Fiona 🇨🇦

Fiona 🇨🇦

@botaniquoise.bsky.social

🇨🇦 Economist. Lover of the natural world, gardener, and collector of tropical greenery. Happiest with animals, plants, books and like-minded humans.

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Wendy the Woke
@nomorex61.bsky.social

“As Canada seeks to reduce its military reliance on the United States, the government decided that the timing was not right to purchase American helicopters“ Having an untrustworthy leader is not good for buisness USA. #Sheshed www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.caBlack Hawk down: Trump's trade war pauses Canadian helicopter deal | CBC NewsThe Carney government quietly suspended plans to purchase 16 Black Hawk helicopters for Canada's special forces amid escalating tensions with Washington. The decision reflects Ottawa's growing relucta...
Fiona 🇨🇦
@botaniquoise.bsky.social

This!

Maria BOO!stillos@mariabustillos.com

Every day it's clearer that if Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg et al. had spent zero dollars interfering in politics and media, the world would be a substantially better place right now Seems like it would be a good idea to stop doing anything they want

Fiona 🇨🇦
@botaniquoise.bsky.social

Sarah is a Canadian angel. 💚 🇨🇦

Stereogum@stereogum.com

At Daisy Chain Fields tonight, Olivia Rodrigo brought out Sarah McLachlan for “Building A Mystery” and “Angel,” dedicated to Dolly Parton. The pop star's festival, which was inspired by McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, raised $10M for women's rights nonprofits, an amount Melinda French Gates is doubling.

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ContempraInn 🌹
@contemprainn.bsky.social

Five elephants swept away by raging floods in Nepal were found alive after being carried downstream into India. The herd reached Girija Barrage in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich, where officials reduced the water flow, allowing all five elephants to climb out safely and make their way back to safety.👍😍

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Lisa 🇨🇦
@pinkmouse.bsky.social

Well done PM Carney! 🇨🇦 “We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms,” Carney posted. “Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario — then, now and always.” #Canada #Carney #Trump #Blues

thestar.comCP NewsAlert: Carney says it will always be Lake Ontario after Trump’s renamingWASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadians know that Lake Ontario will always keep its name, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change it to
Fiona 🇨🇦
@botaniquoise.bsky.social

The USA may now be servile to Trump but Canada will never be!

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Chrystia Freeland: "This is about trying to turn Canada from a partner and an ally into a vassal. It's trying to turn Canada into the Venezuela of the north. We're not going to give up our sovereignty" #cdnpoli

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Amadi Lovelace
@amaditalks.bsky.social

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

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Kris Hillenburg
@hillenburg.bsky.social

Replying to @meidastouch.com

When Howard Lutnik comes in at the last minute of negotiations and starts talking about language requirements, indigenous treaties, and limiting Canada's ability create and maintain trade agreements is not about trade. It's about flattening Canadian culture so that it can become the 51st State.

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Miss Aja
@brat2381.bsky.social

Most of the larger accounts screaming for Democrats to "do something", telling you to concentrate on 8,000 miles away, and pretending economic anxiety is the reason for racism NEVER SAID A DAMN THING ABOUT THIS. I'm glad folks are finally paying attention. Gary is an 80% Black City in Indiana.

NPR@npr.org

Tens of thousands of people in Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. Schools remain closed and businesses have been unable to reopen. n.pr/4xXEmQy

n.pr'Survival mode': Indiana residents endure a ninth day without powerTens of thousands of people in Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. Schools remain closed and businesses have been unable to reopen.
Fiona 🇨🇦
@botaniquoise.bsky.social

Canadian political focus on sovereignty at highest level ever

James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca

By tracking mentions of sovereignty in the House of Commons, and conducting linguistic analysis, we can say that there's never been another moment like this in Canadian political history. Cool analysis by my colleagues at @canadianshieldinstitute.ca. canadianshieldinstitute.ca/updates/cana...

Fiona 🇨🇦
@botaniquoise.bsky.social

“You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here”. How cruel and counterproductive when these people have integrated, and contributed to the communities in which they have rebuilt their lives. 😢

Fields of Change PAC@fieldsofchangepac.bsky.social

Haitian TPS has expired. Families in Ohio are now checking in with ICE — many sent home in ankle monitors that cap their travel to 75 miles. No criminal record required. abcnews.com/US/haitian-immigrants-ohio-told-report-ice-ankle-monitors/story?id=135356277

abcnews.comSome Haitian immigrants in Ohio told to report to ICE and given ankle monitorsHundreds of Haitian immigrants in Ohio who had Temporary Protected Status have been summoned by the ICE for in-person "check-ins," immigration advocates say.
Fiona 🇨🇦
@botaniquoise.bsky.social

More reasons to avoid the US food supply chain. Approval of persistent and carcinogenic herbicides with little-to-no public consultation or study on long-term effects to humans, insects, and flora and fauna.

#VeryAsian Eric@ektaka.bsky.social

Trump's EPA is now working as an advocate for the corporate polluters...🙄

Fiona 🇨🇦
@botaniquoise.bsky.social

Per this article, UN data indicates that half of the world’s population is urbanized meaning that a very large portion of the globe is out of touch with the natural world. Imagine if every school child could visit a forest, walk along a river, hike a mountain? It could make a world of difference. 💚

Laura Phillips@lauraphillips.bsky.social

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

vox.comDavid Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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Jan_Morgan
@janetmmorgan.bsky.social

Let’s stand up for @lawyeroyer.com in any way we can. #pinks

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Liz Oyer says she's received deaths threats since testifying against Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General — and that Missouri's Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt have helped fuel the violent threats against her.

ms.nowOpinion | Former DOJ lawyer spotlights death threats after Blanche testimonyLiz Oyer says Missouri’s Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt are helping fueling threats against her as Republicans try to confirm Blanche as AG.
Fiona 🇨🇦
@botaniquoise.bsky.social

Brilliant campaign against heinous technology that no one asked for or needs.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Jeffrey Epstein models Zuckerberg's Meta glasses. Spoof advertisements featuring the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein wearing Meta’s AI glasses have been installed at bus stops across London in a guerrilla campaign protesting against privacy risks. The activist group Everyone Hates Elon

thetimes.comSpoof Epstein ads go up around London in protest against Meta AI glassesThe activist group Everyone Hates Elon targets smart glasses in a guerrilla campaign over privacy risks and non-consensual recording