.
Supporting state sanctioned murder is tyranny.
Learn the difference.
Having to get vaccinated during the same pandemic was also not tyranny.
Shooting people point blank for not exiting their vehicle IS tyranny.
Supporting state sanctioned murder is tyranny.
Learn the difference.
January 10, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Wearing a mask during a pandemic was not tyranny.
Having to get vaccinated during the same pandemic was also not tyranny.
Shooting people point blank for not exiting their vehicle IS tyranny.
Supporting state sanctioned murder is tyranny.
Learn the difference.
Having to get vaccinated during the same pandemic was also not tyranny.
Shooting people point blank for not exiting their vehicle IS tyranny.
Supporting state sanctioned murder is tyranny.
Learn the difference.
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Let’s go!!!
Lots of urgent issues these days it seems…but protecting Canada’s public healthcare system from coast to coast to coast is right up there!
Please sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We all benefit!
Lots of urgent issues these days it seems…but protecting Canada’s public healthcare system from coast to coast to coast is right up there!
Please sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We all benefit!
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Let’s go!!!
Lots of urgent issues these days it seems…but protecting Canada’s public healthcare system from coast to coast to coast is right up there!
Please sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We all benefit!
Lots of urgent issues these days it seems…but protecting Canada’s public healthcare system from coast to coast to coast is right up there!
Please sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We all benefit!
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israel has breached the ceasefire agreement in Gaza over 1190 times since it came into force on October 10, killing 484 civilians and blocking much-needed aid from entering the enclave.
Do not let anyone tell you that it was about the hostages. Or that Hamas breaches ceasefires. That's all lies!
Do not let anyone tell you that it was about the hostages. Or that Hamas breaches ceasefires. That's all lies!
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January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
israel has breached the ceasefire agreement in Gaza over 1190 times since it came into force on October 10, killing 484 civilians and blocking much-needed aid from entering the enclave.
Do not let anyone tell you that it was about the hostages. Or that Hamas breaches ceasefires. That's all lies!
Do not let anyone tell you that it was about the hostages. Or that Hamas breaches ceasefires. That's all lies!
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Don’t get distracted from ICE murdering your citizens, the dismantling of your democracy, invasion and threatened invasions of other countries putting us on the brink of a world war by focusing on the Epstein files.
Seriously.
Signed,
🇨🇦 and the rest of the free world.
Seriously.
Signed,
🇨🇦 and the rest of the free world.
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Don’t get distracted from ICE murdering your citizens, the dismantling of your democracy, invasion and threatened invasions of other countries putting us on the brink of a world war by focusing on the Epstein files.
Seriously.
Signed,
🇨🇦 and the rest of the free world.
Seriously.
Signed,
🇨🇦 and the rest of the free world.
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We’re fighting for our right to report — and your right to know. Learn more as our trial against the RCMP begins Monday.
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
We’re fighting for our right to report — and your right to know. Learn more as our trial against the RCMP begins Monday.
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It's 2026, and we're now well into the fifth year of book bans nationwide.
What can you do? There are *many* things you can do.
Here are 60+ small tasks to defend the right to read in your backyard and to help in the efforts nationwide.
No one saves us except us.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
What can you do? There are *many* things you can do.
Here are 60+ small tasks to defend the right to read in your backyard and to help in the efforts nationwide.
No one saves us except us.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
60+ Small Tasks to Defend the Right to Read: Book Censorship News, January 9, 2026
No one is coming to save us, so we must do it ourselves. Here are 60+ small tasks to help defend the right to read in 2026 and beyond.
bookriot.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It's 2026, and we're now well into the fifth year of book bans nationwide.
What can you do? There are *many* things you can do.
Here are 60+ small tasks to defend the right to read in your backyard and to help in the efforts nationwide.
No one saves us except us.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
What can you do? There are *many* things you can do.
Here are 60+ small tasks to defend the right to read in your backyard and to help in the efforts nationwide.
No one saves us except us.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
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The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
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January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
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It’s important for the international community to boycott America
That includes the World Cup and Olympics
Refuse to support fascism
Refuse to support a country that’s targeting all marginalized people, killing & detaining its citizens and threatening its allies
It’s not safe. It’s not worth it.
That includes the World Cup and Olympics
Refuse to support fascism
Refuse to support a country that’s targeting all marginalized people, killing & detaining its citizens and threatening its allies
It’s not safe. It’s not worth it.
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It’s important for the international community to boycott America
That includes the World Cup and Olympics
Refuse to support fascism
Refuse to support a country that’s targeting all marginalized people, killing & detaining its citizens and threatening its allies
It’s not safe. It’s not worth it.
That includes the World Cup and Olympics
Refuse to support fascism
Refuse to support a country that’s targeting all marginalized people, killing & detaining its citizens and threatening its allies
It’s not safe. It’s not worth it.
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Canadians are being warned to treat any medical information we see from the US as misinformation and although this is obvious to me, maybe some moots should know this too
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Canadians are being warned to treat any medical information we see from the US as misinformation and although this is obvious to me, maybe some moots should know this too
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The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.
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“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
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Wearing a mask is better than getting sick.
Wearing a mask is better than becoming disabled.
Wearing a mask is better than dying.
Wearing a mask is better than being the reason someone else becomes sick, hospitalized or dies.
Mask up & protect your health.
Wearing a mask is better than becoming disabled.
Wearing a mask is better than dying.
Wearing a mask is better than being the reason someone else becomes sick, hospitalized or dies.
Mask up & protect your health.
January 7, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Wearing a mask is better than getting sick.
Wearing a mask is better than becoming disabled.
Wearing a mask is better than dying.
Wearing a mask is better than being the reason someone else becomes sick, hospitalized or dies.
Mask up & protect your health.
Wearing a mask is better than becoming disabled.
Wearing a mask is better than dying.
Wearing a mask is better than being the reason someone else becomes sick, hospitalized or dies.
Mask up & protect your health.
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This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
Dismantle the education system. Attack the free press.
Rewrite history. Tell only “your version” of events until they’re accepted as truth.
There is no “version” of history.
There are facts and there are lies.
These are lies
Dismantle the education system. Attack the free press.
Rewrite history. Tell only “your version” of events until they’re accepted as truth.
There is no “version” of history.
There are facts and there are lies.
These are lies
White House's newly-posted "timeline" of Jan 6 blames Capitol Police for Jan 6, which included an attack on ..... Capitol Police
January 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
Dismantle the education system. Attack the free press.
Rewrite history. Tell only “your version” of events until they’re accepted as truth.
There is no “version” of history.
There are facts and there are lies.
These are lies
Dismantle the education system. Attack the free press.
Rewrite history. Tell only “your version” of events until they’re accepted as truth.
There is no “version” of history.
There are facts and there are lies.
These are lies