Raffi Cavoukian @Raffi_RC Twitter profile

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Raffi Cavoukian

4 years

🙏 many thanks @YoYo_Ma for joining me, for highlighting my #belugagrads verse. 🐳 @RaffiFoundation ’s online course in #ChildHonouring is one way to feel empowered, be a change maker! #diversity #socialjustice #climatemobilization #RaffiWantsYou #parents #teachers

Yo-Yo Ma

@YoYo_Ma

4 years

Be sure to watch the full video on YouTube to get @Raffi_RC 's new verse to the song! Written special for all you #belugagrads .

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2 years

this morning at the grocery store I saw a young girl and her grandma at the 🍉🍉 bin. so I launched into Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow.. which led to a delightful exchange! love my job. 🐳 #belugagrads

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

if you have a hug to spare, send it this way. thanks in advance.

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

4 years

quick—someone tell him that the US military in WW2 was ANTIFA. #ResistFascism

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@realDonaldTrump

4 years

The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

1 year

@MaryLTrump grab him by the truth #TrumpIndictment

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

10 months

how it started. how it is at 75. 🌟

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

4 years

🎸 if I write a #PortlandMoms song would you sing along? #PortlandProtests

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

#OttawaOccupied a woman just told me that due to mob disruption at Rideau Centre in Ottawa at start of the #truckersconvoy , her store was closed, she’s been out of work for 3 weeks, no word when work resumes. awful what locals have put up with. what are police waiting for?

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

8 years

Philando bled to death. not one cop there tended to him. instead, they cuffed his girlfriend. #FalconHeightsShooting

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@jennifermayerle

8 years

Update: man shot by police in #FalconHeights died at HCMC. His mom identifies him as Philando Castile, 32 #wcco #cbs

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

11 months

@OccupyDemocrats I’m with @garthbrooks ! Diversity is a key principle in the #ChildHonouring vision of @RaffiFoundation — it’s what gives us the joys of inclusion, a circle where we all belong.

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

in Ottawa in 1973, these portraits of the royal couple were taken by the renowned photographer Cavouk, my father. #RIPPrincePhillip

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

73 feels good 🌟 thanks for your birthday wishes! now on my 74th sail round the sun. #grateful

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

Canadians remember #Poilievre from the Harper era. his tone and demeanour had an edge unfit for governance. now he offers #fakepopulist rancour as a way to gaining power. don't drink that Kool-aid. #cdnpoli

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

without a doubt, @fordnation Is Ontario’s worst premier, at the worst possible time. will pressure mount on him to resign? this covid nightmare must end! #onpoli #Covid19ON

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

#Vaccinated #Moderna 2nd shot in the arm. ✅

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

🌟 if you’re old enough to know what this is, may make you smile.😎 had a role in the spread of my recordings in the 1980s. nothing like today’s music players; it only did one thing! belugagrads

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

i hear you. #Bananaphone

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

👍 a shot in the arm. 💪

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

1 year

#SaturdaySouvenir my father’s painting of me. Cairo, circa 1952.

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

4 years

🙏❤️ in solidarity with #BlackLivesMattter , a tribute to the heroic protests vs injustice in Portland and elsewhere: an idea that woke me up 3 am, now recorded. thanks to @LinzMunroe (vocals) and Ivan Rosenberg (dobro). #PortlandMoms #ResistFascism #FloydGeorge #PortlandProtests

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

if men were the menstruaters, they’d talk about it constantly, you’d never hear the end of itt, and there’d be a shrine to menstruation every few blocks. #patriarchysucks

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

4 years

wow. a grown-up beluga! 🐳

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@ABC7

4 years

MAJESTIC SIGHT: A pearly white beluga whale was spotted off Mission Bay in San Diego last week in what’s believed to be the first-ever sighting of a beluga whale on the West Coast! 🐳🤍

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

@B52Malmet @RepThomasMassie utterly depraved image. as un-Christian as it gets.

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

yesterday, in a moment of need, I tweeted a request for a hug. I so appreciate all these who took time to show caring. so sweet and comforting. you have my love and gratitude. ❤️🌟🙏

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

4 years

🎉 72nd birthday selfie. feel blessed to be in good health, to live each day in the power of love and in service of the greatest good. ❤️🌟🙏 in these times #StaySafe #WearAMask #BeKind #WashYourHands #PhysicalDistancing #ResistFascism #VOTE #belugagrads

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

arrests first. tow trucks next. #Ottawa soon be cleared.🤞 wheels on the trucks go round and round, right out of town!

