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Posts by Rick Botero 🇨🇦‬

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Look for the light 💡
#mindset
#hope

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Morning thought... #923 #quotesoftheday #edusky #art #photography

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Interesting (and alarming) viewpoint

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Yes, sounded like an explosion and shook my home, in Port Moody

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a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something Alt: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something

All of Canada when they hear Bad Bunny give us a shout out 🙌 What a performance! #superbowl

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A Modest Proposal for Expanding the Canadian Auto Sector, Especially EVs Is Magna International's contract manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria a model for Ottawa's auto strategy?

A Modest Proposal for Expanding the Canadian Auto Sector, Especially EVs

Is Magna International's contract manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria a model for Ottawa's auto strategy?
#cdnpoli
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Goodbye Hootsuite, you know why. You've had every opportunity to do the right thing(s) re ICE contract.
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On the left: Danielle Smith faces the camera while adjusting her mic. The people sitting around her face away. On the right: text that reads “Is Danielle Smith a separatist? With Alberta’s referendum push, the premier has entered perilous territory.”

On the left: Danielle Smith faces the camera while adjusting her mic. The people sitting around her face away. On the right: text that reads “Is Danielle Smith a separatist? With Alberta’s referendum push, the premier has entered perilous territory.”

Danielle Smith says she supports a “sovereign Alberta within a united Canada.” Constitutional experts say that’s a contradiction. What do her government’s actions tell us about where the province actually stands? Author Patrick Lennox investigates: https://thewalrus.ca/danielle-smith-a-separatist/

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ANALYSIS | The Golden Dome is where Canada's F-35 debate and Trump's Greenland threat meet | CBC News Two of the loudest and most important defence policy issues facing Canada have a common — often unrealized — thread, say experts. Both the F-35 and the U.S. threats to annex Greenland are connected over the Trump administration's plan to build its Golden Dome missile defence system.
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Andrew Coyne interview: It's a New World. Canada Must Adapt
Andrew Coyne interview: It's a New World. Canada Must Adapt YouTube video by Energi Media

Andrew Coyne interview: It's a New World. Canada Must Adapt

Pretty straight talk from Coyne about Donald Trump and how the peace/prosperity we've always known has ended.

Who's stepping up with a new vision for Canada?
#cdnpoli
youtu.be/-1bBEj9biOo

2 months ago 22 10 0 1

Big big congrats and best wishes @colee.bsky.social . On to a new chapter :-)

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A school girl uses her phone as she walks with a group of kids in Sydney. In December, Australia banned social media for children under 16, prompting other countries to consider similar measures.

A school girl uses her phone as she walks with a group of kids in Sydney. In December, Australia banned social media for children under 16, prompting other countries to consider similar measures.

Canadian government drafts plans to ban social media for children under 14 www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... ⦸ @marcmillermp.bsky.social

⤷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

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The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.

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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
Jimmy Kimmel is Back! YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

As I was saying…

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Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass) - Remix

Beauty
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Opinion | ‘Acute, Sustained, Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada Finds Its Voice

I wrote about the state of Canadian rage for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
The piece is a kind of capstone to all the work of Gloves Off. shows.acast.com/gloves-off

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The Saga of the H5N1 Freedom Ostriches CFIA murder drones, baptisms in bird shit, and poorly attended anti-vax music festivals: what the hell is going on up here in Canada?

Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social on Canadians who are half a bubble off plumb: The Saga of the H5N1 Freedom Ostriches open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

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Horrifying

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Man conceived in late ‘60s residential school sex assault connects with First Nations family An Okanagan man brought up in Penticton by a family that adopted him as an infant has connected with his biological First Nations family – but the joyous reunion has also opened decades-old wounds.

The stories emerging from Canada’s residential school survivors are difficult to read, and this one is no different

A former student who says he was sexually assaulted at 14 recently discovered he has a son, who’s now connecting with his First Nations family

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Happy to help 👍

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Hate and discrimination have no place in BC and equality isn’t up for negotiation.

Everyone deserves to live in safety, free to be who they are.

And we will always defend these rights.

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The Nation That Trump Could Never Break Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure

“…this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled.

A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.

And then came gratitude…

You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…

You chose not to flirt with fascism.”

From Ukraine.

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Thanks for sharing your travels- I enjoyed your posts

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This is a great article to share with curious parents in Facebook groups (if anyone is still over there).

The link isn't blocked by Meta.

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Channel migrants: The real reason so many are fleeing Vietnam More Vietnamese attempted small-boat crossings in early 2024 than any other nationality - what makes them risk this dangerous journey?

Channel migrants: The real reason so many are fleeing Vietnam

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What to expect at CES 2025 There’s a lot more than AI. We swear.

What to expect at CES 2025

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B.C. court upholds ban against U.S. company collecting people's data Clearview AI collected British Columbians' images from Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Venmo and provided facial recognition services to multiple police forces.

Clearview AI collected British Columbians' images from Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Venmo and provided facial recognition services to multiple police forces.

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Meet Skyseed, a VC fund and incubator backing the Bluesky and AT Protocol ecosystem On November 15, Peter Wang posted a message requesting ideas for a new incubator and fund to support experimental projects built on the burgeoning Bluesky/AT Protocol ecosystem. Four weeks later, Skyseed emerged with an initial commitment of $1 million.…

Meet Skyseed, a VC fund and incubator backing the Bluesky and AT Protocol ecosystem

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