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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 5h

Trump's goons are crossing a Rubicon with lawless acts and brutality.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1h

Another long, creative day here in Kingston Jamaica tackling challenges with transforming the downtown & waterfront. Strategy session with the Urban Development Corporation, pragmatic meetings with Fed Ministers, & master class with Caribbean School of Architecture Masters students.

Event tomorrow!

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19d

OCTOBER 9th in Kingston Jamaica! If you’re nearby, register to come hear me speak on better cities, better waterfronts and the future of Kingston city-building. I’ll be meeting and working with local leaders that trip too, helping as much as I can. Spread the word. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-hon-ma...

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FF-Suze @suze-bsky.bsky.social · 1h

How do we get Ontarians to realize how badly FordNation is destroying our province financially and the very structures of education and healthcare? He’s got them all blaming the Fed Libs for everything and either high on pot or stopping at the corner for a cold one. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

David Doel @daviddoel.bsky.social · 9h

Absolutely Insane Doug Ford Scandals Pile Up While No One Is Paying Attention youtu.be/6JO1SDqgLrc?...

Absolutely Insane Doug Ford Scandals Pile Up While No One Is Paying Attention

YouTube video by The Rational National

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1h

If Donald Trump were any dumber, he'd be Eric Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Schmutzie @schmutzie.com · 1h

ME: Give a hoot. Don't pollute. [I've been recalling random cultural bibs and bobs all day]

@THEPALINODE.com: Fucking sanctimonious owl.

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 13h

Uniparty.

Captured by O&G.

Same as it ever was.

PMJT was 'not so bad' compared to this.

Minority government with NDP holding sway was a bonus.

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 13h

Especially if they're Canadian politicians. #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #Nenshi #ClimateSky

a graph detailing how we Calgarians always used to breathe only around 12 hours of smokey air per year and how we are now regularly in the 100s. + Apocalyptic wildfire scene out of Manitoba, headline reads "MORE PIPELINES = MORE THIS." Alongside the photo In front are Carney, Nenshi, Danielle Smith and Poilievre all grinning & wearing cowboy hats

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 10h

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 10h

MARK THE DATE, ghosts & goblins! The Hub's INAUGURAL #Hallowheelin' event is coming up Saturday, Oct 25th!

🧛‍♀️ Downtown Business Trick or Treating!
👹 Costume Contest!
👻 The Beasts & Banshees #BikeLane!
🎃 Haunted Calgary Tour Stops!

& MORE!!

RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hallowheelin
#yycbike #yyc

Event is Hallowheelin against a dark Calgary backdrop with folks in costumes on bikes, a trick or treat filled pumpkin, City of Calgary & Hub logos

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2h

"Is there any evidence that prior to #BikeLanes cities like #Calgary weren't congested or did we ALWAYS have traffic at certain times of day & always will so long as we're all trying to get through the same place at the same time in a bunch of cars?" #yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #yycbike

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 21d

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 1d

This would be that same #DougFord government so obsessed with ripping out #BikeLanes they had to make stuff up about them and ignore even their own reports about all the good cycling does for a city. Maybe keep this in mind, Calgary #onpoli #yyccc #yycbike

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A vehicle assigned to a Ford cabinet minister has been recorded at stunt driving speeds 12 times.

The premier's office suggested it was the same driver each time, and implied they still work for the government. #OnPoli
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Ford government vehicle recorded at stunt driving speeds on Ontario highways | Globalnews.ca

At least one cabinet-assigned vehicle was recorded driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit multiple times in the past three years, according to documents.

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 1d

The three biggest Canadian fire seasons in the nearly 50-year record happened in 2023, 2025, and 1995.

Before that? Pre-satellite burnt area data is presumably less reliable (certainly exists), but there are some convincing proxies: bsky.app/profile/bigc...

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 28d

Don't let anyone gaslight you that this is normal. It's not. #YYC #Smoke #Wildfire #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli

Calgary wildfire smoke on the hundreds/year where historically it was just 12 hrs/year

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🇨🇦 andyrogers.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @andyrogers.bsky.social · 2h

All hail chicken suit man.

Passively making Kristi Noem look like the abject shitstain and performative asshole and sad joke she is.

#KristiNoem

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 2h

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Repugs R Stinky @artfulscribe.bsky.social · 22h

Gotta luv them Red States, bless their pointed little heads.

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Paul @paulcameron.bsky.social · 2h

The world is being destroyed in the stupidest of ways by the stupidest of people.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 6h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 2h

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2h

Oh this is the answer

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2h

#yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #yycbike #ClimatePolicy #Urbanism #15MinuteCities #cdnpoli #abpoli #BikeLanes #ClimateSolutions #ClimateSky

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Solstice🍁 @notabot1.bsky.social · 4h

Dearest Martha,
The war drags on. My dinosaur suit is tattered and frayed and we are exhausted from dancing so long. Please send what batteries you can spare for my suit and another apple pie.
Yours truly,
Barney

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Octopus Lawyer @octopuslawyer.bsky.social · 2h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

The counterterrorism experts have arrived at the White House..

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