Douggie the Pug's Dad
@douggiewales.bsky.social
Left X a long time ago. Trying this out in hopes it's informative and less toxic.
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“We have been asking them and insist that they invest in measuring the air quality in those spaces, schools and school buses, and not leaving it as something for which school boards have to pull from an already overstretched budget,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social says.
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
ottawa.citynews.ca
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“We have been asking them and insist that they invest in measuring the air quality in those spaces, schools and school buses, and not leaving it as something for which school boards have to pull from an already overstretched budget,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social says.
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ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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I’d personally be far less concerned about this if I hadn’t been nearly hit by a reckless distracted driver in the 10% of my morning commute that isn’t bike lane or trail yesterday morning.
Cycling infrastructure makes roads safer for cars, vehicles and cyclists.
Cycling infrastructure makes roads safer for cars, vehicles and cyclists.
Brutal news for cyclists
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’d personally be far less concerned about this if I hadn’t been nearly hit by a reckless distracted driver in the 10% of my morning commute that isn’t bike lane or trail yesterday morning.
Cycling infrastructure makes roads safer for cars, vehicles and cyclists.
Cycling infrastructure makes roads safer for cars, vehicles and cyclists.
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A military actively engaged in perpetrating war crimes should not have its soldiers welcomed into Canada
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IDF soldiers are doing speaking events in Canada. Some say they shouldn't be here | CBC News
A violent incident at a Toronto speaking event has sparked calls for more scrutiny on Israeli soldiers entering Canada, with some saying they should be barred entry or investigated for potential parti...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A military actively engaged in perpetrating war crimes should not have its soldiers welcomed into Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Did Sportsnet just go down?
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Did Sportsnet just go down?
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Jamaica is a country of 3 million people, and they're not among the highest emitters, to put it mildly.
People of Jamaica, and after that Cuba, I hope you will be safe in this terrible storm.
And for us in the rest of the world: Let's reduce emissions to (net) zero asap; stop making matters worse!
People of Jamaica, and after that Cuba, I hope you will be safe in this terrible storm.
And for us in the rest of the world: Let's reduce emissions to (net) zero asap; stop making matters worse!
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Jamaica is a country of 3 million people, and they're not among the highest emitters, to put it mildly.
People of Jamaica, and after that Cuba, I hope you will be safe in this terrible storm.
And for us in the rest of the world: Let's reduce emissions to (net) zero asap; stop making matters worse!
People of Jamaica, and after that Cuba, I hope you will be safe in this terrible storm.
And for us in the rest of the world: Let's reduce emissions to (net) zero asap; stop making matters worse!
Jays have to score in this half inning with Ohtani and top of lineup coming. Don't think they make it through unscathed again.
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Jays have to score in this half inning with Ohtani and top of lineup coming. Don't think they make it through unscathed again.
I'm so tired. Please just end this drama Jays.
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I'm so tired. Please just end this drama Jays.
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Two weeks ago the PBO came out with the Economic and Fiscal update and release the graph on the left. What happens if you set the axis to 0 (as one should) and how it is historical context. That is the graph on the right (reproducing only the dark blue line because that is the numbers they gave).
October 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Two weeks ago the PBO came out with the Economic and Fiscal update and release the graph on the left. What happens if you set the axis to 0 (as one should) and how it is historical context. That is the graph on the right (reproducing only the dark blue line because that is the numbers they gave).
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America is under threat but it isn’t dead yet.
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
America is under threat but it isn’t dead yet.
It's past time that we realized that prioritizing corporate interests above all others leads only to grief.
This philosophy is what has given us climate change, wealth inequality and all of the social ills associated with poverty.
This philosophy is what has given us climate change, wealth inequality and all of the social ills associated with poverty.
Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier - Halifax Examiner
The Chiefs concluded with a warning that while they continue to push to meet with Houston, they will “also be looking into all possible legal remedies and mechanisms that can be taken to ensure they c...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's past time that we realized that prioritizing corporate interests above all others leads only to grief.
This philosophy is what has given us climate change, wealth inequality and all of the social ills associated with poverty.
This philosophy is what has given us climate change, wealth inequality and all of the social ills associated with poverty.
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“You cannot trust the [United States] federal government.
Everything they say should be assumed to be a lie.”
This has been clear for quite a while, and should be understood by everyone, especially given that too many in the media are still pretending they don’t understand it.
Everything they say should be assumed to be a lie.”
This has been clear for quite a while, and should be understood by everyone, especially given that too many in the media are still pretending they don’t understand it.
You cannot trust the federal government
Everything they say should be assumed to be a lie.
www.publicnotice.co
September 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“You cannot trust the [United States] federal government.
Everything they say should be assumed to be a lie.”
This has been clear for quite a while, and should be understood by everyone, especially given that too many in the media are still pretending they don’t understand it.
Everything they say should be assumed to be a lie.”
This has been clear for quite a while, and should be understood by everyone, especially given that too many in the media are still pretending they don’t understand it.
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If it seems like everyone is on strike, it's because austerity is being imposed with a vengeance
Rather than taking on the billionaires and oligarchs, austerity is imposed to discipline workers
We're being told that we can't afford to have quality public services and fairness
Fight back ✊
Rather than taking on the billionaires and oligarchs, austerity is imposed to discipline workers
We're being told that we can't afford to have quality public services and fairness
Fight back ✊
September 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If it seems like everyone is on strike, it's because austerity is being imposed with a vengeance
Rather than taking on the billionaires and oligarchs, austerity is imposed to discipline workers
We're being told that we can't afford to have quality public services and fairness
Fight back ✊
Rather than taking on the billionaires and oligarchs, austerity is imposed to discipline workers
We're being told that we can't afford to have quality public services and fairness
Fight back ✊
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Real saying the quiet part loud here
WATCH: Here’s where Netanyahu says the purchase of TIKTOK is important so Israel can “battle” for public opinion 🤔
(Sure sounds like they plan to manipulate the algorithm, with the help of the Trump allies buying it — and sounds like Elon is helping them too)
(Sure sounds like they plan to manipulate the algorithm, with the help of the Trump allies buying it — and sounds like Elon is helping them too)
September 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Real saying the quiet part loud here
They're showing you who they are live on video every single day.
Who's going to be left to fight for us if we don't fight for each other?
Who's going to be left to fight for us if we don't fight for each other?
WATCH: ICE agent VICIOUSLY shoves and tackles a woman who is upset after masked men dragged off her husband.
Sickening. (From Elaad Eliahu)
Sickening. (From Elaad Eliahu)
September 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
They're showing you who they are live on video every single day.
Who's going to be left to fight for us if we don't fight for each other?
Who's going to be left to fight for us if we don't fight for each other?
This is the kind of thing that kings do because they're not subject to checks, balances or an electorate.
The legislative and judicial branches have proven unwilling or unable to check this President and he's actively working to avoid having to face the electorate again.
The legislative and judicial branches have proven unwilling or unable to check this President and he's actively working to avoid having to face the electorate again.
Don't feel like doing a repost that puts the murder video on the timeline yet again but do feel like repeating the point that the president just straight-up assassinated 11 people for supposedly doing something that wouldn't be a death-penalty crime if they were caught and convicted
September 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is the kind of thing that kings do because they're not subject to checks, balances or an electorate.
The legislative and judicial branches have proven unwilling or unable to check this President and he's actively working to avoid having to face the electorate again.
The legislative and judicial branches have proven unwilling or unable to check this President and he's actively working to avoid having to face the electorate again.
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Don't feel like doing a repost that puts the murder video on the timeline yet again but do feel like repeating the point that the president just straight-up assassinated 11 people for supposedly doing something that wouldn't be a death-penalty crime if they were caught and convicted
September 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Don't feel like doing a repost that puts the murder video on the timeline yet again but do feel like repeating the point that the president just straight-up assassinated 11 people for supposedly doing something that wouldn't be a death-penalty crime if they were caught and convicted
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I know no one wants to talk about the pandemic anymore and we're only supposed to talk about bad news, but this seems noteworthy.
globalnews.ca/news/1134908...
