Ann ten Cate 🍁 🐢 πŸ‘¨β€πŸŒΎ

Ann ten Cate 🍁 🐢 πŸ‘¨β€πŸŒΎ

@a10cate.bsky.social

Archivist, dog mum, gardener (when it's not raining in Victoria BC) and beach girl. News, culture and politics junkie. Yes, I have opinions, but largely keep them to myself.

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Elbows Up Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Support Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Boycott U.S. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

Made in Canada@madeinca.bsky.social

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So awful to see this happening again in west Kelowna I hope everyone is getting out safely And an annual reminder: β€œhuman caused” doesn’t imply arson It’s about human activity, not intent www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

ctvnews.ca357 homes under evacuation order due to West Kelowna wildfireTactical evacuations have been ordered due to an out-of-control wildfire burning in West Kelowna on Tuesday afternoon.

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From a post: β€œTold my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization. So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.”

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RAE: "The people of Iran have no guns, they have no arms, they have no missiles, they have no drones, they have almost no military capacity ... strategy without resources is not called hope, it's called hallucination."

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The far right was in overdrive yesterday to make the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge about trans people. It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane. My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...

noraloreto.substack.comNaming it: Canada's DunblaneCanada's first mass shooting against children is overshadowed by what terfascists are saying

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The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascismβ€”a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

youtu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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78% say it was the right thing to reduce tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, which will result in some increased canola sales to China + Chinese electric vehicles being sold in Canada Spark Insights / Jan 21, 2026 / n=4000

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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

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Carney: "In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".

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Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

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Carney: "We stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland's future. Our commitment to NATO's Article 5 is unwavering ... Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland"

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Major General Andersen Commander of the Arctic Group in Greenland speaks to CNN. He didnt say directly that he will fire on american troops, why should he? The message was already transmitted, they will fire. ❀️πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦WE STAND WITH GREENLANDπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ίβ€οΈ ❀️πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦WE STAND WITH DENMARKπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ίβ€οΈ

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Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.

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Canada: Our Prime Minster studied at Oxford and Harvard, was the Governor of both the Banks of England and Canada, and is recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds around. America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.

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You don't know what day it is. You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between. You're napping throughout they day. Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.

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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

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Almost everyone who touts the benefit of private healthcare is hoping to profit from private healthcare.

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I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.

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Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🀣

Here we go πŸ‘‰ I threw the sandwich, but I did not throw the condiments I threw the sandwich, but I didn't throw the condiments All around Washington D.C. They're trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the spilling of some mayonnaise For wasting all the dijon, but I say

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Not to be THAT dictionary, but… It’s β€˜per se,’ not β€˜per say.’ It’s β€˜dog-eat-dog world,’ not β€˜doggy-dog world.’ It’s β€˜hunger pangs,’ not β€˜hunger pains.’ It’s β€˜one and the same,’ not β€˜one in the same.’ It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

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Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

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as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility

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A nationwide backlash to AI data centers is brewing. And for good reason: while AI enriches Big Tech CEOs and props up the stock market, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and power. When the AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.