Reposted by Euan Thomsondustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026"You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cause, and that's something most people wouldn't do. For that, I applaud you. You should be proud of yourselves," she says to Kalicum and Nyx. "You put your lives on hold for many valuable years, and I can see this process has is worn you down." 115228
Reposted by Euan Thomsondustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026and there was no real avenue for DULF to get approved to operate legally through s. 56 of the CDSA. she finds s. 7 of the charter was violated and that declaring s. 5(2) of the CDSA is unconstitutional. 27820
Reposted by Euan Thomsondustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost." 5259112
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 29/09/2026DULF ruling is today. Monumental, as it could rule the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional. Aka drug prohibition aka the thing that killed 57,509 people in Canada in the last ten years. Incredible investigation here, consider supporting De Facto! ⬇️ 01311
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 29/09/2026@defactomedia.ca heroes www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...defactomedia.caHow Vancouver police turned against DULFCourt records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes 0147
Reposted by Euan ThomsonJeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 24/09/2026I thought for sure that Carney would use this case as an excuse to push Bill C-22, but this story shows that surveillance bill wouldn't have made a difference. OpenAI already had the capability to track and then report this, and just... didn't. "Cops need lawful access to keep us safe" is bullshit. 24326
Reposted by Euan ThomsonThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Canada stayed 2027086
Reposted by Euan Thomsonelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Canada had a legal duty to arrest Netanyahu as he crossed Canadian airspace www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...ctvnews.caNetanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effectIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant. 528290
Reposted by Euan ThomsonNora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Winnipeg Jewish man arrested for leafleting outside of a synagogue, asking his fellow congregants to stop supporting prayers for the IDF. jewishpostandnews.ca/faqs/rokmicr...jewishpostandnews.caIncident at Asper Campus today leads me to wonder: Are members of Winnipeg Police Service overreacting to threats of antisemitism?By BERNIE BELLAN (Posted Sept. 23, 8:49 pm) I was coming out of the Asper Campus today around 5:30 pm when I saw a familiar figure – my second cousin Marty Green (son of the late Sid Green) standing o... 15232
Reposted by Euan ThomsonRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Carney’s legislative agenda is abundantly clear: make Canada as investor and big business friendly as he possibly can with zero regard for anything else. Nothing is sacred if it stands in the way of a (even possible!) short term fiscal bump. What Canada will we be left with when Carney is done? 1326381
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 22/09/2026Vancouver police sabotaging BC’s drug decriminalization pilot is also infuriating because people’s odds of experiencing an overdose TRIPLED after having their drugs confiscated. People likely died because of this shady political manoeuvring by VPD. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comPolice drug seizures without arrest before and during a decriminalization pilot in Vancouver, Canada: a longitudinal analysis - BMC Public HealthBackground On 31 January 2023, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada implemented a three-year “Decriminalization Pilot” in response to a toxic drug supply public health emergency, which remove... 12312
Reposted by Euan ThomsonEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 21/09/2026🧵 Short timeline of political endorsements by police 1. 2022: Vancouver police drive moral panic on stranger attacks, though their data showed steep decline. 2. Oct 2022: Ken Sim gets first-ever endorsement from head of Vancouver police association, Ralph Kaisers. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...ctvnews.ca‘Fear and anxiety’: The untold story of the Vancouver Police Department’s stranger assault scareInternal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election. 176
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 21/09/2026🧵 Short timeline of political endorsements by police 1. 2022: Vancouver police drive moral panic on stranger attacks, though their data showed steep decline. 2. Oct 2022: Ken Sim gets first-ever endorsement from head of Vancouver police association, Ralph Kaisers. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...ctvnews.ca‘Fear and anxiety’: The untold story of the Vancouver Police Department’s stranger assault scareInternal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election. 176
Reposted by Euan ThomsonElias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I keep seeing articles about men worrying they won't pass on their genes, and I don't understand why the media won't tell the plain truth: as a man hoping to sire children, the most important thing to do is artfully assemble a bower and surround it with a collection of startlingly blue objects. 28629143
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 19/09/2026Canada should train thousands of people on how to use this and push it into every public sector 24510
Reposted by Euan ThomsonBean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"...expressing grave concern with a decision by Correctional Service Canada (CSC) to restrict access to medications commonly used to treat depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and other conditions ..." JFC @mark-carney.bsky.social we are better than this 🤬 #CdnPoli 1259
