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Progressive. Science fiction fantasy mystery history reader. Need more nice. climate change. inequality. Science. CBC. vaxxed. Never Conservative. on threads
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If you have time to follow thousands of random people but donโt tweet or retweet anything then you are a bot and I am blocking you. I also block anti vaxxers anti science climate change deniers MAGA porn impersonation pure bloods Nazis disinformation spreaders etc.
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Put on your f*****g glasses so you can see whoโs shaking your hand. Why canโt you look him in the eyes. Whatโs wrong with you.
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BREAKING NEWS!
Canadian authorities have called off the search for Pierre Poilievre and his election platform due to thick fog and no evidence that a CPC election platform actually exists. PM Justin Trudeau sends his thoughts and prayers.
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Paris Mayor calls X(twitter) a gigantic global sewer and says itโs destroying democracy.
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Doug Ford's list of broken promises continues to grow | Sudbury Star. Ford - high school drug dealer who dropped out of college after 2 months, a disaster as a Toronto councillor, a guy so stupid he couldnโt design a licence plate and โweโ voted for him.
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So scrolling through CTV news app and there is no story on the $8.3 billion Ford grift. They do have a story on Trudeauโs upcoming vacation No mention on their top 5 stories to follow (but one about Poilievre family friendly makeover). I have deleted their app and blocked on x.
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Let corrupt
@fordnation
know you give 2 hoots about the Greenbelt. RCMP investigating $8.3 billion giveaway to his donor buddies. Easy to call his office 416-325-1941 or email premier
@ontario
.ca His office tracks stats of calls emails. (note this is correct phone number)
The PCs are blocking public testimony on its bill to undo the Greenbelt changes.
PCs allowing 1 hour at committee and scheduled the Municipal Affairs Minister to speak for whole hour.
Ford says no one is testifying because they "dont give two hoots" about the Greenbelt.
#onpoli
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Good to see Fordโs candidate finish a distant third in the Kitchener Centre byelection. Another loss for the Conservatives. Good on the Greens.
And it wasn't even particularly close in
#KitchenerCentre
byelection:
@OntarioGreens
Aislinn Clancy took 48% of the vote,
@OntarioNDP
's Debbie Chapman 27%,
@OntarioPCParty
's Rob Elliott 13% and
@OntLiberal
Kelly Steiss 8%.
#onpoli
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Ford cut the development charges so his developer buddies could make hundreds of millions more. Transfer of wealth from taxpayers to developers. Ford saying housing prices would drop were lies. Ford is corrupt.
@PlsMASKthankyou
@fordnation
So Doug Ford will you
#RepealBill23
and put the development charges back on your developer buddies or will you leave the taxpayers to pay the developer bill?
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I reported an account that said Hitler was right and another account that said the ovens didnโt kill enough Jews and
@elonmusk
X didnโt do anything.
X has instructed staff not to suspend users that post explicitly racist, sexist and homophobic content, or who send sexual material to another person, as part of a new policy that has radically stripped back the companyโs moderation of abusive material.
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@MeidasTouch
Shaming the GOP on guns hasnโt achieved anything for decades. Supporting guns means big donations and lots of votes for them. They are not changing. Dem voters need to pressure Dem reps to grow some balls and get laws passed when they control all three houses.
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If you live in a PC riding call your MP.
Contact Ford and Ontario PC party directly.(google details)
Let your non-current affairs family and friends know.
Participate in protests if able.
Respond to the bs Ford and OPC post.
$8.3 billion is $570 for every person in Ontario
Extremely well written โฆ
@David_Moscrop
โฉ!
โpoliticians and the public need to keep pressure on Ford and Clark to resign and on the government, whoever is at the helm, to reverse the Greenbelt decision.โ
TVO Today
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Doug Ford spending $650 million of our tax dollars so his developer buddies can build condos at the Science Ctr and his Therme buddies get โincentiveโ and just happen to buy his US label business. Ford is corrupt.
Today, the
@OntarioNDP
revealed that we obtained documents from Infrastructure Ontario containing mounting evidence of a Conservative rigged process for the
#OntarioPlace
redevelopment.
Watch below โฌ๏ธ
#ONpoli
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Yes Mary Berg should sue Elon for all of the ads with the fake claims.
