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@brechinbrae220031

Politically reformed (left leaning only now), environmentalism, sustainability, equity, science, electoral reform, diverse small scale farming. Working to protect Ontario and Canada's farmland and natural spaces for future generations.

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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to protect our pensions and step up on climate: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/... #cdnpoli #pensions

07.03.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

HOC Petition: Calling for parliamentary investigation into foreign (American) interference in Canada. Foreign interference, including undisclosed foreign funding or coordination, poses a serious risk to Canada’s sovereignty, democratic institutions & public trust. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

06.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sign this Petition - Petitions

HOC Petition: Calling for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance. Require all federal party leaders to obtain & maintain top-secret security clearance to ensure they are fully informed of threats to Canada’s national security. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

06.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The $3.3 billion detail Lecce forgot to mention Stephen Lecce says Darlington was β€œon budget & ahead of schedule.” OPG’s own filings say it’s at least 25% over budget and need 6 more years. The truth matters. #onpoli #ontarionews

Lecce & $3.3 B detail. Energy Minister Lecce trumpets how Ontario Power Generation finished its Darlington Refurbishment Project on budget & ahead of schedule. Not true! OPG admitted to Ontario Energy Board, project will run 25% over budget & take 6 yrs to complete. www.cleanairalliance.org/truth/

06.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Farmland not freeways Every day we’re losing 319 acres of farmland in Ontario. That means that every week Ontario loses the equivalent of nine family farms. The cause? Urban sprawl, aggregate mining…

Tell Doug Ford to support Protect Our Food Act to secure Ontario’s food sovereignty. Each day Ontario loses 319 acres (9 family farms) of irreplaceable farmland, due to pressure from developer interests & land speculation. Once that soil is paved over, it’s gone forever.
gpo.ca/action_campa...

06.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Petition e-7167 - Petitions

HOC Petition e-7167: Calling for Canadian parliament to uphold legal obligations to take concrete actions to hold Israel accountable and enforce international law. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

06.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Key climate takeaways from CPPIB’s Alberta public meetings β€” Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet Last month, Canadians attending public meetings held by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in Alberta pressed the managers of our $780-billion national pension fund on a growing contradi...

Key climate takeaways from CPPIB’s Alberta public meetings.
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2026/3/...

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Under cover of Iran war, Israeli settlers terrorise Palestinian villages Amid rocket sirens and explosions in the sky, the regional war feels distant compared to the terror on the ground.

Under cover of Iran war, Israeli settlers terrorize Palestinian communities. Amid rocket sirens and explosions in the sky, the regional war feels distant compared with the terror on the ground.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

06.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No War On Iran Independent Jewish Voices condemns the American and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Israel’s continued bombing of Lebanon. This attack is yet another example of Israel and the United States ignoring inte...

No War On Iran - Independent Jewish Voices condemns the American and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Israel’s continued bombing of Lebanon.
www.ijvcanada.org/no-war-on-ir...

06.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why the voting age should be lowered to 16 Young voters are becoming disillusioned with elections. Catch them early and teach them the value of democracy

Why the voting age should be lowered to 16. Young voters are becoming disillusioned with elections. Catch them early and teach them the value of democracy.
www.economist.com/leaders/2017...

06.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence for molesting two children β€” Guardian US Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, of Florida among several January 6 defendants charged with new crimes

🀬 trump

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Johnson & Johnson launches website for direct-to-consumer sales March 4 () - Johnson & Johnson has launched a website to sell some of its β€Œdrugs directly to U. patients who either β€Œdon't have insurance or pay for their drugs out of ​pocket.

www.yahoo.com/finance/news...

06.03.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The economy is collapsing from his tariffs and his world war.

He breaks everything.

Remember his Covid response, where more people died in the US than any other country on the planet… because he wouldn’t back down?

05.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Email Senators: Vote YES to lowering the voting age Sixteen-year-olds can enroll in the Armed Forces, drive a car, provide sexual consent, and be tried as an adult in court. And yet, they can't vote. Any day now, the Senate will vote on Bill S-222 –...

I just wrote a @Leadnowca.bsky.social letter: Email Senators: Vote YES to lowering the voting age. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/bill...

06.03.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Condemn Carney’s musings about dispatching troops to Iran Prime Minister Carney is boosting the warmongers in the US and Israel. On Wednesday Carney suggested Canada might consider dispatching troops to assist Trump and Netanyahu’s war of aggression on Iran ...

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Condemn Carney’s musings about dispatching troops to Iran. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/cond...

06.03.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the volcanic crater to the lab: Extremophiles offer a lesson in survival "Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principleβ€”that survival requires changeβ€”was mastered billions of years ago by single-celled organisms living…

Check this archaeon that can live in a volcano! The Weizmann Institute of Science determined that Pyrococcus furiosus can do it, but, how? Check the answer πŸ‘‰

24.02.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frontiers | First genome sequence and functional profiling of Psychrobacter SC65A.3 preserved in 5,000-year-old cave ice: insights into ancient resistome, antimicrobial potential, and enzymatic activities IntroductionAncient cryospheric environments may preserve overlooked reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and bioactive potential. This study reports...

βŒπŸ’ŠThis ancient extremophile lives in an ice cave and is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics!
πŸ’ͺPsychrobacter SC65A.3 has more than 100 genes related to resistance, which suggests that some extremophiles act as β€œreservoirs” of resistance genes. Check it out: doi.org/hbpn39

03.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A fungus known for causing fungal skin infections shows potential beyond its pathogenic role. ✨

Rhinocladiella similis is being studied as a eukaryotic model organism in simulated extraterrestrial settings, like Martian-like conditions. Name a better glow-up!

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Roedeer yarrow valley

Roedeer yarrow valley

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This is an illegal war. Canada has absolutely no obligation to,"stand by our allies when it makes sense." There is no possible way to justify or make sense of the Israeli & American need to destroy Iran. Canadian military personnel and resources must not be made complicit in this illegal war.

05.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A Compilation of Webinar Clips on the Genocide in Gaza
A Compilation of Webinar Clips on the Genocide in Gaza YouTube video by Just Peace Advocates

A Compilation of Webinar Clips on the Genocide in Gaza youtu.be/dm7uDPqMsM0?... via @YouTube

06.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Ontario Health Coalition

Ontario Health Coalition Briefing Note - Urgent Crisis in Public Medicare - Twin Threats: Alberta’s Danielle Smith government &
Ontario's Doug Ford government. Canadian sovereignty means standing up for our values.
www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca

05.03.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is an illegal war. Canada has absolutely no obligation to,"stand by our allies when it makes sense." There is no possible way to justify or make sense of the Israeli & American need to destroy Iran. Canadian military personnel and resources must not be made complicit in this illegal war.

05.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Tweets about people asking Grok which president told the most lies.

Tweets about people asking Grok which president told the most lies.

Bahahaha. 😁😏

#DJT #DJ6T #FDJ6T #PantsOnFireDJ6T

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Karoline Leavitt told us the US State Department was helping Americans stranded in the Middle East.

She lied.

One Texas woman in Dubai called the State Department hotline, was scolded for being scared and then hung up on.

This administration is *full* of incompetent, rude people.

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