Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
And people seem to be getting sick more easily after having several covid infections. π€
Disinfo & malinfo are threats to democracy! We need to teach our children social emotional skills to ensure they become empathetic adults capable of critical thinking! Believe in science & learn from history! Very sad to see what's happening in the USA
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And people seem to be getting sick more easily after having several covid infections. π€
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Does his image makeover include a personality transplant???
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
This needs to be discussed publically all the time! I try to talk with my 16 & 18 year old about this every time they come home with Starbucks & other big brands (everything tech has to be apple). Stop funding the billionaires! Push for wealth distribution to actually make the world a better place
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
It will depend on how the general public, the peasants (myself included) react. If there is no reaction this will happen in many places. It will become "normal"
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social)
This! Glad someone else is acknowledging these facts. Thank you!
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Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
I was thinking maybe a goodfundme could help. It's easy to share that link, and people are familiar with the platform!
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure
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Very good article. Also if crime is up, the solution isn't more prisons and killing the bad guys, its finding out why crime is up and what to do about that. Bottom up always works better than a top down approach. Fix the foundation first.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social)
I love that people are acknowledging this! If you truly care about the economy and the success of all humans, you would fund healthcare & education & make sure people are fed & housed. Watch crime go down & productivity up. And so does knowledge!
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You can't lose something you never had π
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
That is sad π. I haven't been active on Facebook in almost 10 years! What's your article account? I'd love to check it out.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
That is what I figured and have said to them. O&G is still worse for the environment. But they don't like hearing that.
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My Alberta relatives have told me waste (broken panels and broken wind turbines) is a big issue for renewable energy. Apparently there are piles and piles of discarded solar panels and wind turbine blades piling up π€
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been thinking of that. But all my family in Germany uses to communicate is messenger and WhatsApp. Im not about to download WhatsApp so I've held on to messenger
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Forty Creek is my fave!
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Yup! And Harper initiated the more frequent security checks.
Cheryl in Nova Scotia π¨π¦ππ (@minibubbly.bsky.social) reposted
Why the Internet Is Worse Than Ever On the βenshittificationβ of the online worldβand how Canada can clean it up #Canada macleans.ca/society/why-...
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This article is almost 15 years old. It needs to make the rounds again! The last 4 paragraphs sum up why Poilievre isn't rushing out to get his security clearance. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Same! It looks like you can deactivate your main FB account and keep messenger. But you can't delete it, if you want to keep messenger.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Which is why he won't get a security clearance
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I hope this takes off gandersocial.ca
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Charlie, I'm sure it's possible to fight fascism without stealing footage from freelance journalists. This isn't the first post I've read about Meidas doing this. You don't strike me as the kind of man that would stand for anyone stealing content from freelancers. What say you?
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Its in the works! gandersocial.ca
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Its infuriating. Some people think there are actual LGBTQIA+ classes being taught. Which they are not. The irony is that in Catholic schools children actually take religion classes (maybe they can be opted out of, but religion is everywhere in the catholic schools).
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I work in Ontario schools. There are girls in hijabs attending them. From what I've heard, parents choose the catholic board because they don't agree with the public sex ed curriculum (which you can opt out of) and the promoting/positive attitudes towards pride/LGBTQIA+ π’π‘
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
This family needs to start a class action suit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
And they will continue to improve if we invest in green energy! We must end the oil and gas subsidies. Imagine how far ahead we would be if O&G greed didn't control politics!
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social)
This needs to stop!
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I've noticed that my hands bruise quite easily lately (I just turned 50). Also the skin takes longer to heal. My dad is 84 and his hands are always brusied. He takes no blood thinners. I hate trump, but I think many people are jumping to conclusions based on old man hand bruising.
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This might be old. He introduced the $5 mil gold cards a few months ago. He is serious π¬
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
I've started telling people I must be a radical leftistist bc I believe that food, shelter, healthcare and education are not up for debate or opinion and need to be considered human rights.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
But they aren't giving anything back to the people. Socialism/communism would, in theory, do that.
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π― And throw in all the AI garbage and bots. Brainwashing on steroids is what we are seeing now. People living in different realities.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
It's only on CUSMA. The US didn't tariff us on those products so we decided to do the same www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Just because something has already happened & was really bad doesn't mean we should repeat that. Eg. Holocaust, illness & disease (that is now preventable/treatable), slavery, etc. Let's aim for the betterment of the human race! Hopefully our prehistoric brains won't prevent that from happening.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
The discrepancy in salary between C-suite people and regular workers has grown exponentially over the last several decades. This is a huge part of the problem. Why do only some people deserve massive bonuses and pay increases while others remain stagnant?
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Seems like a troll account. Purposefully stirring the pot. I was going to engage but I think that's what they want. X must not be very fun anymore, they are making their way here.
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Progressive except for the xenophobia
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Yup, I know a few Americans and they don't thinks it's that bad (bc so far their lives haven't changed) π€¬
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't get me wrong, I still think Canada is a great place (far better than many others), but its not perfect!
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I don't think that is true. Canada is talking about building a new pipeline π€¬
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Not everyone unfortunately. My riding went to this guy (first time we have had a con MP in decades) pressprogress.ca/controversia...
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately we have some rude, selfish, ignorant maple magats here!
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Done!
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Yes, jet fuel is poisonous and adds to air pollution. She should stop flying in a plane π
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
But isn't Pillsbury (the company that makes them) American?
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Haha, how could I forget the boats!
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I loved Hammy Hamster! My cousin named his first hamster Hammy π I found YouTube videos of it when my kids were about 6 and 8 and they weren't very impressed. How are you not impressed with rodents that can drive???
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All girls need to see/hear this!
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canadians.org/analysis/har...
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I can't believe they haven't taken this page down yet...I'm sure it's due for a coding error π€£
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I'm waiting for him to bring up the cartels and El Salvadoran gangs in Canada again.
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I am starting to feel the same way. I used to listen to them a lot. But the over the top tone is becoming too much for me. π
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I also used to think that lots of fires were started by lightning in Canada. But I was corrected. The majority of forest fires in Canada are started by human activity. However, they are almost always accidents. Only a few are started intentionally.
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They will blame it on the federal government. In Alberta everything always seems to be the fault of the feds. Unless it's a conservative gov't. Then they seem to excuse their shortcomings.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
They also need to reinvest in forest management and controlled burns!
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I'm Canadain and have never heard of these things!
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately that video is fake. Very hard to tell these days. Fact Check: Video Showing President Trump Dancing On White House Roof Is Not Authentic share.google/VK3Tf7Is2fvH...
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Not sure what you are talking about. Im freely using the internet in Canada
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks for looking into this some more. AI often gets things wrong. I try not to use it much. The cons are gonna have a hayday with that pic!
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
The Toronto Sun sure thinks its real. They have published one version that looks more real than others. torontosun.com/news/nationa...
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
They are all good people. Up until the last few years I had no idea their worldviews were so different from mine.
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Thanks for this! My husband has told me to do this too. But its infuriating. I left a gathering early the other night bc I couldn't keep listening to them. I don't know how my hubby does it.
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I have some friends and family (luckily not many)who seem to think we are entering a hellscape dictatorship in Canada. A country full of lies and corruption. The one even said that soon Canada won't have elections anymore. It's like they are living a reality different from mine.
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Eek, it looks like Kenney does speak French. My one friend in Quebec told me he couldn't.
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If he isn't at least Carney level fluent in French nobody in Quebec will vote for him. I have some friends in QC and it seems like Ford and Kenney have no chance there. Unless they are secretly learning French.
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He knows he can't parade her around rural Alberta the same way he did in Ontario.
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That is terrible π’
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I think it is. Pretty sure you have to spell the name properly
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks for sharing. I will let my kids know about this as they often sleep through their regular phone alarms.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
I would love Italy if it wasn't for their right wing government (banning same sex couples from adoption among other things) and that they will greatly be affected by climate change.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
I know! And the pictures he often posts of PP are one of a kind π I can't figure him out. He also claims to be a journalist π
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a pretty good summary of what happened. I see what you are saying now Mike. open.spotify.com/episode/02kI...
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Why were these men not grilled like she was. And why were there texts to get the story straight not taken seriously π
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
I was raised that way too (strict Catholic, no sex before marriage or burn in hell). I purposely did things Im not proud of and could have gotten me in trouble (luckily it didn't) and I blame it on that strict upbringing. Our laws need to change. The blame is always on the woman.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, I didn't read the ruling closely enough. Regardless, it's a terrible situation. One I hope my almost 18 year old daughter never finds herself in.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social)
Please sign!
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From everything I've read she was extremely intoxicated (and some of these guys fed her the drinks). She consented to being with one guy. Not 5. So are they saying it's her fault for being intoxicated? That's like saying she asked for it based on wearing a revealing outfit π€¨
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
I read she got 500k
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I get so angry when I hear this kind of thing. Maybe he should tour Afghanistan if he wants to see real oppression.
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Or vote by mail! Write the name of your preferred candidate on the line, put it in the first envelope and put that envelope on the next one and send it off. Easy peasy!
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Seriously! I would love that. And it makes sense. Imagine all the meds big pharma could sell for all the diseases!
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
I noticed that Trump also pronounced "about" as "aboot" which they do for Canadians. I love the show but hate that they are making Trump seem Canadian π
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, they are! I stopped going. Too many people lining up for expensive, mostly American produce!
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Local farmers markets aren't much better. So much of the produce is American. Many vendors have signs that say "local produce" but only have 1 or 2 things local.
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They need to stay there! I'm sure Kentucky will welcome them with open arms!
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So they "own" the earths products but when it comes to anything else, it's always the Gederal government's fault. I thought the premiers had no control over anything π€
Rita Simone π¨π¦ π©πͺ (@ritasimone.bsky.social) reply parent
This makes me a bit nervous because some of my ultra conservative family in Alberta like Carney. Its like we elected a Conservative with better personality than PP. And without the rage baiting
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Voting by mail is always an option. You write in the name of your preferred candidate!
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Its Canadian but applies to the entire planet.
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This interview talks about that and other reasons we are in this situation. open.spotify.com/episode/0aqk...