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  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Jessica Toale MP for Bournemouth West Won with only 36.4% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

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  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Danny Kruger MP for East Wiltshire Won with only 35.7% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

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  On International Overdose Awareness Day, we remember those lost, stand with everyone grieving, and reject the stigma that too often keeps people from seeking help. Every life has value. Harm reduction saves lives. Compassion matters. #IOAD2026 #OverdoseAware #EndOverdose

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  Sharing this again: Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke proposed stripping pensioners of the vote and giving wealthier taxpayers more political power. The GG should revoke his Meritorious Service Cross. Equal citizenship should not depend on wealth, income or employment. Sign: https://c.org/VcKbfkg6tt

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  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Ayoub Khan MP for Birmingham Perry Barr Won with only 35.5% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

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  Ontario PR supporters: here is a concrete action. If you support proportional representation and are eligible to join the Ontario Liberal Party, join through the official OLP page: https://action.ontarioliberal.ca/f/join Then contact EVERY leadership candidate. Tell them you joined and that support for PR and cross-party cooperation will influence your leadership vote. 2/3 Eric Lombardi https://ericforolp.ca team@ericlombardi.ca Dylan Marando https://votefordylan.ca info@votefordylan.ca L...

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  English word of the day: invidious ⚖️ Unfair, offensive, or likely to provoke resentment Example: The policy made an invidious distinction between “valued staff” and everyone who actually did the work. 🇫🇷 : injuste 🇪🇸 : odioso 🇵🇹 : ingrato 🇮🇹 : spiacevole #English #Vocabulary

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  English word of the day: élan ✨ A distinctive blend of confidence, energy, and style; especially useful when competence is still en route. Example: He entered the meeting with great élan and absolutely no agenda. 🇫🇷 élan 🇪🇸 brío 🇵🇹 garbo 🇮🇹 slancio #English #EnglishLanguage #Vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/04/

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  Mot français du jour : flinguer 🔫 Tirer sur quelqu’un… ou démolir une idée avec tant d’enthousiasme qu’on prétend ensuite avoir « simplement donné son avis ». 🇬🇧 : to shoot / wreck 🇪🇸 : disparar / arruinar 🇵🇹 : atirar / estragar 🇮🇹 : sparare / rovinare #français #vocabulaire

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  Palavra portuguesa do dia: criptomoeda A moeda que consegue subir 20%, cair 30% e ainda convencer alguém de que “está tudo dentro do plano.” 📈📉 Ex.: Comprei criptomoeda para enriquecer; agora sou rico… em lições de humildade. 🇬🇧: cryptocurrency 🇫🇷: cryptomonnaie 🇪🇸: criptomoneda 🇮🇹: criptovaluta #português #vocabulário #Portuguese #AprenderPortuguês #LínguaPortuguesa

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  Parola italiana del giorno: pletorico 🗣️ Usare cinquanta parole dove cinque avrebbero già fatto gli straordinari. 😏 🇬🇧: verbose; long-winded; bombastic 🇫🇷: verbeux; ampoulé 🇪🇸: verboso; ampuloso 🇵🇹: verboso; prolixo #italiano #linguaitaliana #vocabolario

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  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP for North Cotswolds Won with only 34.7% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

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  A tree full of origami beauty #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideSeason

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  English word of the day: highfalutin 🎩 Pompous, pretentious, and dressed in vocabulary several sizes too large. Example: He called lunch “a midday culinary symposium”; it was a ham sandwich. 🇫🇷 prétentieux·euse 🇪🇸 rimbombante 🇵🇹 pretensioso/a 🇮🇹 altisonante #English #EnglishLanguage #vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/02/

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  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Tony Vaughan MP for Folkestone and Hythe Won with only 34.7% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

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  Fun with AI headshots, vol. 24… The hills are alive with the sound of me becoming everyone’s problem. Dressed for battle, ceremony, or an aggressively emotional municipal parade. Somewhere in the Highlands, a sheep has filed a noise complaint.