And a reminder to block every single ad you see on Twitter. No money for Elon.
40% of my new followers are porn even though I keep blocking every single one.
Elon is garbage.
Twitter is a dumpster fire when it comes to their ads.
Elon can't get real advertises anymore so he is allowing all the smut and attack ads he can to take their place. (the two "ads" seen here are unrelated).
It's pure garbage. Mary Berg should sue the platform.
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@SethAbramson
Unfortunately Trump voters and Fox didnโt care about Ukraine and wonโt care about Turkey. However sex cases get attention. Go after Trump Barr Republican Senators on burying the Epstein case. Remind Trump voters about his ties to Epstein so they think about what he is hiding.
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Nurses working at agencies are not being paid 2-3 times more than those working at hospitals. Itโs the agencies charging 2-3 times more. The agencies are owned by former conservatives and they are making hundreds of millions off of public healthcare.
Ontarioโs Auditor General says the province doesnโt have a strategy to reduce its reliance on agency nurses.
Hospitals have increased reliance by 25 per cent and agency nurses are being paid 2-3x higher than hospital.
#Onpoli
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Alberta wants to gut your Canada Pension. Whereโs Doug Ford? After the finance ministers meeting with Freeland, Ford isnโt defending our CPP. Ford is instead pushing PPs and DSs lies about carbon taxes. Ford is corrupt. Good article in the Starโฆ
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Anyone notice Loblaws price discounts around Thanksgiving? Didnโt think so. Galen now threatening more food price gouging. See article. And heโs already wrecking the fall vaccine rollout and working on ripping us off with for profit healthcareโฆ
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@politicalham
@youseepeeYYC
@TallPupper
@AHS_media
Kenney delayed acting in order to help OToole get elected. A Conservative federal government would be an ally to support oil and gas industry, for profit health care, anti carbon tax, pipelines, anti environmental reviews for coal projects etc. That was more important than lives
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Hey Iโm apparently back in twitter prison with the punishment being not allowed to post (but I still can), like (but I still can) and follow (I canโt) for 3 days. As extra punishment I donโt have any ads in my feeds or any replies etc. None! Anyone else experience this???
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@RodKahx
I think the words โcollateral damageโ dehumanizes the deaths of innocent civilians.
Instead โHow much would you care about the death of innocent civiliansโ and I say a lot.
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@OntarioPCParty
@fordnation
Corrupt PC party.
Why did you give developers $8 billion?
How much did Ford, his family and friends and the PC party get from developers?
How much did your party get in donations and advertising etc?
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I have hit Elonโs 5000 following limit. I have 3900 followers. Elon only lets you follow approx 110% of your followers above 5k.
I follow back like minded people.
Now I have to unfollow like minded people who donโt follow me so I can follow back the ones who do.
Itโs crazy
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@AnneAtcheson
@fordnation
I canโt believe people fell for the anti corruption line from a former drug dealer.A guy touting huge โefficienciesโ when he didnโt find any running Toronto. Well he was helped by the media and $$$ from his developer buddies. Corporate Ontario who wanted tax cuts, public assets
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@DenzilMW
Ahh the Trump supporting Rupert Murdoch owned WSJ. DMW failed PC candidate, right winger. Mr โshe should stick to knitting โ referring to former city planner. Always wrong.
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Israel has lost the battle for hearts and minds. Just like Russia in Ukraine and Syria, Israel needs to be condemned for destroying civilian infrastructure including hospitals. Biden needs to break from Netanyahu who does not want a 2 state solution.
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@asifintoronto
Daniele Hamamdjian retweeted Trudeauโs condemnation of the fires on June 30th. Check her Twitter feed. Barring clarification sheโs hating on Trudeau and Muslims.
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Corrupt
@fordnation
and his MPPs taking 2 month vacation while Ontario healthcare continues to fall apart.
NEW - Thatโs it for Queenโs Park for the year. The government confirms the house will rise early today. MPPโs wonโt be back until late February, after family day.
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@BonnieCrombie
Previous OLP position was all workers not just healthcare workers should get paid sick days. Also other than referring to agencies your healthcare platform doesnโt seem to address privatization.
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One of the very few good things to come about from this conflict would be Netanyahu resigning.
