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Druh Farrell

@druhfarrell.bsky.social
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Just me trying to be a good ancestor. Former six-term councillor for the City of Calgary. I will never stop championing equity, climate action, and inspiring city-making. Treaty 7, She/her 🇨🇦

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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Canada hasn't allowed corporate donations to political parties for years. Personal donations are limited to $1,750 a year to each political party. Candidates can only spend up to $115,000 in a campaign. 3rd parties are limited to $150K during an election. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/p...
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Political Party Financing in Canada
The financial activities of political parties in Canada were largely unregulated until the Election Expenses Act was passed in 1974. Canada now has an extens...
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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Fancy that. People seem to like it when their leaders show compassion, solve problems, and act with integrity. www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
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Wab Kinew boasts highest approval rating in Canada: Angus Reid survey
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continues to top the premier approval rankings, while political discontent appears to be growing with his western counterparts.
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 10/06/2026
"It's too important to give away to private profit, especially a foreign coal company. That's where hope lies: not in pretending these fights are easy but in recognizing that ordinary people, when they pay attention, speak up, organize & refuse to back down can still shape the future of this place"
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Canada's fossil fuels aren't clean, although oil shills lie to us that it is. Peer reviewed research: 46 countries produce oil with a lower per barrel carbon footprint than Canada. Only 3 are worse. We're 47th cleanest out of the top 50 producers. 2/ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Global carbon intensity of crude oil production
PDF | Producing, transporting, and refining crude oil into fuels such as gasoline and diesel accounts for ∼15 to 40% of the “well-to-wheels” life-cycle... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
How many deaths were caused by this man?
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Laurie Adkin, Ph.D. @laurieadkin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Have a good look. This is one of the faces of ecocide. financialpost.com/commodities/...
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Cenovus rips Canada's oil pipeline plan as 'unfinanceable'
Cenovus Energy CEO Jon McKenzie blasted a government push for a carbon-capture project and carbon tax in exchange for a pipeline. Read more.
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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Six in 10 Albertans don’t want taxpayer money to support a new oil pipeline, and two-thirds say their province’s economy is too dependent on oil and gas, according to new polling released this morning by the Pembina Institute." www.theenergymix.com/breaking-61-... @theenergymix.com #ABLeg #CDNPoli
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61% of Albertans Oppose Subsidies for New Pipeline
Six in 10 Albertans don’t want taxpayer money to support a new oil pipeline, and two-thirds say their province’s economy is too dependent on oil and gas, according to new polling released this morning...
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"I do not think the goal of the Trump administration is for the US to win a war. The goal is for corrupt elites to profit from the wreckage of multiple countries." - @sarahkendzior.bsky.social in her new Q&A. (Think Jared & Witkoff, Vance & Thiel, any Trump...) @votersoftomorrow.org @votevets.org
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 11/06/2026
"Painted bike lanes and sharrows may cost less and face less political pushback, but we now have evidence at a massive scale that protected bike lanes are really what can move the needle on ridership."
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Protected bike lanes, not painted lanes, lift NYC bikeshare ridership, analysis shows
Protected bike lanes increase Citi Bike ridership in New York City, but painted bike lanes and sharrows do not show a statistically significant causal effect on ridership after accounting for confound...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report" by @corbinhiar.bsky.social, Lesley Clark & @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social for @politico.com: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report
An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry. Billions of dollars are at stake.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“Since the province removed photo radar from the majority of roads, the number of vehicles exceeding 30 kilometres per hour over the speed limit has increased 128 per cent” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Extreme speeding has more than doubled since photo radar restrictions, city says
Number of drivers driving 30 km over the limit up 128 per cent since province put restrictions on enforcement, City and U of A study finds
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Epstein files are not going away, but Trump will continue this rampage to keep the masses distracted from his egregious sins. It’s not a coincidence he ramped up this war the very day the NYT dropped a truth bomb. He is just gonna keep war crime-ing.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
CANADA COMES TO THE RESCUE OF SOMALIAN REFEREE OMAR ARTAN! 🇨🇦🇸🇴 David Eby, Premier of British Columbia, has announced that his province would welcome Omar Artan. He stated that Artan should be allowed to referee World Cup matches within his jurisdiction, specifically in the host city of Vancouver.
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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Alberta's UCP manufactures one crisis after another, wasting BILLIONS w/ nothing but rage to show for it. We forget that the sole purpose of government is to take care of people, now & into the future. A successful government is a boring one, delivering services seamlessly. They fail on every count.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
ICYMI: “How To Fight Back Against Anti-Urbanism Lies!” Our @urbantruth.bsky.social podcast interview with top YouTuber #NotJustBikes is on Nebula, Spotify & here on YouTube. We talk about better communication, more REPETITION, and we REVEAL our first big campaign, the #1HourCityConspiracy! LISTEN!