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

4 years

@Garossino near or far 🌟ANTIFA 💃🕺 every day 🌟ANTIFA 💃🕺 trump is toast 🌟ANTIFA 💃🕺 we the people 🌟ANTIFA 💃🕺 ANTIFA #ResistFascism

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 months

why would men read Blood by @DrJenGunter ? to learn, understand and care about women’s lives. to honour their generative faculties, to respect their central role in human communities. for empathy and support. #period #patriarchysucks #Barbie #lifelonglearner

Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 months

The menstrual cycle is the wheel that drives humanity. @DrJenGunter fascinating book. #lifelonglearner #patriarchysucks #Barbie

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

local singer goes incognito at a friend’s silversmith booth at the Saturday market. attracts small crowd of well wishers from Alberta while singing Robin In The Rain. #SaltSpringIsland

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

1 year

@JoJoFromJerz 🎯 grab him by the truth. #TrumpIndictment

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

may the fascist nightmare of the four trump years never again traumatize us. defend democracy with all your heart. #GOPvotersuppresion #Georgia

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

9 months

as long as I can remember, used to look forward to summer. that's changed. now it's a season of some trepidation, anxiety. blame oil/gas lies & deceit, climate denial, dinosaur politicians. we deserve better. our kids depend on us for stable climate, summers to enjoy! #Kelowna

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

5 years

“Why study for a future that’s being taken away from us, that is bring stolen for profit?” ~ @GretaThunberg in NYC. anguish in these words. the heartbreak of a generation, victim of decades of denial, lies, inaction. #FridaysForFuture #YoungPeopleMarching #ClimateStrike 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

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5 years

250,000+ people showed up today to strike in NYC! This is momentous. Thank you to all the youth leaders. And this is just the beginning of a whole week of action around the world. #ClimateStrike (Video credit: @galeabrewer )

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

@thepredictament read what a 🇨🇦 trucker in Ontario was moved to say.

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

1 year

my first concerts since 2019 are this weekend, close to home. still, I have to pack a suitcase and get all my gear ready. this seems to be the hard part, as I'm out of practice. the music will take care of itself, as I smile to think of the shared joy that awaits. #belugagrads

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Raffi Cavoukian

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7 months

@CalltoActivism would love to inspire my millions of fans to register and vote! though I’m a Canadian, I fight fascism and will defend democracy. #belugagrads #Vote

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

1 year

Belafonte. Lightfoot. a week of stunning loss. a Canadian legend passes. sang many of his songs. #RIPGord

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

having lost 20 lbs in past 6 weeks or so, feels amazing to get into pants i’d given up on long ago. and shirts that were way too tight now fit fine. wow. wish I’d done this years ago. my diet? eat little, savour each bite. no gluten. regular exercise, good cardio helps.

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

saw Springsteen tonight on @colbertlateshow singing The River. he’s 72, wrote it when he was 29. I was 31 when I wrote Baby Beluga. now 73. on we go, Bruce and me. while we can. 🎸🐳

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

1 year

homeward bound after two concerts, 1st in 3+ years. hard to express in words feelings of joy, laughter, and marvel in singing songs that have been with me for 45 years. tired but grateful for career longevity.🌟🙏 #belugagrads rock! 🥰

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

4 years

trump rallies ~> 700 deaths. Biden rallies ~> 0 deaths. #Vote #VoteVoteVote ✔️

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BREAKING: Stanford study estimates Trump rallies resulted in over 30,000 COVID-19 cases and “more than 700 deaths.” No words. Vote Biden.

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Raffi Cavoukian

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3 years

vote climate. 🔥🌎 from now on, every election is a climate election. pls RT. #Elxn44 #ClimateEmergency

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

went to town on a minor errand. then, my day was made. a lovely young mom with two young sons told me that she sang Baby Beluga to her kids every day for 4 or 5 years. I chimed in: it’s an honour to know my songs have played in your family! big smiles all around. #belugagrads

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Raffi Cavoukian

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3 years

if you're not for social justice, what are you for? if not for climate stability, then what exactly? if you're not for biodiversity and for racial harmony, what are you for?? questions worth asking. good trouble.

