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@davegrt.bsky.social

Progressive Canadian husband, father and big fan of the Toronto Blue Jays. Also politics and travel.

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Chatham-Kent’s 50 transitional cabins officially open to address homelessness crisis 50 new transitional cabins in Chatham-Kent are now officially operational, part of the municipality’s response to what officials describe as a growing homelessness crisis.

Chatham-Kent’s 50 transitional cabins officially open to address homelessness crisis #Ontario

www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

21.08.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4
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Work begins in Finland on a new Canadian icebreaker for Arctic defence Dignitaries at a steel-cutting ceremony Wednesday in Finland marked the start of work on a new Canadian icebreaker to be named the Polar Max and aimed at bolstering Arctic defense.

Work begins in Finland on a new Canadian icebreaker for Arctic defence #Finland #Canada #IceBreaker #ArcticDefence

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

21.08.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 193    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

The only course of a peace deal should be Ukraine getting every ounce of land back every fucking child stolen returned and financial restitution by fucking Putin’s goddamn fucking shit country for every single ounce of damage to in infrastructure caused by that fucking bastard

21.08.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fewer babies admitted to hospital after Quebec’s first RSV immunization campaign The number of infants being admitted to hospital with complications from respiratory syncytial virus has gone down dramatically since Quebec implemented its first immunization campaign last fall, acco...

Oh look, surprise...... Scientists created the vaccine and it works. #VaccinesSavesLives #Canada

Fewer babies admitted to hospital after #Quebec’s first #RSV immunization campaign

www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

21.08.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 428    πŸ” 164    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 10
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Puffin paradise, County Kerry, Ireland

20.08.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3
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20.08.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9331    πŸ” 4135    πŸ’¬ 610    πŸ“Œ 551

The US sanctions Canadian judge on International Criminal Court, freezing her assets. The same US that says war criminal Putin is dreamy and handsome and rolls out the red carpet. #cdnpoli #uspoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

20.08.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 16
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A Maine politician sent Canadians an unprompted offer to join the US Sen. Joe Martin, R-Rumford, wrote the undated letter focused on how British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba could seek admission.

Canada will never join the United States. Maine senator Joe Martin can go fuck himself.

17.08.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1732    πŸ” 420    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 54
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πŸ“ŒIt's really incredible watching legacy media cover Trump while he covers for Russia during these laughable negotiations.
"Trump said this."
"Then Trump said that."
"Trump did this, and then he did that."
Literally no fact-checking. No context. Just repeating his bullshit.

Mostly, NO journalism.

19.08.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 960    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 14
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The best of β€œare we doing this right, MAGA?”

17.08.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1226    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 47
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Study finds that 84% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative An EKOS study on disinformation in Canada has found that Conservative Party voters are the most likely to believe disinformation.

Support for the Conservative Party of Canada is driven and fuelled by disinformation.
84% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative. β€œ95% of the most disinformed Canadians are planning to vote for the CPC or PPC.” #cdnpoli cultmtl.com/2023/10/stud...

14.08.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 15

I think a lot about the deadly overlap of climate disasters, and fascist accelerationists.

Anything that advances social collapse benefits authoritarians.

There may be dark money funding arsonists (or encouraging them via conspiracy disinfo) just like with the antivaxxers and convoy types.

18.08.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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We come from the land of the ice and snow and we are taking the resistance global.
Mark Labour Day in your calendar.
#MeidasCanada is going live.
@meiselasb.bsky.social @meidastouch.bsky.social

16.08.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 494    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 7
Statement by Prime Minister Carney following the Alaska Summit
"The leadership of President Trump and the United States is creating the opportunity to end Russia's illegal war in Ukraine. Robust and credible security guarantees are essential to any just and lasting peace. I welcome the openness of the United States to providing security guarantees as part of the Coalition of the Willing's efforts.
Canada is closely co-ordinating with President Zelenskyy and our partners in the Coalition of the Willing to intensify our steadfast support for Ukraine and our shared commitment to its peace and security."
The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
16 August, 2025

Statement by Prime Minister Carney following the Alaska Summit "The leadership of President Trump and the United States is creating the opportunity to end Russia's illegal war in Ukraine. Robust and credible security guarantees are essential to any just and lasting peace. I welcome the openness of the United States to providing security guarantees as part of the Coalition of the Willing's efforts. Canada is closely co-ordinating with President Zelenskyy and our partners in the Coalition of the Willing to intensify our steadfast support for Ukraine and our shared commitment to its peace and security." The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada 16 August, 2025

But not just @nationalnewswatch.com.
@globalnews.ca did exactly the same thing in exactly the same groupthink. #cdnmedia has a serious groupthink problem.
Carney is walking a tightrope. But the 2nd part of his statement is key. That πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ is closely coordinating with πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ & pro-Ukraine, anti-πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί allies.

