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Elbows up 🇨🇦 💪 Canadian & Irish novelist of character-driven fiction from horror to sci-fi to contemp. Film school grad. Ottawa dweller. Humanist. Pro-human rights, pro-democracy, pro-science 😷 INFJ www.caramartin.ca | www.ckkellymartin.com
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How about some neutral-leaning-good news? Brooklyn Public Library is making funding available for libraries across the US who want to develop freedom to read programming for young people. It's open to any library, with a note that small and rural libraries are especially encouraged to apply.

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Together, we’ve been working to ensure that Mabel’s Fables, one of Canada‘s most beloved, independent children’s bookstores, remains open in our community for many years to come. www.thestar.com/news/gta/mab...

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HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOUR PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION! Good information here for your #NoKings rallies. Know what to expect, how to identify risks, how to stay safe. Thanks to @mexigrl1964.bsky.social for finding this resource. #NoKings #June14 linktr.ee/protestsafet...

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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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📣 Reminder: If you joined the #CanadianDentalCarePlan before May 1, 2025, don’t forget to renew to keep your coverage! 🦷

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Seth gets it

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Lancaster Animal Care Center #LosAngeles #California These tiny immune systems are no match for an overcrowded shelter. They need out NOW! ROCKY 🆔A5701180 (white) 14 week boy 7lbs TRINI 🆔A5701176 (black) 14 week girl 10lbs ☎️(661)940-4191 [email protected] #Puppy #Dogs

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Dear athletes and citizens of the democratic world: Do NOT travel to the US for ANYTHING. Cancel your plans for the World Cup. Do not step foot in the US. Stay home or go to Canada or Mexico if you want to see it. Enough is enough.

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FIXED! We have launched a new geoconfirmed map for the United States tracking the ongoing potential self-coup. It includes protests, civil unrest, military deployments, large ICE/HSI/etc deployments, police deployments, and major incidents of Constitutional due process violations. Please amplify.

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The founding fathers did not live and die to see this moment. It’s time for all of us to stand up peacefully.

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Happy Pride month! July 20th will mark the 20th anniversary of the Civil Marriage Act's legalizing of same-sex marriage in Canada. 🌈 www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids

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Lead with your hook: the unique twist, premise, or promise that makes your story different from every other book on the shelf. If you can’t explain what makes your book special in one or two sentences, it might be time to sharpen that pitch. #WritingTips #AmQuerying #PitchPerfect #WritingCommunity

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the Uber CEO tells Trump his company supports the MAGA reconciliation bill (that will strip millions of healthcare and food support)

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WATCH: “Here’s the big scary LA protest — look: you don’t see the cops or the National guard here… are there any fires or chemical smoke? Wonder why that is.” The people are peaceful. Law enforcement is doing the escalating. Intentionally. This has always been Trump’s plan.

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Happy Birthday, Michael J. Fox! Absolute legend. www.thatericalper.com/2025/06/09/6...

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We are witnessing the first stages of Trump’s police state | Robert Reich

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Stay safe out there, LA folks

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Newsom addresses Trump directly: "Where's your decency, Mr President? Stop ... it's immoral. You're creating the conditions that you claim you're solving."

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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

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There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

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The federal government is sowing chaos so they have an excuse to escalate. That is not the way any civilized country behaves." ~ Gavin Newsom www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"Climate scientists have predicted an eventual blurring of 'fire season' into year-round burning for decades, but few imagined it would arrive so soon in our northern forests."

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Air quality in Ottawa is 180 AQI now. In practical terms what does this unhealthy designation mean? When the Air Quality Index ranges from 151-200, the air quality is unhealthy for ALL. See details below & note “Unhealthy” pollution levels require a mask even indoors. www.iqair.com/ca/newsroom/...

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Not actually good news for Canada as habitat and wildlife will be catastrophically impacted and human health will suffer. phys.org/news/2025-06...

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“As smoke levels increase, health risks increase. Limit time outdoors." Ottawa’s air quality was rated “10-Very High Risk” at 1 p.m...and will be “10-High Risk” through the day and “6-High Risk” tonight. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

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If you've got wildfire smoke in your area, protect your lungs by staying indoors and running purifiers if you have them. If you absolutely need to spend time outside mask up in an N95 or better. www.dailyclimate.org/toxic-metals...

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Fitting for today’s cat fight.

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