Fiona 🇨🇦
@bekindbethoughtful.bsky.social
Supporter/helper, humanist, outdoor enthusiast.
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Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance #GanderSocial
A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, & operated in #Canada, will publicly launch in #October with support from some of the /1🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, & operated in #Canada, will publicly launch in #October with support from some of the /1🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance
Founders aim to create alternative that addresses content, data sovereignty concerns
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance #GanderSocial
A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, & operated in #Canada, will publicly launch in #October with support from some of the /1🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, & operated in #Canada, will publicly launch in #October with support from some of the /1🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
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I’m so done with the US. Clean up your fucking mess. I don’t want Canada anywhere near this and we need to stop supporting Netanyahu. Enough is enough.
It feels bad even being attached to the U.S. geographically (not to mention in terms of so much trade, intelligence sharing etc) right now. Canada has a lot of issues but Jesus Christ the U.S. is fucked. really wish we had a better neighbour!!!!!
June 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I’m so done with the US. Clean up your fucking mess. I don’t want Canada anywhere near this and we need to stop supporting Netanyahu. Enough is enough.
Yep
Feels like just in my lifetime the tech industry went from solving problems to pretending to solve problems, to creating problems
May 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Yep
She is moving mad! She is destroying the pillars of Albertan society.
May 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
She is moving mad! She is destroying the pillars of Albertan society.
This is beyond sad...
The number of working satellites has soared in the past five years to around 11,000, mostly because of constellations of orbiters that provide Internet connectivity around the globe, but it comes with a series of problems. Nature explores the issues and how scientists are reacting. 🔭 🧪
Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back
SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.
go.nature.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is beyond sad...
She makes my blood boil. She is doing this in plain sight!
Danielle Smith is not pushing back on American economic warfare. She’s asking a foreign power to interfere with our democratic process—for political gain.
• Tariffs hurt Canadians.
• Election interference undermines democracy.
• This is collusion with a hostile foreign agenda
#arrestSmith4treason
• Tariffs hurt Canadians.
• Election interference undermines democracy.
• This is collusion with a hostile foreign agenda
#arrestSmith4treason
March 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
She makes my blood boil. She is doing this in plain sight!
The sad truth...
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-the-uni...
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-the-uni...
March 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The sad truth...
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-the-uni...
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-the-uni...
Informative listen...
www.youtube.com/live/LtqRAdd...
www.youtube.com/live/LtqRAdd...
Politics Chat, March 11, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Informative listen...
www.youtube.com/live/LtqRAdd...
www.youtube.com/live/LtqRAdd...
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One of these things is not like the other.
March 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
One of these things is not like the other.
I hope the other leaders listen to Elizabeth May!
youtu.be/Ans4JSHFrdc?...
youtu.be/Ans4JSHFrdc?...
Green leaders urge Canadian leader to unite in the wake of ‘unhinged threats’ from Trump
YouTube video by CTV News
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I hope the other leaders listen to Elizabeth May!
youtu.be/Ans4JSHFrdc?...
youtu.be/Ans4JSHFrdc?...
Stop this nonsense!❤️
Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, 91, with some words for Donald Trump
March 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Stop this nonsense!❤️
Vive le Canada!❤️
March 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Vive le Canada!❤️
We need this now more than ever.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Linda McQuaig: Canada needs a public digital system not controlled by Big Tech
Canadians really need: more control over the digital universe that increasingly dominates our lives.What we need is a public digital infrastructure that is not beholden to private interests.
www.thestar.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We need this now more than ever.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
WTF. Sorry, but no.
Trump reportedly told Justin Trudeau he does not believe the border between the US and Canada is “valid” and he wants to “revise” it.
Trump has also said he wants to bring Canada to its knees by driving them into economic ruin.
Trump has also said he wants to bring Canada to its knees by driving them into economic ruin.
How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
WTF. Sorry, but no.
Come on, Canada, step up!
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Come on, Canada, step up!
No surprise here!
pewrsr.ch/4idN8Cx
pewrsr.ch/4idN8Cx
Americans expect corporations, the wealthy, White people and other groups to gain influence under Trump
Overwhelming majorities expect transgender people (84%) and gay and lesbian people (76%) to lose influence under Trump.
pewrsr.ch
March 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
No surprise here!
pewrsr.ch/4idN8Cx
pewrsr.ch/4idN8Cx
Sign me up!
Following the reactivation of its Psychological Defence Agency, every Swedish household now receives a booklet titled “If Crisis or War Comes,” outlining what to do in an emergency.
Canada should be doing the same, writes Peter MacLeod.
Canada should be doing the same, writes Peter MacLeod.
Canada Needs a New Civil Defence Corps | The Tyee
Trump’s aggression means it’s time to train thousands more civilians for disaster preparedness. Would you join?
thetyee.ca
March 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sign me up!
Yes, it is shameful!
The absurdity of using a child cancer survivor who got cancer from chemicals & wants to be a cop as your prop when you:
-Cut child cancer funding
-Gut the EPA
-Deregulated sewage in our water
-Pardoned J6 insurrectionists who killed cops
Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
-Cut child cancer funding
-Gut the EPA
-Deregulated sewage in our water
-Pardoned J6 insurrectionists who killed cops
Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
March 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yes, it is shameful!
Make this make sense!
“Today, the U.S. launched a trade war against Canada — their closest partner and ally. At the same time, they’re talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin — a lying, murderous dictator. Make that make sense.”
#BuyCanadian 🇨🇦
#BuyCanadian 🇨🇦
Trudeau slams Trump for starting 'dumb,' 'illegal' trade war with Canada while cozying up to Putin: 'Make that make sense'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a statement today about the country's response to the trade war launched against Canada by the U.S.
cultmtl.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Make this make sense!
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Watch the fringes of the right.
They will sow fear and anger against our government and country.
It’s started already.
Alberta we will be first. Expect fools and traitors to amplify their lies and desires to join the US.
They will sow fear and anger against our government and country.
It’s started already.
Alberta we will be first. Expect fools and traitors to amplify their lies and desires to join the US.
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Watch the fringes of the right.
They will sow fear and anger against our government and country.
It’s started already.
Alberta we will be first. Expect fools and traitors to amplify their lies and desires to join the US.
They will sow fear and anger against our government and country.
It’s started already.
Alberta we will be first. Expect fools and traitors to amplify their lies and desires to join the US.
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Ok, Canadians. You know what to do.
Tighten our belts.
Strengthen our resolve.
Show our unity.
Demonstrate our national pride.
Support our real allies.
Put Canada first forever and always.
Tighten our belts.
Strengthen our resolve.
Show our unity.
Demonstrate our national pride.
Support our real allies.
Put Canada first forever and always.
March 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Ok, Canadians. You know what to do.
Tighten our belts.
Strengthen our resolve.
Show our unity.
Demonstrate our national pride.
Support our real allies.
Put Canada first forever and always.
Tighten our belts.
Strengthen our resolve.
Show our unity.
Demonstrate our national pride.
Support our real allies.
Put Canada first forever and always.
"By the way, Canada does a lot of things way more efficiently."
So. Canada actually did a DOGE back in 2012. But it wasn't a shit show. Or, really, chaotic. Here's how it worked, as explained to me by someone who was part of the team.
Honestly, this was a fascinating talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqqI...
Honestly, this was a fascinating talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqqI...
Canadian DOGE? How Canada SUCCEEDED Where DOGE is FAILING
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"By the way, Canada does a lot of things way more efficiently."
The cult of Ayn Rand is now in control.
"... a radical downsizing of the federal government. Like Ayn Rand, he believed the state’s role should be limited to providing an army, a police force, a court system – and not much else."
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/a...
"... a radical downsizing of the federal government. Like Ayn Rand, he believed the state’s role should be limited to providing an army, a police force, a court system – and not much else."
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/a...
The new age of Ayn Rand: how she won over Trump and Silicon Valley
Her novel The Fountainhead is one of the few works of fiction that Donald Trump likes and she has long been the darling of the US right. But only now do her devotees hold sway around the world
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The cult of Ayn Rand is now in control.
"... a radical downsizing of the federal government. Like Ayn Rand, he believed the state’s role should be limited to providing an army, a police force, a court system – and not much else."
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/a...
"... a radical downsizing of the federal government. Like Ayn Rand, he believed the state’s role should be limited to providing an army, a police force, a court system – and not much else."
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/a...
Ramadan Mubarak!
"What is Ramadan – and other questions answered: A brief guide to the Islamic season of Ramadan for the curious, the bored, the uninformed and the ignorant."
For my non-Muslim friends, and haters!, I wrote this guide to Ramadan and fasting almost 15 years (!) ago.
For my non-Muslim friends, and haters!, I wrote this guide to Ramadan and fasting almost 15 years (!) ago.
Mehdi Hasan: What is Ramadan - and other questions answered
A brief guide to the Islamic season of Ramadan for the curious, the bored, the uninformed and the ignorant.
www.newstatesman.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Ramadan Mubarak!
Trump and Vance are disgraceful, to say the least.
This conversation is fucking abysmal, disrespectful and disgusting.
Trump and Vance are, to their very core, dickheads.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump and Vance are, to their very core, dickheads.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump and Vance unravels into an extraordinary clash
After the meeting, Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social website that Zelenskyy “is not ready” for peace and that he “disrespected” the U.S.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Trump and Vance are disgraceful, to say the least.