Israeli media reports now confirm that the government did receive clear warnings from Egyptian intelligence about the imminent attack that occurred on October 7.
Initially, the Prime Minister's office issued a flat denial after the first report, but then they reversed their
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I called Doug Fordโs public feedback line 416-325-1941. A customer service representative answered and typed my comments. At 10pm only 3 minute hold time. At the worst made me feel better and more determinedโฆ
@john_espley
@WendyGoodes
Also, consider calling Ford's public feedback line.
Not much moves Ford but negative public feedback has worked in the past.
Note: # calls are logged & (anonymous) comments are summarized/shared with Ford's office, within 24 hrs.
@fordnation
(staffed 24/7)๐: 416 325-1941
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Santos expelled. Less than half of Republicans voted for expulsion. None of GOP House leadership voted for expulsion. Thanks Democrats - they have a really good chance of winning the special election in early 2024 to replace Santos.
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@MTW2478
Jagmeet has tweeted since PP team ties to Loblaws were made public but doesnโt make those ties clear and mainly blames Trudeau. PP team owns firm lobbying for Loblaws. Hereโs his tweetโฆ
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Ford gravy train. $171k per year to do nothing (except to run for mayor of Toronto as Fordโs choice). Ford spending our money on his friends and donors. Everything Ford does is corrupt. Itโs the only thing he is good at.
A FOI request from an NDP MPP found that there were no recommendations, reports or advice from Mark Saunders while he was a Special Advisor on Ontario Place development.
@TinaYazdani
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Corrupt Ford government sorry they couldnโt gift $8.3 billion of public assets to their billionaire buddies and donors.
โI am sincerely sorry for the difficulties we have caused you and the industry over the last number of months," โฆPaul Calandra told a roomful of developers, adding a direct apology to Greenbelt landowner Silvio De Gasperis, โฆ
@robertbenzie
โฉ reports
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@ThunderBayEd
Same happened to me. There is no way I would give Elon my real birth date. I used Feb 29 1904 so I am about 30 or 120 years old depending on how you count. I get lots of sex ads at my โageโ.
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@JoshMatlow
@SaveOSC
@ShamjiAdil
@marymargaretbey
@AndreaHazelll
Thanks
@JoshMatlow
for fighting for the Ontario Science Centre and Ontario Place. Thanks for continuing to stand up to Doug Ford.
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@MerlinofCanada
@CBCNews
@CTVNews
I can find no images of OโToole participating in a Pride parade. I did find this which I find ironic.
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Fordโs promise to the public not to touch the Greenbelt was during the last election campaign. Obviously he promised the opposite to his rich friends and donors. The big thing that has changed is he got elected and thinks his promises to the public donโt matter anymore. Corrupt.
Premier Doug Ford says his promise not to touch the Greenbelt was 5 years ago and suggests the picture changed since then.
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@BrianEntin
I donโt understand why the Laundrie lawyer is having a press conference tomorrow. Itโs on the day of the autopsy. Huge media circus. FBI probably hoping to do announcement in prime time for glory. Why do your conference before autopsy results announced?
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@kathleen_petty
@youseepeeYYC
Good on the protesters but this temporary reversal is mainly due to the federal election. The UCP no test trace isolate policy would be a huge millstone around conservative necks across the country. The UCP will switch back after election as gamble is their only hope to win in 23
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@RodKahx
@liberal_party
Follow and turn on notifications for their posts (and other key progressive accounts that you follow) so Elonโs right wing algorithms donโt suppress information intended for you. I mute and block the trolls. Vet my followers. And block most ads.
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@JohnnyM__23
And of course there was no reduction in housing prices. Straight transfer of billions of tax dollars to Fordโs billionaire developer donors.
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@DickZoutman
@DFisman
Seems like the only people not on their own in Ontario are Fordโs donors.
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Well that explains why they support him. Idiots.
Trump Suggests 98% of His Supporters Would Fail Cognitive Decline Test
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X is trying to muffle us with our hashtag, tweet more everyone
#NoBodyLikesPierrePoilievre
Only misspelled one is trending
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@BenSpurr
Supporting the candidate who sides with Doug Ford on destroying both Ontario Place and Ontario Science Centre sure has me thinking about canceling my subscription. Waiting to see if Toronto Star starts piling on Chow when she wins.