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How to Fight Back Against Anti-Urbanism Lies (w/The Urban Truth Collective)
YouTube video by The Urbanist Agenda Podcast
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Carbon Capture and Storage is NOT a credible climate solution. It's a really expensive way to make big oil look a lot cleaner than it is to dishonestly manufacture support for expanding instead of reducing fossil fuel dependency. @mark-carney.bsky.social is gaslighting the country about it. 🧵1/
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 11/06/2026
The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup was supposed to be the first-ever World Cup with a human rights framework. Instead, the US administration’s brutal immigration crackdown, discriminatory policies, and threats to press freedom mean the tournament risks being defined by exclusion and fear.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/06/2026
‘Once, Mandela was seen as the devil incarnate’: the TV show laying bare the true struggle against apartheid
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‘Once, Mandela was seen as the devil incarnate’: the TV show laying bare the true struggle against apartheid
From the activist who knew him as ‘Uncle Nelson’ to the campaigner who would go on to become a cabinet member, we talk to those involved in the struggle – and who feature in an eye-opening new documentary
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sueinthehighlands.bsky.social @sueinthehighlands.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
An important thread. Find joy. Do good things. Find joy doing good things. You are not alone. ❤️
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“Poilievre did same thing as Danielle Smith: They’re arsonists who created the fire of separation and now they’re trying to convince us they’re the ones arriving to put it out. Nothing could be further from the truth! This speech was just adding more fuel to the fire!”🔥 🇨🇦 youtu.be/FnXGGS51tvw?si…
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“Daniel Smith is engaging with Albertans every single day on their grievances.” I think teachers, healthcare workers, municipal leaders, universities, people waiting in Emergency, & the people who signed the #ForeverCanadian petition would disagree. She listened to none of them. #ABpoli #CDNpoli
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United For Canada - UnitedFor.CA 🇨🇦 @unitedfor.ca · 08/06/2026
Mr. Andrew Coyne is unimpressed with politicians – of many stripes, but in this case specifically the various conservative leaders – using unity to push their personal, partisan political agendas. We're also unimpressed. #ableg #cdnpoli #ForeverCanadian #UnitedForCanada
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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My feelings toward the USA is like the stages of grief, starting with shock and disbelief and ending with revulsion and disgust.
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My new book, The Common Good Economy, asks a simple question: what is the economy for, and how should people relate to one another inside it? Read the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social profile by Oli Dugmore ➡️ www.newstatesman.com/ns-interview... Order the book ➡️ marianamazzucato.com/books/the-co...
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Mariana Mazzucato, rockstar economist
Politics, tears and focaccia with Labour's favourite public intellectual
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"Alberta’s New Democrats are calling on the UCP to stop the wasteful rebranding exercise and use the money to recruit and retain more health-care professionals including paramedics." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 10/06/2026
. Filling Greta's Shoes: A New Generation Of Young Climate Activists Steps Up - Forbes Read on: forbes.com/sites/we-dont-ha... #ClimateAction 🌎🌍🌏
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Filling Greta's Shoes: A New Generation of Young Climate Activists Steps Up
“We, the youth, are getting stronger. You leaders have two options: follow our lead or vanish.”
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#Science #Canada Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is a treasure trove of woolly mammoth, horse DNA Animal, plant, fungal DNA in squirrel latrine paints picture of Arctic grasslands in Age of Mammoths www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is full of woolly mammoth, horse DNA | CBC News
Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found i...
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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Canada thrived before NAFTA. We will thrive post CUSMA.
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Has the federal government made any comment about this? Is the grand bargain conditional on just any old thing being built by Pathways, or an actual functioning one as originally proposed?
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The Carney govt is a failure on fighting climate change: U.S. is outperforming Canada on emissions reductions, says former net-zero adviser www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/09/u...
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U.S. is outperforming Canada on emissions reductions, says former net-zero adviser - The Hill Times
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has ‘no plan’ to continue the decade of ‘revolution in Canadian climate policy,' says former Net-Zero Advisory Body member Catherine Abreu.
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"You can't be saying these deals are still compatible with net-zero by 2050. They're not. The deal is not compatible with it. "Just be honest with Canadians about this. If you are going to pass deals like this, be honest about the implications." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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'Be honest with Canadians': Ex-member of top climate body criticizes Alberta pipeline deal | CBC News
A former member of Canada's top climate body said the pipeline deal Canada signed with Alberta is incompatible with Carney government's net-zero target.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 10/06/2026
Jesse and me: how Canadaland lost the plot Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
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Jesse and me: how Canadaland lost the plot - Halifax Examiner
Jesse's reporting on antisemitism in Canada has gone into hyperdrive since the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Star Blanket Cree Nation welcomes return of bison with new herd #Saskatchewan Bringing the bison back was once the dream of a late chief, says granddaughter www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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Star Blanket Cree Nation welcomes return of bison with new herd | CBC News
Star Blanket Cree Nation in Saskatchewan welcomed a herd of bison in May, one of many First Nations that are bringing the animal back to the Prairies and to their communities. Those now tasked with th...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/06/2026
Video shows family’s car slowing before Israeli troops shot dead Palestinian baby
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Video shows family’s car slowing before Israeli troops shot dead Palestinian baby
Footage appears to contradict Israeli military’s account of killing of seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in West Bank New footage appears to contradict the Israeli military’s account of the shooting that killed seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in his mother’s arms, showing the family’s car slowing near a military post before soldiers opened fire. On Friday, the killing of the infant by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank sparked outrage after soldiers opened fire on the family’s vehicle despite it having complied with an order to stop. Sam was killed and his mother, Daniyah Abu Haikal, and father, Fahed Abu Haikal, were both injured. Continue reading...
