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John Espley 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💉🚀🔭📚
@johnespley.bsky.social
Progressive. Never Conservative. Science, climate change, wealth inequality. Woke.
Proud Canadian born in Yellowknife now happily vaxxed in Toronto. Need more nice.

Like science esp. astronomy, news, reading everything but mostly SFF, horror, mystery.
Pinned
Used Sky Follower Bridge to find 1.7k Twitter accounts that I followed there and have accounts here (about 36%). I have now followed those 1.7k accounts here. It’s pretty easy to use.
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Always interesting to see who laments 🇨🇦Canada getting its own flag back in 1964.
“Dr. Michael Bonner”, noted right-wing intellectual.
And the far right white nationalists of London, Ontario.
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.

How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?

They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Unbelievable.

Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Can someone explain why we need a new pipeline route through BC? Why can't they just double the TMX line, I don't get the need for a separate path? The Vancouver oil port only has a ship a day, surely it can handle one more? Can someone explain why Prince Rupert is even in play? #cdnpoli
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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@schumer.senate.gov but they promised, right Chuck, & they always follow through with their promises…
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Both Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb should be fired from the BBC, in fact the entire BBC Board should be fired.

And replaced with an elected board voted by the people of the UK.

Because there is nothing British about the US Billionaire bootlicking sham we have now.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
I bet if this person was a white Swedish or white South African, they would not have been deported in shackles even though they had a valid work permit.
Racist shithole of a country.
America, I hope you realize the horror & disgust the world has. #BoycottUSA
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The U.S. private sector shed more than 13,500 jobs per week on average in October and early November, according to data released Tuesday by the private payroll processing firm ADP, offering one of the few real-time reads on a weakening labor market.
Private Job Losses Sped Up This Month — Here's What To Know.
ADP’s weekly data shows private sector job cuts accelerated — as economists look toward alternative indicators as the federal government has not released labor reports.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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This happened a while ago, but am I the only one who thinks Canadian government departments should not be on X?
Why are they supporting a far-right platform full of bots, disinformation and election interference? #cdnpoli
@charlieangus104.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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“Donald Trump is a sociopath. Donald Trump is evil. Donald Trump is trying to destroy democracy because he only thinks of himself. These things are all inescapably true”
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Donald Trump has more support in Canada within the Pierre Poilievre camp than he currently does in the USA.

His biggest cheerleaders are Maple MAGA.

#cdnpoli #uspoli
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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MSM report Israel’s bombing of Beirut – with no mention of ceasefire breach...
MSM report Israel's bombing of Beirut - with no mention of ceasefire breach
Israel bombs a foreign nation, cue mainstream media rushing to justify it and pretend that it's remotely acceptable
www.thecanary.co
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Israel continues bombing and killing Palestinians while breaking the CEASEFIRE daily. This is why Israel is the MOST HATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Check your inbox: it's City Hall Watcher #359!

A look at how each ward is doing on housing starts — and whether councillors and MPPs in Toronto are on track to hit the provincial housing target by 2031. Also: a classic Ford fact-check.

toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/handing-ou...
Handing out some housing report cards
City Hall Watcher #359: Some charts of which wards are contributed to Toronto's housing starts. Plus a provincial perspective and a Ford fact check
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Zegras, despite not being Berube Tough, really could have filled the vacant "powerplay playmaking wizard" left by Marner's impending departure.

Leafs miss out once again.

I fear that the Leafs/Treliving are overvaluing culture.
BREAKING: The Ducks are trading F Trevor Zegras to the Flyers, a source tells @pierrevlebrun.bsky.social.

Anaheim will receive Ryan Poehling, the 45th pick in this year's draft and a 2026 fourth rounder in exchange.
June 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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“With Marner gone, the Leafs have tons of cap hit to go out and get impact players!”
/Treliving proceeds to construct the highest paid 4th line in hockey
“Well shit.”
July 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Everton had a man sent off for slapping his teammate in the face and are currently (correctly) being described on the postgame show as magnificent.

God I love this sport.
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Since the implementation of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the IDF has murdered 338 men, women and children They have wounded hundreds more.
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Leafs philosophy: Let's let the guy that traded away assets and made bad free agent signings, try and trade our way out of this mess without any tangible assets.

What could possibly go wrong?
On 32 Thoughts, Elliotte Friedman said the Leafs are actively looking to make moves, but “I am not sure right now, baring trading the guys they don’t want to trade, that Toronto has that ability right to pull something off that’s really going to make a major difference for them”
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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'Who needs a Reform government when we have Shabana Mahmood?'
@ruthwishart.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/NRy1J
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM