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Phil G

@philygee.bsky.social

I study linguistics, and like to discuss politics and philosophy in my spare time. I'm a socialist, union member, and optimist. I'm happily married. Feel free to say hi! Twitter refugee. Free Palestine ๐Ÿ‰ #Toronto

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Itโ€™s pronounced cyclist.

11.10.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21966    ๐Ÿ” 3673    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 437    ๐Ÿ“Œ 350
Why Canada needs public grocery stores
YouTube video by The Breach Why Canada needs public grocery stores

With grocery giants ripping off Canadians, itโ€™s time for a bold alternative: public grocery stores.

Food analyst Aaron Vansintjan explains how a publicly-run grocery option could solve the crisis of skyrocketing food costs.

youtu.be/RPuEhQl8Cxo

09.10.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 139    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Hamasโ€™ Oct. 7 attack in Israel โ€œplunged the region into a devastating war.โ€

Thatโ€™s how an Associated Press article opens โ€“ one that some of Canadaโ€™s largest news outlets published today.

But Oct. 7 wasnโ€™t the day this started.

Today, with @cjjpmedia.bsky.social, I'm giving a history lesson:

07.10.2025 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 252    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Fordโ€™s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

Ah, okay. There we go. globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

06.10.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Woo Bravo Rachel!

22.09.2025 03:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Black background with white type.

20.09.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 461    ๐Ÿ” 166    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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That's a fair point! But welcome here anyway, twitter without so many Nazis!

20.09.2025 03:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For what's it worth from a random person online, short :)

18.09.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canada's foreign affairs minister got back to me about top scholars' finding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

It...wasn't great.

Meanwhile, Poilievre is out here calling Palestine the "Hamas state."

But where leaders fail, the people step up: the Global Sumud Flotilla is setting sail.

08.09.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 200    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The Spanish government announces sanctions, including a #MilitaryEmbargo, against genocidal Israel.

The tide is turning. BDS is a legal obligation, not just a moral one. Sanction Israel now.

Together, letโ€™s end this!

08.09.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 291    ๐Ÿ” 147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
The image features big bird sitting on some steps, holding a book titled "Communist Manifesto." Next to big bird are two children sitting and looking at the book. Text in the image reads "S is for Seize the means of production."

The image features big bird sitting on some steps, holding a book titled "Communist Manifesto." Next to big bird are two children sitting and looking at the book. Text in the image reads "S is for Seize the means of production."

06.09.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 233    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

How about every time a politician has to give yet another speech about how endless oil and excavation projects are in the nations interest they have to host the speech in front of the nearest forest fire or hurricane

05.09.2025 04:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 202    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.

02.09.2025 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3400    ๐Ÿ” 2878    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80

Welcome to Blue's Clues!

29.08.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Graphic titled โ€œ2025 Global Social Progress Index.โ€ Text explains the index measures 57 drivers of social and environmental progress across 170 countries. A ranked list shows the top 10: Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland, and Germany. Next to each country it says โ€œproportionalโ€ under the column โ€œVoting system.โ€ At the bottom, text notes โ€œCanada ranks 18.โ€

Graphic titled โ€œ2025 Global Social Progress Index.โ€ Text explains the index measures 57 drivers of social and environmental progress across 170 countries. A ranked list shows the top 10: Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland, and Germany. Next to each country it says โ€œproportionalโ€ under the column โ€œVoting system.โ€ At the bottom, text notes โ€œCanada ranks 18.โ€

The top 10 countries in the 2025 Global Social Progress Index all use proportional representation.

When every vote counts, societies thrive.

25.08.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Please take care of yourself Rachel! Living a healthy life is all part of resisting, don't forget :)

22.08.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
You lessen crime by eliminating poverty. You lessen crime with universal healthcare, public housing, strong unions, high wages, universal childcare, and free college.
You lessen violence by creating happy, healthy communities that aren't fighting over material
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You lessen crime by eliminating poverty. You lessen crime with universal healthcare, public housing, strong unions, high wages, universal childcare, and free college. You lessen violence by creating happy, healthy communities that aren't fighting over material resources.

18.08.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 203    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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The Air Canada strike is a huge deal in so many ways โ€” and lots of them should matter to every single working Canadian.โ€จโ€จThe flight attendants are ignoring a back to work order. Canadians unions are behind them. The CUPE National President is prepared to go to jail.

Let's talk about it:

18.08.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 486    ๐Ÿ” 121    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

All Canadians need to be invested in this labour fight and show solidarity with CUPE workers. Workers are the ones who keep Air Canada running, and they shouldn't be expected to work for free.

17.08.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sounds positive then :) yes home grown tomatoes are always great to have, but good to have a plan for next year too!

13.08.2025 04:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aw that's a shame! Sorry to see all your work go to waste :(

13.08.2025 03:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The image is a four-panel comic featuring two characters having a conversation. 

1. Top Left Panel: A character with long brown hair and a gray outfit, smiling and gesturing with their hand, says, "I'm an anarchist, and what are you?"

2. Top Right Panel: Another character with short white hair and a similar gray outfit, holding a paper, responds, "I'm a communist."

3. Bottom Left Panel: The brown-haired character, still smiling, says, "Cool~ We can be friends until the revolution!"

4. Bottom Right Panel: The same character, now with a more serious expression, adds, "After that it gets difficultโ€

The image is a four-panel comic featuring two characters having a conversation. 1. Top Left Panel: A character with long brown hair and a gray outfit, smiling and gesturing with their hand, says, "I'm an anarchist, and what are you?" 2. Top Right Panel: Another character with short white hair and a similar gray outfit, holding a paper, responds, "I'm a communist." 3. Bottom Left Panel: The brown-haired character, still smiling, says, "Cool~ We can be friends until the revolution!" 4. Bottom Right Panel: The same character, now with a more serious expression, adds, "After that it gets difficultโ€

31.07.2025 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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We won ๐Ÿšฒ

www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toront...

30.07.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 999    ๐Ÿ” 297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 115
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A new bombshell report just dropped that exposes hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel.

I reached out to the government about this...and their response suggested either further obfuscation or that they're uninformed about weapons exports during a genocide.

Here's what happened:

29.07.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 306    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Arms Embargo Now! Canadaโ€™s secret arms trade with Israel, exposed: This hard-hitting report exposes the damning dataโ€”hundreds of shipments, hundreds of thousands of bulletsโ€”and the Canadian governmentโ€™s web of lies tha...

Damning.

A new report is exposing hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel.

Iโ€™ll be covering this today. The press conference should be starting any minute now.

armsembargonow.ca/report/

29.07.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 256    ๐Ÿ” 105    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Now is that the kind of mushroom that could unlock the secrets of the universe and forever change your perception of reality and all meaning of life, or go really well in a spaghetti sauce?

25.07.2025 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Non-sloppy indeed! Quite respectable in fact :)

21.07.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I thought the Onion was supposed to do satire, not actual journalism.

15.07.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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