Kathryn
@verityblue.bsky.social
Figurative artist, designer & mother of five. Mostly here for politics, climate, music, art and social justice. And a bit of humour. Settler. Ally. #decolonize #landback Robinson Huron & Williams Treaty Territory
France is on fire. Spain is on fire. Norway is on fire. Sicily is on fire. Ontario is on fire. Scotland is on fire. Bolivia is on fire. Algeria is on fire. England is on fire. Wales is on fire. Tunisia is on fire. Our world is 🔥🔥🔥 and we all know why.
“I will be too tired. I am going back to bed.” Toad went back into the house.
I’ve done the survey, have you #Canada ⬇️
Mark Gerretsen@markgerretsen.bsky.social · 2w agoYour voice can help shape Budget 2026 🇨🇦 Your feedback will help inform decisions that support a stronger economy, help families and workers, and build a more resilient future for Canada. 🗓️ Share your input by September 8, 2026. 🔗 Have your say: Canada.ca/yourbudget
Reminder that one of the very first things Carney did was get rid of the luxury tax on yachts and private jets. ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/11/08/c...
Carney is scrapping the luxury tax. Here’s how people are reacting
The Trudeau-era rule rules previously levied a tax on vehicles and aircraft worth more than $100,000 and boats worth more than $250,000.
ottawa.citynews.ca
Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social · 2w agoAbsolutely 💯 Tax Them…. NEW: Over the World Cup final weekend, ~3,000 private jets flew in and out of the NY area. On the last day, private jet CO2 in the area doubled its 5-year norm(!). Private jets are the most carbon-intensive form of travel. Tax them.
Well, this is a mess. Someone wants Ford to wear this. More than one confidential source is talking to Global in a way that casts doubt on Ford's key messages to the public about the scandal. People are trying to protect themselves. #OnPoli
Isaac Callan@isaaccallan.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: Doug Ford railed against his own MPPs for claiming hotel stays in downtown Toronto, telling them they'd all have to pay it back. The thing is, it was actually the government that told them to use the perk in an email last year. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1197496...
"...Mark Carney posted photos on social media from a visit to the federal Government Operations Centre (GOC). But under the Carney government’s plan to reduce the size of the public service, the centre featured in the post had lost about 50 positions, or nearly half its workforce" #CdnPoli
Ottawa Citizen@ottawacitizen.com · 2w agoCarney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: union ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
This is what Mark Carney has chosen. She's a former board member of the right-wing Fraser Institute. "In 2023, the advocacy group Environmental Defence accused Pierce of being a “climate villain painting Big Oil green.” The group claimed: “Pierce is an expert level greenwasher..." #CdnPoli
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social · 3w agoWorse than Harper. www.readthemaple.com/mark-carney-...
Oh, look! Two countries that commit war crimes don't like being held accountable. Who'd have guessed?
According to capitalists... A socialist country that spends its entire budget on infrastructure, hospitals, schools, housing, and food for its people is 'unrealistic' But a capitalist country going $40Trillion into debt to subsidise corporations and fund endless war is 'fiscal responsibility'
"A total of 16 TO-area PC MPPs have dipped into the “special circumstances” allowance in recent years, to the tune of a combined $107,118, according to publicly available expense disclosures." 🤬 #FordsGravyTrain keeps rolling! Choo-choo! #FordIsCorrupt #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/governm...
Toronto-area PC MPPs have billed taxpayers over $100K for Toronto overnight stays
Expenses that ‘did not meet the spirit of the rules will be reimbursed’: premier’s office
thetrillium.ca
I read of thousands of needless deaths and am full of rage that Mark Carney is walking back Canada's emissions targets.
Oni Blackstock, MD MHS@oniblackstock.bsky.social · 3w ago“Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heat wave, data shows Extreme heat can kill by causing heat stroke, or aggravating cardiovascular, respiratory diseases… The vast majority — more than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above, according to data published by EuroMOMO.”
Being a feminist means having infinite patience for the reality that time is a fucking flat circle and we'll be repeating ourselves until our last breath. Take. Violence. Against. Women. Seriously. And. You. Will. Save. So. Many. Lives.
The people suffering in food supply chains are *farmers,* not grocery giants. Increased market consolidation raises farmer costs with monopoly power over vital inputs, as ever fewer sources control access to (& prices for) things like seeds and fertilizer. 10/ perspectivesjournal.ca/canada-food-...
The Monopoly Problem at the Heart of Canada's Food System | Perspectives Journal
While the ongoing cost-of-living crisis facing Canadians has been provoked by recent global events, the consolidation of the Canadian food system has been a long-running and strenuous process.
perspectivesjournal.ca
"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?" A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen. 1/??
NEW: A report from Just Peace Advocates finds the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board increased its investments in companies complicit in Israel’s crimes by more than $23 billion. www.readthemaple.com/cpp-invests-...
CPP Invests $23 Billion More In Companies Tied To Israel: Report
“It’s more than doubled if we’re looking back over two years.”
readthemaple.com
Children were "labelled as fighters even after (age confirmed) - held alongside adults in Israeli military and prison facilities." Subjected to "beatings, prolonged blindfolding, attacks by dogs, electric shocks, forced nudity and sexual assault, including rape and threats of rape." #OpDeathEaters
YAC News@yacnews.bsky.social · last mo.UN inquiry finds Israel deliberately targeted Gaza children, amounting to genocide www.yacnews.com/un-inquiry-f...
Samaa is trying to provide for her daughters' basic needs amidst harsh circumstances, but resources are limited and their needs are many. Any support, no matter how small, helps provide them with food and essential supplies Thank you to everyone who lends a helping hand chuffed.org/project/1575...
NEW: Iran is publicly calling out Donald Trump and JD Vance for LYING, directly contradicting key claims the Trump regime has made about the U.S.-Iran agreement. 1/
Seeing way too many people saying things like "Wow! That incel shooter proves Canada is MAGA, too!" ... Montreal was shot up by an incel in 1989. Chronically aggrieved misogynist losers predate the MAGA movement.
Canada brought the world Jordan Peterson AND the Proud Boys, ffs! This shit is homegrown.
So to get it straight, the shooter who shot the Muslim cop was an incel white supremacist from Lethbridge. The Jewish man was a bystander killed by a different police officer. Hope this helps
The cry went up from thousands that "this isn't us" after the race riots, but days later masked men are forcing people out of another estate. And if we shrug and continue to live in a society that lets this happen, well then it's no surprise how the world will view NI: share.google/AE98ss3HdT9t...
I was recently reminded that the term "global heating" is better to use than global warming - "warming" is too mild a term for what we are witnessing
This Wired article is disinformation. Here are nearly half a million peer reviewed journal articles about SARS-CoV-2 and its result, long COVID. Long COVID has more than 200 expressions and is the #1 chronic illness in children, having surpassed asthma. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
LitCovid
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Well now... Enjoyed listening to this testy exchange on #CBC Front Burner between Jayme Poisson and Wab Kinew as WK calls out JP on her journalistic bias.. (@ 14:30 mark) www.cbc.ca/player/play/... I kinda feel Wab Kinew is the voice of unity #Canada needs right now. Bless this man.
In normal times, the fact that government officials at HHS blatantly lied to the public and got caught would be a scandal of unusual size. Everyone involved in this disinformation scheme against the people of the United States should be held accountable.
No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says
The agency’s analysis contradicts claims made by former vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad.
nbcnews.com
