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colettebaty.bsky.social
Island life on the Pacific Coast. Trying to follow the “don’t be a jerk” motto. 🇨🇦
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Did you know you're legally required to give orcas a 200-metre buffer zone in Canadian waters? This paddleboarder says she didn't. But ignorance was no excuse. "If you want to be around whales or other marine mammals, learn the regulations," Judge Alexander Wolf said in his judgment.

submitted 12 days ago • 10 comments

Canada versus the Trump admin aggression #teamCanada

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Premier Smith’s AB’s Covid Task FARCE Report for $2M recommends Covid 💉halt + promotes ineffective, unsafe treatments, ivermectin & HCQ. This isn’t alt opinion. It’s willful ignorance & dangerous misinformation by a grossly unqualified panel. #firetheucp #abpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

US, I don’t know how you find your way home to the decency and legitimacy that had allowed you to lead the world. My thoughts are with us all as you descend into lawlessness. #USA

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Other than Chretien grabbing Trump by the throat, this is very satisfying. And true. And worth the read. #canada www.facebook.com/share/p/15W8...

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Zuckerberg needs a better working definition of masculinity. And a hair stylist. He needs one of those too.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

When Jesus decided not to take the wheel…

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Recreating my huge thread below here, will pin to my profile. Thread of threads - Poilievre is lying to you: Poilievre and his party have voted NO against the following legislation and bills in Parliament Voted No on Bill C-21 - amendments to firearms bill Voted No on Bill C-245 - amendments /1

submitted 66 days ago • 122 comments

For all that is holy - in this world of Bezos, Zuckerberg, & Musk, be a Scott, @mcuban.bsky.social, or Gottesman.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Dear Trump, you can keep flapping your gums. In the meantime, we’ll keep getting it done. From Canada (the place where women are equal and awesome) 🇨🇦 #Cndpoli

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In 1979, Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. In 1986, Ronald Reagan tore them down along w/Carter’s clean energy funding. This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.

submitted 50 days ago • 851 comments

Conservatives in Canada seem to believe that if -- or when -- the carbon tax is removed, food price inflation will disappear. Trevor Tombe and Jennifer Winter have shown why that isn't the case with their recent study. Allow me to pile on a bit here. Thread time.

submitted 51 days ago • 19 comments