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Rick Habgood
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Advocate for a better way of life, building coalitions that create unity not divisions. Voting systems matter, support proportional voting where your vote's in the game not out of it.
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Rick Habgood @richardhhabgood.bsky.social · Aug 22
Very harrowing article by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

'Bannon advances a vision of the United States as a bunker in its own right, one in which Ice agents stalk the streets, workplaces and campuses, disappearing those deemed enemies of US policy and interests.'

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
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drianweissman.bsky.social
A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Strain of bird flu virus never before reported in people is behind first human case in U.S. in nine months
A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
This one fuels (pun intended) lots of interesting replies and quote tweets. Feels like someone could start a “Car Guys For Multi-Modal Cities” or “Car Guys For Transportation Choice” movement.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Sep 22
You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Leonard Cohen looms large over Montreal. Johnny Cash looks over Sacramento (down the road from Folsom Prison). I love these. Big, fun place-making & story-telling instead of a big, blank wall.

I’m recommending this again. Put favourite son Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip on the Kingston skyline.
Mural of Cohen on the side of a building on a big blank wall in Montreal. Mural of Cash on the side of a building on a big blank wall in Sacramento. The Princess Towers on the Main Street toward downtown Kingston, Ontario and the waterfront. Both sides, coming and going, have big blank walls. The side showing would be seen from downtown, but the other side would be a “welcome” to downtown, which might be even better. Iconic image of the great Gord Downie in The Tragically Hip’s final concert in Kingston.
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
This is really important.

The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
High density residential street in downtown Vancouver with 5(!) rows of street trees creating “kissing canopies”.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
What a mystery!
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“So @scottwiener.bsky.social is more than just an interesting lawmaker from America’s 3rd-­weirdest city. His nose-to-grindstone, hardcore policy approach could be a key to a political realignment—a long-overdue recognition that addressing housing is needed for the survival of the Democratic Party.”
Scott Wiener defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can he fix America’s housing crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's House seat, he's putting the abundance theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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kendrawrites.com
Reminder, this is why Trump was at the US Open in the Rolex box
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
He is 100% correct
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Nick Fuentes, who has praised Hitler and is openly antisemitic, says Republicans are hypocrites for “tolerating cruelty and abuse” toward Muslims, Black people, and other minorities while drawing the line at antisemitism. He argues his own politics are simply the logical end point of that bigotry...
Nick Fuentes, who has praised Hitler and is openly antisemitic, says Republicans are hypocrites for “tolerating cruelty and abuse” toward Muslims, Black people, and other minorities while drawing the line at antisemitism. He argues his own politics are simply the logical end point of that bigotry. “If I went live on my show on Monday and I said ‘fuck Islam.’ I said these Muslims need to go home. Fuck them. They’re barbarians… they like to live in open sewage and bomb crap. You think any conservative would disavow me? Any of them? Any Republican? Do you think if I was known for saying that, I’d have any trouble getting into CPAC? Or the New York Young Republican gala? Or the GOP? Of course not. Because Laura Loomer has access to the White House and she says stuff like that. Ben Shapiro has access to Trump and he says stuff like that.”
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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thunderbayed.bsky.social
Conservatives are toast.

You agree?

vt.tiktok.com/ZSyK35fXy/
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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democratcats.bsky.social
Morning Kitten
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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democratcats.bsky.social
All of L.A. right now… 💙
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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petrooka.bsky.social
#CanadaStrong ❤️ 🇨🇦
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
👉
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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meidastouch.com
Wait. Why would Marjorie Taylor Greene calling to release the Epstein files be a betrayal to Donald Trump and the entire Republican Party?
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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elizajody.bsky.social
Hey Toronto: Mask up! Get your vaccines (Covid, Flu, RSV). Big jump in waste water values and that data is 2 weeks old.

Source: @young.me (thanks!)
wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...
Wastewater virus signals for Toronto. November 2, 2025. Viral load (copies per mL) about 43. Has not been this high since February 2025.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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my-liquid-head.bsky.social
Following a path through woodland, with #bright sunlight filtering through the autumn leaves.

#BlueSkyArtShow #infrared #trees #autumn #monochrome #photography #ClassicMono
A path through the woods with tall trees overhead. The bright autumn sun is shining through the trees. Fallen leaves cover the ground either side of the path. This is an infrared photo.
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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npr.org
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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mewander.bsky.social
A forest of Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and Western red cedar meet the sea at the popular Cape Foulweather on the Oregon coast.

#Scape #ForestFriday #Landscape #Seascape #Nature #Scenery #OregonCoast
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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crazyfarmerette.bsky.social
Morning light on the fall river. Thank goodness it is slowing rising.
#farmlife
#homestead
#fall
#photography
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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blackpanther25.bsky.social
#NeverVoteConservative🚫
Conservatism Is A Disease That Needs To Be Eradicated From Canada
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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nytimes.com
Olivia Nuzzi's memoir is a combustive portrait of America, President Trump and the scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that upended her career.

In an exclusive interview with The New York Times, she recalls the infatuation that consumed her, Kennedy’s use of psychedelics and much more.
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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tcrg2012.bsky.social
📢 YES‼️

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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landguyminor.bsky.social
Windy wildflowers and grasses.
Muhly grass and solidago line St George shoreline on Apalachicola bay
#scape #seascape #muhlygrass #solidago #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #winds
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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hexxedwriter.bsky.social
I found these stray kittens where I found Morrigan. I think they could her siblings?
Stray kittens
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM