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Maureen Griffin

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Margaret Atwood releases short story critiquing book bans in Canada Author quipped she wrote β€˜suitable’ piece after Alberta school ban included her novel The Handmaid’s Tale

Love to see how @margaretatwood.bsky.social put the run on Danielle Smith and her MAGA book burning scheme. This is priceless.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

02.09.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 582    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 10
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Old Soviet jokes are back in style. Turns out, dark humor ages better than democracy.

30.08.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 550    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

26.08.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 45779    πŸ” 11518    πŸ’¬ 1266    πŸ“Œ 392

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ™

24.08.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 295    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 13

There it is.

20.08.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated The percentage of Americans wanting less immigration has dropped by nearly half this year to 30%, with 79% now saying immigration benefits the U.S.

news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...

11.07.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fascism. Call it what it is.

11.07.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 14230    πŸ” 4268    πŸ’¬ 1061    πŸ“Œ 270
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Canadian citizen AND lawful permanent resident of the US.
Moved to Florida when he was 10 years old…

27.06.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The outcome is so much less important to me than the process right now.

26.05.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover β€œSay Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw

25.05.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 15608    πŸ” 3964    πŸ’¬ 336    πŸ“Œ 165
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Targeting Diplomats is an Act of Supreme Self-Sabotage Don't Kill the Heralds

Not sure how we got here, but here we are. Worth the time to read and reflect.

open.substack.com/pub/canuck21...

24.05.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Les patriotes « se sont battus pour vous, pour les droits que vous avez en ce moment » Des Québécois ont pris la rue pour commémorer les patriotes et leurs descendants à Montréal.
19.05.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Springsteen vs Trump's America The Boss Takes on the Gangster

My thoughts on what Trump's attack on Springsteen means.

charlieangus.substack.com/p/springstee...

17.05.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 422    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11
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Congratulations, Ralf Bissdorf!

29.04.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I, a Muslim, went to an all boys Jesuit Catholic high school, Bellarmine, where we were taught the concept of "men for others," "faith through service," and agape.

I can spot fake Christians. It isn't hard with the Trump Administration.

21.04.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1595    πŸ” 228    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 6
Cory Booker DROPS THE MIC with HISTORY-MAKING Speech
YouTube video by MeidasTouch Cory Booker DROPS THE MIC with HISTORY-MAKING Speech

NEW: Cory Booker Sets Record with History-Making Speech

Watch the highlights πŸ‘‡

01.04.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 13877    πŸ” 1975    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 90
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Calibishie, Dominica. Can’t say enough good things about the people and places!

19.03.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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While sitting in the United Club, a man approached me, « Excuse me, I am so so sorry for… » His voice broke as he began to cry. He pointed at my Canada sweatshirt. « Stay strong!Β You don’t deserve this.Β»
No sir, none of us deserve this.

12.03.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Super Bowl Sunday!!
Not a big American football fan, but this…

09.02.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has few qualms deploying federal law enforcement to punish perceived enemies.

Trump administration now compiling a list of FBI agents who investigated violent felons who assaulted police officers?

Share this to stop the mass purge of people who were simply doing their jobs.

Illegal. Immoral. We are better than this

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...

01.02.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 821    πŸ” 469    πŸ’¬ 467    πŸ“Œ 44

Just how many β€œillegal immigrant(s) living in Canada as Prime Minister” are there? Or was that just a misplaced modifier?

27.01.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Things are fine until they are not.

Freedom and democracy are worth fighting for, if not for us, then for those who come after us.

Here are "29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect our system of government" www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-you-ca...

27.01.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

80 years ago today…

25.01.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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January 24, 2025 β€œNUTS!”

January 24, 2025

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Dicks, you disappoint. This, but no Lynx or Frost gear? In fact, nothing for any women’s teams at all.

21.12.2024 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to Minneapolis!

19.12.2024 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Awesome coffee roaster in Richmond, BC. R Ki Coffee Lab made my mornings!

28.11.2024 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ yeah, it’s a little too late in the season! But we have this awesome year around cabin in the Laurentien mountains about 70 minutes from our house in MontrΓ©al. Resettlement is a crazy process. Don’t know that I will ever not feel like an imposter while coaching fencing in French!!

18.11.2024 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Probably too cold for swimming but awfully tempting!

17.11.2024 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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