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Mark Nichols

@justmarknichols.bsky.social
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(He/Him) Husband, father, grandfather, settler, Christian, social justice activist, veteran. 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷 “To understand the past, we must investigate the stories we were not told, because those stories were withheld for a reason.” - Kelly Hayes

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NDP @ndp.ca · 11h
The Trump-aligned CEO of an American corporation is dismantling one of Canada’s most important industries and 500 Canadian workers could lose their jobs. If we’re serious about making Canada strong, it’s time to take back control of our economy and nationalize Stelco.
Graphic with text: NATIONALIZE STELCO. Jobs, Security, Sovereignty.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 14/10/2026
Canadians want to build big things, but you can’t build those things without steel. To save the Canadian steel industry and take back control of our economy, Canada must nationalize Stelco.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It’s easy to do the right thing when it doesn’t cost you anything. It’s harder to do the right thing in cases like this, where it will cost Sally Rooney quite a lot. A really uncommon display of principle. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support
Irish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
In a province where 40% of the workforce earns less than a living wage
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A pay increase equal to 68% of a minimum-wage worker’s annual pay
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NDP @ndp.ca · 14/10/2026
So, Conservatives think public ownership is good when it’s gifting the highly profitable oil industry another pipeline, but not when it means saving Canadian jobs and our domestic steel industry? Interesting. Anyway. Nationalize Stelco.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Big big bravo!
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Notable that the joint statement, while offering rhetoric support, is completely silent on any measures to help the #ICC. Hopefully that is coming. These states are not powerless. The EU, UK and Canada all have the ability to invoke measures to block the impact of U.S. sanctions.
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At no point in history has it ever been appropriate to use “greatest” and “democracy” in the same sentence when referring to the USA.
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just watched the first two episodes at Bannerman. Not a bad show
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I’m increasingly convinced, watching his politics, that what motivates Carney the most isn’t brutally ~pragmatic~ economics. The pipeline shows he’s willing to make moves with no economic case, seemingly to be popular in Alberta. I think he’s motivated by his own legacy.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 08/10/2026
Why can children elsewhere grow up among their families and the people who love them, while Gaza’s children remain trapped in this unending cycle of occupation, bombardment, destruction, genocide, and hunger? How can a child starve to death in a world with so much food?
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Children Born in Gaza Over Last 3 Years Have No Memory of World Before Genocide
Israel’s genocide has narrowed Palestinian children’s expectations of life’s possibilities.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The House of Commons is debating the price of food, which is a bit weird because eliminating the carbon tax was supposed to solve that problem.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 06/10/2026
HYPERSCALE tells the full story of the data center buildout and the backlash it’s facing. It’s out in just two weeks — but I need a favor! If you’re planning to buy it, it would make a huge difference if you place a preorder. Get your copy today: bookshop.org/a/18331/9798...
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Hyperscale is out in two weeks!
Preorder your copy to get the full story on the AI-fueled data center buildout
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, I discuss with Aditya Chakrabortty how powerbrokers co-opt elected officials, rendering our democracies demos-free zones. Also my assessment of Andy Burnham's plans to 'rewire' the UK economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ72...
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“There’s no such thing as democracy” – Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
YouTube video by Politics Weekly
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Skylar Jones @skylarettajones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@meidastouch.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social This is so powerful from James Talarico. This man doesn't need to have memes of himself dressed up like Jesus, he has him in his heart. youtube.com/shorts/WJ02N...
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James Talarico: “show me how you treat other people, and I will tell you what you believe.”
YouTube video by James Talarico
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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Iranian culture it's considered deeply offensive to bomb the country for a year. #Themoreyouknow
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Sarah J. Martin @eatingpolitics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wrote an extensive email to upper admin about its promotion of an GenAI course for graduate students - I was/am so distressed. The work behind LLMs is hidden but this has real world consequences for our own ethical conduct. Culled from my course outlines here is what I said ...
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I understand why they're doing this, but fuck them. These mayors can't guarantee the safety of their own citizens from ICE, and they sure as hell can't guarantee the safety of Canadian visitors. Also, North Dakota, where 2/3 of voters voted for Trump, wants foreigners to come back? Fuck them twice.
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U.S. mayors ask Canadians to reconsider U.S. travel boycott - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
Some American mayors are trying to encourage Canadians to reconsider boycotting travel across the border.
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve never lost a minute of sleep worrying about Iran having a nuclear weapon some day. What DOES keep me up at night is the fact that that the ONLY country that has ever used nuclear weapons on a civilian population has them, and their deranged president strikes me as quite willing to use them.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In short, happy “fuck them whales” and “fuck your grandkids” day to all those who celebrate (which is a scary number of Canadians, based on recent polls)
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolutely. Like me, every single one of my fellow privates had no other realistic option to make a go of it economically.
