Sandra Hughes
@sandraisfinemaybe.bsky.social
🇨🇦🐶🐈📚👩🍳🚴 … I’m all you’d expect of a ‘mature’ Canadian woman, till I’m not🤨
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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Last year, Nike made $23 billion. Its founder is worth $35 billion. But Nike pays just dollars a day to the workers who make its products.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
June 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Last year, Nike made $23 billion. Its founder is worth $35 billion. But Nike pays just dollars a day to the workers who make its products.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
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What can we really learn from the growing body of reporting about Elon Musk’s erraticism? If you want more explainers, find me on TikTok @ theronanfarrow and Instagram @ ronanfarrow :
June 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
What can we really learn from the growing body of reporting about Elon Musk’s erraticism? If you want more explainers, find me on TikTok @ theronanfarrow and Instagram @ ronanfarrow :
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ICYMI, my recent report
“Ontario’s hospitals are facing a serious staffing shortage due to years of underfunding, that's according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca. It shows there's been an increase in the use of pricey for-profit staffing agencies.”
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
“Ontario’s hospitals are facing a serious staffing shortage due to years of underfunding, that's according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca. It shows there's been an increase in the use of pricey for-profit staffing agencies.”
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
June 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
ICYMI, my recent report
“Ontario’s hospitals are facing a serious staffing shortage due to years of underfunding, that's according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca. It shows there's been an increase in the use of pricey for-profit staffing agencies.”
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
“Ontario’s hospitals are facing a serious staffing shortage due to years of underfunding, that's according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca. It shows there's been an increase in the use of pricey for-profit staffing agencies.”
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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"As a surgeon, I cannot treat a genocide."
Stop what you’re doing and watch this immediately.
Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived.
They are demanding action from Mark Carney.
Their testimony is our failure.
Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived.
They are demanding action from Mark Carney.
Their testimony is our failure.
May 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"As a surgeon, I cannot treat a genocide."
May 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Relieved to hear that all the advocacy from my sector ensured that Carney re-introduced a Minister for Women and Equality.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
May 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Relieved to hear that all the advocacy from my sector ensured that Carney re-introduced a Minister for Women and Equality.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
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Ottawa-area unemployed man criticizes Mark Carney's cabinet picks.
May 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ottawa-area unemployed man criticizes Mark Carney's cabinet picks.
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“So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at Congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country.
“Our leaders must follow their example.”
Gift link:
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“Our leaders must follow their example.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
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May 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at Congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country.
“Our leaders must follow their example.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
“Our leaders must follow their example.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
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1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
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‘Despite a chronic shortage-#Ontario needs 26k reg nurses to catch up to the nurse-to-patient ratio in Canada-qualified intl educated nurses face steep barriers to working in their field’
Sylvia, when will you be finished dressing the windows?!
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Sylvia, when will you be finished dressing the windows?!
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Ontario is desperate for more nurses — but its red tape is forcing qualified ones to leave for other provinces
Internationally educated nurses who are already here find credential assessment and other bureaucracy is preventing them from working.
www.thestar.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
‘Despite a chronic shortage-#Ontario needs 26k reg nurses to catch up to the nurse-to-patient ratio in Canada-qualified intl educated nurses face steep barriers to working in their field’
Sylvia, when will you be finished dressing the windows?!
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Sylvia, when will you be finished dressing the windows?!
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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UPDATE : in 2025, temp ER closures in #ONTARIO are @ 1️⃣2️⃣5️⃣hours, perm closure/hour reduction in #Durham #Minden #Chesley #Clinton are @8️⃣4️⃣6️⃣4️⃣hr
May 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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‘“It was a disaster, it was a disaster,” @NickelBelt said. “People went days on end without pain control, it was just awful’
Doug & Sylvia, wouldn’t entrust them with my chia pet.
#OntarioDeservesBetter
globalnews.ca/news/1116507...
Doug & Sylvia, wouldn’t entrust them with my chia pet.
#OntarioDeservesBetter
globalnews.ca/news/1116507...
Ontario reimbursed $219K for palliative, homecare medical supplies shortage | Globalnews.ca
The Ford government was forced to pay back 353 claims after supply issues for palliative and home care patients which came after it awarded a new medical contract.
globalnews.ca
May 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
‘“It was a disaster, it was a disaster,” @NickelBelt said. “People went days on end without pain control, it was just awful’
Doug & Sylvia, wouldn’t entrust them with my chia pet.
#OntarioDeservesBetter
globalnews.ca/news/1116507...
Doug & Sylvia, wouldn’t entrust them with my chia pet.
#OntarioDeservesBetter
globalnews.ca/news/1116507...
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"The main political parties except the NDP have fewer women standing compared with the 2021 general election, while the number of visible-minority candidates has also dropped for the Liberals and NDP."
Election 2025: Welcome to the sausage party
Election 2025: Welcome to the sausage party
April 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"The main political parties except the NDP have fewer women standing compared with the 2021 general election, while the number of visible-minority candidates has also dropped for the Liberals and NDP."
Election 2025: Welcome to the sausage party
Election 2025: Welcome to the sausage party
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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Exclusive: The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo we obtained.
Pentagon to resume medical care for transgender troops
The move is another setback for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made culture war issues a major part of his role.
www.politico.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Exclusive: The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo we obtained.
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Generally, a long-term strategic plan comes before entirely upending an organization. Dunno.
What are they going to title this strategic plan, "From the Ashes of the Ontario Science Centre..."
#OnPoli
What are they going to title this strategic plan, "From the Ashes of the Ontario Science Centre..."
#OnPoli
April 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Generally, a long-term strategic plan comes before entirely upending an organization. Dunno.
What are they going to title this strategic plan, "From the Ashes of the Ontario Science Centre..."
#OnPoli
What are they going to title this strategic plan, "From the Ashes of the Ontario Science Centre..."
#OnPoli
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UPDATE : in 2025, temp ER closures in #ONTARIO are @ 5️⃣3️⃣hours, perm closure/hour reduction in #Durham #Minden #Chesley #Clinton are @7️⃣6️⃣5️⃣6️⃣hr
April 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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#Thessalon ER closed again this week, tomorrow 8am until 8am Saturday.
Where’s ‘Captain Canada’ 😑
#SavePublicHealhcare
Where’s ‘Captain Canada’ 😑
#SavePublicHealhcare
April 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#Thessalon ER closed again this week, tomorrow 8am until 8am Saturday.
Where’s ‘Captain Canada’ 😑
#SavePublicHealhcare
Where’s ‘Captain Canada’ 😑
#SavePublicHealhcare
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UPDATE : in 2025, temp ER closures in #ONTARIO are @ 5️⃣3️⃣hours, perm closure/hour reduction in #Durham #Minden #Chesley #Clinton are @7️⃣4️⃣6️⃣4️⃣hr
April 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM