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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦

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We are all connected: To each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe, atomically. 🌍 Born at 321 ppm CO₂ 🌏

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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Very embarrassing that Americans have caught us Canadians red-handed in our plot to smoke them out. We thought for sure they’d believe the forest fire story. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #cdnpoli
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this but “good people” don’t spend their time harassing marginalized communities. #lgbt #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia+ #Pride #Pridemonth #🏳️‍🌈
I don’t know who needs to hear this but “good people” don’t spend their time harassing marginalized communities.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Ownership quietly became renting.” #subscriptions #capitalism #ownershop #digitalrights #media
They removed CD/DVD drives from devices.
They made physical media harder to buy and use.
They removed expandable storage from phones.
They pushed us into streaming subscriptions.
They made always-online normal.
They made unlimited internet necessary.
Then slowly raised the price of everything.
Ownership quietly became renting.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I really wish that photos like this (just captured by Artemis astronauts) had the same effect as the original Earthrise photo taken in 1968 (www.newscientist.com/article/0-ho...) The world could really use some awe and humility again. 🌏 #Earthrise #Moon #Artemis #NASA
Recent photo of the crescent Earth with the Moon in the foreground. Image captured by Artemis II astronauts.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I Live in Colorado. Conversion Therapy Destroyed My Life. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn my state’s conversion therapy ban will be tragic for many LGBTQ kids. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/i-live-in-... #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia+ #gay #conversiontherapy #colorado
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I Live in Colorado. Conversion Therapy Destroyed My Life.
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn my state’s conversion therapy ban will be tragic for many LGBTQ kids.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Trans rights are human rights. It’s not complicated. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ #istandwithtrans #trans #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia+
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Worrying proportion of Americans still think being gay is 'morally wrong' www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/10/worr…
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Worrying proportion of Americans still think being gay is 'morally wrong’
A concerning proportion of Americans still believe being gay is “morally wrong”, according to new research.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
FLORIDA BANNED PRIDE CROSSWALKS - SO ST. PETE LIT UP ITS SKY WITH A 60-MILE RAINBOW LASER DISPLAY The art display was installed for three days during the city's Winter Pride St. Pete event. #lgbtq+ #pride #lgbtqia+ #Florida #rainbow #🏳️‍🌈 Source: www.instagram.com/goodgoodgoodco
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Canada named second safest country in the world for LGBTQ+ travellers. Source: Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection, www.bhtp.com/blog/safest-... #lgbtqia+ #lgbtq+ #travel #safety #Canada #gay #lesbian #bisexual #bi #trans #queer #questioning #ace #aroace #intersex #nonbinary #enby #twospirit
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
TW: bigotry - The "Greater Than" campaign claims loving, gay parents are the real threat to kids. “This is nothing more than repackaged bigotry and finding new ways to express anti-gay hate because the old ways no longer work.” www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-greate... #lgbtq+ #gay #bigotry #hate
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The "Greater Than" campaign claims loving gay parents are the real threat to kids
Inside the evidence-free campaign to roll back marriage equality and revive Christian grievance politics
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I posted this 10 months ago. Coming back to it again, today. It’s even more relevant. “A country isn’t a rock. It’s what it stands for…”
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me, and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor - who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race. — Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor #fascism #authoritarianism #hate #bigotry #genocide
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Yet another study proves puberty blockers are life-saving for trans youth www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/08/pube…
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Yet another study proves puberty blockers are life-saving
Yet another study, published in the Journal of Paediatrics, has proved puberty blockers are life-saving for trans youth.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Genocide scholars are sounding the alarm over what they describe as escalating attacks targeting transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans in the United States. #istandwithtrans #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia+ #trans #intersex #nonbinary #enby #genocide www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
On Dec. 3, 2025, a single Chick-fil-A franchise congratulated a gay couple’s marriage and conservatives lost their damn minds. #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #gay #lesbian #trans #istandwithtrans #bi #bisexual #asexual #aroace #queer #intersex #questioning #chick-fil-a www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-single-c...
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A single Chick-fil-A store congratulated a gay couple, and conservatives lost their damn minds
A harmless Facebook post exposed the emptiness of the conservative culture war
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Sometimes the world is a loving and learning place. This was uplifting and hopeful. #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #gay #lesbian #trans #istandwithtrans #bi #bisexual #asexual #aroace #queer #intersex #questioning
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Sexual orientation is not a choice.
Race is not a choice.
Place of birth is not a choice.
Ethnic group is not a choice
HATE IS A CHOICE.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Happy Winter Solstice to those in the Northern Hemisphere! ☀️ Happening today, December 21, 2025, at 10:03AM Eastern Time. Sunset today in Toronto 🇨🇦 at 4:45PM. #solstice #wintersolstice #science #sciencerules #Toronto #Ontario #Canada
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This is obscene. Add to that, the green numbers are ONE-DAY GAINS. Each man got multiple billions of dollars richer in a single 24-hour period! Headline on the Forbes website: “Reflects changes since 5pm EST of prior trading day." www.forbes.com/real-time-bi... #wealthinequality #poverty
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Conservatives rage at Chick-fil-A for celebrating gay couple’s marriage www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/16/cons…
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Conservatives rage at Chick-fil-A for celebrating gay couple’s marriage
Conservative Christians are raging at a Utah Chick-fil-A restaurant for celebrating a gay couple’s marriage.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
So very, very true. #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #lesbian #gay #bi #bisexual #trans #istandwithtrans #queer #questioning #intersex #ace #asexual #censorship #bookbanning #banningbooks #education
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Interesting that no one thinks twice about this kind of gender affirming care for men. Yet, trans men are under fire continuously. Such a double standard and such unnecessary suffering and chronic stress. #trans #transrights #istandwithtrans #gender #genderaffirmingcare
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
WORLD AIDS DAY: December 1, 2025 WHO’s 2025 theme: “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response” #HIV #AIDS More: www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
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World AIDS Day 2025
On 1 December WHO joins partners and communities to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025. Under the theme “Take the rights path: My health, my right!”, WHO is calling on global leaders and citizens to cham...
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
“I was told I’m a “liberal extremist” for calling out J.K. Rowling—and honestly, I’m done pretending bigotry needs balance and TERFs deserve any grace.” Trans rights are human rights. Some positions are not “opinions.” They are harm. www.tvfandomlounge.com/i-was-told-i... #istandwithtrans #trans
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I Was Told I’m a “Liberal Extremist” for Calling Out J.K. Rowling—and Honestly, I’m Done Pretending Bigotry Needs Balance and TERFs Deserve Any Grace
If advocating for trans people makes me a “liberal extremist,” then so be it. I’m not interested in finding the middle ground between inclusion and exclusion.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Bertrand Russell’s two messages to future generations (from 1959): 1. When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: “what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out?" 2. Love is wise, hatred is foolish. youtu.be/ihaB8AFOhZo
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Bertrand Russell - Message To Future Generations (1959)
YouTube video by PhilosophieKanal
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Some wisdom I found on Reddit recently: *Your religion does not prohibit me from anything. It prohibits you. Learn the difference.* Religion is meant to guide personal belief and conduct, not to dictate the freedoms of others… #religion #dogma #authoritarianism #freedom #politics
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
20 cognitive biases that screw up your thinking and decisions. #criticalthinking #logic #medialit #cognition #cognitivebias #bias #logic #reasoning #science #empiricism #k8 #k12 #onted #education #debating
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Interesting results from the RepCore Nations 2025 study from Reputation Lab. Source: corporatereputationlab.com/en/canada-an... #reputationlab #countryrank #Canada #Switzerland #GDP #G7 #reputation
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
😬😬😬😬😬😬😬 #toronto #bluejays #la #dodgers #freetrade #tarrifs #worldseries #MLB #baseball
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
March 10, 1971: A group of lesbian women stormed a Paris radio studio to interrupt a show called “Homosexuality, a painful problem.” They silenced the priest being interviewed and called on homosexuals to fight. This event would later be dubbed “Stonewall on the air.” #lgbtqia+ #lgbtq+ #France
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
How gummy bears are made. #gummybears #candy #gelatin
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
27 years ago today we lost #MatthewShepard to a senseless act of hate. Let’s work to replace hate with understanding, compassion, and acceptance. Share this image and help keep Matthew's memory alive. #lgbtqia+ #lgbtq+ #🏳️‍🌈 www.matthewshepard.org
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
"What does seventy million years mean to beings who live only one-millionth as long? We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever." -Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Canada is the most educated country in the G7. Almost 60% of the working-age population holds a college or university credential. Thank you to all #Canadian #teachers for inspiring a love of lifelong learning #WorldTeacherDay #Canada #🇨🇦 #onted #education
Screenshot of Twitter post from the government of Canada: “Canada is the most educated country in the G7. Almost 60% of the working-age population holds a college or university credential. Thank you to all #Canadian teachers for inspiring a love of lifelong learning! Who's a teacher that inspired you? #WorldTeacherDay”
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025 with the understanding that it would only be released after her death. #janegoodall #goodall #makeadifference #motherearth #science #nature #environment
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Every one of the last 31 political attacks came from Republicans. Political violence in the USA is on the rise and, contrary to conservative talking points, the evidence shows it is overwhelmingly fueled by right-wing extremism. Source: wikicrawlers.com/archives/2781
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GOP cries about left-wing violence but every one of the last 31 political attacks came from Republicans: Report
Political violence in America is on the rise — and contrary to conservative talking points, the evidence shows it is overwhelmingly fueled by right-wing extremism. Most recently…
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The fascinating history of Bi Visibility Day, and how it was inspired by this famous figure www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/23/bi-v…
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The fascinating history of Bi Visibility Day and the famous figure who inspired it
It's officially Bi Visibility Day 2025! It falls each year on September 23. But what is it for and is it really important to bisexual people?
