Tweety Bird
@snoopbird.bsky.social
Ph.D. Liberal. Pro-democracy and human rights. Freedom without accountability is freeDUMB and an excuse for abuse. Strong social support systems and a sense of community promote equity and are guardrails to fascism. Living in 🇨🇦 capitol.
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If this was 10 years ago, I’d agree. But we need to recognize the reality we’re in. We are in a different world. The US election was a disinformation election combined with mass legacy media failure. It is literally ceding power to far right anti-democracy forces to NOT band together to stop them
November 28, 2024 at 3:49 PM
If this was 10 years ago, I’d agree. But we need to recognize the reality we’re in. We are in a different world. The US election was a disinformation election combined with mass legacy media failure. It is literally ceding power to far right anti-democracy forces to NOT band together to stop them
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Bringing my pinned Tweet along with me as I migrate here because this still matters & because we cannot normalize what Trump intends to do to DOJ. Justice should never be a political tool for presidents & their pals.
November 28, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Bringing my pinned Tweet along with me as I migrate here because this still matters & because we cannot normalize what Trump intends to do to DOJ. Justice should never be a political tool for presidents & their pals.
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🎯💥🚨🚨🚨David nails it again!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
PROTECT OUR 🇨🇦VALUES! #NeverVoteConservative
PROTECT OUR 🇨🇦VALUES! #NeverVoteConservative
So our tinpot Premiers won’t sign on for Team Canada.
When Dunderhead Drug Dealer Doug Ford meets with US officials and pretends to be our Prime Minister, and Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith publicly agrees with the incoming neofascist US President, our country is in mortal danger.
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When Dunderhead Drug Dealer Doug Ford meets with US officials and pretends to be our Prime Minister, and Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith publicly agrees with the incoming neofascist US President, our country is in mortal danger.
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November 28, 2024 at 4:01 PM
🎯💥🚨🚨🚨David nails it again!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
PROTECT OUR 🇨🇦VALUES! #NeverVoteConservative
PROTECT OUR 🇨🇦VALUES! #NeverVoteConservative
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Call me crazy, but like the fact that we have a Prime Minister who models healthy work-life balance and the importance of spending quality time with your kids. Anyone else? 🤔 #CdnPoli
November 28, 2024 at 3:58 PM
🎯💥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Times are tough at the other place.
November 28, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Times are tough at the other place.
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Canada has Trump as our neighbour. We have a Maple MAGA LOO who wants to be our PM. And I have a Trump supporter as my premier. The bad, the worse, and the WORST combo. 😭
#uspoli #cdnpoli #onpoli
#uspoli #cdnpoli #onpoli
a man says this might be the worst day of his life
ALT: a man says this might be the worst day of his life
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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My nephew's article in The Star, which apparently has p*ssed off both Doug Ford and Olivia Chow. #TOpoli #ONpoli
www.thestar.com/sports/santa...
www.thestar.com/sports/santa...
‘Santa didn’t conspire with the Leafs’: Chow, Ford weigh in after bad Toronto traffic forces Utah Hockey Club players to walk to game
After getting caught in a traffic jam, players were forced to walk to Scotiabank arena, where they were handed a loss by the Leafs.
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:30 AM
My nephew's article in The Star, which apparently has p*ssed off both Doug Ford and Olivia Chow. #TOpoli #ONpoli
www.thestar.com/sports/santa...
www.thestar.com/sports/santa...
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Weekly reminder that there are 240,000 homeless people in Ontario. To give this context, there are 600,000 homeless people in the US, which has 10X Canada’s population. This is the result of provincial government policy. Imagine how we could change this with Universal Basic Income. #onpoli
November 27, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Weekly reminder that there are 240,000 homeless people in Ontario. To give this context, there are 600,000 homeless people in the US, which has 10X Canada’s population. This is the result of provincial government policy. Imagine how we could change this with Universal Basic Income. #onpoli
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#FordFailedOntario
This needs to be investigated further. We need to dig deep. Doug Ford is corrupt.
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social @colindmello.bsky.social
#onpoli
Ontarians deserve the truth!
#OntarioNDP
youtu.be/L9fXxcg6Ct0?...
This needs to be investigated further. We need to dig deep. Doug Ford is corrupt.