Reposted by Euan ThomsonPresident of Dopamine 🍉♺ @socialdopamine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is blatant discrimination. ADHDers are generally 2 to 3 times more likely to be arrested, convicted, or incarcerated, often at a younger age than their neurotypical peers. 133
Reposted by Euan ThomsonEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 18/09/2026This is a major national scandal and whoever is calling these shots at Correctional Services Canada needs to be held to account. Prisoners deserve care – or else, what exactly are we doing in “corrections”? www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/globenewswir...thecanadianpressnews.caCivil Society Organizations Call on Correctional Service Canada to Restore Access to Mental Health MedicationsTORONTO, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twenty civil society organizations, including Prisoners' Legal Services, have signed and released an open letter today expressing grave concern with a decis... 56343
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 18/09/2026This is a major national scandal and whoever is calling these shots at Correctional Services Canada needs to be held to account. Prisoners deserve care – or else, what exactly are we doing in “corrections”? www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/globenewswir...thecanadianpressnews.caCivil Society Organizations Call on Correctional Service Canada to Restore Access to Mental Health MedicationsTORONTO, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twenty civil society organizations, including Prisoners' Legal Services, have signed and released an open letter today expressing grave concern with a decis... 56343
Reposted by Euan ThomsonLisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026At best, the Elections Alberta is an underfunded, over-employed shambles. At worst, it was responding to government pressure to ensure a desired outcome. If the latter, it’s a 5-alarm fire. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caFormer Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC NewsFive former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t... 12221102
Reposted by Euan ThomsonDavid Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My take is that yes it's often nasty and malicious but there are also legitimate journalistic reasons for taking a photo without asking someone's permission, and ways to do so that respect their dignity. The problem requires cultural change, and it can't be addressed thru criminal law. 041
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/09/2026This nasty form of photography was a big part of the UCP’s 2023 election campaign after Vancouver is Dying came out. Aaron Gunn replica Arthur Green even got hired for his invaluable service as the public safety ministry press secretary. 24216
Reposted by Euan Thomson404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026“Why just destroy them when we can reverse engineer them and find the secrets of those spying on us?” one of the hackers said in an interview. “We liberated hardware in the field, disarmed them, and proceeded with reverse engineering of the cameras and associated solar equipment.”404media.coHackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and PeopleWhile people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too. 5869146
Reposted by Euan Thomson404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.404media.coHackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and PeopleWhile people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too. 13870743268
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/09/2026There are simply too many beautiful German shepherds in north end Halifax 🥲 010
Reposted by Euan ThomsonParis Marx @parismarx.com · 15/09/2026hearing mark carney talk about how privatizing airports will free up money to invest in regional airports, transport links, broadband infrastructure makes me think of how nationalizing the pipeline was supposed to deliver revenues to pay for climate measures 13424138
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/09/2026I’ll keep my silence as I couldn’t bear Ed Sheeran thinking less of me 1120
Reposted by Euan ThomsonHalifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 15/09/2026Legal aid lawyer urges N.S. government to scrap bill amendments that ‘violate fundamental constitutional rights’ By @dartjenhen.bsky.socialhalifaxexaminer.caLegal aid lawyer urges N.S. government to scrap bill amendments that 'violate fundamental constitutional rights' - Halifax ExaminerNadia Shivji says proposed changes to the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (SCAN) are unnecessary and unconstitutional and should be dropped. 1174
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 14/09/2026Important Day 12 update on parasitic brain-controlling fungus absorbing life juices of an unfortunate fly: 1111
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 12/09/2026CNN reeeally hoping McConnell pulls through from being dead. Lot at stake. 190
Reposted by Euan ThomsonMarlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...variety.comLilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk. 99115044247
Reposted by Euan ThomsonLiam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 11/09/2026Nova Scotia's government has introduced legislation to ban tip theft and increase access to overtime pay. This is a significant victory for precarious workers and owes much to research done by @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social and the strident advocacy of @halifaxwac.bsky.social and its members. Onwards!news.novascotia.caChanges to Labour Standards Code Will Strengthen Protections for Workers 0103