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
What is stochastic terrorism? Also, it’s interesting to note that most critics of this term / concept fall into the “speaker” category below and argue that their free speech is protected. #hatespeech #hate #bigotry #freespeech #stochasticterrorism
Image of poster containing only text with the content being an explanation of Stochastic terrorism.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
September 23 is Bisexuality Visibility Day and Bisexual Coming Out Day. For those ready to do so, this day can be used to come out in the company of many others. There’s strength and comfort in numbers. If you’ve come out today, congratulations and welcome! 🩷💜💙 #bisexual #bi #lgbtq+ #queer
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A new study shows that “strategic victimhood” is used to justify retaliation and puts to work anti-democratic, coercive, and illiberal governance and policies once an authoritarian populist is granted executive power. #politics www.psypost.org/new-paper-un... www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/6/...
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New paper unpacks how Trump uses "strategic victimhood" to justify retaliation
A new analysis highlights how Trump used victimhood claims to frame economic suffering, then followed them with promises of retribution. This pattern allowed him to present sweeping policy changes as ...
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Absolutely bonkers. Why is the court allowing this couple to care for their three other children after they are released? Again, absolutely utterly bonkers. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
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Christian parents let their baby die while awaiting a miracle. They'll be in jail for a month.
Blair and Taylor Edwards’ 30-day sentence has reignited outrage over Followers of Christ Church’s deadly beliefs
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The benefits of extremism by John Cleese. 1987. #extremism #politics
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"My friends… Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Best Prime Minister we never had. 😔 #JackLayton #canada #canpoli
Poster with Jack Layton using orange ink. The following words are in the poster: "My friends… Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Where Rationalists Go Wrong: Stop Sharing Facts! Start Changing Minds! #rationalism #atheism #skeptic #freethinker #empiricism #existentialism #populism #science #dogma #religion #polititics #psychology www.freethinkersinternational.net/where-ration...
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Where Rationalists Go Wrong: Stop Sharing Facts — Start Changing Minds - Freethinkers International
[ 2 minutes to read ]Rationalists, skeptics, freethinkers — we love facts. We collect them, share them, throw them like darts at dogma. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: facts don’t change minds. In...
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
If the person offering you salvation is the same person threatening you with eternal damnation, it’s not really salvation. It’s extortion.
If the person offering you salvation is the same person threatening you with eternal damnation, it’s not really salvation. It’s extortion.
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Canada pauses deportation of a non-binary US citizen because of 'risks' to LGBTQ+ people in America
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Canada pauses deportation of US citizen over 'risks' to LGBTQ+ people in America
Canada has paused the deportation of Angel Jenkel, a non-binary US citizen, due to “risks” to LGBTQ+ people in the US. 
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
An American father who moved to Russia to avoid #LGBTQ+ “indoctrination” is being sent to the front line in Ukraine, despite being assured he would serve in a non-combat role. Derek Huffman feels he is being “thrown to the wolves.” #lgbtqia+ #FAFO www.thedailybeast.com/texan-moved-...
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Anti-Woke Dad Who Moved Family to Russia Sent to War Zone
Derek Huffman, 46, joined the military with hopes of becoming a Russian citizen. His wife said he was duped into a combat role.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Good for you, Ken. The political targeting and public harassment of vulnerable folks by powerful folks needs to stop.
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Additionally, let’s also listen to Fred Roger’s back in 1969 arguing for the same thing: youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA
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May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
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Jim 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @jrmcjrmc.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Everyone can change. Kindness isn’t woke. Kindness is a life giving force. We have a responsibility to deal more kindly with one another. More than ever. #kindness #loveislove #pride #lbgtqia+ #lgbtq+ #trans #transrightsarehumanrights #istandwithtrans
A woman give a man a hug. His sign says “Recovering bigot. I am sorry! FREE HUGS”
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