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Christine E 🇨🇦
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political junkie/believer in science
2x guillain-barré survivor
big fan of critical thinking
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Christine E 🇨🇦 @binkysmum55.bsky.social · Nov 15
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Image: solid black background with white text that reads: “The disabled population is the world's largest minority of which anyone can become part of at any time.”
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flemtheparrot.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.

That goes way beyond frighteners.
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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tootall64.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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muellershewrote.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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maggiepriceless.bsky.social
I watched the CSIS presser yesterday. Not a surprise. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in Arctic region
Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sector
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.

Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:

newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
binkysmum55.bsky.social
Perched Peacock
#photography #birds #nature #WestCoastKin
Photo of a peacock perched atop a fence post. His head is turned to face the camera lens. He has a beautiful royal blue head & neck, large green & blue tail feathers, & a fringe of tail feathers hanging down. Deciduous tree greenery in background.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
binkysmum55.bsky.social
Mirror image Dark-eyed Juncos
#photography #birds #nature #WestCoastKin
Two Dark-eyed Juncos side by side on top of a concrete wall eating seed. Their posture is such that they look like mirror images. Bright green grass in background.
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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gjabberbox.bsky.social
House Democrats released correspondence in which the convicted sex offender wrote that the president "spent hours at my house” with a victim.
By DANIEL KREPS
NOVEMBER 12, 2025
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Jeffrey Epstein Emails Reveal Trump 'Knew' About Victims
A batch of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails released by House Democrats revealed that Donald Trump "knew about the girls" in the sex trafficking case.
www.rollingstone.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
binkysmum55.bsky.social
Silver Salish Sea View
November 10/25
#photography #SalishSea #SeaView #VancouverIsland #WestCoastKin
Abstract/sketchy silver clouds over the Salish Sea. Dark silhouettes of lawn, large fir tree, with sun lighting up the clouds.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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pguist.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
binkysmum55.bsky.social
Chestnut-backed chickadee
#photography #birds #nature
Chestnut backed chickadee perched on bare willow branch.
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
binkysmum55.bsky.social
dark-eyed junco
#photography #birds #nature
Dark-eyed Junco, perched on bare branch, green and yellow leaves in background.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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audricmoses.bsky.social
The ostrich farm owners, before convoy vultures swooped in, and the freedumb grift began:

#cdnpoli
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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freddierose.bsky.social
This ⬇️ 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ⚾
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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fagankara.bsky.social
And *if we currently have con MPs who are vulnerable to blackmail - the CPC won’t be the only bad actor trying to exploit that vulnerability
fagankara.bsky.social Kara Fagan 🇨🇦 Liberal @fagankara.bsky.social · 11d
We need a public inquiry. Are cons committing crimes of threat/blackmail? WHICH members of our gov are vulnerable to blackmail and why? And who knew it? When? Why didn’t they expel these compromised members instead of going criminal and blackmailing ?? #Canada has a right to know
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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thedailyshow.com
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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bestma.bsky.social
And some get up to 18 months and can share the leave between the parents. One spouse or partner gets 6 months and the other can get 6 months.
astrokatie.com Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 11d
A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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sahilkapur.bsky.social
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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drkristopherwells.bsky.social
All the more reason for Canada to urgently dump its partnership with NEXUS and create its own verified traveller program for Canadian airports.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
Trump administration blocks transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers
Supreme Court decision stops people choosing male, female or X to line up with their gender identity
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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jamieson.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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canadianpolling.bsky.social
"I am willing to accept slower economic growth in Canada if it means greater economic independence from the United States"

🟢 Agree: 70%
🔴 Disagree: 19%

Read it here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/budget-wee...
Budget Week Opens with Rising Public Skepticism
Canadians remain split on Carney's ability to deliver results, while dissatisfaction with Ottawa ticks upward
canadianpolling.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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marc55.bsky.social
GET OFF THAT SHIT TODAY!
#cdnpoli
iandunt.bsky.social Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12d
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
*cries in American*
marklemley.bsky.social Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 12d
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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stephen-morrison.bsky.social
Far Side cartoon with image of a man holding a paint brush. Everything around him has been labeled in large words: "The Tree," "The House," The Dog," "The Cat," "The Door," "Garbage Can," even his own clothing reads "Shirt," and "Pants." The caption to the comic reads "Now! That should clear up a few things around here!"
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM