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Right? 👇🏽🤢

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You have to wonder what Mark Carney's other two wishes were after rubbing that bottle

submitted 5 hours ago • 143 comments

Good luck today, Canada 🇨🇦 elbows up!

submitted 6 hours ago • 241 comments

It’s Election Day, Canada. Go vote Canada Strong.

submitted 7 hours ago • 778 comments

Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?

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Organisers of the London marathon show more leadership than the government. And should be applauded for doing so. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

submitted 3 days ago • 139 comments

Watching the sunset at a c.5,800 year old monument, listening to two cuckoos having a row. I wonder how many generations that Poulnabrone has had to listen to?

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When the White House & the Kremlin are allies… www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

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Here's something I wrote trying to explain why Brexit still isn't 'done' and the true implications of leaving the SM/CU. I had help from an expert kind enough to explain things properly to me. It's something I'm hoping to do a lot more with, and hope it's useful. centralbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

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My plan is clear: fight President Trump’s tariffs, protect our workers — like the women and men here at AMPCO Manufacturers in Coquitlam — and build a stronger economy. #CanadaStrong

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The proportion of adults stepping forward for volunteering has slumped since 2010 | Trevor Russel

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Just forget appeasing these monsters. We must return to Europe and stop kidding ourselves we can have it all. We did that before and ended up with less than nothing. British politicians who support Trump betray Ukraine, betray us all. (Letter, Times)

submitted 3 days ago • 20 comments

the dude remains incapable of criticizing Putin

submitted 4 days ago • 1227 comments

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

submitted 4 days ago • 1620 comments

“62 MPs said the govt should work with the EU to create new opportunities for British young people to work and travel in the EU, similar to agreements with…Australia and Canada” It really shouldn’t be such a tough ask. But well done to those who are trying. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."

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"A dozen US states sue to halt Trump's tariffs" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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BREAKING: Hegseth downloaded Signal on his desktop at the Pentagon to circumvent the lack of cell service in a classified space. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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#BBC news, "Influencers fuelling misogyny in schools, teachers say" Hannah & Lucy's recent show - Edu-Influencers - brings focus to the world of influencers in education. A 'must listen' over the Easter break. buff.ly/ChqypLr #Teaching #education #safeguarding #EdChat #EdChatie #EduSky #Leadership

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The impossibility of controlling AI in the reformed Leaving Certificate. Today’s Irish Times. #edchatie

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All English teachers in Ireland should read the new @inotenews.bsky.social 'Response to New LC English Draft Specification': www.juliangirdham.com/blog/inote-r... #edchatie

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At the English Meet on Thursday 8th May I'll argue that AI is antithetical to English as a classroom subject. Draft summary slide below. #edchatie Tiny number of free tickets left: eventbrite.ie/e/english-me...

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"46% of UK adults say they struggle to focus on reading due to distractions around them – a figure that rises to over half of those surveyed aged from 16 to 44" Anyone know if figures are available for readers in Ireland?

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This is an amazing festival of literature plus some v interesting discussions on current affairs . If you happen to be here then, check it out

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www.dalkeybookfestival.org

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submitted 4 days ago • 1106 comments

Turbulent week; bit of a timeline cleanse. La Gomera two weeks ago.

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We decided to watch “School of Rock” last night because it has “Minecraft Steve in it” (I know…It is what it is) and I decided to google a bit and, yall, the little singer girl just got married to the big security guard boy /in real life/. She’s a OBGYN sonographer and he’s a music industry lawyer.

submitted 5 days ago • 551 comments

Pope Francis shaking hands with Greta Thunberg in 2019

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Pope Francis chose that name after Saint Francis of Assisi, the barefoot radical who gave up his wealth to live among lepers, animals, & the poor. A man who didn’t see nature as a resource, but as “a mirror of God.” In a world where profit trumps life, that name was a provocation.

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Let this lapsed Catholic go and dig up her rosary and say a novena or five.

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and I asked the sky, why they carried you away.

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If I see another article about birth rates that refuses to grapple with the way having children systematically disadvantages women I swear to god. There is no mystery. Stop pretending there is. We’ve got to do away with credulity for nonsense.

submitted 7 days ago • 67 comments

My statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis:

submitted 7 days ago • 204 comments

"Humble Francis: A memory of transcendent humanity in Rome" Others, more knowledgeable than me, will write memorials today. I want to share a single detail from one day in Rome, in January 2018. snyder.substack.com/p/humble-fra...

submitted 7 days ago • 49 comments

Canada is ranked 1 in education, 3 in safety, 4 in justice, 4 in overall best country. We are not a broken country. We have not suffered a lost decade. Our existence is in the balance. Vote.

submitted 7 days ago • 291 comments

"almost every night since Oct 2023, even during his hospitalization, Pope Francis made a daily phone call to the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip to check on their safety and offer words of prayer and support. His last public act, the day before he died, was to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."

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"Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that create huge inequalities." - Pope Francis

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Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech: “How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”

submitted 7 days ago • 160 comments

Pope Francis led by example, centering his life and papacy on being a voice for the less fortunate. He inspired us all to better embody the teachings of Christ: love, compassion, and justice. Gwen and I are joining Catholics and Christians around the world in mourning his loss.

submitted 7 days ago • 156 comments

“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help. If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite." -Pope Francis

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“This happens today: if the investments in the banks fall slightly… a tragedy… what can be done? But if people die of hunger, if they have nothing eat, if they have poor health, it does not matter! This is our crisis today!” -Pope Francis

submitted 7 days ago • 140 comments

🔥😡 A private workshop took place last month aimed at dismantling the EU.

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Pope Francis, who died on Monday at 88, was a strong and vocal environmental advocate and used his papacy to help inspire global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. He framed climate change as an urgent spiritual issue and helped push the world to take action.

submitted 6 days ago • 60 comments

In Pope Francis’s last public address, he preached care of the marginalized, the vulnerable, and migrants, saying: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves.” May we heed his wish.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV

submitted 7 days ago • 1631 comments

📌UNDERSTAND: Now that we have learned Pete Hegseth shared classified information about imminent strikes in Yemen in another group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, he should be arrested. 📌This was no one-off, this was treason.

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Alongside being the spiritual leader for millions, Pope Francis was a powerful advocate for international law and the rights of people in crisis. As the world becomes more dangerous and less kind, we must remember his example. www.bestforbritain.org/pope_francis...

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Who would’ve thought we’d be living these books out? We are in perilous times.

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