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social @colindmello.bsky.social
#onpoli
Ontarians deserve the truth!
#OntarioNDP
youtu.be/L9fXxcg6Ct0?...
The Real Reasons Doug Ford is Building New Highways
YouTube video by Spoke Media
youtu.be
November 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM
#FordFailedOntario
This needs to be investigated further. We need to dig deep. Doug Ford is corrupt.
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social @colindmello.bsky.social
#onpoli
Ontarians deserve the truth!
#OntarioNDP
youtu.be/L9fXxcg6Ct0?...
This needs to be investigated further. We need to dig deep. Doug Ford is corrupt.
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social @colindmello.bsky.social
#onpoli
Ontarians deserve the truth!
#OntarioNDP
youtu.be/L9fXxcg6Ct0?...
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NEW: Ontario's Liberals are releasing what they are calling "hidden" healthcare data on access to primary care:
- 3 million people are at risk of losing their family doctor in the next 5 years, with 2,300 family doctors on the verge of retirement.
#onpoli
- 3 million people are at risk of losing their family doctor in the next 5 years, with 2,300 family doctors on the verge of retirement.
#onpoli
November 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM
NEW: Ontario's Liberals are releasing what they are calling "hidden" healthcare data on access to primary care:
- 3 million people are at risk of losing their family doctor in the next 5 years, with 2,300 family doctors on the verge of retirement.
#onpoli
- 3 million people are at risk of losing their family doctor in the next 5 years, with 2,300 family doctors on the verge of retirement.
#onpoli
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Dam right it's worse. Doug Ford and Sylvia Jones are deliberately letting our healthcare system burn to the ground so they can bring privatization to the rescue. We are Canada, not the USA. This needs to be exposed!!!
Ontarians have had enough. We need to fight! #onpoli @maritstilesndp.bsky.social
Ontarians have had enough. We need to fight! #onpoli @maritstilesndp.bsky.social
- 205 communities don't have a single family doctor
- 4.1 million people are not rostered with a family doctor.
Crombie claims the healthcare data shows that the family doctor shortage is worse than the 2 million people the government says don't have access.
November 28, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Dam right it's worse. Doug Ford and Sylvia Jones are deliberately letting our healthcare system burn to the ground so they can bring privatization to the rescue. We are Canada, not the USA. This needs to be exposed!!!
Ontarians have had enough. We need to fight! #onpoli @maritstilesndp.bsky.social
Ontarians have had enough. We need to fight! #onpoli @maritstilesndp.bsky.social
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South Australia bans political donations and gifts to MPs in ‘world-leading’ reform
South Australia bans political donations and gifts to MPs in ‘world-leading’ reform
Peter Malinauskas says the laws were not in his party’s best interest, but critics say it’ll mean more taxpayer dollars going to major parties
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“World-leading” laws banning political donations have passed the SA Parliament, but a democracy expert says they deliver millions of dollars from the public purse to the major parties without justification.
The state Labor government secured support from the Liberal Party, Greens and other members of the crossbench to pass the Electoral (Accountability and Integrity) Amendment Bill 2024 on Wednesday night.
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:34 AM
South Australia bans political donations and gifts to MPs in ‘world-leading’ reform
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The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers comes out against the removal of cycling infrastructure. "Bill 212 disregards the safety of vulnerable road users, which is not only unacceptable; but dangerous" ospe.on.ca/advocacy/res...
Response to Bill 212: Why We Need to Rethink Bike Lanes and Embrace Multi-Modal Solutions
In Ontario, we are facing an increasingly complex transportation challenge. 80-90% of personal trips in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) are made by single-occupant vehicles, and transport...
ospe.on.ca
November 20, 2024 at 12:20 AM
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers comes out against the removal of cycling infrastructure. "Bill 212 disregards the safety of vulnerable road users, which is not only unacceptable; but dangerous" ospe.on.ca/advocacy/res...
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Hi, I’m God.
Thou shalt not steal. That includes taking from the poor and giving it to the rich.
Thou shalt not steal. That includes taking from the poor and giving it to the rich.
November 28, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Hi, I’m God.
Thou shalt not steal. That includes taking from the poor and giving it to the rich.
Thou shalt not steal. That includes taking from the poor and giving it to the rich.
@colindmello.bsky.social @maritstilesndp.bsky.social
Have you watched this?
We need some investigative work on this!
#ScienceCentre ##onpoli ##DougFordIsCorrupt
youtu.be/Lw7TgM4nOpQ?...
Have you watched this?
We need some investigative work on this!
#ScienceCentre ##onpoli ##DougFordIsCorrupt
youtu.be/Lw7TgM4nOpQ?...
The Real Reasons Doug Ford Closed the Science Center
YouTube video by Spoke Media
youtu.be
November 28, 2024 at 4:07 AM
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I've been seeing a lot of people on the left and right talking about the 2024 election as if it was a landslide.
So I made this chart to put things in context.
Trump's win was one of the smallest in modern history.
So I made this chart to put things in context.
Trump's win was one of the smallest in modern history.
November 27, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I've been seeing a lot of people on the left and right talking about the 2024 election as if it was a landslide.
So I made this chart to put things in context.
Trump's win was one of the smallest in modern history.
So I made this chart to put things in context.
Trump's win was one of the smallest in modern history.
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Kamala Harris talked about Project 2025 in literally every campaign speech she gave. I’m all for searching for constructive solutions but this is just insisting Democrats do something they already did in a losing effort.
I am once again asking The Democrats to make Project 2025 a topic of national conversation.
“We’re not a secular country. That we are a Christian Nation as founded and that should be shared by everyone even if they have religious liberty for another faith.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-chr...
November 27, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Kamala Harris talked about Project 2025 in literally every campaign speech she gave. I’m all for searching for constructive solutions but this is just insisting Democrats do something they already did in a losing effort.
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“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours”
Mexican President Claps Back at Trump Over Tariffs
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to implement retaliatory tariffs should Trump implement his proposed economic measures against Mexico.
www.rollingstone.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:55 AM
“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours”
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0.5-0.8%. When you take a step back it’s striking how much of the discussion about the carbon tax in Canada - the easiest and least intrusive environmental policy intervention available, more or less, which conservatives say drives up food prices - is predicated on a total lie.
How do carbon taxes affect food prices? In our latest paper, @dr_jen_winter and I analyze both direct and indirect impacts across the entire food supply chain: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5024885
It's the most detailed exploration of CTaxes and food yet! 🤓 #cdnecon #cdnpoli
It's the most detailed exploration of CTaxes and food yet! 🤓 #cdnecon #cdnpoli
November 26, 2024 at 2:31 PM
0.5-0.8%. When you take a step back it’s striking how much of the discussion about the carbon tax in Canada - the easiest and least intrusive environmental policy intervention available, more or less, which conservatives say drives up food prices - is predicated on a total lie.
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"He asked why British far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson had been imprisoned at all. Musk also approvingly shared Robinson’s documentary to his more than 200 million followers"
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
Elon Musk brands UK a ‘tyrannical police state’
X owner shares a petition demanding a UK general election and boosts a far-right activist.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2024 at 1:44 PM
"He asked why British far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson had been imprisoned at all. Musk also approvingly shared Robinson’s documentary to his more than 200 million followers"
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
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I actually wrote several things about Moore but one of the first - right back in early 2020 - which I was actually rather worried about writing - is that one that got a lot of nods
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/22/b...
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/22/b...
Boris Johnson's Latest Weapon of Mass Distraction
Knighting Captain Tom Moore – rightly admired for his fundraising for the NHS – is a cynical ploy by a populist Prime Minister struggling to do his job in an actual crisis, says Otto English.
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I actually wrote several things about Moore but one of the first - right back in early 2020 - which I was actually rather worried about writing - is that one that got a lot of nods
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/22/b...
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/22/b...
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I wrote about the weaponisation of Captain Tom - with uncharacteristic caution - at the time for @bylinetimes.bsky.social - it wasn't just his family that was using his legacy. It was the government too - who were desperate to associate the pandemic with the war.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Captain Tom's family benefitted from charity - inquiry
The fundraiser's family damaged public trust by not donating any money from his books, a report finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM
I wrote about the weaponisation of Captain Tom - with uncharacteristic caution - at the time for @bylinetimes.bsky.social - it wasn't just his family that was using his legacy. It was the government too - who were desperate to associate the pandemic with the war.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...