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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1h

Are you registered to vote? At your current address? When is your next election?

Do you know the answers to these questions? Ask all of your friends and family if they know the answers to these questions. VOTE!!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!!

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21h

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 11h

Never think you're losing! That's exactly what Trump is TRYING to get you to think. He wants you to believe HE holds all the power. But he doesn't. The masses hold ALL of the power. Make Trump fear YOU. Join a "NO KINGS" protest on Oct. 18th if possible. THIS...👇👇👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMZr...

Robert Reich Reacts to A Bug's Life

YouTube video by Inequality Media

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

YOU CAN HELP PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE!!! 👇

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

joycevance.substack.com

the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

But based on your initial post that I responded to and your response to my response to it I'm thinking you're not really wanting allies in your fight against fascism. And I'm not shy about saying that at all. Those fuckin' Canadians, eh?

the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

Canadians KNOW Trump is OUR problem too. Most of us knew it well BEFORE the January 6 assault and BEFORE retired General Mark Milley said Trump was "a fascist to the core" and "the most dangerous person to this country", which Milley said BEFORE Americans elected Trump.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

We're gumming up inboxes of companies who are kissing Trump's ring. We're organizing across the country to resist and retired MP Charlie Angus has been leading this effort. Here's a video that was recorded on September 23rd at the University of Regina showing that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmMl...

MAGA'S WAR ON EDUCATION

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

Soooo...Canadians are doing every fucking thing we're able to do to help bring Trump down. I'm not buying anything U.S. and cancelled an already booked U.S. vacation. All of my friends and family? The same. Our goal is to cause economic pain for Americans who voted for Trump so they'll turn on him.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

Soooooo...Americans voted for a fascist to become their president and it's now the responsibility of people in the world's remaining democracies to fix that for them? Have I got that right?

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry my fellow Canucks are yelling at you. Not sure why they are because you're supplying people with a lot of factual information they need to know at this moment in time. Factual information increases people's knowledge and increased knowledge empowers people.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

Carney DID make it look like he was kissing Trump's ass. Smart move on his part. 😂 Being Canadian though, I was reading between the lines when Carney spoke and he wasn't actually kissing Trump's ass in that exchange. So I guess that means Canadians can continue yelling at you? Nah. Just kidding!!!

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 1d

Sure. That's what Carney made it look like. Smart move on his part. 😂 Being Canadian though, I was reading between the lines when Carney spoke and he wasn't actually kissing Trump's ass in that exchange.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 2d

You're welcome! 👊 We're with you...🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸...and we're doing everything we're able to do to help bring Trump down. Your democracy WILL prevail! The masses hold ALL of the power! Trump just doesn't know that...yet.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 2d

OCTOBER 18th!!! MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!! "NO KINGS" PROTEST!!! Get your feet on the street and march with millions of other people who value democracy! Get yourself ready for it with help from the ACLU! 👇

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 3d

🧵*10/6/2025 noncooperation thread*

A daily-ish thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, defiance, & whatnot by individuals, communities, &/or institutions.

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📢 The folks at ACLU want to help us get ready for #NoKings on 10/18‼️

VIRTUAL EVENT TONIGHT!
10/6/25
8pm ET

Register for the link⬇️

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

act.aclu.org

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 8d

Looks to me like the ICE agent didn't ONLY "shove" people away from the elevator. Looks to me like he actually picked up that woman and threw her into Elibol. She was airborne before she hit Elibol. ICE agents love picking up and throwing women to the ground. I've seen them do it in other videos.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 12d

Sure. But that's what happens when someone posts when they're in a blind rage, like Elon was at the time. The rage he was feeling that day left little room for him to remember all the times he travelled with Trump to Epstein's island. Memory is a problem when someone has a drug-addled brain too.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 12d

And 99% of the time the eye contact and smile is reciprocated. So, as a Canadian, I'm gonna keep saying sorry when navigating a door with another person because I really like that type of connection, eye connection and a smile, with other people. I don't find it incredibly socially awkward at all.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 12d

No. You don't have to say sorry too. It's not an expectation. I frequently say sorry during door navigation dances with others. And my sorry is always accompanied with me trying to make an eye connection with the other person and giving them a quick smile.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 13d

SHARE!!! SHARE!!! SHARE!!!

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 13d

Just in case you haven't seen it yet, take a look at the video Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social posted a short time ago. It's the latest version of..."I'm an ICE agent and I LOVE assaulting women."

the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 15d

I think what is much more shocking to the rest of the world is that Americans, a people who loudly brag more than any other people in this world about THEIR GREAT DEMOCRACY, are doing very little to fight back against the fascist who has swallowed their democracy.

the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 15d

Canada has also launched a new social media platform that is in its "testing" phase. Gander Social will be entirely hosted in Canada. On Gander's website..."We're changing the way social media is done around here, all WITHOUT your personal data taking an unexpected trip DOWN SOUTH." gandersocial.ca

Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built for Canada

Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.

gandersocial.ca

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 15d

Also, Carney has been busy visiting leaders in other countries (last week he was in Mexico) and successfully developing and/or strengthening trade relationships with these other countries in an all out effort to increase our trade with them so we can decrease the trading we do with the U.S.

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 15d

Though limited in the actions we can take individually, the majority of Canadians are doing everything in their power to help bring an end to Trump's reign, including not buying anything made or grown in the U.S. and not travelling to the U.S. because...well...money talks. I'm doing that!

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the-oceans-meet.bsky.social @the-oceans-meet.bsky.social · 15d

The majority of Canadians are clear-eyed. We laugh at Trump because he is such a buffoon. But make no mistake, Canadians FULLY grasp that the U.S. is now a threat to our sovereignty. And we are BEYOND angry about that. So we DO see the threat...CLEARLY. We understand.

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