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  English word of the day: comely ✨ Attractive in a pleasing, slightly old-fashioned way—as though beauty required references. Example: He was comely, according to an aunt who also called trousers “slacks.” 🇫🇷 avenant.e 🇪🇸 bonito/a 🇵🇹 formoso/a 🇮🇹 avvenente #English #EnglishLanguage #vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/07/31/

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  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: John Whitby MP for Derbyshire Dales Won with only 34.6% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

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  Happy International Day of Friendship to the people who know our best stories, tolerate our worst jokes, and still answer the group chat eventually. Life is kinder, funnier and far less sensible with good friends in it. 💛 #FriendshipDay #InternationalDayOfFriendship

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  Para Transpo riders, families and support persons: 6 drop-in talk sessions are being run Aug. 4–13 across Ottawa. Meet OC Transpo staff, ask questions and share what needs fixing...whether you ride daily or rarely. Email parlons_paratranspo_talk@ottawa.ca #Ottawa #ParaTranspo #Accessibility

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  Palavra portuguesa do dia: morosidade 🐌 Morosidade é a lentidão excessiva de um processo — sobretudo daquele que exigia urgência desde o mês passado. 😏 Exemplo: “A morosidade foi tanta que a solução chegou já com valor histórico.” 🇬🇧: slowness 🇫🇷: lenteur 🇪🇸: lentitud 🇮🇹: lentezza #Português #Vocabulário #PalavraDoDia #LínguaPortuguesa

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  Parola italiana del giorno: malocchio 🧿 Il malocchio non è sempre una maledizione. A volte è solo il vicino che ti guarda montare un mobile IKEA senza imprecare. 😏 Esempio: “Da quando ho detto che tutto andava troppo bene, temo di avermi tirato il malocchio.” 🇬🇧: evil eye 🇫🇷: mauvais œil 🇪🇸: mal de ojo 🇵🇹: mau-olhado #italiano #linguaitaliana #vocabolario #ParolaDelGiorno #ImparareLItaliano https://unaparolaalgiorno.it/significato/malocchio

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  English word of the day: sultry ☀️ Hot, humid, and mysteriously convinced it looks glamorous. Example: The evening was sultry; my hair interpreted that as a declaration of war. 🇫🇷 torride 🇪🇸 bochornoso 🇵🇹 abafado 🇮🇹 afoso #English #EnglishLanguage #Vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/07/30/

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  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Jim Dickson MP for Dartford Won with only 34.6% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

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  Ottawa residents affected by the July 1 storm can get free general legal guidance tomorrow (July 30) on insurance claims, flooding and recovery. 📍 Ben Franklin Place, 2nd floor (101 Centrepointe Dr) 🕑 2–6 p.m. City staff and the Red Cross will also be there. #Ottawa #StormRecovery #LegalHelp

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  English word of the day: inveigle 🪄 To win someone over through charm, flattery, or strategic snacks. Example: She inveigled me onto the committee with “just one quick meeting.” 🇫🇷 amadouer 🇪🇸 engatusar 🇵🇹 engabelar 🇮🇹 irretire #English #EnglishLanguage #Vocabulary https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/07/29/

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  My fellow Ottawa transit riders: OC Transpo is holding public sessions Aug. 11–25 on reliability, fall service increases and its Customer-First plan. Bring your questions...and receipts. Register: https://engage.ottawa.ca/embeds/projects/53074/survey-tools/60117 #Ottawa #OCTranspo

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  A step in the right direction, but body cams work only if officers can’t control the record. We all need automatic activation, routine & rigorous audits, permanent Canadian-based cloud storage for all footage, and full FOI access with necessary redactions. https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ottawa-police-to-equip-200-additional-officers-with-body-worn-cameras-this-fall #Ottawa

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  Fun with AI headshots, vol. 23… Painted for posterity, accessorized for ambiguity. A pearl earring, a blue shirt, and several centuries’ worth of quiet judgment. Noble bearing, practical shirt, suspiciously excellent lighting.

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  First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️ UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️! Today’s champion: Charlie Dewhirst MP for Bridlington and The Wolds Won with only 34.6% of total voter ballots cast Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree! #UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter