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Fiona
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Scottish born Canadian 2x immigrant living in Germany and the Netherlands with the love of my life. A traveller upon this planet. Artist, writer poet, housewife,and too many hobbies to list. Be kind. Fuck off nazis. She/her
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance

#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames

*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Mill workers were hugely important in the push to get women the vote. Although wages were low they, wielded economic power and were well organised.

They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
This has to be one of of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century from March 1907. Sixteen years old suffragette Dora Thewlis. A poor mill worker from Honley in Huddersfield she was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union At a demonstration in London she is
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Fox News tried coming after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's legendary fact check is great! #cdnpoli
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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So here’s an experience of Existing While Female in 2025.

I need my roof and gutters cleaned. I called a bunch of places and most didn’t get back to me or were actually gutter cover companies that don’t actually clean your gutters unless you buy.

Found a guy. He came for an estimate. And then:
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again.

We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.

Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Stop using the language of the rapist.

It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Trying to find my way back to light and joy by doing some art. The detail work gets harder because my eyes are no longer quite as cooperative as they once were. Based on Flemish style Book of Hours borders. Gold leaf initial, bronze powder border and a mix gouache & watercolour paints, oak gall ink.
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A big thank you to #CBC TV for showing the Remembrance service in Ottawa live for all the world to see. As a Canadian living abroad I am so grateful you give people like me the chance to be there even if it is just by watching on a screen.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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On Veterans Day, Barack Obama surprised an entire aircraft full of veterans.
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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But really it’s Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Ohh look. It's Andrew Scheer - former leader of the Conservatives who holds dual citizenship - Canada / U.S. and has refused to give up his American citizenship. But is he also a millionaire with his career in parliament like Poilievre? Who is paying for his kids in private school?
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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🇨🇦🇮🇱 This is the Israeli soldier who was portrayed in the media as a “victim of antisemitism” now watch what actually happened and how he attacked the students in #Canada.

#Canada should deport to his genocidal country‼️
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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We’re trying to kickstart sales on PeaceLoveCanada.ca, so feel free to help out
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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These are so routine now that I sometimes miss them.

We murdered three more people in the Caribbean.
Man, this shit is out of hand and someone need tell us why in the fuck we are blowing up fucking boats? This ain't the shit we are fucking supposed to be doing. Someone please explain why in the entire fuck we are just blowing up fucking people? It needs to happen now

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
US military strikes another boat in the Caribbean, killing 3 | CNN Politics
The US military conducted a strike against a vessel in the Caribbean on Thursday, killing three people, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.

@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
The Supreme Court of Canada Wants You to Call 911 if Someone Is Overdosing | The Tyee
Police can’t arrest a person for drug possession if they call for help and stick around, a new ruling finds.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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I was going to say I have no words, but the words I have are for the Democrats we already have in office who simply said, "well at least I tried," when ICE refused them entry (illegally) at the gates of detention centers. They have legal power to force the matter. Time to grow up and use it
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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This picture tells you exactly what's up in the United States of America.
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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It's important to document each of these criminal activities. This evidence WILL be submitted during what will be years of legal prosecution against those who willfully aided and abetted the republican.
LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”

What are we doing?
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Excessive force. PERIOD!

They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.

📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM