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Vicky
@canadianvic.bsky.social
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Interests: helping lost/found animals get back home, animal welfare, TNR, human rights, news, politics, science, law, nature, humour

#PEI #Canada #TeamCanada
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pauliticaleye.bsky.social
Whoa. It's a century-old technique that we can do better today, with making people sick.

#Halifax doctor shocked by success of using heat to force #cancer cell death.
#medicine #health #NovaScotia

halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/13/h...
Halifax doctor shocked by success of using heat to force cancer cell death
There could be another option to treat cancer in the future, after a human trial proved to be extremely successful by raising the temperature of a tumour to kill it off. Dr. Camen Giacomantonio, the c...
halifax.citynews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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stevewaycott.bsky.social
Northern Gannet splashing its way into the air during my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #NOGA #marinelife #nature #photography
A large-ish seabird with mostly white body and brown in its wings and back end and a soft patch of burnt yellow on the side of its head is running along the water surface from right to left as it takes to the wing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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forestwytch.bsky.social
Aurora Borealis - Toney River, NS 11/13/25

#aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #nature #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #womenphotographers #landscape #art #novascotia #eastcoast #canada
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
Two minutes on 3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday...

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3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
canadianvic.bsky.social
CSIS director holds rare news conference

"...update on threats to Canada's security..."

www.youtube.com/live/0c3CiMU...

#Canada #CdnPoli #CSIS #SecurityThreats
CSIS director holds rare news conference
YouTube video by CBC News
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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cdnresistance.bsky.social
Remembrance Day

Lest We Forget
Poppy with the caption, ”Lest we forget.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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clauskellerman.bsky.social
The Good and the Bad;
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Good Policy vs Bad Policy
YouTube video by Claus Kellerman POV
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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ccpanovascotia.bsky.social
Let's celebrate Living Wage Week by acknowledging that
paying a living wage benefits everyone – employees, employers, and communities. Read our 2025 Living Wages Report to learn more:
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

#NSpoli #NLpoli #PEIpoli #LivingWageWeek
Paying a living wage benefits everyone. It’s Living Wage Week in Canada. Let’s celebrate by acknowledging that paying a living wage benefits everyone – employees, employers, and communities. Read our 2025 Living Wages Report to learn more. Benefits of paying a living wage: Employers: Higher employee loyalty and productivity Lower absenteeism Decreased employee turnover Cost saving for staff hiring and training Employees: Lifted out of poverty and food secure Fairer compensation Better health outcomes Improved standard of living and quality of life Higher worker bargaining power Reduces need to work multiple jobs Allows adults to spend more time with family and in the community Communities: More social participation Larger taxpayer base Increased consumer purchasing power Reduced costs of health care and social services Increased local investment
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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techwontsave.us
Tech Won’t Save Us is celebrating 300 episodes! 🎉

This week @parismarx.com took over the show to discuss an issue that’s been motivating a lot of his work this year: the problem with our dependence on US tech and why we need digital sovereignty!

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/300_...
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
we need to protect both the independent, expert creation of evidence and information *and* the communication of it by independent, non-partisan, media organisations.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/informatio...
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.

Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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mluckovich.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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maddenifico.bsky.social
The losses are piling up for the corrupt serial lying psychopath. The Supreme Court is about to slam dunk on the deranged dipshit. 😂🤣👇
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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loriknutson.bsky.social
Teach crucial literacy skills using my middle-grade fiction books set on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Engage your students in coming-of-age ghost stories while assessing the progress of their reading comprehension and responsive writing. 😊

loriknutson.com/where-theres...

#princeedwardisland
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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justinling.ca
The first episode of my YouTube series out now. But there will be more! Please help me tell the YouTube Algorithm Gods that more people should see it. You can do that by subscribing to my channel:

www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
Soft Power with Justin Ling
Soft Power is a show all about how diplomacy, security, aid, trade, spying, and how realpolitik shapes the world. Each episode, we zoom in on one story to break down how these forces work, and how we ...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.

But not impossible.

Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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barackobama.bsky.social
If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
and now with added bar charts showing number of actions per month by domain. Clear massive growth in recent months in "violating democratic norms", "suppressing dissent", and "Nationalism"
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
"Being Anti-Trump is probably illegal"

3 minutes on things that have happened in America over the weekend, concentrating on violating Democratic norms.

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2 November: 'being Anti-Trump is probably illegal'
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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mobilesyrup.com
The company confirmed 14,000 layoffs, but employees warn it could be twice that. mobilesyrup.com/2025/10/28/a...
Amazon laying off as many as 30,000 corporate workers in shift to AI
Amazon is betting big on AI and because of that even more humans are losing their jobs.
mobilesyrup.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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nationalobserver.com
Alberta is the wealthiest province in Confederation, but you'd never know that by looking at the way it funds its public schools and their students. At some point, voters might want to think about what that says — and means — @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
Alberta is the richest province in the country — except where it really counts
How does the province with the highest fiscal capacity in the country also have the lowest per-capita funding for students in its public schools? Because it wants it that way
www.nationalobserver.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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kityates.bsky.social
“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
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There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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cnn.com
"As long as people like Bannon are talking seriously about a 'plan' and as long as Trump continues to troll, talk of a third-term effort must be taken very seriously by everyone else," writes Zachary B. Wolf | Analysis https://cnn.it/3J9zRP4
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
canadianvic.bsky.social
"The U.S. has become a profound threat to Canada", warns former GOP strategist

youtu.be/jdqdwBazQ6Q?...

#Canada #CdnPoli #USPoli #StevenSchmidt #SaveAmericaMovement
"The U.S. has become a profound threat to Canada", warns former GOP strategist
YouTube video by cpac
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October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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castanet.net
Ford says he won't apologize for anti-tariff ads that scuttled trade talks with U.S. #Ontario
Ford says he won't apologize for anti-tariff ads that scuttled trade talks with U.S. - Canada News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending the government ad campaign that led U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks, calling it "the best ad that ever ran."
www.castanet.net
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM