Rachel Wales

The fusion of corporate and state power sounds an awful lot like fascism.

TAX THE RICH.......

Always double-check your ballot!

Because of course it is. Not housing. Not the drug crisis. Of course not the climate crisis. Just Fossil Fuel profits

Thank you, Beaches-East York.

Wow……Not a photo you would ever expect to see. Love this and Canadian Legend Anne Murray🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Ban books and endure my wrath.

LFG

A huge congratulations to @mayoroliviachow.ca and the incredible slate of progressive councillors elected in Toronto tonight.

Jann Arden, thank you, your wife and the munchkins for your family’s incredible support for #ForeverCanadian and for Canadian unity. Your Calgary concert energized us and brought us together. I’m so lucky to have you on our team. #AbLeg #CdnPoli

Brad Bradford strikes out. Well done, Toronto.

#TorontoBUZZ #MayoralRace - Mayor Olivia Chow re-elected Mayor of our great city of Toronto. Congratulations @mayoroliviachow.ca

HUGE congratulations to the citizens of Toronto for re-electing Olivia Chow and sending Brad Bradford packing tonight with a 54% to 41% margin! Now let's get back to standing up to Doug Ford! #TOpoli #ONpoli #VoteChow toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/26/o...

HUGE news out of Mississauga Ontario, one of the most important urbanizing cities in Canada — Councillor @alvintedjo.bsky.social, who I was very impressed with while advising the city before the last municipal election changed everything fast, has defeated BOTH former mayors, and is the NEW MAYOR!

Mississauga just ushered in a historic, long overdue generational shift. Alvin Tedjo skipped the political games and spent the campaign meeting people where they are: cafes, restaurants, community spaces Now he’s the first racialized mayor of Canada’s 6th largest city. www.cp24.com/news/2026/10...

The most important part of your friends having a last house party before moving from an apartment they've been in for over a decade is when you all climb up on the roof, pass around a bottle of rum, and dance with Toronto in the background. It's a very sacred and important process.

Polls are still open in municipalities across Ontario. I voted. Make sure you do, too.

Some of my favorite films of all time. What are yours? Fanny and Alexander- 5 hr version Lawrence of Arabia 2001 Space odyssey The Godfather Brief Encounter Miracle in Milan The Bicycle Thief Brief Encounter Seven Samurai Citizen Kane Gone with the Wind Raging Bull One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Canada stands with Brazil. There will be a growing alliance between Canada and Brazil. The response from MAGA is the language of violence and threat. "The time has come for the wicked and cowardly to meet their rewards." Unhinged nutbars.

Wab Kinew calls on Ottawa to abolish Indian Act: "I'm not sure if that lines up with your vision of Canada, that we still have a race-based form of identification in this country. It's long overdue that we have a relationship with Indigenous peoples that reflects who we are as Canadians today."

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Bluesky has four kinds of users.

Fear mongering.. that is the Conservative ideology and Bradford is a Conservative. Toronto has suffered enough under Conservative based Mayors. The city has started to move forward, finally. Olivia is responsible for this forward movement. Let's not go backward again.

Jack Layton talked me into running for politics. He made me believe it was possible to serve in public life with integrity.

The American owned Sun is promoting a vigilante as the face for Canada's most multicultural and open city. This is same American owned paper that said crack-smoking Rob Ford should be elected mayor. Toronto - you're better than this. Let's get out the vote for Olivia Chow.

Mark Carney on U.S. trade negotiations: "To the extent any progress has been made, it's because the U.S. is coming closer to our position."

Sorrow will have its seasons and its reasons, but let us leave a window open for joy. Some days, simply carrying on asks more of us than anyone can see. Keep going gently. The effort matters because the life you are tending is your own.

Folks, if you hate authoritarianism, you should be feeling good this morning. In Serbia, a student-led movement just ousted a longtime strongman, peacefully. And we Americans should be paying attention, because we have a chance in November to send a similar message. (link below)

#Poetry #Painting #Autumn I admired the sea, most days A wildness too foreign to name... in the distance a lighthouse haunting whatever darkness was never ours to begin with. - Stacie Cassarino 🎨 Olya Luki