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Whoa! Optimized Solar-plus-storage systems can now provide 24/7 electricity at lower costs than fossil energy. Is this the end of intermittent solar power? www.irena.org/-/media/File...
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
With Stephen Guilbeault's departure from the LPC, cult-of-Carney supporters have chosen a climate narrative to gaslight us with: "You don't get it: we need to make the money to transition away from oil before we can start to do it. This is a vital first step!" Here's why that's total bullshit. 🧵1/
The top half of this image is a picture of an oil pipeline, with text: "Saying that we need to sell more fossil fuel so that we can afford to finally start moving away from fossil fuels"

The bottom half of this image is a picture of a toddler smoking a cigarette, with text: "Is like saying that your plan to fund construction of a new cancer hospital relies on profits made by selling cigarettes to children."
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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Forget about the green premium for renewables. Thanks to the falling cost of batteries we have officially turned the corner and there is now a GREY premium for using fossil fuels for nearly all end uses of energy. This article tells the story about space heating with three new charts.
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Electric Heat Pumps Put Gas on Ice
This is the third in a series of price explorations comparing “dispatchable renewables” to the incumbent forms of fossil fuel energy.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
NEW EPISODE: "Changing Lanes." A new documentary explores the fight to make Brooklyn's McGuinness Blvd safer following the tragic death of a beloved teacher. More than about a bike lane, it's a film very much made for this political and cultural moment. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/c...
Poster for Changing Lanes that shows overhead shot of worker in reflective vest painting green bike lane on black asphalt. "Changing Lanes" is in white and yellow. Below it it says "A documentary by Ben Wolf."
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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Numpties.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 10/06/2026
. Germany's renewable energy surge shows what's possible with wind and solar! 🌬️☀️ We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to avoid the worst of Climate Change! Read more: dw.com/en/wind-and-solar-po... #ClimateAction 🌎🌍🌏
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Wind and solar power drive Germany's renewable energy surge
Europe's largest economy saw a rise in renewable energy generation in 2024.
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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 09/06/2026
It’s remarkable how a motorist will kill someone and it will be reported in a grammatical form in which you could easily substitute “lightning” or “hail” for “a car”
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 09/06/2026
With wildfires 🔥 increasing across the USA and Canada here is how they impact your health😱 www.momscleanairforce.org/resources/wi...
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Wildfires and Your Health
Climate change is making wildfires worse. Our warming temperatures contribute to both the severity and duration of many wildfires, and this trend is projected to increase in the coming decades.
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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 09/06/2026
#Buildings are the largest scalable sector to transform clean energy into emissions reductions, cost savings, and grid flexibility.⚡🏢 Now, we need a clear roadmap to achieve Canada’s goals for the sector set in the newly released National Electricity Strategy👇 #cdnpoli buff.ly/eHgDEY7
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Meet the Dementia Rebels: Few things are more feared than a dementia diagnosis. Now people living with the condition are fighting against damaging stereotypes and demanding proper medical support, by Anne Karpf www.theguardian.com/society/2026... via @theguardian.com
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‘You’re treated like this is the end’: Meet the dementia rebels – diagnosed and determined to change people’s minds
Few things are more feared than a dementia diagnosis. Now people living with the condition are fighting against damaging stereotypes and demanding proper medical support
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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Worth watching. Bregman explains what's coming with AI, what's at risk, and what governments can do to prepare, mitigate, and protect their citizens.
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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 09/06/2026
The bike ride and “die-in” in memory of fallen Complete Streets Planner Riley O’Neil was a life-affirming event. "No more people should die in the streets because their lives are not valued as much as driver convenience," said one organizer. @bikegridnow.org @chicritmass.bsky.social
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The bike ride and "die-in" in memory of fallen Complete Streets Planner Riley O'Neil was a life-affirming event - Streetsblog Chicago
Riley was doored in a non-protected bike lane. "No more people should die in the streets because their lives are not valued as much as driver convenience," said one organizer.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/06/2026
Did you know Israel is the only state to have legalised torture through a Supreme Court ruling? There was no accountability after a Palestinian detainee was filmed being raped by a dog at Sde Teiman in 2024. Watch the Al Jazeera original now: youtu.be/e3pApprHfrY
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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Exposing fake Canadians pushing to join the U.S. | Visual investigations
YouTube video by CBC News
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
An ongoing, huge threat to Canada, this goes well beyond Alberta, affecting everything we do. Both #JustinTrudeau & #MarkCarney failed to show strength to it & #Poilievre, the #OfficialOpposition can't even pass a #SecurityClearance. Total systemic failure. #ElbowsUp response long overdue #cdnpoli
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