17.08.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

This is an example of purposely misleading headline writing. National Newswatch is deliberately misrepresenting what Carney said. His sentiments - couched in diplomacy-speak - stated clearly that πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ stands with πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦. Attacking Carney with bad faith tactics like this, don’t inspire faith in #cdnmedia.

17.08.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 4
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What a total arrogant asshole Senator Joseph Martin from Maine is. He sent this letter to multiple politicians in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Detailing why the western portion of Canada should 'break free' and become American.
FUCK YOU!! #NEVER51 #ForeverCanadian

16.08.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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Kilder til DN: Trump tok opp nobelpris i tolltelefon med Stoltenberg (+) Ut av det blΓ₯, mens finansminister Jens Stoltenberg gikk pΓ₯ gaten i Oslo, ringte Donald Trump fra Det hvite hus. Han ville ha Nobelprisen – og diskutere toll.

Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...

14.08.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3025    πŸ” 1494    πŸ’¬ 377    πŸ“Œ 840
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A judge has freed Sean Dunnβ€”who threw a sandwich at an ICE fascistβ€”ruling that a felony charge is excessive.

To be clear, MAGA snowflakes celebrated Trump for pardoning Nazis who physically beat cops to death with pipes, but tried to charge a man armed with a sandwich with a felony.

15.08.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 9
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Happy doggo... 😍 #dog #dogday #bluesky

15.08.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4471    πŸ” 654    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 46
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The U.S. Alcohol Industry Is Reeling From Canada’s Booze Boycott β€” The Wall Street Journal Trade fight prompts pullback in purchases by the biggest export market for U.S.-made wines, costing American brands tens of millions in sales

Canada wins. #TrumpSlump

14.08.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4
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Canada’s Travel Boycott Grows: Car Travel To U.S. Drops 37% Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.

www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...
BIG NUMBER
$1.8 billion-That’s how much in export revenue is lost for every 1% drop in international visitor spending…If the downward trajectory continues through the end of the year [the US] stands to lose at least $21 billion in travel-related exports.
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦βœŠ #BoycottUSA

12.08.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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Study finds that 84% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative An EKOS study on disinformation in Canada has found that Conservative Party voters are the most likely to believe disinformation.

It’s becoming more and more clear that support for the Conservative Party of Canada is driven and fuelled by disinformation.

84% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative

13.08.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

But I was told by everyone on the right that the only person who could deploy the National Guard (or prevent the deployment of the National Guard) was Nancy Pelosi.

11.08.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 23989    πŸ” 5684    πŸ’¬ 539    πŸ“Œ 255

The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.

11.08.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12291    πŸ” 3858    πŸ’¬ 575    πŸ“Œ 145
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Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (β€œICC” or β€œthe Court”) issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Mr Vladi...

The president of the United States has invited Putin, for whom the ICC has issued an arrest warrant, to United States soil.

Putin is accused of stealing children.

1/3

www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

09.08.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 538    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 12
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Canadians’ opinions of the U.S. and its president are at or near historic lows About a third of Canadians (34%) have a favorable opinion of the United States today. This is down 20 percentage points since last year.

β€œBut a 59% majority of Canadians also name the U.S. as their country’s top threat. Most Canadians who say this perceive the U.S. as a great deal of a threat to their country’s economy (77%), and 53% say it is a great deal of a threat to their national security”

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

10.08.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what Cons do - beware, Canada - Harper sold off so much for than just the wheat board…….

11.08.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 270    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 21

Texas Republicans used to proudly assert their independence. Now they take pride in being Trump's little bitches.

11.08.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2224    πŸ” 576    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 10
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That @maddow.msnbc.com video about Canada? Fake. And more dangerous than you think.
@msnbc.com #msnbc #rachelmaddow #cdnpoli #canada #deepfakes

βœ… My newsletter and links β†’ beacons.ai/todmaffin

11.08.2025 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 21

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