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Moderna’s latest COVID-19 vaccine is both approved and ‘made in Canada’ - National | Globalnews.ca
An update to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine that targets the newest variants and is made entirely within Canada's borders was just approved by Health Canada.
globalnews.ca
August 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I know no one wants to talk about the pandemic anymore and we're only supposed to talk about bad news, but this seems noteworthy.
globalnews.ca/news/1134908...
globalnews.ca/news/1134908...
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"To legislate us back to work 12 hours after we started? I'm sorry, snowstorms have shut down Air Canada for longer than we were allowed to strike."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union | CBC News
Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Emplo...
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August 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"To legislate us back to work 12 hours after we started? I'm sorry, snowstorms have shut down Air Canada for longer than we were allowed to strike."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Undermining organized labour is bad enough. In a woman dominated workforce that has been taken advantage of for years, that the government is siding with the employer it says a lot about what their values are.
“The Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want — hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation”
August 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Undermining organized labour is bad enough. In a woman dominated workforce that has been taken advantage of for years, that the government is siding with the employer it says a lot about what their values are.
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In preparation for what is going to happen at 10AM tomorrow in DC, Hounds has released this song.
It’ll be on streaming services on Tuesday.
So... this is the loudest, hardest-driving, most unforgiving Hounds song ever released. And it’s extremely NSFW.
But the situation calls for such an anthem.
It’ll be on streaming services on Tuesday.
So... this is the loudest, hardest-driving, most unforgiving Hounds song ever released. And it’s extremely NSFW.
But the situation calls for such an anthem.
Hounds, “Hands Off DC”
YouTube video by Seth Abramson
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August 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In preparation for what is going to happen at 10AM tomorrow in DC, Hounds has released this song.
It’ll be on streaming services on Tuesday.
So... this is the loudest, hardest-driving, most unforgiving Hounds song ever released. And it’s extremely NSFW.
But the situation calls for such an anthem.
It’ll be on streaming services on Tuesday.
So... this is the loudest, hardest-driving, most unforgiving Hounds song ever released. And it’s extremely NSFW.
But the situation calls for such an anthem.
This is a direct result of the organized campaign on the right to promote anti-vaccine rhetoric.
And let's not kid ourselves. This movement was born in the US but is alive and well here in Canada and being fostered by people like Danielle Smith.
And let's not kid ourselves. This movement was born in the US but is alive and well here in Canada and being fostered by people like Danielle Smith.
MAHA terrorist dumped two mags into the CDC building because he thought the covid vaccine made him ill
CNN on Emory Shooting: Police are operating under the theory that the shooter either was sick or believed that he was sick, and blamed the illness on the covid vaccine
August 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is a direct result of the organized campaign on the right to promote anti-vaccine rhetoric.
And let's not kid ourselves. This movement was born in the US but is alive and well here in Canada and being fostered by people like Danielle Smith.
And let's not kid ourselves. This movement was born in the US but is alive and well here in Canada and being fostered by people like Danielle Smith.
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MAHA terrorist dumped two mags into the CDC building because he thought the covid vaccine made him ill
CNN on Emory Shooting: Police are operating under the theory that the shooter either was sick or believed that he was sick, and blamed the illness on the covid vaccine
August 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
MAHA terrorist dumped two mags into the CDC building because he thought the covid vaccine made him ill
Every headline, every story just shows how evil and cruel the US regime has become. At what point does the US become a pariah state?
Is money really that important that the entirety of western society will just take whatever they will dish out so as to stay in their economic good graces?
Is money really that important that the entirety of western society will just take whatever they will dish out so as to stay in their economic good graces?
August 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Every headline, every story just shows how evil and cruel the US regime has become. At what point does the US become a pariah state?
Is money really that important that the entirety of western society will just take whatever they will dish out so as to stay in their economic good graces?
Is money really that important that the entirety of western society will just take whatever they will dish out so as to stay in their economic good graces?