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Lina Bee

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Lina Bee @linabee.bsky.social · Mar 21

Hello new followers!
I hope you’re doing decent. If not, that you’ll feel more yourself soon.

I like
🖤🤎🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💃🏻☮️🗳️ human & civil rights
🇨🇦 Canadian stuff
👩‍🌾 flowers
📸 photos
😻 cats
🎮 gaming
🎧 music

I will post flower photos in season as I am able. Here is a fave from my amateur work.

An ant crawls across the soft pink petals of a peony flower. It looks like it is trying very hard to make the flower beautiful with its small efforts.

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Sara @sarablue.bsky.social · 3h

It’s Fone Ford Friday! Give our premier an earful about how to actually support our kids and our public schools! #onted #onpoli

TAKE ACTION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CALL MINISTER OF EDUCATION, PAUL CALANDRA
416-325-2600
CALL PREMIER FORD
416-325-1941
Suggested Script:
I'm calling today as a parent/caregiver of a child(ren) in Ontario Public Schools, to voice my support for the role of democratically elected trustees in our school system and my opposition to Bill 33.
I am unhappy with the Minister's threats to eliminate trustees who provide parents and caregivers with a voice in education.
I'm asking the minister to commit to funding for our public schools that keeps pace with inflation, and the costs of providing the excellent public education all children in this province deserve.
I'm calling to voice my opposition to Bill 33 because it weakens our school boards and mandates policing in schools. We do not need policing in schools; we need funding for more supports and smaller class sizes.
I'm asking the minister to fund our schools and withdraw Bill 33 and reinstate our democratically elected trustees.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 3h

Education Minister blocks broadcast of Special Education and Parent Involvement committee meetings at #Ontario school boards under supervision further decreasing parent access to resources and information to support children’s needs.

#onpoli #education
globalnews.ca/news/1147239...

Disability advocate concerned TDSB meeting changes will shut parents out | Globalnews.ca

A prominent disability advocate says the Ford government's decision to stop live-streaming meetings at the school boards it has taken over is "troubling and undemocratic."

globalnews.ca

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MPWERED @kelvin1.bsky.social · 4h

Coldplayed.

My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 14h

The Trillium is hammering this story.

"Months before he was put in charge of Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, cabinet minister David Piccini was at a Toronto Maple Leafs game in front-row seats with a director of a company his office would later give $7.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants to. #OnPoli

Labour minister was in Leafs glass seats with director of company he granted funding to

The ‘lower-scoring’ company got $7.5M of tax dollars through David Piccini’s office and is a client of the lobbyist whose Parisian wedding the minister recently attended

www.thetrillium.ca

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Lory 🇨🇦 @loryanne.bsky.social · 16h

This is literally making me sick to my stomach. Please Ontario. Please wake the fuck up! #onpoli #fordnationcorruption

Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · 19h

And scene.

Ontario hospitals will be "rescued" by private capita, as intended.

Mob Hospital has brought in customer service consultants, and cabinet is invested in the healthcare precinct.

UHN has space for your health insurance info on the new ID bracelets.

The bust out reaches its conclusion.

Cbc News headline: Ontario hospitals say they have $1B in funding needs

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Phil Gurski @borealissaves.bsky.social · 3h

Ontario man who was a member of a now-defunct neo-Nazi group, Atomwaffen Division, pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, admitting to producing white-supremacist propaganda www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Ontario man, member of now-defunct neo-Nazi group, pleads guilty to terrorism charges

Matthew Althorpe admitted to producing white-supremacist propaganda that prosecutors say may have inspired several attacks around the world

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jaze 🇨🇦 @jaze.bsky.social · 4h

What exactly do police officers do if they aren't enforcing the laws????

Driver caught speeding on Ontario highway was suspended since 1985 | Globalnews.ca

The Ontario Provincial Police say they pulled over a driver who was suspended from driving more than 40 years ago.

globalnews.ca

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 4h

#Marineland’s belugas are alive after euthanasia deadline passes, Ontario says. 🎥

#NiagaraFalls #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #Belugas #Whales #Cetaceans #Marinelife #Wildlife #Seals #SeaLions #Bears #Deer #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #ONpoli #AnimalRights #Cdnpoli

globalnews.ca/news/1147174...

globalnews.ca

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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 16h

Anyone who cares about the integrity of infrastructure procurement in Ontario owes a debt of thanks to the Globe & Mail’s Karen Howlett, Greg McArthur and Robyn Doolittle, who first broke the story a decade ago www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #onpoli

St. Michael’s Hospital fraud surfaced with four brown envelopes sent to Globe and Mail journalists

An anonymous tip urged reporters to look into a $300-million contract awarded to Bondfield and triggered a lengthy investigation by The Globe

www.theglobeandmail.com

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series

WASHINGTON D.C. - Following last night's elimination of the New York Yankees, the United States Department of War has advised the White House that the Toronto Blue Jays are "perilously close" to acqui...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 12h

Fact checking the CPC and Poilievre is a full time job.

