Carole Gillis
@carolegillis.bsky.social
BC teacher, farmer raising local beef, lamb, and apples in Kamloops.
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Unpopular opinion: people who arrive early should leave the best parking spaces for people who arrive late.
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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But seriously, fuck the Liberal party 🥳
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
But seriously, fuck the Liberal party 🥳
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This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
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Why is ICE only focusing on poor immigrants? Can we get rid of some of the Russian oligarchs that live here?
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Why is ICE only focusing on poor immigrants? Can we get rid of some of the Russian oligarchs that live here?
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A méditer 🤡🤡🤡
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A méditer 🤡🤡🤡
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You know why we can’t make any progress on climate change in #Canada?
Because Environment Canada brings fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30
Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i...
Because Environment Canada brings fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30
Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i...
‘Inviting the fox into the henhouse’: Canada delegation to COP30 loaded with fossil fuel representatives
Delegation’s composition consistent with new KBPO report revealing this year’s UN climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date
www.desmog.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
You know why we can’t make any progress on climate change in #Canada?
Because Environment Canada brings fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30
Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i...
Because Environment Canada brings fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30
Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i...
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these are the same people that want to repeatedly inspect your childs genitals btw
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
these are the same people that want to repeatedly inspect your childs genitals btw
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For anyone in need of a reminder, they're not protecting women's sports, they're policing them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For anyone in need of a reminder, they're not protecting women's sports, they're policing them.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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Here’s the thing: if you’ve got enough money to live very comfortably, you’ve got enough money to pitch in just a little to help other people live a little comfortably too
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Here’s the thing: if you’ve got enough money to live very comfortably, you’ve got enough money to pitch in just a little to help other people live a little comfortably too
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November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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My understanding is that food donations are great, but the best bang for everyone's buck is to just give money to food banks. They usually have negotiated relationships where they can get the best prices and thus the most food.
November 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My understanding is that food donations are great, but the best bang for everyone's buck is to just give money to food banks. They usually have negotiated relationships where they can get the best prices and thus the most food.
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Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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The way everyone in a position of power in the government and at Canada Post refuses to entertain any of the proven methods that have saved other post offices and made them profitable is pathological.
How would they be behaving any differently if they were actively trying to make Canada Post fail?
How would they be behaving any differently if they were actively trying to make Canada Post fail?
Would you go to Canada Post for your mortgage? Why advocates think postal banking could be a lifeline for the Crown corp.
Amidst the labour dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, a debate concerning the future of post offices across the country has once again taken the stage: Should Canada ...
www.thestar.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The way everyone in a position of power in the government and at Canada Post refuses to entertain any of the proven methods that have saved other post offices and made them profitable is pathological.
How would they be behaving any differently if they were actively trying to make Canada Post fail?
How would they be behaving any differently if they were actively trying to make Canada Post fail?
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Your grandfathers didn’t storm Normandy so you could be afraid of the word antifascist or “antifa”
October 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Your grandfathers didn’t storm Normandy so you could be afraid of the word antifascist or “antifa”
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I'm so proud of my sister, who was head writer for Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and is now the showrunner of this brand-new HORTON! series for Netflix.
Please watch with your family! It's hard to get preschool shows made these days, and the algo isn't built for this www.netflix.com/title/81388347
Please watch with your family! It's hard to get preschool shows made these days, and the algo isn't built for this www.netflix.com/title/81388347
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm so proud of my sister, who was head writer for Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and is now the showrunner of this brand-new HORTON! series for Netflix.
Please watch with your family! It's hard to get preschool shows made these days, and the algo isn't built for this www.netflix.com/title/81388347
Please watch with your family! It's hard to get preschool shows made these days, and the algo isn't built for this www.netflix.com/title/81388347
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I have been talking about US autocracy but @dhnexon.bsky.social lays it out more clearly-- the American system has failed. The checks and balances didn't work, so we will need a new constitution and new institutions once the regime is eventually toppled www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
October 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I have been talking about US autocracy but @dhnexon.bsky.social lays it out more clearly-- the American system has failed. The checks and balances didn't work, so we will need a new constitution and new institutions once the regime is eventually toppled www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
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If you think that adults taking Tylenol hurt kids, just wait until you read what the adults in the Epstein Files were doing to them.
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If you think that adults taking Tylenol hurt kids, just wait until you read what the adults in the Epstein Files were doing to them.