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

i get the best fan mail.💖

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

lonesome? covid blues? please know I hear you. you are not alone. ❤️

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

8 months

🌟 Love is the only emotion that expands intelligence. ~ Umberto Maturana #nospaceforhate

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Raffi Cavoukian

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2 years

every child is a whole person, worthy of respect. #ChildHonouring #dignity

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

3 years

wondering if @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris families know my music. would be such a sweet connection. if anyone out there knows, let me know. ok? #belugagrads #BabyBeluga #ChildHonouring

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@Raffi_RC

3 months

Joni Mitchell’s #GRAMMYs debut tonight singing “Both Sides Now” ~ at 80 years young. timeless. wondrous. mmm.

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@Raffi_RC

2 years

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but… It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive. ― James Baldwin

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2 years

woke up to a message from a beluga grad who shared that while a friend of hers was dying, she asked to hear my albums. her last breath was accompanied by my song All I Really Need. 🙏🌟❤️🌟🙏

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2 years

👍 an eye for an eye. first cataract surgery went very well in Victoria. fine procedure, excellent care. in two weeks the left eye gets done. I’ll have the gift of 2nd sight! 🌟🙏

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10 months

#ThrowbackThursdays my parents in Alexandria, Egypt. circa 1940s.

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7 months

for decades, Israeli military occupation of Palestinians. their lives cannot be of less value than innocent Israelis. my Jewish friends always bring historical context to the current violence. their hearts go out to all the innocents of the region. #salaamshalom 🙏🌟❤️

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4 months

i'd avoided the film about a pink doll known by a single name. but i gave in to a friend's urging that i watch the #Barbie movie and—i was STUNNED. loved it! Gerwig nailed the #patriarchysucks themes. among the most important films i've seen. #Feminism #HumanRights #GoldenGlobes

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2 years

from the wilds of Insta, a post with a peel! #Bananaphone #belugagrads

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2 years

railing against injustice is a person’s duty. so is living joyfully. at times this requires a delicate balance. worth cultivating.

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3 years

ain’t love grand. ❤️

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3 years

my lilac tree. evening light.

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Raffi Cavoukian

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2 years

hadn’t been sick for four years. but I tested covid positive ten days ago. glad that from day three on it’s been mild, and not in my throat. fully vaccinated. feeling better daily, but still tired. friends have been very kind in support. 🙏

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Raffi Cavoukian

@Raffi_RC

2 years

today I’m 74! and it’s #ChildHonouringDay !! + I’m singing tonight 🥰 my love to #belugagrads and fans everywhere. 🙏 i have a song in my heart! ❤️🌟🐳

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10 months

🎸 on Saturday July 8, my 75th birthday, I’ll be singing at the Treehouse Cafe on Salt Spring island. a rare outdoor gig, no cover charge, first come first served. three 40 min sets, starting at 6pm. come join the singalong! #belugagrads #bananaphone

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3 years

⭐️ a rousing chorus of Baby Beluga can brighten any day. right? 🐳 #belugagrads

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3 years

#ThrowbackThursday I was a wee lad, driving a convertible in my father’s spacious portrait studio in Cairo. circa 1951.

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6 months

got a covid shot, did some grocery shopping. folks were jovial in 🎃 costumes.. clowns, witches, pirates. I went as Raffi. 🐳

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10 months

🇨🇦 #HappyCanadaDay 65 years ago my Armenian family emigrated from Cairo to Canada. truly grateful for this big beautiful country, the freedoms we enjoy. here’s to a more caring, #ChildHonouring Canada. where we all belong. 🍁

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3 years

once it’s safe, there’ll be so many hugs and kisses waiting to happen. right? 🤗😘

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3 months

when fans post funnies.. #Bananaphone #belugagrads 🐳

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2 years

🌟🌟🌟 #antifa with a peel! I’ll call #Ottawa , have a chat!! ring ring ring bananaphone! 🍌

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2 years

smiling. reminds me. tomorrow can be better. #pandemicfatigue

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5 months

🌟 at dinner with friends, in the #Hannukah spirit. 🕯️

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2 years

spent day this in near disbelief, astonished with the state of clear vision I now have thanks to recent cataract surgery. a rebirth of sorts, new lease on life.. how it feels. so grateful.🙏

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3 years

🌟🌟🌟 I’m fully #vaccinated I still #WearAMask while shopping indoors. I take the #DeltaVariant seriously. #StaySafe

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3 months

maybe if i tweet @taylorswift13 daily for a while, by some magic i might learn if my music was a part of her childhood.. worth a try, right? #belugagrads 🐳 just be fun to know. if so, the joy could make waves.. right? #Swiftie

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3 years

found a berry nice single🍓in the garden! will be ready to eat tomorrow.

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2 years

DAY-O, me say day-o!!

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1 year

a boy and his dog. 🐕 lassie Luna loves a good walk.

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2 years

1973 portrait of the Queen by my father, Cavouk. he had photographed the Queen Mother in 1965. #RIPQueenElizabeth

BBC Breaking News

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Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s monarch for the past 70 years, has died aged 96

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2 months

30 years ago yesterday we lost a 🇨🇦 comic genius. so fun to meet John backstage after my UCLA concert in 1984. we even did a bit of his Schmenge shtick! in 1994 I wrote and recorded a “Schmenge Polka” in tribute (Bananaphone album). #JohnCandy

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don’t become numb. feel. keep feeling. 🙏

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3 years

BLACK LIVES MATTER TO ME via @RaffiFoundation on #mlkbirthday : my song in support of #BlackLivesMatter and sung with @LinzMunroe . “In the words of Dr King, Let freedom ring!” pls RT. 🖤 may we teach children to respect diversity. #BlackShirtDay

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good news. i got my first vaccine April 19, when i was told the 2nd one would be in four months. just got off the phone of the BC provincial vaccine line — i learned i'd be receiving my 2nd vaccine in the next 2-3 weeks. very happy to hear this. #GetVaccinated #Covid19BC

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3 years

time is fluid. 72 years lived, blink of an eye. 4 years of trump, an eternity.

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8 months

as a songwriter in my early twenties, I naively dreamed of writing songs to change the world for the better. a wish of many a songwriter. now that my songs seem to endure and spread in ways I couldn't imagine (thanks to streaming in over 190 countries) I have reason to smile.

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1 year

@SueOB4912 @JoJoFromJerz patriarchy. original sin. horror show.

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1 year

#ChristmasEve may you and yours be blessed with the comfort and joy of the season. as we celebrate the baby born in a manger in Bethlehem, may we be ever inspired by the shining example of his life. love be with you always. 🌟🎄 #MerryChristmas

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1 year

be great if sustained pressure could stop the Gretzky and McDavid sports betting ad. sets a bad example to fans, especially kids. especially during games! when will 🏒 pundits speak up? if you agree, pls RT. @FriedgeHNIC @kbieksa3 @EdmontonOilers @TSN_Sports @Canucks #Canucks

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7 years

👍 and, 82% voted! 🔔 #NetherlandsElections #NoBigotry

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10 months

on turning 75.. for all the laughs of being only 57 U.S., people saying “Looking good!” etc, I know my age. but I have moments of disbelief. (how can this be? there must be some mistake!) and, I think of the elderly as other people. ☺️ hmm, wonder how long I may feel this way. 🕺

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2 years

Stand with Ukraine in the fight against evil (Garry Kasparov | TED2022) @Kasparov63 ’s prophetic 2015 book warned us. he warns us once again about Putin’s evil. Ukraine must triumph. the west must give more. now. #SlavaUkraini 💙💛🇺🇦

Garry Kasparov: Stand with Ukraine in the fight against evil

Ukraine is on the front line of a war between freedom and tyranny, says chess grandmaster and human rights advocate Garry Kasparov. In this blistering call to action, he traces Vladimir Putin's rise...

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1 year

#SundaySouvenir tis the season! 🎄 this 1983 album is still playing. Frosty, Rudolf, Petit Papa Noel, Deck The Halls, On Christmas Morning.. 🌟 #MustBeSanta

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people give me stuff! #interactivodular #bananaphonic

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3 years

Biden: You think deer wear kevlar vests? (among his best lines tonight.) urging a ban on assault rifles. #Bidenspeech

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1 year

@RepMTG oh marge.. #MAGA 🤥

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3 years

some concert experiences you never forget. in the mid 1980s in California, after I took the stage for an encore, a young child near the front called out in a loud voice, “Why is he coming back?”

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7 years

. @TerryMcAuliffe for president? brave clear leader in a crisis. unlike trump, zero tolerance for fascism. #McCauliffe #Charlottesville

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#SaturdaySouvenir Fred Rogers was a gift. got to meet him in January 1993 with Bill Clinton at his Disney Inaugural show. sang with him on the show’s finale, This Little Light, with Hillary, EmmyLou Harris, Kermit the frog and more. Fred would have loved my #ChildHonouring work.

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4 years

@davidmweissman @realDonaldTrump @JudgeJeanine @tedcruz or condemned the Michigan plot?

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@Raffi_RC

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@MapleSyrupNews yeah. can’t everyone? 🌈

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