The fact that none of our news organizations do this is ridiculous.

There should be a ticker on every session of the HoC live that fact checks claims made.

The truth isn’t partisan. It’s the truth. Start telling it.
#cdnpoli

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 5h

I shouldn’t get as annoyed as I do when politicians tell blatant lies, but this guy telling Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that the unprecedented wildfire season they’re going through is totes unrelated to the fossil fuel industry makes me want to scream.

Wakeham says no link between N.L. wildfires, oil industry in campaign where climate change largely absent | CBC News

The 2025 provincial election is happening in the direct aftermath of one of the worst climate-related disasters in Newfoundland and Labrador’s recent history.

www.cbc.ca

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 4h

Busy kitchens in #Waterloo region prepare special Thanksgiving meals for those in need

Hundreds of pounds of turkey and mashed potatoes among food prepared

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

Busy kitchens in Waterloo region prepare special Thanksgiving meals for those in need | CBC News

With Thanksgiving around the corner, dozens of volunteers in Waterloo region have prepared turkey meals for those experiencing food insecurity in their communities.

www.cbc.ca

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 2d

This right here 🔥🔥

Facts ✅

Fuck ICE
#SheShed

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 4h

Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deals are over, says Mexican lawmaker
Trade has grown dramatically since NAFTA, but such pacts now face nationalist headwinds due to the US

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www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...

Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deals are over, says Mexican lawmaker | CBC News

A veteran federal Mexican lawmaker told CBC News the era of trilateral trade deals between Mexico-Canada and the U.S. is ending. The interview occurred moments before U.S. President Donald Trump sugge...

www.cbc.ca

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 4h

/2 A political cartoon which appeared in the daily newspaper 24 Horas on Thursday, referring to the current trade deal between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. (Xolo/24 Horas)

A political cartoon which appeared in the daily newspaper 24 Horas on Thursday, referring to the current trade deal between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. (Xolo/24 Horas)

photo of book of matches with canada on the left US with trumps face on fire on the middle and mexico on the right

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Lina Bee @linabee.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks, you too.

Lina Bee @linabee.bsky.social · 4h

Suggestions coming from good intentions are always welcome. Finally got a good sleep last night, didn't need the NyQuil. Did take care of items on my long to-do list yesterday. Helped a bunch :)

Lina Bee @linabee.bsky.social · 1d

All this to say:
I will wake up in the middle of the night,
And all these anxieties play into my head. And I can't get to sleep again. And it is affecting my health. Mental and physical. And it sucks. So, I hope you're all doing better and are having patience with yourself and your stress.

Be well

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Lina Bee @linabee.bsky.social · 1d

I understand that wifi enabled cameras are a defacto thing now. I hate this. Wifi cameras are hacked or turned into government spy cams regularly, according to 404 Media's ongoing reports on dashcams, doorbell cams, etc.

Commercial camera products enable state surveillance. Don't wanna use 'em

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Lina Bee @linabee.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative hubs is lapping up the "horrible criminals on the loose" the right wing local rag is publishing.
Meanwhile
I'm the only one between us that ever lived in truly rough areas, and he's a country boy

So
I'm gonna have to get there and then make a judgement call on how bad it really is
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Lina Bee @linabee.bsky.social · 1d

We are moving and starting a new life in a new location

I want to look forward to this

I am reading a lot of stories of crime and desperation in the town we are moving to. One horse town, high unemployment

And then there's the news in the US. I am legit concerned for USian friends.

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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 1d

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Lina Bee @linabee.bsky.social · 1d

It would kill AI? to ask permission to train on copyrighted materials?

GOOD

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 1d

What happens when conspiracy ideation crashes into psychological reactance and then some smarter people lacking moral compasses see an opportunity.

"it’s about a Covid-fueled movement predicated around what you might hear from a tantrum-prone child: you can’t tell me what to do."

Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 1d

The fight about the BC ostrich farm is not really about the ostriches. It’s about far more important things than that. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Bruce Arthur: The B.C. ostrich affair is not about the birds

This isn’t really about the ostriches, but rather it's about basic biosecurity in the age of viruses, and whether a government can make and enforce laws and policy.

www.thestar.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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