“The dangers Trump and Putin face are so great they will go to any lengths to avoid them. They have no other choice.”
The Next Three Months
Trump and Putin are now at their most dangerous
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🇨🇦 Formerly joyful Torontonian (currently in northwestern ON), living with lupus; lymphoma survivor; owned by English toy spaniels; passionate about knitting 🧶
Are you looking for information about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada? You can visit our website — it will be updated regularly, as we find more details about vaccination programs. stillcoviding.ca/en/resources... #COVID #vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines
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To whom it may concern: if in this moment you find yourself caring again about a deadly outbreak in a distant country, please remember: thar the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is still ongoing.
With the rise of the Far Right, we’re in a situation where every election could potentially be the last one. No excuse not to vote with rigour.
Embracing multiculturalism -- understanding how much richer our lives are when we can learn from, support, and celebrate each other
Tod Maffin 🇨🇦@todmaffin.com · 2w agoName one thing that makes you feel Canadian 🇨🇦 Rules: no hockey, no maple syrup, no apologizing. Let's see what's left. Drop yours below ⬇️
Thinking of visiting the US? Consider it carefully, as they’re going to seize your phone and look at everything you have on it.
So many people just keep saying that Covid is over and so it’s time to move on, and yet the wastewater data just keeps saying that Covid is over here that Covid is over there and that Covid is moving on from one person to another.
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Trump is preparing to impose “sweeping sanctions” on the International Criminal Court, WSJ reports. Nothing says “we are international criminals” more.
One of the big lies that the foreign disinformation campaign targeting the Alberta Separation movement spreads is the claim that a yes-vote doesnt really mean separation, it just provides a stronger negotiation position within Federation. Tell that to the people who regret voting for Brexit.
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last mo.“Both Russian and pro-Trump U.S. actors are amplifying and spreading misinformation about Alberta separatism in the hope of fraying Canadian unity and sowing distrust.” An overt attack on Canadian sovereignty, meant specifically to manipulate Canadians. That’s what’s fuelling Alberta separation.
This week's #ShowMeYourKnits is all about autumnal golds and ambers. Here are a few of mine:
Tomorrow's the big day. Celebrate democracy by helping us get your eligible friends and neighbors registered for their next trip to the ballot box! Go to www.vote.org and visit handsoffourvote.net to learn more about how to make sure the will of the people prevails in November. #handsoffourvote
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Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
All the polling from multiple pollsters, including GOP ones, points to a massive Democratic wave in the Midterms. If it doesn’t happen there will have been shenanigans that should get people out on the streets. Don’t be diverted by people who try to dismiss it as a conspiracy theory.
I'm buying all my birthday and Christmas gifts from Canadians from now on. mainstreet.todmaffin.com is a great place to start. I already buy as many groceries as possible from Canada and/or anyone but the U.S. Let's embrace the challenge! How little can you buy from the behemoth next door?
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦@todmaffin.com · last mo.Remember, none of this is new. Today is the day we double-down, #Canada. We've got this.
Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use union-busting laws to further exploit workers 5) Rinse and repeat How we break this cycle? Build back a powerful labor movement.
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SPECIAL REPORT - Your Neighbour Canada Has Changed And You're Not Going to Like What is Happening Underestimating Canadians - Trumps Fatal Mistake
50% tariffs, a collapsed trade deal, and a Canadian economy posting record highs anyway. Here's news you're not going to like, but you need to know it
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⏰ Last call: Have your say on Budget 2026! September 8 is the deadline to share your priorities and ideas to help inform Budget 2026. Take a moment to make your voice heard and help shape the decisions that matter to Canadians. 🇨🇦 🔗 Participate here: Canada.ca/yourbudget
Frederick Douglass, 1857: Those who profess to favor freedom yet deprecate agitation want crops without plowing the ground; they want rain without thunder + lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Fight For A Union@fightforaunion.bsky.social · last mo.Nearly half of American families cannot afford basic living expenses. When full-time work leaves you one emergency away from ruin while your employer rakes in billions, the system is fundamentally broken.
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
There is an enormous, glaring problem with medical training. When doctors are taught that medicine is an exact science and that "I don't know" is unacceptable, they often default to blaming the patient. Untold numbers of people suffer years of abuse and trauma. www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/i...
Doctors accused her of faking illness - now they’re asking for forgiveness
Trinity Hutchins was accused of secretly siphoning blood from a line into her chest and using it to fake blood in her vomit. The accusation was wrong - she was very unwell with a rare disorder.
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Fellow Canadians, please repost the heck out of this. The con man is conning us out of our territory. www.alternet.org/trump-lake-o...
'Emergency': Trump biographer warns the president just 'invaded Canada'
On Friday, a prominent biographer of President Donald Trump took to social media to warn that the commander-in-chief had “invaded Canada.”
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If you run a small Canadian business that's being hit by the U.S. tariffs, submit a ten-second video and I'll put you in my directory... and might feature your on my social media channels. If you want to support a Canadian small business, check out mainstreet.todmaffin.com #BuyCanadian
Due to “rapid spread of COVID-19” Texas’s San Perlita ISD has closed “all school operations” until August 27th as a “precautionary measure,” which is another reminder that we can keep saying “Covid is over,” but unfortunately Covid doesn’t care what we say.