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Euan Thomson

@drugdatadecoded.ca
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Investigations on the Alberta-led drug war revival: www.drugdatadecoded.ca ✍️ APTN, Alberta Views, The Breach, The Tyee PhD Microbiology Banner: Access to information in Alberta Icon: Headshot of me in blue t-shirt

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dustin @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."
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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026
and 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.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 29/09/2026
OH MY GOD
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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 29/09/2026
DULF 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! ⬇️
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 29/09/2026
@defactomedia.ca heroes www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...
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How Vancouver police turned against DULF
Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes
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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 24/09/2026
I 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.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canada stayed
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canada had a legal duty to arrest Netanyahu as he crossed Canadian airspace www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...
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Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Winnipeg Jewish man arrested for leafleting outside of a synagogue, asking his fellow congregants to stop supporting prayers for the IDF. jewishpostandnews.ca/faqs/rokmicr...
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Incident 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...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Carney’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?
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 22/09/2026
Vancouver 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...
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Police drug seizures without arrest before and during a decriminalization pilot in Vancouver, Canada: a longitudinal analysis - BMC Public Health
Background 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...
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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...
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‘Fear and anxiety’: The untold story of the Vancouver Police Department’s stranger assault scare
Internal 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.
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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...
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‘Fear and anxiety’: The untold story of the Vancouver Police Department’s stranger assault scare
Internal 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.
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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I 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.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 19/09/2026
Canada should train thousands of people on how to use this and push it into every public sector
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Bean & 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
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President of Dopamine 🍉♺ @socialdopamine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This 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.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 18/09/2026
This 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...
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Civil Society Organizations Call on Correctional Service Canada to Restore Access to Mental Health Medications
TORONTO, 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...
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 18/09/2026
This 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...
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Civil Society Organizations Call on Correctional Service Canada to Restore Access to Mental Health Medications
TORONTO, 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...
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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At 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/...
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Former Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC News
Five 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...
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David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My 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.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/09/2026
This 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.
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404 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.”
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: 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.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/09/2026
There are simply too many beautiful German shepherds in north end Halifax 🥲
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15/09/2026
hearing 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
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/09/2026
I’ll keep my silence as I couldn’t bear Ed Sheeran thinking less of me
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 15/09/2026
We’re in the era of heroes we deserve
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 15/09/2026
Legal aid lawyer urges N.S. government to scrap bill amendments that ‘violate fundamental constitutional rights’ By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
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Legal aid lawyer urges N.S. government to scrap bill amendments that 'violate fundamental constitutional rights' - Halifax Examiner
Nadia Shivji says proposed changes to the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (SCAN) are unnecessary and unconstitutional and should be dropped.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 14/09/2026
Important Day 12 update on parasitic brain-controlling fungus absorbing life juices of an unfortunate fly:
Side view of a white blob enveloping a fly that is barely visible on the surface of a leaf. The blob has five lobes encircling different sections of the fiy from head to abdomen. The three orange abdominal wraps that were visible after the initial burst of fungal growth are now huge white blob lobes. Top view of a white blob enveloping a fly that is barely visible on the surface of a leaf. The blob has five lobes encircling different sections of the fiy from head to abdomen. The three orange abdominal wraps that were visible after the initial burst of fungal growth are now huge white blob lobes.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 12/09/2026
CNN reeeally hoping McConnell pulls through from being dead. Lot at stake.
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Marlow 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...
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Lilly 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.
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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 11/09/2026
Nova 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!
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Changes to Labour Standards Code Will Strengthen Protections for Workers
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Alex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 10/09/2026
NEW: 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...
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CIJA Is Lobbying To Expand Grounds For Revoking Citizenship
Experts say CIJA’s demands would have troubling implications for the rights of naturalized Canadian citizens.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/09/2026
The 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...

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Halifax 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.social
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'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."
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have 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...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among 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...
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Quote: "...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.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 09/09/2026
Police 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.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 10/09/2026
Prints 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.”
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 09/09/2026
Police 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.
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P.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.com
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​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, SFU study finds​
People 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...
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BC 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...
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Mayors push to turn Oliver correctional centre into mandatory care facility - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca
Mayors in the Okanagan are specifically pointing to unused capacity at the Oliver facility as a potential location for mandatory care.
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Huge Ancient Red Worker @malcolmsheppard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What'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.
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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A dig-site archive. 603 entries. Specimens, fragments, remains. Fossils, jokes, hidden paths, field notes. Start anywhere. jtierney.net
A white poster-style image for “WHERE TO FIND ME IN THE AFTERLIFE.” Large black serif text appears above a colorful fictional geological map labeled “The Incarnate Continents,” with grid lines, a legend, and black circular Roman-numeral markers across the map.
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 04/09/2026
Huge 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...
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Judge orders release of records on Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada
Documents from CIA program to settle Nazi war criminals in Canada ordered released by judge
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 06/09/2026
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Romy @romygarrido.ca · 06/09/2026
We 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.
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For the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC News
In 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...
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
After 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
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Our reporter who launched these t-shirts is black and indigenous. She’s an award-winning journalist who exposed the mass graves hoax. 

You’re just furious when minorities think for themselves, instead of obeying your condescending stereotypes.
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