Reposted by Euan ThomsonAlex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 10/09/2026NEW: CIJA has for months been lobbying the federal government to expand the grounds for revoking Canadian citizenship. This included meetings with Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree and CSIS director Dan Rogers. www.readthemaple.com/cija-is-lobb...readthemaple.comCIJA Is Lobbying To Expand Grounds For Revoking CitizenshipExperts say CIJA’s demands would have troubling implications for the rights of naturalized Canadian citizens. 13017
Reposted by Euan ThomsonBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/09/2026The most reliable way to lose in politics is letting your adversary define the terms. For example, if you're an artist and you let your boss define the AI fight, he'll make it about "IP" (not labor) and ask your help winning a fight to make him richer and you poorer: pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s... 112345
Reposted by Euan ThomsonHalifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 10/09/2026‘Who owns Halifax?’ Dalhousie Legal Aid report finds 20 landlords own 56% of the city’s housing units Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.socialhalifaxexaminer.ca'Who owns Halifax?' Dalhousie Legal Aid report finds 20 landlords own 56% of the city's housing units - Halifax Examiner"I find it pretty egregious when you have a multinational REIT with investors all over Canada or the world who essentially are making their money from renting out low-income apartments." 43722
Reposted by Euan ThomsonThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 4239361777
Reposted by Euan ThomsonHeather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Quote: "...push back against the Alberta government’s discriminatory narrative. “People who have been here for multiple generations, or who have been here for decades, feel like something has really changed, that racism is coming from the very top of the government.”" Exactly. And we're not wrong. 34715
Reposted by Euan ThomsonEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 09/09/2026Police drug seizures without arrests roughly doubled during the “decriminalization pilot.” Decrim never happened in BC. It was just a smokescreen to stall demands for drug user liberation, and another betrayal of public trust by police. 03317
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 10/09/2026Prints Charles, who famously declared himself the “King of England” after his rich grandmother died of syphilis, got his name from leaving so many fingerprints on a murder scene the judge refused to admit them as evidence, admonishing police to “do their jobs and stop framing normal, innocent men.” 140
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 09/09/2026Police drug seizures without arrests roughly doubled during the “decriminalization pilot.” Decrim never happened in BC. It was just a smokescreen to stall demands for drug user liberation, and another betrayal of public trust by police. 03317
Reposted by Euan ThomsonP.O.W.E.R. @policeoversight.ca · 09/09/2026🚨 NEW study: Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization in Vancouver via @sfu-fhs.bsky.social: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor... @drugdatadecoded.ca @readthemaple.comsfu.caReports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, SFU study findsPeople in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D... 31211
Reposted by Euan ThomsonAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 07/09/2026BC mayors want to lock people not charged with any crime in jail to undergo treatment not shown to work against their will. globalnews.ca/news/1204859...globalnews.caMayors push to turn Oliver correctional centre into mandatory care facility - Okanagan | Globalnews.caMayors in the Okanagan are specifically pointing to unused capacity at the Oliver facility as a potential location for mandatory care. 23216
Reposted by Euan ThomsonHuge Ancient Red Worker @malcolmsheppard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What's going to be interesting is seeing how these families have influenced state and political institutions over time. By 1950 the RCMP was good to support a Banderites/Nazi terror attack on Ukrainians in Toronto. Such Nazi elements in Canadian society have remained active over generations. 176
Reposted by Euan Thomsonjordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 11/06/2026A dig-site archive. 603 entries. Specimens, fragments, remains. Fossils, jokes, hidden paths, field notes. Start anywhere. jtierney.net 981125228
Reposted by Euan ThomsonTaylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 04/09/2026Huge news, great reporting by @davidpugliese.bsky.social To hell with the government of #Canada's continued protection of CIA secrets and N*zi thugs #cdnpoli ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...ottawacitizen.comJudge orders release of records on Nazi war criminals who settled in CanadaDocuments from CIA program to settle Nazi war criminals in Canada ordered released by judge 14623
Reposted by Euan ThomsonRomy @romygarrido.ca · 06/09/2026We did it. We ignored the warnings, and now we're at the point of no return. Even if we decrease the temperature and 'stabilize' the climate, the impacts are inevitable. Rising sea level, species extinctions, human displacement, changes to food and water systems, and more.cbc.caFor the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC NewsIn a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the... 32715
Reposted by Euan ThomsonThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026After public backlash Rebel News is now claiming their t-shirts profiting off the rape and murder of Indigenous children are justified because the shirts were designed by an Indigenous person. No response if anyone asks which First Nation Inuit or Métis Nation they're from 316441