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RichardLevangie

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Author. Environmentalist. Feminist. Ally. MFA. Be kind, be cool. Secrets of the Hotel Maisonnueve, 2020. Red Tiger, 2025. Kjipuktuk. Halifax, NS. He/him

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It’s over unless Joe Biden drops out. He is a great president, but he’s handing democracy to an authoritarian if he stays.

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The Biden Campaign has called an audible straight from the Trump playbook. Biden’s debate performance wasn’t that bad; what we saw with our own eyes never happened. It’s the Democratic“bed-wetting brigade” and media blowing it out of proportion.

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lol. Okay, you won the internet today.

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I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

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SCOTUS has declared that Trump is King. After Biden’s disastrous debate performance, it seems that only a Hamburger from Heaven can save us from the fall of American democracy.

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In recent rulings, the Supreme Court added obstacles to the government’s ability to regulate air pollution, water pollution and the greenhouse gases that are heating Earth. The decisions could empower conservative judges throughout the country to block even more environmental regulations.

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The Supreme Court’s ruling putting presidents above the law must be understood not simply as a grant of immunity for past crimes, but an enthusiastic endorsement of those he will commit if given the chance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Serafina’s been struggling with the loss of her step-brother, Prospero, last month, so we’re practicing TLC by taking her to some of her favourite places. Yesterday, we went to Conrad’s Beach, where I hoped we’d meet some other puppies. But it was foggy and we had the place to ourselves.

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Remember all those 2022 predictions that getting inflation down would require years of very high unemployment? Here’s where we are now (using the Cleveland Fed nowcast for May)

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The judge who oversaw the #TRUMP trial is HERO. Not because he withstood a daily assault from a powerful former president and returned nothing but kindness. But because everyone who appears in his courtroom is treated with kindness and respect. Great story in The Daily Beast.

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Alito and Roberts: We are august impartial jurists, how dare you question us or accuse us of partisanship

Johnson: I talk to our guys on the court all the time, they’ll fix this whole trump conviction thing

www.axios.com/2024/05/31/m...

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The main thing to understand about abortion ban exceptions do not exist. They are ornamental. They’re like plastic fruit. They are not meant to be used, they’re just there to make the ban look reasonable. bsky.app/profile/jbou...

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Lamppost EV chargers are the answer to how you charge your vehicle in cities. This is possible because when energy intensive street lamps were replaced by LEDs, there’s excess power for charging EVs. All cities should do this. ⚡️ h/t Robert Llewllyn

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Parsons Island, an island off the coast of Maryland, is eroding into the Chesapeake Bay, offering tantalizing clues about when and how humans first made their way into North America. But many people are skeptical.

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Renewables are less expensive than fossil fuels. That means when you add capacity it results in more renewable generation, which displaces fossil fuels. 🧪💡🔌 www.forbes.com/sites/energy...

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Oh, that’s certainly true. Outrageously expensive!

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If I ate meat, I go to Gateway which has great prices and long lines. But they’re 90 percent meat. Dave’s and O’Bee’s are great local purveyors of veggies.

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I go to Cdn Tire & Sobeys on occasion and their prices seem higher than Loblaws. But I only spend a few dollars each month at Loblaws, so I can’t say with any authority. I buy from local stores, at the Halifax Farm Market, and I’ve purchased a farm share. I’ve always tried to buy locally.

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It’s not the prices for me. Every store is expensive. It’s the policing and penning us in like cattle that pisses me off.

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Okay, I’m swiping this and using it EVERYWHERE.

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Hannaford in New England seems to be a great chain. Though they started as a US company, they’re now owned by The Netherlands‘s Ahold Delhaize Group.

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Alina Habba was right. The Supreme Court is largely comprised of Trump judges who will take care of him.

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For fuck’s sake. The Supreme Court will let him get away with it.

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OMG! A juror in the Trump porn hush money trial was dismissed for saying: I wouldn’t believe him (Donald Trump) if his tongue were notorized. 😂

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Godspeed, Robin MacNeil. Our paths only crossed twice, but he was a consummate storyteller. I can offer few higher compliments. PBS NewsHour

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So proud of my niece, Adriane Salah, who works for a nonprofit that’s spearheading several affordable housing projects in Halifax and Nova Scotia. She’s seen here with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the federal government announced $6 billion in new money to build new affordable homes in Canada.

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Jay Willis's avatar Jay Willis @jaywillis.bsky.social
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If the Supreme Court’s Republican justices had a publicly-stated goal of helping Republicans keep the House in 2024, what would they be doing differently

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I trust that all other defendants who can’t afford the judgments against them will just get a 50% off coupon now?

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As we all know, poor people faced with a traffic ticket or something can simply tell a judge "I cannot pay this and I think it is unfair" and the fine is immediately reduced by 60 percent

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Because the captive press refuses to call Paul Manafort a money launderer, much less reveal he pled guilty to conspiring with a guy spooks say is a Russian spy, here's a comparison between him and the guy James Comer built his impeachment around.

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Trump swears E. Jean Carroll is a liar. Never happened, he says. Hmmm, but her dress was stained. So if Trump never met her, a DNA Test would exonerate him. Bang, case is over! Supporters go wild! He gets $100 million back! Any sane person would prove their innocence. Unless…

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Brittany Martin is serving a four year prison sentence for comments she made during a protest in 2020. She's endured unthinkable atrocities while incarcerated, including sexual assault, giving birth while incarcerated, and forcibly having her hair cut off: capitalbnews.org/incarcerated...

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"Some journalists seem bored by the biggest story of our lifetimes," says Mark Jacob, formerly an editor at the Chicago Tribune. They call it a re-run. They sigh a heavy sigh on behalf of voters who say they don't want either candidate. www.stopthepresses.news/p/some-journ...

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Trump mocks Biden’s stutter. “More than Trump’s ugly taunt, one thing stands out to me… [is] the sound of Trump’s supporters laughing right along with him. This is a building block of Trumpism. The man at the top gives his followers permission to be the worst version of themselves.” The Atlantic.

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Trump has to pay legal fees in UK for specious lawsuit.

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We’re losing so many trees in every season, Nova Scotia.

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I used to write about food and wine, and I’ve always wanted to own a winery!

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So I didn’t have the best month, but I’m not down $500 million US.

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Bree Lundberg ✨'s avatar Bree Lundberg ✨ @breelundberg.com
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Bluesky is officially “open” now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybody’s timelines. So block and give no oxygen.

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