Mercedes Lenz

Mercedes Lenz

@yeguablancaa.bsky.social

Canadian living in Chile, yeah baby!! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 Cycling, yoga and human rights enthusiast, and also trilingual accordion player. Wish I could do more to unite people in kindness, fight fascism and save the planet. I love you so come and visit

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The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

ft.comUS executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian controlFormer CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval

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Jordan Bitove's Toronto Star is not your grandpa's Toronto Star. Not too long ago, Doug and his cracked out brother boycotted the Star because it dared report on them. Not a problem now. Ford gave Bitove an online casino license less than a year after he bought the paper. 😉

Toronto Star@thestar.com

Don't miss: Beaches—East York councillor Brad Bradford is now in a dead heat with Olivia Chow to be the next mayor of Toronto. The Star takes a look at his record. https://mrf.lu/2H5Gb

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Elon Musk is spending $445M+ to buy the midterms for one very simple reason. He's terrified that a Democratic Congress might finally hold him accountable.

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Bike Lanes Save Moms Bike Lanes Save Dads Bike Lanes Save Kids Bike Lanes Save Seniors Bike Lanes Save Commuters Bike Lanes Save Delivery Workers Bike Lanes Save Fuel Bike Lanes Save Emissions Bike Lanes Save Health Bike Lanes Save Lives

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I support this protest. As fuel costs rise, bike lanes protect both financial and physical well-being. The culture war pitting drivers against cyclists is venal and idiotic. Car culture kills, cycling culture supports life

Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺@markshawtoronto.bsky.social

Made it back home to Etobicoke for another protest #biketo

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Avi Lewis: "The entire process was unnecessary. Nobody asked for it. Danielle Smith's career has been defined by a slow walk towards separation. All of the questions are designed to stoke division in Alberta, and she is the one who is responsible for that."

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Canadians want to prioritize clean energy over fossil fuels, Carney government told in internal report New public opinion research commissioned by federal government shows a majority of Canadians want to see Canada become a clean energy superpower

thewatchdog.caCanadians Want to Prioritize Clean Energy Over Fossil Fuels, Carney Government Told in Internal ReportNew public opinion research commissioned by federal government shows most Canadians want to see Canada become a clean energy superpower

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ctvnews.caResearcher who became sick after pesticide exposure asks government to follow scienceA Quebec scientist is petitioning the federal government to stop what he sees as a weakening of pesticide regulation and is asking them to follow the science.

WATCH: “In the 51 years I’ve worked on pesticides, this is the single most regressive proposal I’ve ever seen.” Elizabeth May warned the government this morning about dangerous pesticide control changes hidden in Bill C-30.

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“Ontarians should be outraged that taxpayer dollars are fuelling what is ultimately just a wasteful and harmful culture war. Drivers will face the same amount of traffic, while lives will be put at risk.” buff.ly/vlfGlqL

buff.lyDoug Ford’s government rejected Toronto’s proposals to restore traffic lanes and keep bike lanes: sourcesToronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets.

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@mark-carney.bsky.social Forests are burning, like never before. The Ice caps are melting like, never before. Hurricanes are more powerful, like never before Ocean temperatures are rising, like never before Why are you building more pipelines putting BILLIONS of TONS of CO2 into the atmosphere?

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I don't think most Canadians are aware PostMedia is owned by US media conglomerate Chatham Asset Mgmt & Trump-friendly. Their journalists gaslight us & promote #Conservative politicians. It is an attack on our 🇨🇦 #democracy. #Cdnpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #Cdnmedia #NeverVoteConservative #CanadaSky

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Replying to @masnick.com

Devoting your social time to platforms where you control your own account and your own data, is the only real long term solution to hating billionaires controlling their own platforms.

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Elon Musk has spent at least $366 million since July to boost Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms. That’s just 0.0385% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: No Kings organizer Ezra Levin SOUNDS ALARM after Meta suspended the movement’s Instagram during nationwide protests. LEVIN: “We might be seeing something similar from Meta in our country right now.” “We're not gonna stop organizing against this regime.”

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I guess this is supposed to be funny. Grow up, Onion, granny's been around the block. Where do you think YOU came from?? I give birth to people like you, so can it already 😉🫠😂

The Onion@theonion.com

Grandma Recalls Wild Teenage Year Before She Met Grandpa

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HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOLY FUCK IS THIS SITE ONE GIANT RUGPULL??

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Replying to @ashleyquan.bsky.social

So the cost of removing the bike lanes is $50,000,000 MILLION!!! Add the police hourly rate of $83/hr x 50 x 8 hrs= $40,000. Who’s money is this we are wasting? Not Ford’s money, our money.

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Replying to @ifindkarma.bsky.social

“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: The Trump [regime] is essentially acting as a massive criminal enterprise. It lies, steals, extorts, and murders — all while cloaked in awesome authority…” James Speyer, Most Powerful Crime Syndicate In History Archive: archive.is/T1sGw

nydailynews.comThe most powerful crime syndicate in historyIt is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is essentially acting as a massive criminal enterprise. It lies, steals, extorts and murders — all while cloaked ...
Jon Cryer@mrjoncryer.bsky.social

I have been saying this for almost a year and it is long past due for Dems to adopt this framing for 2 reasons: 1) it is entirely and demonstrably true. 2) the public must be prepared for the enormity of what will be required to dismantle the criminal organization and create a better democracy.

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First-past-the-post is fueling our unity crisis, turning regions into one-party strongholds. Proportional representation would end this toxic cycle and give everyone a voice, whether you’re an Alberta Liberal, Toronto Conservative, or Quebec federalist. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

theglobeandmail.comCarney makes case for united Canada ahead of Alberta separation voteIn Thanksgiving message, Prime Minister says Canada can’t build big things if it is divided

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Chat is this bad? "Oracle's...5-year credit default swaps climbed to 151 basis points in October, levels last seen in 2009...S&P cut Oracle's credit rating to BBB-, a single notch above junk...they're targeting more than $40 billion in additional debt and equity" startupfortune.com/banks-are-no...

startupfortune.comBanks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote - Startup FortuneBanks including JPMorgan and MUFG are shopping AI data center debt tied to Oracle as credit default swaps spike and bond order books thin out.

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Once again. Just like the Paramount Merger Gavin Newsom does what he always does. Sells out the working class people for the billionaires again and again. Not only that but endorses a bill that will make it impossible to tax the wealthy at all. www.commondreams.org/news/newsom-...

commondreams.orgNewsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally pay their fair share."