Carrie Charters
@ccharters.bsky.social
She/her. Mum of young kids, wife of a computer guy, paediatric medical social worker/non-profit Board volunteer in Ontario. Relationships and emotional well-being, living with epilepsy/metabolic disorders, gluten-free recipes, faith, politics.
If you have extra to give this month, please consider donating to www.crouchnrc.org in #ldnont #londonontario!
September 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you have extra to give this month, please consider donating to www.crouchnrc.org in #ldnont #londonontario!
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
Can imagine the cartoon villain laughs that must have rung through the air when they came up with 'Special Economic Zone'
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ANALYSIS | Here's what Doug Ford's controversial Bill 5 would do in Ontario | CBC News
The most significant legislation from Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives since winning their third straight majority is a sweeping bill that Premier Doug Ford says will protect the economy from tarif...
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May 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Can imagine the cartoon villain laughs that must have rung through the air when they came up with 'Special Economic Zone'
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What's this, good news??? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Dramatic dip in baby hospitalizations for RSV linked to vaccine and treatment
But older children, who had no access to the shots, had higher rates this winter compared with last
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May 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
What's this, good news??? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I've thought a lot about community disconnectedness and in particular the decline of participation in intergenerational communities in recent years. This piece considers the nihilism at the core of ever more individualistic ways of being through an exploration of the writings of mass murderers.
Good backgrounder diving into this extremely weird Internet discourse on antinatalism and “efilism”:
An Efilist Just Bombed a Fertility Clinic. Was This Bound To Happen?
Read on to find out what exactly 'efilism' is.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I've thought a lot about community disconnectedness and in particular the decline of participation in intergenerational communities in recent years. This piece considers the nihilism at the core of ever more individualistic ways of being through an exploration of the writings of mass murderers.
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There is no amount of screaming that will express how angry I am for the women of America right now, and no amount of caution I can issue fellow Canadians to never, EVER, take our abortion rights for granted. Eyes WIDE open. Never believe them when they say they won't do it. They will.
May 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
There is no amount of screaming that will express how angry I am for the women of America right now, and no amount of caution I can issue fellow Canadians to never, EVER, take our abortion rights for granted. Eyes WIDE open. Never believe them when they say they won't do it. They will.
School board (and hospital system!) deficits are a provincial defunding problem! www.thetrillium.ca/news/educati...
Callandra pointing to the sunshine list as indicative of excessive Board spending seems pretty telltale to me. Ontario PCs want everyone to budget like it's 1996 in a 2025 world.
Callandra pointing to the sunshine list as indicative of excessive Board spending seems pretty telltale to me. Ontario PCs want everyone to budget like it's 1996 in a 2025 world.
As Ford government takes aim at school boards, data show funding has declined
TDSB’s deficit would be erased if funding had kept up with inflation
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May 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
School board (and hospital system!) deficits are a provincial defunding problem! www.thetrillium.ca/news/educati...
Callandra pointing to the sunshine list as indicative of excessive Board spending seems pretty telltale to me. Ontario PCs want everyone to budget like it's 1996 in a 2025 world.
Callandra pointing to the sunshine list as indicative of excessive Board spending seems pretty telltale to me. Ontario PCs want everyone to budget like it's 1996 in a 2025 world.
10/10 thread
A lot of Americans don't know this, but the winner of the Canadian election will be required live in a small cottage located in the backyard of the palace where the viceroy to the King of England lives.
The cottage just recently got a new wifi router, which was very exciting for all Canadians.
The cottage just recently got a new wifi router, which was very exciting for all Canadians.
April 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
10/10 thread
Ontario Government now overseeing both the hospital system and the school board in London. Perhaps funding that meets the needs of the massive geographical region each serves would help?
Ontario takes control of Londo...
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Ontario takes control of Londo...
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Ontario takes control of London school board, launches probes at 3 others | CBC News
Ontario has taken control of one school board over financial mismanagement, launched financial probes of three other boards and ordered a fifth board to repay costs for a trip to Italy to buy art.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ontario Government now overseeing both the hospital system and the school board in London. Perhaps funding that meets the needs of the massive geographical region each serves would help?
Ontario takes control of Londo...
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Ontario takes control of Londo...
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I just want to wear a sun dress
April 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I just want to wear a sun dress
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
What a remarkably cynical waste of money that was!
BREAKING: Ontario has lost the 2025 provincial election
February 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
What a remarkably cynical waste of money that was!
A February election in Ontario is voter suppression.
February 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A February election in Ontario is voter suppression.
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"The premier... [has] consistently put the interests of wealthy land speculators ahead of everyday people just looking for a home they can afford." — Ontario Green Party leader @mikeschreiner.bsky.social on housing costs, tonight at 8/11pm with @spaikin.bsky.social #onpoli
February 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"The premier... [has] consistently put the interests of wealthy land speculators ahead of everyday people just looking for a home they can afford." — Ontario Green Party leader @mikeschreiner.bsky.social on housing costs, tonight at 8/11pm with @spaikin.bsky.social #onpoli
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People still idolize Kanye. His violently antisemitic posts get huge amounts of support. He is encouraging millions of people to hate Jews. If you think everyone just ignores him you are very wrong.
February 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
People still idolize Kanye. His violently antisemitic posts get huge amounts of support. He is encouraging millions of people to hate Jews. If you think everyone just ignores him you are very wrong.
@browncbc.bsky.social I can't with this Conservative guy in your 8:10 slot - a government focus on intraprovincial trade, which he admits would fully blunt the impact of tarrifs, is "taking their eye off the ball" and instead the path forward is to meet Trump's demands? Come onnnnn!
February 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
@browncbc.bsky.social I can't with this Conservative guy in your 8:10 slot - a government focus on intraprovincial trade, which he admits would fully blunt the impact of tarrifs, is "taking their eye off the ball" and instead the path forward is to meet Trump's demands? Come onnnnn!
Most things are bad right now
...but not the depth of the Best New Artist pool at the Grammys! Holy!
...but not the depth of the Best New Artist pool at the Grammys! Holy!
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Most things are bad right now
...but not the depth of the Best New Artist pool at the Grammys! Holy!
...but not the depth of the Best New Artist pool at the Grammys! Holy!
"Coordination, yes; subordination, no."
President of Mexico responds to Trump’s tariffs.
February 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Coordination, yes; subordination, no."
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Exactly how many Premiers, other than Doug Ford, are calling a snap election in the midst of the Trump crisis because they need a new “mandate”? Also, how many Premiers are trying to get ahead of the results of an RCMP criminal investigation into their government? Just curious.
January 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Exactly how many Premiers, other than Doug Ford, are calling a snap election in the midst of the Trump crisis because they need a new “mandate”? Also, how many Premiers are trying to get ahead of the results of an RCMP criminal investigation into their government? Just curious.
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I tell ya folks, in six and half years we haven’t finished the Eglinton Crosstown or fixed any schools and we’ve closed the Science Centre and you still can’t find a family doc and hospital wait times are higher than ever … but we’ve brought back paper bags at the LCBO, so now we need a new mandate.
January 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I tell ya folks, in six and half years we haven’t finished the Eglinton Crosstown or fixed any schools and we’ve closed the Science Centre and you still can’t find a family doc and hospital wait times are higher than ever … but we’ve brought back paper bags at the LCBO, so now we need a new mandate.
Ford government won't fund our social services but WILL spend money spying on supervised consumption sites! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario government hires private investigators to gather info on supervised consumption sites | CBC News
Facing a legal challenge over its decision to close several supervised consumption sites, the Ontario government has hired outside investigators to gather information about the sites.
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January 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ford government won't fund our social services but WILL spend money spying on supervised consumption sites! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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BREAKING: In sermon to Trump at inaugural prayer service, Episcopal Bishop Budde pleads for immigrants, transgender rights —> religionnews.com/2025/01/21/i...
In sermon to Trump, Bishop Budde pleads for immigrants, transgender rights
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The inaugural prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral Tuesday morning featured a number of interfaith leaders, including the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop...
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January 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BREAKING: In sermon to Trump at inaugural prayer service, Episcopal Bishop Budde pleads for immigrants, transgender rights —> religionnews.com/2025/01/21/i...
Brain so focused on maintaining work and parenting and marriage during toddler sleep regression that original thoughts published on Bluesky are but a memory
January 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Brain so focused on maintaining work and parenting and marriage during toddler sleep regression that original thoughts published on Bluesky are but a memory
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"Sick of wait-times, ER closures, and hallway medicine:" Health Coalition and Union call on Ford to prioritize health care instead of re-election bid
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"Sick of wait-times, ER closures, and hallway medicine:" Health Coalition and Union call on Ford to prioritize health care instead of re-election bid
OTTAWA, January 08, 2025--In 2024, Ontario’s health care crisis reached new lows: the number of patients in hospital hallways hit a record high; ER closures broke a new threshold; the wait-list for lo...
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January 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Sick of wait-times, ER closures, and hallway medicine:" Health Coalition and Union call on Ford to prioritize health care instead of re-election bid
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President Jimmy Carter’s memorial service was today at the National Cathedral near where I live in DC. This seems like an apt quote when I think about his amazing legacy. We should all live our lives like this.
January 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
President Jimmy Carter’s memorial service was today at the National Cathedral near where I live in DC. This seems like an apt quote when I think about his amazing legacy. We should all live our lives like this.