Seen from a small aircraft, this aerial view highlights the Amazon Rainforest's vast green canopy with a rare pink blossoming tree standing out against the breathtaking landscape.
IG: @edson_portela ~ Brazil
Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government.
They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.
The American owned Sun is promoting a vigilante as the face for Canada's most multicultural and open city. This is same American owned paper that said crack-smoking Rob Ford should be elected mayor.
Toronto - you're better than this. Let's get out the vote for Olivia Chow.
IT"S OFFICIALLY UNOFFICIAL!
With 100% of the votes counted, 3 things are pretty clear!
#1 - The overwhleming majority of Albertans are proud Canadians!
#2 - Albertans are a lot less Xenophobic than Smith banked on
#3 - Albertans know Smith needs federal oversight.
#abpoli
For 51 of the last 55 yrs conservatives have been in power in Alberta
That's 51 years of underfunding healthcare & education
But according to conservatives, 4 years of NDP government destroyed Alberta
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over & expecting a different result
Hey Alberta: is this incompetence or a full on intentional lie?
9003 Acute Care Spaces is NOWHERE near a record number for our prov
In the late 1980s we had 17,790 acute care spaces in hospitals (~12,000 acute care beds, +LTC beds)
1988: 7.4 beds/1000
2026: 1.5 beds/1000
1/2
Many of you are asking what to do with the #ForeverCanadian lawn signs.
We have just emailed all households with a lawn sign, asking that you hold onto them.
If the Premier doesn’t trigger another referendum, they make great souvenirs or Canada Day signs.
#ableg#cdnpoli
To Canadians everywhere
Smith & the UCP are trying to gerrymander Alberta's ridings so that they can never lose
This should to be a concern for every Canadian because if Smith is successful there's nothing to stop your provincial government from doing this to you
@mark-carney.bsky.social#cdnpoli 🇨🇦
"Viktor Orbán, U.N. Secretary-General?
Trump officials push the idea of a U.S.-Russia-China joint candidate." Yes, you read that right. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...
Wealth tax results in Norway:
- Less than 100 rich people left Norway
- No evidence of significant outbound migration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors
- Tax revenue up 71.5%
The "controversy" is artificial marketing... the results are real
www.nber.org/system/files...
What’s so moving about the election results in Brazil & Serbia & global student protests is you think you’re alone wanting things to be different & then suddenly you realise the young generation has got this . They are outmanoeuvring unhinged wealth & power , we have so much to learn from them .
How is Donald Trump’s criticism of President Zelensky interpreted in Moscow? “As a mandate to continue military pressure,” writes one Russian paper. I ask Muscovites to name one word that’s important to them & read what Russian schoolkids are taught about “defence of the Motherland.” #ReadingRussia
#ableg#abpoli
From The Tyee article Resign, Danielle Smith. Resign
"Here’s the short list of your accomplishments:
Record government spending
Rising cost of living
The country’s lowest minimum wage
Stressed-out food banks
A decade-long decline in wages.
Rising car insurance premiums
Fred DeLorey: "All of these separatist 'leaders,' not a single one of them have been elected to anything. Go put your name on a ballot. Try to become an MLA. Try to create the movement through a democratic process. You had your chance. It failed."
Look at the size of this enormous march today in Brazil for Lula!
Brazil’s election on Sunday is central to the major battles of our time: stopping the far-right, defending social progress and fighting climate change.
The world needs Lula!✊🌹
🏆 A Canadian classic takes the world stage. Chapman’s Pecan Butter Tart Premium Ice Cream earned the Best Ice Cream award at the International Ice Cream Conference in Argentina. 🇦🇷
Inspired by an iconic Canadian dessert, this flavour proved that a true Canadian favourite could win hearts globally. 🌎
This is literally the end of the rule of law.
If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.
“If you are still standing behind this man, we gotta ask… why?”
Excerpted from Politics Chat, October 22, 2026 with @hcrichardson.bsky.socialwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Msuo...
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Steve
#politicschat#protectdemocracy
The Justice Department's last-second letters about noncitizen voting contain people with no history of voting whatsoever, and they're moving so fast they sloppily sent one county the wrong list of names.
NEW, NYT: More action from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of California that is not based in law and runs counter to DOJ policy.
DOJ is threatening local elections officials in CA after DOJ did not get what they wanted from their BS lawsuit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
McMartin House, Perth, Ontario.
Begun in 1830 for barrister Daniel McMartin (1798-1869), this imposing house symbolizes the wealth and social aspirations of this member of the Tory elite.
American Federalist influence in Upper Canada. National historic site.
There’s only so much you can do for a province that bases its identity and economy on a volitile and declining resource governed by international forces. #cdnpoli#ableg
To the people who are still talking about how Canada is "not taking Alberta seriously" -- what on earth are you talking about?
The PM is an Albertan. The leader of the opposition is an Albertan. Our national politics revolve around Alberta's interests and concerns. What else do you want?
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So responding to economic bullying is now “election interference!”
I’d say that most Canadians would be guilty of that.
And, GO HOME Hoekstra.
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Hoekstra is preparing for the inevitable defeat on 3Nov.
And like his boss, he’s pointing the finger away from GOP and towards the 🇺🇸 best friend. Scapegoat is us.
“Smith will have to fight to keep the separatists and federalists within the same tent, and there are early indications that a pro-Smith, anti-separatist movement will line up behind her in that fight.”