Nora Loreto
@nolore.bsky.social
Author, freelance journalist, socialist. Kryptonite to a certain type of man.
http://www.noraloreto.ca
http://www.noraloreto.ca
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Absolutely howling at the idea that COMMUNION is individualistic
I think Mamdani really hit a nerve with the reactionaries this time. Absolute crack pipe take to say that the sacraments of the Church are individualistic. Not a single one of the sacraments is individualistic. Hell is full of individuals though.
January 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Absolutely howling at the idea that COMMUNION is individualistic
This platform is too full of puns to be any good.
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
This platform is too full of puns to be any good.
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Stolen from / volé de Reddit.
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Stolen from / volé de Reddit.
I love blusky because I constantly learn new meanings for the phrase punching down.
You're punching down in a time of crisis doesn't help,
Liberals don't owe anyone anything
Liberals don't owe anyone anything
January 4, 2026 at 5:33 AM
I love blusky because I constantly learn new meanings for the phrase punching down.
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This is a dangerous and irresponsible response.
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
January 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This is a dangerous and irresponsible response.
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
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Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning
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Or the CBC can muse on the "amorphous" motivations of the US
January 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Or the CBC can muse on the "amorphous" motivations of the US
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Next… week???
The Senate will hold a vote next week on another bipartisan resolution blocking the use of military force against Venezuela without the express authorization of Congress, Sen. Tim Kaine announced
U.S. Senate Will Vote To Block Military Action Against Venezuela Next Week
www.huffpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Next… week???
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January 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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The CCPA has been covering Canada’s sympathies with regime change for oil.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Canada and the U.S. go digging for regime change in Venezuela - CCPA
U.S. hostility towards Venezuela reached absurd heights in March amidst accusations both Ottawa and Washington are supporting local efforts to overthrow the popularly elected socialist government of N...
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The CCPA has been covering Canada’s sympathies with regime change for oil.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Nothing like the state of print media. In today's Toronto Star - "The joys of dining alone" article written by someone who admits "its been years since I actually dined alone."
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Nothing like the state of print media. In today's Toronto Star - "The joys of dining alone" article written by someone who admits "its been years since I actually dined alone."
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The main outcomes of this sentiment thusfar have been Canada expanding its military and allegiance to/reliance on America.
This reality check should be driving all Canadian coverage of Venezuela today. And, the last time a US president mused with invading Canada, he switched to Venezuela right after.
There's no legal difference between kidnapping Maduro and kidnapping Mark Carney.
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The main outcomes of this sentiment thusfar have been Canada expanding its military and allegiance to/reliance on America.
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wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
This reality check should be driving all Canadian coverage of Venezuela today. And, the last time a US president mused with invading Canada, he switched to Venezuela right after.
There's no legal difference between kidnapping Maduro and kidnapping Mark Carney.
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This reality check should be driving all Canadian coverage of Venezuela today. And, the last time a US president mused with invading Canada, he switched to Venezuela right after.
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if they don’t impeach him by the end of the day, what is even the point of congress, we may as well go full autocracy
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
if they don’t impeach him by the end of the day, what is even the point of congress, we may as well go full autocracy
😭😭😭
If you want a sense of the state of Canadian news gathering right now, I don't think any Canadian news sites have a story up about Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
😭😭😭
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
![A Bluesky user based in Venezuela posted 'I live near a military air base and five earth-shaking explosions were just heart.'
User @thenordic.bsky.social (a random asshole) replied 'was it too hard for you to to [sic] add a link?' along with a link to an AP piece. Quick, don't look, what do you think the odds are that this user responded gracefully to being told that OP was on the ground and reporting firsthand?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ycbmujtxprrwbkiw3x5qsyz4/bafkreieh2ddespqvcqdhpfy4g2higsw4lfiguzpaxs3rdessztcokmww6i@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
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CBC Radio running on how to prepare for war against Russia while the US bombs Nigeria and Venezuela. So pathetic.
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
CBC Radio running on how to prepare for war against Russia while the US bombs Nigeria and Venezuela. So pathetic.
I watch protests around the world as closely as I can and while 10 people being killed is tragic, it doesn't come close to protest repression we've seen throughout 2025.
Iran’s leader says rioters ‘must be put in their place’ as protest death toll reaches at least 10
Iran riots: Death toll reaches at least 10
Iran’s supreme leader insisted Saturday that “rioters must be put in their place” after a week of protests that have shaken the Islamic Republic, likely giving security forces a green light to aggressively put down the demonstrations.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I watch protests around the world as closely as I can and while 10 people being killed is tragic, it doesn't come close to protest repression we've seen throughout 2025.
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When a secular friend accidentally asks me something about Catholicism.
ye shall soon be initiated into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 AM
When a secular friend accidentally asks me something about Catholicism.
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On January 1, 1804, revolutionaries established the independent country of Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery. As we begin a year engulfed by the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s worth reading the Haitian Declaration of Independence in full. 🇭🇹
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
On January 1, 1804, revolutionaries established the independent country of Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery. As we begin a year engulfed by the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s worth reading the Haitian Declaration of Independence in full. 🇭🇹
Save you the read: they did a DNA test of the guy they've thought did it since 2008.
How Montreal police solved a cold-case murder from 2008 montrealgazette.com/news/how-mon...
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Save you the read: they did a DNA test of the guy they've thought did it since 2008.
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i lived in a tent in north mississauga for 5 months this year and a friend let me know photos of my tent and me had been put up on the local facebook page. Then immediately the harassment intimidation and abuse from young men began. I had been there for weeks with no issues.
December 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
i lived in a tent in north mississauga for 5 months this year and a friend let me know photos of my tent and me had been put up on the local facebook page. Then immediately the harassment intimidation and abuse from young men began. I had been there for weeks with no issues.
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Crush his vehicle on live television
Name him.
Man wanted for three previous impaired driving charges arrested again
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Crush his vehicle on live television