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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

The other day, I visited an exhibition that left me speechless. It shows women who lost their sons and husbands in the war. I’m sharing part of it with a poem that played during the video. I added English subtitles. For you. Please watch. And share. So others can see too.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I’m so sorry Yara. This is from CBC News in Canada.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I invite you to the top of Bell Tower of Dormition Cathedral. It is a different video version from the one you may have seen in the Life Behind the Lines Letter. I want everyone to experience beautiful Kyiv and understand what we fight for.

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Celeste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · 25/04/2025

On a related note, this happened at an earlier rally yesterday in Saskatoon (in case you’re wondering):

Teri Michelle
(via Facebook.)

So if you were thinking of voting for the Conservative Party...
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I went to Polievre's rally in Saskatoon this evening. I wanted to hear him speak and I had questions. I was there with a friend. We stood near the back of the warehouse because it was crowded and very loud. I was wearing a trans rights t-shirt.
As Polievre was being introduced, a man came up to us and asked us to leave. We asked why. We hadn't done anything, we were there to listen, like everyone else. He said it's private property and we were trespassing. I said we signed up to be there. He said we needed to leave. I said why, we haven't done anything. He said if we don't leave we'll be arrested. Then he grabbed my arm. I wrenched it away. He went to grab it again and I avoided him. Then the cops grabbed me and marched me out.
Once we got outside we asked if we were being arrested.
They said we were trespassing and this was private property. Each of my arms were held by a different cop. I said if you guys let go of me I'll leave. They said "you're resisting" and handcuffed me. Four cops marched me to the street and went through my pockets. (They did a very poor job because I did have my ID in my pocket but they did not find it.) They said they needed my name. I said no.
They said if I didn't give them my name l'd be arrested. I said I didn't do anything. They said I was trespassing. I gave them my name and they confirmed my identity in their database. Then they uncuffed me and said if I came back to the rally I'd be arrested.
So that's your tax dollars hard at work folks. Cops handcuffing people to march them out of rallies for... not cheering? Wearing a pro-trans shirt? Standing at the back because it was very loud? Wanting to ask our political leaders some questions?
Polievre says Canada for Everybody, but he means only for people just like him.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Yes, it’s such a bullshit argument. Right up there with his BS touchy-feely wrap up.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Not that it matters, because plastic straws, but what’s he even trying to say?!

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Karma takes its sweet time, don’t give up.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I’m so sorry you are seeing it again.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Abolish ICE.

A three-panel political cartoon by Gritty20202, titled "Gritty is the Way," compares historical and contemporary events. Each panel features an authority figure saying, "I'm just following orders." The first panel, labeled "1830s American West," shows a U.S. soldier in a cavalry uniform with a Native American man in traditional clothing looking distressed. The second panel, labeled "1940s Nazi Germany," depicts a Nazi officer with a prisoner in a striped concentration camp uniform. The third panel, labeled "Present-Day USA," shows an ICE officer in a tactical vest with a distressed woman and child clinging to each other.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I imagine they came from all over Alberta.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A little bit of important levity. And, importantly, #TheCatCameBack

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I just spit out my evening cuppa!

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

So, about #liberationday… (🙄) am I the only one wondering if the army of goons on standby will be part of the “festivities”?

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Very powerful article about speaking up now, in what feels like a state of emergency, even in Canada. 🩵🤍🩷 www.royalroads.ca/news/preside... #transdayofvisibility #transrightsarehumanrights

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Hmmmm, no can DM. But yes, I can help.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 19/03/2025

Let's do a thread for Palestinians who need support. If you are Palestinian, please drop your fundraiser links below! Followers, please share, and if you have a little extra, please consider donating!

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Stop the genocide Israel!! Human shields are humans, not collateral. Aid for Palestinians, not bombs!

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Sobering interview on the effects of COVID on the body; worse with each infection. Nature’s way of keeping global population numbers in check?

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This was a really sobering interview!

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MKR in Victoria 🍁🇨🇦 @mkryyj.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Abso-effing-lutely Brilliant!. Aylmer – The Canadian Soup youtu.be/Tfq_Syd9_Ik?... via @YouTube

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Aylmer – The Canadian Soup

YouTube video by Aylmer Foods Canada

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 10/03/2025

"I want to keep boycotting Amazon, but I also want to support indie authors. How do I do that?" Many indie authors have their books on Barnes & Noble & Kobo! There are also places like Smashwords & Campfire that are almost all indie books! Itchio now has a THRIVING LGBTQ Indie Book Scene.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Wait, what?! For a second there I thought this was another stupid executive order from that asshole in the White House… but why am I surprised, really? Those damn orcas are in the way of the resource shipping lanes, after all. /s #eyeroll #ffs

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

OF THE EMPIRE
We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Netanyahu and his cabinet need to be in jail for their war crimes and the West must cut off aid for this continual genocide. www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/m...

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Israel to cut Gaza electricity immediately, energy minister says | CNN

Israel will cut the flow of electricity in the Gaza Strip immediately, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said in a statement Sunday.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

🤮 Wouldn’t surprise me if it’s sharing satellite intelligence with Russia too.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Solidarity to you Yara 💪🏻🇺🇦🇨🇦🤗

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Photo of the interior of a White spotted rose anemone, by Sara Ellison on Snorkellers of BC (Facebook) #InternationalWomensDay

The interior of a White spotted rose anemone, showing an irregular pattern of small white dots on a bright red donut-like circle that extends past the picture borders, with pink tentacles of various sizes looking like teeth lining the hole, and what looks to be two bright red uvula at the back of the hole. The inside of the anemone is shiny and dark orange.

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Raging Grannies are the best! I’m not a granny, but I rage with them. #InternationalWomensDay

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 06/03/2025

Just a quick reminder, if Russia ceased firing there would be a cease fire

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“With the support of our new community of Antigonish and the people of Nova Scotia, we have rebuilt our chocolate company and are once again doing the work we love.” #PeaceByChocolate #RefugeesMakeADifferrence #ElbowsUp

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

…and flee to Lebanon. For three years we found ourselves as refugees with little opportunity or hope. Our lives had been forever altered and we dreamed of being able to once again live lives we could love. When our family was invited to Canada, our dreams came true.”

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“For nearly 30 years we created and shipped our specialty treats all over the Middle East and Europe. Like much of our homeland, in late 2012 the original Hadhad family chocolate factory in Damascus, Syria was destroyed in a bombing that forced our family to leave everything behind…

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 05/03/2025

Trudeau did more for Americans today than any Democrat who sat in that room in silence tonight

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Looks like history is on track…

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 03/03/2025

On World Wildlife Day, a leading Canadian scientist says cutting ‘red tape’ and doubling down on resource extraction won’t help wildlife — or humans. #WorldWildlifeDay VIA @wcscanada.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/opinion-worl...

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World Wildlife Day sparks call for bolder approach | The Narwhal

A leading Canadian scientist says cutting ‘red tape’ and doubling down on extractive resource development won’t help wildlife — or humans

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

When angry Canadians speak publicly, is it a coincidence they look like you @charlieangus104.bsky.social? 😜

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Anine Vonkeman @1matchfire.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I have absolutely no trust in anything the current American “president” puts his stamp on. It is absurd that a “business deal” should be made as a show of appreciation by Ukrainians for US support over the past 3 years. It reeks of an open door to Russia getting the land and minerals. Слава Україні!

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/03/2025

Dorothy Woodend: We need art as a source of comfort, but also as a reminder of what matters, and what is best about us contrary, infuriating, remarkable humans.

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When the Chips Are Down, Count on Art | The Tyee

And let it surprise you! Here are two remarkable films to see you through.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky

It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

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