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ruthko

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A suffering progressive Canadian in a conservative province. Do NOT judge me by my spelling (or grammar). I do have other talents, I just have to remember what they are... #ElbowsUp #WomenAgainstPoilievre #StandWithUkraine 🌻 💉10x 😷🖖

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hairgae.bsky.social @hairgae.bsky.social · 2h

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Baseball Highlights⚾️ @badgerbaseball.bsky.social · 2h

THE TORONTO #BLUEJAYS ARE GOING TO THE ALCS

THE NEW YORK #YANKEES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM WORLD SERIES CONTENTION

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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 1h

@bluejays.com WON!!!!!!!

WE ARE HEADING TO THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES!!!!!!

#WANTITALL

a blue jays mascot on a baseball field

ALT: a blue jays mascot on a baseball field

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X Solitude ∞ 🍁🇨🇦 EH! @solitudex.bsky.social · May 7

"OK, AM I IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE???" 🍁

PM Mark Carney meets donnie dum dum at the white house

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 17h

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 5h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Dr. Who is sick of this shit @drw66.bsky.social · 6h

Perhaps they should rethink their politics

collburns.bsky.social @collburns.bsky.social · 6h

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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 10h

She is not dying! She just needs to take care of herself!

#DollyParton ❤️

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 9d

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025

SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:

Canada: HIGH - 7.5
Alberta: HIGH - 6
British Columbia: HIGH - 5.8
Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 12.1
New Brunswick: HIGH - 6.3
Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 10.2
North: HIGH - 9.2
Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 11.6
Ontario: HIGH - 6.3
Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 7
Quebec: HIGH - 9.6
Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 12.4

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category, there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 11h

"These constructions, metal–organic frameworks, can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions."

So promising!!!👍👏👊

#NobelPrize2025 #Chemistry

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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 12h

🤬 Release our people!!!

#Flotilla #Israel #cdnpoli

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 13h

This is our way, the Canadian way! 😏

Cc: @atrupar.com

#cdnpoli

Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 14h

PASSIVE AGGRESSION TRANSLATED

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 14h

PASSIVE AGGRESSION TRANSLATED

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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 13h

Today's #Wordle - I can name a few who does this to me everyday. 😏 Wordle 1,572 3/6

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BGMcKay 🇨🇦 @bgmck.bsky.social · 13h

Carney has been in high stakes positions long enough to say things that have more than one meaning.
Stoke the ego of the recipient yet let the ones that matter know his real message.