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@aiforbes.bsky.social

Aging hipster nerd, socialist troublemaker, drinker of lager, fan of unshitty Rock'n'Roll.

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Ontario Place is Doug's mess, 100%

06.03.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She doesn't have jurisdiction or I'm sure she would have.

Important to inform yourself before you start throwing stones- hard to undo. And now we all have a particular opinion of you that will have to work to change

06.03.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Olivia.

06.03.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Scandinavia!

06.03.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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KCUNAC KCUNAC, which is

Hey Canada,

Time to ditch for-profit US Socials?

kcunac.com/suggested-gr...

06.03.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And we sit and watch.

04.03.2025 02:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trudeau voices support for Ukraine following tense Trump-Zelenskyy meeting | CBC News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voiced support for Ukraine after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine Presidentย Volodymyr Zelenskyy went completely off the rails.

Free Ukraine forever!

ะ’ั–ะปัŒะฝะฐ ะฃะบั€ะฐั—ะฝะฐ ะฝะฐะทะฐะฒะถะดะธ!

Ukrayina nazavzhdy!

Slavia Ukrayina

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

28.02.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@notoneseat.bsky.social @coopr84canada.bsky.social Can we organize a list of the competing Liberal candidates in ridings where there is an endorsed Unity NDP candidate, and start petitions for them to withdraw?

19.02.2025 03:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ontario NDP candidate withdraws in Eglinton-Lawrence, citing close PC-Liberal race | CBC News Natasha Doyle-Merrick has pulled out of the election and is throwing her support behind the Liberals in her riding. Meanwhile, the Liberals are standing by their Thunder Bay-Superior North candidate a...

Proud to see a New Democrat show true leadership. Time for Libs to step up and drop out in NDP-leading ridings. #onpoli

@bonnieforontario.bsky.social
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social
@coopr84canada.bsky.social @notoneseat.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

19.02.2025 03:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‹

17.02.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@sherrimoore.bsky.social

17.02.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ontario's 4 major party leaders will debate live on Family Day evening | CBC News Ontario's four major party leaders will take part in a live studio debate on Feb. 17, ten days before voters go to the polls.

Ontario Election - Leaders debate is tonight on CBC.

Tune in and send Ford big nasty whammy vibes
#onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

17.02.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mark-carney.bsky.social Mark - as leader of the Liberal party, would you negotiate with NDP and Greens, towards strategically running Unity candidates in ridings across Canada, to ensure a government that broadly represents the interests of more progressive Canadians? @coopr84canada.bsky.social

17.02.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember if Ford is re-elected his plan is to fine houseless people $10 k and when they canโ€™t pay, imprison them. Guess who gets the contracts for the new prisons? #onpoli

12.02.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Guess who pays for them?

13.02.2025 04:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Petition to the Government of Ontario: Cancel the Starlink Contract in Response to the Can

chng.it/bT44B9WRJg

12.02.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@coopr84canada.bsky.social #onpoli as things have moved extra rapidly this election, I think some discussion is due about how C4C stays involved post-election. Candidates with unity backing will need to remember it in govt. Less business-as-usual I hope.

11.02.2025 02:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unite the Left - Picton Gazette | The Picton Gazette Premier Doug Ford has called a snap election. Itโ€™s suddenly less than a month away โ€” and 15 months early. The Premier is pushing his advantage. He is in power. The opposition is off guard.ย  The Libera...

The C4C #BellevilleToBrockville chapter got some great coverage in the Picton Gazette!
#CooperateToWin
is a workaround strategy for the first past the post system. As Mary Jane Philp said:
#Ontario voters itโ€™s time to put #ProvinceOverParty
#ONpoli

pictongazette.ca/post/unite-t...

09.02.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It is important to keep checking. We got better information about several ridings and have made several updates. C4C endorses @sarahjama.bsky.social as the Unity Candidate for #HamiltonCentre

#StopVoteSplitting
#ONpoli

09.02.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vote for whomever can best beat a Tory in your riding. The Liberals have done nothing to deserve power other than be less disastrously evil than the Cons. Canada truly deserves better.

11.02.2025 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arctic defense inadequacy- defense gap across the board- has been sneaking up for year. Last Tory fed govt did nothing, all about enriching friends and implanting US-style tax policy. Sincerely think we need to bypass US completely and ask NATO partners for major help till we get it in order.

11.02.2025 02:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@rzaichkowski.bsky.social please see this thread

10.02.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Europe, in some places, certainly. China, I will certainly try to increase my information, though I'm obviously skeptical. In the U.S., and increasingly in Canada, the whole notion that governments 'take care' seems to have been rejected more and more since the 80s. It's all transactional.

10.02.2025 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump promises 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports โ€” including from Canada | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other...

So, Doug Ford's while schtick right now is about sticking up for Ontario right? Despite the fact that Trudeau is the only one who's actually done *anything*?

If we lived in a sane world, Doug's whole campaign would hinge on what he does now:
#onpoli

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10.02.2025 03:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump promises 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports โ€” including from Canada | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other...

I'm certain that there are traders out there who know exactly how to profit from chaos, and they',re getting rich at our expense.

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10.02.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely agree. Though given the extent to which the average person seems both oblivious and apathetic towards reality, I fear professional fact-checkers must experience an astonishing degree of disappointment.

10.02.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Germany is saying no to autogenocide, no to oligarchy, and no to impunity. Thousands are taking a stand against fascism ahead of the election. No matter the results they won't bend the knee to oligarchy. #3E

10.02.2025 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9691    ๐Ÿ” 2416    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 194    ๐Ÿ“Œ 188

I think, sadly, it's both. That's where it gets really difficult.

09.02.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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