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I vet my followers and block the anti science anti books anti progressive fakes bots etc. ones. Like Ronny Jackson former Trump physician and his 3 followers
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@KingaSurmaMPP
Spa for rich people including $500 million to park their expensive cars. Nothing for families with kids.
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Nah you sided with PPC Conservatives anti science anti vax climate change deniers etc and have hurt trust in Canadian democracy. Fanned the hate and misinformation towards Johnston. Federal NDP need a new leader.
David Johnston has done the right thing.
Now the Prime Minister must call a public inquiry, so that we can restore trust in our democracy.
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@MarinaGlogovac
@DFisman
Concerned about your anti vax anti mask anti mandate views. Also nothing in your social media history on climate change. Donโt care?And lots of your likes are for Conservatives Poilievre Lewis. W Brett Watson. I am a Star subscriber and I will not support org that backs Con views
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While having record breaking profits Loblaws claiming their prices went up less than competitors. Apparently Galen is promising to cut prices on 35 everyday items today - caviar truffles Kobe beef etc. Let me know if you notice lower prices. See article
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@KingaSurmaMPP
The auditor generalโs report makes it clear that the Ontario (not Progressive) Conservative Party only care about making their own families and friends rich. $8.3 billion gifted to developers to build mansions while you cut rent control and did nothing for affordable housing.
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@TorontoStar
Yes encampments are gone. However the uncaring heavy handed way it was carried out was awful. City leadership (John Tory) and police screwed up by not taking a more humane approach.
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Catholic dioceses are declaring bankruptcy. Abuse survivors say itโs a โway to silenceโ them
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Whenโs the last time Ottawa or Montreal had a tornadoโฆ Seeing more and more extreme weather
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Corporate greed driving inflation. And weโre let the huge companies buy up their competitors.
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@Capitals
Ovi is a big Putin supporter. Look at his profile pic on IG. Had his chance to denounce invasion and didnโt.
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Yes!!! Need PMJT as wellโฆ
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Speech today June 25 by Ukraine president Zelenskyy after phone calls with President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau and Polish President Duda. Update on war. Thanks PM Trudeau and all Canadians for our support.
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England privatized water companies and cut regulations. Now customers pay more and private water companies pay out millions to executives and billions to wealthy investors (and donate to conservatives) while dumping sewage. Itโs more profitable to dump sewage than fix it.
90% of of freshwater habitats on Englandโs most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition due to pollution and sewage ๐ฉ
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Of course thereโs no affordable housing. Fordโs goal is to make his rich friends and donors as much money as possible. Housing for the rich. Corrupt.
โIt's a massive lost opportunity,โ said NDPโs housing critic
@JessicaBellTO
, after the Ford government failed to require affordable housing in its Ontario Line station development
#onpoli
#TOpoli
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In Russia you get arrested for wearing LGBT rainbow earrings. One reason why many right wing Conservative/PPC supporters are pro Russia is because Russia is so anti LGBT.
Russia hands out first convictions in connection with anti-LGBT law
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Sorry I posted incorrect number in previous post that I have deleted. I called and left a message for Ford saying that I live in Toronto and I do care about the Greenbelt. Also disagree with his plans for Ontario Place and the Science Centre. (so much more). Connected in 2 min
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@Sue_Innovates
@WendyGoodes
@fordnation
Thanks for this. I have called his line and passed on my message.
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@fordnation
Corrupt. Why did you give developers $8 billion?
How much $$$ did your daughter get from developers at her wedding?
How much money did these developers spend on advertising etc supporting your government?
What else have you, your family and friends and your party received?
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โMusk destroyed all thatโ: Twitterโs business is flailing after a year of Elon
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Elon is making x(twitter) more horrible every day.
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The cuts to taxes that supported infrastructure were another transfer of wealth from us taxpayers to Doug Fordโs wealthy friends and donors. Done without study or public consultation. Everything Doug does is a grift.
Has anyone yet provided any evidence the billions in tax cuts Ford forced municipalities to give to developers has resulted in more affordability?
In a market when demand is pushing up price rapidly, why would cuts to input costs reduce price rather than just go to profit?
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Of course the NRA leadership is corrupt. Grifting off of lies. Good news LaPierre is out as lawsuits continue. No paywall.
