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Jan Brown
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Retired NS lawyer & civil servant choosing to live in the real world. She/her. Dog lover. Amateur photographer. Believer in justice, compassion, connection & clean air. Proud member of @popns.bsky.social & my local volunteer fire department. #CanadaSky
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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📌 Thank you , Jon Stewart ‼️

For articulating , what most

are feeling right now 💯

🎯🎯 👇🏾 🐥 👇🏻 🎯🎯
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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I was at the Kentville courthouse today. People were wearing poppies. Everyone calm the fuck down.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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After almost three decades, Canada has lost its measles elimination status.

That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.

This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”

“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
A former chief medical officer of health for Alberta says the provincial government should be embarrassed by the role Alberta has played in Canada’s measles outbreaks and loss of the country's measles elimination status

Latest from me👇

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says

Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year

It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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"Is there a more feckless, spineless opposition party anywhere in the democratic world? Why do Democrats insist on repeatedly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?"

Me for Zeteo's First Draft this morning on the Democratic surrender in the Senate:
🏳️ BREAKING: Democrats Surrender. Again
Mehdi's Monday morning update on the senators voting to reopen the government without a guarantee on heathcare; the BBC rolling over for Donald Trump; and Kathy Hochul's clash with Zohran Mamdani.
zeteo.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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What a bunch of scum bags, insecure men who weren’t hugged enough as children, this is scarier than any drug on the street, most of these nuts have probably been programmed online for years to hate, hope we can get in front of this as a society www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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We still need to fight like we have a chance to stop this because we literally had eight Dems vote and if even one votes no it doesn’t go through on the next vote

What I mean is there is another vote that takes 60 votes before this passes the Senate. And we only need one d or one r to flip
2/2
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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A super typhoon is making landfall tonight. People are bracing for the worst, and a million people have already evacuated. Please keep the Philippines in your thoughts.
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Anyone recognize any of these people?
6/ You can help us identify the rest. If you know about any of these individuals, please contact us directly so we can engage in a verification process.
White Nationalist Networking: Help us Identify the Organizers and Guests
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A fantastic overview of all that’s wrong with Carney’s vision - or at least what we know of it so far. I’d like to think he’s got a plan for introducing more progressive policies at some point but I’m quickly losing hope. His values don’t seem to mean much.
So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.

Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.

Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Carney’s next book should be called “Value($): Building a better world for very rich people, burning it up for everyone else.” Or: “How I caved to the oil and gas industry, and did it with a smile on my face.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Every donation we receive is used to send masks to people across Canada. 😷 🇨🇦

Donate today to support our work! 💙

donatemask.ca/donate
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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The bumper says 'rugged working man'.

But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.

Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Sincerely believe we are at war globally with wealthy oligarchs, who believe they must become wealthier at our expense. It is an age-old conflict based only on greed. We have allowed this deranged group of people to organize so they can dominate our democracies & steal power.
Bellend" is a British slang term for a foolish, annoying, or contemptible person. It is a highly offensive insult, comparable to terms like "asshat" or "douchebag" in American English…
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Houston's fake outrage about Remembrance Day poppy wearing had real "thanks for your attention to this matter" vibes.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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"Without high-quality surveillance data, Ho warns that health organizations are not well-prepared to recommend corresponding vaccine formulations and time their roll-out."

Canada's Covid tracing & reporting infrastructure is almost non-existent now because provinces just won't do it.
COVID Is Beginning to Surge Globally. Here’s What We Know
Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say
www.scientificamerican.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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As we enter the season of holiday gatherings and events, consider illness mitigation strategies. Especially if you're part of an organization that's planning an event, how are you making sure you're not entrenching segregation based on socioeconomic status and disability? 1/4
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM