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River Run Rally 2026 🌊🌊🌊

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | 12pm | Toronto

RSVP: freegrassy.net/river-run-20...

Join Grassy Narrows youth and community members as they travel 1,700km to demand mercury justice

#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows

20.02.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tell Senators: Vote NO on C-12 Speak up against this attack on migrants

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Send a letter to Senators: Stop C-12. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

12.02.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

Hilarious to me that while the average "AI" chatbot produces incorrect answers 45% of the time, the one run by Google - who built probably the single greatest knowledge-sourcing machine ever created - produces errors 76% of the time due to "poor sourcing" lmao

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

12.02.2026 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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From the Oil Patch to Toronto: Drilling for Geothermal in Toronto For the last five years, Benji Perry has been drilling for geothermal heating in the GTA.

There is already life after oil for workers.

No more boom & bust.
No re-training required.
Steady, high-paying work.
Less isolated, closer to home...

It's geothermal drilling to heat and cool new housing!

πŸ‘‹ @thestar.com

www.thestar.com/from-the-oil...

06.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Tell Senators: Vote NO on C-12 Speak up against this attack on migrants

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Send a letter to Senators: Stop C-12. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

07.02.2026 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grassy Narrows protesters briefly interrupt Doug Ford’s speech in Mississauga Protesters concerned about mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows First Nation briefly interrupted a speech by Ontario Premier Doug Ford Wednesday.

Grassy Narrows protesters briefly interrupt Premier Ford speech at Mississauga Board of Trade event this morning

Like and share the article below

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

#GrassyNarrows #FreeGrassy

04.02.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: @OntarioPCParty convention today @fordnation was asked:

β€œGrassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate Grassy Narrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?”

Ford said thanks to "my OPP" for clearing protesters.
#FreeGrassy #OnPoli #GrassyNarrows #OPC2026

01.02.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 16
Land Acknowledgement Poem by Lena Recollet
YouTube video by Whose Land Land Acknowledgement Poem by Lena Recollet
30.09.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Protect Grassy Narrows: Reject Kinross Gold's Mine - Leadnow

Kinross Gold wants to dump inadequately treated industrial wastewater upstream of Grassy Narrows.

Speak out before Ontario makes its decision.

Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...

#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows

20.08.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 9
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"The last thing we need is the threat of more poison in our water… How many times can the government put our health and way of life in the hands of a dangerous industry that cares only about profits?”

freegrassy.net/news/the-thr...

10.07.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 12
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Great community event to rally for public education. We need to invest in our kids future.

24.05.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just released: #GrassyNarrows T-shirts!
FreeGrassy.net/Shop

Wear your support for Grassy Narrows by purchasing a shirt featuring powerful artwork and messages.

Proceeds will go to support grassroots Grassy campaigns to combat threats to their lands, water and way of life
#FreeGrassy

21.05.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Make Canada's voting system fair and proportional! Canadians are tired of our broken voting system. After Trudeau broke his promise of reforming our electoral system in 2015, apathy and cynicism towards our democracy has grown. If Canada is to weath...

Hey Mark Carney β€” if we wanted to vote strategically, we’d play chess.
We’re voting for real change.
It’s time for proportional representation.
Sign the petition. Let’s fix this now! Please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...

12.05.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Struggling to follow the Ontario election? Thank Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Amidst a tumultuous time, a changed informational landscape is making following the Ontario election even harder to follow.

Struggling to follow the Ontario election? Thank Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg

I wrote about how big social media platforms and their mysterious, unregulated algorithms are manipulating public discourse, suppressing voter engagement and degrading democracy for @thestar.com πŸ‘‡

19.02.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 326    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 20
Doug Ford awkwardly digging a car out of a snowbank with a tiny red shovel. 

Text: Doug Ford wins if you stay home. Don't expect him to dig you out with his tiny red shovel.

Election Day Feb 27, 9AM - 9PM
Advance Voting Feb 20th - 22nd Locations available after Feb 14
Vote By Mail Apply before Feb 21st. Must be received by Elections Ontario by Feb 26th
Vote at your local election office Vote Jan 30th - Feb 26th. Final list of candidates available after Feb 13th

Vote for the candidate in your riding most likely to defeat Ford's PCs
NotOneSeat.Ca

Doug Ford awkwardly digging a car out of a snowbank with a tiny red shovel. Text: Doug Ford wins if you stay home. Don't expect him to dig you out with his tiny red shovel. Election Day Feb 27, 9AM - 9PM Advance Voting Feb 20th - 22nd Locations available after Feb 14 Vote By Mail Apply before Feb 21st. Must be received by Elections Ontario by Feb 26th Vote at your local election office Vote Jan 30th - Feb 26th. Final list of candidates available after Feb 13th Vote for the candidate in your riding most likely to defeat Ford's PCs NotOneSeat.Ca

We don't have winter elections for a reason, Doug.

Ontario: Don't let the snow keep you from voting out Doug Ford. Keep an eye on the weather and have a plan.

Chip Ford down to a minority. #UniteTheVote and sign the pledge.
act.notoneseat.ca/UnityPledge

#ONpoli #NotOneSeat #onelxnDoug

05.02.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

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02.01.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Good Bones
By Maggie Smith

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.

Good Bones By Maggie Smith Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children. For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird. For every loved child, a child broken, bagged, sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world is at least half terrible, and for every kind stranger, there is one who would break you, though I keep this from my children. I am trying to sell them the world. Any decent realtor, walking you through a real shithole, chirps on about good bones: This place could be beautiful, right? You could make this place beautiful.

Good Bones
By Maggie Smith

01.01.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you. Yes. All of this.

There's a tendency in certain circles to say "oh Elon was always a Nazi you just didn't notice," and, no.

I used to spend a lot of time watching how people go from alienated to MAGA to outright Nazi.

I've written about it.

And that is the trajectory of Elon.

02.01.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1125    πŸ” 274    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 17
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New CCPA report: Company Men: CEO Pay in Canada, 2023. On average, the top 100 CEOs were paid 210X more than the average worker’s wage in 2023, and this wealth gap is only growing: In 1998, they'd made 104 times more. The report busts key myths about CEOs’ pay and their worth. 2/2

02.01.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Sounds fair to me!

01.01.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 58093    πŸ” 10003    πŸ’¬ 971    πŸ“Œ 441
One of these leaders is not like the other. Support the candidate most likely to defeat the PCs in your riding.
Doug Ford, next to the quote "I have the worst approval rating of any premier in Canada, and over 4 out of 5 Ontarians think I'm doing poorly on healthcare, the rising cost of living and housing affordability. But my billionaire friends like me, so I'll continue to do less for you and make them even richer." - Angus Reid, December 11, 2024 and October 3, 2024
NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie
No political leader is perfect, but Doug Ford is way less perfect than anyone else.
NotOneSeat.ca

One of these leaders is not like the other. Support the candidate most likely to defeat the PCs in your riding. Doug Ford, next to the quote "I have the worst approval rating of any premier in Canada, and over 4 out of 5 Ontarians think I'm doing poorly on healthcare, the rising cost of living and housing affordability. But my billionaire friends like me, so I'll continue to do less for you and make them even richer." - Angus Reid, December 11, 2024 and October 3, 2024 NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie No political leader is perfect, but Doug Ford is way less perfect than anyone else. NotOneSeat.ca

Nobody likes strategic voting. But on the other hand, no one likes Doug Ford either.

Sign the pledge
http://act.notoneseat.ca/UnityPledge
#UniteTheVote #VoteFordOut #ONPoli #TOPoli #NotOneSeat

30.12.2024 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Tell Doug. We want him to know it was us.

We are back to #UniteTheVote and #VoteFordOut. But we can’t do this alone. Sign the Unity Pledge at act.notoneseat.ca/UnityPledge

Then share this widely, because we need everyone

#ONpoli #TOPoli #NotOneSeat

02.12.2024 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 15

Since Jill Dunlop and Doug Ford won’t help, maybe I should put the primary #LEGO club to work next week fixing holes in the walls of our 110-year old school.

By artist Jan Vormann

#OntEd
#FixOurSchools
#NeverVoteConservative

02.01.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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