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As someone who joined the Canadian Forces to escape poverty as a young lad, I know first hand this is an old playbook move
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why are Indigenous people now being subjected to levels of overt hostility and racism unseen in decades? One chief recently told me he was denied entry into a store for being “Indian”.
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As a retired soldier words can’t express how repugnant this individual is to me. ‘Waste of rations’ as we used to say.
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow 😮
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 15/04/2026
an incredibly important project by Connie Walker — most Canadians don't know that the government has an archive of 38,000 residential school survivor testimonies, which are slated to be destroyed next year www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late | CBC News
A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why the Globe and Mail looked past rising right-wing violence, the shooting at the Quebec City mosque, the connection between antivaxxers and white supremacy, to blame Canada's highest profile Jewish politician for the synagogue shooting in Belleville ... noraloreto.substack.com/p/turning-a-...
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Turning a peaceful movement violent
Canadian elites blame Palestinian solidarity for Belleville synagogue shooting
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BC Green Party @bcgreens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, we announced housing policy that champions rights for renters across the province. bcgreens.ca/announce-pla...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/mNpMuCQqDZk?...
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White nat*onalist losers just demonstrated on Indigenous land. Here’s how we got here
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole?
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Justin Brake @justinbrake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney is using his majority government to push through a suite of legislative changes Liberal voters did not give him a mandate for, ones that would “make Stephen Harper blush,” federal NDP leader @avilewis.ca said in St. John’s Saturday. theindependent.ca/news/liberal...
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Liberals’ Bill C-39 a wake-up call for Canadians: Avi Lewis – The Independent
‘Cracks starting to show in the Carney consensus,’ Lewis tells N.L. NDP convention in St. John’s
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is beyond words 😂
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“If Canadians cannot afford to reduce emissions, as Carney says, then we certainly cannot afford an oil pipeline.” niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/m...
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Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Economy: This is Shock Doctrine Level Gaslighting
Prime Minister Mark Carney abandoned Canada's climate goals, funding an oil pipeline and centralizing federal power under crisis pretexts.
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bringing Down Grocery Bills: Newfoundland and Labrador’s New Democrats will advocate for the creation of an allparty committee in the House of Assembly that would study the grocery industry in the province and find ways to bring down costs for consumers.
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Strengthening Conflict of Interest Laws: NL NDP believe in strengthening conflict of interest laws for current and former MHAs by: • Increasing the period that bans former MHAs from being paid to lobby their former colleagues from 12 months to 2 years;
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Protect and Strengthen Public Services, Reject Privatization: The NL NDP will take action to ensure the provincial government: 1) Stops all privatization of public services; 2) Invests in public sector capacity by hiring more workers, improving wages, and modernizing infrastructure;
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There was a two-hour leadership review vote also open that was just announced Jim Dinn will not face a leadership review and will stay on as head of the NL NDP with 89 percent voting in support of him, here is the moment & most of his speech.
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Back to resolution voting: on Just Transition for Workers and our Communities: NLNDP will demand a worker- and communityled Just Transition to a sustainable, clean energy economy, one that: • Helps achieve or surpass provincial climate targets;
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Taking the Provincial HST off Children’s Essentials: Newfoundland and Labrador’s New Democrats support the introduction of a point-ofsale rebate that takes off the provincial portion of HST on common children’s goods like clothing, footwear, and car seats:
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Mark Nichols @justmarknichols.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well, the intent was to ensure young people could vote NO LATER THAN their 20th birthday. At present, a person may not be able to vote in NL election until they are 22.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NDP convention kick off in St. John's. Dr. Angela Carter opening a presentation on phasing out oil: citing homes destroyed in Port aux Basque & Conception Bay North. Energy transition could wipe out 80 per cent of province's oil revenue by 2030.
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New federal NDP leader Avi Lewis about to take the stage, standing next to, and behind former provincial leaders Lorraine Michael & Jack Harris.
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lewis says Carney government has come after multiple sects of Canadian society that will unite the 99 per cent against the 1 percent. Standing ovation here now.
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Provincial leader Jim Dinn speaking now, asks anyone in the crowd who ran for the NDP to stand. Says thats how the party is going to build.
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sharpe @sharpeindependent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The bartender just turned the lights up. A moment. Dinn: "You know you're on the right track when you piss off the trolls. It brings joy."
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/6gSoVlaxSkM?...
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Feeling confused about Carney’s claims versus his actual policy? This could explain why
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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