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Too many awful people on x. Hereโs one of them - freedum, anti vax, climate change denial but mostly name calling hateโฆ
@bk_belton
take note of his recent post - at least no one retweeted or liked. I blocked him and every one of his 124 followersโฆ
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@asifintoronto
OToole was just in Calgary wearing a cowboy hat at the stampede. He didnโt have anything to say about his former cabinet colleague Jason Kenney hiring Ben Harper son of Stephen Harper to a big dollar taxpayer paid job as โpolicy advisorโ. Thats typical conservatives.
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Pakistan accuses Indian agents of two assassinations on its soil. Similar to cases in Canada and USA. No paywall.
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Good to have another progressive councillor in Toronto. An anti Ford champion. Good for Scarborough voters who also defeated Fordโs candidate in the recent provincial by election.
All 58 polls reporting now, and it would appear Parthi Kandavel will be the next city councillor in Scarborough Southwest.
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@JamesJJRyan
Quebec now delayed general school opening to Jan 17. Quebec keeping testing. Quebec expanding vax mandates. Quebec closing restaurants.
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Edward Rogers showing his racism calling Masai Ujiri arrogant (see CBC article below). Also apparently a big Trump fan visiting Mar-a-lago earlier this year (during pandemic not wearing masks).
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My cat keeping a look out for those Maple Maga typesโฆ. (actually sheโs looking for her boyfriend cat from across the street).
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@BrianEntin
Re Laundrie press conference tomorrow. Maybe they are upset the high profile search for Brian seems to have wound down. So โWe miss our son. Heโs great. Please look for him and return him safely. Thanks for all your efforts police public etc. โ seems weird timing though.
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@RodKahx
The resolution did not condemn Hamas but it also did not condemn Israel. Of the 14 countries voting against, only Israel, US, Hungary(Orban), Austria,Czechia significant. Voting for Mexico, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, France, Portugal, Spain, South Africa. Canada abstained
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Iโve been blocking ads on Twitter since Elon first let racists bigots etc back. The only ads I donโt block are indigenous or pro climate change/science or books. Hereโs a typical ad I get now. No big companies just these โฆ
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Sorry Elon doesnโt like me right now and I canโt follow back anyone for a couple of days. Canโt repost or like any of your great tweets.
So I will be off reading a couple of good books and wonโt miss the stupid ads for porn and the insults and misinformation that Elon loves.
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Mary Brownโs is Canadian owned. Good chicken.
Mary Brownโs Fried Chicken opening in Val Caron on Nov. 14
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@TheAgenda
@spaikin
@CPC_HQ
@erinotoole
@wodekszemberg
Nah. While you were leader, Conservatives voted to deny the science around climate change. Most Conservative MPs voted against outlawing conversion therapy. Wrapping yourself in the true blue flag of Harper Manning Kenney Harris etc turns most voters off.
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New World Precious Metals was one of the sponsors of far right racist Christine Anderson tour.
@Questrade
do you have any comments about your partner sponsorship of racists?
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Everything Ford does is corrupt.
In addition to todayโs RCMP announcement, the Auditor General has confirmed that they are investigating the Ford Conservativesโ process for selecting and approving Ministerial Zoning Orders.
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The BC RCMP are sending lots of officers to Wetโsuwetโen land to โsearchโ for a chainsaw that you can buy for $700. Pictures of some of those officers. And warrant. And similar chainsaw for sale Basically excuse to harass indigenous people opposed to pipeline crossing their land.
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Nice calm snowy morning in East York Toronto
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Why are US Canada etc. supporting the Netanyahu government? Heโs proud of preventing the 2 state solution etc.
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@blogTO
This is a good idea. We also need to improve Toronto New York, Toronto Ottawa, Toronto Montreal
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@PBethlenfalvy
@fordnation
$8.3 billion for Doug Fordโs developer buddies. Lots of public health care money to Galen Weston and other PC friends. Nothing for the rest of us.
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Come on Threads. Get a half decent topic search engine so I can leave X and all the anti science nuts, bigots and haters. Will miss my wonderful followers though.
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India โready to look intoโ alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist in the US, says Modi
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Elon protecting his paid trolls/haters.
NEWS: The ability to hide your Blue checkmark is now live and working on Android with the latest update!
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